Ann Althouse:
Presented at Mother Jones as if it’s quite disturbing, but I don’t see anything bad in there at all.
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.
And then he says he can’t “worry about those people” as he tries to win votes, because they will never be convinced. He’s not saying he doesn’t care about them as citizens and human beings, just that he won’t devote any attention to trying to cull some of their votes.
Compare the statements Obama made to donors in 2008, which were leaked out — the famous “bitter clingers” remarks.
Some people don’t see any problem with his comments about the factory in China, either. It should have been a What’s wrong with this picture? moment.
(For the record, I consider the “child slave labor” description to be over the top. But there was clearly something seriously wrong with what he was seeing, and whatever it was, Bain was buying into it.)
The stolen video is about the future of the United States.
We cannot endure as a nation when we are all slaves.
The taxpayers are slaves; the fruits of their labor are confiscated from them and given to others. The taxpayers have no recourse.
The recipients of Federal largesse are slaves. They are totally dependent on their Government checks. They have no recourse.
Thus does the current regime enslave us all. What kind of person wishes to be a slave? What is the mindset which says “feed me”? How can a nation endure when one segment is totally dependent on another segment, and cannot (or will not) work to feed itself?
Mr Romney has nothing for the 47%. There is nothing additional that he can promise them. Our Government is already bankrupt and headed for foreclosure.
We are headed inexorably for the fate of the Weimar Republic, which was replaced by Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist Party (Nazi Party). And that did not work out so well.
What happened to Emerson and self-reliance? Is it all just bread and circuses, until the Visigoths sack Washington?
The last best hope of the world has been replaced by the chimera of a Universal Socialist State, under the “benevolent” supervision of an all-wise, all-knowing elite group of Ivy-League airheads.
This aberrant notion of a non-existent paradise has always failed in the past.
But no one seems to be listening!
Romney has already said his comments weren’t elegantly stated, which they weren’t. What he should do is state the facts which are if he really didn’t care about the 47%, he would be pushing for policies that would result in higher unemployment, lower income, and more debt for their children just like Obama has done the last 3.5 years.
the OBAMA’S CREW ARE ABUSING THE SPREAD OF FOOD STAMPS LIKE MAD, THIS IS LIKE REAL MONEY,
THEY ARE GIVING AWAY WITHOUT CHECKING THE ONE WHO REALLY NEED IT,
THAT IS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY COVER UP AND NAME FOOD STAMPS,
THE WELFARE RECIPIENTS GET THEIR CHECKS, HOW COME THOSE FOOD STAMPS ARE GIVING ON TOP OF THEIR CHECKS,
THERE WAS TIMES AGO WHEN THERE WHERE NONE OF FOOD STAMPS AND PEOPLE
ON WELFARE HAD TO MAKE THEIR BUDGET TO GET TO THE END OF THEIR MONTH AND THERE WAS MANY CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER PEOPLE HELPING THEM, OBAMA TOOK THE MATTER ON HIM WITH THE MONEY OF THE WORKING PEOPLE AND SO TO NOT LOOK SO OUTRAGEOUS HE TURN THAT IN STAMPS WHICH IS ABIG SCAM BECAUSE OF THE USE OF THOSE BY DRUG DEALERS WHO SELL ON IT’S VALUE AND MANY OTHER WHO BOOST THEIR PRICE TO SELL ON THOSE FOOD STAMPS,
THE WELFARE PEOPLE WHERE NOT HAVING THOSE EXTRA BEFORE OBAMA, AND THEY WHERE MORE IN A HURRY TO GET THEIR OWN JOBS AS FAST AS THEY COULD, BUT NOW THE WELFARE PEOPLE ARE THERE BECAUSE OF OBAMA FAILURE TO HELP THEM GO TO WORK BY CUTTING THE JOBS WITH
HIS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PUSHING TO HARRAS THE BUSYSNES AND COLLECT MONEY FROM THEM FORCING THAT INFAMOUS OBAMA HEALTH PROGRAM ON THE BUSYNESS WHO SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD IT,BESIDE PAYING THEIR TAX,
ON OBAMA COMMUNIST REGIME OF ENTITELMENT ON ALL THE GOOD AMERICANS, WHICH IS DESTROYING THE REAL SPIRIT OF AMERICA,
YES MITT ROMNEY IS RIGHT, HE GET’S IT, HE SEE LONGER THAN
HIS NOSE
mathman as long as one part profit without doing noting in return, they won’t
change any leader using the taxpayer money to keep them useless,
but now it’s closing on them, the money won’t be coming when there are no welfare checks coming,
and it’s not OBAMA WHO WILL DIG IN HIS OWN POCKET TO HELP NEITHER THE OTHER DEMOCRATS,
THEY ARE RICH BUT SPEND ONLY THE WORKER’S MONEY, NOT THEIR OWN.
OBAMA IS A RICH BEGGAR CONSTANTLY BEGGING FOR MONEY FROM THE WORKERS ,
Of course a conservative blogger wouldn’t see anything with what Romney said. What else is new?
I believe his point, not stated well for the “hidden audience” was that using the “it’s the economy, stupid”, and low taxes, was an ineffective argument for the high percentage of those not paying any income tax at all. Why would they care?
For a more detailed breakdown of that 46.4%, I ran some numbers based on census figures on another thread. What it boils down to is that of that 46.4%, about 78% of them were under retirement age and either employed but not paying income tax, or unemployed. So blaming “granny” ain’t gonna work. Especially since 59% of all retired seniors still pay income tax.
Romney won’t try to cull votes from 47% of the populace (which BTW he does care about) HUH?
Is he trying to lose? Shoot first and aim later.That’s Mitt.
Demonizing those who are on the poorer side of the income scale,whether inadvertantly or not, is a mistake. Blaming Americans who are poor or old for well– being poor or old and framing their financial status as the result of their personal behavior.
This guy is gonna snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
@Richard Wheeler, hyperbole and strawman type observation there.
1: Not all of the 46.4% are registered voters, or will vote
2: Not all of the 46.4% are Democrats
3: There’s likely to be many in that 46.4% who’d love to be in the position to pay income tax
Obama uses the “red meat” rhetoric to fire up fools to part with their money equally. Perhaps the difference is the GOP operatives haven’t been able to sneak in a video cam in order to pull out answers without the questions for public consumption.
If Romney loses, this won’t be the defining moment… tho it’s obvious it’s the talking point de jour in the class warfare/Romney is evil capitalist campaign strategy.
Mata I would suggest it is Romney who is dividing the populace seeking to squeak out a victory by appealing to the haves vs the have nots. A dangerous strategy at best.
Suggest many of the 53% are reminded “If a free society cannot care for the many who are poor it cannot save the few who are rich” John F. Kennedy
You can “suggest” all you want, rich. But if you think that Obama’s entire thrust of class warfare is not divisive, then I suggest you are wearing rose colored glasses.
INRE JFK’s statement… well, I’m not sure of his intent, but I get how you interpret it. The few who are rich cannot maintain taking care of the poor because, as history has shown, you always run out of other people’s money.
Nor is the purpose of our founding principles for central government to demand who is to be the keeper of their brother. It was there to provide opportunity for pursuit of happiness (which for some may be money) equally for all. Nothing more.
The feds are the worst arbitrator of welfare collection and distribution because they skim far too much off the top, and have do not have to suffer the consequences of being inefficient, as private entities do. Or, put simply, the government is “too big to fail” simply by their power to seize funds from the citizens at the point of a gun.
Rich blames Romney for dividing while ignoring the ocean of class warfare bile obama and co. have spewed. What a shock.
Poor is a relative term, especially in America. There are many in the 3rd world who desperately want to be “poor” like some Americans are.
Just an FYI, it seems a grandchild of Jimmah Carter has assumed responsibility of getting the Romney video leaked. PO’ed at all of GOP for talkin’ bad ’bout his granddaddy.
That’s all fine, and I understand defense of family. But it sure won’t resurrect Jimmah’s legacy.