{"id":25618,"date":"2012-01-20T11:43:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T18:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/20\/america-love-it-or-leave-it.html"},"modified":"2012-01-23T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T03:51:32","slug":"america-love-it-or-leave-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/20\/america-love-it-or-leave-it.html","title":{"rendered":"America, Love It or Leave It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>That&#39;s<\/i> Mitt Romney&#39;s essential answer to the economic situation and growing income inequality?<\/p>\n<p>Well, given where he is in that whole equation, who can blame him? But, still &#8230; I thought that phrase went out with the 70s. But here&#39;s Mitt, answering a protester about what he planned to do for the 99%:<\/p>\n<p>_&quot;Let me tell you something: America is a great nation because we\u2019re a united nation. And those who try to divide the nation, as you\u2019re trying to do here, and as our president\u2019s doing, are hurting this country seriously. The right course for America is not to try to divide America, and try and divide us between one and another, it\u2019s to come together as a nation.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And if you\u2019ve got a better model \u2014 if you think China\u2019s better, or Russia\u2019s better, or Cuba\u2019s better, or North Korea\u2019s better \u2014 I\u2019m glad to hear all about it. But you know what? America\u2019s right and you\u2019re wrong.&quot;_<\/p>\n<p>He did not conclude with a &quot;Neener-neener.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The remarkable thing about this answer is that it could be used to answer any unhappy group&#39;s complaints.  Minorities unhappy?  Religious group (say, Mormons) being mistreated?  Gays still be discriminated against?  <i>Heck, you&#39;re just being divisive!  Go to Russia, if you think Your Kind have it better there!<\/i><br \/>Now there&#39;s a leader for America. #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/political-animal\/2012_01\/love_it_or_leave_it_1034866.php'>Love it or leave it?<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe pressure may be getting to Mitt Romney a little bit. A South Carolina protestor asked him this morning about his agenda for helping the 99%, and the former governor\u2026\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#39;s Mitt Romney&#39;s essential answer to the economic situation and growing income inequality? Well, given where he is in that whole equation, who can blame him? But, still &#8230; I thought that phrase went out with the 70s. 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