{"id":6334,"date":"2012-02-02T15:10:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T23:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6334"},"modified":"2012-02-02T15:10:21","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T23:10:21","slug":"its-official-trumpney-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6334","title":{"rendered":"IT’S OFFICIAL: Trumpney Is Born"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today will be remembered in the annals of political history as the day a hybrid presidential candidate was unleashed on America. A candidate that incorporates the wealth and breeding of a political dynasty with the riches and elitism of a casino boss.<\/p>\n

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Mitt Romney and Donald Trump have much in common. They are both filthy rich. They have both presided over businesses that went bankrupt. They both like to fire people, as they have said:<\/p>\n

Romney:<\/strong> I like to fire people.
\nTrump:<\/strong> You’re fired.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps the most significant of their shared characteristics is that they are both proud members of the GOP (Greedy One Percent). That affiliation has got to be the worst timing for a political campaign in a year when the abuse of wealth, corporate power, and the marriage of the two, has become such a volatile political issue.<\/p>\n

Romney’s campaign is already hampered by the popular impression that he is an out-of-touch, elitist, multimillionaire. His previous comments about being one of the unemployed, defending the personhood of corporations, and casually making $10,000 bets, has already hurt Romney with middle-class and independent voters. And now, the day after he told CNN that he “doesn’t care about the very poor,”<\/em> he hooks up with America’s prime example of extravagant excess. Couldn’t they have waited a week or two?<\/p>\n

Not that that would have helped much. According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, the Trump endorsement is toxic. The survey revealed<\/a> that 20% of the respondents said that they would be \u201cless likely\u201d<\/em> to vote for a candidate that Trump had endorsed. Indeed, the survey showed that Trump would scare off more voters than any of the other people tested.<\/p>\n

Finally, Romney will have a lot to answer for<\/a>. Some of the questions that should be put to him include:<\/p>\n