Obama Campaign Jumps on Romney Comments on ‘the Very Poor’

with the amount of lies republicans regularly make about Obama, and the amount of unpatriotic hatred that they express towards Obama and democrats as a whole, the republicans should be glad that democrats only fiddle with the context of their remarks.

Even his explanation was damning to this man; ” It’s not good being poor, and we have a safety net to help those that are very poor. But my campaign is focused on middle-income America. My campaign – you can choose where to focus. You can focus on the rich. That’s not my focus. You can focus on the very poor. That’s not my focus.” I would certainly hope that his focus would be the poor. With unemployment at what it is today, there are a great many poor people in America. Romney also states, “My focus is on middle income Americans, retirees living on social security, people who cannot find work, folks who have kids that are getting ready to go to college.” Ask any American who is unemployed, middle class or poor, with kids, if they can afford to send their children to college. My guess is the answer will be, no. Meaning that once again Mitt is out of touch with reality when it comes to the common man. He still only see’s money, not people.

TM… So what is President Obama focused on, making us all equally poor??? More unemployment, more housing foreclosures, more plant closings, more bankruptcies, more money lost in the solar, wind and battery industries, more spending to get the Union vote, more debt, more government intervention in private industry, more deterioration of personal freedoms, etc. etc.

Yes we know Mitt, that is why the GOP does all it can to save the top 1%….oops the top 1% have a safety net…its called the Republicans.

“oops the top 1% have a safety net…its called the Republicans.”

For every dollar that a member of President Obama’s campaign finance committee contributed to his campaign, that member’s company has received nearly $25,000 from the Obama administration. How’s that for a return on investment?

“We were all in the same boat the day President Bush and his administration decided to de-regulate Wall Street and the financial institutions, and yes some dumb democrats went along with it.”

Good lord, man, wikipedia is back online. Better yet, spend the 19 dollars on Reckless Endangerment and read it. Don’t post such ignorant nonsense when you don’t have to.

“For every dollar that a member of President Obama’s campaign finance committee contributed to his campaign, that member’s company has received nearly $25,000 from the Obama administration.” ————–It would be nice if , just occasionally , folks on the right would post some sort of reference or link when they make such remarks . I guess it’s because usually they are just lying and have no proof or facts to present in making their weak tea case(s) , like all conservatives do as second nature when arguing or debating or discussing most anything under the Sun . It must be genetic , but however it manifests itself it’s (i.e. lying as main personality trait ) something that is intrinsic to being a conservative evidently .

Oh please, save us from that horrible monster Obama. We’re scared. Help us Mitty. Help us!

““For every dollar that a member of President Obama’s campaign finance committee contributed to his campaign, that member’s company has received nearly $25,000 from the Obama administration.” ————–It would be nice if , just occasionally , folks on the right would post some sort of reference or link when they make such remarks .”

Ever occur to you to look it up yourself instead of complain?

Peter Schweizer’s Throw Them All Out is the source. It’s not a book that the left has embraced.

It is not Obama’s, or Romney’s, or congress’s job to be concerned about the poor. If you are poor and are sitting on your couch waiting for the government to fix your problems for you, then you will die on the couch never having become any better off.

Success of American is not the result of smarter people or better education it is from people willing to take risks.

Posted by: Common _ Sense | February 1, 2012, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm

You mean like how Bush was willing to take the risk of going trillions of dollars in debt to the Chinese?

I am not even sure what to think of Mitt anymore. So utterly c;udeless and tactless. The middle class are quickly turning into the poor and incentives he claims are there to help the poor , he want to slash entitlements so how exactly are the poor going to live in a Mitt Romney presidency?

Many of the families in the Head Start Program I worked at are working poor or very poor. They get cash assistance and food stamps, some have housing and WIC as well with small children. These families often have Care4Kids and visit the food bank during the month. Even with all of these “safety nets” most of them are praying for the 1st of the month by the 20th…tho­se safety nets are about to tear and Republican­s want to cut away at the string their hanging on. Aside from the women with drug-deali­ng baby-daddy­’s who exploit the system, most of the people using these safety nets need MORE aid which is comprehens­ive and holds them accountabl­e. I don’t think “Mittens” is the right nickname for this out of touch politician­…he’s wearing silk gloves and doesn’t no real labor.

Somebody needs to clue Mitt into the fact that some safety net programs like Section 8 aren’t even accepting new applicants anymore (at least where I live), and food stamps can take months to process because so many workers have been laid off from the HRA! Besides that most people living in poverty are working, it’s almost impossible to find a job paying a living wage these days even with a college education.

Ever occur to you to look it up yourself instead of complain?———————–Why should I have to look up references for YOUR patently silly assertions ? I already know you are full of it , just like all lying conservatives , as I said earlier .

GEORGE DOUGLAS | FEBRUARY 1, 2012, 5:12 PM posted: “the so called “poor” are obese, have TVs and cable, and are provided food and medicine along with meals at their schools for their children.”

So what would the Right Wing have America do George? Replicate the Irish Potato Famine?

This kind of stuff makes my blood boil – it’s the definition of the new Republican Party: cruel, heartless, self-serving. Yeah, cut those meals at schools for kids – that will really help them learn. Make them clean the bathrooms too.

Destroying a safety net for our CHILDREN is somehow “American” for today’s mean spirited Right Wing. And Trickle Down Economics – promoting wealth for an elite few – with its accompanying deregulation, job outsourcing, environmental destruction, corporate bought politicians, and reduced workers’ wages is somehow “good” for American families and our kids’ futures.

Vote them gone.

Destroying a safety net for our CHILDREN is somehow “American” for today’s mean spirited Right Wing. And Trickle Down Economics – promoting wealth for an elite few – with its accompanying deregulation, job outsourcing, environmental destruction, corporate bought politicians, and reduced workers’ wages is somehow “good” for American families and our kids’ futures.

Vote them gone.

Posted by: green.goddess | February 1, 2012, 8:23 pm 8:23 pm

I’m with you, and so are many, many Americans!

Destroying a safety net for our CHILDREN is somehow “American” for today’s mean spirited Right Wing. And Trickle Down Economics – promoting wealth for an elite few – with its accompanying deregulation, job outsourcing, environmental destruction, corporate bought politicians, and reduced workers’ wages is somehow “good” for American families and our kids’ futures.

Vote them gone.

Posted by: green.goddess | February 1, 2012, 8:23 pm 8:23 pm

I’m with you, and so are many, many Americans

Posted by: Wolf | February 1, 2012, 10:03 pm 10:03 pm

Especially society’s lazy leeches.

Posted by: Dane | February 1, 2012, 10:31 pm 10:31 pm

No, mostly just decent ordinary Americans who saw the disaster of Bush and the Republicans and aren’t interested in that arrogant, incompetent bunch of lags again.

Posted by: Haitiana4Obama | February 1, 2012, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm

“Mittens” gives away 15% of his income (millions of dollars) to charity. Nearly all of it goes to the poor. I contribute at least 10%-20% plus volunteer hundreds of hours a year to help the poor. Before Obama was elected I contributed much more to charity (in dollars) than he did on much less income. What do you contribute?