You people

[DainBramaged]

That's what Ann Romney thinkks of the rest of us, you people.


'We've Given All You People Need To Know'


You people



I guess they only want to be the leaders of some of the people


You people.


Fuck you Ann Romney, fuck you and your people.

[MADem]

1. "You people" is a dismissive term. nt

[Rambis]

4. Yep

Might as well say "YOU FUCKING PEOPLE"

[shanti]

34. oh, it's much more than that

it's a dog whistle for racists too.

[rufus dog]

42. And it was said to a black female

Next week they can head off to the horse prom with their people.

[MADem]

83. For sure. And Ann was talking to a black woman when she used the term.

I can't say for certain the YOU PEOPLE was based on skin color or a false sense of superiority due to extreme wealth.

All I can say is I didn't like it one whit. Perhaps she thought it was an acceptable substitute for a slur that contains the term "uppity?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/19/ann-romney_n_1685735.html

[onehandle]

2. You're just jealous because you don't have a million dollar dancing horsey.

Or do you?...

[patrice]

3. UnRec - Willard is the candidate NOT Ann.

[trotsky]

5. While I agree with you,

can you imagine the reaction had Michelle Obama used the same term?

[DainBramaged]

6. And that is the point, despite those who feel that the higher road will get us to the election

the higher road will get us mitt. Ann wants to inject her bullshit, she's fair game folks.

[patrice]

9. I don't mind making that point. Just finding it real interesting that the Democratic Party

said yesterday, I believe, that it'd be making no further critique of Ann Romney and now, today, this fucking board is full of Ann stuff. It looks very much as though some people WANT to fuck with a pretty good victory strategy.

The Dem Party is right on this. It's pretty low and base to go after Ann the way you're seeing here.

Objective statement of facts, fine.
Personal vindictive vendetta stuff is ugly and beneath us. It's REPUBLICAN. We don't need it to win and it OBSCURES our rational case for why we are right.

[DainBramaged]

11. Uh then I guess we should just ignore her?

Democrats, grasping defeat from victory, generation after generation.


If Michelle Obama had said that, or Hillary Clinton, the Reich-wing would be ALL OVER HER like stink on a dead fish.


She's fair game, she speaks for her husband.


I will not be silent and one of 'you people' tat she refers to.

[MADem]

19. Turn on your television. The networks and cable newsers are carrying the Ann Romney comments.

So you're saying we should pretend she didn't say anything so as not to ... what? Hurt her little feeeeeeeeelings?

Please. Willard needs to stop hiding behind his wife, but so long as he is using her as his mouthpiece, his comments, through her, deserve discussion.

The Democratic Party isn't going to make fun of her fucking HORSE anymore. If she carries water for Mitt, she deserves to get some smackback for her dismissal of any calls for release of those tax returns, as well as her "You people" comments.

Unless you people think that speaking in that high handed tone is an acceptable way to converse...?

She may as well have just said Fuck Y'All, because that's how it came off.

[JDPriestly]

33. Remember Mama Bush when she visited the Katrina refugees way back when.

Ann Romney very much reminds me of Mama Bush. Callous and cold and self-centered. Incapable of much empathy for or respect for people she considers to be less than herself.

[unapatriciated]

71. I thought the same thing when I heard Ann's comment.

don't want to waste those beautiful minds with all us 'you' people.

[MADem]

74. Yeah, real milk of human kindness there! Funny--they both were pro-choice before they were against

it!!

In fact Barbara the Elder got GHWB in trouble because she didn't back down on the topic. If Annie wants to play in the arena, someone should ask her about the check she hand-wrote out to Planned Parenthood...and how that squares with her present views on the topic. Make her squirm--she'll go back to bouncing on the horsies...

[snooper2]

23. straight question, do you see any misogyny in all of this?

[kestrel91316]

27. None whatsoever.

[MADem]

76. In all of what? Questioning someone who accepted an invitation to appear on a show to tout for her

husband?

I think we might need a clue as to where the supposed misogyny is. No one forced Mrs. Rmoney to appear on that show, no one buttonholed her on the way to the ladies' room or her limousine, blocked her path, and shoved a microphone in her face. She made the appointment, she prepared for the encounter. She wanted to be there.

She is choosing to be a mouthpiece for her husband, playing the Pat Nixon role in an attempt to mitigate the lack of "likability" her husband suffers (Pat was also admired and respected, "Plastic Pat" detractors notwithstanding; Tricky Dick was not).

Ann RMoney is no Pat Nixon.

[snooper2]

80. the question was for patrice, I didn't say one way or the other

I don't think she can see my posts though LOL

[MADem]

84. I realize that (not that Patrice can't see you, but where your question was directed)...

Annie was talking to a sister when she shot off her "you people" mouth. My mind--and I try to not see racism in EVERYTHING because it gets old and it is easy to be a little hypersensitive when there's not that particular intent meant--went straight to the "you people" phrase, laden with that particular tone and cadence, that white people use when talking about people who are a bit darker than they are.

When I saw the video clip I did think "Mmmm hmmm--she just couldn't help herself. You people came off, to me, as her perceived polite way of saying Y'all uppity so and so's!"

[99Forever]

24. You can coddle 1%er scum if you please...

... but don't expect that you can tell the rest of us what to do. I'll "go after" EVERY 1%er that needs it, and you'll just have to put up with it. And I don't care if you post a thousand burning up smilie faces.

[lame54]

81. They actually said that?...

What the hell?

now they can send all their talking points through her

it's one thing to say she's off liimits

but to say "that it'd be making no further critique of Ann Romney" is foolish

they will dare them to critique her and then shout LIARS!!!

[Lex]

7. Sorry but SHE inserted herself into the fray

with this dismissive bullshit "you people."

[wandy]

13. You really don't think that she saw that comment as dismissive bullshit do you.........

Get with the program, their are fellow BlueBlood horsey owners and then their are....
"you people"
Get used to it.
If Romney is elected that's what we become.
"you people"

[Lex]

22. I don't care one whit what SHE thought.

nt

[goclark]

30. she enables him

Boo for both of them!!!

[MADem]

12. No one put a gun to her head and forced her to take that interview.

She is a willing and complicit spokesperson for Willard. In this context she is speaking FOR him.

[DhhD]

35. Ann was on ABC's Good Morning America to say

that she and Mitt were still discussing who would be the VP running mate for Mitt. Is it going to be HER decision? How scary they both are.

[Squinch]

39. Well he needs her input to see what the gals are thinking, doncha know.

God forbid he should deign to speak to a woman himself.

[MADem]

72. I think she's confusing the title of First Lady with that of Queen (before the Magna Carta) nt

[spanone]

14. then she should be quiet

[bullwinkle428]

16. Sorry...she chose to play the role of attack dog/attack dancing horse or whatever.

[Avalux]

17. Sorry. If she chooses to open her mouth and say such things, she's fair game. n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. The day that American candidates stop exploiting their spouses in campaigns

is the day I'll agree with you. Now if they were more like political candidates in Europe where they often don't even show the spouse, that would be different.

[Spazito]

20. When she becomes a spokesperson for his campaign...

what she says IS fair game, imo.

The same goes for Michelle Obama and, the difference is, the First Lady knows it and accepts it unlike the "you people" Romneys and repubs.

Ann Romney doesn't get a pass on her comments when they relate to the campaign.

[uponit7771]

29. You're kidding right?

[rufus dog]

44. I recommended to offset yours

She is a surrogate and is definitely fair game.

[calimary]

46. Nope! Her Ladyship queen ann of dressage has indeed inserted herself into this morass.

Last edited Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:00 PM - Edit history (2)

She's NOT a non-combatant. When she comes out like this and makes statements and allows herself to be interviewed and states things like "it's OUR turn" and this HORRID, arrogant, dismissive statement, she puts herself smack-dab in the HEART of this.

AND she makes snarky, smug responses to what various people on the other team have said. She stands there at the podium of that NRA meeting with her fancy-ass hand-painted silk designer frock, hands on either side of the lectern and smiles so damn condescendingly. She reeks of superiority complex. Humility ain't her thing, that's for damn sure! She reminded me of a few full-of-themselves moms I've observed, who were head of the PTA who stood there as imperious as an empress looking down their noses at the rest of the room from THEIR exalted spot on the dais or at the podium with these smug grins. You know they're absolutely glorying in their superior position to everyone else in the room, their Alpha Female status, with their first-among-equals status sweating out of their very pores, fully aware that they have more money than anybody else in the room and their husband is a bigger big-shot than anybody else in the room's husband, just knowing in their bone-marrow that everyone else around them is beneath them because of the status all their way-more-than'you'll-ever-have money confers upon them.

I could smell that a mile away, the first time I ever saw her. I've never seen ANYONE more smug.

She is NO innocent bystander or non-combatant. She jumped into this willingly, with her thousand-dollar t-shirt on.

[smirkymonkey]

75. Thank YOU!

K&R She's playing the game and she deserves every amount of critcism she gets.

[MADem]

78. And with that "you people" comment, she's showing us way more of her

stinky ass than she intended!!! She's reeking, all right!

Money does funny stuff to people. Some people see it as a windfall, a bit of luck, an opportunity to do some good and have a little fun. Others think it makes them better than the "little people." I think Ann of Prancing Horsies is one of the latter.

[Kalidurga]

56. I will take your unrec and raise it a rec...

Ann is just as bad as her husband. If she had been raised in a different culture she would have gotten a similar job and been just as blood thirsty. Possibly even more so.

[woo me with science]

57. It's a human reaction to condescending words

coming from someone who wants to be First Lady of our country. Elected or not, that position has some emotional meaning for Americans, and it just so happens that this particular type of condescension resonates very deeply with serious problems people have with the candidate himself. I think it's silly to expect people not to respond to something like this, particularly on a political DISCUSSION board.

[FedUpWithIt All]

58. I was vehemently opposed to the children of Palin being discussed during the last election.

I felt that their mother's choice to run should not be cause for her children to be attacked.

This is different. This is a wife of a presidential candidate and as such she is as much a political figure as her husband. She also is actively and openly campaigning.

Edited to add...my feelings above pertain to her campaigning and political discussions and not regarding her personal issues or life. I do not particularly care for personal attacks period.

[Puglover]

63. Then she should shut the fuck up and not comment on this election.

[treestar]

69. Well she can't campaign without criticism of what she says

Any more than any other Rmoney supporter.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. It's like Mclame's "That one".

They do a lot of objectification to get through life.

[Quantess]

61. It's worse, actually.

"That one" was directed toward his political opponent.
"You people" was directed at ALL of us peons.

[Blanks]

10. If Ann doesn't want the attention..

...she should keep a low profile. It would be inappropriate to just come out of the blue and attack her, but responding to her statements should be expected.

[33Greeper]

15. Dear Willard @MittRomney & Ann,

‪#youpeople‬ will never live in the White House because We the People don't like being talked down to

[33Greeper]

21. Corporations

are People my friend. #youpeople are just common rabble.

[DainBramaged]

25. Hmmmmmm, really, we are?

[mrmpa]

26. Fuck you Anne Romney & the horse you danced in on. eom

[Smilo]

45. I like it.

[mrmpa]

55. Thank you....eom

[Ratty]

28. ABC News Headline: "We've given all that people need to know"

http://www.newsday.com/elections/ann-romney-on-tax-returns-we-ve-given-all-that-people-need-to-know-1.3848179

So was the ABC news interview the source of the "you people" gate and they backtracked or misquoted her. Or is this a different interview and she's choosing her words more carefully?

See also: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/us/politics/latest-word-on-the-campaign-trail-i-take-it-back.html?_r=3&hp

On Edit: Ah, I see this is indeed the ABC interview that started it all. I listened to it on youtube and honestly the "you" isn't really clear. From my hearing it could have been "the" or "that".

[DainBramaged]

38. She said YOU clear as an azure sky, as a bell in the crisp morning air, as a fart from Rush Limbaugh

deflection will not make this go away.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/19/ann-romney_n_1685735.html

[Coyotl]

40. Part of the Quote Verification protocol?

Or, does ABC sanitize for the Rs by default?

[Ratty]

60. My apologies, the headline is from Newsday

In reference to the ABC News interview

[MADem]

85. She said YOU PEOPLE and she said it clear as a dogwhistle...errrrrr.... bell! nt

[chowder66]

31. She is right you know. She and Mitt (aka WE)

have given us people all we need to know.

Now pack it up and go home. We the people, don't trust you.


And here I thought it is was her husband who was running.

[SidDithers]

32. One of DU2's best threads of all time was "Ok I want you people to understand something right now"..

Sid

[BattyDem]

36. I learned about the "you people" remark on Facebook and this was someone's response ...

"Mitt & Ann: The King & Queen of Douche Bagistan"

[Cleita]

37. That is so condescending, it leaves me speechless.

I had a boss once, who inherited the business, who spoke to us ladies in the office in such a way when he disagreed with us on our politics. He was just another trust fund, clueless idiot. I have to admit he did pay us well and tried to make our work environment pleasant, but he just didn't get it when it came to the fundamental issues that affected all us little people.

[anniebelle]

41. Horses Ass

I can't believe the money we're going to spend sending this horses' ass to the Olympics and also the money spent on her dressage horse. What a waste of taxpayer money.

[RedStateLiberal]

43. What do you mean by YOU PEOPLE?

[URL=http://picturepush.com/public/8770997][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

Am I taking it out of context? "What's sauce for the goose..."

[Javaman]

47. That jumped out at me too. nt

[unapatriciated]

48. I always knew that she was more of the 'Let them eat cake' mentality.

Video at Link, decide for yourself.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/ann-romney-tax-returns.php

[Kalidurga]

59. Oh she definitely said you people.

She said it in such a low key off handed way too. A breathless "you people" thrown out so casually as if she had said it a hundred times with no blow back.

Found this in the comments section so I want to share this as well it's just too funny.

I think I know all that I need to know that I don't want that prissy, entitled bitch anywhere near the White House. Or his wife, for that matter

[unapatriciated]

68. lol

thanks for the laugh, my sentiments exactly.


edited for to add the K in thanks.

[demwing]

49. What do you mean

"You People?"

[stonecutter357]

50. how do?

how do concern trolls keep getting of my ignore list?

[DainBramaged]

64. How do asshats keep making it onto mine?

[HockeyMom]

51. Condescending

I am better than you little people. Common attitude among the uber rich. Fortunately in my life, I have know rich people (Democrats) who didn't share Ann Romney's attitude. I am sure for all her/their money, she would probably have nothing to do with "those people" either.

[Ineeda]

52. "You people" goes right along with

all the references to Obama being foreign or having foreign ideas that rMoney's been using in his speeches lately. Also his spokesperson Tara Wall this morning on MSNBC's The Daily Rundown told Luke Tater-tot Russert several times, amidst the blah-de-blah talking points, that her boss was concentrating on the issues facing "real Americans." I guess "real Americans" aren't serving in Afghanistan, getting maimed or killed. Of course the little spudnick let her get away with it. I won't, nor will I let Anne. They're fair game if they're spokespeople, as is Michelle. They sure took her to task over that "proud to be American" comment last time around.

[GraniteDem]

53. As Lincoln said.........

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."

[Matariki]

54. LOL - someone got themselves a Mitt Romney twitter account

and he has a lot to say about YOU PEOPLE

http://twitter.com/MlTTR0MNEY

[MADem]

77. OMG, this shit is hilarious!!!

Reply Retweet Favorite
4h Willard Mitt Romney ?@MlTTR0MNEY
Happy Ramadan. Or, as they say in your country, "Ooga booga, death to America."
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4h Willard Mitt Romney ?@MlTTR0MNEY
Wow. 10,000 followers, none of whom I actually have to speak to in person or touch. I can see the White House from your shanties.
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Reply Retweet Favorite
7h Willard Mitt Romney ?@MlTTR0MNEY
People misunderstood my wife, Ann Romney. She meant: We're better than most people and the same rules don't apply. That's all. #YouPeople
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[Liberal_in_LA]

62. did she say "you people". Articles don't have that in the quote

[DainBramaged]

66. In the video clearly

[felix_numinous]

70. I am wondering what actress would be best to play Ann Romney

--she is **asking** for the Palin treatment!!!

[AsahinaKimi]

73. This will bite them on the ass...

In Japan, if a Politician says something arrogant, this is what happens.

Its called Dogeza, and they will HUMBLY apologize for it.


I hate arrogance, Goman na hitoga kirada!

[chollybocker]

79. Remember when Michelle said "Whitey?"

Neither do I. But Breitbart said she did, and it ran for weeks. (The unedited clip actually shows her using the phrase "Why'd he....&quot

These Mrs. Romney clips have not been edited in any way. She's fair game.

[Lifelong Protester]

82. If she wants to jump into the fray, and be the mouthpiece

then she is responsible for whatever comes out of her mouth.

"You people" is about as dismissive as it gets.

Game on, sister.

[HarveyDarkey]

86. ...