As we wait to see if Mitt Romney goes for the presidential candidate hat-trick and runs a third time for the office in 2016, there’s a lot of talk on what he’ll do differently this time around.
One of the themes libs seem giddy at the prospect of Romney actually focusing on is that of alleviating poverty in America. For example:
Romney, Sudden Inequality Hawk, to Hit Clinton On Povertyhttp://t.co/QZIu2w8LaI
— Daniel Strauss (@DanielStrauss4) January 28, 2015
Mitt Romney poverty alleviation proposal specifically targeted at unemployed former Romney Political consultants #HotTake
— Andrew Tuozzolo (@ATuozzolo) January 29, 2015
Mitt Romney could do more to fight poverty than any Republican in a century by continuing to lose. http://t.co/PhWteRRIR6
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) January 29, 2015
And the always awful Paul Begala went a step further, trolling the two-time candidate by name with this tweet:
How would you describe @MittRomney running on poverty? Guve me an adjective, Twitterverse, cuz I'm at a loss for words. Comical? Cynical?
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) January 29, 2015
Well, for starters, it’s “give,” not “guve.” We wouldn’t mention that spelling error, but since Begala is the guy who wrote an entire book on education based on a George W. Bush slip-of-the-tongue, it’s fair game. “Is our liberal political consultants learning?” Doesn’t look like it.
Begala’s readers then happily supplied him with the adjectives he couldn’t figure out for himself:
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@PaulBegala
? Unpredictable? Gimmicky? (& dishonest )— Liz Kennedy???? (@football4sages) January 29, 2015
@PaulBegala @MittRomney hypoMittical
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) January 29, 2015
@PaulBegala @MittRomney who cares? Don't look a dressage horse in the mouth.
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) January 29, 2015
@PaulBegala @MittRomney how about #stupid ?
— BARRY (@K3UG) January 29, 2015
(See above: give vs guve)
@PaulBegala @MittRomney Calculating. Dishonest. Absurd. Laughable. Bullshitastic.
— Cos2mwiz (@Cos2mwiz2) January 29, 2015
@PaulBegala @margaritateresa @MittRomney Gobsmacking
— Elizabeth West (@Limeylizzie) January 29, 2015
@PaulBegala @MittRomney Disingenuous.
— Karma Tashi (@KTynot) January 29, 2015
So, how’d Mitt actually do in his Wednesday night speech where he talked about poverty? ABC News has a recap:
In the speech, he said during that last campaign he “met folks…almost every week during my campaign” who had “fallen into poverty as result of an unfortunate event, like losing a job.”
“These folks were almost uniformly optimistic about finding their way back into the middle class,” the former Massachusetts governor said. “But I also met folks who had been in poverty from generation to generation. These we have to help escape the tragedy and the trap of chronic generational poverty.”
Romney said “for fifty years and with trillions of dollars,” Washington has tried to fight the “war on poverty with failed liberal policies,” but it hasn’t worked.
“It’s finally time to apply conservative policies that improve America’s education system, promote family formation and create good-paying jobs,” he added.
As far as rhetoric goes, this sounds a whole lot like Mitt Romneys 1.0 and 2.0, no?
So far, Romney's MSU speech is almost identical to BYU speech last fall: http://t.co/79KGCg7xj2 But hasn't gotten to poverty & Hillary yet.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/TPEconomy/status/560861981243346944
Romney: Marriage is one answer to poverty http://t.co/b9QmmYiIcW
— POLITICO (@politico) January 29, 2015
Stay tuned to see if Mitt Romney 3.0 is really an upgrade over the previous versions.
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