September 22, 2011 07:53 PM UTC

Oh For God's Sake

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• by: Colorado Pols

ABC News:

Mitt Romney may be a multimillionaire, but on Wednesday he set his net worth aside and declared himself a member of “the great middle class.”

“We ought to provide help to the people who have been hurt most by the Obama economy. And that’s the middle class,” Romney said at a town hall meeting in Miami. “It’s not those at the very low end; it’s certainly not those at the very high end. It’s for the great middle class – the 80 to 90 percent of us [Pols emphasis] in this country.”

Although Romney referred to “the 80 to 90 percent of us,” his membership in that group is a matter of some doubt…

Because that would make the “middle class” inclusive of people worth between $190 and $250 million, like former CEO of Bain Capital Willard Mitt Romney! We probably shouldn’t even mention this gaffe, since it seems sure to look like “class warfare” flamebait–we realize that the name “Willard” could also have that effect–but there is a threshold of utter preposterousness that, once reached, is going to be ridiculed. It’s not our fault.

Like calling yourself “middle class” when you could burn in your fireplace more money than most Americans will ever see. Don’t like “class warfare?” Great–we’d suggest not goading it along…