Much has been made of Mitt Romney's tone deaf gaffes over the past few weeks.  Most recently, his back-to-back statements about pink slips and firing people will likely cast him forever as the 0ut-of-touch plutocrat of Barack Obama's reelection dreams.    

Some have risen to Romney's defense, pointing out that the now infamous "I like to be able to fire people who provide services for me" has, indeed, been taken out of context – that is, the context he intended (free market choices for health insurance).

Yet there is a larger context that simply can't be ignored;  these statements aren't gaffes because they're literally untrue or unacceptable.   They're gaffes because they confirm what most already suspect about Governor Romney; despite his claim to understanding the economy, he clearly has no understanding of or appreciation for the actual struggles millions of Americans are going through.  

Message: you're out of touch, Mitt.

Governor Romney, by virtue of your own lack of self-awareness, you shall forever forth be known as The Man in the Freudian Slip.

 Apologies to cross-dressers and Photoshop jockeys.  I did my best.