Mitt Romney Notes NFL Team Owner Friendships In Peyton Manning Remarks
Source: Huffington Post
Mitt Romney took a bit of ridicule several weeks ago when he declared that he didn't really follow NASCAR too closely but had some friends who were team owners. It was the type of rhetorical gaffe that just compounded the impression of a candidate out of touch. And in the aftermath, Romney admitted he understood it damaged his image.
He did it again on Monday. Appearing on the Paul Finebaum Radio Network, the former Massachusetts governor addressed the Peyton Manning free agent sweepstakes.
"Well, you know Im surprised to hear that Denvers thinking about him, theyre -- I dont want him in our neck of the woods to Miami or to the Jets," Romney said. "But Ive got a lot of good friends, the owner Miami Dolphins, and the New York Jets both owners are friends of mine. But lets keep him away from New England, so Tom Brady has a better chance of picking up a championship."
Both Woody Johnson, the owner of the Jets, and Stephen Ross, who owns the Dolphins, are public supporters of Romney. The fact that he knows both isn't surprising. He's probably hit them up for campaign advice or donations on several occasions. But, as a political exercise, it's probably not the smartest idea to keep talking about sports team owners with whom you are chummy.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/mitt-romney-nfl-team-owner-friendships_n_1340326.html
Keep it up, Captain Moneybags.
joeglow3
(6,228 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)LOL
efhmc
(14,731 posts)with anyone but other very rich people, dude?
Bossy Monkey
(15,863 posts)HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)What a dillhole.
Like a eunuch, he really does not get it, does he?
Octafish
(55,745 posts)No wonder he won't do interviews.
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)Can you hear us up there?
Raven
(13,893 posts)very obnoxious habit of people who are social climbers. It really says something about this man's self image that he keeps doing this. The message I take from comments like this from him is that money is everything and it's not what you know but who you know. Very sad and dangerous.