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Mitt Romney’s ‘very poor’ way of speaking [this is the "electable" one]
The Washington Post ^ | February 1, 2012 | onathan Capehart

Posted on 02/01/2012 2:25:45 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

With his Florida victory in hand, Mitt Romney (R-1 percent) did a series of round-robin interviews with the television morning shows. But he skittered way off course during his interview on CNN. I kid you not, the man who looks like he fired your spouse, foreclosed on your house and shipped your kid’s job overseas told anchor Soledad O’Brien, “I’m not concerned about the very poor.”

.................VIDEO

Poor Mitt. Perhaps I’m being overly charitable, but I see what he was trying to get at. The super rich are coddled by the tax code and the very poor have the safety net, which Republicans have been trying to shrink or outright eliminate for quite some time. Romney wants to focus on the middle class, which is way too poor for the advantages of the super rich and not poor enough to qualify for the safety net. That makes sense.

“I’m not concerned about the very poor” comes a week after Romney said, while standing in front of a foreclosed Florida home, “Now, the banks aren’t bad people.” And that came 15 days after he said, “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.” You can read his other “D’oh!”-worthy comments if you click here.

Yesterday, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll showed that 49 percent of those surveyed believe Romney doesn’t understand the problems of average Americans. And every day, he says something to prove them right. Yes, I know I said it was oddly endearing that he has such a difficult time talking about his own wealth. But for someone who says he “cares about Americans,” his unwitting and regular display of his tin ear is now just plain odd.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: inept; tinear
And of course it has the appropriate accompanying pic.

The Left is just warming up.

1 posted on 02/01/2012 2:25:54 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Romney is the LEAST electable of the four remaining candidates


2 posted on 02/01/2012 2:32:12 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (Obama 2012: Dozens of MSNBC viewers can't be wrong!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Romney is a pathetic fall guy.

Another Awful Dull/Juan Mc Cain.

Is Mr Mitt even a NBC? Isn't his daddy Mexican?

3 posted on 02/01/2012 2:38:50 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I think they’re right. Romney does not speak very well and does not seem to consider the impact of what he is saying and how he is saying it; he’s not quite as bad as Joe Biden, but I bet we’re going to see a lot of “misspeaking” in the weeks going forward.

Picking him as the nominee would be fatal, not only because most of us wouldn’t vote for him, but because he practically hands the embarrassing lines to the evening news.


4 posted on 02/01/2012 2:42:21 PM PST by livius
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Just don't understand why Republicans "buy" the idea that Romney is "electable" as an opponent to Obama.

Rush's advice to "focus on Obama" today, is one thing, but if America is to be brought back from the brink of disaster, then "We, the People" must have a standard by which to measure both him and the opponent we allow to represent us in November.

That standard is the Constitution of the United States.

By the Founders' formula, "the People's" written Constitution was the anchor of our liberties, binding government to the "People's" limitations on its power.

Obama's philosophy, in effect, undoes all the monumental work accomplished by the Founders on behalf of liberty and leaves the law afloat and without anchor, relying, as of old, on mere men and women.

From Page xv of "Our Ageless Constitution," allow me to include here excerpted words from President Andrew Jackson's Proclamation of December 10, 1832:

"We have received it [the Constitution] as the work of the assembled wisdom of the nation. We have trusted to it as to the sheet anchor of our safety in the stormy times of conflict with a foreign or domestic foe. We have looked to it with sacred awe as the palladium of our liberties, and with all the solemnities of religion have pledged to each other our lives and fortunes here and our hopes of happiness hereafter in its defense and support. Were we mistaken, my countrymen, in attaching this importance to the Constitution . . .? No. We were not mistaken. The letter of this great instrument is free from this radical fault. . . . No, we did not err! . . . The sages . . . have given us a practical and, as they hoped, a permanent* Constitutional compact. . . . The Constitution is still the object of our reverence, the bond of our Union, our defense in danger, the source of our prosperity in peace: it shall descend, as we have received it, uncorrupted by sophistical construction, to our posterity. . . ."

*Underlining added for emphasis

And, it was Thomas Jefferson who used another metaphor with reference to the Constitution when he indicated that "the People" must "bind them (government) by the chains of the Constitution." In another instance, he declared: "It was intended to lace them up straitly within the enumerated powers. . . ."

The Fall opponent must understand and be able to contrast and explain the foundations of the competing ideas of 2012, pointing out how Obama's ideas depart from those that made America a place of freedom and opportunity. If that opportunity is missed, then liberty, as Americans have known it for over 200 years, may be lost to another and counterfeit set of ideas.

In our focus on "Obama," we must be careful not to choose another carefully-selected candidate who meets the "good ole' boy" Washington Establishment criteria of either Party.

Rather, through the process, we must select a "People's" Constitutional advocate who has immersed himself in a study of the history of civilization and of America's unique ideas. Such a candidate was Reagan. He had studied the Founders ideas of liberty enough to be able to examine issues by the light of the Constitutional principle involved.

"Focusing on Obama," to be useful and worthwhile, must put him under the light of the Constitution's protections for liberty.

So, too, must the candidate who will face him in Fall 2012 be measured by his understanding of, his proven track record of working to conserve, and ability to articulate the underlying ideas of the Constitution. Simply being a beneficiary of "the Blessings of Liberty" is not enough!

5 posted on 02/01/2012 2:45:21 PM PST by loveliberty2
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Any rational person would come to the conclusion that the GOP-e doesn’t want to win.


6 posted on 02/01/2012 2:50:07 PM PST by KansasGirl
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To: loveliberty2
.....Rather, through the process, we must select a "People's" Constitutional advocate who has immersed himself in a study of the history of civilization and of America's unique ideas. Such a candidate was Reagan. He had studied the Founders ideas of liberty enough to be able to examine issues by the light of the Constitutional principle involved......

And he knew how to advance his ideas.

The GE Years: What Made Reagan Reagan [Newt said when he read this book in 2008, he understood Ronald Reagan's leadership]. It looks like Newt is putting what he learned into practice.

7 posted on 02/01/2012 2:50:31 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Mitt: "This campaign is about more than replacing a President. It is about saving the soul of America. President Obama and I have two very different visions of America.

Yeah Mitt "saving the soul of America" by sending mormon missionaries out over the country to attempt to convert Christians to mormonism.

8 posted on 02/01/2012 2:50:31 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (Romney seems like a creature put on Earth to blend in with the humans and report back what he finds.)
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To: greyfoxx39

And he will probably find a way to put them on the Gov’t dole, kinda like czars or something.


9 posted on 02/01/2012 3:04:30 PM PST by annieokie
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If Romney is the nominee I doubt he hets a VP like Palin. He’ll lose badly. Landslide numbers.


10 posted on 02/01/2012 3:05:43 PM PST by FishinTX (Annoy liberals, VOTE NEWT.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

When did conservatives decide it was government’s job to pander to the poor with big-welfare government solutions?

I don’t mind mocking ROmney for saying things stupidly, but I hope we can stop pushing left-wing talking points at some point.

Or maybe conservatives now do believe the most important thing now is government care for poor people. Maybe they’ll vote for us if we are compassionate enough.

I wish we had a compassionate conservative running, who could empathize with poor people and make them feel like they are well-cared for. /sarc


11 posted on 02/01/2012 3:09:36 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: loveliberty2
Just don't understand why Republicans "buy" the idea that Romney is "electable" as an opponent to Obama.

It's a little soon to be passing judgement on Romney already, isn't it? After all, for all we know, he might turn out to be just as successful a candidate as John McCain was.

12 posted on 02/01/2012 3:14:31 PM PST by kevao
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To: FishinTX

“If Romney is the nominee I doubt he hets a VP like Palin. He’ll lose badly. Landslide numbers.”

Really? Did you read all of what actually said?

The scandal here is a major network’s willingness to so distort what someone is saying in such a serious situation.

He made a completely rational serious comment about what he intends to work on.

To completely change the meaining of what he said the way Soledad O’Brien did deserves its own story about how the media once again is abusing the public’s trust when they misuse the airwaves to broadcast deliberate falsehoods.


13 posted on 02/01/2012 3:16:25 PM PST by Helotes
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

That “poor” remark is the way this guy views problems and the main reason the GOP’s Wall Street Poster Boy is going to drag US down and with it any hope of detouring from the road to socialism that the Demo-coms will continue to build

The man can’t even admit Obama is a socialist and that exchange with Gingrich during a debate should have been repeated by his PAC .


14 posted on 02/01/2012 3:20:02 PM PST by mosesdapoet (Moses ..A nick name I received as a kid for warning another -It's a sin to tell a lie")
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To: Helotes

Those who follow politics know what he said and meant but those who only get their news in sound bites will only hear that Romney does not care about poor people. He’s a rich 1%er etc.. Just something else to inspire democrats and democrat voters to, get out the vote. I don’t see republicans, especially conservatives, getting out the vote for Romney.


15 posted on 02/01/2012 3:36:13 PM PST by FishinTX (Annoy liberals, VOTE NEWT.)
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To: FishinTX

“I don’t see republicans, especially conservatives, getting out the vote for Romney”

This may be the last chance for the grownups to prevail versus the segment of the population that is on the dole in one way or the other, however the alternative is pretty stark so I expect elevated enthusiasm for whoever is the alternative to Obama.


16 posted on 02/01/2012 3:46:11 PM PST by Helotes
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To: Helotes
The scandal here is a major network’s willingness to so distort what someone is saying in such a serious situation. He made a completely rational serious comment about what he intends to work on.

I'm no big Romney fan...but his latest statement about the poor-middle class-and rich...seemed to me to be perfectly logical and actually intuative. I thought it was the best "semi-off-the-cuff" remark he has made in the whole campaign...and sadly is being turned around to where he won't make anymore of them.

I actually feel like I learned something about the guy by that remark...he at least understands priorities.

He was dead right. There is a safety net for the poor, and he sees no reason to worry about the rich. The middle class should be the priority.

Now whether or not he could (or would) successfully do anything about it is a completely different story.

Like I said...I'm no Romney fan...but I will give him a +1 for that statement. Credit where due.
17 posted on 02/01/2012 4:07:45 PM PST by DJlaysitup
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To: DJlaysitup

anymore = any more :-)

I read the “grammar” thread and have to improve.


18 posted on 02/01/2012 4:11:14 PM PST by DJlaysitup
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To: All

Tell the RNC there is no way in HELL you will vote for Romney. Lets tie up their phone lines.

Office of the Chairman

Phone: 202-863-8700

Fax: 202-863-8820


19 posted on 02/01/2012 4:13:47 PM PST by troy McClure
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“but I see what he was trying to get at” - Read it here:
http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1469391-poverty-trap-middle-classes-europe


20 posted on 02/02/2012 10:04:20 AM PST by LZ_Bayonet ( I AM THE TEA PARTY LEADER !)
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