Romney's "Secret Video" and the Dem Politics of "Squirrel!"

[Guest]

Michelle Malkin

Democrats need to change their party mascot from the donkey to the squirrel. They divert the media's and the electorate's short attention spans with fleeting, fuzzy objects -- like the main canine character in the animated Pixar movie "Up," who was easily distracted from his main thoughts and serious duties by every last little moving trifle.

Embassy attacks? Quick, find a squirrel! Warnings ignored? Squirrel! American troops killed by long-plotting jihadis exploiting security weaknesses? Squirrel! First Amendment sabotage by White House officials in the name of political correctness? Squirrel! Chronic joblessness, high gas prices, exploding dependency? Squirrel! Squirrel! Squirrel!

As Election Day draws nearer, the Obama campaign and its surrogates in the Fourth Estate have infested the political arena with an army of tactical and rhetorical rodentia. One week, it's GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney's high school hijinks. The next, it's a heinous smear about Romney killing a steelworker's cancer-stricken wife.

Or, it's a hit job on multiple sclerosis survivor Ann Romney's therapeutic horse. Then, it's faux rage over Romney's firm statement condemning the feckless White House response to the murders of our U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi.

This week, it's a "secret Romney video" shot undercover at a closed-door dinner with Florida donors in May. Unemployed Democratic operative James Carter IV (grandson of former president and malaise engineer Jimmy Carter) brokered the film to progressive Mother Jones magazine.

Now, the same media lapdogs who had conniption fits when the late Andrew Breitbart and conservative investigative journalist James O'Keefe used undercover video are tripping over themselves to publish glowing profiles of Carter the Fourth and his impressive "furtive efforts" to secure the Romney tapes.

Carter the Fourth found the cameraman on Twitter, invoked his family name and convinced the mole to leak the tape to Mother Jones' David Corn. To quote Joe Biden with all due sarcasm: BFD.

But back to the bigger Big, Fluffy Distraction at hand: Let's reflect for a moment on the Beltway hoo-hah over one small snippet from Romney's nearly hour-long talk. Here's the quote that has liberal finger-waggers and Republican wet-finger-in-the-wind windbags in meltdown mode:

"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," Romney explained to an audience member who asked how the candidate was going to change the "we'll take care of you" mentality of Obama voters. "All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. ... And they will vote for this president no matter what."

Romney explained that this portion of voters was comprised of "people who pay no income tax. ... I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

He's talking, of course, about the Peggy the Moochers and Henrietta Hugheses of the world: savior-based Obama supporters for whom the cult of personality trumps all else. He's talking about the Sandra Flukes and Julias of the world: Nanny State grievance-mongers who have been spoon-fed identity politics and victim Olympics from preschool through grad school and beyond. And he's talking about the encrusted entitlement clientele who range from the Section 8 housing mob in Atlanta who caused a near-riot to the irresponsible, debt-ridden homeowners who mortgaged themselves into oblivion and want their bailout now, now, now.

Media wonks sliced and diced the words like hibachi chefs on bath salts. Beltway conservative scribes David Brooks and Bill Kristol denounced Romney as insensitive and out of touch. But Romney told hard political truths, which he's proclaimed openly on the campaign trail before. "If you're looking for free stuff you don't have to pay for, vote for the other guy," he told a heckler in March. "That's what he's all about, OK? That's not, that's not what I'm about."

Gasp! He said he's against freeloaders. Oh, the inhumanity.

In another section of the video that libs don't want to talk about, Romney received his biggest applause when he defended his success and mentioned what Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio's Cuban immigrant parents taught him. "When he grew up here poor, they looked at people who had a lot of wealth. His parents never once said, 'We need some of what they have. They should give us some.' Instead, they said, 'If we work hard and go to school, someday we might be able to have that.'"

Let the parsers and panicky pundits chase their tails and hurl their nuts. This election is about America's makers versus America's takers. Romney should never, ever apologize for making that clear.

http://townhall.com/columnists/michellem...rrel/page/full/

[Neil D]

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"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," Romney explained to an audience member who asked how the candidate was going to change the "we'll take care of you" mentality of Obama voters. "All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. ... And they will vote for this president no matter what."

Romney explained that this portion of voters was comprised of "people who pay no income tax. ... I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

He's talking, of course, about the Peggy the Moochers and Henrietta Hugheses of the world: savior-based Obama supporters for whom the cult of personality trumps all else. He's talking about the Sandra Flukes and Julias of the world: Nanny State grievance-mongers who have been spoon-fed identity politics and victim Olympics from preschool through grad school and beyond. And he's talking about the encrusted entitlement clientele who range from the Section 8 housing mob in Atlanta who caused a near-riot to the irresponsible, debt-ridden homeowners who mortgaged themselves into oblivion and want their bailout now, now, now.

Media wonks sliced and diced the words like hibachi chefs on bath salts. Beltway conservative scribes David Brooks and Bill Kristol denounced Romney as insensitive and out of touch. But Romney told hard political truths, which he's proclaimed openly on the campaign trail before. "If you're looking for free stuff you don't have to pay for, vote for the other guy," he told a heckler in March. "That's what he's all about, OK? That's not, that's not what I'm about."

Gasp! He said he's against freeloaders. Oh, the inhumanity.

It's time to talk about the messenger of this piece of information.

47% of the nation is freeloading??? If this is true, 47% of the people on this forum are freeloading...obviously, since I am against this type of thing I MUST be one of those freeloaders...I can assure you that I am not freeloading,,,I am working, have benefits at my job that are not directly government funded in the sense that Michelle is talking about...Other people here who are against this sort of thing would be Lazurus, and I'm not allowed to go into his service of employment except to say that it definitely is not government related. Bravus, is a well versed in American politics foreigner, and so he might favor it, but his aussie roots discounts his vote...But his job as professor is not directly funded as Michelle indicated from the government...Pk, is ...retired?,,,so he might be considered as one of those freeloaders, but he is only one.That doesn't make up the other 47%....

Olger, Richard, bonnie, Ozarkwoman? which 1or2 of you are the freeloaders that Michelle is talking about?

[phkrause]

It's time to talk about the messenger of this piece of information.

47% of the nation is freeloading??? If this is true, 47% of the people on this forum are freeloading...obviously, since I am against this type of thing I MUST be one of those freeloaders...I can assure you that I am not freeloading,,,I am working, have benefits at my job that are not directly government funded in the sense that Michelle is talking about...Other people here who are against this sort of thing would be Lazurus, and I'm not allowed to go into his service of employment except to say that it definitely is not government related. Bravus, is a well versed in American politics foreigner, and so he might favor it, but his aussie roots discounts his vote...But his job as professor is not directly funded as Michelle indicated from the government...Pk, is ...retired?,,,so he might be considered as one of those freeloaders, but he is only one.That doesn't make up the other 47%....

Olger, Richard, bonnie, Ozarkwoman? which 1or2 of you are the freeloaders that Michelle is talking about?

Yes HB, I am retired, and thank God for that SS money I get every month. If that's freeloading per whomever! I worked hard for that money, 40+yrs. If it were not for those years of 07-08 when the economy or whatever it was that collasped,I would not have lost all my retirement money, 401k, Roth IRA, my house, job, etc., I would've been happy to work till 70, but oh contre, it was not meant to be. I praise God everyday for unemployment and especially for the extended benefits of unemployment, otherwise I might be walking the streets with those other panhandlers that I see everyday driving through Worcester, MA and before that Deltona, FL. Thanks for the post hb, I know exactly what you mean.

[bonnie]

Originally Posted By: hamilton-beach

It's time to talk about the messenger of this piece of information.

47% of the nation is freeloading??? If this is true, 47% of the people on this forum are freeloading...obviously, since I am against this type of thing I MUST be one of those freeloaders...I can assure you that I am not freeloading,,,I am working, have benefits at my job that are not directly government funded in the sense that Michelle is talking about...Other people here who are against this sort of thing would be Lazurus, and I'm not allowed to go into his service of employment except to say that it definitely is not government related. Bravus, is a well versed in American politics foreigner, and so he might favor it, but his aussie roots discounts his vote...But his job as professor is not directly funded as Michelle indicated from the government...Pk, is ...retired?,,,so he might be considered as one of those freeloaders, but he is only one.That doesn't make up the other 47%....

Olger, Richard, bonnie, Ozarkwoman? which 1or2 of you are the freeloaders that Michelle is talking about?

Yes HB, I am retired, and thank God for that SS money I get every month. If that's freeloading per whomever! I worked hard for that money, 40+yrs. If it were not for those years of 07-08 when the economy or whatever it was that collasped,I would not have lost all my retirement money, 401k, Roth IRA, my house, job, etc., I would've been happy to work till 70, but oh contre, it was not meant to be. I praise God everyday for unemployment and especially for the extended benefits of unemployment, otherwise I might be walking the streets with those other panhandlers that I see everyday driving through Worcester, MA and before that Deltona, FL. Thanks for the post hb, I know exactly what you mean.

Many of us know what Romney meant as well. I don't think anywhere you will find Romney said anything about SS recipients freeloading.

Not sure what the actual number is at this point but I believe it has been stated over and over that those dependent on the government is close to 50%.

Teachers are unlikely to vote for Obama as they want that great union contract where they pay little if anything to their own pension fund and whine and cry if they have to pay a small percentage of their medical coverage.Taxpayers are expected to pick up the cost.Government workers have one great pension that we the taxpayer are forced to give them that we cannot obtain for ourselves.Tough to fire a incompetent teacher or government worker.

The Julia's(campaign film) expects taxpayer aid from cradle to grave.The Sandra Flukes of this world demand free birth control,our responsibility.Record numbers on food stamps and on medicaid.

This country should be able to provide a TEMPORARY safety net,not increasing the size of the cradle.

For many the choice of unemployment is far more attractive

than working more than one job. Many have refused to work unless they can do so at the same rate they lost.Many are like my neighbor,both he and his wife have two jobs at less pay.

Some on SS milk the system,there are those of us that struggle to make sure we pay for our Prescription D and Medical Supplement.Then there are many like my next door neighbor.Has a boat,golf cart,motor home,new pickup,55 inch TV and he refuses to purchase additional coverage.According to him,why should he,help is available if you know where to look and how to go about it

There are a lot of total freeloaders out there.He is a freeloader.

So why is it so appalling that Romney was direct about this.

Those that milk the system,most teachers that want their pension and medical care paid for my the taxpayer,the Sandra Flukes that don't want to take responsibility for their actions and want others to provide for their decisions etc are not likely to vote for Romney.

[bonnie]

It doesn't take to much to figure out that Romney was right.Most that don't have to pay federal taxes will vote for Obama

A new report from the Tax Policy Center estimates that 46 percent of American households will pay no federal income tax this year.

About half of those folks are basically exempt from federal income taxes because they are low-income and also may have large families, according to the Tax Policy Center, a project of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution.

The other half are exempted because of other provisions in the tax code, including seniors who live off Social Security or people who were able to zero out their federal income tax liability with itemized deductions such as charitable donations, or tax code features such as the child tax credit.