Full Transcript of the Mitt Romney Secret Video

[Heilige]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...y-secret-video


He almost sounds Libertarian at times when talking about debt and deficits.


This is the first Romney piece that makes him look intelligent.

[Droid101]

This is the first Romney piece that makes him look intelligent.

So, when did the word "intelligent" start to mean a self-absorbed, out of touch, elitist, hateful, racist blowhard who is only looking out for people with hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank and a few more in a bank in the Cayman islands?


47% not paying taxes?
The Census Bureau broke the data down like this:

26.4% of U.S. households had someone enrolled in Medicaid (the health-care program for low-income Americans)
16.2% of households had at least one member receiving Social Security.
15.8% lived in a household receiving food stamps
14.9% had a member with Medicare benefits
4.5% of households received assistance with their rent
1.7% had a member receiving unemployment benefits.

Romney hates US Military Servicemen and the Elderly.

[Rasheed1]

He sounds like a plutocrat.... Not a good look for someone running for the presidency in this society...

He's doing all Obama's work for him... Obama is just sitting back back watching Mitt chase his own tail like a dog...




^Props to rezznor for that one

[Real Men Wear Green]

I was seriously surprised by his 47 tax comments. I would expect a political figure at his level to know which voters do and do not support his opponent. There are plenty of McCain voters in that 47 percent that will still most likely vote Romney in spite of him directly insulting them. And that's not even addressing the fact that a number of those people do/did work. He unknowingly insulted combat troops, seniors on SSI, college kids and low-income working families.

[Sarcastic]

Trickle down economics is complete utter bullshit, and him admitting his tax breaks for the wealthy won't help "them" proves that he knows it's complete utter bullshit as well.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Trickle down economics is complete utter bullshit, and him admitting his tax breaks for the wealthy won't help "them" proves that he knows it's complete utter bullshit as well.

There is a case to be made for conservative economic policy possibly helping the poor. The astonishing thing about Romney is that here we have this alleged business genius that can fix the economy and he's not making that case. It was supposed to be his strength, a big advantage in a weak economy and he's blowing it.

[stallionaire]

lol got carried away here. Romney sucks.

[boozehound]

There is a case to be made for conservative economic policy possibly helping the poor. The astonishing thing about Romney is that here we have this alleged business genius that can fix the economy and he's not making that case. It was supposed to be his strength, a big advantage in a weak economy and he's blowing it.

not to say there is no merit to trickle down, but those bush era tax cuts did what exactly? They were in place for most of a decade before the biggest economic collapse since the 30s.

Romney never would have said any of this if he thought it would get out. Besides, when the audience is paying 50k a plate (basically my annual salary), he knows who they are and what they want to hear, which is basically that the average american is a lazy sob, welfare queen while they got filthy rich because they are better people.

[no pun intended]

"And if the Hispanic voting bloc becomes as committed to the Democrats as the African American voting bloc has in the past, why we're in trouble as a party and, I think, as a nation."

[Real Men Wear Green]

not to say there is no merit to trickle down, but those bush era tax cuts did what exactly? They were in place for most of a decade before the biggest economic collapse since the 30s.

Romney never would have said any of this if he thought it would get out. Besides, when the audience is paying 50k a plate (basically my annual salary), he knows who they are and what they want to hear, which is basically that the average american is a lazy sob, welfare queen while they got filthy rich because they are better people.

I'm not actually for trickle-down, I'm just saying it's something that can and has been argued. Reagan and Bush both used it to get some votes from people that weren't so wealthy. Romney has chosen not to make the case and instead just write off poor voters. The quote would indicate he doesn't realize that there are a lot of poor Republicans. It's just dumb strategy if you're trying to win the Presidency. If that 47% really did uniformly turn on him he'd be losing something like 70-30 instead of the current 50-45 numbers we're seeing. He's lucky he's so completely wrong.

[BrickingStar]

not voting anyway

[KevinNYC]

"And if the Hispanic voting bloc becomes as committed to the Democrats as the African American voting bloc has in the past, why we're in trouble as a party and, I think, as a nation."

He also claimed things would be easier for him, if his father was ethnically Mexican and not just born in Mexico.

[Sarcastic]

The irony of the whole thing is that we haven't seen Mitt Rmoney's tax returns for the last 10 years, so we don't even know how much he paid. For all we know, he is part of the 47% himself.

[miller-time]

The irony of the whole thing is that we haven't seen Mitt Rmoney's tax returns for the last 10 years, so we don't even know how much he paid. For all we know, he is part of the 47% himself.

how does releasing tax returns work? why does mitt have to release them, wouldn't they be on file somewhere? even if he isn't paying taxes surely he would have to declare his income?

[Freedom Kid7]

I don't know what's worse, his dumb and borderline biggoted comments or the fact the nominees are just aiming to bash one another and not discuss serious, actual issues.

It's a shame really. Politics is a game. He who plays it best wins. And Romney is playing it like an idiot.