We don't need more evidence . . . but here is some more anyway

Does anyone still doubt that Romney is of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich?

He wears it like his skin.   He doesn't even know that he is being offensive.

He reminds me of the Maggie Smith character in Downton Abbey.  She is the Dowager Countess, the matriarch of this aristocratic family with its palace-sized mansion situated not on a big estate but in a vast park.   There are dozens of servants for a family of five.

The Dowager Countess is the epitome of privilege, who accepts it unquestioningly as her place in the order of things.   When one of the housemaids wants to "leave service" and become a secretary, she is simply bewildered that any servant might want a different life.   To be "in service" in a grand and respected house like Downton is a privilege to be envied.   "Why would she want to leave?"    She really can't imagine it.

And when her own lady's maid gives her notice that she's leaving to get married, the Countess moans to her daughter-in-law:  "There's nothing more vexing than losing one's maid, is there?  What am I going to do?"   And then, referring to the maid, she adds without a trace of irony:  "How can she be so selfish?"

That's Mittens.

I don't know how this escaped me back in January, but it was referenced online today.   As reported by the Washington Post, Romney was asked about his use of the word "envy" in discussions about the distribution of wealth and power in this country.

Romney:  You know, I think it’s about envy. I think it’s about class warfare. When you have a president encouraging the idea of dividing America based on 99 percent versus one percent . . .  you have opened up a wave . . . which is entirely inconsistent with the concept of one nation under God.

QUESTIONER: Are there no fair questions about the distribution of wealth without it being seen as envy, though?

ROMNEY: I think it’s fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms and discussions about tax policy and the like. But the president has made it part of his campaign rally. Everywhere he goes we hear him talking about millionaires and billionaires and executives and Wall Street. It’s a very envy-oriented, attack-oriented approach and I think it will fail. 

Romney is saying there's nothing that divides us except the Democrats who are pointing out how divided we are.   Like the housemaid in Downton Abbey, the 99% should be satisfied with their lot in the scheme of helping the rich get richer and enjoy their privileged life. 

If we have to talk about it, let it be only in "quiet rooms."   Then maybe the servants wouldn't overhear.  It will only make them envious and want to "better" themselves.

I rest my case (for today).

Ralph