Romney Video Leaked, "My job is not to worry about those people"

[Va Beach VH Fan]

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[Va Beach VH Fan]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-17/today-mitt-romney-lost-the-election.html

Today, Mitt Romney Lost the Election
By Josh Barro Sep 17, 2012 6:02 PM ET

You can mark my prediction now: A secret recording from a closed-door Mitt Romney fundraiser, 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 unmoveable 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.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Ah what the hell...

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[Va Beach VH Fan]

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[Va Beach VH Fan]

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[Va Beach VH Fan]

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[Va Beach VH Fan]

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[Va Beach VH Fan]

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[Va Beach VH Fan]

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[Dr. Love]

that's a lot of white boxes

[VAiN]

It's not like what he's saying isn't true.. but yeah, this doesn't help him at all.

[lesfunk]

I don't see how that hurts him much. Doesn't that pretty much sum up the GOP platform?

[Nitro Express]

Romeny basically said he's not going to waste his time and effort trying to get the votes of people solidly in the Democrat camp because it's a waste of time and resources. It's no different than being a market manager trying to sell something to a group of people that are already loyal to a particular brand.

This is not Mitt saying he's going to blow the people off once he's president. He didn't do it while governor.

But it's the truth. It's just going to make him even more unpopular with the people who were never going to vote for him anyways. It might actually win some points with the people making $60,000 that pay taxes.