Re: Let Them Eat Cake: Romney's cookie joke prompts 'Cookie Gate' attack

Oh yes Tommy and sister democrat whores

That really co pares to Obama's massive unemployment and recession

You turds are about to get flushed.  From the Senate for sure

On Thursday, April 19, 2012, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let Them Eat Cake: I bet Mitt would like to use the Etch-A-Sketch on
> this one! -T
>
> Romney's cookie joke prompts 'Cookie Gate' attack
> By Alicia M. Cohn - 04/19/12 08:01 AM ET
>
>
> Mitt Romney clearly did not mean to "dis" a beloved local bakery near
> Pittsburgh this week, but Democrats are leaping on his comments as
> they work to paint the likely GOP nominee as out of touch with voters.
>
> Romney, meeting with local residents Tuesday at an outdoor roundtable
> event in Bethel Park, joked about some cookies and launched yet
> another attack based on what critics call his aloofness to the daily
> lives of Americans.
>
>
> "I'm not sure about these cookies," Romney said, and continued to
> tease one of the women at the table: "Did you make those cookies? You
> didn't, did you? No. No. They came from the local 7-Eleven bakery or
> wherever."
>
> The cookies came from Bethel Bakery, a popular local spot, according to reports.
>
> "We wanted him to be welcomed with the best in the 'burgh, and he had
> no idea," bakery owner John Walsh told the local ABC affiliate WTAE.
> "This guy has no idea how beloved this institution is that provided
> these cookies."
>
> On Twitter, the hashtag is #cookiegate, and the Democratic National
> Committee was quick to make use of it.
>
>  The Democrats ✔@TheDemocrats
> Mitt Romney disses a beloved local bakery in Pittsburgh—and 7-Eleven.
> #cookiegate pic.twitter.com/rm41Pzdw
>
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> The bakery is running a "Cookie Gate special" on Thursday, giving away
> half a dozen cookies with the purchase of a dozen.
>
> "I'm sure he meant it all in jest and didn't mean to slam a local
> bakery," Bethel Bakery spokeswoman Julie Lytle told CNN. "It's nothing
> that we want to get really upset about ... no reason to be angry.
> We're just having fun with it."
>
> But Walsh had one zinger for Romney in The Wall Street Journal later,
> saying: "Let him eat cake next time."
>
> It is not the first time Romney has been associated with Marie
> Antoinette. When he compared President Obama to the famously
> out-of-touch French queen last December, the DNC and Obama's campaign
> fired back separately, suggesting it was a "laughable" charge from a
> man who speaks French and is "a former corporate buyout specialist."
>
> Romney's cookie comments will likely be added to a list of previous
> comments that raised eyebrows, such as "corporations are people" and
> "I'm unemployed."
>
> But 7-Eleven, at least, accepted it as an innocent joke as well as a
> plug for the chain.
>
> "Actually, Mitt Romney got it right," 7-Eleven spokeswoman Margaret
> Chabris told the Journal. "There are bakeries dedicated to making
> cookies every day for our 5,500 stores."
>
> More:
> http://thehill.com/video/campaign/222467-romneys-cookie-joke-prompts-cookie-gate-attack
>
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> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
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