This is exactly what we are facing. Romney is absolutely right in his assessment. Unless we can convince some of the 47% that the right thing to do is to vote responsibly for Romney, we, as a nation, are doomed! We are on the verge of abject socialism-marxism. Yes, it is nice to get a nice gov’t check at the expense of other hard working people, but for the sake of our country and our children stop this now and vote for free enterprise!
Who is “we”? Did you watch Romney's “speech” last night? He is not trying to convince those people. He concedes them to obama. His goal is to reach the 4% that still claim to be undecided. His goal is 50.1% of the vote. Set low goals and maybe you'll achieve them? Romney is flawed as a politician. Deeply flawed. A colorless passionless man. The glow his wife tried to give him at the convention, to show him as more than a Stepford politician, is fading I can't imagine many of us will be voting for Romney. At best we will be voting against obama. God help our nation.
Romney is right that 47-48% of people will vote for Obama no matter what. Just like 47-48% of people will vote for Romney no matter what.
However, it’s absolutely wrong to claim that the lowest 47% of income earners (i.e. those that pay no federal income tax) will automatically vote for Obama. Obviously, he does not know those people. I come from those people, I know those people, I work with those people, I help those people, and MANY poorer people are very religious and very conservative. The problem with Romney’s commment is that it shows that he, like many others, are totally out of touch.
The problem in this country is not the bottom 47%. The problem is the liberal elites, and their hollywood/media influence. That’s not the bottom 47%.