November 20: Mitt - fails the income test - ??
So we're all hot and bothered about Mitt Romney's income and his taxes. He paid "only" 15% of his income on federal taxes. He held money in off-short accounts. Why, the greedy, immoral pig! He does not deserve to be president!!!
Except that Romney followed the law, to the letter. Here's what we would say about someone who foolishly paid more than he had to? "If he wastes his own money that way, imagine what he will do with the taxpayer money!!"
Oh, and as for his income... truly despicable... makes him undeserving to be president, huh?
How come we had no similar concern about John Kerry? He married two rich women and lives off their money. Does that make him more moral and qualified than Mitt Romney? And the Kennedys -- John, Bobby, Teddy. Did any of them ever have jobs in the real world or earn so much as a penny doing real work? Where did they get their money, then? Well, from daddy Joe, who amassed his fortune partly from bootlegging booze during prohibition. How come the press never questioned the finances of the Kennedys? How come they were all most highly qualified to be president, and Mitt Romney is not?
What's the difference between Mitt Romney and Kerry and the Kennedys... oh, other than party affiliation?
The immoral, despicable pig here is not the candidate, but the media!