Preppy handbook

Folks are having fun with Mitt Romney's explanation that his sons think they can better serve the nation by making him president than fighting in the sands of Iraq. It only stands to reason. They're aristocrats. Suchlike don't mix with the grunts. (Oh, wait...).

Fits an old theme here at The Big Con: that so many of our conservative "populists" better resemble Marie Antoinette at the court of Versailles. Can't find the link now, but early on here I told the story of the time Mitt related how he seduced his wife by rolling up in daddy's new sports car.

Not the car his father owned. The car his father manufactured.

The streets belong to the people!!

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