Some (possibly too honest) commentary on American voters (especially those who support President Obama) from Mitt Romney has been storming the internet. Was Romney just trying to whip up multi-million dollar donors, or was he offering a look at how he views much of the nation?
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the
president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with
him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are
victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for
them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to
housing, to you-name-it. That that’s an entitlement. And the government
should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter
what…These are people who pay no income tax…
[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I’ll never
convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for
their lives."
"This [Romney] comment suggests a few things. First, it
suggests that he really doesn’t know much about the country he inhabits.
Who are these freeloaders? Is it the Iraq war veteran who goes to the
V.A.? Is it the student getting a loan to go to college? Is it the
retiree on Social Security or Medicare?
"It suggests that Romney doesn’t know much about the culture
of America. Yes, the entitlement state has expanded, but America remains
one of the hardest-working nations on earth. Americans work longer
hours than just about anyone else. Americans believe in work more than
almost any other people. Ninety-two percent say that hard work is the
key to success, according to a 2009 Pew Research Survey….
"The people who receive the disproportionate share of
government spending are not big-government lovers. They are Republicans.
They are senior citizens. They are white men with high school degrees.
As Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution has noted, the people who
have benefited from the entitlements explosion are middle-class workers,
more so than the dependent poor."
In the end it will be Willard Milton Romney's own words that that will bring down his seven year run for the presidency. I thank you Romney for speaking your real mind, sure its ugly but it just confirms my feeling that you act more like a Corporation than a person with compassion who realizes that a majority of my country is suffering. Hey the empty chair was a great hit, thanks for the laughs.
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