Posted on 09/17/2012 3:23:38 PM PDT by TigerClaws
This is the first time in months, that I think Obama is going to be re-elected.
What Mitt says is true. But you can’t say it. This will alienate a block of voters that he was depending on. Makes him look non caring.
Many on here are trying to spin this as a positive. It’s not. Mitt may still win, but this is going to cost him in the short term. He better get on top of this tonite. Needs to call a news conference like Bush in 2000 and just explain.
This will be the top news story of the week. Sorry folks, not good. not good. Can’t spin it as positive.
Some of it was, you bet...
But said, “I’m not worried about the poor.”
Considering how many Republicans/conservatives have lost their jobs, homes, businesses, savings, etc, over the past 5 years....
In fact, I know people from welders to engineers who have not only lost it all, but were actually reduced to collecting food stamps. Not everyone is a professional taker.
One other thing, Romney said something to the effect, "Had he been born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot of winning this."
I'd bet this won't go over well in some parts...
See 102.
I am just sick at my stomach tonite. I think the election is now over. For months, I have believed in my heart of hearts, that Obama was going to lose and lose pretty big. I didn’t believe the skewed media polls. I knew in the end, the Americans would see through the media bias and throw Obama out.
This is bad. No positive was to spin it.
Mitt needs to call a news conference tonite to address this.
A goodly portion of that 47 or 50 percent are not in it by choice. Romney needs to explain how to the folks in that group he's going to enable them to rise up out of it. It's a mistake to write them off.
Romney has to talk about how with his plan those people will get to working again. But Romney is right about how there is a lot of people in this country(Obama voters) who will vote for Obama no matter what because they know they will continue to get their “Obama money.”
Well, much of what he said was correct. Unfortunately, not all of his comments were well thought out.
I have a feeling, given the state of the economy, the media will beat him severely with some of this.
People dependent on Govt wouldnt vote for Romney anyway so who cares what they think. I have seen enough polls which show that people want Govt out of their lives. This video will help Romney NOT hurt him. The only ones that will not vote for him are the ones who wouldn’t vote for him anyway
http://twitchy.com/2012/09/17/undercover-romney-fundraiser-video-leaked-by-jimmy-carters-grandson/?utm_source=autotweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter
And Jimmy Carter’s grandson is you guessed it..UNEMPLOYED LOL..figures
Obama has failed domestically, he has failed economically, he has failed diplomatically and we will never hear it because the media will only talk about the Romney recordings..
Carter’s grandkid? Interesting....
You can bet, there are some really PO’d people in the Romney camp over this video, because it was obtained covertly.
Tax reform and bringing back prospertiy are two different things ~ and class warfare based on who has a job and who doesn't really doesn't cut it with the folks who are dealing with it directly.
You would, of course, simply eliminate all other federal taxes and repeal the 16th amedment.
Most individuals would not have to deal with federal taxes at all in any way with an ideal tax scheme. You'd restrict tax communication to large businesses ~
As far as fair share is concerned, that depends on who is defining 'share' and 'fair' ~ and so far I've never seen such a tax proposed that would be acceptable to me!,
BTW, even postage isn't fair. There are enormous elements of cross subsidization that are highly questionable.
Remember "HEARTLESS"?
Not to chortle too much as the feelings of impending doom undoubtedly run up the legs of Mitt's followers, but this is exactly what I was talking about last year!
No, your candidate, even if he's not really yours but somebody else's and you'd rather not have Obama back should be going around to small groups of campaign donors of possibly unknown provence and confiding in them that he thinks a little less than half the population are congenital Obama voters!
Actually, it's far more than half ~ he wiped us off the map in 2008!
We just don't need to have those private conversations once the campaign is underway, and he shouldn't be saying anything there that he's not willing to say openly to everybody.
The basic assumption these days is that any candidate can be turned into a 3-D walking talking automaton with ease ~ your friendly neighborhood Wal-mart has the video capability to make it so ~ if you need an example.
Comments like yours just write them off as so many ciphers on a list.
Remember, you win elections by getting more votes than the other guy ~ politicians who throw votes away are called LOSERS!
There is a positive way to spin it.
Now Romney can target his message to the earners, the contributors, the voters who want to build america. Remember, ask not what American can do for you, but what you can do for America!
True, I wouldn't vote for Romney but would vote for a conservative candidate.
Another thing -- just because someone like me who had to quit working at age 44 might receive assistance (I don't receive disability but could have), doesn't mean their entire value system was altered and compromised when the first check arrived. Same with ex-military, retired, etc.
Pretty much all of us realize the present system is unsustainable.
Amen.... WHY can’t we find that ladie in Orlando that said breathlessly that “O was going to take care of me” ???
Somebody, anybody down there - go find her! Can’t be that hard, is it? Ask her what she thinks today. Ask her if SHE is taking gubmet handouts and to what extent.
The left can identify exactly what Sarah did for the last 10 years, so why not investigate this lady? Bring that gun to the knife fight, darn it. Take off the gloves.
LLS
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