Democratic National Committee Taunts Mitt Romney With Aerial Ad

WASHINGTON -- In anticipation of Mitt Romney's set of fundraisers in New York City on Wednesday night, the Democratic National Committee is taking some extraordinary measures to hammer home their favorite frame: that the former governor is a plutocrat in Tea Party disguise.

The DNC will be hiring a pilot to fly over the Hudson River between the George Washington Bridge and Hoboken with a 175-foot sign reading: "Bet You 10K Romney's Out of Touch - Mitts10KBet.com."

Romney is set do several fundraisers with top finance types in the city. A breakfast will be held with John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made billions betting against the bad mortgages that he hand-picked, along with John Whitehead, the former chairman of Goldman Sachs, and Woody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets. According to the New York Post, Romney will head to the Waldorf-Astoria for a lunch-time fundraising event hosted by J.P. Morgan Chase vice chairman Jimmy Lee. For the nightcap, Romney will visit the Park Avenue home of Steve Schwarzman, the head of Blackstone, where he will be joined by another famous hedge fund type: Paul Singer.

Needless to say, the crowd would be comfortable (financially at least) making the type of $10,000 bet that got Romney in trouble during last Saturday's GOP debate. In fact, they will likely be offering up significantly more to the former governor's campaign.

The issue of Wall Street money is, of course, a tricky one. The huge sums that President Barack Obama has raised from the financial sector have been a source of consternation for progressives and prompted accusations of hypocrisy from Republicans. But the actual amount is a subject of dispute. If you strip out the money raised by the DNC, Romney is besting Obama. And certainly packed events, like the ones slated for Wednesday, make it easier for Democrats to push the Romney-as-a-Martini-Party-member-meme.

"Today Mitt Romney's coming to New York to fundraise from some of the wealthiest Americans who, just like Romney, are probably used to making $10,000 bets on the golf course or in a corporate boardroom," said Melanie Roussell, DNC National Press Secretary.

UPDATE: And if an aerial assault wasn't enough, two progressive groups, MoveOn.org Political Action and Americans United for Change, will be staging protests outside Romney’s lunch fundraiser on Wednesday. Organizers are describing it as an effort to "show why Romney is the poster boy for the 1 percent."

 

 

Comments

[MBKFBOS]

03:21 PM on 12/14/2011

I predict Romney will make a big come back, and steal the nomination from Newt.....I am psychic you know.

[getoffmedz]

03:40 PM on 12/15/2011

All depends who gets Jeb Bush as a running mate.

[Eye2amAmerican]

02:38 PM on 12/14/2011

uhhhhh.......from what I've seen so far.....Huntsman is the one who has destroyed Mitty with ads.....all the campaigns should be hiring Huntsman's ad people.....because his ads against Willard have been funny, and devastating.........team Obama are you taking notes.........

[den1953]

02:25 PM on 12/14/2011

Mitt Romney likes those new people he calls Corporations!

[Spanky231]

02:17 PM on 12/14/2011

I don't know how effective a flying banner will be. Seems sorta desperate to me.

[umkcmoneyman]

01:40 PM on 12/14/2011

Mitt's out of touch? Obama raised nearly 700 million in 2008 with over 20% coming from the financial sector and more than any other candidate. Moveon.org is funded largely by one of the biggest 1%ers out there George Soros by speculating in the financial markets. Hypocrites.

[den1953]

02:26 PM on 12/14/2011

Did you get the Koch Brothers permission to type that?

[getoffmedz]

03:41 PM on 12/15/2011

Ha!

[Razerface]

03:34 PM on 12/16/2011

Thanks for putting in your two cents, is your real name Mickey Mouse or Adolf Hitler??

[DRouss3977]

12:53 PM on 12/14/2011

Finally, the DNC is starting to play by the GOP rules! Yippee! This will be fun!

[BarefootArizona]

11:52 AM on 12/14/2011

It's sad that The American people aren't smart enough to see that Romney is the most capable leader we have to choose from. Oh well. I'm over it.

I knd of want Obama to stay in the office so that house prices will stay low. IT'S A BUYERS MARKET! WOOT WOOT!

Have fun in the unemployment line....

[mahhala]

01:04 PM on 12/14/2011

I must be dumb (according to you). Please enlighten me as to what makes Romney the most capable leader?

[regularguynyc]

11:50 AM on 12/14/2011

Nice to see the Leftists are keeping the political discussion up to their usual standards. If one didn't think that the Left was in complete panic over a Romney candidacy this is your proof. Romney hasn't even won his own parties nomination yet and the Liberals are losing their composure.

Why don't we see the Republicans doing this to Obama as he campaigns?

[Bergen2]

12:55 PM on 12/14/2011

Because Republicans prefer racist slurs, misinformation campaigns and voter suppression. Republican standards lack ethics.

[PUPITO]

01:46 PM on 12/14/2011

Yeah OK! And Democrats fart pixie dust!

[regularguynyc]

02:08 PM on 12/14/2011

"Republican­s prefer racist slurs" Really? You haven't heard what the liberal media said about Herman Cain? You clearly don't know your history: The Segregationists were Democrats, Democrats fought tooth and nail against equal right and women's rights, and finally "Affirmative Action"is by design supposed to be racist and decisive...You Libs are clueless.

[amaboss52]

01:52 PM on 12/14/2011

LOL, what about the "appeasement charge", "he's always campaigning charge", "everything is his fault" charge. Please the repud fascists have been campaigning against him since he took office. Get a grip and try telling the truth, thats all you CONservative do, lie, lie, lie.

[The Patriot]

11:50 AM on 12/14/2011

Remember when they took the elder Bush to a grocery store and he was just mesmerized by the little laser in the bar code reader?
Then everyone brutally made fun of him for being so out of touch with the average American citizen?
This is that moment for Mitt.
(and just in case you are wondering, most Americans don't have a quarter-dozen wives, so Newt is no better in this regard).

[SegoLily1]

11:44 AM on 12/14/2011

Really? The DNC are idiots. This is the worst idea ever and only makes Romney look better.

[Tom Weidermeijer]

01:49 PM on 12/14/2011

Allow the Right to eat their own first. Then jump in.

[DoctorWhoDat]

11:36 AM on 12/14/2011

Wouldn't it be cheaper for the DNC to find someone with trained pigeons to straff Romney's head?
After all it is NYC.

[Kritikos]

11:23 AM on 12/14/2011

< Looks like Clark Went changing into Stupidman.

[lynn1219]

11:02 AM on 12/14/2011

I don't know if these childish pranks do any good. When you lie down with dogs, you wake up scratching!

[June25]

11:01 AM on 12/14/2011

How Ironic MoveOn.org making fun of a 10,000 dollar bet.Thats chump change their owner George Soror just made an 880 millon dollar bet against the US on the Hedge Fund market.Congratulations George and MoveOn won.

[CognitoErgoSum]

02:00 PM on 12/14/2011

Soros must be some neo-con shill code for boogeyman. Soros keeped being invoked for various things, but most Dems never even heard of him.

[Spanky231]

02:16 PM on 12/14/2011

Sorta like how the Dems use the Koch brothers as their boogeyman.

[June25]

02:20 PM on 12/14/2011

Well you should thank him he is the #1 contributor to Democrat causes,it pays to know who signs your bosses paychecks.

[den1953]

02:31 PM on 12/14/2011

Your right Mitt Romney gets that much every minute for campaign funds from the Koch Brothers every time you buy their toilet paper!

[Peter Gatliff]

10:55 AM on 12/14/2011

Hey Mitt. If coporations are people tell them to cough up a birth certificate.

[Holder Gunrunner]

11:45 AM on 12/14/2011

Maybe they could get the same person who forged Obama's. Nevermind, they would probably be able to find someone competent.

[Bogey907]

01:19 PM on 12/14/2011

Your tinfoil hat is crooked.

[amaboss52]

01:54 PM on 12/14/2011

LOL you proved your ignorance, now go away.

[regularguynyc]

11:54 AM on 12/14/2011

And most Leftists don't believe corporations employ people...

[Tom Weidermeijer]

01:50 PM on 12/14/2011

What does that even mean?