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Lasher

(27,675 posts)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:31 AM Sep 2012

Does Romney dislike America?

The most incisive reaction to Mitt Romney’s disparaging comments about 47 percent of us came from a conservative friend who e-mailed: “If I were you, I’d wonder why Romney hates America so much.”

A bit strong, perhaps. But the more you think about what Romney said, the more you wonder how he really feels about the country he wants to lead.

What kind of nation are we if nearly half of us are lazy, self-indulgent moochers who will never be persuaded to mend our ways? “I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives,” Romney said, thus writing off a huge share of our citizenry.

From his perch high atop the class structure, Romney offered an analysis of political motivations that even Marxists would regard as excessively materialistic. He speaks as if hardworking parents who seek government help to provide health care for their kids are irresponsible, that students who get government aid to attend community colleges are not trying to “care for their lives.” Has he never spoken with busboys and waitresses, hospital workers and janitors who make too little to pay income taxes but work their hearts out to “take personal responsibility”?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ej-dionne-jr-does-romney-dislike-america/2012/09/19/146e5158-0289-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html?hpid=z2

I didn't think anybody alive could be an even worse President than George W. Bush, but I am starting to believe Romney has that potential.
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Does Romney dislike America? (Original Post) Lasher Sep 2012 OP
He just can not relate to the common person. n/t hrmjustin Sep 2012 #1
Willard loves himself above all others Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #2
His family history if one of abuse, not loyalty, toward the United States Bluenorthwest Sep 2012 #3

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
2. Willard loves himself above all others
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:33 AM
Sep 2012

then he puts the church next
then money
then ego
then perhaps his family

when it comes to the country he loves it for what it can do for him

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
3. His family history if one of abuse, not loyalty, toward the United States
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:04 AM
Sep 2012

Mitt's Grandpa fled the US so they could continue being polygamists. When the Mexican Revolution happened, they again fled this time back to the United States, where they were supported by welfare, 'refugee benefits' paid by the taxpayers of the nation they had abandoned, the Romeny family had not contributed a flat dime to the tax funds for years, but they had no problem taking from the taxes of others, they used the social saftey net without hesitation.
Mitt's own father was raised on Welfare and Mitt is therefore a horrible person, who seems to hate his own family as well as our country. Not sure which country is Mitt's. This is the country he takes from, we don't know that he pays taxes at all here....

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