The 47%

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
I'm a member of the 47% of voters who will never, ever vote for Mitt Romney, but not for the reason he thinks.

For one thing, I pay federal taxes. In fact, the Smart Man and I paid enough in Federal taxes last year to support a family of four above the poverty line, or to kick in one tenth of one percent for a commercial farm subsidy.* So I don't think Mitt meant me when he said spoke of the
...forty-seven percent who are with him [the president], who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it – that that's an entitlement.
No, I'm not a member of the 47% referred to above. I pay my taxes and my bills, I don't feed at the public trough, and I believe that social safety nets are a net good in our community. And yet I still think Romney is an oligarchical tool with enough unearned privilege to choke poor old Seamus while he's strapped to the roof of the family vehicle.

As Doug Mataconis notes over at Outside the Beltway, Romney needs voters just like me, but he proves, every time he opens his mouth, that he holds me and mine in contempt and sees us only as a means to an end. An end he's entitled to, by the way, not one that he's earned, or one that he deserves after a lifetime of service. We should just give it to him because he's such a swell guy and the Republicans have done such a fan-tabulous job of keeping our economy on track in the past. Except for the fact that they, you know, haven't.

I suspect that if Romney is elected, we'll survive, just like we survived Bush the Lesser. But I'm sure not going to be happy about it.


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*How fucked up do farm subsidies have to be when a pinko like me agrees with The Heritage Foundation? Seriously - WTF?

9 comments:

Phiala said...

I firmly believe that everyone is entitled to health care, affordable housing, safe food. And also clean air, clean water, roads, public transportation, police, education, military, and on and on.

I believe in a civilized society, and I'm willing to pay for it.

Janiece said...

Me, too, Phiala.

Phiala said...

I knew I was saying something you agreed with.

But that's why I find Romney and his party so abhorrent.

Janiece said...

And we agree again - I find the whole Republican platform more than a little morally bankrupt.

Eric said...

Amen, sisters!

Dana Teel said...

I’m pretty sure we won’t have to put up with Romney as our president. He’s already slipping in the polls after the release of that clip where he speaks almost freely about how he feels about almost ½ the population of this country. I’m sure after the first debate that slip will become a landslide and I’m predicating now that our president will win this election by a landslide. If the Republican Party can’t find a platform that supports more than the 2% and panders to the religious extremists then it’s unlikely that they will ever win another national election. I have to admit that pandering to the 2% has the benefit of representing the $$ so it will keep your campaign coffers full. As we have already seen though, about all that accomplishes is giving the candidates more time to foul themselves.

Dana Teel said...

Sorry that was supposed to be predicting not predicating, I need to hire a proof reader. LOL

Janiece said...

Dana, I have learned that the current polls are all SKEWED and that Romney is destined to win.

I read it on Facebook with a reference to the World News Daily, so IT MUST BE TRUE.

Dana Teel said...

I know what you're talking about Janiece, I heard Romney telling Scott Pelley about how the polls are all wrong, he knows he's winning. Damn liberal pollsters!