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.
In reality are you complaining because the economy was so stuffed by Bush that 1 in 6 are on food stamps. OR are you complaining that its not fair for you to support 1 in 6 with food stamps. Humanist or greed is good Rebublican.
The debt of the United States has grown to a startling $16 trillion dollars — the largest total in our nation's history.[1]
As the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has reported, the Obama Administration ha
s racked up 4 straight trillion-dollar plus annual budget deficits. [2]
Unemployment has remained over 8% for 43 straight months — a first since the Great Depression.[3] The real unemployment rate — taking into account those who have stopped looking or who are working part-time and want more work — is almost 15%.[4]
More than 23 million Americans are out of work or underemployed.[5]
Because of this troubled economy, the number of Americans receiving food stamp assistance — more than 46 million in all — is at a record high, according to the government. [6]
The United States has slid from 3rd in ease of starting a new business to 13th in the world, trailing unlikely competitors like Rwanda and Macedonia.[7]"
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1. College Students
2. Disabled people
3. Retired or active duty Veterans (whose income is tax-exempt)
4. The Elderly
5. Working people with too low an income to pay taxes
6. Capital Gains recipiants
These people are either too poor, have earned their government checks by paying into SS, or have otherwise earned their money via service, investment, disability, etc. Those who actually commit fraud against the government/taxpayer are but a small percentage of those who pay no income tax. Besides, many of those states who do accept substancial amounts of government aid money are Republican red states (more specifically the southern states) so it is false to assume that the freeloaders are automatically Obama supporters, because a large chunk of them will no doubt support Romney.
While his statement about 47% not paying income tax is accurate, comparing them to Obama supporters is a terrible lie. Romney should be ashamed of his conduct. Honestly, I can't tell if either Obama or Romney lies more. They really...
1. College Students
2. Disabled people
3. Retired or active duty Veterans (whose income is tax-exempt)
4. The Elderly
5. Working people with too low an income to pay taxes
6. Capital Gains recipiants
These people are either too poor, have earned their government checks by paying into SS, or have otherwise earned their money via service, investment, disability, etc. Those who actually commit fraud against the government/taxpayer are but a small percentage of those who pay no income tax. Besides, many of those states who do accept substancial amounts of government aid money are Republican red states (more specifically the southern states) so it is false to assume that the freeloaders are automatically Obama supporters, because a large chunk of them will no doubt support Romney.
While his statement about 47% not paying income tax is accurate, comparing them to Obama supporters is a terrible lie. Romney should be ashamed of his conduct. Honestly, I can't tell if either Obama or Romney lies more. They really are both terrible liars and their conduct is very dishonest with the American people. You'll find that Politifact and FactCheck as well as some Independent newspaper factcheckers all verify my statements. Obama is a "false god" to the Liberals and Romney is a slimy snake oil salesman selling the same crap to Cons that Bush did. I expect the elections to be quite entertaining - hold on while I grab my popcorn...
Obama, whose political lethargy and ineptness has damaged the political and economic fabric of America, and Romney, whose inconsistent, non-specific, and disorganized campaign offers a startling insight into how he would run office.....No, if we vote for Obama, we're screwed, or we could also vote for Romney, in which case we're also screwed. Conservatives looked to Bush to fix the country's problems in much the same way as some are looking to Romney now; Romney is really just another Bush. Mitt has already shown enough warning signs to disqualify himself for presidential consideration, using his foreign policy and 47% gaffs as two very significant examples.
"There shall be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Romney, Ryan, Morris, Hannity, and all the other prophets in his kingdom, being thrown out. Luke 13:28
I am ashamed to say that I grew up Republican and as a teen worked for the honorable Alan Simpson's senate campaign. Simpson's kind of mindset has unfortunately been lost to those that came after, to a partisan diviide. And all of us know what happens to a house divided. That house shall fall! No matter what side you are on no one expects the unexpected landslide that is coming.
You have a lot of audacity making those statements since Obama has done nothing BUT divide the classes in this country. And, most of those conservative "prophets" you mention said Obama would crush the economy, and guess what? That's EXACTLY what he's done! How blatantly blind can you be??
Romney will represent his base ~ the 1% ~ while he continues to screw over everyone else, as he has done his entire life. Fools will vote for him, and there are plenty out there willing to vote against their interests, but the polls are saying Obama is so far ahead...
Wall Street investors 'preparing for an Obama victory'
...that Rove and folk like Pennsylvania's Republican House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (below) may actually may not be able to steal this particular national election.
NOTE: Prior to the open stealing of Elections in 2000 and 2004, Wall Street has ALWAYS picked the winner, and very likely ~ barring extreme rigging of the election by Rove & Co. ~ has done so again: Obama.