dudeone Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Irony alert: Mitt Romney's final vote tally nears 47 percent http://news.yahoo.co...--election.html By The Week's Editorial Staff | The Week – 11 hrs ago The defeated GOP candidate famously disparaged Obama as the candidate of the 47 percent. Now, liberals gleefully view Mitt's final tally as poetic justice Liberal schadenfreude is about to reach overdose levels. Just when you thought the dead horse of Mitt Romney's campaign had been beaten more than enough — and most savagely by members of his own party — Dave Wasserman at Cook Political Report projects that the final count of the popular vote, which is still ongoing, will showRomney winning 47 percent of the electorate. In addition to proving that Obama handily won the popular vote, the final tally makes Romney the official candidate of the 47 percent — a delicious irony, liberals say, given that Romney infamously claimed that Obama was the candidate of the 47 percent of Americans who "believe they are victims" and are "dependent on government." By all accounts, Romney's "47 percent" remarks constituted one of the greatest self-inflicted wounds from a candidate who had no shortage of them. "The quote didn't, on its own, kill Romney's chances," says John Flowers at MSNBC. "But for many voters, it unmistakably conveyed the worldview of a man unable to see that a member of the middle class or the working poor might be just as hard-working, just as determined, as someone from his own privileged demographic." The fact that Romney made his "47 percent" remarks at a private fundraiser, unaware that he was being filmed surreptitiously, only bolstered the impression that these were his real views, as well as the views of his party. After a "campaign of unprecedented dishonesty and lack of transparency," says Greg Sargent at The Washington Post, "Romney himself unmasked his own apparent beliefsand the broader ideological implications of the larger GOP agenda and the ideas driving it." Losing presidential candidates always get piled on, but Romney appears to be getting hammered more than most, with unflattering images circulating on the internet of the entourage-less Romney pumping his own gas. Perhaps he would have won a little more sympathy if he hadn't doubled down on his "47 percent" comments a few days after the election. "In a post-election phone call, he regaled his biggest contributors, the fattest of cats, with the notion that Barack Obama won the election by giving 'gifts' to minorities and women," says Joe Klein at TIME. "Has there ever been a less gracious presidential loser than Mitt Romney?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Humiliating defeat is humiliating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Oh the irony . I wonder which 47% percent romney now hates the most . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 This made me grin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Ha. Haha. Haha. Ahahahahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 The irony is that *hit face grin, is being wiped off his face. Looks good on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I'm so glad he lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Romney was and is a self-serving turd .. I love how his greatest supporters have turned into his greatest detractors .. geez, some of us tried to tell them that a year ago .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 i literally laughed out loud at this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Fatigue Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 what a loser. literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 LMAO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombieksa Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 yeah, now he'll just go back to being rich, what a shame.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks since 77 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 yeah, now he'll just go back to being rich, what a shame.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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