Probably that 48% that don’t pay INCOME taxes. I can see where they are coming from.
President Obama has two great sources of electoral power.
The first, as you say, is this —
I don’t pay taxes. Other people do. President Obama promises to take from them and give to me. What’s not to like?
Second is this. He has brown skin. I have brown skin. Therefore, he is doing a good job.
It’s an almost unbeatable combination. By contrast, a white guy with persistent 8 percent unemployment would be toast.
Yeah. "I've got my Obama Phone, I got my unemployment extended, I've got my food stamp card and a place to cash it, I've got my welfare payments, and I got my money-house payment for my vote, and my ward boss got the burglary charges dropped. Life is good."