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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt's "47% of Americans" quote is starting to hit Twitter
@thinkprogress
Romney says that "his job" is not to worry about 47% of Americans because they are lazy and will never change http://thkpr.gs/PLC8fH
?@MichaelMechanic
I predict a new meme: "We Are The 47%!" #OWS #s17 @Nov2012
@brianbeutler
Wonder if Romney knows the 'dependents' he's dismissed are comprised heavily of the seniors whose support he IS counting on.
@Atrios
a family of 4 can earn $40K+ and pay no federal income taxes. you might not agree with policy, but they're not lazy. they're earning $40K
@KagroX
47% of Americans are people, my friend. Forgot about that.
@joshtpm
Have a post coming shortly. This 47% tape of Romney strikes me as absolutely devastating.
@KeithOlbermann
How many times can one guy lose the same election?
@LOLGOP
What do you wear in private, Mitt Romney? Nothing but my disdain.
@drgrist: It's like an Etch-a-Sketch, only every time you shake it, it draws a new turd.
Video posted in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021362642
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)LOL
LibGranny
(711 posts)tavalon
(27,985 posts)I've heard the etch a sketch comments before but I have no idea what people are talking about. Could you tell me where that originally came from.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Now that we are in the general, we will be like an etch a sketch and start from scratch, with new positions.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)Now I can snicker with everyone else. I'll never be able to erase man on dog Santorum, though. I shake it and I shake it and all I see is Frothy humping a Great Dane. Trust me, I do not wish to have this image in my head, but it's there and I just can't scrub it.............................
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Bailout for the SL Olympics, Mormon refugee fund, his father's jobs with Michigan state and with the federal government....etc.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)He's horrible -- and about as tone deaf as one can get.
dubyaD40web
(1,854 posts)(I pay a higher tax rate than Mitt Romney)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-pay-a-higher-tax-rate-than-Mitt-Romney/468661033164583
[link:http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-pay-a-higher-tax-rate-than-Mitt-Romney/468661033164583|
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)CatWoman
(79,283 posts)@KeithOlbermann
How many times can one guy lose the same election?
BattyDem
(11,075 posts)Oh damn ... I miss having him on TV!
randome
(34,845 posts)yardwork
(61,420 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)Keith has a lot of class. He could have been crude like I'd be. LOL
treestar
(82,383 posts)BattyDem
(11,075 posts)@WhelanKarl
Pol-Sci guys are going to tell us the 47% comments don't matter but how can you win an election when you say you hate half the voters?
@PratticusFinch
So I guess those 47% making $250K are all tax cheats. I guess I would be too if I could afford Mitt's accountant!
?@techweenie
Just when you thought Romney's campaign couldn't sink any lower.... He kisses off the older folks he needed. Lots of voters in that 47%.
@SJRivera
His 'Britney" meltdown is coming any moment now.
@woodhouseb:
New Romney message: 47% of America sucks and I wish I were Mexican
@delrayser:
47% of Americans are not the right height.
@coco_rivers
47% of the country is being vilified by a Presidential candidate as freeloading losers. Talk about an impetus to vote Obama.
@BrazenlyLiberal
If this 47% thing doesn't bury Mitt's chances of holding public office-if we can elect someone who holds us in such contempt-we deserve him.
EDITED to add this one because it's too funny not to share:
?@JC_Christian
Freaking 47% should stop whining, get off their working asses, and inherit some money.
Cha
(295,929 posts)Thanks Batty!
BattyDem
(11,075 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)Now I guess they dress like Mr Moneybags and tell the poor: "Why don't you open a mall or something!".
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)tavalon
(27,985 posts)that it has. Oh boy, has it ever. And there's more of the tape scheduled to come out this week.
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Once again I saved the world
tavalon
(27,985 posts)And what the hell are you doing up at this strange hour?
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Cha
(295,929 posts)How many times can one guy lose the same election?
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Incitatus
(5,317 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)ROFL
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)Obama 53 to Herr Mittens 45 to others 2 sounds about correct come election day results.
Everytime Mittens opens his mouth, the Onion can't write stuff as funny as mittens says
flyguyjake
(492 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)"How many times can one guy lose the same election? "
How the hell is this despicable craven asshole still polling above 40 percent?
Oddman
(1,378 posts)BattyDem
(11,075 posts)If you use Twitter, enter "#47percent" (no quotes) in the search box to follow along.
If you don't use Twitter, you can still follow along by going here:
http://twitter.com/i/#!/search-home
Enter "#47percent" (no quotes) in the search box.
On edit:
Also search for 47% ... many are still using that instead of the hashtag.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I want to laugh myself to sleep.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)There is a group of hard core Republicans and they are only 28% of LV, it might be a bit less than that now. So, I expect Twit Romney to get that 28% but I don't get how he gets even a small percent more than that.
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)avebury
(10,946 posts)mecherosegarden
(745 posts)n/t
2on2u
(1,843 posts)so they say. funny that.
randome
(34,845 posts)Bane Capital ?@BaneCapital
Mitt will enable America's energy independence by forcing 150 million American parasites to turn a giant hamster wheel. #47percent
David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)I hope it gets seen by every American.
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)RKP5637
(67,032 posts)says that like a true corporate hatchet man.
fob
(5,578 posts)Rmoney thinks he's paid for a 53% to 47% "victory" via vote stealing?
MH1
(17,537 posts)"@drgrist: It's like an Etch-a-Sketch, only every time you shake it, it draws a new turd. "
but so true.
underpants
(182,284 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)- Excellent!
K&R
tavalon
(27,985 posts)tblue37
(64,982 posts)perfectly captures his essential totally weird doofus.
On edit--it sort of looks like a Mel Gibson expression when he is being funny in one of his early films.
tclambert
(11,080 posts)I'm sure in his mind the rich non-taxpayers don't count as freeloading moochers. After all, they're rich. God must really love them.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,790 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)Jason Easley ?@politicususa
Wait, so Obamacare is going to kill grandma, but Mitt Romney thinks grandma is a parasite who doesn't deserve food or shelter? #47percent
Mattison ?@Mattison
I was an army brat, Mitt. I saw military families using food stamps to get by. They sacrifice. You mock them. Shame on you. #47percent #tcot
Ted Lieu ?@tedlieu
These folks are dependent on govt: Navy seals, paramedics, Surgeon General, firefighters, sheriffs, the President, & governors. #47percent
BWD ?@theonlyadult
Dear Republicans on Medicare, he was talking about you too. #47percent
The Daily Edge ?@TheDailyEdge
Mitt Romney: "I oppose raising the minimum wage for moochers trying to raise their families" #YouPeople #47Percent
Oliver Willis ?@owillis
romney thinks corporations are people, but thinks #47percent of americans arent
The comments are getting better - and more brutal - as time goes by!
Blue Owl
(49,938 posts)n/t
tavalon
(27,985 posts)How many times can one guy lose the same election?
tblue37
(64,982 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:09 PM - Edit history (1)
"If I'm an Obama supporter, why have I been paying taxes all this time?! Where can I apply for my government dependence refund?"