A leaked video from an elite fundraiser shows Mitt Romney revealing how he really feels about nearly half of America. In it, he decries that these Americans are dependent on the government, and will never vote for him. He goes further to say that there is nothing he can do to get these people to take responsibility for their lives.
Maybe he was just pitching to the crowd. These were rich Republican donors who hate taxes and the poor, so Romney was trying to make it seem like the poor dont pay taxes, therefore why should we? Maybe this is just Romney the chameleon changing forms to try to win votes, at whatever the costs. It would certainly fit his personality.
But as many have already pointed out, a lot of those 47% are Republicans. They are disabled war veterans, they are the elderly, they are the poor. They are people that would’ve voted for Romney at nearly all costs, that is, until he insulted them for being lazy, addicted to government hand outs and unwilling to take responsibility for their lives.
We have all known for far too long that Romney is nothing more than an agent employed by the rich to further cut taxes at the expense of everyone else. This is no surprise, but to come out and alienate half of the country in a way that reveals your true disdain for them, begs the question: Mitt, why do you want to be President at all?
Here it is:
