Mitt Romney and the 47% who support Obama

[Jagos]

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Mitt Romney's secret video has come out to devastating effect. Right now, there's a LOT of information here about his platform and feelings. His neo-conservative views are being shown and will need a lot of debunking. You can go to Mother Jones for the videos.

The big take away is this right here:

"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," Romney says in one clip. "All right -- there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent on government, who believe that, that they are victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to care for them. Who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing."

Now this 47% is crucial to taking away Obama's support. But who makes up this 47%? Republicans. Think about it. These are the main people that don't pay income taxes. They use small amounts of their money to buy politicians for more tax cuts and keeping their taxes low.

Yet even those 47% pay taxes. And that's the problem. The fact remains that Mitt Romney has shown us what the Republican party is all about. They don't care about the nation. They care only about themselves and destroying the nation.

Welcome to the end of the Republican party.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by Jagos

Welcome to the end of the Republican party.

As long as there are people with hate in their heart, the GOP will be just fine.

I could weigh in on the article, but anyone who's voting Romney either isn't going to see it or is committed to voting Republican, no matter who, so long as it gets Obama out of office. The first sentence is the real reason for this post, I just didn't want to come off too flippant. Not to discourage discussion of this article and what it suggests about what life will be like under "I don't care about anyone who isn't a millionaire" Romney, but this won't change anyone's mind about Romney being a bad person.

[RobinStarwing]

Alright, so let's go over the last week of Mitter (Mitt the TWITter).

1. He comments about the US apologizing for a video being posted online (in May mind you) that got Muslims angry and blaming our government, saying that we shouldn't. He is doing this WHILE Americans are in harms way getting hurt and, sadly, killed by a small terrorist group who took advantage of the situation. He will not take these comments back.

2. Now we have his 47% comments and he won't take them back either; saying he really thinks this way but it is taken out of context.

3. Not sure if it was in the last couple weeks but one of his people came out and said they were not going to let fact-checkers tell them anything.

I've got only ONE response to this.



Just so you all know, some prominent Republicans are crying out for him to just shut his fuck mouth and eat crow. Unforuntately...I don't think The Twit nor Paul Ryan know how to be humble.

[Bells]

I would wager in that you guys up there in the nortern parts of the american landscape are in for 4 more years of half of your politicians cock blocking the other half from doing any work and then, complaining that they don't do any work...

...cause, seriously, Mitt romney is not going to win this.

[Meister]

Originally Posted by RobinStarwing

Mitter (Mitt the TWITter)

We've talked about that sort of thing. Or rather, I talked at you about it and you refused to listen, but the result is the same. Quit it or you're out of the News forum for good (it's not okay anywhere else).

Demotivators and image macros too, they're not a replacement for your opinions that you yourself write.

[Aerozord]

Bush seriously f-ed up this country in his first four years and we re-elected him. I dont see why Obama wouldn't be

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Because he's a secret muslim with a fake birth certificate.

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by A Zarkin' Frood

Because he's a secret muslim with a fake birth certificate.

which I'd still rather have as our president than someone thats mentally retarded.

and no, thats not an insult or an exaggeration, Bush's IQ was pretty freakin low

[rpgdemon]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

which I'd still rather have as our president than someone thats mentally retarded.

and no, thats not an insult or an exaggeration, Bush's IQ was pretty freakin low

No, I'm pretty sure that's both, actually. Regardless of opinion on policies, you can't be elected president without being intelligent enough to work everything in your favor.

Unless he's actually mentally handicapped, you're actually being kind of terrible that you decide to pretend people that you don't like are retarded so that you can point out how terrible they are. It's unfair to people who are actually retarded to stigmatize them like that.

[Aldurin]

Originally Posted by rpgdemon

No, I'm pretty sure that's both, actually. Regardless of opinion on policies, you can't be elected president without being intelligent enough to work everything in your favor.

Unless he's actually mentally handicapped, you're actually being kind of terrible that you decide to pretend people that you don't like are retarded so that you can point out how terrible they are. It's unfair to people who are actually retarded to stigmatize them like that.

RPG has the right idea here. If you want to try to justify your viewpoint for others, throwing vicious insults like that does not work well in your favor.

Anyone who gets themselves into that high of a public office can reasonably be considered to be above-average intelligence. Having viewpoints or policies that are not agreed with don't make the person dumber for it, regardless of how drastic the disagreement is.