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This Is the Full Secret Video of Romney’s Controversial Fundraiser Speech

Sep. 18, 2012 3:42pm Billy Hallowell

This afternoon, amid calls to release the complete footage of Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s controversial speech that was delivered at a fundraiser earlier this year, Mother Jones obliged. The outlet divided the speech into two parts and posted it on YouTube, while also taking the time to write an extensive recap of the events that have unfolded over the past 24 hours.

Naturally, Mother Jones also defended itself against claims that the individual clips it published were taken out of context. TheBlaze is working on a separate article analyzing the speech and we will be publishing that later today. In the interim, you can watch the first portion of the speech here:

Part two can be viewed, below:

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strawberry411a
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:12pm
At this point, it is obvious that we have a media that is nothing if not Hitleresque in their attempts to get their Nationalistic socialist selected. Why even waste time pretending anymore that the first amendment means anything.

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- DarkJello
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:28pm
  Their judges think the 1st Amendment is valid for establishment of unions. Just look yonder at Wisconsin. Regressives believe in a “living” constitution. Sounds great! But they really mean a constitution that says whatever they FEEL that it says. Feelings > logic and such, apparently.
  
  I fear they will spend eternity regretting open rebellion against truth.
  
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- SOUNDTHETRUMPET
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:37pm
  The Constitution is toilette paper to them
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:03pm
Why are we still calling this a “secret”?

Shhhhhhhh! (i won’t tell if you don’t)

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- DarkJello
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:15pm
  The “secret” is that too many Americans are lazy. And they want us to buy them stuff.
  
  I received a hand up from many, including the government, while I was a graduate student a few years ago. That type of spending makes sense because I will work hard and pay taxes for another 30+ years. What does NOT make sense is the SURGE of spending on a lifestyle of laziness and mediocrity at a maximum.
  
  Entitlement spending does nothing but bankrupt the country and promote laziness.
  
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KangarooJack
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:00pm
I have NOT read the full article nor companioned shootoffs. I DON’T NEED TOO.

What Romney said {EVEN in the barest – complete Left Wing propaganda} IS THE TRUTH!!!

Where I LIVE is FULL FAITH AND TESTAMENT to Democratic Policies. MOST of my neighbors are on disability. NOT retired…just sit on their azzes all day and DO NOTHING. Have two on disability because they are too fat. Yep, and YOU dear taxpayer PAID FOR THEIR SPECIALTY motorized chairs to do?????? NOTHING!!! Nothing except sit on their porches and watch everyone else. They DO NOT volunteer to do ANYTHING…just sit there and watch.
Have an older neighbor who actually DOES have a disability, she COULD DO SOMETHING THOUGH, but instead she gave birth to a few kids who have NEVER WORKED A DAY IN THEIR LIVES. Who THEN gave birth to a passel full of kids who DON’T WORK EITHER…now we are on 4th generation……….that’s OK, great grandma has them LINED UP at the Welfare Office for “aches n pains” at age 5.

WHY DO I WORK??? WHY DO I EVEN TRY?????

Maybe it’s because I DID attend Parades.. Maybe it’s because I see Greece and say…”Not Us.”.. Obama has certainly accomplished SOMETHING… his rhetoric has brought to light that I SHOULD/AND WILL care for Widows and orphans BUT I WILL NOT cast my pearls before swine.

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- loneindividual
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:16pm
  Though I think America will die….there are many people who have your conviction who will fight to stop that from happening.
  
  And ironically only the Mormons have prophecy regarding the survival of America.
  
  It might all just be a play but if you need something to believe in…I guess it would be Romney.
  
  We can only grow our way out of debt & despair. We cannot over-tax America and continue to oppress the free spirits of this nation without destroying her and all within her secure shores.
  
  Lady Liberty is being raped and half the common man of this nation & the majority of the elites do nothing. They all just watch or join in.
  
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- moonbat666
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:48pm
  Judge not lest ye be judged, until you’ve walked a mile in another man’s shoes, etc. There are always going to be people who are lazy and work the system but there are still those that really need help. And by the way, I have paid into social security and medicare for over thirty years and I don’t want an “entitlement” I want back what is MINE!
  
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grickm
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:59pm
Romney exudes common sense that recognizes reality, as opposed to the fantasy land occupied by the left.

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- JonSigMan
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:42pm
  So true, so true.
  
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- moonbat666
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:51pm
  Romney owes the rest of us a lot of money. He has been putting money in offshore accounts for years instead of paying the taxes required to support our military and defend this nation from enemies both foriegn and domestic.
  
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- JoshZavala
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 2:41am
  DI freakin TTO
  
  (Ditto) :p
  
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hornz
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:58pm
It just goes to show the video wasn’t edited to show Romney’s remarks were not worse due to editing. Romney just said really dumb things.

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- DarkJello
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:24pm
  What you call “dumb” I call the truth. Obama says 1 thing, and means another. Romney says what he means. The editing of at least one clip was dishonest. Are you upset by that?
  
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- hornz
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:58pm
  Your inability to make sense bothers me.
  
  Are you really trying to claim what you say?
  
  Try watching the video and then go see what Romney says in public.
  
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- Delusion FTL
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:52pm
  While you may not agree with his stances, or his politics. His remarks were accurate truthful and appropriate for the audience.
  
  This happens with all politicians.
  
  What I’m more concerned with is that you apparently are completely oblivious to the fact that you (and a lot of other clueless Americans) are being played. If you were aware, you’d never have made this statement even if you dislike Romney and his platform.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:23pm
  @hornz:
  
  I will simplify for you. Obama lies a LOT more than Romney.
  
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- Norm D. Plume
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:18pm
  @DarkJello:
  
  “What you call ‘dumb’ I call the truth. Obama says 1 thing, and means another. Romney says what he means. The editing of at least one clip was dishonest. Are you upset by that?”
  
  Umm.
  
  Are you serious?
  
  You are SERIOUSLY stating that ROMNEY, the KING of the flip-floppers, MEANS WHAT HE SAYS?
  
  Have Republicans opened the door to an alternate dimension of reality, and failed to tell the rest of us?
  
  Did he mean what he said when he said he’d repeal ObamaCare? Oh, yeah, that’s right. He’s gonna keep the parts he likes.
  
  All he has to do now, is to come out against NDAA, USA PATRIOT Act, HR347, TARP and so forth, to try to influence Lovers of Liberty to vote for him, and his hypocrisy will be complete.
  
  Sheesh. Some people.
  
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- moonbat666
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 11:01pm
  I’m glad he said what he really meant. Just goes to show how out of touch he really is with mainstream Americans. Too bad that all politicians end up that way once they are elected (see Obama, etal). WE NEED TERM LIMITS!
  
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Alliett
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:56pm
I resent obama calling his grandmother a “Typical white person”.
I resent obama calling tea party people “dangerous”.
seemed fine for him to insult more than 50% of Americans.

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Greyowl
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:53pm
Don’t understand the big deal….he told the truth. Wouldn’t trouble me if he stood up in the debates, etc. and spoke the same words. The truth hurts but I think it’s past time for these things to be said. I was a single parent for many years, working any job I could to raise my kids. I didn’t feel entitled to anything and it sure ticked me off knowing that my tax dollars was supporting other girls able to work but wouldn’t. I was raised with my daddy telling me that the world don’t owe you a living. You want something you get out there and work for it. I worked, I raised my children to do the same. I have a nice home with no mortgage, my car is paid for and I feel awfully blessed and especially because my children are productive people making it the same way I did.

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Cancernana
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:52pm
I find it totally amazing that Romney spoke the truth and we are hearing drum beats of he is done, this is it for him, he just gave the election to Obama. I am not so sure. I think to independents, unhappy Democrats and Republicans it was refreshing to see Romney speaking a truth.

What is vile and disgusting is that Obama flies to a Las Vegas fund raising event when he and Hillary talked to Americans about the loss of 4 US citizens in a well planned event. Even Libyan officials have said it was well planned, warned the US 48 hour prior – but NONE of that was reported by the MSM but we all know this will be the lead story on all major Networks, CNN, MSNBC, Current and probably Fox too. ROmney making a statement about our government apologizing about a video as riots were taking place lead the evening news – not that Libyan officials said it was a well planned event when Obama and Hillarly were still saying it was a spontaneous mob attack.

My fear is that Romney will loose, not because of this, but because he doesn’t hit Obama hard enough. We have a president that WANTS people dependent on government – you make the majority dependent and you have control of the country.

It is ups to us to contact each of the MSM and complain of how they report the news and we must be willing to do it more than once. That is the voice we have before the election.

I can’t believe that people think Obama is the best person for this country – unreal.

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AmericanMusicMaker
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:35pm
The thing is, Mitt can see what’s wrong-tell it like it is-and make a plan to fix it. That 47% would have a hissy fit without their earned-income credits from taxes and so on…taxes they didn’t pay into-or free lunch & breakfast, free cell phones, free medicaid, food stamps, housing, welfare, education… The other 53% are paying for all of their stuff. So what’s the big deal? He’s telling the truth… Go Mitt, I’m with ya Brother!!!

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ArchStudent
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:33pm
i can’t wait for the presidential debates. romney is actually quite well spoken and is not as awkward as the media wants us to believe. the vice presidential debates will be the best though. a comedy show

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Epoe
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:29pm
Obama is going to make my house payment, my car payment, hook me up with grub, make sure I am healthy, make sure I’m not fat and protect me from the evil conservatives WHO NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE AND TAKE CARE OF GUYS LIKE ME – WHILST THEY DO THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE WORK!!

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- needmoinfo
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:45pm
  Michelle already announced her next term mission. Take all what she perceives to be bad food out of the grocery stores. That should kill thousands of jobs. I wonder if those stores taking food stamps for cigs and booze will still be able to do that. What can you get for your food stamps then. They giveth the food stamps and taketh away the good food. Switch and bait like Obamacare. I have to ask. What does Obama promise us now that either won’t happen because it already should have by now. Or will backfire in our faces.
  
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grayhaired vet
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:24pm
You have to admit, the democratic party’s spin machine is the very best in the business. Who else could quote the dismal statistics of a president’s period in office, tell the public that it really isn’t his fault and at the same time, blame someone else? It’s truly amazing to behold.

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:37pm
  Yes. Oscar worthy material.
  
  You are right that Progressive propaganda IS the best in the business.
  Largely & widely credited to Woodrow Wilson, his model for progressive
  propaganda was SO impressive it demanded the attention of none other
  than Josef Goebbels, chief NAZI propagandist who copied it.
  
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Epoe
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:23pm
I have been reading and listening to the main stream media to hear what they have to say about this. The thing that ****** me off the most is that the spinners are saying Mitt thinks they are victims, that is not the case Mitt says that THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE VICTIMS. Another pisser is they are saying that he doesn’t have to care about the 47% (which is taken out of context) he doesn’t have to care about them in regards to getting votes.

I believe they are victims – victims of entitlement and redistribution making them weak and willing to sacrifice their vote for a better America to stay entitled – soon we will all be victims of entitlement and redistribution

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justangry
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:19pm
Does anyone else notice that all the people talking to him at this event have foreign accents? Kissinger really? Draft-dodging sack of turds is talking to f’ing foreigners and the guy that said Military men are dumb animals to be used as pawn in our foreign policy. I know there are vets out there that disagree, but I’d be ASHAMED to call him my commander in chief.

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- garyt55b
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:51pm
  to Juststupid…we are not looking for Military genius; we are looking for someone who knows about the economy.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:07pm
  Yeah… I’m just going to let you rethink that one there, Hoss.
  
  Fellow Paul supporters, Libertarians, Constitutionalists… You owe me one. :P
  
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- dutchy
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 6:00am
  @justangry I am ashamed to call 0bama=Zero my commander in chief, and just because people speak with a foreign accent doesn’t make them a foreigner, but an immigrant, like my relatives that immigrated legally when they were young, and still hold a strong accent!!
  
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- justangry
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 9:46am
  I’d be ashamed to call Obama my Commander in Chief too. I was ashamed to call NWO Bush Sr. and Clinton my commanders in chief. I’m not opposed to immigrants, but I’m not comfortable with only them having audience with your future king and privately discussing how they’re going to send the folks that say y’all off to murder for them over either. Romney’s an internationalist and you know it.
  
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Doni609
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:18pm
Great speech to the big donors! Why doesn’t he just speak this way to the American people?

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- moonbat666
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:52pm
  Haha
  
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BryanB
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:18pm
The Camera is stationary, most likely in side an object on the table that wouldn’t draw alot of attention.

The Camera was placed by someone that knew where to place it, and most likely by someone on the inside or very close to the Romney camp. The reason why I say “very close”, the person that placed the Camera, would have to be able to move around this room before and after this dinner, without drawing attention to themself. Any suspicious movement would get the attention of the Secret Service really fast. Also this Camera is not a remote operated, that means it was turned on just before Romney’s speech, and removed just after.

The Person that put this Camera in the room would have to have some sort of credentials to be there…….

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- Blazesurfer
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:15pm
  What would we hear if that camera was J sleeze and bouncy’s party tonight.? Hmmm.
  
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BODYBAG
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:15pm
Jimmy Carter Jr & David Corn – The 21st Century Laurel & Hardy

Really nice job straining so very hard to get some devastating dirt, then you dribble
it out piecemeal while lib-land has a near orgasm – and in the end you blow your own
heads off.

Classic. Truly Classic

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- garyt55b
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:53pm
  Jimmy Carter Junior…nuff said.
  
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Kankokage
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:15pm
Truth can be hard to accept. Truth can be uncomfortable to see. But truth is never controversial; that distinction is reserved solely for lies.

Nothing stated in the full context of this video is untrue. Sure, it may be harsh. Yeah, there probably was a nicer way to say it. But lies? None. The large portion of our country that is now dependent on government in some way or another is generally there through no fault of their own. Rather, they have been legislated and “nudged” into dependency. Today I had a conversation with my friend about the nature of humans to acquiesce to their surroundings so as to survive utilizing as little energy as possible. If a human being is given assistance for long enough, that human becomes dependent on that assistance since the energy originally required to survive has been reduced. Remeber: dependence is antithetical to liberty.

Politically speaking, when a government enacts a program of assistance, said program becomes an enabling device over time. In other words, prior to the program a problem exists that is good to avoid (for example, single mothers). Post program, it becomes easier to live with the problem (single mother can raise children without issue). As an unintended result, the problem propagates (more single mothers look to government rather than traditional family solutions, and deadbeat dads get off the hook easier). After a generation, the problem is now institutionalized, and cannot be evicted without suffering.

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P8riot
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:14pm
The left is scrambling so furiously to try to find something wrong with Romney that they just distributed one of his best speeches! Ha!

By the way – one of my favorite parts of his “secret”speeches was the “victim” comments. I’m sorry, but if you vote for Obama, you’re voting for “victim” status! You’re either a victim of racism, a victim of the rich, a victim of capitalism, a victim of life in general – I can’t stand it! EVERYONE HAS TRIALS IN LIFE, ITS HOW YOU DEAL WITH THEM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TRIUMPH OVER THEM RATHER THAN BE A VICTIM OF THEM.

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- Brad Wesselmann
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:40pm
  Well said, P8riot…very well said! Their biggest liability is their lack of patience and their biggest asset is persistence…we must always be vigilant and calm and they will vanquish themselves.
  
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Tanner Smith
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:12pm
He should explain that the 47% (49) all do not like or want the help I’d say about, 20 are legitiment and need them, 10% have no problem taking them and feel it’s their right. The remaining 17% believe the 37% are incapable of doing anything so they need the government to take care of them. The 17 percent are made up of college professors, college students and people who work for foundations (usually started by a former Robber Baron) or other “non-profits” that are mostly funded through state or federal programs. This is Obama’s 47 that show up in Polls. Some people don’t like getting welfare others don’t even know its a welfare program or like to deny it. And can we stop the idea that FICA and MEDICare Taxes are Income Taxes, they are payroll taxes and that money is money that you will get back when you retire. Or was that A fib?

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TooManycats
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:04pm
Gasp, it’s so offensive! Wait, no it isn’t. For a candidate who believes he is speaking privately, he states his opinion and views in a kinder way than I imagine most politicians would in the same setting. I still don’t know why he is apologizing for speaking the truth. Imagine if we had candid video of the other side. Maybe they should report the real news instead of this b.s.

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- RajCaj
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:32pm
  The sad thing is, there are tapes of Obama…..but media outlets not already preaching to the choir refuse to cary them.
  
  Remember the bitter clingers comment by Obama in 08′? He told a bunch of doners that the reason rural voters have a distrust of government (IE Fly-over state Americans) is because they feel betrayed and turn bitter, cling to guns, religion, and antipathy toward people that aren’t like them as a way to explain their fustrations.
  
  There is also a video of Obama toasting Rashid Khalidi (Palastenian Libaration Organization advisor turned Columbia professor) that the L.A. Times will not release, and even said so because they were afraid it would negatively impact the president’s race in 2008.
  
  Yet, undercover recordings aren’t needed. Just read his book! There are tapes available everywhere that give very clear insight to who Obama is, and what is core beliefs are. It’s just that the media that non-conservatives watch aren’t reporting on them.
  
  Rush, GB, Fox News, and all the other conservative bloggers can report on this stuff all day…..and the only people that will have this info are already voting against him. If the likes of ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, NYTimes, LATimes, CNN, etc., dug as deep on Obama as they’ve done to the Republican candidates (yes, they literally left no rock un-turned for Perry), about half of the 47% of Obama voter’s head would spin.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:57pm
I have listened to this, with all the background noise at times its hard to understand what Romney is saying with clarity. I will have to wait until the transcript comes out on the matter.

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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:53pm
This is some of the best material to relieve Obama from his duties I have heard so far. The left has just shot themselves in both feet with this ‘secret video.’

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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:20pm
  I’m wondering about that, Tron. I’m lucky enough to have good gear and I heard every word. Romney shot from the hip alright, and that’s ok with me. The serving staff was definitely in on it, because of the reflections in the glasses on the table.( Maybe even a two-way mirror involved? Was there a mirror in the place to Romney’s left? ) The third thing is the worst, though. Hypothetically speaking, could Romney himself have been in on it too to help his defeat in the election? That one scares me. Boy, do I hope I’m wrong on that one.
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:50pm
Now it makes full sense, when you edit out the human sacrifices, roasted gold babies, and the racist cross burning, now it puts it fully into context…….oh, wait, that didn’t happen. So, if I use liberal logic, he stated the obvious, which is racist, but those who do pay taxes should vote for Obama, because he want’s you to pay your “Fair Share”. Which appeals to, those voters that pay taxes or don’t pay taxes? And when Obama says “Fat Cat Millionaires and Billionaires” that appeals to those rich people, or the people who don’t pay taxes? And when he states more student aide and forgiveness of student loans, that appeals to…..those who pay taxes, or those who don’t pay taxes?

I guess I still can’t see where what Romney said is a problem, I would take it and run with it. Use Obama’s own words against him, come on, Blind Melon Chitlin could win on this.

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Lothmar
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:50pm
Time to get some popcorn and listen while I finish some TPS reports.

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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:59pm
  Don’t forget your cover sheets.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:03pm
  @Lothmar
  Don’t forget your meeting with the Bobs.
  
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