Chait writes: "It's all too easy to hyperventilate about the importance of this or that campaign development ... but Mitt Romney appears to have blundered his way into a bona fide political disaster with his tax plan."
Mitt Romney at the NAACP convention in Houston, 07/11/12. (photo: Reuters)
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Please don't forget that W was "elected" twice!
Well, no...he made it into the White House not because he was actually elected either time.
Rmoney is truly a snake - not hiding in the grass - but crawling across our TV screens daily. Haven't you watched him make statements and immediately deny them? The more I see him the more I detest him and what he stands for. We may modify our views as we grow older and more experienced, but we don't let go of the values that shaped our lives. Rmoney says he's always governed as a "severe conservative". We know that's an absolute lie because he's opened himself up to our intense scrutiny. From what I've seen of Rmoney, I can only conclude that he has NO CORE VALUES! The presidency to him is his Pot of Gold. How do you just suddenly become an extreme conservative, never challenging far right wing views? How do you stand on a stage with that snake Donald Trump and listen quietly as he, unchallenged, spouts off his Birther views? How, after implementing a health care plan in MA, do you say you'll repeal the Affordble Care Act on Day 1 of your presidency? How do you support the Ryan budget and try to convince the Little People that it's good medicine for them? And how do you sit with the Isreali priminister and espouse views fed to you by that snake Sheldon Adelson and your other bag men, who, by the way, are sitting right there?
If you lie down with dogs, you will certainly wake up with fleas, and in this case our beloved Nation will be scratching.
Part of me almost feel sorry for him. I mean, what are they going to do to him when he fails? (But then I remember: he made a mistake. And he's going to have to live with this mistake for the rest of his life.)
I love that last phrase, Regina. I wish there were more people who really understand where this country is economically. Even if Republicans were to agree to increase taxes on all income over $250,000 - which the president is fighting tooth and nail to get - it's only a pittance since US revenue is down and expenditures up as a result of the Bush Recession. The top earners not only got the biggest tax cut (4.6% compared to 3% for us), but they also benefitted from cuts in capital gains, dividend, and estate taxes. The money was going so fast into the pockets of the rich that it had that "giant sucking sound" so aptly described by Ross Perot. While middle class income has remained flat, the top incomes are off the chart. Their mouthpieces yell "class warfare" as they quietly rake in every dollar "legally" allowed.
"IRRETRIEVABLE DESOLATION" is a perfect description of what will happen if Rmoney is elected!!!
In 2004 people voted for GW Bush in spite of all the really horrible policies he announed or enacted. GW Bush actually hinted pretty clearly that he would privatize social security, something that bout 80% of people oppose. No matter. He outspent and out lied Kerry. He won. Romney is doing the same thing.
Yes another Romney move that makes no sense at all.
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