Sam, did you have a point?
The Implosion of Mitt Romney's Candidacy: Part I
by BizzyBee 166 Replies latest members politics
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FlyingHighNow
Hey, Iris released this during Bill Clinton's administration:
Don't tell me that GW didn't make it a lot worse. Look at the lyrics and think about Mitt's comments about the 47% and some of the comments from his supporters on this thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V7QyaM7KQg
Living in the wasteland of the free...
We got preachers dealing in politics and diamond mines
and their speech is growing increasingly unkind
They say they are Christ's disciples
but they don't look like Jesus to me
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
We got politicians running races on corporate cash
Now don't tell me they don't turn around and kiss them peoples' ass
You may call me old-fashioned
but that don't fit my picture of a true democracy
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
We got CEO's making two hundred times the workers' pay
but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage
and If you don't like it, mister, they'll ship your job
to some third-world country 'cross the sea
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
Living in the wasteland of the free
where the poor have now become the enemy
Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones
Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy
Living in the wasteland of the freeWe got little kids with guns fighting inner city wars
So what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors
and we call ourselves the advanced civilization
that sounds like crap to me
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
We got high-school kids running 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess
who cannot pass a sixth-grade reading test
but if you ask them, they can tell you
the name of every crotch on mTV
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
We kill for oil, then we throw a party when we win
Some guy refuses to fight, and we call that the sin
but he's standing up for what he believes in
and that seems pretty damned American to me
and it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
Living in the wasteland of the free
where the poor have now become the enemy
Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones
Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy
Living in the wasteland of the freeWhile we sit gloating in our greatness
justice is sinking to the bottom of the sea
Living in the wasteland of the free
Living in the wasteland of the free
Living in the wasteland of the free -
NewChapter
Well, I've said this entire incident has been clarifying for me. What I see here, and around me this moment, is this absolute contempt that many conservatives have for those that struggle or don't have the same advantages. The refusal to look through another's eyes, a refusal to understand the complexity of the issues. I used to think that we probably all cared, but we just disagree on how to do things. I'm concluding that it is simply not true.
There is a hatefulness that I really wasn't prepared to witness. We have become so polarized that one half outright hates the other half. I think our vastly different visions for this country can't be reconciled. It's all just coming out without any restraint whatsoever. Romney gave permission to openly attack the working poor, the disabled, the elderly, soldiers who are not taxed for combat pay, and most of the conservatives have jumped right in.
For all the accusations of class warfare, it is now very clear to me who is really waging such a war. It is the conservatives.
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FlyingHighNow
Yeah, but it turns out a lot of republican voters have hit hard times, too. Guess what, they use foodstamps, have their kids on medicaid and other social programs as well. They don't have health insurance and could become the very burden they complain about, in their inability to pay catostrophic medical bills. Let's just hope they aren't too busy watching the in flight movie to ponder what Captain Romney is really saying. That and what he is planning to do if he snows enough people to get into office. .
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Sam Whiskey
One can only hope the Romney will cut "freebie land" out. We can't afford to pay the bills of the lazy and un-motivated. If we don't, we ARE Greece all over again...
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FlyingHighNow
Oh yeah well, Sam, I think you're just trolling because I can't imagine you're serious with that comment. I'll play along though. How do YOU know all those people are lazy and unmotivated? I'm guessing you think that you're omni-present and you know everyone's circumstances. "While you sit gloating in your greatness, justice sinks to the bottom of the sea."
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NewChapter
Yeah, but it turns out a lot of republican voters have hit hard times, too. Guess what, they use foodstamps, have their kids on medicaid and other social programs as well. They don't have health insurance and could become the very burden they complain about, in their inability to pay catostrophic medical bills. Let's just hope they aren't too busy watching the in flight movie to ponder what Captain Romney is really saying. That and what he is planning to do if he snows enough people to get into office. .
Well of course they do, and now they know that they are held in utter contempt by their party, their candidate, and fellow conservatives. Perhaps it will have an effect, perhaps social issues trump all for them, but I hope they stop voting against their interests and for a party that hates them.
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FlyingHighNow
Well of course they do, and now they know that they are held in utter contempt by their party, their candidate, and fellow conservatives. Perhaps it will have an effect, perhaps social issues trump all for them, but I hope they stop voting against their interests and for a party that hates them.
The problem is that it's never THEM or their children. No it's all those other poor people on foodstamps, medicaid and AFDC.
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NewChapter
No, it is them. Whatever cognitive dissonance allowed them to think they were part of the OTHER half of America will hopefully be broken down for them now. He wasn't referring only to people that benefitted from govt. programs---he was talking about hard working people that don't make enough to pay income tax. He holds them in CONTEMPT not because they aren't taking responsibility for themselves, but because they don't make enough money to pay income taxes.
And so this is the way the conservatives roll these days. I've seen it all over this board today. It's not enough to work, if you don't make a certain amount, then you are just worthless.
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FlyingHighNow
I understand what you're saying. I guess I am not super hopeful that the republican voters who are the sinking middle class, working poor and those who are elderly or disabled or desperately poor will open their eyes. Though I did post links on this thread to RepublicansForObama.org. At least some of them are aware that America is headed for a skyscraper and the pilot is the GOP. The GOP leaders have ejector seats and parachutes though. I'm guessing that Romney has the same disdainful feelings about everyone but the upper 2%.