I don't think he interacted with many people outside of his social class.
Mitt and Ann have interacted with people of all backgrounds through their charitable activities, including a following list for Ann alone (the exhaustive list will leak the further along we go in the general election campaign):
- Since being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1998, she has been an active Board Member of the New England Chapter of the MS Society. She has been a leading fundraiser for advocacy and research for MS.
- Governor’s Liaison to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
- Initiator, Co-Chair and Member of the Faith and Action Committee serving at-risk youth
- United Way Board Member
- United Way Executive Committee
- United Way Community Impact Committee
- Involved with the international program Right to Play
- Volunteers time and leadership to equine therapy programs to physically disadvantaged children
- Volunteers for the annual Scholastic Reading event
- Volunteers for Partners for Youth with Disabilities
- Volunteers for the American Red Cross
- Volunteers for the Perkins School for the Blind
- Was a Board Member for the Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund
- Received the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from Operation Kids
- Director of Best Friends addressing needs of inner-city girls
- Volunteer instructor at Mother Caroline Academy
- Board Member of Families First
- Served on the Women’s Cancer Advisory Board of Massachusetts General Hospital
I feel sorry for Democrats. Consider this a warning on trying to paint the Romneys as if they are the Kerrys. If you keep building this up, the testimonies on behalf of the Romneys are going to destroy your campaign. Barack Obama will end up looking like Marlo Stanfield in the eyes of voters.
