Politician after Republican politician from across the nation has taken the convention stage this past week to extol the policies of Mitt Romney. On the night when Romney accepted the party’s nomination, however, his campaign turned to Bay Staters to fill out a personal portrait of the candidate.
“Now Mitt was an unusual guy,” said Tom Stemberg, describing to a national audience the special enthusiasm that Romney brought to a plan for a comprehensive office-supply company from Framingham. “He had already enjoyed great success at Bain & Company. But he knew the value of a dollar. When I told him about Staples, he really got excited at the idea of saving a few cents on paper clips.”
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If you have ever been on the other side, say, if you didn't want that enormous temple built in Belmont, he was quite another kind of neighbor.
I would say "detached from regular people" is describing all the very real, human acts of charity and kindness this man has performed and feeling the need to add that he's "worth as much as a quarter-billion dollars" in your closing remarks. I've done better than my parents, and am working to help my kids achieve more than I did. Success is nothing to be ashamed of.
Romney's proposed policies would harm the middle class. No one is saying success is bad. We are saying that Romney is unaware of what life is life for ordinary Americans. Suggesting that ignorance, rather than malice, is at work in Romney is actually rather kind. No one is accusing him of evil, but we do accuse him of ignorance and arrogance.