Romney Campaign Defends Car Elevator At Calif. Mansion

[ProSense]

Romney Campaign Defends Car Elevator At Calif. Mansion

Democrats have been all over the news Tuesday that Mitt Romney's multimillion-dollar mansion project in La Jolla, Calif. includes an elevator for cars as well as its own lobbyist. The Romney campaign defended the elevator to the New York Times:

The Romney campaign said that a “car elevator” was simply a mechanism for storing cars in tight spaces, but that hasn’t stopped Mr. Romney’s rivals from jumping on the details of the planned expansion.

The Times sent a reporter to the site where the mansion is scheduled to be built. The house Romney is planning to pull down and replace is still there, behind a locked gate. "On Monday, no signs of Mr. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, could be found, though a group of teenagers smoking cigarettes sunned themselves against the seawall, and a homeless man set up camp a bit further down the beach," the Times reported.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-campaign-defends-car-elevator-at-calif-mansion

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002478003

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Because the Lamborghini has trouble with the stairs?

[Bladian]

8. Oh my god, that thing is beautiful.

Sorry, I know this isn't related to the OP. But god damn it if that car isn't gorgeous.

[hifiguy]

12. Mmmmm. Gallardo. Me likey!

No room on top for a dog carrier, though.

[hifiguy]

2. The most tone-deaf candidate in the history of politics.

[Botany]

3. Theme song for Mitt

[slackmaster]

4. What an asshole. He's building a McMansion totally out of character for the neighborhood.

They've savaged the tranquil little beach community of my youth.

[daleanime]

5. OK, now I'm a little more scared of Rmoney.....

since he has at least one sensible person backing him.

[tanyev]

6. Had to make it ADA compliant for all his disabled cars.

[ellisonz]

7. Hey Ann Romney's Cadillacs have to go somewhere...

[bullwinkle428]

9. "Do something with that homeless man! I'm running for office, for Pete's sake!"

"On Monday, no signs of Mr. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, could be found, though a group of teenagers smoking cigarettes sunned themselves against the seawall, and a homeless man set up camp a bit further down the beach," the Times reported.

[lpbk2713]

10. Yeah, Mittens is a man of the people alright.

He can identify with people like ... car elevator installers.




Yeah, that's the ticket.

[Initech]

11. The single most clueless candidate in American history.

[izquierdista]

14. Can we find the "homeless man further down the beach"?

I think he might have more of a clue.

[Initech]

16. I think he's completely oblivious to the fact that poor people exist.

So sayeth Mr. "Some of My Best Friends Are NASCAR Team Owners."

Please let him get the nomination - he won't stand a chance against Obama. He really is the least interesting man in the world.

[FSogol]

17. "Homeless? Why doesn't he just go to one of his summer homes?"

[joshcryer]

13. Wait, they justify it by saying it fits more cars into a tighter space?

So, it's not that they have a car elevator for laziness or anything.

It's to store more cars than they can fit in the space.

[ProSense]

15. The

ads write themselves.

[Raine]

18. I can't stand those who tear down a perfectly good house because it's not good enough

for their purposes. They do that alot in my area and it literally makes me physically ill.

[bigtree]

19. I've got no problem at all storing my one vehicle

in the 'tight space' of my driveway. The garage is actually necessary storage space for my children's furniture and belongings as they've both moved back in.

What a fortunate fellow, Romney is.

[Motown_Johnny]

20. I know someone with one of these (I think)

he has a T-bird that he only drives on nice days. This thing is pretty much a lift that raises it up in the air so he can park his SUV underneath the T-bird.


Assuming this is the same thing it doesn't seem like that big a deal to me. Yes it is an expensive piece of equipment but I bet it is cheaper than building another garage.