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Barack_America

(28,876 posts) Tue Sep 18, 2012, 10:24 AM Sep 2012

Mitt Romney is running as a proud, honest Republican.

Romney is for the rich and for making the rich richer. All Republicans are, at least he's honest about it.

He is "not concerned about the very poor". What Republican is? At least he's honest about it.

He thinks that anyone receiving government support are lowly "moochers" (aside from corporations, naturally). Again, honesty.

Mitt Romney is a proud Republican. So proud that he is not going to play some Populist character like other Republicans just to get elected. He believes in Republican fiscal policy and he's going to stand up for it, damn it!

No distractions about abortion, gay marriage, guns, or whatever. Mitt Romney is reminding us that the basis of the Republican platform is reducing taxes and slashing public programs for the benefit of the rich. What could possibly be wrong with that?

I, for one, applaud Mitt Romney for running as a proud Republican. I hope that all Americans take this opportunity to understand what the Republican party really stands for.

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Mitt Romney is running as a proud, honest Republican. (Original Post) Barack_America Sep 2012 OP

So very true. This is at the very core what Repubs are all about. Jennicut Sep 2012 #1

It's stunning the nominee isn't running from it for once. Barack_America Sep 2012 #5

I'll buy that. It seems super ironic that, at a time when we as a nation are at a crossroads wiggs Sep 2012 #2

You can only hire someone who applies for the job. Barack_America Sep 2012 #4

Well said, Barack_America. Doc_Technical Sep 2012 #3

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)

1. So very true. This is at the very core what Repubs are all about.

Reply to Barack_America (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 10:31 AM

Sep 2012

Making the rich richer. The rest of us are mere insects to step on to the way to the top. Trickle down economics. Not much different then Reagan.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)

5. It's stunning the nominee isn't running from it for once.

Reply to Jennicut (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:00 PM

Sep 2012

Almost as if the Republicans view this as a last stand?

wiggs

(7,814 posts)

2. I'll buy that. It seems super ironic that, at a time when we as a nation are at a crossroads

Reply to Barack_America (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 10:38 AM

Sep 2012

in the debate about the New Deal/tax burdens/govt help/income inequality, the GOP chooses as its standardbearer someone who EPITOMIZES WHAT'S WRONG with the system that concentrates wealth and power into his own hands.

His sociopathy leaks out for everyone to see and he doubles down on it nearly every time.

You'd think they would have planned for some working class guy to rise up through the ranks to champion the causes of the 1%. Someone with some degree of immunity from the criticisms so easily pointed at Mitt. Maybe that guy was supposed to be Ryan, but he's stubbing his toe now.

Mitt....makes it easy for voters, I would think.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)

4. You can only hire someone who applies for the job.

Reply to wiggs (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 10:51 AM

Sep 2012

Still, I wonder why Huntsman wasn't given more of a chance. I'm grateful for that, of course.

Doc_Technical

(3,526 posts)

3. Well said, Barack_America.

Reply to Barack_America (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 10:46 AM

Sep 2012

I wonder about the Proles who vote for people like
Mitt Romney.
I think they are like the parishioners of a middle class
church and are proud of the fact that their pastor
wears Armani suits and Rolex watches, drives a Lexus
and lives in a mansion that they, the church members,
paid for.

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