# Romney donor at Hamptons fundraiser feels sympathy for the common people. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719 "2012-07-09T19:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/101 "2012-07-10T17:27:18Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > So let’s see if we can reach a consensus: does the OP complain about something unique to the right, or not? In fairness, it’s not reality’s fault that all the condecending rich douchebags are on Right. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/102 "2012-07-10T18:17:28Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Love Pulp, but I think [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ainyK6fXku0)would be more apt… The main reason I opened this thread was to make sure someone linked to this song. Thanks for beating me to it! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/103 "2012-07-10T18:42:23Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Romney is an asshole, and so are his supporters. That’s the point of the article. if we all understood the point, I’d call it good reporting. I rest my case. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/104 "2012-07-10T18:53:27Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I rest my case. So you agree then? (And where’s my cookie?) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/105 "2012-07-10T19:01:58Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > So you agree then? > (And where’s my cookie?) Check preferences in your browser and make sure it is enabled to accept cookies. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/106 "2012-07-10T19:06:00Z")
Its a trap! Next, he tells you to install Internet Explorer, or no cookie! Sold his soul to Microsoft back in '92! Pulled that on me five times before I caught on! Six? OK, six. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/107 "2012-07-10T19:16:54Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Its a trap! Next, he tells you to install Internet Explorer, or no cookie! Sold his soul to Microsoft back in '92! Pulled that on me five times before I caught on! Six? OK, six. That’s because you’re a common person. I’m college edumacated, so I won’t fall for that. Okay, it was a state college, but I’m still better than common! [stamps feet] ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/108 "2012-07-10T19:21:00Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Its a trap! Next, he tells you to install Internet Explorer, or no cookie! Sold his soul to Microsoft back in '92! Pulled that on me five times before I caught on! Six? OK, six. Fortunately, I escaped from the clutches of The Evil Empire last year after being held hostage for decades. Free at last! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/109 "2012-07-10T20:21:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Well I asked my maid Consuela if she thought this was the case and she said “Noooooo…” Then she said she needed more Lemon Pledge. Couldn’t you just give her the money and have her pick up the Lemon Pledge herself? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/110 "2012-07-10T20:29:19Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Fortunately, I escaped from the clutches of The Evil Empire last year after being held hostage for decades. Free at last! Its a trap! He’ll make you install Google Chrome and then you’ll have to get gay married, want to or not! You get the cookie but its one of those psychedelic Oreos… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/111 "2012-07-10T21:16:54Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Perhaps second to the “nail ladies” bit, one of my favorite quotes was: “We are V.I.P.” I read that and I thought of [this](http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii117/kuparuk/farks/PakledGOP.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/112 "2012-07-10T21:32:24Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I read that and I thought of [this](http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii117/kuparuk/farks/PakledGOP.jpg). Classic. One of my favorite quotes from ST:TNG. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/113 "2012-07-10T23:11:04Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > No you partisan piece of shit, liberals are _ **not** _ making the claim that people are “too stupid to think for themselves” regarding campaign spending. Speaking of condescending douchebags, huh? Me, partisan? I have praised Obama for certain accomplishments, including authorizing the mission that killed bin Laden, and I have also criticized Republicans on this board. Can you point to anything nice you’ve said about a political opponent here? Ever praised a conservative politician? > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Being a Republican doesn’t make you an asshole, but being an asshole does make you Republican. So you’re a Republican now? Are you going to ask the Mods to change your username to BobConservativeRepublican? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/114 "2012-07-10T23:21:13Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > …Ever praised a conservative politician? Well, Nixon’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/115 "2012-07-11T01:40:12Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Me, partisan? I have praised Obama for certain accomplishments, including authorizing the mission that killed bin Laden, and I have also criticized Republicans on this board. Can you point to anything nice you’ve said about a political opponent here? Ever praised a conservative politician? Yes, you’re one of the board hacks. What, are you surprised? You’re not quite in the Rand Rover bin, but damn close. There are a lot of conservatives on the boards that don’t descend to your level. Sure, everyone is prone to hyperbole once in a while but you long ago traded it in for a Usual Suspects jacket. Again, there’s a lot worse, but just because you don’t cite to Newsmax, WND and Breitbart regularly doesn’t mean your posts aren’t hacked from the same mould. And no, just because you’ve praised a few things here and there doesn’t mean you’re not a hack. That’s akin to a racist saying he has lots of black friends ([aside]the analogy fits without the need to include _any_ suggestion, hint or insinuation whatsoever that Oakminster has racist leanings[/aside]). And no, I’m not going to switch to the defensive and look up posts where I supported Palin or explained some mischaracterisation or misunderstanding in the Stupid Republican thread. Fuck that noise, it’s wholly irrelevant to my initial statement. It wouldn’t make a difference if it came from Moore, Cronkite or Corsi–you’re one of the board posters who reliably takes logic out back to skullfuck in favour of partisan hackery. You’re fine and erudite in non-political threads, but as soon as the topic switches to the suggestion of a partisan issue, you’ve pretty much pissed on your reputation here. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/116 "2012-07-11T02:24:28Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Y You’re fine and erudite in non-political threads, but as soon as the topic switches to the suggestion of a partisan issue, you’ve pretty much pissed on your reputation here. Only with the rabidly frothing at the mouth lefty crowd, like you, **Brainglutton** , et al. Hell,\*\* ‘Luci\*\* even nominated me as \*\*Bricker’\*\*s replacement for the “reasonable conservative” spot in the event of an opening on the roster. If you’d been paying attention, you’d know that I have repeatedly noted that rational minds can differ, and that political differences do not mean one’s opponents are morally or intellectually inferior. Obama does not hate America. Neither did Bush. They had radically different ideas of what should be done on some issues. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/117 "2012-07-11T03:06:02Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Only with the rabidly frothing at the mouth lefty crowd, like you, **Brainglutton** , et al. Hell,\*\* ‘Luci\*\* even nominated me as \*\*Bricker’\*\*s replacement for the “reasonable conservative” spot in the event of an opening on the roster. > > If you’d been paying attention, you’d know that I have repeatedly noted that rational minds can differ, and that political differences do not mean one’s opponents are morally or intellectually inferior. Obama does not hate America. Neither did Bush. They had radically different ideas of what should be done on some issues. In other news **Brainglutton** posted a thoughtful article doing a comparison of business tasks to government tasks and whether they were equivalent in regards to Obama vs Romney, and you post: > [@Do we need a businessman in the White House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-need-a-businessman-in-the-white-house/626045/2): > > That’s right. Obama is the fucking Messiah and all who oppose Him are evil. Second verse, same as the first. > > :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: Yeah, you’re the paragon of rational minds differing:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/118 "2012-07-11T03:37:32Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > In other news **Brainglutton** posted a thoughtful article doing a comparison of business tasks to government tasks and whether they were equivalent in regards to Obama vs Romney, and you post: You mean \*\*Brainglutton \*\* posted yet another of his eleventy billion variants of “Conservatives suck” threads composed mostly of a cut and paste job from some lefty article he found and I gave it the reply it richly deserved. The guy fellates all things lefty with great alacrity, but can’t bother to actually contribute his own content. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/119 "2012-07-11T04:29:44Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > You mean \*\*Brainglutton \*\* posted yet another of his eleventy billion variants of “Conservatives suck” threads composed mostly of a cut and paste job from some lefty article he found and I gave it the reply it richly deserved. The guy fellates all things lefty with great alacrity, but can’t bother to actually contribute his own content. And your comment was right at his level. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719/120 "2012-07-11T04:55:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Couldn’t you just give her the money and have her pick up the Lemon Pledge herself? You know you can’t trust Those People with your money. She’ll probably buy an off brand at the Dollar Store, get a fake receipt from the Upscale White People Store (there are people in the Barrio who fake receipts for People Like Them), and keep the change. Or she’ll steal the Lemon Pledge, get caught, and embarrass you to death when she asks you to bail her out. No, it’s best to keep Consuela and Her Kind away from money. Even her pay. She’ll just spend it instead of investing it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-donor-at-hamptons-fundraiser-feels-sympathy-for-the-common-people/627719.md?page=7)