Author Topic: Oh, Mitt.... (Read 1103 times)

rex · « **on:** February 01, 2012, 01:02:55 PM »

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57369707-503544/romney-says-hes-not-concerned-about-the-very-poor-because-of-safety-net/

Good grief.

rex.

bort · « **Reply #1 on:** February 01, 2012, 01:06:49 PM »

"I've said what I'm going to say, and now I'm preparing for the attacks."

Not looking forward to politics this year.

Capnplank · « **Reply #2 on:** February 01, 2012, 01:08:52 PM »

Chris Fabulous · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2012, 01:10:06 PM »

I'm amazed he even acknowledges that there should be a safety net, or that government has any responsibility to keep people from slipping through any cracks of any kind. Looks like he's already moving to the left (relatively speaking) for the general election.

Ellie II · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2012, 01:53:16 PM »

this guy drove around with an irish setter on the roof of a car for 12-hour trips. he is utterly insane.

lushj · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2012, 02:56:36 PM »

""Oh I'm sure there are," he responded. "I'm sure there are places where people fall between the cracks. And finding those places is one of the things that is the responsibility of government.""

This quote will show up on the Daily Show tonight. Crap, I could probably come up with a dozen debates where Mitt said the exact opposite in his run to the far right. Jon Stewart is probably madly masturbating right now in the writer's room!

blackandgold · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2012, 02:59:01 PM »

Quote from: lushj on February 01, 2012, 02:56:36 PM

""Oh I'm sure there are," he responded. "I'm sure there are places where people fall between the cracks. And finding those places is one of the things that is the responsibility of government.""

This quote will show up on the Daily Show tonight. Crap, I could probably come up with a dozen debates where Mitt said the exact opposite in his run to the far right. Jon Stewart is probably madly masturbating right now in the writer's room!

So, is anybody going to challenge Lushman on this?

Probably not.

dave · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:03:14 PM »

Quote from: Ellie II on February 01, 2012, 01:53:16 PM

this guy drove around with an irish setter on the roof of a car for 12-hour trips. he is utterly insane.

Whoa. I don't know how I missed that one. "He loved it up there!"

Ellie II · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:07:42 PM »

Quote from: blackandgold on February 01, 2012, 02:59:01 PM

So, is anybody going to challenge Lushman on this?

Probably not.

on what?

Ellie II · « **Reply #9 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:08:44 PM »

Quote from: dave on February 01, 2012, 03:03:14 PM

Whoa. I don't know how I missed that one. "He loved it up there!"

I love the story about the dog spraying diarrhea all over the back window.

billy · « **Reply #10 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:08:51 PM »

Quote from: blackandgold on February 01, 2012, 02:59:01 PM

So, is anybody going to challenge Lushman on this?

Probably not.

why would anyone challenge this? romney is the definition of a flip flopper. he says what he needs to say to get elected. he's the republican obama!

billy · « **Reply #11 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:09:11 PM »

Quote from: dave on February 01, 2012, 03:03:14 PM

Whoa. I don't know how I missed that one. "He loved it up there!"

yeah, i hadn't either. that shit = bonkers!

thom · « **Reply #12 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:25:30 PM »

Everybody who had planned to vote for Mitt and no longer is raise their hands.

Anybody?

* crickets *

/whocares

billy · « **Reply #13 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:26:33 PM »

way to pee in everyone's cheerios, thom.

Chris Fabulous · « **Reply #14 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:28:06 PM »

Quote from: thom on February 01, 2012, 03:25:30 PM

Everybody who had planned to vote for Mitt and no longer is raise their hands.

Anybody?

* crickets *

/whocares

I think there are a lot of Republican primary voters that would take stuff like this into account. A lot. What's interesting to me about it is that Romney seems to think it's a forgone conclusion that he'll win the nomination, and he can go ahead and just go into general election mode.

Harry Hijinks · « **Reply #15 on:** February 01, 2012, 03:32:09 PM »

Hey guys, Mitt rhymes with SHIT! Wow!

blackandgold · « **Reply #16 on:** February 01, 2012, 04:09:29 PM »

Quote from: Ellie II on February 01, 2012, 03:07:42 PM

on what?

That Mitt said a dozen times during debates that he doesn't believe the government should help people who fall through the cracks. Only Ron Paul would eliminate the welfare state.

BenTM · « **Reply #17 on:** February 01, 2012, 04:15:29 PM »

Maybe he was talking about the "[it's the responsibility of the government to find them]" part of the comment when contrasted to all of the right-wing smaller government/bootstraps talk.

colin · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2012, 04:29:09 PM »

Quote

U.S. Census data revealed last month that nearly half of Americans qualify either as poor or low-income.

Good job, Mitt.

adam background · « **Reply #19 on:** February 01, 2012, 04:40:46 PM »

The Repulican party is doing everything in their party to hand Obama a second term I guess. Why even bother running?

Ellie II · « **Reply #20 on:** February 01, 2012, 04:45:13 PM »

Quote from: blackandgold on February 01, 2012, 04:09:29 PM

That Mitt said a dozen times during debates that he doesn't believe the government should help people who fall through the cracks. Only Ron Paul would eliminate the welfare state.

Quote from: BenTM on February 01, 2012, 04:15:29 PM

Maybe he was talking about the "[it's the responsibility of the government to find them]" part of the comment when contrasted to all of the right-wing smaller government/bootstraps talk.

this.

Ellie II · « **Reply #21 on:** February 01, 2012, 04:59:06 PM »

Quote from: adam background on February 01, 2012, 04:40:46 PM

The Repulican party is doing everything in their party to hand Obama a second term I guess. Why even bother running?

for laughs.

blackandgold · « **Reply #22 on:** February 01, 2012, 05:16:07 PM »

Do you watch the Republican debates? They always say that the government should help the poorest. Even Ron Paul goes out of his way all the time to say that he won't kick people who currently rely on government to the curb.

Ellie II · « **Reply #23 on:** February 01, 2012, 05:22:23 PM »

So is now the time for me to challenge you on Ron Paul being the only one who would end the welfare state, which you just contradicted? You are just splitting hairs at this point.

thom · « **Reply #24 on:** February 01, 2012, 05:24:36 PM »

Quote from: Chris Fabulous on February 01, 2012, 03:28:06 PM

I think there are a lot of Republican primary voters that would take stuff like this into account. A lot. What's interesting to me about it is that Romney seems to think it's a forgone conclusion that he'll win the nomination, and he can go ahead and just go into general election mode.

Mitt Romney is the Republican version of John Kerry and this is a repeat of the 2004 election with the parties switched.

Quote from: blackandgold on February 01, 2012, 05:16:07 PM

Even Ron Paul goes out of his way all the time to say that he won't kick people who currently rely on government to the curb.

No, obviously he didn't say that, because everybody knows he is a heartless Christian conservative who hates poor people and wants to let corporations run the government. And he's crazy. So he wouldn't ever say something like that, much less believe it.