Let Romney Eat the Damn Cake
By Charles P. Pierce
at 11:01AM
Willard Romney made a funny yesterday, chatting with Arianna's little gold mine. Watching Willard get down with The Help through a little friendly joshing is always an amusing spectacle of faux-humanity. Look, mother, that chimp can ride a bicycle!
By Charles P. Pierce
at 11:01AM
Willard Romney made a funny yesterday, chatting with Arianna's little gold mine. Watching Willard get down with The Help through a little friendly joshing is always an amusing spectacle of faux-humanity. Look, mother, that chimp can ride a bicycle!
"When the president's characterization of our economy was, 'It could be worse,' it reminded me of Marie Antoinette: 'Let them eat cake,'" Romney said, referring to the infamously dismissive remark toward the poor attributed to the queen.
Let us put the discreet gay-baiting over to one side here for a moment. (And let us also decline for the moment to note that the unfortunate queen probably never said it, either.) Let us consider the analogy. Marie Antoinette was born into power and influence. She was cosseted from the vicissitudes of ordinary European life by the wealth and political influence of her parents. She then moved to France and lived in very luxurious style. She also was notably tone-deaf to the problems of ordinary people.
Yes, I can think of more compelling modern parallels, too.
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