Oh gosh – CNN, mediaite, ABCCBSNBCMSNBCNYTIMESetc, will obviously take these words out of context and try to make them into something they are not – as is evidenced by this headline.  And to think, if Obama has said it the headline would have been:

Obama to CNN:  “I’m not concerned about the very rich”….

honestly, thanks for my morning laugh Alex.

“honestly, thanks for my morning laugh Alex”

Thank you, Tina. And as usual, you’ve given a lot of people theirs.

Out of touch much? The more he speaks(Economy is doing well), the more soundbite he sends to the opposition research. 

You left out the mandatory (Democratic talking point) “Racist!” accusation!

I didn’t think we’d ever have a candidate that said more stupid stuff than GWB, but behold, Mitt. Yesterday some right wing conspiracy theorist on these very boards put forth the idea that Mitt was working with George Soros to get Obama re-elected. I thought it was pretty silly then. Now I’m not so sure.

Talk about a tin ear. He keeps stepping in it.

I don’t think there’s a need to take his words out of context: Just take them for what they are worth. He said that his priority is on the largest percentage of Americans. Okay, so that means that those who are very poor and those who are very rich, can expect that they will not be a priority. Simple enough, now what does that mean? Well, the very rich don’t need help from government, so that’s already not an issue. But, by stating that the very poor are not going to be a concern for him, he’s implying that the status quo is acceptable. He’s revealing his philosophy, right or wrong, that the issue of extreme poverty is either not an issue or it is not worth solving.

My counterpoint to Mitt is if the very poor are not a significant focus, the issue would only grow until it becomes a problem too big to ignore by simply writing checks.

“I’m not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there.”

Not much to take out of context there.  It’s pretty straight forward.

The fact that as a group the very poor don’t vote means Mitten doesn’t have to be concerned about offending them.

“I’m not concerned about the very poor…” 
Even if you add the next phrase, “…we have a sefety net there”, how could it be taken out of context? 

We know that republicans want to dismantle those safety nets. We know that Mitt made lots of money by adding to the roles of the very poor with Bain’s tactics of buying companies, milking off the profits and leaving those companies with no option but bankruptcy. Is this that same old “Compassionate Conservatism” we’ve heard about?

Isn’t that the truth? This clown never seems to think about what he is saying. Memorized talking points and national songs are all that is safe for him.

Corporations are people my friend ….
I enjoy firing people ….
I’m not concerned about the very poor ….

People accused W of being tongue-tied!

Well, thanks for the sound bites, Willard.

LOL. Keep pretending that you are so stupid that you don’t understand what he meant. The poor are loaded with programs to give them everything. Don’t need to add any new programs for them.

You clowns aren’t fooling anyone.

How easy is it going to be to use Mitt Romney’s own words against him. Not just all the contractors claims he’s made throughout his political career, not only the flip flopping positions he’s taken after his political career is over, but also the elitist remarks he makes on the campaign trail. “I like to be able to fire people”, “I would say you’re fired”, “I’m not concerned about the poor”, “I’ll bet you $10,000″, this guy makes it too easy for Obama.

I think this is Michelle from Utah. 

We already know you are stupid. You give it away with the phony name you use to post here. Why do all libs use phony names to post lies? Cowards?

Flush the Turd 2012.

Notice how he says the very rich are doing “just fine”

As in not great or fantastic (which it obviously is when you’re among the richest in the US) but just fine enough until he can get in there to make it even more profitable.

Not as artfully stated as he should have, but his point is valid.  We spend a ton of money on the safety net.  While there’s always more that needs to be done, the biggest problems we have is with the middle class, those who are being squeezed by ever rising taxes and prices but declining or stagnant wages.  Taxes aren’t the same across the country, but at least in my state taxes and regulations are two of the biggest deterrents to operating a business.  Not everyone can or should work for the government, its businesses that need to employ people and pay competitive salaries.

Remember Nixon’s loyal, long-time manservant, Manola Sanchez? Willards needs to find him and hire him. I never knew anyone who needed a loyal manservant worse.

MAJOR props to Soledad CATCHING him say that. A lot of reporters miss a lot of the stupid things politicians say. She repeated his line fairly too. But it’s still an odd thing to say.

Another “out of context attention grabber. No news here, move on…

Holy cow. 
Romney is the most arrogant and privileged character imaginable­. Romney is a man that made hundreds of millions of dollars in bankruptin­g companies and laying off American workers for profit, shuttled most of his fortune to offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands in an un-America­n scheme to avoid taxes we all pay, and then has the temerity to thumb his nose at voters when and huff that he “doesn’t care” about the poor. This has made Romney uniquely unqualifie­d to be commander in chief. He is a disgrace.  http://www.sunstateactivist.org

Have you ever thought of having Tina from Tampa on the Gordon Blower Shower? I think the chemistry would work very well, indeed, and the laughts would be huge.

Then, it’s a wonder more people aren’t very poor. Seems to be a paradise.

Throw in a felony conviction for massive financial fraud, and you have…George Soros! – Sugar Daddy to Obama and the Marxist-Left.

A new way for liberals to play dumb and willfully obtuse! 

Pretend that pointing out the  burdens of the middle class as opposed to those who qualify for Medicaid and welfare, has never been part of Democratic rhetoric as well.

THEN focus on Romney’s choice of words rather than discussing what policies he may have in mind..

(Pretend too that O’Brien didn’t mention a Pew Poll about the needs of average Americans)

Everybody play!

Sad to say, but you’re right. I lean right, but I’m as excited about Romney as I am a plate of unseasoned Brussel’s sprouts. He’s like a watching a PG rated sex comedy. No guts, no glory, but someone you could have a glass of milk with. Newt Gingrich I like only because I never know what he’s going to do next. If I could mix the economic policies of Ron Paul with the pragmatism of Huntsman and the charisma of Herman Cain, we could talk.
Eastwood/Walken 2012 

The people who should be concerned about the very poor are the very poor.

You can not be any poorer than coming to a country, penniless, not being able to speak the language, and yet two years after your arrival your modest little store is robbed, repeatedly, by some people who never had the disadvantage you had.

Yeah, Yeah, call me racist!

I don’t think so. Michelle-in-Utah makes radical changes in personality after she gets banned from sites, but the shtick has a pattern: fundamentalist religion of some sort, husband who is either ill or deceased, refusal to accept social security or other benefits for her child, lives someplace in fly over America. Tina from Tampa is a recycled Koldys Kharacter, I think.

Of course he doesn’t care about the poor, most of them won’t be able to vote due to new ID laws brought to you by guess who? The GOP!

They both have the tendency to jump to comment on issues, without thinking much about it, and the ability to be Partisan even if the truth is blatant towards them.

That’s “DNC Obrien”.

Didn’t she get caught coordinating messages with the DNC?

(Not really, it’s just to exemplify the type of manipulative, partisan journalism she’s engaged in.)

So, if I understand you, you are saying it’s all a conspiracy?

Looks like our tubby little troll, Gordo, is crushing on Tina…isn’t it adorable?

The best way to help the poor is to tax them more… Lets say 50-60%. That’s the only way to ensure that they pay a fair share. Makes em tougher as well. Provides a disincentive for them to continue lavish living funded by the sweat of others. They really are the worst. Not sure why we put up with them for so long. Each dependent should also get one punch in the gut for every $10 accepted in food stamps. We should fire the cafateria ladies and make the free or reduced lunch kids make breakfast and lunch. Besides that let em be. Poverty is a mark of personal disfunction. Not very moral that crew. We’re best to ignore them. Unless were looking for someone to kick. They are great for that.

Actually, now that he is singing them rather than reciting lines, the national songs aren’t even safe.  He turns my stomach with his supercilious smirk and stupid statements.

For a guy who talks about the failings of network and cable news, you sure are bound and determined to smear any opponent’s criticism as being extreme.

Not to mention your years at Olbermann Watch, when Bush was president and you saw black helicopters behind your tea cup and waxed kooky about the destruction of the Constitution, for the very policies the current president has adamantly kept in place.

You think Democrats will be the only ones to mention this statement? Come on. You can’t really believe that. Of course people will use this to score political points (I’d be surprised if Newt hasn’t already mentioned it) and they’d be stupid not to. Romney made a statement that appears to reinforce what many perceive to be one of his main weaknesses. It was a stupid thing to say. The guy has been campaigning for president for like 6 years now. You’d think he’d be a little more polished by now.

Desperation. Liberals know their admittedly lazy figurehead is in his final year, so they must concoct misleading, out of context words by Obama’s rival.

“Obama is sloth incarnate, known for a passionate abhorrence of steady, nose-to-the-grindstone work and an equally passionate love of leisure. 
Whenever possible, the president shirks the duties of his office.
  He detests being in the White House and never misses an opportunity to escape its confines.  How much time does he devote to work?  And what is his definition of work?”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/project_obama_a_puppetmaster_or_a_puppet.html#ixzz1l8mu7PYg

I think Ron Paul & Huntsman made the most positive impressions on me. Both have appeals to both sides & actually seem to believe what they say. I liked Herman Cain but I couldn’t take him seriously. I’ll admit Newt is very good for entertainment but he’s also a complete troll & the longer he’s around the worse off Republicans will be.

Link?

Just like how Katie Couric KILLED Sarah Palin’s election hopes with that famous “what newspapers do you read” interview, I think Soledad may have just done the same to Mitt Romney this morning.  Wow!

Indeed, it is.

The very poor are basically the unemployable. They will always be with us. There is a safety net there for them. That is not going to change. Focusing on them is not going to change them.

I think he’s trying to impress his fellow Bagger with his “manhood” by calling you coward.
So primitive, so animalistic.

The very rich vote and he says he’s not concerned with them either. So he’s offending them?

There is this Republican core belief that if you say something very loudly or very shrilly, it must be true.

 Like the show is still on the air

So there’s no need to trim those last six words off, right?

Do you people even know what “out of context” means?   There is none of that going on here.  And Mediaite posted the whole video so you can watch for yourself. 

But nice try, ya filthy ‘bagger!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So who’s scoring political points with this headline?

Obama must be good at something. He is. He’s the best juvenile delinquent ever to become President.

At a debate during the primary season in 2008, Obama flipped off Hillary Clinton while pretending to wipe sweat off his brow.  It was so surreal that I rubbed my eyes, refusing to believe the evidence.  But then he did it again — to McCain during the general.  One instance may have been an accident (however, try to replicate the deed and you’ll see how inconvenient it is), but two dispelled all doubt.  The candidate for the highest office in the land was playing to the gallery in the ‘hood to burnish his “street cred.”  It was a typical act of ghetto bravado — a street tough dissing his opponent and asserting his superiority, the politician’s equivalent of trash talk so prevalent in Obama’s beloved NBA.Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/project_obama_a_puppetmaster_or_a_puppet.html#ixzz1l8oURBFT

It is one thing to catch oneself in the middle of saying “blah” people and a much worse thing to actually repeat the same outrageous comment.

And, by the way, I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m
not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there. If it
needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich;
they’re doing just fine.

So, the very poor are not AMERICANS?

I’m concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling.

How many of those 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling. need to fall into “the safety net” for Mittens to be concerned?

“And there’s no question: it’s not good being poor, and we have a safety
net to help those who are very poor. But my campaign is focused on
middle income Americans.”

Over 10 years of policies favoring those who are doing just fine
Go ahead Mittens, tell the teabagged that if they lost their job it was their fault. If they lost their home, it was because of “too much gubimint regulations” If the plant closed and moved overseas, it was because corporations are people. Tell them teabaggeds that 50% of ‘murkans don’t pay any Federal Income Taxes because they are financial wizards with overseas bank accounts.

As the sht hits the fan, the we can watch how Mittens really didn’t mean to say what he said. With video.

My dear, the point is not that the criticism is extreme, rather that it is so commonplace and expected from Republican sorts.

How is it a stupid thing to say that if the poor have trouble with govt fixes (which is…afterall…what we’re talking about…) that he would fix them?

Looks like you’d want to know how.

Okey dokey, I’ll play: if ”I’m not concerned about the very poor” means ‘I’m not concerned BECAUSE “we have a safety net there” AND “If it needs repair, I’ll fix it”, WTF does that “repair” part mean? 

You really don’t think Newt Gingrich will mention this? You think only Democrats will mention it?

lol
What delusional left-wing world do you hail from?
She did more to the credibility of her own reputation, and she was already known for her Obama-bias.

Is this to somehow imply that the very poor have a higher quality of life than the middle class? Saying things like that leaves an opening for his opponents to pounce.

Politically, it is stupid to say “I am not concerned about the very poor” when you are perceived as an out-of-touch rich guy. He is trying to convince voters that he isn’t some heartless rich guy. This is not how you do that. You reallt don’t see that? You’re that naive or that eager to tarnish Democrats that you can’t see how this was a dumb thing to say?

No one in this contest has worked less than your man Williard. The impulse to bigotry is strong enough for you to ignore this.

He’s Mubarak, Chavez, Assad, the Saudi’s – a monarch who wants to rule, not govern.

Except when you’re doing you’re “I’m too high-brow for cable news” mirror-polishing stuff, which we all know is endless.

and goodness knows your ole Olberman Watch concerns that the NSA would be listening to your international calls and that you’d wind up in Gitmo disappeared not with the suspension of the policy, but with a Democratic president.

Interesting, here we have TRRK agreeing with both Tina and GOP.  What are you, a  pisces?

btw, using out of context sound bites is the same as lying, but, if that’s your thing…….

Good to know you have the pulse on the very poor.  I wonder what makes them unemployable?  Is it poor education?  Is it poor upbringing?  Is it parasitic one percenters sending their jobs overseas and then sucking up all that savings for their parasitic children who will go on to parasitically drain the world of all the fruit of the labor?  Tell us, please pablo, why indeed are the very poor “unemployable”?

We can’t handcuff him in advance of his presidency: if his strengths just happen to be supercilious smirk & stupid statements, we’re just going to have to find a way to work with those. After all, we’re short at least one pointless, inane budget sucking foreign war on Islam, &  we have a fairly recent precedent to look to, to fill that void.

Question: If President Romney signs into law a bill that makes the Bush Tax Cuts permanent & adds in that capital gains are subject to a ceiling of 15%, don’t those become the Romney Tax Cuts? And to make it sing (America The Beautiful, naturally), each & every American will be issued her or his very own home version of Drown Government In The Bathtub. We’re going to party like it’s 1123! Hey everybody – we’re all gonna get inlaid! 

No, I’m sure ALL Romney’s enemies will make hay of it….

I do so enjoy Thomas Lifson. That wonderful blend of condescension and conspiracy theory  make for authoritative and engaging reading. Rather Alex Jones Cum Thesaurus. Thanks ever so much.

If they find that too many pooricans are eating junk food, then they don’t need food stamps and Romney will “fix” that – no doubt like the Republicans in Florida are trying to do… 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/food-stamp-bill-seeks-to-prohibit_n_1242629.html

Well it wouldn’t be a Democratic talking point if Republicans didn’t offer so many examples.

Thats the dumbest thing you have said in a while.

It’s an element of the conspiracy, my dear. I’m surprised you don’t see that.

You are being so dishonest.  They are just that…sound bites.  If you listened to all of what he said you would have a better shot of having an honest debate.  But I’m sure that you won’t do that.  

Correct. Note the definitional approach:  ”If it needs repair, I’ll fix it.”

IF … meaning it’s just doing ginger peachy right now.

 Just dumb.

What I find even more troubling than this comment about the very poor is his continued insistence that there’s nothing he can do to curb super PACs running vicious ads on his behalf. That’s pious garbage. He’s hiding behind the definition of the word “coordination” to avoid manning up and saying on national TV that the most brutal ads need to be taken down. (He’s already said that inaccurate ads should be pulled, so if he can do that, he can go one step further.)

If he’s so weak and ineffectual in dealing with these sleazemeisters, he can’t possibly claim to be a leader.

Illness, disability, and some good old fashioned stupidity. There are those who simply cannot support themselves. They are the very poor. They will always be with us and they’re never going to provide economic growth. That’s why we have a safety net, so that they don’t starve in the streets.

 Still works.

Yeah, look Lucky Duckies – with all those food stamps & discarded shipping crates & cardboard boxes to live in, and free rides through Harvard. It’s why we’re ranked so high in the world on social mobility!  

 Stupid.

“A recycled Koldys Kharacter” is a perfect description for you and all the names you used at Johnny Dollar’s Place…. On The Mark… Mr. Waitrose… etc.

No, it’s saying that the very poor are not going to grow the economy.

Throw in another billionaire and several million in fines for deliberately polluting rivers, stealing oil, and working with Iran, and you have the Koch Brothers – rulers of the Fascist elite Conservatives and whose ideology is virtually identical to Ron Paul’s.

“Yeah, Yeah, call me racist!”  
Okay, have it your way.

Nice out of context headline there Mediaite.  Might as well just read Gawker if I want this kind of bias.

no
just stupid

“And, by the way, I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there”

He is right. The “poor” have free housing the middle class does not…The “poor” have free health and dental the middle class does not. The poor get free food the middle class does not. The poor get free education the middle class does not.

 In the context of what President Romney said he 100% correct.

Well, if it’s obvious to even you that “WTF, does the that “repair” part mean?” should have been the salient thing to a journalist, then I think my point is made…

You mean like how Scott McClellan told us all about how the Bush White House fed talking points to FOX News?  Or was it the other way around? 
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2008/07/26/26734/mcclellan-fox-talking-points/

 *cough*BULL$HIT*cough*

 always nice when fellow Americans are enemies.

And shouldn’t they?

No, he’s not worried about offending the very rich because he’s said he’s going to leave them alone . . . with their tax cuts, off shore accounts, political privileges, . . .

Looks like you have the market cornered on “good old fashioned stupidity”.

 I have always seen the camera on Mitts face or Mitt sitting.

I just saw him walk.

He walks like Leisure Suit Larry circa 1987 (not the newer better graphics one).

You’re racist.

Larry the lounge lizard!  That game was played on my dads Tandy 5000.  Cutting edge stuff back then.

The man is srunning to be president. What kind of a muppet is he to say that at all? Oh brother!

Unless you’re disabled, the very poor do not have free healthcare. Some can get medicaid if they have virtually no income and other very strict qualifying factor or are children. Please do not lie. Nobody gets free housing. There is housing assistance, but it is not free. Everyone pays something. 

the middle class are just that. Middle class and they’re doing just fine, even though their numbers are shrinking BECAUSE of conservative policies. Insanity.

Deceptive out of context headline. Come on Mediaite you’re better than that or maybe not.

I’ve often wondered what life Ante Renaissance period would be like. Thnaks for giving me a glimpse. I am in your debt.

You’ll have to give it up. You sure don’t have the necessary subtlety.

An Obama victory is already in the bag, so I guess Mitt at this point is seeing how bad he can make his loss. By November Mitt will have already insured that Obama will destroy him in a landslide.

Keep it up Mitt we love you for it.

Oh really. Then explain to me why there are more than 600,000 homeless people in this country, 13 million children who go to bed hungry, and 45,000 Americans who die every year because they can’t afford basic health care and are killed by preventable and treatable diseases? Before you shoot your mouth off, do some research and think. And BTW, the tax rates in this country are the lowest they have been since 1955. And regulations are not what is keeping the economy down; it’s LACK OF CUSTOMERS because of the crappy economy caused by repukes. Your post has so many errors it’s incredible. Can you tie your shoes in the morning by yourself?

What a stupid post. Do you dress yourself?

Why don’t you hear it in somebody’s own words..?
Oh yeah…the companies be lining up for this gem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LWlkXRZ3CA

Life is a series of cans we kick down the road, and the road often leads many of us to a better place, whilst others hoard the cans in their hovels and do not move forward. How is you hovel withstanding the strong winds of change?

Yeah, let’s discuss his policies, shall we? If he’s anything like the average repuke, he’ll completely destroy the economy with permanent tax cuts, keep wars going forever, using the poor as cannon fodder, cut education and medical research, and let companies pollute and kill all they want. God, you’re dumb.

You clearly don’t have to be concerned about the very rich because you can say that they can look after themsleves. But you most certainly cannot aspire to become president of a country if you say you don’t care about its poor. I cannot believe this guy said that.

Not if they’d like to be considered as unbiased journalists who care more about policy issues than games.

Oh really. So you worship Bush, who said “The Constitution is just a piece of paper.” Concern about privacy and loss of freedom was genuine under Bush and his evil puppet master Cheney. Anyone who thinks that repukes are concerned about the Constitution and civil rights is “waxing kooky.”

Riiiiight, liberals are stupid. Like you brain-dead amoebas who listen to FUX news with your jaws sagging open.

You said it.

Tina Tampon is why I keep coming around. One of the more hilarious characters on Mediaite.

SOROS!  Drink.

No, I fear the totalitarian society the policies I mentioned made of the U.S.A since they were not rescinded…. hey…wait…

I wasn’t referring to journalists Cecelia. People he is running against. And no, they are not the same.

oh I don’t know about that, Tina says dumb things all the time.

Reading it in context his meaning is clear. Lifting one line out of context to make it seem far worse than it was, poltics as usual.

I support Mitt but he is making it hard for himself to get elected with this type of careless talk. I am getting the feeling he doesn’t think very much before he speaks and ends up saying things that look a lot worse than what he actually meant.

Come on Mitt, Obama is going to use this stuff against you in the general election!!! We need to defeat Obama but Mitt is going to ruin our chances, and Newt oh man, he is even worse with this kind of thing.

This is our year to take back the White House and Congress and we are blowing it ourselves!!!!

I’m unemployeed….
I have sweated a pink slip…

And number one on my Mitt list:

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended his five sons’ decision not to enlist in the military, saying they’re showing their support for the country by “helping me get elected.”

Are you still on about people using aliases online, Gordon? Get over it. It is the responsible thing to do. That British couple this week who were refused entry into America because of their twitter comments now know this (I think public tweets for non-celebrities are stupid anyway…). Privacy is something some of us value. Just because you’re willing to share everything doesn’t mean anything to anyone else. We laugh at your antiquated self-righteousness . . .

To the content of the article here, though, I think Tina had a point in the first part of what she said. The headline says Romney doesn’t care about the poor. What we all think that headline means is clearly not what Romney meant nor was it his full quote.

It is just lazy spectacle to even make an issue out of it like Alex Alvarez has done here. Like Romney’s name can be easily misspelled as “Rmoney, har har har har. He’s gonna’ lose the election for sure because of that, hahahaha.” Lazy, stupid thinking is deplorable no matter who does it. This is not a liberal trait, nor is it a conservative one. It is just adolescent humor.

Unlike you, I’ve never declared myself to be in danger of Gitmo and NSA agents appearing at it…

How quickly we forget…

That IS the dumbest thing ever said on a mediaite site.

Sorry Tina but it’s not funny at all. The lib media is already against us, and all they are gonna do is take all these clips of Mitt saying stupid stuff and run them over and over again to insure an Obama victory. Mitt and Newt are both careless and reckless campaigners. I want someone to beat Obama, these guys are blowing it.

Its not funny, 4 more years of this disaster of a President is not funny in the slightest. Why do you see the humor in it. This is critical.

We should still be concerned about them. It’s possible to be concerned about lower middle and upper class simultaneously.

Anyone dumb enough to believe or buy into this half statement is not going to vote for Romney, anyway.

Obama has the stupid vote in his back pocket. 

( As you can see here)

So you know alot of poor people? I’m guessing no. 
And as for stupidity?  Sarah Palin has that market cornered and she is most definitely not poor.

I can almost hear Mittens saying:

- I am not concerned about that dog on the roof. It has a safety net. And if the net breaks, I’ll fix it.

I obviously had been talking about journalists, so your references to Romney’s political enemies pushing this was a gift.

And yes, they are nearly the same.

Gee, Soledad, what exactly is the definition of ‘in the history of, like, forever’.  Seriously, you’re on CNN in the daytime, time to be professional. 

The irony is that my position is not that far off from what the Republican’s position used to be. I don’t like the idea of simply giving money out to support the poor. I concede that in the short-term in it necessary, and for some (especially those with disabilities) it is essential, but it is not a solution and never will be.

The reality of poverty in American has a few truths: 

First, very poor is not a bottom 1% issue. The current poverty rate is 14.3%. In addition, when 50% of Americans don’t pay income taxes because they don’t make enough money, it is fair to say that the “middle class” is not what it used to be. By and large American is becoming a nation of depressed wages and people. We are the richest nation not because of the wealth of the masses, but because of the wealth of a few, and that’s a fact.

Second, the “safety net” concept has partially failed. Yes, it is doing okay in keeping the poor off the streets, but part of helping people who are in poverty should be to prevent them from falling into poverty in the first place and then persisting in an impoverish state. The safety net should be expanded to provide the tools and skills for those who are in poverty to build their own lives, not simply exist.

Third, the average standard of living in American is relatively terrible.

I want government to solve these problems. Society would be better if less were in poverty. Our nation would be stronger if less people are in poverty. People would be able to keep more of the money they have earned if less of their countrymen are in poverty. This is for the greater good and welfare of the American people; this is a role for the government. I don’t like when people want to malign government so much. Yes, the modern day government is incredibly inefficient, ineffective, and corrupt, but that’s not an argument against it, that’s an argument for better government. 

Chicken or the egg…  You bring people out of poverty by having them get jobs.  For those who can’t earn enough you provide assistance, as my family had when I was a child with a deadbeat dad.  Instead of gifting GM to the union and stiffing thousands of middle-class investors (and rich ones too) and thousands of employees at forced to close car dealerships and supporting businesses and the worthless stimulus the President could have sent those in need a big fat check.  Instead, the unions are happy but people are still out of work and the poor are still poor.    

Ok so let me get this straight – Soledad asked Mitt to CLARIFY his *OWN* words, and she hurt her reputation?
And I’m delusional?

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that’s obvious, but look at the headline and see who is playing the politics here.

Well, then wouldn’t it have been better instead of being asked to restate what he had just stated, if O’Brien had concentrated on the specifics of how Romney would do this? 

As it stands now, it’s just more games and no substance.

They are not even remotely similar, but the media should ask him about it. He is looked at as a clueless rich guy, and it’s not only the left who views him that way. It’s a struggling economy, and he says he isn’t concerned about the very poor. He should be asked about that. He said it and repeated it. It’s fair to press him on it.

He is only concerned about keeping as much money hidden offshore as he possibly can—Ahhh America the beautiful!

And pres. Obama is lazy.  Equally out-of-context.  And false.

No, he said that there are govt fixes for the very poor and that if they weren’t working he’d fix them… but what is needed is help for the average guy without a safety net.

THAT was obvious. Instead of pinning him down on just what he’d do, O’Brien played dumb (as you’re doing) and went after him over semantics.

Surely you can brush aside something so disingenuous for a possible SCORE against ROmney that may actually mean something to the nation.

I have to agree, despite my white-hot hatred of Romney.

This actually will score points with the Tea Baggers.

Dear Dan:

Quick question – do you think your mediaite staffer has presented a fair headline here?

I really would like your opinion of this – this is your board, and this kind of out of context half sentence presents a false story.  Do you agree with your paid staffers playing this kind of scorched earth game, or will you stand up and demand your staffers play fair???

Alex – I always thought you were the most fair person here, you have sorely disappointed me (and probably others) in your desperate attempt to slander Romeny.

Cecilia I am not playing dumb. When a candidate says something that reinforces negative perceptions of them during a presidential contest, it is perfectly fair for the media to press them on it. Now how the media handles it is another matter and another debate. But he should be asked what is working and what needs to be fixed.

Yeah, crime is bad and criminals should go to jail. What’s your point? Is it that the poor, except for poor immigrants, are all criminals? Or is it that black people rob stores run by honest immigrants? That may be so, but so do white people, and even immigrants!

We have a safety net to care for them. How much more concern would you like? You can visit them, and even sing Al Green to them if you like. But if you’re looking at how to grow the economy, and how you’re going to to make it possible for people to improve their standard of living, you’re not going to find the answer there.

Something like 14 percent of the country lives below the poverty line. That’s a pretty big portion of America to blow off. 

Right, so I guess the Republican’s are finally giving up on the Horatio Alger myth, right? If you’re very poor, you can’t pull yourselves up by the boot straps, says Pablo, so just take your government check and shut up. Oh, and vote Romney. 

I hate headlines like this.  While not a Romney fan at all, I think this is a very unfair way to present what he said.  Agree with you 100%.

The headline contains an accurate quotation that operates as summary of his position.  The fact that he qualifies his position with a dismissive reference to the safety net only reinforces the lack of thought and consideration he has for the poor.  This should not be controversial.  Both his political party and his religious clan view poverty as an individual fault… the result of immorality and insufficient motivation.  Efforts to ameliorate difficulties only enables deepen immorality and sloth.  The only thing that Romney did wrong is declare out loud what every thoughtful and attentive person already understood… the fact that he views the poor as broken and unworthy of attention by good people.

Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him. — Proverbs 14:3

Oh, wait.  Maybe Mitt has a different Bible?

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Just so you know the President has said he is not worried about the rich.

As for this jerk he just gave the election to the democrats, every republican running is now going to have to decide: RUN WITH or RUN AWAY from Romney.

Which do you think they will do, stand with their parties man or save their own skin.

The 99% (which includes a significant number of republican voters) just heard “born with a silver spoon in his mouth” Romney say ‘I am not worried about you’.

He must think those at and under the poverty line have it pretty good, no health care, no savings, no retirement plan, no power economically, and the republicans in state after state taking from the poor to give to the rich.

Yep he just shot off the foot of his party.

Betcha he is already trying to claim that his words were taken out of context and he has SCUM like the gutter snip TINA TEANDERTHAL covering his ass.

Where’s your phony picture with red sweater? 

The very poor could form a corporation, then maybe Romney would see them as people too.

‘I’m not concerned about the very poor.’ Mitt Romney

A cynical attempt to appeal to middle income Americans. The rich can clearly take care of themselves as he has, himself shown. Although he clearly needs to find a strongly worded appeal to position for ‘available’ middle income voters.

It may be too early to tell how this one is going to play…

…At the moment is nothing less than flagrantly condescending!

Yeah, and they have refrigerators too! How dare they? 

And the patriots suck.

The poor is a segment of the general population and if Romney is not concern with them then is shouldn’t be the nation’s president because he needs to be concern with all Americans. 

Oh, it’s not just me?  I laugh at Tina too!

I think Romney was referring to “poor boy” sandwiches and that he didn’t care for one because it was so early in the morning. See, anyone can cover and spin for a candidate like the the lame stream media does for Obama.

he says he’s concerned about the middle, but he wants to raise their taxes, cut weeks from unemployment insurance and mandate 18% spending by government. all spending cuts (54%) will come from discretionary spending, cutting the spending used for the middle and lower class!  this guy is like bush saying tax cuts are going to the lower end! man speak with forked tongue!!!

If you’re suggesting that the media doesn’t always do its job or probe politicians sufficiently, you won’t get any argument from me. But Romney has been pressed on this point repeatedly and falls back on the same tired excuse that there’s absolutely nothing he can do, and I find that disingenuous at best. He’s already said publicly that these PACs should stop running inaccurate ads, so it begs the question why he can’t ask them to do the same thing with the negative ads, too. (And, yes, O’Brien should have pointed out the inconsistency in his logic.)

Ya.  They’re both a laugh a minute.  

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He said THAT?

So he is really one of those let the poor fight and die republicans.

Someone should check and see if his son’s registered for selective service as they are REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW.

Where they at age 18? the selective service rolls are public and it is a federal crime not to have registered.

Can we really be surprised?   This is coming from the man who joked about how he too was unemployed…I’m sure if I brought in $20 million a year I’d be unemployed by choice too.

It is the same headline being used on numerous sites, more or less.  The story is about Romney saying “I’m not concerned about the very poor”.  What other title would you give it?  ”Romney only cares about the middle class, not the rich or very poor?” Or “Romney says something without thinking it through again?”

Little Caesar/ Johnny Rocko using an article to suggest President Obama’s ‘Ghetto bravado/Street tough?

Little Rocko, it would appear that you got there first…

…little tough guy delinquent!

The guy is just another in a long line of brain dead republicans, it’s sad but true. This is what you get when the rich inbreed.

Eww, trash talk, and the Bush quote is a myth:

http://www.factcheck.org/2007/12/bush-the-constitution-a-goddamned-piece-of-paper/

How about a Reagan quote?

“The trouble with liberals is that they know so much that isn’t so.”

Bull…Mediaite and Alex (and other liberal media sites) have sorely misrepresented this on purpose.  It is typical of the media to do this – to essentially lie to the public.  Again, if Obama has said this – this headline would not exist.  I’m ashamed of Alex, ans I always thought she was better than this.  I’m surprised the Dan hasn’t stepped in and set the record straight and demanded some level of integrity from his paid staffers.

This is typical of the left wing media to falsify the facts…and they do it without any concern for their own integrity.

I will probably be disappeared for my remarks on this, because mediaite doesn’t like conservatives to call them on their blatant and outright lies, but his really takes the cake. 

His whole quote is there he made it clear that his belief is the very poor are doing just fine they have a SAFETY NET, one that is being gutted in more than 30 states by republicans handing out tax breaks to businesses and the rich while they tear holes in the safety nets cutting services and funding for social programs.

The headline is, verbatim, what he said. We didn’t say he bashes the very poor or slams the very poor — he’s simply not concerned with the very poor, because there is a “safety net” already in place for them. There’s plenty of context in the article, and the accompanying video. Greg saw the “safety net” comment as dismissive; someone else may see it as practical. The point is, the headline is far from unfair or sensational. 

Your issue may be with those who saw the headline and quickly jumped to comment on it. I can’t imagine anyone would read this story and think we were anything but fair in presenting what Romney said or meant. 

He said it. I would add that not chicken hawks are republicans,
there are a lot of dems who think it is okay for someone else fight and die for
their cause. I have no problem with someone not joining the military, but to be
into office and all of a sudden play world cop is appalling.

No the figures just released show 40% are at or below the poverty line, and another 12-15% at risk of slipping into poverty.

 My, that’s an incisive, substantive argument. Too bad you eat boogers.

Practically everything out of the mouth of the average politician is a sound bite. That said, coming from someone like Mitt, who even in this current campaign has taken quotes out of context to a new low, you would think he would know better than serving that one up.

“Very poor”

Think. Just for a minute. It will come to you. Maybe.

Outstanding arguments all, my good fellows.

You keep thinking that only those in abject poverty (14%) are poor but another 26% (the working poor) are at or below the poverty line.

That is the highest it has been since the Great Depression.

The republicans have been gutting and cutting in good times AND bad, they think the more poor there are the lower the cost of labor, they do not care about the conditions of the poor so long as there are enough of them to keep labor costs down, claiming that is good for the economy, LOW LABOR COST.

You mean like the current President has shown concern for the millions of Americans who don’t vote Democratic?   He sure showed his concern for them when the Tea Party rallies were peacefully asking to be heard, and even more so when OWS started trashing cities (with his support).

 If you’re incapable, you can’t pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Which may be the same reason you don’t comprehend simple statements.

The bigger the wallet the smaller the heart.

I’m concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling. If they are Mormon. (see charitable contributions)

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So, Em,  you implied that you were going  to discuss his policies and then added “if he’s anything like” prior to listing a number of exaggeration.  You really don’t know what you are talking about.,eh? again.

Not dumb enough to think that any candidate of any party need not be pressed to articulate those policies in the media.

Evidently, you certainly are.

No, my point is that anybody who is poor, has the chance to become NOT poor if they apply themselves by getting a job, work hard and stay out of trouble.

Did I say or even implied anything about skin color?

As long as a person reads the article and not just the headline, then they will know what is what.  Most liberals read the articles, I can’t speak for conservatives.  What Romney said really wasn’t all that recommendable coming from a presidential candidate, even with all the facts in place, and he DID SAY it. Nothing was falsified here.  

If Obama had said it, it certainly would be a headline, but then, he wouldn’t be thoughtless enough to say it in the first place.

The 99% (which includes a significant number of republican voters) just heard “born with a silver spoon in his mouth” Romney say ‘I am not worried about you’.

You can’t hear what you don’t listen to, Thomas. Pull your head out.

And, by the way, I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich; they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling.

Oh Lord, you STILL can’t get over it, can ya?  PaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaTHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is the definition of poverty in this country?  To say that the poverty rate is 14.3%  is meaningless unless we know what definition is being used.  Do you have a pointer to that?

No, my point is that anybody who is poor, has the chance to become NOT poor if they apply themselves by getting a job, work hard and stay out of trouble.

Did I say or even implied anything about skin color?

& scene.

And Newt now has the next sound bite for an ad coming your way in a TV near you

Or it could be, as is has shown throughout history and in the world today, the super rich can’t be super rich without the poor.  I mean someone like Phil Knight could have made a lot of money having his shoes made in America but he couldn’t have is Nike empire without poor in another country helping him. 

I suppose that skilled worker who made pretty good wages, with health benefits, had a home and lost it all when the company he worked for moved their operations overseas to satisfy the vultures of Wall Street with their ideology of bottom line profits because they worship money, is to be blamed for his old fashioned stupidity.  And now he either has to leave his family and work somewhere afar just to feed his family or except low wages because he lives in a “right to work” state all because of old fashioned stupidity.  (Well that could be true if he voted republicon.)

Or that poor migrant who migrates to the U.S. and works illegally for slave wages, no benefits, or workers’ rights to strive to give his family a better life and was recruited by a corporation to help bring down labor costs for bigger profits… say like Tyson Foods… because of good old fashioned stupidity.  (Quick, a joke that is really not a joke.  Most Americans want our boarders secure except one group… corporations… get it?)

Very simple and narrow minded conclusions on your judgment of the poor, Pablo.  That explains a lot.      

Rather than Alex Jones, you missed an opportunity to plug Rachel Maddow.  Your description is a better fit for her.

Paul, he was replying to statement about a Pew Study on AVERAGE Americans that O’Brien HERSELF referenced.

It was nothing but cheap shot gotcha crap.

Is it any wonder that CMPA finds that most of the reporting on the campaign has not focused on the candidates policy positions?

I’m afraid you’re asking for far far too much here…

its called The Tactic of the Big Lie; say it often say it loud enough and use it to shout down any voice raised in opposition to the lie, it was developed and perfected by the propagandists of the Nazis.

Newt said when he was studying Germany of the 30s and 40s it was one of their most valuable tools and he patterned the Stay On Message rule after it.

Is it really that surprising that a 1%’er isn’t concerned about the poor??

Mitten’s comment will come back to bite him in the ass!!

Mittens is doing a great job on getting Obama re-elected based on his continuous propensity for making ignorant comments!!

Mediaite trolling.  The headline and tweet were intended to drive readers at the expense of accuracy.  They may have succeeded.

The context is policy, not emotion, and his statements are a policy statement.  A headline that talked about what Romney said he WOULD do, rather than wouldn’t do, would have been more informative if less “scandalous”.

Somewhere, Tommy Christopher is trying to work this into a porn metaphor.

There is some truth to what you are writing, in every society in human history there have been hierarchies of wealth and class, no getting around that. And as I travel around the globe there is a vast difference between the poor here and the poor in other countries, just take a
trip to most Asian countries and you will see poverty that will break your heart.  But his mind set seems to one of dismissal of the fact that there are poor here and something more than a little tweaking needs to be done to address the issue.  I will even go further and say that the democrats haven’t done enough to combat the problem of people from falling into (which should be a larger focus) the ranks of the poor, they are also slaves to the money flowing into Washington to protect the status quo.  The Democrats reluctants to stand up to the teachers union while the education in this country deteriorates to third world levels is one of the most cowardly stands they make and goes against every study on the problem to date.  If the trend continues in education the ranks of the poor will continue to grow, never mind helping those already there.

Instead of complaining, how about explaining how Mitten’s comments were taken out of context??

Misrepresented in what way??

Ah, he singled out Couric, you are trying to do the apples/oranges thingy by adding Soledad back into the conversation….delusional. 

What exactly is gotcha about it? Romney said it and repeated it, didn’t he? Listen, I’m not here to say the media is perfect or that O’Brien handled it well, but if you see every single thing through a prism (Liberal Media Bias!), you’re never going to be able to analyze something objectively.

they gut and cut because in their current view if you take away Government support the poor will be motivated to get jobs, they think assistance is a dis-incentive to work  and most say so publicly.

“The poverty level for 2011 was set at $22,350 (total yearly income) for a family of four.”

You’re allowed to make statements like that when you know that you are going to change your position in a few days.

Mittens is under the impression that if a person has a serious medical condition and goes bankrupt trying to pay the medical bills, it’s their fault they’re poor!!

I have yet to ever hear anyone saying they love being poor, love to live in the streets or next to a dumpster and love eating cat food just for the taste… all because they prefer that lifestyle of being poor!!

Those were Mittens own words and Soledad actually gave Mittens a chance to clarify, and Mittens just doubled-down and repeated the exact same response!!

The average voter is certainly capable of understanding exactly what he said. 

It wasn’t a “half statement” and you know it!!

The headline has Mitten’s exact quote!! But yet you can’t help yourself from crying foul!!

What was deceptive about the headline?? Are you saying that is not what Mittens stated??

About 10 people below are complaining the headline was taken out of context, but not one of them explained why!!

Lol!!

Tea party would of rioted in the streets but had to get back home to collect there Federal Social Security Checks.

And you NEVER hear them complaining about titles when it’s an Obama thread…..go figure!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pablo is a typical Republican who is only concerned about himself and supports those Conservative policies to remove the safety nets that are keeping the poor in this country from dying!!

Independent voters better start taking Allen West/Mitt Romney at there word.

Frankly, Paul, I’m showing a far bigger interest in analyzing the candidates than you are here.

I actually would have liked to have heard Romney explain what he meant by “fixing” entitlements and what govt solutions he had in mind for the middle class.

It stood to bear that none of his possible ideas would have endeared him with conservatives who aren’t keen on govt solutions (at least in theory) and would have been more helpful to the public.

Instead she went for a gotcha point that ignored her own reference to the Pew Study. Typical.

“And, by the way, I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m
not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there. If it
needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich;
they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the very heart of America,
the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling.”

I am not seeing the problem with this. Maybe I’ve just heard a lot of rhetoric in my day, but this is non-issue.
What he says is true. The very poor have the government to lean on in times of need and so do the rich. The socialism in this country not only helps the very poor, but the rich as well.

The absolute fact of the matter is that Leftists don’t care about the ‘very poor’ either. Their goal is to KEEP them ‘very poor’ in the same way that the greyhound never catches the rabbit. There’s always the PROMISE of hope, but you see with poverty going UP and foodstamps going UP, that Leftists simply want the PERCEPTION of caring. After all, they need the very poor to STAY ‘very poor.’

The very poor do have free healthcare, it’s included in public aid and yes, there is housing assistance…section 8, rent control, etc.  for those who wish to use it.  Rent is usually paid for out of the assistance.

Almanacs list how many are receiving assistance, the rate per person/child per state.

The middle class is shrinking due to the economy and, there is a reason Obama is called the food stamp president.  In three years he managed to add almost as many to food stamp assistance  programs as the prior president did in 8.

So Republicans don’t have a problem with Socialist policies as long as they provide a safety net for the poor in this country??

But any other program they view as being Socialist must be abolished immediately??

“Everyone pays something. ”They pay out of their welfare checks.

Middle class shrinking because of conservative policys?
Are their conservative policys in California? How about Detroit?
The middle class is shrinking because of the feds adopting democrat policys of Detroit and California. Taxing the rich enough to where they move to other countries or states.
Socialism is a great system until you run out of other peoples money.

Leedog is a typical progressive who makes shit up all the live long day.

 Then why are they playing in the Super Bowl?

So if Mediaite had only quoted Mrs. Obama as saying “He’s Aging”, rather than ” Oh,He’s Aging! But He’s Still Gorgeous” you’d have felt fine with that?

He didn’t.  It’s that context thing that’s missing in your comment, you do know Alex did provide his entire comment?   It’s not difficult to understand.

Who knows?

The republicans could be for something, but as soon as the president comes out in favor of it, then the republicans are against it.
I guess it depends on which day you ask.

While I don’t equate Romney with Obama by a long shot, I never hear Obama speaking about the poor at all.  He’s only for the middle class.  

“I am not concerned about the very poor”.

I guess I don’t understand what being a ‘Christian’ means after all.

The problem with Mitt’s statement is his disregard for republicans who want to poke more holes in those safety nets for the poor..Reme­mber those safety nets are ENTITLEMEN­T PROGRAMS..

MSM strikes again! Take it out of context and bash Mitt!! You guys are pathetic!

Can this man even open his mouth without creating soundbites for opposition ads?

Your opinion is what it is, an extremely biased rant and you can’t tell anyone what is inside of his head or what compassion guides his heart.  His tax forms gives us a  as he is a generous donor, makes that little democrat opponent look quite cheap.

He clarified his comment and you know exactly what he said and what wasn’t said or implied.  You added the fiction.

I detest Romney, but this is rediculous.

Are you 12?   Liberal groups have elderly people as well though its rare since most people give up on liberalism once they get out of their 20′s and learn the difference between empty promises and results.

Agreed!!

‘Bush middle finger’

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeJmmQ5y9eQ

Didn’t the Democrat party recently say they are not concerned for “White middle class Americans”? 

The truth is Romney wont get any votes from anyone who depends on the entitlement programs or welfare programs and the 50% of Americans who dont pay taxes and depend on us who do! 

So its the truth..Why would he be concerned to get there vote!

 The sentence is missing the last six words spoken.

In the Battle of Meme Warriors, the Republicans, and therefore Willard Mitt Romney, have the awesome Frank the “Mememaker” Luntz – whereas the Democrats, and in particular Barack Obama, have the incomparable Willard Mitt “ATB” Romney. And the question to be answered: Can the Mememaker take down the Romneyator?

I’ve listened to all of them in their entirety, my friend. And the point is that they make wonderful sound bites to underscore Willard’s aloof nature and how out-of-touch he is with Americans and America. Surely, you don’t deny these all make wonderful commercials. Perhaps you and other intimate friends of Willard should have an intervention and remind him, “If you’re going to have to explain it, don’t say it.”

Romney seems to have terminal ‘foot in mouth’ disease.

Nor from Mexican-American, African-Americans, Gay, Lesbian and Transgendered Americans, Individuals fired by his Vulture Capitalist endeavors, and that portion of RC’s and Evangelicals who will not vote for a Mormon. I’m liking the odds.

Perhaps if you had been more engaged in competitive sports you would understand that in sports as in politics, we have opponents, not enemies. But, you have helped us all better understand the sorry state of American political discourse, and for that I am most thankful, my dear.

Just like a rich guy to be very dismissive of the poor.  “There’s a safety net there” applies to all groups, not just the poor..if a middle class family gets laid off and then no money, they are poor and Romney doesn’t care about you because there’s a safety net…LOL.

 Actually the Law requires them to register anytime between the ages of 18 to 25. Not on their 18th birthdays as many think.

My opinion matters less than the facts that Mormon Scripture and Republican dogma both declare the poor to be flawed and wealth an indicator of virtue.

The Obama’s paid out more than 10% of their income on taxes and donations than the Romney duo.

I do know what he said. It makes sense from his limited perspective. If I added fiction then prove it.

 I can understand your frustration dear. You’re stuck defending the GOP’s “Great WHITE Hope” against HIMSELF. Those were HIS words. The MSM didn’t set him up or put words in his mouth or distort what he said. I know you’d like to think that, but its right there for everyone to hear.

If you live below, the poverty line, he doesn’t care about you.

 Then you obviously have NEVER heard him give a single speech then…

 The fact of the matter is, you are talking about of your ass.

“The very poor have the government to lean on in times of need and so do the rich.”

What times of “need” do the rich have that they need the government?? And if Mittens is the President, then that means he IS the “government” which means the poor WILL be looking to him for help. He has basically told them, he’s not concerned about them.

Perhaps, it’s because I’ve never been involved in competitive sports, that I know someone’s enemy when I see him or her.

That GED really paid off for you didn’t it.

 I can just picture the head of Obama’s reelection campaign doing a little dance every time Mittens opens his mouth!

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Great “White” hope?? Is this the best you have? Yes, facts are facts. The poor,
non-tax paying Americans do have government safety nets. Do I support someone wanting to keep middle case from becoming another poor non-tax paing
American….YES!!

Romney gives 15% of his income to charity. Who do you think that helps? The obvious answer, that you dumb-down libs don’t get is simple….

THE POOR!

Romney’s point is that the poor have a safety net,they WILL always be cared for. Not only by the government, but also various organizations.  The wealthy don’t need our help….

It IS the middle class who get hurt the most.  It is this “block” that pay the most in taxes, suffer when unemployment rises, mortgages skyrocket, etc.

There will always be the poor among us. Christians, (which includes Mormons, along with Jews, Muslims) care for the downtrodden and give generously to provide the needs of this impoverished group.

Romney’s comment’s highlight the very issue so many
American’s have issues with the TEA-GOP-Re­publican contenders and the
112th Congress in Washington­. They don’t care! They care about not raising
the taxes on the super rich. They care about bailing out Big Banks, Wall Street
and especially guys like Romney. Romney’s career and wealth have both been hot
button issues in the campaign. The candidate released his 2010 tax return
revealing that he earned $21.7 million in 2010, and paid a lower tax rate than
someone who earns $50,000 a year. Romney’s effective tax rate was
13.7 percent on his millions in income. The
president paid 25 percent of his gross income in federal tax. And no matter how
many time they say it or how arrogant they get, lower taxes never have produced
jobs. The rich get richer at the expense of the poor. Congress has made and
allowed this to persist! The average American working for wages will pay taxes
on $106,800. The average wage earner will not make more than that. Make no
mistake, the TEA party has attained greater control locally and at the state
level by getting involved and going to meetings and voicing their opinions. They
have a greater control at the state level now than ever before. All this hype is
just that – hype! Tuesday revealed a flood of money pouring into campaigns and
“super PACs”!

 Or read his book.

PRIORTIES STUPID!!

The fact that “we have a safety net there.” was left out of the headline does not change the fact that Mittens is not concerned about the very poor, it just explains why he’s not!!

And Mitten’s reason why is a statement subject to interpretation and disagreement!!

Unless you under the impression that Mittens really does care about the very poor… even though in his own words, he said he wasn’t!!

I agree!! Mittens is going to make the Obama re-election a guarantee!!

 How about we give the poor the same opportunities the rich get?

Access to health care that doesn’t wipe out everything they work for.
An Education so they can compete for jobs other than low-skilled min wage jobs.
More lower-income housing in better neighborhoods.

I could go on & on but I somehow get the feeling you won’t listen. You’d rather attack & demonize poor people instead of understanding. You actually think people LIKE being poor.

 And, by the way, I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m
not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there.

Better?
Are you telling me that theBlaze would not take that (if spoken by Obama) and stated he thinks the obscenely wealthy need a safety net?

I know what Romney meant in his comment and it never amazes me how people can take it the wrong way just to promote their agenda.  If Romney was talking about colors or lack of color and said “Black is black”, you would hear a chorus accusing Romney is a racist.  Take of the blinders folks and see a broader picture instead of a narrow one.

 ”Peacefully asking to be heard”??  What a laugh!!! You guys were screaming at him that he’s a Marxist, Communist, Stalin/Hitler, Socialist, Kenyan-born, Nazi dictator!!! You guys were demanding his birth certificate & school records!!!

“let them eat cake!!!”

If Obama stated he wasn’t concerned about the very poor in this country the Republicans would be going nuts and bashing Obama for it!!

But since their beloved Mittens made the uncaring, ignorant comment, all they can do is scream it was taken out of context, fully knowing it wasn’t and was a huge mistake on Mitten’s part!!

Furthermore, it’s funny how Republicans claim they’re not ignorant and care about the American people, while their leaders keep making ignorant comments that offend the American people!!

Keep it up Republicans, because you’re going to get Obama re-elected all by yourselves!!  =)

Pablo, if you’re already on medicaid and welfare isn’t that “very poor”? If not, what’s the difference between what you & your pal Romney consider very poor and these other folks who are making under 20K per year?

Romney’s comment’s highlight the very issue so many
American’s have issues with the TEA-GOP-Re­publican contenders and the
112th Congress in Washington­. They don’t care! They care about not raising
the taxes on the super rich. They care about bailing out Big Banks, Wall Street
and especially guys like Romney. Romney’s career and wealth have both been hot
button issues in the campaign. The candidate released his 2010 tax return
revealing that he earned $21.7 million in 2010, and paid a lower tax rate than
someone who earns $50,000 a year. Romney’s effective tax rate was
13.7 percent on his millions in income. The
president paid 25 percent of his gross income in federal tax. And no matter how
many time they say it or how arrogant they get, lower taxes never have produced
jobs. The rich get richer at the expense of the poor. Congress has made and
allowed this to persist! The average American working for wages will pay taxes
on $106,800. The average wage earner will not make more than that. Make no
mistake, the TEA party has attained greater control locally and at the state
level by getting involved and going to meetings and voicing their opinions. They
have a greater control at the state level now than ever before. All this hype is
just that – hype! Tuesday revealed a flood of money pouring into campaigns and
“super PACs”!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP9_kkzfN-w

Oh, okay. I thought that Republicans said we should cut entitlements like welfare because it gave poor people an incentive not to get a job. I didn’t realize that poor people were incapable of getting a job and therefore should stay on welfare. I guess only middle class and rich people can pull themselves up by their bootstraps, just like in those Horatio Alger stories about the upper middle class urchins. 
Thanks for clearing up the GOP’s position for me, pal.

GOP = pro-welfare

Welfare = keeping people from working

GOP = keeping people from working

Romney’s not going to beat Obama- no way, no how.

http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/02/apathy-will-be-the-legacy-of-romneys-carpet-bombing/

“I’m not concerned about the very poor.”

We know Mitt, we already know.

 Did Michelle Obama Really Spend $50,000 on Lingerie in ‘One Shopping Spree’?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-michelle-obama-really-spend-50000-on-lingerie-in-one-shopping-spree/

Obama to See India on $200 Million a Day
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/11/02/india/

This is typical of the (WHO) wing media to falsify the facts…and they do it without any concern for their own integrity.

this comment really takes the cake.

 You must be dizzy from all that spinning!!!

Awesome.  You believe the poor that need a safety net are the black people at the Apollo theater? LOLOLOLOL.

You’re right Pablo – let’s eat the poor.  That’s a good way to “cut” (*wink*) down their numbers.

 are you ok with this?

Did Michelle Obama Really Spend $50,000 on Lingerie in ‘One Shopping Spree’?
http://www.theblaze.com/storie...

Obama to See India on $200 Million a Day
http://michellemalkin.com/2010...

I got it.  Poor people don’t matter to rich old guys.  Bingo.

“He managed to add”?  Sounds like someone doesn’t understand how SNAP works.

Come on Pablo, say it: Obama’s fault.

There’s a sfaety net for the poor that the conservative party wants to tear down the second they get in office…as Admiral Akbar says,”It’s a trap!”

Yes they were his words.  But again, taken out of context..   I get sick of the GOP and their ms-representation and outright lies.    This headline, presented like this, feels like we are doing the same.

They have enough going against them.  We have no need to manufacture sensationalism.  Pick from a million other things.

Any fairminded person understands Romney doesn’t HATE the poor. That being said…his statement(s) reveals what he thinks of the plight of the poor. Romney views the world through the lenses of his own success. That is to say… “Look I made it…you should have to” Many people think/feel this way.  Look at his choice of words…the “very poor”…he seems to suggest that “the very poor” are different from those who simply have less. As he see it, the “very poor” are poor due to bad choices, mistakes, failures that have brought the plight upon themselves. He may be right or he may be wrong…but make no mistake we just learned something profound about Mitt Romney and his world view today.  

If you live below the poverty line, he doesn’t care about you, and he doesn’t care your vote.  Not worth his time, or something he wants to deal with.  Thing is though, 46 million people are below the poverty line and Romney seems happy enough to leave them there.  

Good. I hope you puke.

“I’m not concerned about the very poor”, said the multi-millionaire, who had just paid 13.7% in taxeson 21.7 million dollars in earnings, and recently bought the state of Florida. The big bad capitalist who owns Bain Capital, who owns Clear Channel, who owns the Toxic Talking Heads like Brush Himoff, Spawned Insannity and others, was relishing his fifteen point win over Newton Leroy, the other out-of-touch leader of the four horsemen. The story continues with everyone happy and urging on their backers to give more money to out spend the other. Romney continued urging protesting taxes, which pays for a multitude of programs they deem unnecessary, in-effective or not allowed by the constitution, while announcing over 40 million in new money has come into his PAC last quarter. And they lived happy ever after at the expense of the very poor and middle class. The end of part 4. Parts 5, 6 and 7 to be continued!

you want to see the people on welfare and food stamps, work at a grocery store. then maybe you liberal “useful fools” will realize how many shouldn’t be receiving public money, woman with 5 children from 3 different males, to get more than $1,500 for food stamps, plus% 2,000 for  housing, plus money for a car, if she would get a part time job(because if she makes to much, it reduces her welfare money). a guy works part time but refuse’s full time, because he would get less welfare money), I was fired after 14 years, (because they were changing format), but they kept the part time, who was later jailed for child molesting). I have seen drug addicts , getting $1,000 , a woman who used to take in foster children, but still getting $1,000 worth of food stamps, all of these figures are per month. oh one more,a former governor, who was trying to get re-elected, pushed through a bill to give $800. to people with children on welfare, for school supplies, sounds good right, but they gave it to them as a check, which could be spent anywhere, so know where the money went, big screen TV’s, furniture, sound system upgrades, and new tire for her car.they told me this !, then said they would go where they always go, to churches, who have a low income drive every year, to supply books and all the other things, listed by the schools . and obama just offered “non-profit groups, money, to get more people signed up for food stamps, mainly , the elderly and hispanic’s (not for political purpose at all, I bet ) , how much, you ask, just $75,000, per group, wonder how much acorn, I mean OFA, will get.

Mitt Romney is viewed favorably by only 28% of Ohio voters.  
http://politi.co/yLUVdK

I think by “very poor” he means those living below poverty level, and the “regular poor” are the middle class.  I am serious. He is that rich and living that high in the clouds that we must all look like the unwashed masses to him.

he said he wants help the middle class, and is not worried about the rich. but according to romney and republicans the way to help the middle class *is* to help the rich ie the “job creators”.  the number of middle class who have become very poor has increased. also, republicans are worried about the 47% who dont pay tax ie very poor, who dont pay any federal income tax…so his percentages that 90-95 percent is middle class is false. hes just too out of touch.

Mitten’s charitable donations go to the Mormon Church!!

“The church gives around one fifth of one percent of its money to the poor. Meanwhile, the General Authorities are well paid, and the church is able to spend a billion dollars buying a large shopping mall., and other real estate investments. Don’t believe me? Read on and check the evidence for yourself.” 

http://www.exmormon.org.uk/tol_arch/atozelph/tithing.htm

Obama would never say anthing like that about the poor because he represents all the people.  Romney is shameful and will never be POTUS.  The middle class in this country is steadily moving down, 1 in 4 in this country is poor.  Thirty years ago, 1 in 5.  This is why Americans will have a choice.

Romney has his ‘Let them eat cake’ moment.

Never has a politician been so out-of-touch with the real world of most Americans.

You know, Mitt can’t get away from who he really is and this will take him down in the fall against President Obama.

I suppose I might as well start with you and your sidekick ROYAL EMPEROR.

Did the two of you plus, your “wretched Likes,” (to coin a phrase) watch the interview?  GOP, may I ask what it is you find so amusing,  Romney is a bit tedious, but “a morning laugh?”

Or, GOP, was it TINA you were laughing at?  Tina hypothesized, correctly, that the various Socialist news agencies would promulgate the interview “out of context.” Perhaps you should have complimented her, on her prescience?  Furthermore, I noticed Ms. O’Brien merrily wince when Romney used the phrase “I don’t care about the poor,” as O’Brien knew the opportunity she had been handed… to lie by omission. (and get away with it by way of her “like” minded liars?)  Ouch!

GOP, I’m curious, do you think the way Ms O’Brien does, that deception is appropriate and common in a civil society?  I don’t.

Which leads me the EMPEROR:  I seldom indulge the EMPEROR with my comments and won’t now, except to say: Self respect is difficult thing to acquire, once lost is hard to recover…

Purveyor of Rhetoric

The rich and the very poor…both doing great !!!

Romney is a wind up doll,  a fool.

No, I had already commented that it wasn’t true AND that most women would if they could.

No Nando, my issue is with the headline and the intent it meant to portray.  If Alex didn’tmean to portray something bad about Romney she would have claimed that Mitt said “I’m not worried about the very rich”…but she didn’t and she didn’t for a reason.

mediaite is in the tank for Obama, no denying that….but don’t come here and tell me my issue is with those who didn’t read the article, it is with the intent of the headline to misrepresent the facts.

Mitt Romney tries selling his soul to be President. Will say anything to anyone to get elected. Good thing we have Google!

“I’m not concerned about the very poor”
“I like being able to fire people”
“Corporations are people”
“I’m part Mexican”
“I’m also unemployed.”
“Don’t try and stop the foreclosure process”
“I don’t know if my own ad is true or not”
“I saw my father march with Martin Luther King”, which he didn’t.
“I purchased a gun when I was a young man. I’ve been a hunter pretty much all my life.” He later admitted he never went hunting.”
“We should double Guantanamo!”

Not all charities are for the poor, and not all charitable giving goes towards someone needy.  Most of Romney’s money went to the Mormon church and to his own charitable foundation, Tyler Charitable Foundation, which gives grants to other charities and non-profits.  Of all that, only a small percentage seems to have gone toward programs that help ‘the poor’.

http://philanthropy.com/blogs/government-and-politics/romney-gave-more-than-16-percent-of-income-to-charity/30122 

http://philanthropy.com/article/Romney-Gave-His-Family-Fund/130420/ 

I suppose my misplaced comment that landed above yours, is just as easily applicable to you?  Ouch!

“Let them eat brioche!”

And $374,000 is “just a little money”.

The President who has played more gulf than any other American President, suddenly is the one who connects to the poor? Oh no, President Obama is pimping poor Americans! President Obama have raised more electoral money than any President in America and yet he’s the one for the poor? The man who would read teleprompter, set up a fake and comical tirade about Wall Street. Next minute, goes behind poor suffering Americans and raise tons of money from the same people he supposedly castigated? Oh yes, that’s change we can believe alright. Chameleon! President Obama is a user. The man who have not done a thing for African Americans, yet has benefited most from Black struggles. President Pimp.

What have President Obama done for African Americans in this country, but use “racism” to unite black vote and guilt whites into voting for him? He’ll run from blacks when it’s not political expedient for him and use us when it benefits him. How about $35,000 dinner with President Obama, how many poor Americans have that kind of money? $35,000!!!

I don’t know how people feel about their representative in congress signing a pledge with a lobbyist like Grover Norquist, but I want my representative to represent me and not a damn lobbyist.  Right now, the entire republican party is being led around by their nose by Grover Norquist.  It is time to fire all those a$$holes who signed his pledge and didn’t recant their agreement.  Who made Grover Norquist the dictator of our economy?

My remark, as you surmised, was directed not at O’Brien or Romney, but at Tina and her typically hysterical rant — which, I might add, is not unlike yours, with its whiny rhetoric about the “socialist media.”

(Doesn’t this sense of playing the perpetual victim ever get tired for you people?)

As I noted elsewhere in this thread, to me the bigger scandal is not Romney’s careless wording, but his bogus insistence that he cannot possibly influence the Super PACs churning out bombastic propaganda on his behalf. It’s a falsehood, and one which — if O’Brien had been on her game — could easily have exposed.

But what can you expect from the socialist media that they don’t hold a conservative candidate’s feet to the fire?

No, Romney gives 15 pct of his income to the Mormon Church.  That is NOT the same as giving it to charity.  The Mormon Church is very selective about who they “care for” and I guarantee you it is mostly their own members.  So how does that help the other 99.9pct of the poor in America?

Secondly, do some homework.  The poor will NOT always be cared for, do you not listen to the republicans when they talk about abolishing Medicare and SS, the two prime examples that brought the elderly up and out of the poverty ranks? Do you not hear the trash talk about the poor, how lazy they are, the talk of getting rid of food stamps, housing assistance? Have you not noticed all the programs for low income folks that have been gutted?

And lastly, if you really think the churches and charities are going to be capable for caring for the 46 million people in poverty in this country, I suggest you get down off your pedestal and join the real world.  Everything from food/shelter to medical care for that many millions of people is NOT possible through charities.  The scope of the problems in this country now are way beyond their means.

Republican “blame the media” strikes again!  How about you let Romney (or any other republican) be responsible for once for the $hit that comes out of his mouth, and quit trying to blame the media for everything?

Knee-slappin’ howls of glee in Obama’s re-election headquarters this morning!

Oh, utter BS.  Soledad O’Brien even gave Romney a chance to amend his remarks, back his fat foot out of his fat mouth, and instead he chose to double down on his remark instead.  Let Romney be responsible for what he says.  Stop trying to make excuses for him.

Seriously? He really said that? He could have just been honest and say it was their choice.  

That is only ‘mad money’ when you’re worth $200 million.

Oh you missed it. Michele My Bell had a $76,000.00 per plate in NYC just the other day.
Mitts “I”m not concerned about the very poor” is right up there with 57 states, corPs’ss , Most articulate black man, and most recently Crackervill….

Romney and his cult followers are apparently unaware that many of what used to be the middle class are now members of the poor and very poor.

But he doesn’t care about them.

Those “Bush tax cuts” are now the “Obama tax cuts,” since he was the last President to sign them into law.  Oh that’s right, he’s not taking responsibility for that, is he?

With Perry out of the picture people will start seeing Mitt’s flaws.  If he doesn’t stay on message he really goes down the cliff.  

Double Ts, I think you meant to say libel.  Further, are you getting paid to complain about every single story on this website?  You must be – you hate and have a gripe with every single story and yet you keep coming back, and back, and back.  One complaint might get someone to consider your thoughts, but crying wolf on every single story has made everyone numb to your psychotic rants.  Good luck getting anyone to give two craps about what you say when it’s clear you’re only here to complain about how awful it is.   It’s pitiful and it has not produced your desired result (a change in the tone or “slant” of the stories)…it’s only made it clear you’re a lunatic.

Where is Cornell West and Tavis Smiley when you need them? I guess Romney has not read recent statistics that put poverty in America at an all time high

Hahahaha that would be class warefare.

Why do some people lie about themselves? And thier supposed tv shows?

Quit peeking in windows Pablow

I’m shure Emporer will frett over the loss of your respect as it means so much.

FYI…that safety net has a huge friggin hole in it.Alot of those poor use to be middle class.

No the very rich will be a priority!

He is no Tea party guy but I guess they will take thier chances with him.

The rich have thier programs. They are gonna lose the Bush tax cuts. Sad to see that. hahahahahaha

MSM will have a field day with this statement when he is right…  the very poor are covered they are living for free!

You mean Alex?

It’s all too common from politicians , bloggers, TV talking heads etc. Distort the facts to create something that seems more controversial, more shocking, than it actually is. Lift a few words out of context and create something out of them, have discussion panels and rehash it over and over, rather than spreading relevant information to people who need it.

That Mitt Romney is all Heart.

Soledad is dishonest and insufferable..the only thing wrong with his statement is when the media only plays half of it.

Let Detroit go bankrupt..
Let the housing market bottom out..

If you looked up tone deaf in the dictionary there would be a picture of Romney next to it.

DON,

Pay attention as what I write is well worth reading!

I wrote to the EMPEROR that the loss of one’s “self respect,” was/is an important.

GOP,

Why is it I have to repeat myself so much, with “you people?”

Anyway, Tina’s “typical hysterical rant?” She was correct and you lack to social graces to acknowledge that fact?

Furthermore, I asked you about deceit “by omission” as exhibited by O”Brien and if YOU thought such was appropriate? (be careful with your answer as this is about your personal character) I do NOT care in this context if others do it, only if you countenance such?

Lastly, what is the Law regarding candidate influence concerning PAC’s? Were a candidate to openly influence, (or were you suggesting Romney surreptitiously influence) a PAC isn’t that a violation of Federal Law?

Purveyor

lmao at all the fake “likes” Tina has.

Spoken like somebody who’s never been poor. Or known anybody who’s poor. Or had a coherent thought.

They’re probably too busy bashing Obama for book sales.

The President who has played more gulf than any other American President

[citation needed]

“Charity” like his bigoted Mormon Church and a group of quacks claiming they can “cure” homosexuality. Doesn’t sound like charity to me.

Mittens doesn’t care about the poor, thinks corporations are people too, says he’s unemployed and likes to fire people.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Republican candidate for president of the United States.

Seems like Romney can’t get it together. He seems like an honest man so we should take his “poor” comments and “i like firing people” comments seriously. A new ad helps us filter him out (via AmericanLP) Is this our next president? –> http://youtu.be/FQHSY2p620s

he said he is more concerned about the middle class, not really the poor because poor people already have programs to help them. in essence he wont be doing nothing for the poor but more for the rich, he mention middle class but he talks for people to read between the lines.

It’s too bad that rabid Leftist Dingbats like Soledad were not as ambitious in questioning Comrade Obozo about Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, and his relationship with THUGS in ACORN and the SEIU.  Maybe this incompetent, whiny, LYING, finger-pointing, partisan, LOSER would not be sitting in the White House wondering how he can spend more money that WE DON’T HAVE!

Come on November!   The beginning of the end for the most corrupt administration in this nations history!

So for all of you who are so concerned about the poor, with their never ending free handouts, why don’t you reach in your pocket and give them a handout so the taxpayers don’t have to?

If you are concerned about the poor then feel free to give them some of YOUR money. They already have handouts on top of handouts at tax payer expense. God forbid they actually support themselves.

LMAO So what? Is this really the best criticisms of Romney you people can come up with? Your criticisms of him make him look good and I don’t even like him that much.

 The last time I checked people had a choice as to whether they want to join the military or not. The simple fact is that the overwhelming majority don’t join the military. I really have to say I don’t really like Romney but the generally pathetic criticisms of him are making him look better and better: He’s rich, his kids aren’t in the military, he has a swiss bank account, he’s not very worried about the poor (who get handouts out the wazoo anyway), etc. Is this really the best you can do? I may vote for the guy afterall.

So what if his kids are not in the military? The military doesn’t give a damn about it’s soldiers and treats them like crap. I work for a mental health agency. Soldier who was our client was suicidal, we sent him to the hospital on post, hospital releases him about 3 days later. Chain of command’s solution: Forbid the soldier from going to anymore of his free DOD paid counseling appointments which are supposed to be part of his military benefits. One of MANY examples of how the military is the soldiers worst enemy. I wouldn’t want my kid in the military either until they clean up their act and treat their individual soldiers with the respect they deserve.

 He doesn’t have to be lazy. His fiscal mismanagement by way of record deficits ALONE is enough for any rational person to give someone else a shot at the job. The alternative is more Obama and 20 Trillion in debt by 2016.

Not if the petty nothing criticisms being voiced here are any indication. Obama should lose to Donald Duck on his fiscal record alone. 

I don’t have a problem with his kids not being in the military, but comparing what they are doing with someone in combat is insane and pretty stupid.  That is the point. 

Are you trying to be that thick?  It is not that his kids are not in the military, it the comparison between what they are doing and military duty, particuarly during war time.