[driftdiver]

she was probably a plant by the DNC

[Ueriah]

I’d be so much happier if Mitt were unemployed instead of that lady.

[PetroniusMaximus]

The inverse image of Herman Cain!

[Utmost Certainty]

Tacky. Romney should’ve done that in private, not made it into a public spectacle.

Also, calling her a ‘mascot’? Jeez.

[FrankR]

Romney gets more like obama every minute...now he's handing out free cash too...

[NativeNewYorker]

It’s only OK if the pol is giving away someone else’s money.

[Old Sarge]

Staged event. Whether this woman was an ACORN plant, or a Willard operative, is anybody’s guess.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Idiot liberals are SO damn predicable

[Lazlo in PA]

I guess these MSNBC DNC stooges like it better when the govt’ steals taxpayers dollars and hand it out to the poor.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It was nice of Mitt to do that, but maybe he should have just handed her a card with a number to get back to him privately, and it would be up to her to tell anyone whether he helped out. There’s a reason the bible cautions against charity that shows in public. There is the risk of doing it for the wrong reason (pride) and the appearance can demean the recipient by class if not individually.

Still, why such a big hubbub over Mitt, when Obama did something similar a few years ago?

[af_vet_rr]

I don't get it. She had money to go driving around, which is supposedly how she came across his campaign bus, but she didn't have money to pay her electricity bill.

Am I being cold-blooded for questioning that?

[americanophile]

Ripped for a private charitable act. No good deed goes unpunished. Why would anyone run for president?

[WOBBLY BOB]

“cannot buy a vote for $60”...yes you can, for a pack of smokes in Milwaukee.
That was proven in 2008 by ACORN.

[donna]

When he’s President, he won’t have give away his own money.

[andy58-in-nh]

I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that no one here wants to see Mitt Romney win the GOP nomination. But voluntarily helping out a person in need (especially one that you know) is not something to be mocked. Liberals do that instinctively because they abhor volunteerism and private charity, in favor of involuntary taxation and government dependency.

But the episode also demonstrates Mitt's poor judgment - one does such things privately, or at the very least, without calling undue attention to one's self.

[Jay Santos CP]

Sounds like a very smart move by Mittens. Obama has just lost the black vote. Very well executed Republican strategy!

[samanella]

It’s ColUmbia, the capital of South Carolina. ColOmbia is a South American country.

[fantom]

Romney gave money to an unemployed woman ! My God the end is near . The pretzel vendors are getting all wee wee’d up. This is hilarious .

[Political Junkie Too]

Where are all the "we all know what THAT means" people who speculated on Cain's intentions when giving money to a poor black woman?

-PJ

[Recovering_Democrat]

Isn’t it obvious that if a white Republican helps an unemployed black woman then they are racist?

Conversely, if a white Republican does NOT help an unemployed black woman, then they are racist.