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To: puborectalis who wrote (674089)	9/17/2012 11:44:09 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1582684

Today, Mitt Romney Lost the Election By Josh Barro Sep 17, 2012 3:02 PM MT bloomberg.com You can mark my prediction now: A secret recording from a closed-door Mitt Romneyfundraiser, released today by David Corn at Mother Jones, has killed Mitt Romney's campaign for president. On the tape, Romney explains that his electoral strategy involves writing off nearly half the country as unmovable Obama voters. As Romney explains, 47 percent of Americans "believe that they are victims." He laments: "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." So what's the upshot? "My job is not to worry about those people," he says. He also notes, describing President Obama's base, "These are people who pay no income tax. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax." This is an utter disaster for Romney. Romney already has trouble relating to the public and convincing people he cares about them. Now, he's been caught on video saying that nearly half the country consists of hopeless losers. Romney has been vigorously denying President Obama's claims that his tax plan would raise taxes on the middle class. Now, he's been caught on video suggesting that low- and middle-income Americans are undertaxed. (That one is especially problematic given the speculation about what's on Mitt's unreleased pre-2010 tax returns.) Corn tells us there are more embarrassing moments on segments of the video he hasn't released yet. Romney jokes that he'd be more likely to win the election if he were Hispanic. He makes some awkward comments about whether he was born with a "silver spoon" in his mouth. But those are survivable. The really disastrous thing is the clip about "victims," and the combination of contempt and pity that Romney shows for anyone who isn't going to vote for him. Romney is the most opaque presidential nominee since Nixon, and people have been reduced to guessing what his true feelings are. This video provides an answer: He feels that you're a loser. It's not an answer that wins elections.

To: puborectalis who wrote (674089)	9/17/2012 11:47:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582684

He got closer to the truth in another clip. "There's a perception that all of you were born with a silver spoon. You know, you never had to earn anything and so forth," Romney said to the donors. "Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon, which is the greatest gift you can have -- which is to get born in America." When I got done with work and heard what he had said, I thought it was a joke..........Onion style. I couldn't actually believe he said those things. Then I listened to AC360 and that's all they were talking about..........then I knew it was true. What a dunce..........now I know whatever successes Bain had it was despite him..........unless it involved a lot of lying and cheating. The guy is an unmitigated disaster...........much worse than Palin ever was..........and worse, he heads up the ticket.