"We will hear from the Democrat Party on the plight of the very poor. That is not my focus."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Romney. And yes, he did make a point of saying "The Democrat Party."

MSNBC just showed the clip. He's not worried about the very poor because there are programs in place for them. His focus is the middle class.

[adigal]

1. Millions of Christian Republicans are cheering this.

Yes, they really are.

[joeybee12]

2. They are...and it's sickening...nt

[PassingFair]

3. Idiots think "very poor" only means "black".

WTF is WRONG with Republicans?

[cojoel]

10. just because they call themselves Christians

does not make them Christians. Going to the big mega-church doesn't make them Christians. Only living to Christ's teachings would do that, but then they would need to change their political affiliation.

[atreides1]

4. Of course it's not his focus

Because it's his party that's trying to do away with those programs!!!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. So he's outright admitting he's not going to worry about the poor?

He does realize that poor people vote, right? I know Republicans are trying to make it more difficult for them to but still.....................
Republicans have never been friends of the poor, of course, but none of them would just come right out and say something so classless and clueless.


He's a real firecracker today/last night, isn't he? My biggest worry about Romney has always been that he would have an easier time fooling indies and moderates into believing that he could be a moderate Republican POTUS and/or "compassionate conservative" like GWB but it seems like the more and more confident he gets that he's going to be the nominee, stuff like this just comes pouring out of his mouth. Maybe it won't be as hard for Obama to contrast with Romney as I had feared, particularly if the election is ultimately framed as the 1% vs. 99%. There's no way that Romney will be able to pivot back enough to win THAT argument IMHO.

[Bandit]

13. Actually when you study the demographics, the young and the poor

do NOT vote in any great numbers...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. And?

Still a pretty classless thing to say IMHO.

[Occulus]

6. The Republicans use that 'Democrat' in the manner in which they wish they could openly use

'Nigger', 'Kike', or 'Spic'.

I've thought this ever since I first started hearing it, by the way. They use "'Democrat' Party" as a fig leaf for their racism.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. How do we answer this? Every time...

a politician says something like this, he gets a vote from some oppressed worker bee who is convinced his life could only be improved if everyone poorer than him is starved to death. It' the "liberals" who are taking food and money from his kids and giving it to the undeserving. And there are a lot of them-- probably more than there are of us.

That attitude may be a world of suck, but it exists and it affects the election and the direction our country goes.

[mazzarro]

12. Because this a coded message...

The poor equates to the despicable minorities - notably blacks or latinos, most especially blacks. And middle class equates to whites. So the so-called Christians are are very comfortable with it.

[riverwalker]

8. until he needs more cannon fodder

to fight a war for the upper classes.

[zbdent]

9. Really?

Where is this "Democrat party"? Never heard of it. Mitt must be ... oh, wait ... he's ALWAYS lying ...

[EC]

11. Yeah, but isn't it him and his

party that wants to dismantle the safety net? And is he going to lower requirements so the middle class can qualify for aid if he cares about them so much?

[City Lights]

14. Compassionate Conservatism V2.0.

In reality, he doesn't care any more about the middle class than he does about the poor. He's really only concerned about the 1%.

He's a disgusting slug of a man.