Mitt Romney: "I'm Not Concerned About the Very Poor"

[Flummoxed Lummox]

I give him credit for being honest and espousing the general mindset of the GOP. We've know for years that conservatives couldn't care less about the poor. However, I'm skeptical about his concern for the middle class. He clearly wants their votes, but I am dubious his GOP failed policies will do anything to mitigate their plight.

And just what "repairs" does he propose to "fix" the plight of the poor? Very vague politospeak.

Romney said on Wednesday that he's "not concerned about the very poor," citing the social safety net in place for that segment of the populace and adding that he's focused on the middle class.

"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," the Republican front-runner said Wednesday on CNN, following his victory in the Florida primary. "I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very heart of the America, the 90 percent, 95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/mitt-romney-very-poor_n_1246557.html

[Sasquatch]

And just what "repairs" does he propose to "fix" the plight of the poor? Very vague politospeak.

You mean like Obama's answer to the OWS lady the other day that has been out of work for years, and she asked him what he was going to do to fix it:

Grow the economy.  

That just inspired me to do cartwheels.  

Or the women who said her husband was an engineer and couldn't find work. Obama's response:

Interesting.

Again, I am truly inspired. BTW, in a great political move, he told her to send his resume to DC, and he will see what he can do. Maybe he has some jobs in his "stash" as well.  


Couldn't agree more:

I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I'll fix it," the Republican front-runner said Wednesday on CNN, following his victory in the Florida primary. "I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very heart of the America, the 90 percent, 95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling."

 

Do I believe he will do anything to fix it? That is another question.

[Flummoxed Lummox]

You mean like Obama's answer to the OWS lady the other day that has been out of work for years, and she asked him what he was going to do to fix it:

Grow the economy.

The economy is growing, albeit not as fast as we would like. It sure as hell beats the mess your side left us when Obama took office. In case you've forgotten, the economy was losing 750,000 jobs/month. The GOP's economic policies (give tax breaks to the uber-wealthy and fantasize that the benefits will trickle down to mass of plebeians) are proven failures, yet your side continues to espouse them, despite an avalanche of evidence they don't work.

Mitt Romney's proposals are just more of the same failed strategies we've seen from the GOP in the past.

[Sasquatch]

The economy is growing, albeit not as fast as we would like. It sure as hell beats the mess your side left us when Obama took office. In case you've forgotten, the economy was losing 750,000 jobs/month. The GOP's economic policies (give tax breaks to the uber-wealthy and fantasize that the benefits will trickle down to mass of plebeians) are proven failures, yet your side continues to espouse them, despite an avalanche of evidence they don't work.

In case you have forgotten, the CBO just yesterday said real unemployment is at 10%. I believe it is higher. Show me, as I have yet to see it from you, the unemployment rates along with the Misery Index from 2000 until 2011. FYI, we now also have record food stamp enrollment, record BLACK unemployment, the worst year in real estate EVER in 2011, etc., etc., etc. Obamanomics is working wonderfully!!! Ummmm, ummmm, ummmm.

FYI, Bush's economic/fiscal policies were not good, but as you guys have said, at least it is not as bad as Dear Leader. And as you also say: FACT!!!

BTW, nice job starting ANOTHER deceptive thread!!! Why don't you just put two of Romney's statements together to make him REALLY sound good?

"I like to fire people. Especially the very poor who I am not concerned about."

[NCVol]

You know, I will gladly give Romney a break on his slips of the tongue.  The problems are, 1) he's a TERRIBLE politician.  Seriously, you don't say, "Not concerned about the very poor" - we're in a depression and only slowly emerging from it.  There are about 1,000 ways to make the point he was apparently trying to make and he picked the worst one. His "I like to fire people" is similarly dumb.  He's just an idiot for a politician. 

2) The fact is there is nothing on his agenda to indicate he DOES care about the poor.  Really.  Nothing.  It's not like he said it, but we ignore a string of serious proposals on how to fix things like...... oh, maybe, let's see, ummm, uhhh, ...... 10s OF MILLIONS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE AND ONE SICKNESS FROM FINANCIAL RUIN!!!  His job as candidate is to serve the plutocrats, and that's what his serious proposals deal with.  He ain't getting the "poor" vote, so he doesn't care about policies that affect them.  It's just reality.... 

[NCVol]

In case you have forgotten, the CBO just yesterday said real unemployment is at 10%. I believe it is higher. Show me, as I have yet to see it from you, the unemployment rates along with the Misery Index from 2000 until 2011. FYI, we now also have record food stamp enrollment, record BLACK unemployment, the worst year in real estate EVER in 2011, etc., etc., etc. Obamanomics is working wonderfully!!! Ummmm, ummmm, ummmm.

FYI, Bush's economic/fiscal policies were not good

Just curious, what is "Obamanomics?"  I know what I'd like to have seen done, but I think none of them would get GOP support.  Do you think he should have cut taxes MORE than he did?  Not sure what he actually did that you think contributes to this ongoing depression. 

[Sasquatch]

Just curious, what is "Obamanomics?"  I know what I'd like to have seen done, but I think none of them would get GOP support.  Do you think he should have cut taxes MORE than he did?  Not sure what he actually did that you think contributes to this ongoing depression. 

Ok, he is Bush on steroids. He is Ted Kennedy on vodka in between a waitress sandwich. Add to that his inability to comprehend what shape we are in (see his response to the unemployed engineer's wife among others) and throw in a good measure of "economic fairness for all" and you get The One, The Only, The Food Stamp President.

[Sasquatch]

2) The fact is there is nothing on his agenda to indicate he DOES care about the poor.  Really.  Nothing.  It's not like he said it, but we ignore a string of serious proposals on how to fix things like...... oh, maybe, let's see, ummm, uhhh, ...... 10s OF MILLIONS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE AND ONE SICKNESS FROM FINANCIAL RUIN!!!  His job as candidate is to serve the plutocrats, and that's what his serious proposals deal with.  He ain't getting the "poor" vote, so he doesn't care about policies that affect them.  It's just reality.... 

Guess you missed the part that was left out of the title of the thread? The rich people part? But I guess that would mess up your  point.

[NCVol]

What, that he's not worried about the very rich? 

Gosh, that's big of him, not to worry about the sliver of America that has seen their incomes and wealth skyrocket and who are paying the lowest tax rates in a couple of generations.  Way to go Willard!!  He's a regular populist firebrand!!   

I did like his sort of tip toe into the OWS language.  He couldn't use the 99% - that would be too obvious, and we know the OWS people are dirty f'ing hippies who have sex and are dirty and influence kids to murder their parents, and are dirty hippies who don't shower.  So he used the "90 percent, 95 percent"!!! 

But I don't think he's got this part down.  It just sort of smacks of pandering at this point.  He's going to have to smooth this part of his presentation out considerably.  Isn't Frank Luntz available?  He's got the money... 

[Sasquatch]

Hey, if him saying crazy things gets us somebody else who isn't an Obama clone then, preach on Brother Romney!

[Flummoxed Lummox]

You know, I will gladly give Romney a break on his slips of the tongue.  The problems are, 1) he's a TERRIBLE politician.  Seriously, you don't say, "Not concerned about the very poor" - we're in a depression and only slowly emerging from it.  There are about 1,000 ways to make the point he was apparently trying to make and he picked the worst one. His "I like to fire people" is similarly dumb.  He's just an idiot for a politician.  

2) The fact is there is nothing on his agenda to indicate he DOES care about the poor.  Really.  Nothing.  It's not like he said it, but we ignore a string of serious proposals on how to fix things like...... oh, maybe, let's see, ummm, uhhh, ...... 10s OF MILLIONS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE AND ONE SICKNESS FROM FINANCIAL RUIN!!!  His job as candidate is to serve the plutocrats, and that's what his serious proposals deal with.  He ain't getting the "poor" vote, so he doesn't care about policies that affect them.  It's just reality....  

Exactly. Even Rush Limbaugh admitted the truth yesterday, This is quite a revelation coming from El Rushbo.

"Everybody knows what he (Romney) is trying to say, but he didn't say it. He makes himself a target with this stuff. He comes across as the prototypical rich Republican. And it's going to make it harder and harder and harder to go after Obama ...."-Rush Limbaugh, February 1, 2012.

For once I agree with the college flunk-out. Romney is an egregious politician. He constantly makes thoughtless gaffes that shift the focus from Obama and the Democrats to him. How can a politician in a presidential campaign say something like "I'm not concerned about the poor" under any circumstance or context? It's just stupid. You can bet that line will be replayed hundreds of times between now and November.

[Sasquatch]

What is truly sad, we have a prez whose economic approval rating is down to 36% (just out today), real unemployment in double digits, a record number of people on food stamps, and the repubs cannot get their together. So in reality, the whole country suffers regardless of your political beliefs.  

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/figures-government-spending-debt-201733446.html