Comments on: Romney’s campaign into oblivion

By: Gettinold

Gettinold — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:30:45 +0000

The sad reality of this article is the fundamental truth that Mitt Romney cannot inspire. He doesn’t just need to worry about the 47 percent, he needs worry about 100 percent of the electorate. Well, why is this so, you might ask? Because there really isn’t much inspirational about a child of the upper 1 percent. He can’t tell us a good story because he doesn’t know one. Obama, on the other hand, has a great story…in fact, it’s so great that people are willing to overlook his basic incompetence in office. The reality of our present situation is that if the GOP is looking for someone born of the elite class to represent them in the highest political office in the land, they’d better be prepared for crop failure from time to time.

Gettin’old

By: abb68

abb68 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:30:24 +0000

The only thing more pathetic than partisan politics–is partisan jopurnalism in a format that claims to be non-partisan.

By: geojohn

geojohn — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:33:46 +0000

“He gave priority to Obamacare over jobs, failed to retain convincing economic counsel and unwisely delegated his vital stimulus package to a pork-barrel Congress.”
This couldn’t have been more elitist claptrap if it had been written by a duke rather than a mere knight.

By: Expatbrit

Expatbrit — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:57:28 +0000

If you notice the amount of money Mitt made in 2011 off $250 million– somewhere around 4%? Either the guy is a moron, which I do not believe, or most of his money is invested overseas in tax havens that we poor middle-class voters do not get the option of using. he owns up to two years of his taxes, because that’s when he was running for office. He can’t release the rest, because there is too much to hide. It is just too obvious. And this man is the best the GOP had to offer? No, just the only one that the Tea Party would let into the ring, hence, the GOP will never win a presidential election again until it restructures itself. Romney could have been a good candidate if he was the Romney that was the governor of Mass. But he is not that man anymore, perhaps he never was.

By: SayHey

SayHey — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:04:51 +0000

Of course, Romney was correct that 47% of the electorate would not vote for him no matter what – there are swaths of the electorate who would vote for Obama if unemployment were 50% – Romney’s inelegant expression conflated that 47% with the dependent class, an ever growing part of the electorate – the part that will be watching “The View” today -which is why Obama will be there and not talking to world leaders – he is politically astute and knows where his constituency is.

By: ZAMORANO

ZAMORANO — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:43:58 +0000

It is very difficult to take Mitt Romney seriously. The man encourages distrust and disappointment like Sarah Palin did before him. In some instances is plainly shocking and irritating his lack of commitment to truth and facts. Underneath his ruthless and unsubstantiated attack on the President there is a subtle tone of discrimination. It is obviously clear that it never had occurred to Mr. Romney that the President doesn´t have to be socialist to try to solve the overpowering economic mess left behind by his predecessor and the corrupt boys of Wall Street. Romney´s wealth blind him from grasping that a large percentage of Americans are living in conditions that defy rationality, citizens for whom life is a tragedy, a life full of debts triggered by a corrupt financial system that screwed them and a former President (Bush) who chose to look the other way.. Surely making money is not a vice, the true vice is to hide income in tax-heavens and not to pay a fair share of taxes. Romney fail to see that it is in the best interest of all, Republicans and Democrats, rich and poor, U.S citizens and immigrants, capitalism and capitalists, and men and women of all ages, ethnicity and religions, to solve the social and economic problems overwhelming the United States in a manner never seen since de Great Depression.

By: Saywhaaaaa

Saywhaaaaa — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:58:45 +0000

The inaction and ineptness of our current Congress is more to blame for the general morass of our present recovery from the worst Depression since the Great Depression. I think Sir Harold Evans is confusing the US government system with the British Parliamentarian system. Despite Obama’s priorities it is hard to work with an opposing party whose only function and efforts are to oppose the current President, the country be $#%@!@.

By: smanchwhich

smanchwhich — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:51:32 +0000

If the GOP doesn’t start expressing a little solidarity, start acting like Reagan (by reaching across the aisle) instead of just deifying him, it will be Democrats in the White House and Senate from now until 2052.

By: sylvan

sylvan — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:04:41 +0000

I guess when the author’s name starts with “Sir”, you should expect elitist pablum. To blame the president for the lack of action in Congress is just not believable by US citizens who watch the intentional morass for four years led by imperial GOP.

By: WeWereWallSt

WeWereWallSt — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:02:17 +0000

How depressing.

The once-great home we loved, the greatest country in history, has a president who’s a useless good guy and a candidate who’s a less-useless less-good guy.

Nice choice.

Let’s see what 2016 brings. It would be nice to have people like Colin Powell and Bill Bradley, and definitely nobody who has spent a good deal of their adult life wanting the job.