Romney stands by message in secret video

[Kablooie]

Source: USA Today

Mitt Romney said tonight he stands by his message in a secretly taped video, in which he is heard saying that 47% of Americans will vote for President Obama because they are "dependent upon government."

In brief remarks to reporters, Romney said his argument was not "elegantly stated." But his point, he said, is that Obama relies on the government to help people while his approach is rooted in free enterprise.

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"There are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47% 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."

Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/17/romney-47-percent-video-response/70000549/1#.UFfcm6Se49M

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This will make the Freepers proud of him.
They see nothing wrong with his statement.

[valerief]

1. He will NEVER admit he's wrong. NEVER. nt

[lastlib]

3. And he will DESERVE the MASSIVE LANDSLIDE he and the gop get BURIED under!!

[riverbendviewgal]

6. Hopefully it will be a landslide for the Senate and House for the Democratics

Would be awesome.

[valerief]

8. That's what I want most of all. nt

[Kablooie]

28. Me too.

I mean Obama as president is the primary thing we have to have.

But if we don't own Congress we still won't be able to move ahead but that's going to be tough.
We'd have to get a majority in the House and 60% of the Senate to be able to get anything done at all.

Otherwise the GOP will continue to block every act of governance that is attempted.
I don't expect them to change their ways.
They have a tendency to double down on losing strategies instead of changing them.

It's insane.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

39. Agreed!

[JNelson6563]

59. Hopefully we're all doing more than hoping/wishing.

Find the campaigns in your state and help!

Julie

[Mike Daniels]

23. He can't take it back as that would just piss off his base

Romney hasn't done anything to remotely pivot back to the middle since he got the nomination. His only chance for victory is to appeal to the rabidly anti-Obama voters and hope there are just enough independent voters who are motivated by their own economic concerns to give him the electoral votes he needs.

[Kablooie]

29. Don't forget he can rely on GOP election corruption to carry a large amount of his votes.

[Left Coast2020]

53. I get feeling many in his base are going to stay home.

A guest on either Martins or Rev. Al's show said a month ago there is not a lot of "excitement" from MittWitts campaign. A rather boring character indeed.

[tclambert]

66. Yet he does admit that if he's in charge of the government, he doesn't intend to help anyone.

At least not anyone with less than a unit or two net worth.

[bhikkhu]

2. Of course he does.

Stupid fuck.

[JohnnyLib2]

4. History repeated, he's been brainwashed. By Limbaugh.

[el scorcho]

5. Fuck you Mitt

and the dancing horse you pranced in on.

[WestWisconsinDem]

7. This guy doubles down on every dumb thing he says.

I think he never admits he's wrong because he never thinks he is. Gosh, he's just a less dumb-sounding George W. Bush!

[McCamy Taylor]

9. At least W. was someone the electorate wanted to have a beer with.

I don't think anyone trusts Romney except his fellow Mormons.

[Mike Daniels]

19. From most non-partisan accounts I've heard

In purely social situations W was a congenial doofus at worst.

Even at his best Mitt seems like an overbearing pompous ass that you would desperately try to avoid at a party.

[newspeak]

75. and what i read, was little boots was a mean drunk

and a dirty tricks player. So, no, I'm one who wouldn't want to join him for a beer. they both have something in common-hurting those that aren't their "kind" or are vulnerable.

[Diclotican]

81. McCamy Taylor

McCamy Taylor

Wel, I'm one of "them" but would never want to drink anything with that man.... In fact I hope I never will be able to look at that man in real life.. I would be very happy about having a beer with your current President I can always ask for a non-alcoholic beer if I was ever so lucky as drinking beer with your current president (who I hope get a landslide of an election due november

He is a bad excuse for a man - and a worse excuse for a member of the LDS.... He make many, who is honest bad when he act as he does - I doubt he is an example to follow for anyone from what I know about him...

Diclotican

[Kablooie]

30. That's a consistant conservative trait. They always double down on losing strategies.

[Blue_Tires]

79. +1

His campaign advisement has been laughably bad from day one...

[StevePaulson]

10. Man, Ceny Uygur Trashed Romney On His Show - Read

It was awesome. Here is a quote straight from - http://www.RepublicansAreADisease.com - Cenk Uygur: “The problem is your party. Your party and your ideas suck. They appeal to the rich, and your ideas are the same as always. Deregulate for the rich. Tax cuts for the rich. Start more wars. These are not popular ideas. You could have a different candidate, you could have a different strategy, it wouldn’t matter. Because your party sucks”

Cenk is right. It isn't Romney. It is Republicans and their "screw regular Americans to help the rich" policies.

Cenk, as usual was on fire.

[tavalon]

11. So, as long as this goes viral,

there is no longer any worry about the Presidency. So, which House and Senate seats can we focus on?

[Ellipsis]

12. What else can he do? He's done.

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[ejbr]

13. Since it wasn't elegantly stated,

we can still take it "completely out of context" and run Obama's campaign on it though, correct?

[Kablooie]

31. Ashleigh? Brilliant!

http://www.ashleighbrilliant.com/

[MsPithy]

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

For the first time in history, a candidate for president boasts he will not be the president for all Americans. Un. Fucking. Believable!

[AlinPA]

20. This is the part of the video that should be played more. Media seems to blow right past it.

[enki23]

16. Not like he really has a choice. What's he supposed to say?

"Well, yeah, I was saying some pretty nasty stuff in that room full of evil assholes who eat that stuff right up, but it's not like I really mean it or anything."

The danger is, the gloves are well and truly off. They have no more to gain from trying to pretend they aren't evil assholes. All they can do is double down on the "nasty parasites" thing and hope that they can somehow eke out a thin majority of allowed voters.

Sides are fucking chosen, now. There's not much room for middle ground anymore. I hope like hell the good guys win, because this could be seriously fucked. Or maybe it'll all blow over again, for a while. I suppose that's possible too. Maybe preferable, for people alive today.

[VWolf]

77. "Sides are fucking chosen, now." - I couldn't agree more. n/t

[McCamy Taylor]

17. We need a forum called "What is wrong with Romney?"

There are going to be some very interesting books about why this man---who (on paper) seemed to be a perfect candidate---is going down, down, down in flames.

Hint: try reading Tom Paine's "Common Sense" on the perils of a hereditary monarchy.

[jmowreader]

37. No we don't...

Skinner doesn't have that many hard drives.

[McCamy Taylor]

18. Oh, and by this time tomorrow he will have disavowed it and re-embraced it.

[TomCADem]

21. Ah, the Velvet Rope Strategy, Are You Privileged Enough To Vote For Me.

I guess he is going with the idea that is like a BMW and voting for him is like wearing bling. Even if you are not rich, you can feel rich and privileged by voting him.

I am sure that Rush is bouncing and jiggling in joy.

[PD Turk]

22. you know

maybe we shouldn't judge Mittens so harshly just yet, maybe we should try to walk a mile in his shoes first.

but first we'll need to tape up the bullet holes in them!

[mac56]

70. Ha! And wrench his foot out of his mouth!

Welcome, btw.

[leftylauren]

24. His little press conference tonight actually made me feel sorry for him

Poor guy hasn't a clue what he is saying!

Can we mark tonight as the official beginning of his epic meltdown?

[Indpndnt]

27. No, he knew exactly what he was saying. He just doesn't get that what he is saying is wrong.

Then he says those remarks were "off the cuff" as if that explains them away. That just means they weren't scripted and they are exactly what he truly means.

But, yes, this is the beginning of the end of Willard's political career.

[Shae]

34. oops. Post #32 was meant to be a reply to you.

[Indpndnt]

35. Gotcha!

[Shae]

32. Lawrence O'Donnell called it the beginning of his concession speech.

I'm not feeling sorry for him though.

[lonestarnot]

36. Love that LO

[neverforget]

76. I wonder if Mitt will even call Obama to concede when he loses?

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't. He doesn't hide his disdain for "those people".

[Kablooie]

33. We can mark it as ONE of the official beginnings of his epic meltdown.

He's already begun several times up to now.

[movingviolation]

25. The fucker always double downs on stupid.

I don't want anything from the govt, except protection from robber baron pricks like him!

[mountain grammy]

26. Dear Mr. Rmoney,

Please go fuck yourself,

Sincerely,
The 47%

[mikki35]

38. ROFLMAO!!

This is truly un-fucking-believable. I think I've got the insane laughing under control now. I mean, come on, I don't think I've ever seen a Presidential candidate whose answer to figuratively being caught with his pants down is to pull his underwear down!! Is there a single demographic outside of the 1% that he HASN'T taken a cheap shot at?????? I feel like asking him, "Dude, did you seriously NOT KNOW through all these years what an unbelievable asshole you are? Or did you really believe you could HIDE IT through an entire Presidential campaign?"

[ProudProgressiveNow]

40. Touche"

[XemaSab]

48. And welcome to DU!

Romney's... shortcomings... have certainly been on display today.

[agentS]

41. ALL the Rethugs feel this way

It's not just R-money. They ALL feel that way about the poor. I've seen enough video clips on ThinkProgress.org of Republicans bashing the poor to never trust them.

They talk about personal responsibility- WHERE WAS THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY when Glass-Stengal was revoked??? Where was it when the bailout issue came up?
*crickets*

[Maynar]

42. When one finds oneself in a hole

it's important to remember Rule #1: Stop Digging!

Looks like Willard was absent that day in class.

[virgdem]

43. Romney stands by his message on the deck of the proverbial Titanic...

as it sinks his campaign down under the weight of his lies, deceit and arrogance.

[SoapBox]

44. Stunning...just when you think he can't become anymore of an asshole

SURPRISE!

And I still think, he and The Liar are becoming the McCain / Palin campaign of 2012.

Wild swinging at everything...shoot first, aim later...nasty, negative, vicious, LIES and on and on.

[DallasNE]

45. Romney Has Claimed That 47% Of Voting Age People Pay No Income Taxes

Harry Reid has said that a reliable source has told him that Romney paid no taxes for 10 years while at Bain. Does Romney's disdain for the 47% include himself. Romney needs to release those tax returns so we know if he was saying these disparaging remarks about himself. Also, Romney has said that "corporations are people, my friend". We all know that GE has had several years where it paid no federal income taxes so is Romney also including "people" like GE in this group of deadbeats.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

46. So Obama doesn't like free enterprise?

Funny how the stock market doesn't realize that.

[ashling]

47. This will make the Freepers proud of him.

Have you seen what Rachel has to say about the division in the ranks of the right?

[xxqqqzme]

49. That was an excellent

piece w/ Frank Rich tonight. Very insightful. The hard right doesn't like the bass-turd anymore than we do.

[alp227]

50. Thanks a lot Mitt...

(via Facebook community "One Million Strong Against Mitt Romney in 2012&quot

[appleannie1]

51. He was in panic mode. And then he made it worse by claiming he just was not elegant enough

and it was "off the cuff". When people speak off the cuff they say what they themselves think, not what someone has written for them.

[msanthrope]

58. He was going a mile a minute. Not good for Mitt. nt

[jb5150]

52. What's truly terrifying is that ...

he's proud of this position.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

54. This is the same mindset that led to people dying during Katrina...

There was an interview between Tim Russert and Michael Chertov where Russert asked why the government didn't provide transportation and the deer in the headlights look showed that they didn't think they had to.

In every other country in the world it would be a no brainer to get the citizens out of harms way but Chertov didn't even KNOW it was their responsibility and he was appalled that they were expected to do it for free, not to mention they had to provide shelter including food and water and medical care.

The very things Romney is pissed about.

Can you picture if we were hit with a nuke? Millions of burn victims and Romney saying they're expecting a free ride.

[trigz]

55. At least the fucker is being honest

for a change. "I don't give a sh1t about 47 per cent of the electorate". Cheers for that Mitt, you c@nt.

[oldsarge54]

62. Are you waiting?

Are you waiting for the "they cannot buy bread, let them eat cake" moment in election campaign, or did I miss it already?

[Franker65]

56. What an absolute idiot

Maybe he just doesn't want to be president...

[Cha]

57. Romney's Staying the Course..

I think Stu Stevens is a refugee from bush-cheney.. It worked so well for them.

.“Politics is like sports…A lot of people have ideas, and there’s no right or wrong. You just have to chart a course, and stay on that course.”
—Stuart Stevens

http://www.slate.com/blogs/victory_lab/2012/09/17/mitt_romney_and_his_consultants_the_bain_man_welcomes_in_a_magical_stranger_.html

[Quantess]

60. The initial snippets about the factory in China were just ...meh.

His comments about the Chinese factory in the same speech were not that interesting.

But this 47% stuff, this is a personal insult to nearly half of all Americans.

[oldsarge54]

61. Brace up Mitt

I've submitted the following question to all the presidential debate moderators via e-mail:

Being that both parties are stating that their plan is for the "middle class", please define middle class in terms of income range and aspirations. Please note, the national household median income in about $50K a year, and $250K is the entry level for the 3%.

I hope one of them nails your tail to the ground with that one. At least Obama will sound like he's done his homework.

[mikeytherat]

63. Guess what, Mitt the Twit, you're right - and that's what "Pro Life" really means!

"...who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it." Welcome to "Pro-Life," Mittens. That shit is cradle-to-grave, not conception-to-birth, and requires things like: food, health care, shelter, education.

Walk the Walk if you're gonna Talk the Talk you suck-ass shitheel.

mikey_the_rat

[mikeytherat]

64. Once again, Mitt takes a big, steaming shit on our deployed troops.

While deployed, service members don't pay Federal income taxes on their earnings.

Sit Mitt-a-Lot - still not understanding The First Rule of Holes.

mikey_the_rat

[desertduck]

65. Of course he does...he doesn't realize it is wrong& he still doesn't understand why it's wrong

It was his handlers that said, "off the cuff". " not eloquent". But ultimately, they don't believe it is wrong. They just wished they had spinned it better.

[thesquanderer]

67. The worst part was after the part you quoted

He goes on to say, "I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

He could arguably have finessed and defended the point that people who get substantial benefits from the government are unlikely to vote for a candidate who is looking to make the government less generous.

But that tag line takes away the wiggle room and makes clear what he thinks of that segment of the population.

[DCBob]

80. Agreed..

That quote shows how clueless, disconnected and unconcerned he is about the plight of millions who are unable to support themselves for various legitimate reasons.

[tclambert]

68. Obviously, God agrees with Romney. His people are rich, so they must be morally superior.

Anybody who needs help clearly doesn't deserve it. They should help themselves, even if they have to borrow money from their parents. If they can't figure out how to help themselves, we should punish them.

[TrogL]

72. That's the core prosperity theology, sacred to many Evangelical churches

[T_i_B]

69. Mitt Romney apparently hates 47% of people.

As an antisocial bastard I could stretch to 60%.





















Can I be President of the United States?

[CRK7376]

71. I am a 47% then...

but I pay my taxes every year, I do not receive government assistance, I do not receive government handouts, I support and defend the Constitution of the United States, I am a Soldier on Active Duty, I have been to war and hated it, I could care less about big business, I help people less fortunate than me and my family. We care for others. Job satisfaction is more important than the paycheck, guess that means I don't support the 1%ers....I have been a high school teacher and a Soldier my entire adult life and will return to the classroom when I retire in a few years from the Army. I believe all should have affordable health care, housing and food. I have never been upside down on my mortgage. I live with in my means. I do not own multiple homes, nor do I own more vehicles than drivers in my family. I am a 47% and I strongly support Obama!

[sinkingfeeling]

73. As if he and his rich friends don't 'rely on the government'?

[newspeak]

74. romney is either a clueless wonder or he doesn't give a shite

once upon a time people like my hubby, in their fifties, had great jobs with great benefit packages. after eight fekkin years of little boots, most lost those decent jobs. does he think that people quit paying their mortgages for the hell of it?

we are tired of getting trickled on while the rich and infamous accrue even more wealth at our expense and the expense of the country. they are not asked to sacrifice nothing-nada, but yet they reap the rewards of lucrative government contracts, subsidies and basically betting on WS against our own.

yeah, romney, without those government programs, more people would be on the streets, children would be starving and the elderly would be dying in numbers. I can see romney's utopia, hiring a clean up crew to drag the dead bodies off the streets, dying of exposure and starvation. Oh wait, his solution is we can all join the church!!!! ain't gonna happen.

[VWolf]

78. Who says they're mutually exclusive? I think he's both. n/t

[Scalded Nun]

82. There ARE moochers

Big Oil
Big Gas
Big Pharma
Big Banks
Wall Street
MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX (It does not get bigger than this)
Big Chem
GMO


There are many before you come close to the 47%

And unlike almost all of the 47% they like to brag on what they can rip out of this country.