After referring to Romney as Thurston Howell III, Brooks goes onto say, as reported in the National Catholic Daily Reporter:
“This comment suggests a few things,” Brooks continues. “First, it suggests that he [Romney] doesn’t really know much about the country he inhabits. Who are these freeloaders? It is the Iraq war veteran who goes to the V.A.? Is it the student getting a loan to go to college? Is it the retiree on Social Security and Medicare?” Mr. Romney dissed a lot of people with his dismissive comment, of course, not anyone at the country club unless they happen to run a company that is reliant upon one of the many schemes of corporate welfare.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/opinion/brooks-thurston-howell-romney.html?ref=davidbrooks&moc.semityn.www
http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/romney-and-47
You have it exactly, David. It also speaks to the arrogance of the entire party, including, amazingly enough, the stupidly arrogant who Romney is dissing.
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