"My job is not to worry about those people."

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Easily the most damning quote. Easily made into TV commercials, web and print ads. Easily contrasted with Obama making a case to be President for red and blue America etc., and not just half the country.

Romney basically said that half the country can go fuck themselves because they are moochers and will never be on his side. A lot of these "47 percenters" who vote GOP will never feel that Romney is talking about them, of course he's talking about some poor black guy in Detroit as far as they're concerned, so I never expect something even as bad and obnoxious as this to end the race like some people seem to.

But the guy just comes off like the world's biggest entitled rich guy jerk, and that counts. Won't move the polls ten points or anything even though it should. But if the polls moved ONE point that might be enough. Or just were prevented from moving back in Romney's direction.

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[regnaD kciN]

1. How does that "most damning quote"...

...differ from his earlier, well-publicized comment about how he's not particularly concerned about lower-income people?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. That was a little more clearly in the context of "cos they have a social safety net"

Which he and Ryan want to dismantle of course. This was clearly "they can go take a flying fuck".

[coalition_unwilling]

3. We are all John Lauber. And Romney has the scissors - n/t