AHAHAHAHAH: "I'm not concerned about the very rich. They're doing just fine."

Funny how that isn't included with the poor part. Romney is correct to say that the very poor are a very small part of America and should not be a primary focus- stopping the middle class from becoming poor is.

I'm a Ron Paul guy, but seriously- the more Newt and the liberals attack Romney unfairly over stuff like this, and actually ignore when he says "I'm not concerned about the very rich" too, I actually feel an urge to vote for him.

I'm waiting for him to say, "Some of my best friends are poor".

Rather amusing that he'd promise to correct the holes in the net....forgetting that his budget is actually putting the holes there in the first place.

Guess the net is "too" good.

Safety nets aren't good enough! We need hammocks! -Romney criticizers.

Romney's like any animmatronic dummy: sometimes the wiring gets screwed up.

"the more Newt and the liberals attack Romney..."

Noot and the liberals?
Hoooo-HAW!

Safety nets aren't good enough! We need hammocks! -Romney criticizers.

The word was "trampoline."

Lohocla points out something key: Rmoney supports cutting trillions from those very safety nets for the poor but says he wants to strengthen them. Rmoney's plan is to eviscerate those safety nets and more in favor of insane spending on the military.

I'm a Ron Paul guy, but seriously- the more Newt and the liberals attack Romney unfairly over stuff like this, and actually ignore when he says "I'm not concerned about the very rich" too, I actually feel an urge to vote for him.

#2 | Posted by adammm at

Oh, hell. Vote for him. No one gives a damn if you feel sympathy for this turd.

The fact of the matter is that no one, including Willard himself, understands how this utterly strange presidential candidate feels about the poor.

Willard's waiting for information regarding his feelings. pefrhaps you can help hom out? On the other hand, Willard may already have your vote, and therefore doesn't give a shit about you.

Oh, hell. Vote for him. No one gives a damn if you feel sympathy for this turd.

The fact of the matter is that no one, including Willard himself, understands how this utterly strange presidential candidate feels about the poor.

Willard's waiting for information regarding his feelings. Perhaps you can help him out? On the other hand, Willard may already have your vote, and therefore doesn't give a shit about you.

"the more Newt and the liberals attack Romney..."

Noot and the liberals?
Hoooo-HAW!

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

It's the end of the Republican Party, DOC. This fact is visible in the very language they use.

How many Republicans are going to write-in Newt if Romney the Robot gets the nomination?

Yeah, tell me millions won't do just that. Sucks to be a member of the GOP.

"Sucks to be a member of the GOP."

I hear you.

Just look at the vitriol some of them spew here every day against whatever Dark Forces are conspiring under their beds to do them in!?!

Someone's going to write a terrific account - while a passel of others write not-so-terrific accounts - of just how the GOP got into the fix they've worked themselves into. It'll have to go back, at least, to Spiro Agnew demagoging "The Silent Majority" and spend considerable time on the Dixiefication of the party that resulted from pandering to "The Southern Strategy." And, of course, entwined in all of that, the shameless cozyig up to the Talibaptists.

Swiftboating. Everyone knows what he said and what he meant and it is just stupidity now. Just like yesterday's "Obama says HCR was because of Jesus."

If we keep feeding the stupid, we can't complain when they continue their take over.

Recade partially quotes Romney....""I'm not concerned about the very poor..." Left out the part about the "an ample number of programs set up for their benefit".

Extreme lefties have made quoting out of context an art form. Welcome to that pathtic crowd, Recade.

Romney also said that he is zeroing in on the needs of the middle class...those folks conveniently ignored by Obama for three years while he an ideological agenda rather than addressing the JOBS issue head on.

The left forgets what Senator Feintein said when the Demeocrats were ousted in the 1990s. "We paid too much attention to 15% of the population and ignored the other 85%".

"Recade partially quotes Romney....""I'm not concerned about the very poor..." Left out the part about the "an ample number of programs set up for their benefit".

Extreme lefties have made quoting out of context an art form. Welcome to that pathtic crowd, Recade."

that is because you are a moron. People's criticism of Romney is his failure to understand that the very poor's safety net is also inadequate and needs to be addressed. So YES it is Romney's ENTIRE position which is problematic for him.

On the other hand, Willard may already have your vote, and therefore doesn't give a shit about you.

that is correct.

Sucks to be a member of the GOP.

I would think it must suck to be a cheerleader. Afterall, you're bound to be losing half the time.

"If we keep feeding the stupid, we can't complain when they continue their take over."

Wouldn't the fact pundits and journalists who earn hundreds of thousand dollars a year are making this a newstory prove the stupid are Fat Bastards? "I want my baby back baby back..."

"that is because you are a moron."

Of course truthy chimes in proving the theory of the stupid being overfed by the media and the left.

What kind of loser makes any hay out of a simple line like the one Romney made when put in context?

Looks like Ron Paul is getting in anyway...

There is no doubt that Romney has no idea about poverty or what it's like.

But that also applies to most folks who were born middle-class as well.

I was born lower-middle class and I am almost as removed from what poverty is like as Romney. The extra amount of extreme wealth doesn't put him that much further from knowing what it's like.

I give HUGE kudos to Clinton and Obama for making themselves what they have become. I applaud the difference.

What baffles me is that liberals pretend to really care about this.

These same liberals voted for Kennedy in masses, Edwards, Kerry, Gore, etc.......

so please, stop pretending you are offended at Romney's "born on third base" crap. You're not. Just admit that once you see the "R".....nothing else matters......at all.

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?” Obama

Lots of politicians are out of touch.

Funny how that isn't included with the poor part.

What's funny is that you think the two statements cancel each other out. A presidential candidate saying "I'm not concerned about the very poor" is not unfair to spread around. Romney showed in the followup question that he meant it. The rest of us are just helping spread the word for him.

Recade partially quotes Romney....""I'm not concerned about the very poor..." Left out the part about the "an ample number of programs set up for their benefit".

I quoted more in the original story, but at this point the story is Romney's new comments to dig himself out of the hole. I quoted those at length.

Even in full, the remarks are still a black eye for his campaign, as Rush and many other Republicans have acknowledged.

Romney needs to take a page out of Noot's Book of Unintended Consequences:

"Any ad which quotes what I said ___ [fill in the day] is a falsehood."

The only part of this that is fair IMHO is that Mitt started this game this election cycle with his Obama out of context ad. Doesn't mean I support doing it to Mitt, but I understand the Schadenfreude being exhibited here.

Will be a very dirty and context free race this year and voters are going to have to do some work on their own to get through all the BS spin from all sides. More than usual.

voters are going to have to do some work on their own

We are so fucked.

I like what Gingrich had to say about the matter. Instead of a safety net for the poor, what is needed is a trampoine to help propel them out of poverty!

This simple concept eludes Romney as well as Obama. My biggest beef with Obama has been his reliance on fixing/preserving the safety net when a trampoline is needed!

Recade says, "Even in full, the remarks are still a black eye for his campaign, as Rush and many other Republicans have acknowledged."

There ARE AMPLE programs to protect those in "TRUE" need. The remark is the Truth. The Truth is not a black eye.

Bottom line: This whole issue is a stupid effort on the part of the left (read Recad and his crowd...including the MSM...)to try to manipulate folks by muddying up the debate with misquotes and get them to ignore the fact that Obama's remedy for the econmony is a failure.

67% of Americans are either living below the poverty line or are merely a medical catastrophe, or lost job away from slipping under the poverty line within 90 days. Where did Mr. Romney get his 98% middle class figure ?

"Where did Mr. Romney get his 98% middle class figure ?"

To be fair, I think he said something about 90-95%.

Machts nichts.

All of those figures come from the same place: his animatronic ass.

The only part of this that is fair IMHO is that Mitt started this game this election cycle with his Obama out of context ad.

There's a big difference. The Obama quote in Romney's ad was when Obama was quoting a McCain aide. It was incredibly misleading to make it look like Obama was saying it himself.

Here, Romney said "I am not very concerned about the poor," was told by the CNN anchor that would sound odd to people and he said he meant it.

There ARE AMPLE programs to protect those in "TRUE" need.

Hardly. Hunger, homelessness and untreated mental illness are all huge problems faced by the "very poor" who are no concern to Romney.

Where I live, a lot of people live under the bridges. Because of the temperate climate, there are homeless people all over town.

Where did Mr. Romney get his 98% middle class figure ?

Good question. Defining "middle class" as 95 percent of the country is pretty funny.

The GOPers' heads are going to explode when they try and figure out how they blew what they'd convinced themselves was a slam-dunk against Obama.

The GOPers' heads are going to explode when they try and figure out how they blew what they'd convinced themselves was a slam-dunk against Obama.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-02-03 11:25 AM |

Remember 2004 and have pity. They picked Kerry to run for them against the DNC Bush and will have the same results.

Remember 2004 and have pity. They picked Kerry to run for them against the DNC Bush and will have the same results.

Kerry sucked to support. He was completely devoid of personal charm and kept doing things to make himself look aloof, like windsurfing alone with news photographers around to take pictures.

Recade partially quotes Romney....""I'm not concerned about the very poor..." Left out the part about the "an ample number of programs set up for their benefit".

The left forgets what Senator Feintein said when the Demeocrats were ousted in the 1990s. "We paid too much attention to 15% of the population and ignored the other 85%".

#14 | Posted by 3853177z

Similar to the fact that you're ingoring the context of his budget plan cutting a boatload of money that makes up those safety nets?

Lohocla frets about the "boatload of money" that makes up those safety nets.

Therein lies the left's problem. Throw tons money at a problem, and everything will be just fine and we ALL can feel warm, fiendly and self-satisfied.

Lots of money does not necessaily mean there is a Big Bang for the Bucks.

There are a boatload of redundancies and ineffectual programs that need to be streamlined or eliminated...in other word cut from the budget.

Poor old Rmoney. can't get away from himself.

WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney accused President Obama this week of ordering “religious organizations to violate their conscience,’’ referring to a White House decision that requires all health plans - even those covering employees at Catholic hospitals, charities, and colleges - to provide free birth control. But a review of Romney’s tenure as Massachusetts governor shows that he once took a similar step.

In December 2005, Romney required all Massachusetts hospitals, including Catholic ones, to provide emergency contraception to rape victims, even though some Catholics view the morning-after pill as a form of abortion.

He said he was acting on his legal counsel’s interpretation of a new state law - one passed by lawmakers despite his veto - but he also said that “in his heart of hearts,’’ he believed that rape victims should have access to emergency contraception.

You baggers still hoping for Change?

There are a boatload of redundancies and ineffectual programs that need to be streamlined or eliminated...in other word cut from the budget.

Unfortunately, it seems as if those that want to cut haven't done the research to determine the redundant and ineffectual programs. Their cuts seem to be ideology driven. I suspect that there would be bipartisan support for cutting back or eliminating redundant/ineffectual programs if there were sufficient research supporting those actions.

I would hope that the congress would give the POTUS the authority to reorganize agencies contingent upon a simple up or down vote which should lead to greater effeciencies.

There are a boatload of redundancies and ineffectual programs that need to be streamlined or eliminated...in other word cut from the budget.

#38 | Posted by 3853177z

Didn't someone just get some flack for trying to do just that, condense some agencies that had overlapping services? What happened with that again?

You are correct though, there are a lot of inefficiencies in the system that need to be elimitated, but none of that is going to happen over night if it happens at all.

However, you don't start sawing through the rope holding you up when that's the ONLY thing holding you up, then claim to say that rope is perfectly fine on the few strands it has left.

Sorry, this is where political ideology and sound sense part ways...at least for me.

elimitated = eliminated

#39 | Posted by northguy3

And yet viagra is a covered drug under most insurances.

go figure

"These same liberals voted for Kennedy in masses, Edwards, Kerry, Gore, etc.......
so please, stop pretending you are offended at Romney's "born on third base" crap. You're not. Just admit that once you see the "R".....nothing else matters......at all.
#20 | Posted by eberly"

Why is Edwards on that list? Are you claiming he was born on third base?

He misspoke, as did your messiah when he said that he had visited all 52 states. Get over it, Obama would do far worse without his telepromptor.

Mittens is already planning to spend more than Obama and Bush. Take it in the face.

IllogicalTool: telepromptor

Mitt Romney teleprompter.

LOL.

Farked up on first link.

Posted the AW one again

*hits self in head with shoe*

Try that again.

What he meant to say was "fuck the poor and by poor I mean you."

#47 | Posted by dethspud at 2012-02-03 05:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh boy spud found pictures of past presidents using teleprompters.

Weeeo boy you sure put to rest THAT issue.

Can you not see now why you are such a joke.

FTA-Resting on top of a tall, narrow pole, they flank his podium during speeches in the White Houses stately parlors. They stood next to him on the floor of a manufacturing plant in Indiana as he pitched his economic stimulus plan. They traveled to the Department of Transportation this week and were in the Capitol Rotunda last month when he paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln in SIX MINUTE! prepared remarks.

Obama's reliance on the teleprompter is unusual not only because he is famous for his oratory, but because no other president has used one so consistently and at so many events, large and small.

"Obama's reliance on the teleprompter is unusual not only because he is famous for his oratory, but because no other president has used one so consistently and at so many events, large and small."

Boy, you really are a big picture kinda thinker, aren't you?

They traveled to the Department of Transportation this week and were in the Capitol Rotunda last month when he paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln in SIX MINUTE! prepared remarks.

SIX MINUTES?!

SIX MINUTES?!

OMFG! SPUD DID NOT KNOW.

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!!!

/Yeah, hellasnark.

Hypebolic Politico writer is hyperbolic ...and hilarious at that.

Obama's reliance on the teleprompter is unusual not only because he is famous for his oratory, but because no other president has used one so consistently and at so many events, large and small.

Is that a criticism or an observation?

Is there a point to any of this?

What might that point be?

Use your words.

Be Well.

#51 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-02-03 06:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

Normally I wouldn't give that any kind of thought.

But when spud, with his endless nonsense, posts misrepresentations I will post back a correction.

rwd

Is that a criticism or an observation?
Is there a point to any of this?
#52 | Posted by dethspud at 2012-02-03 06:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

Back at ya champ.

It is always amusing to me when you deflect your own stupidity.

rwd

Why is the mainstream media making such a big deal over this? Just accept his words at face-value and move on already. It is not rocket science. And I have to say, I am disappointed in Mitt’s advisors. Why are they putting him in front of cameras and making needless apologies and clarifications? If our government focuses its attention on the poor we will have nothing to show for it. By focusing on the wealthy and the nations job producers Mitt knows he can get us fully up and running again. That's why most smart people will be supporting Mitt this November.

No citation necessary.

Why are they putting him in front of cameras and making needless apologies and clarifications?

#55 | Posted by BradfordWinston at 2012-02-

You may not realize this, but Willard Romney has been the most protected presidential candidate since the late, wholly unmourned, George W. Bush.

So now Willard is finally exposed, not by his own choice, to the fresh air of democratic scrutiny and, like the banana he is, he is oxidizing and turning black.

Better we find out that he's a wooden, tone-deaf, and intellectually un-quick daddy's boy now, unstead of having to wait for the surprise to hit us in the face, as with George II.

Oh, and poor baby....People being unfair to little Mitt and his quotes? Well, that's one damned shame. Maybe the SOB would have thought twice about being the nasty, nasty liar he's proven to be if he knew it could also happen to him.

Sucks to be a Republican.

Mitt knows he can get us fully up and running again. That's why most smart people will be supporting Mitt this November.

#55 | Posted by BradfordWinston

Oh, and by the way.....Some of Willard's most profitable business ventures? In retrospect they really seem to be perhaps 1.5 steps above drug-dealing.

.... Hairs to you Romney!

**** Romney has More Important Things to Think About...such as wether his "Hair Stylist" is DYING his hair just "Black" enough (never garish) while leaving his Sideburns to a stylishly Mature (electable) White!!!

I'm waiting for him to say, "Some of my best friends are poor".

#3 | Posted by tiger150

Now That would be funny!

Here's Romney--

He is a fix it guy.

He apologized for the comment and said the comment in the past in better context than this time around.

It's not like he said he was going to visit all 57 states! Right??

Romney focuses in on problem solving.

Do you really believe that Romney doesn't care about the very poor?

He is focusing in on the middle class--but why isn't that good enough?

If you lift the middle class--you are lifting up the poor.

Is Romney the guy to do this? He has good plans.

But I am starting to lean towards Dr. Paul.

Call me crazy--I;ve had 3 beers.

Uh, Murph, you ARE crazy is you are leaning toward Spaceship Paul.

I say fuck the poor, grind half of them into hamburger and feed them to the other half...

Who cares?

he doesnt have to explain it...anyone with any sense at all and reads his entire statement or hears the entire thing knows what he meant and not caring about the poor and stopping AINT what he said..

The only explanation this man needs to do is to explain that the liberal (obama) media chose to take his statement out of context -- go figure.

#51 by DocS: Guess when obama was caught using a teleprompter while talking to an elementary school class it became apparent obama needs all the help he can get - and yes I do believe this was a FIRST for a POTUS (please correct me if I am wrong). Guess this should give even a lib like you the 'big picture'.

obama -- HE's SOOOO Brilliant!

Q: How brilliant is he?

A: As brilliant as the words on the TelePrompTer he utters ;)