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Mitt Romney, echoing Napoleon, who I guess he sees as his equal, decides that if he's going to lose, he's going to bring down the GOP with him, or maybe he just doesn't get it.
Romney Dings Obama for 'Gifts' to Minority Voters - Yahoo! News
Romney says he lost because Obama gave out so many "gifts" to minority voters, that he bought the election.
What a noble premise, it couldn't be that the American People rejected the pompous plutocrat for his efforts to install a hereditary aristocracy.
Meanwhile, a Republican who hopes to win an election sometime in the next 50 years is apoplectic at Mitt's lack of ......understanding
Bobby Jindal calls Romney
U.S. Senator
I've said this before, but Romney has a nasty disposition. It was very noticable in the 2008 Rep. debates. Now he doesn't have to be "Mr Nice Guy" he can return to his normal self.
How do his comments jive with the Rep message of "Personality Responsibility"? Just asking.
Vice President
Risk Management Talk...blame everyone but yourself.
Both parties do it.
CEOs do it all the time.
I never saw Clinton take responsibility for anything that went awry.
You should always have an informed opinion, so after I inform you, please feel free to express my opinion...USCitizen
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ahoy Goober,Originally Posted by goober
them comments are surprisin', matey. i see Mr. Romney as a very buttoned down sorta fella - he really must be reelin' from his defeat to make that kinda comment on the record.
it doesn't make'm look very good.
asians voted fer Mr. Obama in huge, huge swaths...what gifts did the skipper dole out to Asian americans, i wonder?
- MeadHallPirate
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Since Romney's large contributors never actually sit down to read anything but financial reports he can tell them anything and they will believe it.
Once again, this behavior is hardly exclusive to a specific ideology.
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It's a ridiculous assumption that Obama bought 52% of the vote with handouts, and it all it does is reinforce people's decision to vote Democratic.
Romney says Obama started with 47%, he's helping the Democratic nominee for 2016 start with 52%.
Which is why Bobby Jindal, who can see himself as the GOP nominee in 2016 is livid.
And here is the major problem the GOP is going to have crafting their message to appeal to hispanics and blacks and asians, the party is top heavy with people who are used to laying it on thick for the white male vote, it's their knee jerk reaction, so it's going to be hard to craft a message that avoids welfare queen, wetback and copy cat job stealing rhetoric.
Not to mention that that rhetoric still works in the gerrymandered house districts, so there'll always be a Todd Akin popping up with a mouthful of offensive stupidity.
President
Ya know, back before we had the internet and 24/7 tv news coverage, those local politicians could get away with saying whatever they wanted in front of their local constituents. Now, everything you say in public could end up on youtube. Doh!
Joint Chiefs of Staff Member
Not 52%, just 47%. We can expect that Obama was good enough to actually get 5% inspite of his incompetence.
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look on the bright side, Republicans should start getting all kinds of gifts, now that there going to be a minority.......
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he should not say this in public
but he is getting bashed in earnest by the obamabot media and cult members on USPOL for it is 100% true
free contraception
free citizenship
free phones
free food
free college tuition
he pandered hard for that was the only way his sorry ass or any liberal can win... with freebies and lies!
Since the Obama Administration is hacking and monitoring everything and everybody. IRS/FBI I did not vote for Obama , I did contribute to Romney and I do criticize the administration. AUDIT AWAY!
Speaker of the House
Why?
Vice President
And that's why I'm glad the loons on each side cancel each other out.
As a hint: Always vote for the candidate who doesn't appear on Fox or MSNBC.
You should always have an informed opinion, so after I inform you, please feel free to express my opinion...USCitizen
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Except it isn't true (at least not to enough people put off by these remarks who make a difference in elections), but the more the machine lackeys pitch this of FOX and Limbaugh & Co on the radio, the smaller the voter appeal groups will be given these kinds of attacks offend enough voters to lose elections.
Both parties, by the way, have plenty 'gifts' they like to hand out. Any honest lobbyist and target group who gets their boondoggle can attest to that. Wall Street is front and centre for example.
As for the Dems, he's a gift that keeps on giving with this stuff a-la-47% comments, etc. It's smart politics for them to highlight offensive and stupid things GOP candidates and leaders say. It's the GOP's responsibility to keep duct tape on such types' mouths or, better yet, keep them off the ballot. Whose fault is it that Akin, Mourdock, Smith and others made the GOP ticket in the Senate races with their rape pregnancy comments, or got Palin, Angle, Bachmann or Christine O'Donnell on tickets, etc? It's the GOP's fault and enough of the base that got them there with support. For all the talk about personal accountability, IMO the GOP needs to stop pointing fingers and take a good look in its own mirror for the plethora of self-inflicted wounds it has caused itself in recent years.
Last edited by O'Sullivan Bere; 11-15-2012 at 05:59 PM.
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Just remember that urbanites are not supposed to vote.
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Yep, except they do. It's their right, something that ought to be paid due attention.
It's really a stale line to keep at it that the Dems get their votes from the old 'welfare queen' stuff. And it's clear now that it's offensive and not selling anymore with demographic trends that can now not only make a difference but overwhelm this stuff and the ballot box.
There is a segment within the Dem base that are on some sort of benefits. But here's where it gets offensive...it's the same on the GOP side. For every poorer minority getting some kind of assistance, there's a GOP poorer white getting the same thing. Everybody spots this and knows that. And it's doubly offensive when coming from rich GOP types who get 'corporate welfare', bailouts, tax breaks, lobbying and campaign support resulting pay-to-play and sweetheart deals, etc.
And it goes beyond that. A student seeking affordable loans for college or trade school is not a moocher. It's a go-getter who wants to get up and be productive, and it's a good thing to encourage that pays back in spades not only for the individual but society as well in ROI. Did we take the same view with the GI Bill and all the good that came from it since the end of WWII? No. A woman who wants birth control coverage in her insurance is not a moocher. What she definitely doesn't want is certain members of the Religious Right ordering her around about her health and reproductive plans and needs, etc. A productive DREAM Act person who wants to obtain residency because he or she was raised and educated here as an American through no fault of their own (and the fault of the US by letting them do so) who wishes to earn his or her papers by additionally getting themselves an advanced education and/or serving in the military is not being a moocher seeking 'free citizenship.' Hell, IMO, someone who serves in the military honourably ought to get their US citizenship as a matter of principle and doing right by the country, period. You get the drift...it's all this stuff that successfully offended enough people to once again cause GOP losses by self-inflicted wounds.
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