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Mitt Romney held three big-tickets fundraisers in New York's fancy Hamptons this weekend, providing some of his richest donors the chance to parody themselves in front of eager political reporters. The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and BuzzFeed all had reporters on hand and the quotes they brought back would read like something written in the imagination of Occupy Wall Street, if the wealthy people in question hadn't gladly put their names to the all-too-real statements.

The Long Island summer spot for New York's high and mighty is already the stereotypical poster community for excess wealth and entitlement, Democratic and Republican alike. But the reports from Romney's $3 million weekend will only confirm the worst of fears of the liberal protesters who came out and tried (unsuccessfully) to spoil the mood.

The $25,000-a-seat fundraiser at the massive estate (40 rooms on 57 acres) owned by Revlon chairman Ron Perelman, caused a traffic jam of high class luxury cars along Montauk Highway — the list of vehicles assembled included Bentleys, BMWs, Range Rovers, Mercedez Benzes, an Aston Martin, a Rolls Royce, a Ferrari, and at least one Porsche that had to be scolded for trying to bypass security. The long wait to get inside gave those outside a chance to survey the crowd for their political opinions and the pull quotes shouted from the passenger windows were as priceless as their fancy wheels: