I am sick of hearing about Ann Romney's horses.

[yellowcanine]

Frankly I don't give a damn. Let's move on.

[Angry Dragon]

1. How about if we talk about all her Cadillacs??

[yellowcanine]

2. Go ahead but I don't care about them either.

[Angry Dragon]

3. What would you like to talk about??

[yellowcanine]

7. Oh I don't know....Whose ideas are best for the economy, perhaps?

This other stuff is fluff.

[Angry Dragon]

22. I agreee that the economy is perhaps the most important thing in this election

however how the candidates think is important when they talk of the economy.
That one of the candidates is able to take a deduction on his horses (a hobby) that is more than half of this country makes in a year and talks about how many houses and cars he has shows how out of touch he is with the masses makes the fluff somewhat important.

Willard was born with a golden spoon in his mouth and has never wanted. How he shown any empathy for people that has not had his advantages?? He can not relate to people below him.


To Add: There has to be a plan to transfer a lot of the money at the top to the middle and bottom. Without this this country will continue to fall towards the bottom. Anyone that does not work towards this, in my opinion is a traitor.

[Beacool]

25. She has two, one in each coast.

Big deal...........

[hedgehog]

4. I'm not. I enjoy hearing about a woman who sells doped up horses!

It give me incentive to better myself!

[Jumping John]

5. People who move on, move on. People who post about a topic, don't. Just saying. n/t

[oldhippydude]

6. nag, nag, nag....n/t

[nilram]

9. lol, that one takes the pie!

(and you know what kind of pie I'm talking about.)

[wandy]

8. Why move on. Those horses are just the right hight! n/t

[Rectangle]

10. Hey, hey,...I want a Horse too, that I can use to deduct $77K

from my taxes.

Wait a minute.... that's more than i make in a year!!

[treestar]

11. It shows how elitist they are and should be used against them

It's not like the Republicans will spare us anything they can use.

[yellowcanine]

13. People are not going to be motivated to vote or not vote because of Ann Romney's horses.

And focusing on that just makes us look foolish and not serious.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. Part of his elitist status

The more people know how disconnected he is with the 99% the better. Dressage horses is just one aspect.

[treestar]

16. People are motivated by a lot of things

The Republicans aren't shy about using anything they can find against us. Why should we ever give them a pass?

[yellowcanine]

21. Because we don't take our cues from Republicans?

And there is the question of keeping it classy. We can beat Romney without stooping to their level.

[treestar]

23. I encounter both sides of that on DU

Other threads will complain that the Democrats roll over and let the Republicans bully us. It's a question of where to draw the line. With all the BS said about Obama, if Ann and her horses hurt the Rs in any way, it's OK by me. She's an adult. She engaged in fraud (at least it is alleged). If you see the things Rs say about the First Lady, it is hard to give A. Rmoney a pass on this one.

[Cosmocat]

20. It this was a democrat

it would absolutely be a whole nother story - blasted about how elitist and out of touch it is ...

[treestar]

24. Absolutely

[jonthebru]

12. All of that is flack.

so they are rich, so what. They can spend their money how ever they wish. The issues are the economy, creating a solvent future for this country and propping up the middle class. Many other issues dovetail into those, education, etc.
But horses and car elevators, are simply not relevant in my opinion.

The President will probably get reelected, we each must work to make it a real win by working for regaining the Congress and keeping the Senate.

[treestar]

17. This wasn't about spending their money as they wished

It was about fraud - selling a horse that had problems and not being up front about it. That goes to honesty. If they are rich, they don't have to cheat as they did. They could have been truthful about the horse.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. Since Romney's entire schtick is to say "trust me" and "I'm not Obama"

and since he will offer no details as to what he plans to do if elected other than "trust me", I think perhaps any insight into his character and values helps flesh out the kind of person and decision-maker he's asking Americans to trust.

[Angry Dragon]

27. I have not read anything about Willard doing anything to help this country

It is all about helping himself

[BeyondGeography]

15. Nice political tin ear ya got there

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. And Romney's experience with a pre-existing condition health issue

was to get around it through fraud. The horse was insured but the policy didn't cover the particular problem with the hoof because it was pre-existing and therefore known.

[IndyJones]

26. I'm sick of all things Ann Romney.

[GoCubsGo]

28. Yes, and that includes her creepy husband.

Especially her creepy husband.

[bigwillq]

29. Well, good thing you didn't start a DU thread about it.

Oh, wait......