Newspaper Recalls endorsement of Mitt Romney

[NJMaverick]

Quote:Several months ago I wrote a column for The Daily Telegraph saying that, on balance, it was preferable for Mitt Romney to win the looming US Presidential election. Since it was written, a video and certain statements by Mr Romney have come to light which suggest that my original argument suffered from severe design flaws. I am now issuing a product recall.
In the secret recording that has just emerged Romney was caught telling Republican donors he has no interest in 47 per cent of the US electorate, as they are all dependent on the state, expect the government to provide and see themselves as victims. This is one of the all time great election screw ups. A candidate stupid enough to say such a thing in an election year, or in any year, should be asking himself if politics is really the game for him. It will be astonishing if the release of this tape doesn't signal the implosion of his campaign, sealing victory for Obama.
There will be those who say: Romney is right, 46 per cent of Americans pay no income tax. But it isn't that simple. Some of those who pay no income tax, as the Democrats are eagerly pointing out, will be elderly Republicans. Or there are people who now pay no income tax now, but who did in the past or who aspire to in the future when they can get a job. Is Romney calling all such voters subsidy junkies? Also, most Americans pay sales taxes, so many contribute in other ways.
But what is worst about this episode is that Romney chooses to take such a mean, cynical, reductive, depressing view of so many of his countrymen. It is impossible to imagine Ronald Reagan saying, or thinking, that 47 per cent of Americans should be written off. He would have wanted to try and persuade those overly reliant on the state that they could be liberated, and the lives of their families improved, if they voted for him. His creed was essentially positive and aspirational.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainma...-election/

[janedrake]

Wow. I think Romney will now have yet another nickname -- "Toxic Mitt."

But I do have to add, given the author's assessment of the Prez, that being delusional seems to be in the DNA of conservatives - Mitt Romney was never going to the "best man for the job." Romney has been dead wrong on everything, and had a mediocre record as governor - while the Prez rescued the US economy and staved off a global meltdown.

But in any case, Toxic Mitt is certainly having the worst political week of his life. And it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[jaxx]

Of course the UK writer fails to mention the absolute obstruction by the GOP to all things that would help our economy. He may not like Willard, but he doesn't like Obama more. Another cover his ass moment by a repub-like supporter.....get out before you look as big a fool as Romney does.