Romney has no use for 47% of Americans

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Truth? What truth? What sources? You're entitled to your own opinions...You're NOT entitled to your own facts.

Actually, no it's not.

Romney: Vote For Me, You Losers
As for the elegance of the comments, it is potentially galling that they come from a man who has refused to reveal much about his own tax liabilities, aside from pointing out that he has not in the past decade paid less than 13 percent of his income -- a rate far lower than the 15 percent payroll-tax rate, the Washington Post's Ezra Klein notes. (h/t Ben White)

But this is the reductio ad absurdum of the Republican Party's hard turn toward an Ayn Randian binary view of the electorate: In this view, you are either a Maker or a Taker, an entrepreneur or a moocher. It is a childish and insulting worldview, but it is one that Mitt Romney has embraced. It befuddles middle-of-the-road conservatives like David Brooks, who this morning writes that Romney's view is "a country-club fantasy. It’s what self-satisfied millionaires say to each other." And though it might rile the Tea Party, it could well be political poison.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/1 ... f=business

Jus' keep doin' what yer doin'--PLEASE!!!... Clint Eastwood? Benghazi/Libyan foot-in-mouth? Attack on 47% of the population--Who are NOT "looters" & "moochers"...(You can take your Randian childishness and stuff it in the usual orifice.)

At an impromptu news conference Monday, Romney offered no apologies, conceding the comments were not "elegantly stated" and were spoken "off the cuff." The Republican presidential nominee said the remarks showed a contrast between President Barack Obama's "government-centered society" and his belief in a "free-market approach."
"Of course, I want to help all Americans, all Americans, have a bright and prosperous future," Romney told reporters.

http://www.newsday.com/elections/mitt-r ... -1.4012121

Bitter & clinging didn't prevent Barack from getting the votes of many of the people he was criticizing.

Thurston Howell Romney
Thurston Howell meets Richie Rich
By DAVID BROOKS

Romney, who criticizes President Obama for dividing the nation, divided the nation into two groups: the makers and the moochers. Forty-seven percent of the country, he said, are people “who are dependent upon government, who believe they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to take care of them, who believe they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it.”

This comment suggests a few things. First, it suggests that he really doesn’t know much about the country he inhabits. Who are these freeloaders? Is it the Iraq war veteran who goes to the V.A.? Is it the student getting a loan to go to college? Is it the retiree on Social Security or Medicare?

It suggests that Romney doesn’t know much about the culture of America. Yes, the entitlement state has expanded, but America remains one of the hardest-working nations on earth. Americans work longer hours than just about anyone else. Americans believe in work more than almost any other people. Ninety-two percent say that hard work is the key to success, according to a 2009 Pew Research Survey.

It says that Romney doesn’t know much about the political culture. Americans haven’t become childlike worshipers of big government. On the contrary, trust in government has declined. The number of people who think government spending promotes social mobility has fallen.

The people who receive the disproportionate share of government spending are not big-government lovers. They are Republicans. They are senior citizens. They are white men with high school degrees.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/opini ... omney.html

Gov NumbNuts just doesn't get it....

Jus' keep doin' what yer doin'--PLEASE!!!... Clint Eastwood? Benghazi/Libyan foot-in-mouth? Attack on 47% of the population--Who are NOT "looters" & "moochers"...(You can take your Randian childishness and stuff it in the usual orifice.)

Once again LJ is all up in a lather about a comment that will not change any voter's minds.

So not only is Romney offensive in his comments about 47% of the American voters being moochers, he is absolutely wrong that those moochers will vote for Obama. In truth, most of the states where those moochers who don't pay federal income tax will likely vote for Romney.

Once again, the Righties are doing everything they can to try to take everyone's mind off of what RMoney has said because it's the most damaging thing Gov NumbNuts has said to date.

Time to drag out the "They did it too" junk: "You Didn't Build That...", "shackled" , ad nauseum.

No, sorry... This time it IS going to tick off a LOT of people who don't consider themselves "moochers"--(see the list above...I'm tired of copying it)--but consider themselves as having EARNED the benefits they've paid for, whether by payroll deductions for years, or because of service to our country.

Lather? No... I'm laughing my tail off... Not only at how stupid RMoney is, but at the scrambling of the teabaggers to try to deflect, double-down, explain, and apologize for NumbNuts stupidity--again....

Yes- what that chart tells me is that his comments will probably not have much of an effect-

Here are some reasons why I think Romney will win- these are someone else's observations, not mine.

The nay sayers and Obama apologists are getting on my nerves, so I thought I'd do the math to see how the election will come out. And given the math, I don't see how Romney can lose. Here's how.

(1) No one who voted for McCain will vote for Obama.

(2) AND, many people who voted for Obama are publicly expressing that they won't vote for him this time. Some are saying "buyer's remorse", like black comedian Jimmy J.J. Walker even had the conviction to force that phrase into the conversation recently on liberal David Letterman's show.

(3) Catholics, who were responsible for electing Obama the first time (as well as Clinton) are seeing their hierarchy not only denounce the democrat positions as going against God and the Bible (abortion, contraception, gay marriage, etc.), but are also suing the Obama administration for using Obamacare to force Catholic institutions (hospitals, schools, churches) to go against their beliefs. (Where is the Freedom Of Religion there?) And Catholics make up 1/3 of the voters.

(4) Young people, who were so much a reason for the Obama victory, are discouraged, as are liberals disappointed in what Obama actually did (as opposed to what he said he was going to do for them).

(5) Conservatives are highly energized to take our country back.

(6) Despite the polls, the midterm elections and other elections are showing how people actually vote. And it's gotten even worse for the dems since.

(7) Seniors are finding out that Obamacare has actually stolen from Medicare. (All of this is "read my lips" to the max).

(8) Jews are seeing how anti-Israel Obama is. And there are 150,000 voting Americans living in Israel, where Obama's policies are negative towards Israel.

(9) Black church leaders are saying how anti-Bible the dems policies are.

(10) Many pastors are going to be speaking how dems are anti-Bible on October 6th and 7th, challenging the IRS anti Freedom Of Speech policy.

So when this is put all together, there are not only no gains for Obama, but there are many losses of people who would otherwise have voted for a democrat.

Now, add to that:

(1) Romney (unlike Obama) is an experienced, effective problem solver in government.

(2) Romney (unlike Obama) is an experienced, effective problem solver in business and economics.

(3) Romney (unlike Obama) has a clean past.

Given all of this, I don't see how Romney can lose.

I agree.

Thanks for the chart - I was just coming back here to post it myself.

BearMtnHIB wrote: Yes- what that chart tells me is that his comments will probably not have much of an effect-

What that chart tells me is that the people like you who agree with Romney's comments suffer from a serious disconnect. :Whistle