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September 17, 2012

Mother Jones Magazine Catches Romney Accurately Stating The Dynamics of the Race
— Ace

Seems like this is completely accurate to me.

Oh Noes! There's even more: He says it would be politically helpful to him were he of Latino descent.

I mean, that's obviously so false.

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1 MotherFucker Jones

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 17, 2012 01:08 PM (jUytm)

2 Let's see how this one plays.

Posted by: Rich at September 17, 2012 01:08 PM (TOgQZ)

3 Whose mother?

Posted by: Exile at September 17, 2012 01:08 PM (0Z0HU)

4 Is mother jones bothered by reality?

Posted by: lorien1973 at September 17, 2012 01:08 PM (0tkqC)

5 but it's bLaSpHeMy!!

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 17, 2012 01:09 PM (jUytm)

6 So, lemme guess: They are playing this as some big scoop that Romney hates poor people?

Posted by: RoyalOil at September 17, 2012 01:09 PM (imtbm)

7 And? What's erroneous about any of that? Am I missing something?

Posted by: eastvalleyphx at September 17, 2012 01:09 PM (GRvW4)

8 Great ad for Romney. Nice work Mother Jones.

Posted by: Interested Party at September 17, 2012 01:09 PM (RE+1w)

9 Yes, of course the fellating whores at HuffPo are already touting this as "damaging" and "controversial." I want Romney to wipe the floor with TFG so badly just to see these fiends' heads explode.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2012 01:09 PM (+tqYo)

10 All monther and jones are missing is #curley!

Posted by: Bosk at September 17, 2012 01:10 PM (n2K+4)

11 I am surprised their heads didn't explode when they first watched this. Nice undercover camera/mic set up...lol "speaking truth to power"...whatever.

Posted by: b at September 17, 2012 01:10 PM (wTSvK)

12 BTW is that Obama2016 any good? And by good, I mean for people who can't stand the sound of SCOAMF's voice or his terrible stuttering cadence.

Posted by: joeindc44 at September 17, 2012 01:10 PM (WrIV3)

13 brb, killing the goose that lays the golden eggs

Posted by: Prezzy TFG at September 17, 2012 01:10 PM (1FOy5)

14 it's almost as if the orders are to vilify every single thing Mittro says...

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 17, 2012 01:10 PM (jUytm)

15 Did Romney sneak some sleepers into MoJo??? Spot on and to the point, Romney should get the MSM to play this repeatedly... free advertising!

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 17, 2012 01:10 PM (XvHmy)

16 I thought he gave a measured and rational statement about the dependent class. It is real. It is a BFD as biden would say. We can't expect people who pay no taxes to understand how tax cuts work.

Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at September 17, 2012 01:10 PM (kXoT0)

17 so is this the latest gaffe of romney, who by the way, leads in the polls? Select the target, freeze it..etc...

Posted by: joeindc44 at September 17, 2012 01:10 PM (WrIV3)

18 Sounds like good strategery.

Posted by: kallisto at September 17, 2012 01:11 PM (jm/9g)

19 Mother Jones and the NYTs need a third person - Pravda

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2012 01:11 PM (m2CN7)

20 brb, voting for a president that will give us more golden eggs

Posted by: Non-Taxpaying Useless Fucks at September 17, 2012 01:11 PM (1FOy5)

21 So Romney called it like it is. A tad less than half the American public are socialist thieving wastes of fucking skin that want to live off the other half's blood and sweat.

Posted by: Berserker at September 17, 2012 01:11 PM (FMbng)

22 The truth sucks, that's why we don't print it.

Narrative baby, we got to print the narrative.

Posted by: NY Times Editor, Sgt Schlutz at September 17, 2012 01:11 PM (wR+pz)

23 Yeah reality sucks, the good news is I think they will be as motivated getting off their asses and voting for Obama as they are at finding work.

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 17, 2012 01:11 PM (LRFds)

At least we know that Romney is aware of the odds. I like him even more for this.

The truth is, is that our nation is very close to being unsalvageable as it stands nowl.

Posted by: Soona at September 17, 2012 01:11 PM (cPQjO)

25 Won't brb, going Galt

Posted by: Taxpaying Producers at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (1FOy5)

26 they think they can shell-shock Mitt with a constant barrage of criticism and brow-beating then again, it worked in '94

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (jUytm)

27 Damn. Romney does get it. Completely accurate. They secretly recorded Romney telling the truth? How terrible. Fucking dolts.

Posted by: maddogg at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (OlN4e)

28 Clearly Romney is a racist?

Posted by: Adam at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (/YJYi)

29 the liberal wankosphere strategy of not reporting on the election, the issues, or anything else except snide slanders on romney can't work. The left is just talking to itself, they aren't going to convince the I's that romney is going to do worse than obama.

Posted by: joeindc44 at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (WrIV3)

30 Can't listen to it right now. Fill a moron in?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (GEICT)

31 I didn't know Romney had it in him to speak so clearly.

Reminds me of my favorite line of his, telling the scrunt who said that for her the pursuit of happiness boiled down to free contraception, "You want free stuff? Vote for the other guy".

And is Mother Jones acting all offended that this is what their ideology actually just boils down to, when you strip away all the righteous indignation? What a fucking joke that is. Own it Mother Jones. You support the party of leeches.

Posted by: BS Inc. at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (P2Ufm)

32 Great scoop there, Jackass Jones. Just about anyone with a functioning brain had that already figured out for themselves.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (54vf8)

33 >MotherFucker Jones

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 17, 2012 05:08 PM (jUytm)

HEY!

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (8sCoq)

34 I think 47% is low, by the way.

How many people do you see out there crying they want to keep their handout. No matter what it is- then stating they will vote for the guy that let's them keep it. No matter who it hurts or whether it sinks the entire country. They simply don;t care about the first and don't think the latter is possible. But it is and it's coming.

I also think a lot of those people taking handouts see it coming too. Or they've been hurt in ways that has taken that handout or cushy job away.

Posted by: Exile at September 17, 2012 01:12 PM (0Z0HU)

35 I didn't know Mother Jones Magazine was still being published. I figured Rodale Press would have bought them up by now and killed them.

Posted by: toby928© at September 17, 2012 01:13 PM (QupBk)

36 Romney gives a pretty good summation of the situation, there. The hope for America is that many of the 47% of leeches aren't able to drag their drug-addled asses to the polls. And that as many of the normal, sane people (and even the ditzes in the middle who just happen to kind of understand the precipice that America is perched on) are excited and driven to make sure that the vote comes out.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 17, 2012 01:13 PM (X3lox)

37 So when all the producers have been taxed out of existence, then who is going to pay for everything?

The Government, the h3ll you say!

Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at September 17, 2012 01:13 PM (kXoT0)

38 I eagerly await the release of the Rashid Khalidi tapes, since it would be interesting to see what relationship a President might have with a prominent Middle Eastern activist since I've heard rumors of things happening there lately thanks to Romney saying something.

Posted by: Coldstream at September 17, 2012 01:13 PM (qrCKL)

39 Narrative baby, we got to print the narrative.

Posted by: NY Times Editor, Sgt Schlutz at September 17, 2012 05:11 PM (wR+pz)

And you have no idea how thankful I am for this.

Posted by: Kirsten Gillibrand at September 17, 2012 01:13 PM (/YJYi)

40 the other Jones! the other Jones!

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 17, 2012 01:13 PM (jUytm)

Mother Jones is a moonbat outfit, right?

So, are they trying to portray this as something that's...'Bad'...for Romney?

Personally, I think it's something that just might appeal to squishy independents, who have jobs and pay taxes.

Posted by: wheatie at September 17, 2012 01:13 PM (Z7b/q)

42 Pretty pathetic, but I rest my case about the media. They seem to be panicking big time...

Posted by: the pink not panicking about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 17, 2012 01:14 PM (W2Z3C)

43 I keep hearing about a divorce. Great idea! Anybody know a good attorney?

Hell, I'll pay a shitload of alimony. Once. Then those fuckers are on their own.

Let's reconvene (not to be confused with reunite) in 20 years. See how each has progressed.

Gettin real tired of this shit, man.

Posted by: eastvalleyphx at September 17, 2012 01:14 PM (GRvW4)

44 I wonder whose spouse is the spy.

Because that sounds and looks like one of the $$Outrageous-per-plate fundraisers.

Posted by: Al at September 17, 2012 01:14 PM (MzQOZ)

45 I enjoyed 2016. Most of it I was already aware, but they did a nice job of putting the events in chronological order. Helps in seeing the forming of SCOMF.

Posted by: Paladin at September 17, 2012 01:14 PM (DPvCq)

46 This is great. Perfect for the wondering conservatives whether R is the real deal. Guess what--he is? Also, look at the converse--I'll a slacker, so I'll vote for O? Come on, MSM, pick this one up.

Posted by: Interested Party at September 17, 2012 01:14 PM (RE+1w)

47 Those stupid smug bastards with their smarmy line in the transcription about the 1% chuckling. Who the fuck do they think attends fundraisers, both Romney's and Obama's?

Posted by: Xander Crews at September 17, 2012 01:14 PM (QqZzr)

48 A few % of those are young people just starting out in life. So maybe shave off a few % points for conservative twenty something newlyweds Otherwise. Yeah, he's right.

Posted by: Lauren at September 17, 2012 01:14 PM (wsGWu)

49 This video is RACIST!

Posted by: NY Times Editor, Sgt Schlutz at September 17, 2012 01:15 PM (wR+pz)

50 Romney stating that Obamabots will always be Obamabots

have you seen my shocked face? :-O

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 17, 2012 01:15 PM (8sCoq)

51 Nobody pays attention to anything.... Romney is right - the 47% or so don't pay taxes and mooch off the ones that do pay taxes.... Soon it will tip to the point where America can't borrow and the interest on the debt will eat up all the tax income. Then those that cannot or won't do - will be the ones who are fucked...... And do you think I will give a shit when I see them starving on the street? Hell Noes!!!!

Posted by: izoneguy at September 17, 2012 01:15 PM (oKH8p)

52 Romney gives a pretty good summation of the situation, there. Yes, just like in London regarding the Olympics, and just like last week regarding the murder of our ambassador. Conclusion: Gaffe.

Posted by: the media deciders at September 17, 2012 01:15 PM (jUytm)

53 http://tinyurl.com/l4cdqt

RAS-GOP pulled back ahead in the congressional...

44-43.....

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 17, 2012 01:15 PM (LRFds)

54 We only finished half of "The Story of Henny-Penny" when we were in kindergarten, so there will be plenty of bread for everybody.

Posted by: Fucking useless parasites voting for Obama at September 17, 2012 01:15 PM (1FOy5)

55 A little EBT mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzspsovNvII

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 17, 2012 01:16 PM (XvHmy)

56 Si! Se puke!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2012 01:16 PM (+tqYo)

57 Now I need to get The Daily Workers take on the matter.

Posted by: toby928© at September 17, 2012 01:16 PM (QupBk)

58 61 Now I need to get The Daily Workers take on the matter.

Posted by: toby928Â© at September 17, 2012 05:16 PM (QupBk)

And Politico... I can't wait..

Posted by: the pink not panicking about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 17, 2012 01:16 PM (W2Z3C)

59 http://tinyurl.com/33lscbm

Ras-53% favor Ogabecare repeal.....

Ogabe's bounce is gone lok at the weekly dynamic and you'll see....

BOOM!

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 17, 2012 01:17 PM (LRFds)

60 So don't be jonesing for a job, bitch, pass the joint.

Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at September 17, 2012 01:17 PM (wR+pz)

61 Basketball Jones?

Posted by: Bosk at September 17, 2012 01:17 PM (n2K+4)

62 Thank Allah ace is back to attacking Romney and not Chicago Jesus, fewer riots that way.

Posted by: Dr Spank at September 17, 2012 01:17 PM (0muQ0)

63 Oh, that statement about being Latino is soo-o-o-o-o wrong! Being Black didn't help me get elected one bit.

Posted by: Choomy O'Doggobbler at September 17, 2012 01:17 PM (54vf8)

64 And I thought they were just into smoking pot and not bathing, or flushing.

Posted by: Dang© at September 17, 2012 01:17 PM (R18D0)

65 I eagerly await the release of the Rashid Khalidi tapes
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You and me both.

Posted by: Methos, from like four years ago at September 17, 2012 01:17 PM (6LvlL)

66 Clint Eastwood. :-D

Posted by: Beginning of the end at September 17, 2012 01:18 PM (HL0e9)

67 70 I eagerly await the release of the Rashid Khalidi tapes
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You and me both.

Sorry to say at this point with this media it wouldn't make any difference...

Posted by: the pink not panicking about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 17, 2012 01:18 PM (W2Z3C)

68 We can't expect people who pay no taxes to understand how tax cuts work. No, they understand completely. Whether correctly or erroneously, they feel their slice of the pie gets smaller. Whether tax cuts stimulate the economy and create additional jobs has no bearing to them, as they could care less if the economy improves or more people go to work. Shut down the government for a couple of days, enough to make the flow of govmint teat money to them stop, and they'll let you know their priorities.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at September 17, 2012 01:18 PM (feFL6)

69 @70

MFer, a lost moron returns.

Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at September 17, 2012 01:18 PM (wR+pz)

70 We don't need no stinking joke videos.

Posted by: Dang© at September 17, 2012 01:19 PM (R18D0)

71 59 Posted by: The Political Hat at September 17, 2012 05:16 PM (XvHmy) Holy shiite! What the fuck is that?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2012 01:19 PM (+tqYo)

72 Do you regret your statement, Governor Romney?

Posted by: MSM--Auto Repeat at September 17, 2012 01:19 PM (TR60b)

73 "And so my job is not to worry about those people"

RAAAAAACIST!!!!11!!!

Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 17, 2012 01:20 PM (SY2Kh)

74 Sure, you wingnuts think Romney telling it straight to Mother Jones is some kind of accomplishment, but how does this stop Oscar Meyer from spunking Sandra Fluke's panty muffin?

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Harry Reid is a pederast and a strangler at September 17, 2012 01:20 PM (f6hd5)

Richard Lewis and Cher walk into a bar. The bartenders says " Where's Curly?'

its like crack, I can't let it go.

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2012 01:20 PM (m2CN7)

76 Maybe that 47 percent is shrinking; again today, I saw almost no Obama stickers on cars. After driving locally and then on 3 highways, I saw only 1 and it was from 2008. Could it be that the msm knows this and is doubling down on the criticism? ( I still have seen no obama/biden lawn signs anywhere in my blue state.)

Posted by: Rondinellamamma at September 17, 2012 01:20 PM (53riN)

77 And boom goes the dynamite ...

Posted by: Honey Badger at September 17, 2012 01:21 PM (RM1gx)

78 The only good part about Mother Jones is those funny Spy vs. Spy comic strips they print in there.

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone reactionary at September 17, 2012 01:21 PM (NLKoW)

79 The only thing depressing about the first video is where he says, "I'll never convince them to be responsible for their own lives."

It's sad. So sad.

Posted by: lorien1973 at September 17, 2012 01:21 PM (0tkqC)

80 They will take the quote "my job is not to worry about them" and that will be the lead. Gaffes hurt when they play into the known narrative and this one does. I have mixed feelings. It's all accurate, of course, but you don't want to be caught saying it. Speaking the truth should not be damaging, but when you have the media creating narratives out of whole cloth sometimes it is. I wonder how this plays out. I'm with some of the others, though: as impolitic as it is, I actually feel BETTER about Romney than I did before. I just don't know how it plays out with that 10% he was talking about.

Posted by: Tommy V at September 17, 2012 01:21 PM (iJ5jJ)

81 IVE TAXIDERMYIEDED ALL MY ABORTIONS. I DRESS THEM UP LIKE *SPIT* R-MONEY AND RYAN AND STICK PINS IN THEM!!!!

Posted by: KayInMaine at September 17, 2012 01:22 PM (/Aauo)

82 The only good part about Mother Jones is those funny Spy vs. Spy comic strips they print in there. I used to like the fold-a-page at the end, but lately, it's always Karl Marx.

Posted by: toby928© at September 17, 2012 01:22 PM (QupBk)

83 84

It's probably sadder to you than it is to the people Romney's talking about, that's how brain-dead they are.

Posted by: BS Inc. at September 17, 2012 01:22 PM (P2Ufm)

84 37 I think 47% is low, by the way.

I don't. Yes, 47% pay no income tax, but not all of them are deadbeats and moochers. The rest of the Dem voting bloc is made up of blank-minded twits, upper income folks who want to salve their guilty consciences, or those who want to publicly preen their moral feathers.

Something fundamental has changed in this election, though. In elections past, there was little stomach for calling out the freeloaders. This election, that taboo has been broken, with the benefit that the freeloaders will at least to some extent have to confront their freeloaderness. That might just be the beginning of rethinking for them.

Posted by: pep at September 17, 2012 01:22 PM (6TB1Z)

Hilarious that they think they have some kind of a scoop.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 17, 2012 01:23 PM (nTgAI)

86 Some people would have you believe we are a nations of 'haves' and 'have nots'. I don't think that is the case. We have progressed, thanks to the 'progressives' into a nation of 'haves' and 'I'll have yours'.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at September 17, 2012 01:23 PM (feFL6)

87 Romney on Obama voters.. he should run that as an ad. The middle voters need to hear the truth.. and want to hear the truth.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 17, 2012 01:23 PM (f9c2L)

88 Alternate post title: Mitt Romney Alienates People Who Would Never Vote For Him In A Million Years

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 17, 2012 01:23 PM (jUytm)

89 kay seek help

Posted by: phoenixgirl, what did huma abedin know? at September 17, 2012 01:23 PM (Ho2rs)

90 Also, another interesting point: what did he say beyond that? There is a REASON they cut it off in mid sentence. What did he go on to say?

Posted by: Tommy V at September 17, 2012 01:24 PM (iJ5jJ)

91 The voters acted stupidly, oh wait what ? - Baraka Obamatron

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 17, 2012 01:24 PM (nTgAI)

92 #59, I think the only thing she left out was her iPhone...

Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at September 17, 2012 01:24 PM (kXoT0)

I actually think that Romney is wrong about something. How many people of the 48-49% he mentioned, whose mind he can't change, actually think that they will never rise up the socio-economic ladder?

And why does Romney implicitly state that they won't? Is that a question the MSM would ask? And of course, not asking it says something.

Do people actually start out at one income level and stay there? For the rest of their lives? Actually, they do not. Why doesn't Romney talk about that?

Posted by: Jack at September 17, 2012 01:24 PM (wUFaM)

94 oops! Mother Jones Exclusive: Mitt Romney Alienates People Who Will Never Vote For Him (that's better)

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 17, 2012 01:24 PM (jUytm)

95 Meanwhile, President Obama contradicts himself within two sentences by mocking Republicans for using tax cuts as a tool to fix anything.....then explains how he has cut taxes to fix things. SMARTEREST PRESIDENT EVER.

Posted by: MJ at September 17, 2012 01:24 PM (TR60b)

96 @76

You haven't seen the EBT vid? You do know who Peggy Joseph is right?

Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at September 17, 2012 01:25 PM (wR+pz)

97 92 - Totally. This is the hard truth that people need to be told.

Posted by: lorien1973 at September 17, 2012 01:25 PM (0tkqC)

98 "I'll never convince them to be responsible for their own lives."

Those folks have always been with us. The difference is that in the old days, they starved.

Posted by: pep at September 17, 2012 01:25 PM (6TB1Z)

99 Mother Jones Shocked To Discover Mitt Romney "Not Progressive"

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Harry Reid is a pederast and a strangler at September 17, 2012 01:25 PM (f6hd5)

100 That Mother Jones piece so perfectly encapsulates Romney's/the Republican argument that I would absolutely believe that the Romney campaign leaked it to them to gain an advantage. That's the kind of thing that will resonate with people who are out there paying taxes, scraping by, and realizing that nearly half of their fellow citizens are voting themselves more free shit.

Posted by: DOOM, Ed.D at September 17, 2012 01:26 PM (rqCsd)

101 The paradox is Obama's re-election is worst for those he panders to. Sewing inequity, he will reep the whirlwind.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 17, 2012 01:26 PM (1FOy5)

102

BTW is that Obama2016 any good? And by good, I mean for people who can't stand the sound of SCOAMF's voice or his terrible stuttering cadence.

If you've followed all the stuff about SCOAMF, you know most of it. I had heard there was new stuff. I didn't hear any. Having to listen to him in his own words was agonizing if you're used to muting him the second you hear his voice. I think most of the stuttering was cleaned up, though.

Posted by: RushBabe, Raging Infidel at September 17, 2012 01:26 PM (tQHzJ)

103 OT: Does Obama have the flag in the wrong position in at lest one place here (p40 of 62)? (There are other pics in the slideshow ) http://tinyurl.com/94wors9

Posted by: Baldy at September 17, 2012 01:26 PM (opS9C)

104 While briefly young and liberal in the city by the bay, I actually subscribed to MJ. Even then it was soon evident this was a yellow rag of the worst sort. How can they possibly still be in business?

Posted by: Mazzuchelli at September 17, 2012 01:26 PM (zAZNI)

105 Wait. Romney isn't latino?!?

Posted by: Dang© at September 17, 2012 01:27 PM (R18D0)

106 Reap the whirlwind at 108.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 17, 2012 01:27 PM (1FOy5)

107 But how many of the 47% will bother voting this year?

Posted by: biancaneve at September 17, 2012 01:27 PM (6bYlh)

108 This is a Romney we need to see on the stump. He is comfortable, speaking the truth. And this is the truth.

Posted by: Paula at September 17, 2012 01:27 PM (hQLFs)

109 Were those videos supposed to be 'gotcha' or somehow damaging? Even if I was a partisan lib it wouldn't have gotten my knickers in a bunch. ???

Posted by: Tonic Dog at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (X/+QT)

110 I never realized how fucked up my name is until just now. Damn.

Posted by: MJ at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (TR60b)

111 Where did he say this?

Posted by: PJ at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (DQHjw)

112 The women of the Brattlesboro Abortion Clinic and I myself find this kind of behaviors reprehnsible. Again Romeny shows what a racist he is by talking down to the lovers of our multi-racial president and his committment to expanding governement protectiosn of citizens. This is so far beyond the pell that the former governor should resign.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein, Brattlesboro VT at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (/YJYi)

113 Sow the seeds. sew the seam...damn homonyms, they will screw you every time.

Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (kXoT0)

114 Maybe Romney could appeal to some of these blue voters if he ate some dog.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Harry Reid is a pederast and a strangler at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (f6hd5)

115 I guess this qualifies as "hate facts."

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (MGlN+)

116 I get why he is starting with the 47% number. He trying to fire up the base (doners in this case). But I think the 47% is wrong. If he wants to go with 47% of adults, that is probably accurate, but it is more like 42% of likely voters, maybe less.

He is right though, trying to sell personal responsibility to the takers is wasted effort. Getting the Inds (which he has) and turn out are what turns this into an easy win.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (PG7KH)

117 Mother Jones: The truth is a lie

Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (1Jaio)

118

I don't. Yes, 47% pay no income tax, but not all of them are deadbeats and moochers. The rest of the Dem voting bloc is made up of blank-minded twits, upper income folks who want to salve their guilty consciences, or those who want to publicly preen their moral feathers.

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I would say 30% are hard-core leftists who want a complete failure of this nation. Another 10% who were working Americans but found that the freebies are just too hard to resist. The other 7% are the people disgusted with not having a good job and will vote accordingly.

I think it's the 7% that Romney is trying to woo. If we get even 4% of those people, the election will be a mandate.

Posted by: Soona at September 17, 2012 01:28 PM (cPQjO)

119

I have nothing to offer you except blood, sweat, toil, tears, and Barak Obama-

Signed - Rmoney

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 17, 2012 01:29 PM (nTgAI)

120

Mitt Romney said "Latino"!

RACIST!!!!!!

Meanwhile the left's new meme today is "R&R: pale, stale and male"

Posted by: lesbian seagull at September 17, 2012 01:29 PM (xXhWA)

121 Free Speech? How does it f*cking work!

Posted by: Team Obama at September 17, 2012 01:30 PM (eHIJJ)

122

Hold on a sec, you mean all of my hard earned public union pay and incredibly generous pension is paying for free loaders?

Raise taxes!

Posted by: Democratic tax payer at September 17, 2012 01:30 PM (wUFaM)

123 Meanwhile the left's new meme today is "RR: pale, stale and male"

Posted by: lesbian seagull at September 17, 2012 05:29 PM (xXhWA)

But they've got some great hair don't they?

Posted by: Joe Biden at September 17, 2012 01:30 PM (/YJYi)

124 it's on the wrong side of the stage baldy

Posted by: phoenixgirl, what did huma abedin know? at September 17, 2012 01:30 PM (Ho2rs)

125 "Do people actually start out at one income level and stay there? For the rest of their lives? Actually, they do not. Why doesn't Romney talk about that?"

He ain't talking about changing their mind on a political and economic philosophy, he's talking about this specific election.

Posted by: lowandslow at September 17, 2012 01:30 PM (GZitp)

126 This election is just like the episode of the Simpson where Homer runs for Sanitation Commissioner and wins by making all kinds of promises. Mitt knows he can't out-promise TFG on goodies from the government so he's appealing to the public with facts and common sense. Good luck with that.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 17, 2012 01:31 PM (1FOy5)

127 99

Yeah, but about half of the ones who think they will rise up the socio-economic ladder think they'll do so by becoming a rapper or a reality TV star, so they aren't exactly long-term thinkers. They'll vote themselves the free shit until that record deal or reality TV show contract gets signed.

I do agree, though, that there is a handful of people who can see themselves rising, despite their current situation.

I take Mitt's point to be that on Election Day 2012, 47% of people will vote their short-term interest and vote for Obama because he's more likely to give them free shit in the short-term, even if a portion of those people want to make it on their own in the longer-term.

Posted by: BS Inc. at September 17, 2012 01:31 PM (P2Ufm)

128

The idiocy of the Left on display: the comments by Romney highlighted by Mother Jones are nothing more than what has been observed about democracy literally forever and in America at least as far back as de Toqueville, namely, that when enough people figure out they can vote themselves money out of their neighbors' pockets, we're doomed. This "tipping point" hypothesis has been widely noted throughout this campaign season. Is it really that surprising that Romney would understand it and articulate it?

Re the "Latinos" comment... what exactly is the beef? Did he say something derogatory about Latinos? No. Are we at the point where a Republican can't even use the word "Latinos"? Well, maybe. Or, maybe Democrats and liberals are just uncomfortable when Republicans notice that they are benefiting from a politics where support is generated from ethnic or racial identity groups, i.e., tribal loyalties, rather than persuasion, logic, facts, etc.

Posted by: The Regular Guy at September 17, 2012 01:32 PM (qHCyt)

129 I guess this qualifies as "hate facts." Remember that gate Obama couldn't pass through while holding an umbrella? Hate fencing. When Obama putts on the green and the ball misses? Hate physics.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Harry Reid is a pederast and a strangler at September 17, 2012 01:32 PM (f6hd5)

130 The next time Krugman, Friedman, Choom et al harps on China's economic miracle...kick 'em in the balls.

http://tinyurl.com/8k5r6y2

Zero Hedge-How China's Rehypothecated "Ghost" Steel Just Vaporized, And What This Means For The World Economy

One of the key stories of 2011 was the revelation, courtesy of MF Global, that no asset in the financial system is "as is", and instead is merely a copy of a copy of a copy-rehypothecated up to an infinite number of times (if domiciled in the UK) for one simple reason: there are not enough money-good, credible assets in existence, even if there are more than enough 'secured' liabilities that claim said assets as collateral. And while the status quo is marching on, the Ponzi is rising, and new liabilities are created, all is well; however, the second the system experiences a violent deleveraging and the liabilities have to be matched to their respective assets as they are unwound, all hell breaks loose once the reality sets in that each asset has been diluted exponentially.

Good stuff

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 17, 2012 01:32 PM (LRFds)

131 I don't paid enough for the work I do as a public employee.

Posted by: Democratic tax payer at September 17, 2012 01:32 PM (wUFaM)

132 I think I will start telling any of my lib aquaintences "if you vote for Obama.. dont show up at my house when the revolution starts".

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 17, 2012 01:32 PM (nTgAI)

133 It's not as if everyone who has a "free ride"is voting for Obama, though. Lots of people vote conservative for reasons of larger import to them(social cons, security cons). And besides that, genuinely needy people are sometimes aware that the bigger threat to their livelihood is people who aren't truly needy sucking up their resources, instead of those who work and actually supply their benefits. The biggest threats to the safety net are freeloaders and moochers.

Of course, this is balanced by rich progressives who pay for their guilt by wanting to raise taxes on everyone.And being assholes, in general.

People don't always vote in the way you'd expect, from the basis of perceived economic benefit.

Posted by: Crazee at September 17, 2012 01:32 PM (626t3)

134 Sounds good to me. The Democrats should be embarrassed by this, but evidently they believe in a peasant class (i.e. Julia Class) and slavery.

Posted by: no surprises at September 17, 2012 01:32 PM (IPhbB)

135 Another 10% who were working Americans but found that the freebies are just too hard to resist. Posted by: Soona at September 17, 2012 05:28 PM (cPQjO)

Yep, my best friend's daughter is one of those. She despises people who work, she thinks everyone should know how to work the system to get what they want. She and her husband and his whole family are also big pot heads. I think he deals to supplement his just barely over minimum wage job.

Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at September 17, 2012 01:33 PM (kXoT0)

136 By the way, in case Obama wins, you'll need a plan B. You could do worse than re-read "Lucifer's Hammer."

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Harry Reid is a pederast and a strangler at September 17, 2012 01:33 PM (f6hd5)

137 87 The only good part about Mother Jones is those funny Spy vs. Spy comic strips they print in there. I used to like the fold-a-page at the end, but lately, it's always Karl Marx. Posted by: toby928Â© at September 17, 2012 05:22 PM (QupBk) Wait. They still print MAD Magazine?

Posted by: Rondinellamamma at September 17, 2012 01:33 PM (53riN)

138 Jake Tapper used to work for Mother Jones. Also, Michael Moore, albeit for only one day. How many donuts did Michael the Hutt have to scarf down in the break room before the commies at MoJo decided he was too expensive to feed?

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at September 17, 2012 01:33 PM (DLu2s)

139 SQUIRREL!!!11eleventy!!

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at September 17, 2012 01:34 PM (KL49F)

140 But, but, they pay sales taxes. Oh, wait, there's no tax on the Link card (or your local edition). And they pay income taxes. Oh, wait, none on welfare. And property, right. Oh yeah, they don't own property, that is run through their landlord. Section 8, anyone?

Posted by: ejo at September 17, 2012 01:34 PM (kfYyO)

141 so how do I say Corzine in Mandarin?

Steel

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 17, 2012 01:34 PM (LRFds)

142 Sounds good to me, Romney. He offends nobody working.. or wanting to work... only people he 'offends' are the constant offended low life welfare losers that make up the democrat party.

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at September 17, 2012 01:35 PM (DGIjM)

143 I'm just glad they didn't catch him telling that joke about the Mexican midget, the black guy with a harelip and the autistic spider monkey who walk into a gay bar.

Posted by: Dang© at September 17, 2012 01:35 PM (R18D0)

144 I wasn't gonna vote Romney anyway.

Posted by: Cheech Marin at September 17, 2012 01:35 PM (EJ6V1)

145 "RR: pale, stale and male"

JEF: black, whack and high on crack

Posted by: DaveA at September 17, 2012 01:36 PM (nKOL2)

146 120Sow the seeds. sew the seam...damn homonyms, they will screw you every time.

Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at September 17, 2012 05:28 PM (kXoT0)

Thanks for checking my typos. You're work will never be done.

I'm typing too fast and not checking. And they're not homonyms, they're gaynyms.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 17, 2012 01:36 PM (1FOy5)

147 To the Left, stating facts is a hate crime.

Posted by: RE at September 17, 2012 01:36 PM (QTVh2)

148 I think Romney would do better if he were this way *on the record*.

I mean, don't you get the feeling he's being authentic here, and the big knock on him is he's a fake?

I'm not saying he should be a flamethrower like a Santorum. Rather, he should say what he actually thinks.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at September 17, 2012 01:36 PM (dN5sa)

149 I'm just glad they didn't catch him telling that joke about the Mexican midget, the black guy with a harelip and the autistic spider monkey who walk into a gay bar. Nah, he only tells that one at temple.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Harry Reid is a pederast and a strangler at September 17, 2012 01:36 PM (f6hd5)

150

137.....Good stuff

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 17, 2012 05:32 PM (LRFds)

Yeah, Sven.....China really, really, doesn't want Mitt to win.

I'm sure they are shitting themselves at the prospect of it.

"Stick it to China. Vote for Mitt" .....should be a slogan.

Posted by: wheatie at September 17, 2012 01:37 PM (Z7b/q)

151

I am liking this Romney guy more and more every day.

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at September 17, 2012 01:37 PM (R8hU8)

152 "RR: pale, stale and male"

JEF: Doped Taupe Mope

Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at September 17, 2012 01:37 PM (kXoT0)

153 Did I miss the part when Romney wants to kill cook and eat poor people? Or the part where Maureen Dowd said that the Jews on his staff drink their blood?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 17, 2012 01:37 PM (j1gX1)

154 This is why the founding fathers gave the vote to property owners. They were the taxpayers. I fail to see why if mooches don't make enough money to pay taxes, their time shouldn't be taxed instead.

Posted by: AJP at September 17, 2012 01:39 PM (KHo8t)

155

Hey, Sam! Did you hear? The Saudi's want to pass a law defending speech against all "Prophets and Messengers", you know, like Christ, Buddha, Ganesh, Mohammad..

"That is damne fine Mothafuckka!"

So that means that you'll have to return all of your royalties from Pulp Fiction.

Posted by: My tweet to Samuel L. Jackson at September 17, 2012 01:39 PM (wUFaM)

156 Mother Jones? Never heard of her.

Posted by: Charles Gibson at September 17, 2012 01:41 PM (1FOy5)

157 I for one welcome our new freeloading overlords.

Posted by: edj at September 17, 2012 01:41 PM (+QKfp)

158 BIDEN 2016 ... Because we need a good laugh right now. . .

Posted by: Ingmar Guandique at September 17, 2012 01:41 PM (e8kgV)

159 Did I miss the part when Romney wants to kill cook and eat poor people? Or the part where Maureen Dowd said that the Jews on his staff drink their blood? Bet you didn't know "Delicatessen" was a thinly veiled allegory about Mormonism. It's a true fact. I got a phone call.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Harry Reid is a pederast and a strangler at September 17, 2012 01:41 PM (f6hd5)

160 MotherEarth - all that, and how to grow potatoes in a barrel using rain water

Posted by: Jean at September 17, 2012 01:42 PM (IS2o0)

161 And when you point out that half pay no income tax, some leftard will scream that this ignores that they still pay social security tax. But, someone not paying income tax, is upon retirement being paid an SS amount greater than what a sound actuary would sell if you added up all their contributions and gave them credit for Interest each year at a t-bill like rate. So figuring in SS makes them more of a taker.

Posted by: Hoss at September 17, 2012 01:42 PM (Otgb6)

162 US: Too soon to call Libya attack Â‘act of terrorÂ’ State Department spokeswoman says 'not going to put labels' on Benghazi mission attack that killed US ambassador, three staff 'until we have a complete investigation' I'm speechless

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 17, 2012 01:42 PM (j1gX1)

163 159"RR: pale, stale and male"

"JEF: Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure"

Posted by: Minuteman at September 17, 2012 01:42 PM (1FOy5)

164 160 Did I miss the part when Romney wants to kill cook and eat poor people? Or the part where Maureen Dowd said that the Jews on his staff drink their blood? It's implied.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 17, 2012 01:42 PM (GEICT)

165 142, Feb22 I'll send you the local DEA guys number

Posted by: Jean at September 17, 2012 01:44 PM (IS2o0)

166 O and B classless, clueless and communist...

Posted by: the pink not panicking about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 17, 2012 01:44 PM (W2Z3C)

167 I'm speechless That's the object. Suppressing your objectionable speech. We can't let you be free if you won't be responsible.

Posted by: The State Department at September 17, 2012 01:44 PM (f6hd5)

168 Wait I thought it was Mother Earth! You mean there is two of them!

Posted by: Jean at September 17, 2012 01:45 PM (IS2o0)

169 Afghan attacks lead NATO to reduce partnerships The Associated Press Posted : Monday Sep 17, 2012 15:57:31 EDT KABUL, Afghanistan Â— NATO says it has scaled back operations with Afghan soldiers and policemen to lower the risk of insider attacks and reduce local tensions over an anti-Islam film that prompted protests in Afghanistan. Talk about a complete and total clusterfuck

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 17, 2012 01:46 PM (j1gX1)

170

"JEF: Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure"

Personally....I think he's doing it to us On Purpose.

Which is why I like the Dick Cheney version:

"Stuttering Clusterfuck of an Unmitigated Disaster"

Posted by: wheatie at September 17, 2012 01:46 PM (Z7b/q)

171 I wish the camera angle was better so you could see Romney's, "Chico and the Man? I am the mutha fucking Man! Got that, Chico?" tee shirt.

Posted by: Dang© at September 17, 2012 01:46 PM (R18D0)

172 137, sven the oly nleveraged assets - ammo and opium

Posted by: Jean at September 17, 2012 01:47 PM (IS2o0)

173 I wonder why Obama won't let cameras into his fundraisers? What is he saying about Romney voters?

Posted by: Ozzie at September 17, 2012 01:47 PM (Gumu6)

174 168

Yeah, but what you've done there is analyze a proposition (SS tax is tantamount to income tax) and determine its validity or invalidity based on reason and logic.

That shit don't fly with the Left.

Posted by: BS Inc. at September 17, 2012 01:47 PM (P2Ufm)

175 Why didn't Romney say this last week?

Posted by: Reality Czech at September 17, 2012 01:47 PM (YmPwQ)

176 US: Too soon to call Libya attack Â‘act of terrorÂ’
State Department spokeswoman says 'not going to put labels' on Benghazi mission attack that killed US ambassador, three staff 'until we have a complete investigation'

I'm speechless Posted by: Nevergiveup

How 'bout "deadly"? Can we say that yet?

Posted by: Dang© at September 17, 2012 01:48 PM (R18D0)

177 It might just be time to let Afghanistan go back to the twelfth century where it belongs. Here, let them take Obama along as leader. He's already destroyed centuries of our progress.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Harry Reid is a pederast and a strangler at September 17, 2012 01:48 PM (f6hd5)

178 Talk about a complete and total clusterfuck My BIL deploys to Shitcanistan on wed. :/

Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 17, 2012 01:50 PM (GEICT)

179 US: Too soon to call Libya attack Â‘act of terrorÂ’ -------- How 'bout "deadly"? Can we say that yet? Benghazi is a post with unusual "workplace hazards."

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Harry Reid is a pederast and a strangler at September 17, 2012 01:50 PM (f6hd5)

180 I'd call Mother Jones a rag... if only it wasn't so damn demeaning to rags.

Posted by: skinnydipinacid at September 17, 2012 01:53 PM (pHtWf)

181 Please, won't you Americans implement some sort of Mathsemy Law to prevent people from saying such inflammatory, hateful things?

Posted by: Salaaam al FaceBook at September 17, 2012 01:57 PM (5npD/)

182 This video is Mitt saying EXACTLY what I was saying earlier today. No need to eviscerate Obama if not needed. He's ahead in the squishy center, and Obama can frankly do that himself. Let him continue to build on this lead.

Posted by: HoboJerky, profit of DOOM! at September 17, 2012 02:04 PM (MrM2k)

183 Reuters tracking poll out today shows Obama +5. So, as usual, it's Rasmussen out on an island. He's going to be one in-demand pollster in 2014 if he's the only one right.

Posted by: Romneylosesbig at September 17, 2012 02:04 PM (Jk+oU)

184

Romney was in LA today, talking to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. I have heard 0 about it on the news.

Posted by: LASue at September 17, 2012 02:06 PM (pWeX5)

185 [iMaybe that 47 percent is shrinking; again today, I saw almost no Obama stickers on cars. After driving locally and then on 3 highways, I saw only 1 and it was from 2008. Could it be that the msm knows this and is doubling down on the criticism? ( I still have seen no obama/biden lawn signs anywhere in my blue state.)[/i] Same here, I drive from PA into north NJ everyday. Not 1 single yard sign to date and the only obama is an '08. R/R counts are low too but thats why I think it's more of a silent cascade of preference.

Posted by: cu'chulainn at September 17, 2012 02:11 PM (S2usR)

186 Of course it wouldn't be politically helpful to Romney if he were a latino. There are only, what, seven latino GOP members in Congress? What is politically helpful to GOP candidates is to be white men. Republicans would certainly vote for good minority or female candidates, but your best bet is to be a white guy. The idea that being latino would benefit a GOP candidate is idiotic. Keep drinking that kool aid and blaming the msm.

Posted by: Jordan at September 17, 2012 02:12 PM (RSG1I)

187 Posted by: Romneylosesbig at September 17, 2012 06:04 PM (Jk+oU) Too much to ask for a link or breakdown? Yes? *shoots self*

Posted by: HoboJerky, profit of DOOM! at September 17, 2012 02:15 PM (MrM2k)

188 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/17/us-usa-campaign-poll-idUSBRE88G1BV20120917 Oh it's a narrowing lead. Right.

Posted by: HoboJerky, profit of DOOM! at September 17, 2012 02:16 PM (MrM2k)

189 And no breakdown.

Posted by: HoboJerky, profit of DOOM! at September 17, 2012 02:16 PM (MrM2k)

190 Best I've heard from Romney all campaign.

Posted by: nhwingnut at September 17, 2012 02:24 PM (DhgCF)

191 Ace, this is going to leave a big ugly mark and you know it. Fact is, Romney probably already lost this contest by the time the conventions were done, and maybe well before that, because NO ONE LIKES HIM, not conservatives, not independents, not fundys, not even Mormons all that much. But to suggest nothing happened here move on folks ... oy, Ace, you're forsaking what politics is all about. The question now is whether Romney loses WORSE than McCain did. This campaign didn't a game changer in the veep selection: it needed one at the top. This is for the 2012 national election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFubhsfwp_c and this is for Team Romney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3oQFa-SqfM

Posted by: Rex the Wonder God at September 17, 2012 02:26 PM (vahvH)

192 Own this and make it a campaign video. Not some secret. He speaks the truth and you know what.... people will respect that. Everyone knows there are a built-in percentage to which nothing on tax policy matters because they leach. I say, shame them and write them off. The vast middle of the country will respect that. IMO... am I wrong?

Posted by: Yip at September 17, 2012 02:31 PM (Mrdk1)

193 Rubio is a close friend of Romney and he is Latino. Bad joke on Romney's part but if these tapes were damaging wouldn't CNN be playing them nonstop??

Posted by: LorenU at September 17, 2012 02:34 PM (NqJX/)

194 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at September 17, 2012 02:34 PM (6o4Fb)

195 Romney is known to intentionally "leak" stuff from within his campaign. This looks like something Romney would want out.

Posted by: MrX at September 17, 2012 02:34 PM (ZsAO3)

196 Ahem: Anyone remember the "Obama is going to pay my mortgage" lady?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI

Posted by: angienc at September 17, 2012 02:46 PM (w3JGl)

197 Heck, this makes me like him more. I put this out on my Facebook to chum for trolls . . . "I pay taxes, he's such a meanie!"

"If you get more back in April than you paid in all year, you didn't pay jack, kiddo."

"You RACIST!"

Posted by: Emile Antoon Khadaji at September 17, 2012 02:51 PM (rKvZm)

198

One of the more irritating habits of commies is their habit of calling some commie bitch as "Mother Ulyanov" or something.

Don't they have fathers, too, or (as I view as likely) they, like "Mother," have no idea who "Father" actually is.

So, unless the woman in question actually is your mother, shut the fuck up about "Mother," OK?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 17, 2012 02:55 PM (oX7vY)

199 lolz, way to go Romney! You'll never get the fabled Obama vote now. We'll just have to go for people who are not on the take

Posted by: joeindc44 at September 17, 2012 03:41 PM (WrIV3)

200
And -- NBC Nightly News just did a top of the fold segment on the Mother Jones videos.

Because, news.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 17, 2012 05:40 PM (kdS6q)

201

That Reuters poll is the same one that had Obama up by 7 last week. Would love to see the internals. D +1- anyone?

Posted by: tofer732 at September 17, 2012 05:54 PM (m5Iwq)

202 Shades of when Gingrich called Obama 'the food stamp President'.
Tingles thought that was racist. Obviously case where 'gaffe' means telling the truth without the sugar coating of political correctness.

The Democrats are the bigger Government party and most of their supporters are 'on the take' from government power in one form or another: govt workers, unions who leverage govt rules, welfare dependents, other dependents, academics who rely on Govt spending, etc.This is not news.

Obama is determined to make more Americans dependents, and he has succeeded in great measure. We dont have 47% moochers, thank goodness, but we are reaching a tipping point where the socialists and their clients of various government panders and redistributions become a near-majority self-interested voting bloc for larger government. And yes, that includes any granny who votes bsed on mediscare.

Romney's REAL error: Writing any voter off. There's not a single American from the poorest to the richest who benefits from economic disaster. So don't assume they ar elocked in for Obama just because Obama bought their votes. As Maggie Thatcher said ... the problem with Socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money.

Posted by: Patrick at September 17, 2012 07:12 PM (WhCZZ)

203 I don't know if it will hurt him with voters, but Romney's statement was the most honest one given by a politician in my lifetime. He framed the election with that statement, got it all out in the open.

If the majority of voters agree with him in November, there's hope for this country. If not, there's probably no turning back.

Posted by: Unemployed since February at September 17, 2012 07:56 PM (06qTP)

204 I loved it. Posting on some threads over at Yahoo, the lefties are "outraged" but claim joy in that Romney is going down because of this. Ha - many of the post, like mine were mocking the lefties and singing Mitt's praises. I think we the producers and those that care about the Republic are sick to death of the American leach.

This election really will decide if there are more who want Free Stuff or Freedom.

Posted by: MSM at September 17, 2012 11:45 PM (eA4fB)

205 @198 Yap - Romney lost to Obama back in 94, as Mathews said it just arrogance that he even challenges the light bringer. Our dear leader has so much going for him Rex - have you seen his rainbow halo? So, thank you Rex for letting us know that it would be a waste of time - and arrogant - to vote for Mitt when Obama is so much better.

Now, being one of those Mormons, I guess I am kind of weird in that I really like Romney? I'm sure your correct though and most Mormons really despise Mitt. As a Mormon I would like to tell you what empty chair Obama told Clint Eastwood to do - but I'll just settle for a simple Bless Your Little Heart!

Thank you,
Big Conservative Mormon fanboy of Mitt Romney who I think is AWESOME!

Posted by: Evan Maughan at September 17, 2012 11:56 PM (eA4fB)

206 There's going to be a lot of weeping on this blog come November when Romney gets smoked. The fact that most of the posters here cannot see that these were asinine things to say --- in the way that he said them ---- makes it obvious that the Pauline Kael school of political analysis had more than one campus.
Romney should have learned better communication skills by this point. Come on, this is abysmal.

Posted by: Dougf at September 18, 2012 09:14 AM (QtCnl)

207 I was a Republican my entire life until the Iraq debacle. I went to see what Obama was about at a rally and was shocked by the people driving by yelling expletives. On the way back to our cars, a 30 something man riding a bicycle toward me with probably his wife on hers behind him swerved in an attempt to hit me and yelled at me to get out of the way. We were walking in a parking lot. There was enough room for a tractor trailer to pass by me with ease. This was hate. As a Republican I had never experienced anything like this. Since Obama's election my husband and I both have been accosted in public, at work, even in our own homes. Reading the hate-filled, vulgar rantings in support of Romney illustrates that there is something vile about the new right. They are plugged in to FOX like a drug, they think all problems can be solved with violence, they are blinded by hate and ignorant of history or facts. It is possible for corporations to make billions and pay no income taxes . . . it's called 'deductions', 'write-offs', 'tax credits', . . . does that bother anyone? The oil industry is the best example. The oil industry is the most profitable industry in the world, yet we 'taxpayers' still subsidize them. Why is that? Exxon Mobile was the most profitable company in the world one year, yet paid ZERO in income taxes, . . . and received taxpayer subsidies. Sound good? Top oil executives testified before Congress in 2005 at which time they told Congress they no longer needed subsidies and were willing to give them up, yet Congress continued them Since then their profits have doubled. I would say they really don't need them now! This was the worst recession since the Depression. It was a global catastrophe. The Republican party has been bought and paid for by money interests the public doesn't know about, doesn't understand, and doesn't care to. So wallow in the gutter spewing venom and showing your ignorance. It might make you feel powerful, but it demeans you. It demeans all Americans.

Posted by: Sandra at September 18, 2012 01:14 PM (Yorjd)

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