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"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," Romney is heard saying in the video. "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."
Romney goes on to say that "these are people who pay no income tax. 47 percent of Americans who pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn't connect." He says his job "is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
Remarks caught on video during a fundraising event. I thought that Kerry's campaign in 2004 was a trainwreck, but this is just beyond inept. With the numbers already trending away from him, Romney just handed a giant, massive club with which to beat on his campaign.
Just to go back to the electoral college, Romney needs two out of three of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida to become President. Pennsylvania is gone; he's around 8-10 points down and it's been trending away for over a month. Ohio and Florida are closer (although the trends are certainly favouring the Democrats), but both state have unique characteristics; Florida has a much higher number of retirees with key interest in Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security that Paul Ryan's budget is all about gutting, and Ohio's manufacturing sector has gone through tough cycles where unemployment insurance and various aid programs have been deployed to keep the unemployment at least at subsistance levels. Now, the rich guy from New England says he wouldn't give a second thought to the mooching freeloaders as President.
Quite frankly, the sheer level of stupidty coming out of the GOP national campaign stuns me. Did the entire party infrastructure get Tea Partied when I was distracted? There are effective individual campaigns going on, but the national groups can't seem to go a news cycle without donning golf shoes, unzipping, and stepping hard on the old crank a few times. It's like the experienced operatives have chosen to sit this one out?
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," Romney is heard saying in the video. "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."
Romney goes on to say that "these are people who pay no income tax. 47 percent of Americans who pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn't connect." He says his job "is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
Remarks caught on video during a fundraising event. I thought that Kerry's campaign in 2004 was a trainwreck, but this is just beyond inept. With the numbers already trending away from him, Romney just handed a giant, massive club with which to beat on his campaign.
Just to go back to the electoral college, Romney needs two out of three of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida to become President. Pennsylvania is gone; he's around 8-10 points down and it's been trending away for over a month. Ohio and Florida are closer (although the trends are certainly favouring the Democrats), but both state have unique characteristics; Florida has a much higher number of retirees with key interest in Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security that Paul Ryan's budget is all about gutting, and Ohio's manufacturing sector has gone through tough cycles where unemployment insurance and various aid programs have been deployed to keep the unemployment at least at subsistance levels. Now, the rich guy from New England says he wouldn't give a second thought to the mooching freeloaders as President.
Quite frankly, the sheer level of stupidty coming out of the GOP national campaign stuns me. Did the entire party infrastructure get Tea Partied when I was distracted? There are effective individual campaigns going on, but the national groups can't seem to go a news cycle without donning golf shoes, unzipping, and stepping hard on the old crank a few times. It's like the experienced operatives have chosen to sit this one out?
