"Mitt Romney Enjoys Your Pain" by Leo W. Gerard at Huffington Post

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Mitt Romney Enjoys Your Pain

by Leo W. Gerard at Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-w-gerard/mitt-romney-unemployment-rate_b_1566685.html


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GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's reaction to high unemployment is creepy.

During an interview with CBS reporter Jan Crawford last week, Romney smirked as he mentioned that unemployment has remained above 8 percent for 39 months. Then, as the interview ended, he smirked again after saying President Obama had hoped the Recovery Act would reduce joblessness to 6 percent by now.

Romney is loving high unemployment. Just like the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives that has repeatedly blocked President Obama's proposals to increase hiring, Romney believes high joblessness is good for the GOP. It's one thing for a politician to know in his heart of hearts that a calamity for the country may help him achieve his ambitions. It's another to be so callous as to beam about it on TV.

The nation's sustained high unemployment disheartens any normal human being. Friday's report that only 69,000 jobs were created in May was troubling -- that is, to anyone who has ever been laid off or had a friend or relative or neighbor who lost a job. They know the feelings of fear, depression and guilt that accompany job loss. They've experienced the suffering as job applications are rejected, bills pile up and foreclosure is threatened. Normal people don't smile about high unemployment; they cringe.

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