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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (674288)9/19/2012 10:57:23 AM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (2) of 1584438
 
There are all kinds of ways of parsing his comments, but the essential concept is absolutely factual

There's nothing to parse...the man said that 47% of very specific people, many of which are HIS supporters, many work and don't earn enough, many are retired and elderly, many are in the military....are parasites at the teat of the government...and his tone was very cynical...hell, HE and many like him ARE ONE OF THE 47%....paying a mere 14% of his income in taxes...many of the people he was condemning pay a much higher percentage in total taxes than he does....these comments may stoke your emotions and those of tea party affiliates but it does serious harm to his campaign...this guy is the ultimate transactional fellow...meaning that he will taylor his remarks, and I suspect his eventual policies, to multiple audiences regardless of how disparate their respective interests might be....that my friend is a man without conviction....a classic hypocrite.

Al
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