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[Shake Appeal]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/secret-video-romney-private-fundraiser

During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama. He dismissed these Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnB0NZzl5HA

 

[Messypandas]

and who think government should take care of them.

What a evil notion

 

[Celegus]

We've been found out! Abandon ship, abondon ship!

 

[Grym]

describes me perfectly. Mittens is quite an insightful guy

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

You're Santoruming Mittens.

Is Bachmann doing your research now?

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Romney and Malaysia are pretty on it today.

 

[KingGondo]

Time for all you freeloaders to get some skin in the game.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Heh, that's the most real Romney has ever appeared to me.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Those are standard talking points for his platform. Not shocking at all.

 

[ivysaur12]

At the dinner, Romney often stuck to familiar talking points. But there were moments when he went beyond the familiar campaign lines. Describing his family background, he quipped about his father, "Had he been born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot of winning this." Contending that he is a self-made millionaire who earned his own fortune, Romney insisted, "I have inherited nothing." He remarked, "There is a perception, 'Oh, we were born with a silver spoon, he never had to earn anything and so forth.' Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon, which is the greatest gift you can have: which is to get born in America."

Jesus, Mittens. You've inherited nothing? You ignorant prick.

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what…These are people who pay no income tax.

This whole non-payer bullshit is nonsense. Looking at one component of the tax code doesn't say anything about distributional burden, fiscal illusion, and the like. It's just something that people like Romney use to justify their policies and to sleep at night,

 

[Dennis]

Don't you want politicians to be honest?

 

[Deified Data]

Freeloaders who pay no taxes, you say?

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

Jesus, Mittens. You've inherited nothing? You ignorant prick.

Don't worry he just said he was joking about hte Mexican parents part
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...-be-latino_n_1891359.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

 

[SUPREME1]

So... 53% of Americans are: "freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them."



Romney gonna fall hard.



Also,


GET BORN IN AMERICA

 

[Dreams-Visions]

So Mittens and Niki Minaj have something in common!

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Don't you want politicians to be honest?

The need for politicians who are not clinically shitfucking insane has grown stronger than the need for politicians who are honest.

 

[Devolution]

Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes,

freeloaders who pay no taxes,

who pay no taxes

Says the dude hording his own returns. Sure pal.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Those are standard talking points for his platform. Not shocking at all.

They're not. They're implicit, and everyone knows it's what many in his party believe, but they are not voiced, not publicly.

You should not be able to win an election in any country while dismissing 47-49% of the electorate as freeloaders with no personal responsibility who expect the government to provide for them. It's a deeply disrespectful and deeply unfair characterization of half the people you intend to govern, and it reeks of open contempt.

 

[Izick]

And this could be your President, America!

 

[KingGondo]

Jesus, Mittens. You've inherited nothing? You ignorant prick.

Unlike President Obama, who was born with the huge advantages of being black with an absent father and a foreign-sounding name.

 

[WillyFive]

Hasn't he said all of these before (or at least, the party has)?

 

[KHarvey16]

You'd think a smart politician would know enough not to target any segment of the population bigger than 50%.

 

[Gaborn]

Is it just me or did that video end in the middle of a sentence?

 

[ReBurn]

So... 53% of Americans are: "freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them."



Romney gonna fall hard.



Also,


GET BORN IN AMERICA

I bet he wishes it was only 47%. Then he could get elected.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

They're not. They're implicit, and everyone knows it's what many in his party believe, but they are not voiced, not publicly.

He maybe hasn't said it publicly using those exact words, but it has more or less been said.

I guess what I meant was there shouldn't be anything shocking about this video.

 

[djplaeskool]

a foreign-sounding name.

"Barack HUSSEIN Obama."
I can't believe there are people that STILL do this.

 

[Kinyou]

Oho, that might cost him the votes from the Obama supporters


...wait, what?

 

[kirblar]

You'd think a smart politician would know enough not to target any segment of the population bigger than 50%.

A smart politician would not have run Mitt Romney's campaign.

 

[LosDaddie]

This is news?

Not trying to be dismissive, but I thought it was known that this is how conservatives view Dem voters. I mean, these are almost the exact same talking points the conservatives on GAF use.

 

[ivysaur12]

Oho, that might cost him the votes from the Obama supporters


...wait, what?

To win this election, he'll need people who voted for Obama in 2008. This is not how to win their support.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Don't worry he just said he was joking about hte Mexican parents part
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...-be-latino_n_1891359.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

"It would be helpful to be latino.." ..I know what he means, he would get a lot more of the latino vote if he himself was latino and some will try and twist his words. It still doesn't sit well with me. Had his grandfather and father been latino I doubt he'd even be running for president, let alone for The GOP.

 

[Zaph]

America, seriously, how is this guy even a contender for your presidency?

The disdain and cynicism he has for anyone who isn't just like himself is so incredibly blatant.

 

[Baconsammy]

Translation: Obama voters are poor minorities, my voters are respectable white people.

This isn't new or shocking. This is the same campaign that stated they intend to be the first campaign to win with nothing but the white vote.

 

[jmdajr]

eh, Fuck you too buddy!

 

[Kunan]

So what percentage of his income does Romney pay?

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I have never seen someone so far out of touch.

 

[nVidiot_Whore]

He might be bashing > 50% of Americans, but not > 50% of American voters.

 

[ReBurn]

So how many of you guys are going to change your vote from Romney to Obama over this?

 

[Sirpopopop]

It's ironic that he's stoking the class war in his conversation with these people, while complaining about democrats stoking the class war.

 

[SolarPowered]

This is news?

Not trying to be dismissive, but I thought it was known that this is how conservatives view Dem voters. I mean, these are almost the exact same talking points the conservatives on GAF use.

People like to think that the most powerful(potential) man on the planet might have a more nuanced view of the voting populace than your average internet troll. I guess that is too much to ask.

 

[Kinyou]

To win this election, he'll need people who voted for Obama in 2008. This is not how to win their support.

True, forgot about those.

 

[ReBurn]

It's ironic that he's stoking the class war in his conversation with these people, while complaining about democrats stoking the class war.

Class warfare is what happens on the modern political battlefield.

 

[ezekial45]

This is the first time I've seen Mitt show some conviction. He's such a bore and stooge when he's out in public.

 

[Darklord]

Says the dude hording his own returns. Sure pal.

Beaten. LOL what a joke!

 

[BFIB]

Thats cool that Romney doesn't want us expecting anything to be handed out. But he expects the US people to hand him the job of President.

How has he earned that?

 

[Shake Appeal]

You also shouldn't be able to win an election in any country with the downright insane conviction that markets will rally just at the very idea of you as president. Newsflash, fucker, the world outside your borders already hates you. The Conservative leader of your closest ally thinks you're a joke. 94% of French people want Obama re-elected, and Germany isn't far behind. You'd be cancer to America's and the world's recovery.

I didn't actually hate this guy until he kneejerked the embassy deaths for political gain, but I am going to revel in his now inevitable defeat. Fuck off, Mitt Romney. By this time next year you won't even be invited on talk shows. As it should be. You are a living avatar for the worst American tendencies, and I hope your defeat heralds the collapse of Nixonland.

 

[kirblar]

America, seriously, how is this guy even a contender for your presidency?

The disdain and cynicism he has for anyone who isn't just like himself is so incredibly blatant.

He hasn't led Obama at any point in the election cycle.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Strategic release? Why release it now when his campaign is all but doomed?

 

[Synth_floyd]

LOL at a rich guy who was born with inherited wealth and status talking about entitlement.

And I thought that Republicans are always talking about lowering taxes. Shouldn't the fact that 47% of the population don't pay taxes be a good thing?

 

[Forever]

Strategic release? Why release it now when his campaign is all but doomed?

Salt in the wound.