So Angry about the 47%

[Anonymous]

How the hell can a person who refuses to release more than two tax returns bitch about how much other people pay in income taxes?
How can a person who made a gajillion dollars in closing down companies, laying people off, and sending jobs to China complain about people getting unemployment?
How can a person whose family used welfare once upon a time criticize those who use it?
How can a person dismiss 47% of Americans as "not taking responsibility for their lives?
How can he lump in old people and the disabled with welfare queens?

My disgust with the Republicans in this election year had thus far been limited to some of the state level absurdities. But this..... I haven't wanted to think Romney is a bad guy, he's just a regular guy (well a regular millionaire) who is running for office. No need to demonize the poor guy. But these comments confirm him in my opionion as so deliberatley ignorant of how most people in America live, how they struggle. Sure I heard "borrow your college money from your parents" or, "we ate a lot of pasta and tuna" and rolled my eyes along with many other people but this rises to a whole new level.

I think Bernie Sanders articulates my feelings well: http://www.politicususa.com/bernie-sanders-destroys-mitt-romney-arrogantly-lecturing-47-percent.html

[Anonymous]

What's even richer is that 12 years ago, taking lower income people and seniors off the tax rolls was an applause line for George W. Bush, and his policies (combined with the shitty economy they created) are responsible for the 47%.

[Anonymous]

Here's John Stewart's take: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/18/jon-stewart-by-his-logic-romneys-dad-wouldnt-vote-for-him/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's even richer is that 12 years ago, taking lower income people and seniors off the tax rolls was an applause line for George W. Bush, and his policies (combined with the shitty economy they created) are responsible for the 47%.

+1

Signed, the person who posted the WP charts proving that Republicans are lying, schizophrenic hypocrites about taxes.

[Anonymous]

I can't help but notice how many folks who vociferously proclaim their patriotism are perfectly comfortable hating half of America.

I also can't help but notice it's the same bunch who differentiate themselves from New Yorkers as the "real Americans" (in the words of the inimitable Ms. Palin) 364 days of the year.

It makes me wonder if their so-called patriotism is anything
more than self-congratulatory, narrow-minded hatred of others masquerading fearfully as self-love.

I'm not one of the 47% Mitt Romney doesn't care about, though I have been before. I'm not that old, but there have been times that I've barely scraped by and there have been times I've been quite well off. I don't expect the possibility of falling back further down the economic ladder will go away any time soon. In this respect, I'm like a lot of Americans.

I'm lucky enough to have a family that's supported me and that continues to provide a safety net that allows me to take risks. We may not have had quite the resources the Romneys have, but we look a hell of a lot more like his clan than most Americans do. If he met me on the street, I'm sure he'd think I was squarely in his base.

I'm not one of the 47% that Mitt Romney has no interest in being the president of, but I'm far more proud to call them fellow Americans than I am Mitt Romney. Mitt and his well heeled donors are happy to demonize these guys as moochers while they themselves park far bigger chunks of money offshores --- outside of America --- than you and I will ever see. But they're the good Americans.

And you know what? My America is big enough for them, too if they're willing to pay their fair share. The trouble is they aren't and they'll do anything to make sure they don't.

In my America, there's no distinction between real America and the fake America. The extremely white suburbs I grew up in are every bit as much a feature of America as the multiethnic, diverse urban areas that I preferred as an adult. The desperate housewives who watched over my friends and me aren't any less American than the many forms of "alternative families" that are becoming the norm. And my relatives whose ancestors crossed the American plains aren't any less vital to what America means now than the undocumented immigrants who put food on their table today.

I think maybe they're so afraid of homosexuals and the poor, working women, Arabs and "illegals" because they're afraid that if they acknowledged the authenticity of these other equally American experiences they'd lose ownership of the story that they think they belongs to them.

You know what I call that?

Entitlement. And here Romneys correct: it's a pernicious myth.

It would be hilarious to hear Romney rail against entitlement if it weren't so damn scary.

So tell you what Mittens -- you keep running on a platform that pretends that only the entitled matter. You keep pretending that you are going to be president of a country that looks just like you.

Me? I'm going to stand with all those Americans who don't fit into your America. And you know what we're going to do? In November, we're going to re-elect a President who, whatever his imperfections (and there are many), speaks for all of us.

[Anonymous]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/19/colbert-delivers-elegant-version-of-romneys-47-percent-speech/

Above is Colbert's versionof the 47%. Colbert and Stewart are hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't help but notice how many folks who vociferously proclaim their patriotism are perfectly comfortable hating half of America.

I also can't help but notice it's the same bunch who differentiate themselves from New Yorkers as the "real Americans" (in the words of the inimitable Ms. Palin) 364 days of the year.

It makes me wonder if their so-called patriotism is anything
more than self-congratulatory, narrow-minded hatred of others masquerading fearfully as self-love.

I'm not one of the 47% Mitt Romney doesn't care about, though I have been before. I'm not that old, but there have been times that I've barely scraped by and there have been times I've been quite well off. I don't expect the possibility of falling back further down the economic ladder will go away any time soon. In this respect, I'm like a lot of Americans.

I'm lucky enough to have a family that's supported me and that continues to provide a safety net that allows me to take risks. We may not have had quite the resources the Romneys have, but we look a hell of a lot more like his clan than most Americans do. If he met me on the street, I'm sure he'd think I was squarely in his base.

I'm not one of the 47% that Mitt Romney has no interest in being the president of, but I'm far more proud to call them fellow Americans than I am Mitt Romney. Mitt and his well heeled donors are happy to demonize these guys as moochers while they themselves park far bigger chunks of money offshores --- outside of America --- than you and I will ever see. But they're the good Americans.

And you know what? My America is big enough for them, too if they're willing to pay their fair share. The trouble is they aren't and they'll do anything to make sure they don't.

In my America, there's no distinction between real America and the fake America. The extremely white suburbs I grew up in are every bit as much a feature of America as the multiethnic, diverse urban areas that I preferred as an adult. The desperate housewives who watched over my friends and me aren't any less American than the many forms of "alternative families" that are becoming the norm. And my relatives whose ancestors crossed the American plains aren't any less vital to what America means now than the undocumented immigrants who put food on their table today.

I think maybe they're so afraid of homosexuals and the poor, working women, Arabs and "illegals" because they're afraid that if they acknowledged the authenticity of these other equally American experiences they'd lose ownership of the story that they think they belongs to them.

You know what I call that?

Entitlement. And here Romneys correct: it's a pernicious myth.

It would be hilarious to hear Romney rail against entitlement if it weren't so damn scary.

So tell you what Mittens -- you keep running on a platform that pretends that only the entitled matter. You keep pretending that you are going to be president of a country that looks just like you.

Me? I'm going to stand with all those Americans who don't fit into your America. And you know what we're going to do? In November, we're going to re-elect a President who, whatever his imperfections (and there are many), speaks for all of us.

I hope you live in a swing state!

[Anonymous]

Me? I'm going to stand with all those Americans who don't fit into your America. And you know what we're going to do? In November, we're going to re-elect a President who, whatever his imperfections (and there are many), speaks for all of us.

He doesn't speak for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Me? I'm going to stand with all those Americans who don't fit into your America. And you know what we're going to do? In November, we're going to re-elect a President who, whatever his imperfections (and there are many), speaks for all of us.

He doesn't speak for me.

He does, though. Or at least, he speaks for, respects, represents far more Americans than Romney does, by his own admission. In voting for Romney, you are excluding HALF of Americans from "your" America. What does that make you?

[Anonymous]

Keith Obermann is quite persuasive as well. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/18/keith-olbermann-releases-special-comment-about-leaked-romney-video/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keith Obermann is quite persuasive as well. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/18/keith-olbermann-releases-special-comment-about-leaked-romney-video/

Obermann is a leftist idiot he can only convince those that are already on the stupid side (the left).

[Anonymous]

10:14, please explain how the "left" is "stupid." As you may be aware, Romney (most recently) got himself into trouble by his inability to understand statistics. Some folks may even claim he is stupid and that is why he can't interpret statistics (e.g., failure to recognize that the 47% is comprised of seniors and military). Basically, the OP and nearly all the subsequent posters expressed opinions then cited reasons why they formed those opinions. What you and many others who oppose the president fail to recognize is that he is not stupid. Wherever his opponents move on the board, he checks them. And your response then is "he's stupid." Even my eight year old knows to bring enough game to the table when he wants something he thinks I may oppose.

[Anonymous]

Obermann is an ex sports caster and has no credentials to back up his idiotic ideas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keith Obermann is quite persuasive as well. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/18/keith-olbermann-releases-special-comment-about-leaked-romney-video/

Obermann is a leftist idiot he can only convince those that are already on the stupid side (the left).

Did you watch it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keith Obermann is quite persuasive as well. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/18/keith-olbermann-releases-special-comment-about-leaked-romney-video/

He sucks the only job he has been able to hold is reading sports scores.