None of the words were written by me. Herman _____ From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Susan Fertig Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 1:32 PM To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] A good reflection on Romney I realize, too, that Im not sure which, if any, were your own words and not part of the review. I took the quote marks to be the review portion and the top part to be yours, and I may have got that wrong. Susan From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of HERMAN GREENE Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:04 PM To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] A good reflection on Romney I just thought it was a good refection Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone Susan Fertig <susan@gmdtech.com> wrote: Just for the record, not everyone on this listserv has drunk your KoolAid, and Im offended by your language in the message below and the one that succeeds it. Susan From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] <mailto:%5bmailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net%5d> On Behalf Of Herman Greene Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:21 AM To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' Subject: [Oe List ...] A good reflection on Romney <http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/09/18/the_real_romney.html> The Real Romney <http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/real-romney-is-a-sneering-plutocrat.ht ml> Jonathan Chait says the <http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/09/17/romney_explains_obama_voters.h tml> hidden camera video that went viral yesterday exposes Mitt Romney "as a far more sinister character than I had imagined. Here is the sneering plutocrat, fully in thrall to a series of pernicious myths that are at the heart of the mania that has seized his party. He believes that market incomes in the United States are a perfect reflection of merit. Far from seeing his own privileged upbringing as the private-school educated son of an auto executive-turned-governor as an obvious refutation of that belief, Romney cites his own life, preposterously, as a confirmation of it..." "The revelations in this video come to me as a genuine shock. I have never hated Romney. I presumed his ideological makeover since he set out to run for president was largely phony, even if he was now committed to carry through with it, and to whatever extent he'd come to believe his own lines, he was oblivious or naïve about the damage he would inflict upon the poor, sick, and vulnerable. It seems unavoidable now to conclude that Romney's embrace of Paul Ryanism is born of actual contempt for the looters and moochers, a class war on behalf of his own class." _____________________________________________ Herman Greene 2516 Winningham Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27516 919-929-4116 (h) 919-624-0579 (c) 919-942-4358 (f) Skype: hgreene-nc hfgreene@mindspring.com