Romney's already crossed the line, says President wants to 'keep us from being one nation under God'

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from Jed Lewison at Kos: http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/758010/mitt_romney_plays__the_hate_card/


Mitt Romney embraces the GOP base's unadulterated hatred of President Obama:

Mitt Romney ended his third of four rallies today by charging up the most spirited crowd for him all week with a verbal fusillade aimed right at President Barack Obama.

"I think President Obama wants to make us a European style welfare state, where instead of being a merit society we're an entitlement society, where government's role is to take from some and give to others," Romney told the crowd.

"What I know is if they do that, they'll substitute envy for ambition, and they'll poison the very spirit of America and keep us from being one nation under God," Romney said, leveling rhetoric at the president that he had not used before.

read: http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/758010/mitt_romney_plays__the_hate_card/



Romney addresses supporters during a campaign rally at Pate Asphalt in Marion, Iowa on January 2. (AFP Photo/Chip Somodevilla)

[tabatha]

1. I hope this little shit loses.

He lies, he fabricates, and I could not stand a long battle between him and Obama. Garbage, disgusting verbiage.

[Erose999]

2. Romney wants to make us one nation in Temple Garments. Without liberty, and no justice for anybody

who can't pay.

[chrisa]

3. 'He's not like us - He doesn't believe in our sky man!'

(They forget that Obama is a Christian too)

Also, to them, anybody who doesn't want a Theocracy is obviously an evil, godless Liberal who wants Communism.

[Blacksheep214]

4. Meaningless gibberish!

None of it has any basis in sane peoples conversations.

UNFIT for command due to mental defect!

REJECTED!

[GoneOffShore]

5. Governments job is to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.

That means wealth redistribution through taxes and providing for the Common good.

Mitten's an idiot.

Congratulations to the photographer though - Nice shot (well, he could have made Mittens a little more blurry).

[rdking647]

6. we should be one nation under God

just let me be the one to pick the God.

[bigtree]

11. these folks he's pandering to only accept belief in the originl Christian God

. . . preferably not with the long-haired, bearded, dark-skinned son.

[snooper2]

7. which made up "god" are you talking about their holy boy?

Come on, with the specifics

[Prophet 451]

8. I've noticed this about right-wingers

They seem to think a system where the unlucky don't starve in the streets is somehow cheating.

[karynnj]

9. Interesting - and if called on it - he can say the point is that Obama is not bringing us together

To see this read the sentence if the "under God" were left out - that is something that Romney has said many times. Obama promised to be a uniter and he has been a divider - type comments.

Yet, it is clear that he wants people to take it as saying Obama does not see the US exceptionalism as a country under God.

This is a blatant dog whisper.

[bigtree]

14. right

. . . he's stepped into Palin territory

[SOS]

10. Merit society?

This guy would be an insurance salesman in Salt Lake City if
his dad hadn't been the CEO of American Motors.

When he talks about merit and entitlement, it's laughable.

[hifiguy]

13. Those who bray the loudest about meritocracy

inevitably, in the words of the late Ann Richards, were born on third base and think they hit a triple. Never fails.

[HangOnKids]

17. There is merit in being a lucky sperm? Who the fuck knew? n/t

[Earthbound Misfit]

12. Personally I'd rather we NOT be one nation under God.

I'm perfectly fine with Obama not flaunting his religion. The people who constantly invoke religion tend to be the biggest hypocrites IMO.

[bigtree]

18. It's the one nation part that's important

That's what makes the attempt to misrepresent the President's beliefs as outside of the American mainstream such a dangerous and divisive tactic. There's absolutely no proof of what Romney claims, but attacks like this from folks who are supposed to be providing leadership threaten to fracture much more than just a candidate's prospects. Romney wants to exploit those beliefs for a petty competition instead of encouraging or fostering an appreciation of our nation's diversity.

[Adsos Letter]

15. Pure Dog Whistle...

"...they'll substitute envy for ambition, and they'll poison the very spirit of America and keep us from being one nation under God..."

How does that sentence even make any sense?

[bigtree]

16. it sounds like most of the stuff folks come at me with

. . . even folks who I though were immune to it. It's an appeal to racists and those who are still looking for a way to define their sweet selves apart from responsibility for the problems that confront them. Gingrich was more direct in his 'Kenyian' nonsense, but the message is clear. Obama's not one of you; just as the FOX-fed generation of birthers and teabaggers suspected all along.

[The Genealogist]

19. You'll find out soon enough what people think of

"your god," Willard. A lot of Christians don't see the god Mormons worship as being the "real god." Tread lightly, Willard, as your religious blither could further alienate the Republican base. On second thought, alienate away.

[bigtree]

24. I'd rather he didn't

. . . religion shouldn't be used as a political football. He is going to see a backlash on that line of politics. I thought he was preemptively defensive earlier on about his religion. Not surprising to see the hypocrisy.

[LeftinOH]

20. The US was not a nation "under God" until 1954. Let's hear him

explain how the country managed to spiritually get by prior to that time.

[arbusto_baboso]

21. Okay, since Mitt just made religion an issue, his is now fair game.

And there's TONS of insane crap about mormonism that Mittens really DOESN'T want to talk about...

[bigtree]

22. really

all the crap his campaign spread over the past year about someone, somewhere opposing his Mormonism . . .you'd think he wouldn't go there.

[arbusto_baboso]

23. Someone should ask him about the oaths he took in the temple.

The oaths place his obligations to his church above ALL other obligations. Period.

[kiranon]

25. Agree. Game on. n/t