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He Thinks He's People!
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I bought hardware stuff this weekend too, and left it with my people to figure out what to do with it. They're talented that way.
They left me a list of what we actually needed, but no way was I going to try to interpret their childish scrawls, much less touch it.
They left me a list of what we actually needed, but no way was I going to try to interpret their childish scrawls, much less touch it.
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Incidentally, "Hardware Stuff" is also what he calls the people normally hired to work on his houses.
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"I bought a... er.... I bought some, um, hardware stuff today. You know, tools and such. For fixing my... um... car? When it breaks, you know. Just like all you good folk do. One item I bought is amazing! It has a long wooden handle with some kind of metallic top that appears perfectly suited for pushing sharp things into other things. You know, for.... um.... fastening things together?"
Aide interrupts quietly: "It's called a "hammer," sir."
"Ah yes! A... what did you call it? A ham-mer. Truly a remarkable invention! In fact, I plan to meet with the clever entrepeneur who invented this... what was it called again? And congratulate him on his American Ingenuity!"
Aide interrupts quietly: "It's called a "hammer," sir."
"Ah yes! A... what did you call it? A ham-mer. Truly a remarkable invention! In fact, I plan to meet with the clever entrepeneur who invented this... what was it called again? And congratulate him on his American Ingenuity!"
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List? Sounds like he wandered around and picked up a couple things he likes. I doubt he's shopped for himself in years, if ever.
List? Sounds like he wandered around and picked up a couple things he likes. I doubt he's shopped for himself in years, if ever.
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Aren't they all really just regular people deep down inside?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/29…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/29…
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@6 - I was using list in the generic more-than-one thing sense. He probably never has gone to a grocery store with a list in his life. That's woman servant's work.
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@7 No, they are not regular people. Regular people don't run for office of President of the United States.
Sure, it's phony, but every candidate pulls this sort of stunt from time to time, so I guess I can't criticize him too much.
Sure, it's phony, but every candidate pulls this sort of stunt from time to time, so I guess I can't criticize him too much.
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@7,10 Clearly they are not average people, but I think that comparing Michelle Obama, who I am sure has made a trip to Target that was not a photo op, to Mitt Romney who has grown up insulated tells us a thing or two about who has had experiences that correlate and help them to relate with regular folk, and who is a tourist.
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Scotch tape and a stapler does not qualift as "hardware stuff", even if they were in the same aisle at the grocery store.
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"He told reporters he's got "some folks coming over today," and laughed when asked if his guests were Rob Portman or Tim Pawlenty"
"Hey Tim, how about you and me sit down with an ear of corn and 6 to 12 Pepsis and do some down-home fat-chewin'!"
"Hey Tim, how about you and me sit down with an ear of corn and 6 to 12 Pepsis and do some down-home fat-chewin'!"
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Maybe the diet cherry part makes the caffeine drink "wholesome", in Romney's interp of Mormon"words of wisdom"?
http://lds.about.com/library/weekly/aa12…
http://lds.about.com/library/weekly/aa12…
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@20:
The wild cherry stuff was caffeine-free, according to the report. Not so the Diet Coke.
Therefore, the cherry flavoring could transform caffeine into not-caffeine only via some sort of quantum entanglement between the Pepsi and Coke products. Or maybe the magic underwear has extra super powers. Or perhaps the Diet Coke was decaffeinated retroactively.
The wild cherry stuff was caffeine-free, according to the report. Not so the Diet Coke.
Therefore, the cherry flavoring could transform caffeine into not-caffeine only via some sort of quantum entanglement between the Pepsi and Coke products. Or maybe the magic underwear has extra super powers. Or perhaps the Diet Coke was decaffeinated retroactively.
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