Mitt Romney calls half of America freeloaders

[Clip-Clop]

Lets make a list, I will start. Name something going on in our country more important than Romney saying he knows that a large group of people would not vote for him.

Afghanistan.

Next?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Lets make a list, I will start. Name something going on in our country more important than Romney saying he knows that a large group of people would not vote for him.

Um .. that wasn't part of the sentences Romney spoke that are getting him raked over the coals right now.

Afghanistan.

Next?

Excellent point. What is Romney's position on Afghanistan?

[Clip-Clop]

"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. "

[Clip-Clop]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...8#.UFjcp5YgqF8

Nothing to see here, keep looking that way...

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...8#.UFjcp5YgqF8

Nothing to see here, keep looking that way...

Some of us can multi-task. Thanks. Especially when it comes to evaluation and choosing the person who will be responsible for the US dealing with Al Quaeda in 3 months.

Frankly, I'll go with the experienced, knowledgable, nuanced, strong guy who has killed bin Laden and multiple Al Quaeda operatives, not the inexperienced guy with zero foreign policy experience, who offends our allies and wants to start war with Iran.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Riot

Some of us can multi-task. Thanks. Especially when it comes to evaluation and choosing the person who will be responsible for the US dealing with Al Quaeda in 3 months.

Frankly, I'll go with the experienced, knowledgable, nuanced, strong guy who has killed bin Laden and multiple Al Quaeda operatives, not the inexperienced guy with zero foreign policy experience, who offends our allies and wants to start war with Iran.

I have had you on ignore for a long time now but wanted to see your opinion on this firestorm of a video that has been released so I took a look. I would love to hear more of the President behind closed doors, or even answering a single unscripted question for that matter but we will never have that besides "that's why 'they' cling to their guns and bibles".

I have never given any flack to the President for his continuation of Bush's policies that led to the discovery and killing of OBL and will continue to give credit to the operatives that performed the task and the President for giving the order.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

I have had you on ignore for a long time now but wanted to see your opinion on this firestorm of a video that has been released so I took a look. I would love to hear more of the President behind closed doors, or even answering a single unscripted question for that matter but we will never have that besides "that's why 'they' cling to their guns and bibles".

I have never given any flack to the President for his continuation of Bush's policies that led to the discovery and killing of OBL and will continue to give credit to the operatives that performed the task and the President for giving the order.

thing is tho...a lot of people do cling to their guns and bibles. he had a point there. i know, i live around a lot of them.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

I have had you on ignore for a long time now but wanted to see your opinion on this firestorm of a video that has been released so I took a look. I would love to hear more of the President behind closed doors, or even answering a single unscripted question for that matter

There are many one-on-one interviews available on YouTube of the President talking, unscripted, both to individual reporters and press pools. Oh, and a major meeting that was televised live between Republican leadership and the President - which caused the GOP to cancel the idea of a monthly publicized meeting as Obama raked their asses over the coals on CSpan.

And there are several books discussing the "behind the scenes" of the administration's first years in office.

Do you not read or watch television?

PS - your statement is called "a red herring" Nice try changing the subject to an untrue falsity.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. "

Yes, so? That, again, is not what Romney said, that has created this firestorm.

Mitt Romney quote: There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent 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…These are people who pay no income tax.

"My job is is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

Characterizing half the citizens of this country as freeloading moochers, living off the government , who will never "take personal responsibility for their lives", is insulting to every American, beyond the pale.

It just matches everything Romney has said previously on the campaign trail. Nobody could believe Romney actually thought like this - he does, and the horror of this tape is that it proves what everyone suspected about Romney.

That the 47% he speaks of consists of elderly seniors, the very poor and lower middle class, and disabled veterans is disgusting.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Lets make a list, I will start. Name something going on in our country more important than Romney saying he knows that a large group of people would not vote for him.

Afghanistan.

Next?

bit what he says is important, considering the job he's applying for. i find his attitude appalling. it's not the first time he's referenced people he needn't 'worry about'.