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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

2012 The Reactions to Romney's Secret Fundraising Tape Keep Pouring In

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:15 AM

1. A Republican candidate for senate in Connecticut has spoken out against Mitt Romney's 47% comments:

I disagree with Governor Romney’s insinuation that 47% of Americans believe they are victims who must depend on the government for their care. I know that the vast majority of those who rely on government are not in that situation because they want to be. People today are struggling because the government has failed to keep America competitive, failed to support job creators, and failed to get our economy back on track.

And sure, in Connecticut, you're going to find a more liberal class of Republican, but the bottom of the ticket is eating the top of the ticket, and that's never a good thing. I think we're about to see this sort of thing spread around the country in the next few days.

2. Neocon fishwrapper The Weekly Standard keeps piling onto Romney. First, Billy Kristol called him arrogant and stupid. Now Michael Warren chides Romney for his "reductive characterization of the political landscape" and runs a series of quotes from other conservative sources calling Romney out for his fundraising statements, too.

3. Over at the Guardian, Michael Cohen wonders if these remarks mean that Mitt Romney "may very well also be a bad person."

4. Ezra Klein has some great analysis of what it all means.

5. And this map of where Romney's hated 47% really lives has been making the rounds all night. You should make sure it keeps making the rounds all day.

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That's a heckuva map. Thanks for sharing it.

Posted by MLM on September 18, 2012 at 11:33 AM

Wow, look at all those moochers suckling at the swollen teat of Uncle Sam up there in Utah.

I wonder why so many people in Utah live off of the government...

Posted by Theodore Gorath on September 18, 2012 at 11:35 AM

"A Republican candidate for senate in Connecticut"

Her name is Linda McMahon. You named everyone else in this post. Why didn't you name her? It's not like she's some nobody. You're a shitty writer Paul Constant

Posted by Skit on September 18, 2012 at 11:49 AM

@2, because they are all training in militias?

the government has failed to keep America competitive, failed to support job creators, and failed to get our economy back on track.

What the fuck do these people want? We've started no fewer than three wars (I'm counting the economic and cyber warfare with Iran as a legitimate war), and we are engaged in a currency war with the rest of the world as well. We've given bail outs to large banks and financial speculators, we've given tax breaks to the wealthy. "Failed to keep America competitive"... isn't that the capitalists' responsibility?

WHAT MORE DO THEY WANT?!?! Total austerity?

Bah!

Posted by treacle on September 18, 2012 at 11:51 AM

Linda McMahon is no moderate. She's a crazy tea party billionaire running another vanity campaign.

Posted by brian on September 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM

Is there another source for that map? Twitpic is blocked by my firewall.

Posted by Big Matt G on September 18, 2012 at 11:54 AM

@ 2 - Because they all have a gaggle of kids and get a child tax credit for each one. That's how working families can be counted in the 47%.

I think it is important to keep in mind Capital Gains are not subject to Medicare and Social Security Taxes; these are different than the Federal Income Tax. Right now only earned wages are subject to Medicare and SS. So this entire time the majority of Rmoney's wealth has not been contributing to Medicare or SS.

Obamacare implements a 3.8% tax on Capital Gains starting in 2013.

Posted by internet_jen on September 18, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Aren't those the same states that fall at the bottom of every standard of living index? We need more hurricanes!

Posted by Pope Peabrain on September 18, 2012 at 12:09 PM

Man, Ezra Klein just kills it.

Posted by kid icarus

on September 18, 2012 at 12:42 PM

Ezra Klein's article explains so clearly why I repudiate Republican policies.

Posted by Enigma

on September 18, 2012 at 12:49 PM

@6: http://hoofin.files.wordpress.com/2012/0… http://www.kammcs.com/img/taxes.jpg
Take 2 and call me late for dinner.

Posted by venomlash on September 18, 2012 at 1:08 PM

@3 Linda McMahon is a nobody!! Running on your record of job creation when your main attractions are forced to file as independent contractors instead of employees, and then die prematurely without health or retirement benefits common to athletes in every other major sports league, all while requiring your workers to work and travel nearly 300 days a year. Yeah, she's a fucking millionaire nobody! G-d help anyone who goes to work as a professional wrestler of she gets into the US Senate!

Posted by DannyG on September 18, 2012 at 9:36 PM