Mitt Romney’s plan for saving the economy apparently involves hiring everyone to build houses for him:
GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney, scheduled to attend a series of fundraisers this weekend in San Diego, is also working on plans to nearly quadruple the size of his $12 million oceanfront manse in La Jolla.
Romney has filed an application with the city to bulldoze his 3,009-square-foot, single-story home at 311 Dunemere Dr. and replace it with a two-story, 11,062-square-foot structure.
The Romney camp explains that this is a necessary remodel because Mitt is the father to five married sons and 16 grandkids. Oh, well, that’s okay, then. I know my dearly departed grandmother, who had 13 kids, had to quadruple the size of her house every time one of her kids had kids, too. (Just kidding! Not only did she have to raise all 13 of her kids in one two-bedroom house, that house is the same size today.)
This is done with his own money, right? Why is this a story?
P.S. If we’ve been lowered to pointing out when a candidate spends his own money on improvements to his own house then we (the Democrats) are in serious trouble.
Another “Western White House” in the making?
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@DJ: because it paints a presidential candidate as an out-of-touch gazillionaire, drawing a stark contrast to the out-of-touch gazillionaire currently in office. I wonder if Mittens knows how many houses *he* owns.
Exactly.
I get that they WANT it to sound like he’s out of touch but, to me (a staunch Democrat), it sounds petty, invasive and stupid. Imagine how it sounds to an Independent.
Mormons and their big families….
but Deminjuice is right.
I think people should know that a presidential candidate plans to build an 11,000-square-foot house. When Romney tries the just-plain-folks act (as they all do eventually) it’ll help voters decide just how full of shit he may possibly be.
Maybe he should have waited till after the election. ?
All these guys from the left and the right are monied though.
I imagine this will be forgotten by election time.
Hmmm…. maybe stories like this help a Republican get the nomination? “That guy has money! He has my vote!”
Agree with DemonJuice (never thought I say that phrase). When either party grasps at straws to make the other candidates look bad, it just discredits the party, or at least those jumping on the current poorly-built bandwagon.