Romney 2012?

Wouldn't you also agree that those Jews who still support Romney are also "misinformed and bigoted?"

I think he's saying you shouldn't tell your black, gay, and wheelchair-bound friends that they should be offended.

Be offended on your own behalf.

Exactly. OR, if they ARE offended you can't tell them they shoudn't be.

"Kiss my ass," he replied. "This is a holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect."

snood wrote:

Exactly. OR, if they ARE offended you can't tell them they shoudn't be.

of course I can, in the same way you can apparently tell people what they can't do

freaky


(not that I do, or intend to, but man, that's some special way of getting people's backs up_)

snood wrote:

Exactly. OR, if they ARE offended you can't tell them they shoudn't be.

of course I can, in the same way you can apparently tell people what they can't do.

Don't get too comfortable with Romney's gaffs. Most conservatives overlook them as things Americans don't hold that important, and will be short-lived.

We all know about the short memories of conservatives....

Don't get too comfortable with Romney's gaffs. Most conservatives overlook them as things Americans don't hold that important, and will be short-lived.

TPM2012
Study: Romney Plan Would Raise Taxes On 95% Of Americans
Benjy Sarlin August 1, 2012, 11:12 AM 3898

Mitt Romney’s tax plan would be a boon for the wealthy, but a tax hike for 95% of Americans, according to a new nonpartisan study.

The report, by researchers from both the Brookings Institution and Tax Policy Center, examined Romney’s suggestion of an across-the-board 20% income tax cut financed by closing existing loopholes and concluded there was no way to make the numbers work without burdening the vast majority of Americans with higher taxes.

Romney has not said which tax breaks he would end to finance his plan, but he has suggested that he would only look to breaks that benefit the wealthy. The report concluded that notion is a fantasy no matter how it’s constructed: There simply are too many middle class tax breaks on the table to avoid skewing the burden against the average American.

“Even if tax expenditures are eliminated in a way designed to make the resulting tax system as progressive as possible, there would still be a shift in the tax burden of roughly $86 billion from those making over $200,000 to those making less than that amount,” the report reads.

That $86 billion should lend quite the boost to the luxury goods market: “Americans making over $1 million would see an increase in after-tax income of 4.1 percent (an $87,000 tax cut), those making between $500,000 and $1 million would see an increase of 3.2 percent (a $17,000 tax cut), and those making between $200,000 and $500,000 would see an increase of 0.8 percent (a $1,800 tax cut).”

As for the other 95% of Americans? Not so much. The average tax increase needed to pay for the elite’s gains would be $500 per household.

President Obama, who is speaking in Ohio on Wednesday, is planning to seize on the study.

“He’s not asking you to contribute more to pay down the deficit, or to invest in our kids’ education,” Obama is expected to say, according to prepared remarks released by the campaign. “He’s asking you to pay more so that people like him can get a tax cut.”

This will be something of a problem for Romney and the GOP to explain.

Romney is an embarrassment, which in turn could hurt the mobilization of their base.

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Romney is an embarrassment, which in turn could hurt the mobilization of their base.

my impression, from Facebook, is that Mr. Obama being the alternative is more than enough to keep the conservative/Republican base mobilized. They still hate Mr. Obama.