A by-now infamous video surfaced on Mother Jones that shows Mitt Romney disparaging, well, pretty much everyone…
5. Mitt vs. Mexicans…In the video, he acknowledges the fact that his father was born in Mexico (though leaves out that it was because his grandfather was a fugitive who wanted to practice polygamy), and then says that if he were born to actual Mexicans, he’d have a better shot at the White House. Boooooooooo! No one wants to see Mitt Romney, the ultra-fortunate son, feeling sorry for himself, and especially not saying something so blatantly false. There have been approximately zero presidents with Mexicans parents, so, once again, he’s pretending that an actual economic disadvantage (being born a minority) is somehow the road to prosperity.
4. Mitt vs. Letterman…For some unknown reason, Mitt goes out of his way to say that Letterman “hates” him because he’s been on Leno more times. Once again, Romney thinking he’s the victim, when really he’s got an advantage (Leno is routinely ahead of Letterman in the ratings). Letterman has since invited him to come on the show, which we all know he won’t, because it will surely turn into the 12,000 example of how Mitt has no sense of humor.
3. Mitt vs. His Wife…Included in the video is him talking about his strategy for using Anne Romney, saying that he thought they should use her sparingly so that people don’t “get tired of her.” What kind of asshole really thinks that if his wife were in the public eye more, people would surely tire of her? One named Mitt, apparently. And again, this isn’t helping the image that Mitt really doesn’t respect or think highly of women.
2. Mitt vs. Poor People…He said that “47 percent” of the country loves Obama because they are dependent on government entitlements, once again calling up this conspiratorial Republican notion of a welfare state. Then he said that his message of lower taxes doesn’t resonate well with people who don’t pay any taxes…A LIE that desperately needs to stop. There is almost no one in America that doesn’t pay taxes. Everyone who has a job pays payroll taxes, everyone who owns even a trailer pays property taxes, and anyone who buys ANYthing pays sales taxes (except in the ONE state that doesn’t have sales tax). Anything you buy or earn is taxed, so Republicans can just cut the shit that people who don’t pay federal taxes are really living on easy street.
1. Mitt vs. Independents…Then Romney said that because the 47 percent will be all for Obama (although many of that percentage are white blue collar voters that Mitt will get, and he knows it), he’s focusing on that five to ten percent of the electorate that are independent voters, and acknowledged that they don’t really follow what’s going on very well. So his strategy with them isn’t to paint the president as a failure, but as a guy who’s nice but in over his head. Once again, by playing up this “in over his head” image, he’s sending out the message that Obama is this under-qualified, affirmative action candidate whose credentials just don’t match the wealthy white guy’s.
So, basically, unless you’re a wealthy white Mormon (and it wouldn’t hurt if you had a penis), Romney doesn’t really identify with you…no real surprise, but the surprise is that, apparently, he doesn’t think he needs those votes to win.
I am unable to articulate my true feelings about the things Mitt said on that tape, but it is not the first time or the second time or the third time he has shown his true colors, what more do people need! Wait, that is coming next week.
Cheers…