Time for Romney to Step in it

Now that Romney is well on his way to becoming the Republican Presidential nominee he is keeping up with the GOP tradition of saying something stupid the Main Stream Press and the Left Wingnuts (but I repeat myself) can use to BASH HIM over the head with and repeat, out of context until the world knows our guy hates poor people, or wants to kill old people, is a racist, or ...INSERT DIVISIVE ACCUSATION HERE.

For Romney, his first gift is this; “ I’m not concerned about the very poor that have a safety net,"  
Then he went on to say how he only wants to focus on the middle class. Of course, he was making a point about the middle class needing the shot in the arm right now, but it does not matter, this will be used to beat him with,  because he did not think through this appeal properly before he said it. Put your CUP on Mitt, here it comes.  Is Romney only going to focus on the middle class? Of course not but that will be how it sounds.

Excerpt from Romney Gives Mainstream Media a Treat By Jedediah Bila

In an appearance on CNN today, Mitt Romney said the following: “I’m in this race cause I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich. They’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling. And I’ll continue to take that message across the nation.”

When questioned further, he added, “I said I’m not concerned about the very poor that have a safety net, but if it has holes in it, I will repair them. The challenge right now—we will hear from the Democrat Party ‘the plight of the poor.’ And there’s no question, 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 Americans … 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.”

“My focus is on middle-income Americans, retirees living on Social Security, people who can’t find work, folks that have kids that are getting ready to go to college. These are the people who’ve been most badly hurt during the Obama years. We have a very ample safety net and we can talk about whether it needs to be strengthened or whether there are holes in it. But we have food stamps, we have Medicaid, we have housing vouchers, we have programs to help the poor. But the middle-income Americans, they are the folks that are really struggling right now and they need someone that can help get this economy going for them.”

Can I ask you a question? How easy would it have been for Romney to instead say “I’m focused on restoring this country for all Americans”?  READ THE REST AT AMAC