The Republican challenger speaks an uncomfortable truth — that it's hard enough to beat an incumbent president without almost half the electorate feeling dependent on him for some kind of government benefit.
The conveniently timed release of a video taped in May and leaked by Mother Jones in September has the usual suspects in the mainstream media chattering that Mitt Romney's candidacy for president is now doomed.
Even if it is true, you just can't say that 47% of Americans are dependent on government and that they're hard to reach politically because of that.
In one clip, Romney describes how his campaign would not try to appeal to "47% of the people" who will vote for President Obama "no matter what."
They are, he says, "dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them."
No doubt there are people who are dependent on government due to circumstances beyond their control. But it's been a main thrust of this administration to make as many people dependent on government as possible — witness ObamaCare — and its motives haven't always been pure.
This is the administration from which comes a steady drumbeat of class warfare, that rails against the evil "1%" while seeking to redistribute the...
The conveniently timed release of a video taped in May and leaked by Mother Jones in September has the usual suspects in the mainstream media chattering that Mitt Romney's candidacy for president is now doomed.
Even if it is true, you just can't say that 47% of Americans are dependent on government and that they're hard to reach politically because of that.
In one clip, Romney describes how his campaign would not try to appeal to "47% of the people" who will vote for President Obama "no matter what."
They are, he says, "dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them."
No doubt there are people who are dependent on government due to circumstances beyond their control. But it's been a main thrust of this administration to make as many people dependent on government as possible — witness ObamaCare — and its motives haven't always been pure.
This is the administration from which comes a steady drumbeat of class warfare, that rails against the evil "1%" while seeking to redistribute the...
The Republican challenger speaks an uncomfortable truth — that it's hard enough to beat an incumbent president without almost half the electorate feeling dependent on him for some kind of government benefit.
The conveniently timed release of a video taped in May and leaked by Mother Jones in September has the usual suspects in the mainstream media chattering that Mitt Romney's candidacy for president is now doomed.
Even if it is true, you just can't say that 47% of Americans are dependent on government and that they're hard to reach politically because of that.
In one clip, Romney describes how his campaign would not try to appeal to "47% of the people" who will vote for President Obama "no matter what."
They are, he says, "dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them."
No doubt there are people who are dependent on government due to circumstances beyond their control. But it's been a main thrust of this administration to make as many people dependent on government as possible — witness ObamaCare — and its motives haven't always been pure.
This is the administration from which comes a steady drumbeat of class warfare, that rails against the evil "1%" while seeking to redistribute their wealth, that supports the mob action of Occupy Wall Street, attacks those preaching personal responsibility as asking people to "fend for themselves" and tells the people who roll up their sleeves rather than hold out their hands, well, "you didn't build that."
Romney did not dispute that many Americans need and deserve the benefits they get. He merely recognized the fact that it's hard to run against an administration that says electing Romney would place those benefits in jeopardy, an administration that raids Medicare of $700 billion to fund ObamaCare while its supporters run ads showing a Paul Ryan look-alike pushing granny over a cliff.
(more)The conveniently timed release of a video taped in May and leaked by Mother Jones in September has the usual suspects in the mainstream media chattering that Mitt Romney's candidacy for president is now doomed.
Even if it is true, you just can't say that 47% of Americans are dependent on government and that they're hard to reach politically because of that.
In one clip, Romney describes how his campaign would not try to appeal to "47% of the people" who will vote for President Obama "no matter what."
They are, he says, "dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them."
No doubt there are people who are dependent on government due to circumstances beyond their control. But it's been a main thrust of this administration to make as many people dependent on government as possible — witness ObamaCare — and its motives haven't always been pure.
This is the administration from which comes a steady drumbeat of class warfare, that rails against the evil "1%" while seeking to redistribute their wealth, that supports the mob action of Occupy Wall Street, attacks those preaching personal responsibility as asking people to "fend for themselves" and tells the people who roll up their sleeves rather than hold out their hands, well, "you didn't build that."
Romney did not dispute that many Americans need and deserve the benefits they get. He merely recognized the fact that it's hard to run against an administration that says electing Romney would place those benefits in jeopardy, an administration that raids Medicare of $700 billion to fund ObamaCare while its supporters run ads showing a Paul Ryan look-alike pushing granny over a cliff.
But then that leaves us right where Gore Vidal said we are; i.e...
'Sex IS politics'
(and vice versa)
Makes me think of Tommy Lee Jones as K in 'Men In Black:'
“1,500 years ago, everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and 15 minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.”
Science Fiction as Sacred Text
Some believe it does. Me? Not sure I would go so far as 'sacred text,' but can't deny my views share things in common with that site. Religion offered answers to deep questions before science had gotten very far; now science answers so many questions that religion has retreated into an ever-smaller box. Science fiction, though, openly speculates ~ while ADMITTING it is speculating ~ about what was, what is...and what might possibly be.
Another interesting flick from an interesting scifi mind:
The Man From Earth
Science fiction visions. People want a heaven, a paradise, a utopia, hoping for gods and heroes to build or find one. Odds are, of course, that we'll have to do it ourselves someday, somewhere out there, right?
The world press will, sometimes, give a better view of what is happening in America than the American press, look to them for comment. At present most are not showing much liking for Romney's directions.
Maybe you are correct in having a third choice, but also there is a possibility of just more of the same.
If voting was made compulsory and each ballot had an "abstain" box as well as the candidates the politicians and the media would get the 'not good enough' message. Maybe things would start to become real for a change. But compulsory voting would be unconstitutional, so the status-quo will continue for ever, stuck with two parties.
Don't you find it shameful that 50% of Americans can't afford to pay tax? OR has Romney found a part set of statistics that he can use to manipulate and deceive to his own ends?
Now don't forget that everyone living opposite you is living off you, scary aint it. OR is Romney the scary bit?
One of the bits Romney left out http://www.nytimes.com/intera... See they do contribute to society. But you won't look. will you?
Don't be silly all your life.
How will Obama raising taxes on low and middle income Americans work for you? Will that fix any problems? And, he definitely will.
Yes Obama has had an uphill battle overcoming the Bush stuff up of world economies and it will take longer yet to fix. Romney will do no better and may even cause more problems if true to political form. The Debt is there as result of stabilizing the economy, without it the economy would have been in full depression for the past few years. Deep depression has been avoided and stability is returning, now comes the long slow build up and of course the repayment of debt. America and the whole world is better off with Obama at this point, the incompetence was GWB not Obama.