Romney wants to 'hang' Obama with misery index (VIDEO)

[jefferson_dem]

FU Mittens, you POS.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Expected Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney tread on dangerous ground tonight as he talked about "hanging" a misery index around the neck of Barack Obama, the nation's first black president.

Romney almost immediately caught himself, with the English major declaring "metaphorically speaking," but the mix of nervous laughter with applause indicated at least some in the audience realized its potency.

VIDEO at LINK: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2011/04/romney_wants_to.html

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. The debt that HIS George Bush gave us

[FrenchieCat]

2. That is so disgusting, it's hard to even have a comment about this.

[jefferson_dem]

3. Watch the video, if you can...

He says it twice, the second time followed with that sick little snicker... "we're going to hang him with that... so to speak ...metaphocially...of course".

[Tx4obama]

4. Here's a longer version of the quote ...

Mitt Romney: "... You remember during the Ronald Reagan/Jimmy Carter debates? That Ronald Reagan came up with this great thing about the 'misery index,' and that he hung that around Jimmy Carter's neck, and that had a lot to do with Jimmy Carter losing. Well, we're going to have to hang the 'Obama Misery Index' around his neck. And, I'll tell you, the fact that you've got people in this country, really squeezed, with gasoline getting so expensive, with commodities getting so expensive, families are having a hard time making ends meet. So, we're going to have to talk about that, and housing foreclosures and bankruptcies and higher taxation. We're going to hang him — so to speak, metaphorically — with — you have to be careful ...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. George W. Bush and his (mis-)administration and Congressional Republican enablers

sent the "misery index" into the stratosphere from 2001-2008 and President Obama and the Democrats are doing everything they can to bring it back down- but the Republicans' only goal seems to be to be able able to get back into the "drivers seat" and cause more misery for more people (and more $$$$ for themselves and their cronies).

His comment was foolish and nauseating. I hope he gets "spanked" for it (metaphorically speaking, of course). The racism seems to just be oozing out of the GOP lately- easy with the racist right-wing teabaggers calling all of the shots. :puke:

[alittlelark]

6. Wow.

WTF?

[rufus dog]

7. 100% guarantee you that was a scripted, practiced comment

If it goes mainstream it will give him a jump in the polls for the repukes.

This is only the beginning, NEVER underestimate the hatred of a Republican.

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

8. Mitt's going all Trump on us. He wasn't getting enough attention.

[WoodyM90]

9. The republicans have created

an eight-year gap in history. Before Obama took office, nothing happened. Somehow they have erased the fact that the last republican administration took office with a budget surplus, a nation at peace and a prospers economy. We became involved in two wars, one we were lied into. Never was the cost put into the budget. Always a supplemental appropriation. Remember we must support the troops? This “War Time President” gave tax cuts twice to the rich while engaging in two wars. The surplus was long gone and he plunged us into more debt than any president ever before. The economy was on the verge of collapsing. His solution was to bail the banks and the people that that had a major hand in the collapse wound up with huge bonuses.
They said that their goal was to make this president fail. And they have done everything they can to do so. Obama has spent a great deal of money but he had to in an effort to get this country moving again. They are now pushing policies that will crush the old, poor and middle class. They want to hang a misery index on him now?

[Pisces]

10. These fools having nothing left but racism to rally their voters. They created this monster.