It's valid to argue about the number (and everyone is), but Romney's basic point is valid.
Tom Send a noteboard - 18/09/2012 10:59:48 PM
There are entire segments of the population who are in a dependency cycle who will not even consider voting for Romney because they look to Obama to just, well, give them more. 47% or not, Romney's point is that it's a waste of his time to try to pander to the people who just ask the government to help and nothing more, and under Obama those numbers have swelled.
Obama's policies don't really inspire much confidence, either. He says he wants to reduce unemployment, then implements laws that discourage employment because he has a lot of other goals for special interest groups in his party.
I'll agree that Romney's comment was stupid. I think Romney did a significant amount of damage to his chances of winning, too. However, I don't think that his basic point is wrong.
Obama's policies don't really inspire much confidence, either. He says he wants to reduce unemployment, then implements laws that discourage employment because he has a lot of other goals for special interest groups in his party.
I'll agree that Romney's comment was stupid. I think Romney did a significant amount of damage to his chances of winning, too. However, I don't think that his basic point is wrong.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
So I guess I'm part of the "47%"?
- 18/09/2012 04:40:11 AM
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Lots of lazy people out there - everyone should work, whether or not it is the.....
- 18/09/2012 04:55:29 AM
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Oh, I love to work when it's available...
- 18/09/2012 05:01:21 AM
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You can't find work as a teacher? *NM*
- 18/09/2012 05:07:04 AM
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Not as crazy as it sounds- a lot depends on where you are, and what you teach. *NM*
- 18/09/2012 05:12:25 AM
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Unemployment is either the fault of people too lazy to work, or Obamas fault.
- 18/09/2012 05:28:26 AM
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That's... actually a cogent point. *NM*
- 18/09/2012 09:11:07 AM
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Happy to oblige.
- 18/09/2012 09:28:48 AM
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Well, that's not exactly the point, and I think you know it.
- 18/09/2012 05:24:48 PM
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In terms of employment, it really is, inescapably.
- 18/09/2012 09:48:28 PM
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Nope.
- 18/09/2012 10:29:50 PM
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Even granting the first part, extending unemployment insurance 6 months=/=4 years of 8% unemployment
- 19/09/2012 12:06:15 AM
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Actually, there was one other Obama "entitlement:" He gave out a lot of small business loans.
- 18/09/2012 10:01:45 PM
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That's not really the point though, is it?
- 18/09/2012 09:41:52 AM
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American politics is a joke. As such, you will see/hear stupid things like this all the time.
- 19/09/2012 05:14:56 PM
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Hold on there. Everyone should work? And conservatives time and time again talk out their asses.
- 19/09/2012 05:04:30 PM
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You are only saying that because he is not latino! 
- 18/09/2012 05:20:14 AM
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- 18/09/2012 05:20:14 AM
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Oh, but do not forget: If you make $200,000-$250,000/year you are also "middle class."
- 18/09/2012 06:10:55 AM
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God, how I despise this attitude of his
- 18/09/2012 09:42:34 AM
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We need a safety net
- 18/09/2012 05:08:43 PM
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You are forgetting that Obama only graduated due to the evils of Affirmative Action
- 18/09/2012 05:16:24 PM
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Lets say I accept that premise of admittance was caused by Affirmative Action
- 18/09/2012 05:33:13 PM
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Just to answer your questions....
- 18/09/2012 05:54:33 PM
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Harvard Law Review
- 18/09/2012 06:53:47 PM
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That first sentence is too long: "If it wasn't due to the safety net George Romney would not lived"
- 18/09/2012 10:00:12 PM
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I don't recall him (or any other Republican) advocating a revocation of assistance.
- 18/09/2012 11:02:08 PM
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It's valid to argue about the number (and everyone is), but Romney's basic point is valid.
- 18/09/2012 10:59:48 PM
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I guess his is perhaps a true "politically incorrect" comment (much as I hate that phrase)? 
- 19/09/2012 12:05:48 AM
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- 19/09/2012 12:05:48 AM
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