This video from David Corn in Mother Jones is all the buzz.
Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters
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."
KOS:
To recap:
- Romney falsely claimed that 47 percent of all Americans are complete freeloaders.
- It turns out two-thirds of that 47 percent still pay federal taxes. (As it turns out, they actually probably pay a higher rate than Romney.)
- Of the remaining one-third who don't pay any federal taxes at all, more than half are elderly Americans who have already paid plenty of taxes.
BoBo of all people shoots down this nonsense
Thurston Howell Romney
Romney, who criticizes President Obama for dividing the nation, divided the nation into two groups: the makers and the moochers...This 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?....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
Reading my Republican friends on Facebook and cruising the right wing blogs it's apparent they love this from Romney. Vodka swilling welfare Queens driving Cadillacs are bleeding the country dry. I know people that get public assistance such as Medicaid and Food Stamps and they all tell me it SUCKS!
Then there is the Politico story.