Most people reading this know me, but in case you don't, here's the lowdown so far: I'm Elaine - I'm an Asian American expat brat who first moved out of the States at 4 & first hit up China at 13. Since then, I've been in & out of New York & Shanghai, mostly blogging.

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"I'll bet you $10,000." →

Blah blah, the back story is that Romney said something and then totally pretended he didn’t say it when called out on it. That’s standard political maneuvering by this point in time for just about everyone out there so there’s not that much point in going into exactly what he said… but this reply for when a politician, or any person that engages you in some sort of infuriating conversation where their answer is “I just KNOW!” is so simple that it’s kind of awesome.

Chances are they would NEVER take you up on the bet, since they obviously know what’s in their own campaign speeches and have made a concerted effort to spin it, but wouldn’t it just be satisfying to be the person yelling “WHAT? WHAT? YOU DON’T WANT THAT BET? WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? WE’LL JUST PLAY THE TAPES! C’MON DUUUUDEEEEE!” as the tormentee walked away?

motherjones:

“Do you believe,” I asked, “that there is more poverty in Europe than the United States?”

Is that before or after government payments, he responded.

You can define it any way you want, I said.

“Well, I’ll have to think about that,” he said, and started to shuffle away.

But, I said (quickly), you just stated that European-style welfare creates poverty.

“No, I didn’t,” Romney replied. “I said, look at Cuba, North Korea, and the former Soviet Union.”

We report, you decide.

(Source: gimmem0re)

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