Bloomberg: Today Romney Lost the Election (Does that mean we still have a chance?)

[No1butPaul]

Bloomberg: Today Romney Lost the Election

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-17/today-mitt-romney-lost-the-election.html

You can mark my prediction now: A secret recording from a closed-door Mitt Romney fundraiser, released today by David Corn at Mother Jones, has killed Mitt Romney's campaign for president.

VIDEOS w/article by New York Times:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/romney-faults-those-dependent-on-government/

ADD: Pundits basically declaring Romney's campaign dead BEFORE the videos: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/mitt-romney-campaign_n_1891606.html. Politico piece about Romney's campaign infighting: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81280.html

Seriously, this couldn't hurt our write-in campaign!

 

[thatpeculiarcat]

"(Does that mean we still have a chance?)"

NO!

 

[No1butPaul]

"(Does that mean we still have a chance?)"

NO!

LOL -- I say YES!!! and I have more exclamations than you! And also, a bigger and bolder declaration.

 

[jkr]

nobp?

 

[RonPaulFever]

Oh my god....

Watch that video. Romney is DONE.

 

[DualSpace]

Yeah, sure.

 

[No1butPaul]

Oh my god....

Watch that video. Romney is DONE.

Gee, don't you feel sorry for all of Romney's big donors like Sheldon Adelson and all the poor people overseas? They are pissing mad today!

 

[No1butPaul]

Yeah, sure.

Lemme guess, Gary Johnson?

 

[Aldanga]

What he said will blow over in 2 weeks.

 

[risk_reward]

This will get him votes, not lose votes. 80% of American voters think half of American voters are freeloaders.

 

[puppetmaster]

Not a false claim I suppose

 

[misean]

This will get him votes, not lose votes. 80% of American voters think half of American voters are freeloaders.

What's funny is that liberals think those comments by Romney are negatives. I loathed Romney but now like him a little better for admitting that half the population is looting this country and are incentivized to vote for Obama. Those comments are only negatives to the mooches. I still would never vote for him though.

 

[RonPaulFever]

What he said will blow over in 2 weeks.

He said, in a nutshell, that half of Americans are lazy, worthless parasites. That will not blow over any time soon and he is going to get hammered at the debates.

 

[RickyJ]

Romney is out of touch and out of his mind to write off 47% of voters, if that is what he is really doing. He must be preparing his base for a loss and trying to blame deadbeats for it rather than admit this is all a show and he is taking a dive on purpose. Does he realize that if 47% are already for Obama that he would have to get over 7% of that 10% of undecideds to win? If that is true, he has no chance really, he won't get 70+% of undecideds.

 

[cajuncocoa]

On the tape, Romney explains that his electoral strategy involves writing off nearly half the country as unmoveable Obama voters. As Romney explains, 47 percent of Americans "believe that they are victims." He laments: "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

I don't see how this particular quote will "kill" his campaign...did he say something that wasn't true? I think most Americans already know this.

 

[RickyJ]

He said, in a nutshell, that half of Americans are lazy, worthless parasites. That will not blow over any time soon and he is going to get hammered at the debates.

True, he solidified Obama's base and pissed of poor Republicans who can't find a job that planned on voting for him. I wonder if this will cost him Mississippi?

 

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

He said, in a nutshell, that half of Americans are lazy, worthless parasites. That will not blow over any time soon and he is going to get hammered at the debates.

That sounds about right, he's just as the top of the parasite totem pole, lambasting those on the bottom of that totem pole.

 

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

Romney is out of touch and out of his mind to write off 47% of voters, if that is what he is really doing. He must be preparing his base for a loss and trying to blame deadbeats for it rather than admit this is all a show and he is taking a dive on purpose. Does he realize that if 47% are already for Obama that he would have to get at over 7% of that 10% of undecideds to win? If that is true, he has no chance really, he won't get 70+% of undecideds.

Last I checked, the American system isn't a popular referendum. You could win with ~20% of the vote.

 

[sparebulb]

I wonder if this sweet irony is lost on Willard: He tells the truth just once, and he may lose the election for it.

 

[Brett85]

There's people who think that Ron is going to win the Presidency through a write in vote? Is this for real?