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    Video: “Kids endorse a presidential candidate”

    One thing you can pretty much pencil in during a presidential election season is intense media scrutiny of the various candidates and their financial assets. That focus tends to be aimed more at Republican candidates, and Mitt Romney has been feeling the heat of that coverage over the past week, with increased attention being paid to his previous work at Bain Capital and his reluctance to release his personal income tax returns.

    In this video, the focus on Romney's wealth takes a more comedic shift as a group of young "rich kids" offer their presidential endorsement to Romney. From the video:

    "I'm rich. I have more money in my pocket than you can make in a year. We're billionaires … yay! I'm really rich. Do we really want a president who isn't rich? My Dad owns over 6,000 parking lots. Paid for by us, rich kids for Romney."

    And be sure to check out all of Yahoo's more serious (and factual!) political coverage over at The Ticket.

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    15 comments

    • Mac  •  4 mths ago
      This is idiocy beyond belief. Kids under 21 don't have enough experience to judge the candidates. In fact I think most people under 40 don't have the wisdom to judge candidates well. I'm well over 40 and don't have a clue as to who will do the best job; that requires a fortune teller.
    • Bob Bowman  •  New York, New York  •  4 mths ago
      How stupid do you have to be to listen to a kids recommendation?
      • REALiTY 4 mths ago
        As stupid as you are to believe this is a real news article, Bob.
      • Philip Mccormick 4 mths ago
        well,the adults chose the current president.........seriously how d they do ? ? ?
    • Cahal the Mad  •  4 mths ago
      Typical of the liberal/dumbocrap party. They look to the uneducated children to help them win the election by filling them up with marxist and anti-American sentiment/lies then asking them for their "opinion". Next thing we'll see is 8-year-olds at the polls, voting democrat. Despicable lib/dem trash.
    • Distant Relative  •  4 mths ago
      "liberal/dumbocrat party" --every few months i come back to yahoo comments to see what the slow kids in the playground are talking about, and, inevitably, the rhetoric level is still as insightful as i remembered it to be. hi, all.
    • Morticia  •  4 mths ago
      There are idiots in every corner of the world.
      • Common Sense Guy 4 mths ago
        Kids are a reflection of the parents.
      • Morticia 4 mths ago
        Usually, but not always. I wasn't necessarily talking about supporting Romney though, more about bragging about how rich and wonderful they are.
      • Don B 4 mths ago
        unfortunately they weren't allowed to swim out of the gene pool.
    • Eminence Front  •  4 mths ago
      Funniest part of the article is the very last sentence - it says: "And be sure to check out all of Yahoo's more serious (and factual!) political coverage". That is hillarious !!! Like anyone believes that Yahoo's political coverage is factual........what a joke. Pretty sure obummer has pictures of Yahoo pres Carol Bartz and a donkey........
    • Kon  •  San Juan Capistrano, California  •  4 mths ago
      Yea lets scrutinize a self made man. What we want for our country is someone who is dead poor, and will help bury our nation even deeper in debt.
    • Ambrose Woolfinger  •  4 mths ago
      That's the commie crap they're being taught in public schools.
      • Common Sense Guy 4 mths ago
        Sorry. Rich kids don't usually go to public school.
      • Sidizen 4 mths ago
        Sorry, those aren't rich kids. This is a school teacher's idea of humor, while still accomplishing the real agenda, brainwashing the kids into hating rich people.

        Figures you wouldn't get it.
    • Distant Relative  •  4 mths ago
      reminds me of that movie about religion camps. americans have a history of indoctrinating their kids with extreme religious views... i didn't think they were smart enough to switch to politics but here goes.
    • Jeff  •  Bellevue, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      Article: Yahoo! endorses a presidential candidate by sliming his competition! Guess which candidate it is! Hint: it's the same one they shamelessly endorsed in 2008!
    • Philip Mccormick  •  Greensboro, North Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      .....nothing wrong with this....kids need to learn somehow.....whether or not they make a good choice.....the adults didn t do so great last election....at least this gives them a basic idea of how the system works.....one of the biggest problems we have today,is people don t take part in the election process,and their children grow up with no idea whatsoever what it s about....
    • Joe  •  4 mths ago
      Yahoo is racist. When white children (7 year olds) we're asked how to improve the economy they said savings, production, and making U.S. products. Black children (7 year olds) called for wealth redistribution and taking from the "greedy"
    • Joe  •  4 mths ago
      This is an ad. And a ripoff of ABC asking 7 year olds of how to fix the economy. White children (7 year olds) called for PRODUCTION, SAVINGS, AND MAKING U.S. PRODUCTS and black children called for (REDISTRIBUTION and TAKING FROM GREEDY)
    • Alex  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      You would be amazed what kids would say if they knew the truth..." The government wants you to believe there is a santa, and easter bunny, and tooth fairy, and magical jesus, and evil allah"
    • Barry  •  South Bend, Indiana  •  4 mths ago
      USA 2012; success is evil, occupation and government nanny state is good! So sayeth your betters, and if you disagree, you're a racist!
      • Mark 4 mths ago
        You hit the nail on the head!
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