Mitt Romney is Occupy Wall Street’s greatest friend. What other political figure so effortlessly embodies all that is wrong with the American economy? What other political figure would be so out of touch as to invite voters to consider the significance of OWS’s rallying cry “I am the 99%?”
Mitt Romney stands alone.
He stands almost alone in his definition of the American middle class.
MITT ROMNEY: No one can say my plan is going to raise taxes on middle-income people, because principle number one is keep the burden down on middle-income taxpayers.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Is $100,000 middle income?
MITT ROMNEY: No, middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less.
Now, for a man with an automobile elevator, all of us peasants making less than seven figures annually must look the same, but
Romney managed to overestimate the US median income be four to five times the actual figure (about $50,000). Perhaps 5% of Americans fall into Romney's definition of middle income.
In 1992, wealthy guy George H.W. Bush's fall out of favor with the American people was accelerated by a town hall debate in which he could not guess the price of milk. Bush's failure was seen as an indication that he was out of touch. Mitt Romney is managing to outclass George H.W. Bush in his spectacular misunderstanding of the economic challenges most Americans face.
He is the poster child for Occupy Wall Street in 2012.
He gives us so many reasons to oppose his policies and the policies of his Republican allies. How do we do that?
Money to more and better Democrats helps.
Volunteering now helps.
Getting citizens registered to vote now helps.
And thank Mitt Romney for keeping the wealthy's class warfare against the vast majority of Americans in clear perspective.
Although, we can't be too hard on the guy. After all, he's marginalizing only 95% of Americans, not 99%.