Over the course of a campaign, one way or another, candidates are revealed. In this campaign, Romney has disclosed as little of his planned policy as possible, revealed relatively nothing of his personality, professional background or finances. But he has consistently demonstrated an entire lack of understanding and compassion for those he calls "victims" who live in this country he presumes to govern. I don't know about you, but I don't want a President who holds me in such contempt.
This is the audio clip of "Thurston Howell Romney" as The NYT's David Brooks dubbed him, expounding to wealthy donors about how he truly feels about those who support President Obama for reelection.
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," Romney says in one clip. "(T)here are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent on government, who believe that, that they are victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to care for them. Who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, you name it.' '"[M]y job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
At a late night press conference, a certain sign that his campaign knows he stepped in it again, Romney explained that his views were not "elegantly stated" and "off the cuff" but he didn't back down from his comments.
What we are left to ponder is how little he seems to know - and possibly care - about those presumed 47%. Are we all free loaders and lay abouts? What of those who are elderly, disabled, Vets and who have fallen through the safety net of the social compact through no fault of their own?
It may not be as searing an indictment as The Dick Who Hated Us All but it is troubling to know that this is a guy who, behind closed doors dismisses nearly half the electorate in so cavalier a manner.
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