Romney calls billionaire football team owners friends

[steve2470]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/12/romney-calls-billionaire-football-team-owners-friends/

(CNN) – They're wealthy - not millionaires, but billionaires. They're football fans - so much so, that they own teams. And they're the subjects of yet another misstep which Mitt Romney may wish he didn't make.

Romney has spent recent days working to relate to southern voters, talking up grits, saying "y'all," visiting the Daytona 500 – and on Monday, he campaigned with comedian Jeff Foxworthy, known for his "redneck" jokes. But he stumbled back into the rich and out-of-touch narrative on Monday, when he volunteered in a radio interview that he is friends with at least two billionaire football team owners.

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, was fielding a friendly question about star quarterback Peyton Manning, who was cut from the Indianapolis Colts last week. He said he hoped Manning would not picked up by his hometown team, the New England Patriots.

And that's when he stepped in it.

[liberal N proud]

1. Yes Mittens, we get the message

You are an arrogant rich moron who can only relate on the billion dollar level.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. When Romney's wife said she really didn't feel like a rich person

she was probably comparing herself to the Romney family's billionaire friends. Rich people never seem to have enough.

[Marrah_G]

3. Parasites feeding off society

causing harm, never contributing in a positive way.

[canuckledragger]

4. I just found out about the Jeff Foxworthy supporting Rmoney thing..

..& I liked that guy! Too bad his personal politics suck..