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BattyDem

(11,075 posts)
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 05:39 PM Sep 2012

Mitt'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.


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Mitt's "47% of Americans" quote is starting to hit Twitter (Original Post) BattyDem Sep 2012 OP
love the etch a sketch one. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2012 #1
+1 to Etch-a-Sketch comment LibGranny Sep 2012 #41
Okay, I'm going to expose my underbelly so be nice, please. tavalon Sep 2012 #51
Twit's campaign manager said forget all that primary shit. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2012 #53
Thank you tavalon Sep 2012 #54
Does Mitt count himself in that 47% ? KurtNYC Sep 2012 #2
I just shared it on FB. Blue_In_AK Sep 2012 #3
Another thing you can share on FB... dubyaD40web Sep 2012 #40
It is everywhere on facebook tonight which is wonderful!! nt Mojorabbit Sep 2012 #44
LOL -- Loves me some Keith CatWoman Sep 2012 #4
I love that one, too! BattyDem Sep 2012 #6
Classic! randome Sep 2012 #21
That's my favorite too. yardwork Sep 2012 #22
Cracked me up. JohnnyRingo Sep 2012 #35
My favorite treestar Sep 2012 #36
A few more ... BattyDem Sep 2012 #5
I love the Twitter though I don't Tweet! Cha Sep 2012 #11
No problem. BattyDem Sep 2012 #13
MittTwit RobMe is a ROTTEN HORRID CORPORATE TOADIE TONE DEAF ASSHOLE ! RBInMaine Sep 2012 #19
Not the right height! treestar Sep 2012 #37
"Get a job!" used to be the battle cry of the Small Govt Republican. JohnnyRingo Sep 2012 #39
this is definitely a story that should go viral asap Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #7
I can tell you, about 12 hours later, tavalon Sep 2012 #50
good thing I suggested it, isn't it? Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #55
Yup tavalon Sep 2012 #56
it's only 8:30pm where I'm at Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #57
Olbermann's Cracked me up! Cha Sep 2012 #8
perfect! tk2kewl Sep 2012 #18
Lol @ Olbermann Incitatus Sep 2012 #9
I also love Olbermann's tweet gollygee Sep 2012 #10
47% is MORE than will vote for Mittens graham4anything Sep 2012 #12
Keep the "Truth's" coming Mittens... Just hand over the election! SCORE!!! flyguyjake Sep 2012 #14
Olbermann nailed it: ProSense Sep 2012 #15
It's all the Palin turds Oddman Sep 2012 #52
Uh-oh Mittens ... the posts are getting less funny and more angry! BattyDem Sep 2012 #16
Posted to cuz ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #28
Yeah I don't get how Twit Romney gets over 40% of people saying they will vote for him. Kalidurga Sep 2012 #17
LOL - Olbermann. myrna minx Sep 2012 #20
K&R nt avebury Sep 2012 #23
k&r vlyons Sep 2012 #24
K&R mecherosegarden Sep 2012 #25
"How many times can one guy lose the same election?" practice makes perfect or 2on2u Sep 2012 #26
It never ends. randome Sep 2012 #27
It's a bombshell, BattyDem. David Zephyr Sep 2012 #29
LOL @ Olbermann and drgrist. WAY funny. And so true. n/t Beartracks Sep 2012 #30
Romney would take America downhill so fast we wouldn't even have a chance to see it fail. Romney RKP5637 Sep 2012 #31
47% - I wonder if that's what the promised rigged vote total was supposed to be, fob Sep 2012 #32
LOVE the last one MH1 Sep 2012 #33
That is hilarious underpants Sep 2012 #34
''It's like an Etch-a-Sketch, only every time you shake it, it draws a new turd.'' DeSwiss Sep 2012 #38
That's both hypnotic and very, very creepy tavalon Sep 2012 #49
That weird expression on his face right at the very beginning is so bizarre--yet it tblue37 Sep 2012 #58
All we have is Romney's word that he isn't one of those non-taxpayers. tclambert Sep 2012 #42
"How many times can one guy lose the same election?" Mitt is still racking them up. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #43
Some of my personal faves eridani Sep 2012 #45
LOL! BattyDem Sep 2012 #46
Don't forget to duck when the twit hits the fan Blue Owl Sep 2012 #47
Keith Olbermann's tweet is the best tavalon Sep 2012 #48
Love this one: tblue37 Sep 2012 #59

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
51. Okay, I'm going to expose my underbelly so be nice, please.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:14 AM
Sep 2012

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)
53. Twit's campaign manager said forget all that primary shit.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:59 AM
Sep 2012

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)
54. Thank you
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 05:07 AM
Sep 2012

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)
2. Does Mitt count himself in that 47% ?
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 05:46 PM
Sep 2012

Bailout for the SL Olympics, Mormon refugee fund, his father's jobs with Michigan state and with the federal government....etc.

BattyDem

(11,075 posts)
5. A few more ...
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 05:52 PM
Sep 2012

@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)
11. I love the Twitter though I don't Tweet!
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 05:59 PM
Sep 2012

Thanks Batty!

New Romney message: 47% of America sucks and I wish I were Mexican

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
39. "Get a job!" used to be the battle cry of the Small Govt Republican.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:57 PM
Sep 2012

Now I guess they dress like Mr Moneybags and tell the poor: "Why don't you open a mall or something!".

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
50. I can tell you, about 12 hours later,
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:13 AM
Sep 2012

that it has. Oh boy, has it ever. And there's more of the tape scheduled to come out this week.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
12. 47% is MORE than will vote for Mittens
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 06:03 PM
Sep 2012

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

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
15. Olbermann nailed it:
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 06:06 PM
Sep 2012

"How many times can one guy lose the same election? "

How the hell is this despicable craven asshole still polling above 40 percent?

BattyDem

(11,075 posts)
16. Uh-oh Mittens ... the posts are getting less funny and more angry!
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 06:11 PM
Sep 2012

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.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
17. Yeah I don't get how Twit Romney gets over 40% of people saying they will vote for him.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 06:14 PM
Sep 2012

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.

 

2on2u

(1,843 posts)
26. "How many times can one guy lose the same election?" practice makes perfect or
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:29 PM
Sep 2012

so they say. funny that.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
27. It never ends.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:30 PM
Sep 2012

Bane Capital ?@BaneCapital
Mitt will enable America's energy independence by forcing 150 million American parasites to turn a giant hamster wheel. #47percent

RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
31. Romney would take America downhill so fast we wouldn't even have a chance to see it fail. Romney
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:37 PM
Sep 2012

says that like a true corporate hatchet man.

fob

(5,578 posts)
32. 47% - I wonder if that's what the promised rigged vote total was supposed to be,
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:37 PM
Sep 2012

Rmoney thinks he's paid for a 53% to 47% "victory" via vote stealing?

MH1

(17,537 posts)
33. LOVE the last one
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:40 PM
Sep 2012

"@drgrist: It's like an Etch-a-Sketch, only every time you shake it, it draws a new turd. "



but so true.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
38. ''It's like an Etch-a-Sketch, only every time you shake it, it draws a new turd.''
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:56 PM
Sep 2012


- Excellent!

K&R

tblue37

(64,982 posts)
58. That weird expression on his face right at the very beginning is so bizarre--yet it
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 03:08 PM
Sep 2012

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)
42. All we have is Romney's word that he isn't one of those non-taxpayers.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:26 PM
Sep 2012

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.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
45. Some of my personal faves
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
Sep 2012

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

tblue37

(64,982 posts)
59. Love this one:
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 03:17 PM
Sep 2012

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?"

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