Damn. That was an incredibly stupid statement. There’s something really creepy about Mr. Romney.
Instead of saying he’s deeply concerned about the poor, and therefore will focus on economic/job growth, he lays an egg like this. Anyone want to be that this will be one of Obama’s most devasting commercials in the fall? I think Mittens electability is vastly overstated.
Whoever is in the lead will be deflated by the media asap. Do we remember what happened to Palin, Perry, Cain, Newt?
I know Newt is now supported here. (Meaning after Cain, etc). I’d just like to see less attack on the GOP candidates, all of them. And especially when it’s a liberal sounding attack.
I’m not against the poor but I’m also not for any new programs, other than jobs and the economy, which will lift the poor as well. Do we really want Newt or anyone to focus on the poor and not on the middle class and business?
Just asking.
The Obama people are cutting the TV commercial as I type this.
I know two people that are going to be very happy this fall - John McCain and Bob Dole.
The same way that Jimmy Carter was happy once our current fool for a president took office.
Well, there is an upside here. He just gave Newt some new material for ads.
“I like firing people...
...and I’m not concerned about the very poor.”
What an A________.
You can focus on the very poor, that’s not my focus. My focus is on middle income Americans, retirees living on Social Security, people who can’t find work.”
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What an ignorant piece of white trash...
“retirees living on Social Security, people who can’t find work.” are the poor, stupid...
Romney is only a sacrificial lamb for the GOP-E. Their main goal is to rid themselves of “Tea Party Disease” in the House and Senate, and they are willing to cede the White House, the House, and Senate to the Democrats to do so. They will then try again in 2014 and 2016 (with Jeb Bush). This explains why Romney is acting the way he is.
“”I’m not concerned about the very poor....”
Jes’ wonderin’ outloud, but...
What would Ayn Rand have said about this very subject?
Having written that, Mr. Gingrich ought to plaster the airwaves with the above comments juxtaposed against his response to Juan Williams in the South Carolina debates...
Newt’s welfare reform plan from Contract with America actually helped the poor by getting them to work and off entitlements. Newt’s unemployment insurance plan is also tied to work training. But if you don’t have a job then Mitt isn’t for you.
(rolls eyes)
If Obama didn't believe in Santa Claus before, he has got to be a believer today.
Mr. niteowl77
[who lost the South Carolina primary on January 21 after opponents painted him as a heartless capitalist]
huh? This is not why Newt won SC!
And not one word about it on Drudge.
(ok. shoot me.. I had to check)
He just alienated a huge voting block. Did he not?
Great. Our Constitutional Republic is going down the tubes at warp speed and the enemy within is now entrenched deeply within - and the GOP establishment-selected next-in-line "moderate" is blabbering on about fixing the welfare "safety net"?
We are good and truly screwed, folks...
And everyone thinks that Newt is prone to sticking his foot in his mouth???
That sound bite is right up there with "I voted for it before I voted against it".
Romney is even more tone deaf than zero!
He's had others. Betting $10,000 at the drop of a hat, $380,000 is no big deal. There are others...
saying that he liked to fire people, although those comments were taken out of context.
That wasn't out of context - it showed how he thinks and does. He wouldn't know he liked it unless he did it.
He always sounds like he's a basketful of nerves when he talks or wound up on something. Keep him talking long enough and 'he' comes out. He's like barry - who needs a tele to keep him on the prescribed track and not speak from the heart because that's danger time, such as this one. It's a con man trying to appeal real and then they have their 'real' moments. (my muslim faith) I'm sure he'll be back in his coaches room after this.
The MSM is leading the evening news with the Facebook IPO and Romney’s comment. They are not going to let Romney off the hook.