Romney Attempts To Bond With Americans Over Fast Food; Shows Privilege Again Instead
10:41 pm - 08/07/2012
Mitt Romney has made no secret of his love for fast food—and it appears he inherited that taste from his dad.
Speaking to supporters at a Chicago fundraiser Tuesday, Romney recognized a member of the audience who had worked at McDonald's, based in nearby Des Plaines, for 27 years—including with the chain's founder, Ray Kroc.
That prompted Romney to tell a story about his father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, and what he'd found peeking through his father's "top drawer" as a teenager when he was rooting around for spare change.
"I found a little paper card, a little pink card, and it said this entitles George W. Romney to a lifetime of a hamburger, a shake and french fries at McDonald's," Romney said, according to a pool report. "It was signed by the hand of Ray Kroc. My dad had done a little training lesson or whatever for McDonald's when there was just a handful of restaurants, and I saw this thing and was like, 'This is a gold mine, dad! What are you doing?'"
Once he got over the shock, Romney said he had the card laminated for his father.
"My dad, as you know, would go almost every day to a McDonald's restaurant and get either a hamburger or a fish filet sandwich," Romney said. "And he would present this little card and of course the person behind the counter would look and say, 'Well, what is that?' They'd never seen something like that, but he said it was never turned down. They always honored it."
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Yes, it's endearing that your family used a free food card even though you could afford enough for a full capacity room's worth of patrons.
Edited at 2012-08-08 07:03 am (UTC)
*Leaves*
My dad, as you know, would go almost every day to a McDonald's restaurant and get either a hamburger or a fish filet sandwich
Nice reading, Mr. Romney. A fish filet sandwich is not a hamburger, a shake, or french fries. Not only are you entitled, but you lack basic reading comprehension as well. D:
Whenever I try to bring up Romney's likability to GOP friends, it goes out the other ear. They seriously think that if they just do enough GOTV, they can nudge this guy across the finish line. Of course, when I tried to argue that this guy wouldn't even get the nomination, I got schooled, so we'll see...
Edited at 2012-08-08 07:36 pm (UTC)
Stop trying to relate to people, Mitt. Just stop.
As if I needed more proof that Mittens has been and always will be an opportunistic freeloading douchenozzle.
free mcdonalds = gold mine to this thirsty mf.
I'm sure everybody can relate to that story, Mitty.
Yeah, everyone can sure relate to your life of hardship and poverty, Mittens.
This is just the sad, sad frosting on a free cake made of lulz.
It could only be more pathetic if Herman Cain sang a Pokemon song about it.
I can't imagine eating McD's everyday, though. And I freely admit to loving that shit. A Big Mac or McChicken, chocolate milkshakes and large fries, all I need. Or, for breakfast, bacon and egg bagel, coffee (McD's coffee is actually really good) and a hash brown. Magic. Especially when I'm drunk. Inebriated McDonald's is fucking fantastic.
Which, of course, it's a scary concept on his own.
P.S.: I like McD coffee as well.
Oh, maybe that's one of Mitt's other names!