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Friday Margaret & Helen Blogging

The intertubes’ feistiest 80-somethings weigh in from their undisclosed binder:

Two broads Mitt ain’t foolin’

The Mitt who showed up to the debate this week is the same one who has been showing up in politics for years—the one who will say anything to get elected. Well. I’m done. I’ve seen and heard quite enough and I am voting for President Obama. …

The Republicans say that Obama can’t run on his record. Really? You want to talk about records? Mitt Romney was born wealthy, married wealthy and will most likely die wealthy. Bully for him. The other guy is [a] black man born in America in 1961 to a single white woman. He went on to become President of the United States. I’d say there’s no contest. Thanks to Republicans, Obama inherited the biggest mess since the great depression and in his first year in office prevented a total economic meltdown.

As for Mitt’s record—he was a bully in high school and got pretty upset when his father wasn’t elected President. At the age of 46 he was bored with making more money so he decided to become a Republican simply to challenge Ted Kennedy for the Senate. By the way, he claimed that he was more Pro-Choice than Teddy. He lost. Then he spent millions of his own fortune to get himself elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002. Four years later he left with an approval rating so low he ranked 48 out of the 50 Governors. Most of the middle class in Massachusetts got frustrated with his taxes which Mitt called fees—license fees, gun fees, gas fees, college fees… He left with a 38% approval rating. …

I know no one wants to drag up George Bush’s name because what’s done is done. Lord knows I would like to forget him. But I take issue when Mitt and the Republicans try to blame all of Bush’s problems on the black guy who moved into the neighborhood. I say bullshit. Mitt Romney is George Bush all over again—same song, second verse.

Worse: he’ll reassemble the same backup band.

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