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Showing Original Post only (View all)And now a message from sore fucking racist loser Mitt: [View all]
Romney Says Obama Only Won Because He Gave Big Gifts To Blacks And Latinos
By Igor Volsky
Mitt Romney is attributing his loss in the 2012 election to the gifts President Obama gave to minority voters, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. Speaking to donors on Wednesday, the former Massachusetts governor praised his own campaign, but speculated that Obama won because he was very generous to his base:
The comments echo the claims Romney made during a private high-dollar fundraiser earlier this year. In the video first published by Mother Jones, Romney argued that 47 percent of Americans are dependent upon government.
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http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/11/14/1193471/romney-says-obama-only-won-because-he-gave-big-gifts-to-blacks-and-latinos/
By Igor Volsky
Mitt Romney is attributing his loss in the 2012 election to the gifts President Obama gave to minority voters, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. Speaking to donors on Wednesday, the former Massachusetts governor praised his own campaign, but speculated that Obama won because he was very generous to his base:
Mitt Romney told his top donors Wednesday that his loss toPresident Obama was a disappointing result that neither he or his top aides had expected, but said he believed his team ran a superb campaign with no drama, and attributed his rivals victory to the gifts the administration had given to blacks, Hispanics and young voters during Obamas first term.
Obama, Romney argued, had been very generous to blacks, Hispanics and young voters. He cited as motivating factors to young voters the administrations plan for partial forgiveness of college loan interest and the extension of health coverage for students on their parents insurance plans well into their 20s. Free contraception coverage under Obamas healthcare plan, he added, gave an extra incentive to college-aged women to back the president. [...]
The Presidents campaign, he said, focused on giving targeted groups a big giftso he made a big effort on small things. Those small things, by the way, add up to trillions of dollars.
The comments echo the claims Romney made during a private high-dollar fundraiser earlier this year. In the video first published by Mother Jones, Romney argued that 47 percent of Americans are dependent upon government.
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The New York Times has more quotes: Our campaign, in contrast, was talking about big issues for the whole country military strategy, foreign policy, a strong economy, creating jobs and so forth, he said. And by the way, as youll hear from Neil, our strategy worked well with many people, but for those who were given a specific gift, if you will, our strategy did not work terribly well.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/11/14/1193471/romney-says-obama-only-won-because-he-gave-big-gifts-to-blacks-and-latinos/
It has been a week and one day since President Obama kicked Mitt Romney's ass!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101778182
I'm still celebrating!
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Don't forget Romney's gift of gab with that 47% comment. That gab gave us a lot.
Maraya1969
Nov 2012
#117
Hey Mitt, how about that 1.5 billion dollar Olympic tax payer shakedown...you used to "SAVE" the
crunch60
Nov 2012
#138
The true irony is that much of Romney's 47% came from a large part of the 47% that he
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#107
Um Mitt, people tend to go for promises they like...I give you.. Dream Act vs Self-deportation,
HereSince1628
Nov 2012
#14
Yes & people who like people who like the idea of the dream act are turned off by self-deportation
HereSince1628
Nov 2012
#92
This is exactly why Obama is not going to consult with his racist dumbass on spit
appacom
Nov 2012
#19
Gifts??? You mean the ones that allow hiding your money in off shore accounts
chelsea0011
Nov 2012
#24
My sentiments exactly, Puglover. I get a warm fuzzy feeling imagining that, lol.
catbyte
Nov 2012
#102
Will Be interesting to see what Jeb, Rubio , and any other Republican who wants to be
JI7
Nov 2012
#27
Like, the Koch Bros., Sheldon Adelson and others spent hundreds of millions each to defeat Obama
bulloney
Nov 2012
#90
My free stuff is going to arrive on Friday. I am buying steak, lobster and liquor with my food
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#120
he pays no taxes and is living off the usa and is jealous that others might get pennies - incredible
2Design
Nov 2012
#64
So he's not only a lying piece of shit, he's racist to the very core of his being.
RomneyLies
Nov 2012
#66
President Obama has the real contributors to society on his side, they voted for President Obama. nt
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#122
So, the rich think the poor are the haves, and the poor have been brainwashed by Faux/hate radio
Turborama
Nov 2012
#97
this seems to be their talking point. "Democrats give undeserving minorities free stuff"while hard
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2012
#99
Romney didn't think he has something to lose when he made the 47% comments. You can bet
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#123