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At some level, Mitt Romney clearly understands the epic disaster of his 47 percent commentsotherwise he wouldn't be releasing painful videos like this in which he tries to convince voters that he cares about them:
I'm not convinced even the most charismatic politician in the world could talk his way out of comments like the ones Romney made about the 47 percent, but I'm damn sure that Romney isn't the most charismatic politician in the world. It's just agonizing listening to him try to walk back the substance of what he said, especially when it's so obvious that he's on a damage control mission.
But even though Romney clearly understands that there's something about him that needs to be fixed, he just can't help being himself. Today, he held an event to highlight manufacturing jobs, aiming to connect with blue-collar workers in Ohio. So who does he invite on stage with him? Nothing but executives.
If you look carefully at this picture of the event you can see some guys behind Romney who appear to be wearing hard hats. But the folks on the stagethe ones who have chairs and microphoneswere all management and owners. The kind of people that Mitt Romney likes to call job creatorsthe people who he thinks really matter. To him, everyone else is just riff-raff.
2:14 PM PT: Greg Sargent reports that awful ad at the top of the post will be Romney's only ad on the air across the entire country. When you're running an ad trying to convince people you didn't mean it when you said you were writing off half the country, you're in deep trouble.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/26/1136748/-Mr-47-still-doesn-t-get-it
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)You know, if we just got rid of the 47%ers, I could build an 18-hole golf course in my back yard with room left over for a riding ring for my dancing horse.
dballance
(5,756 posts)Do you think we are so stupid we believe you are going to change your ways now?
How else are you going to continue to pay slave labor wages? 12 girls in one room. That's really humane you fuck.
It is a real shame the US has laws that actually make you be decent but while over seas in China, Malasia, and Indonesia you are free to abuse workers as slaves. How exactly do you sleep at night?
Oh yeas I guess you are happy to count dollars.
MissMarple
(9,656 posts)Pictures yesterday showed some VERY glum people. I'm sure his staff didn't want a repeat of that. He is a cold, selfish, insecure man with, seemingly, no moral core.