Mr. Romney, corporations are not people

[BanzaiBonnie]

People are people. We are endowed with rights from our Creator. Corporations are a tool created by people as a legal instrument. Corporations are not naturally born and do not have a natural death. Unless you are equating yourself with our Creator, quit saying that corporations are people.


http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/mitt-romney-corporations-are-people

[BackToThe60s]

1. But SOYLENT GREEN IS!!!!!

:scared:
























sorry, couldn't resist that.

[calimary]

8. I've seen this elsewhere too.

Corporations are people? So is Soylent Green. I saw it in the comments to a story on Alternet I think. So it's becoming part of The Mindset out there. Disturbing to think that others are coming up with that response too. And what that means metaphorically...

:scared:

It's a statement that quite simply blows the mind in these particular times - especially if it's an opinion widely and spontaneously shared.

[BackToThe60s]

12. Zeitgeist

It ain't just for Morning Joe's Willie anymore! ;-)

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. These words will come back to haunt him.

[FSogol]

4. Yup. He'll rue the day he said that out loud. n/t

[calimary]

18. Even so, I'm dumbfounded at the responses I see elsewhere -

Dang! On Facebook, it's simply astounding how many people seem able to agree with this. Just astounding. And a little depressing!

[valerief]

3. Mittens is a robot. I'm convinced. Not as classy as Geoff Peterson, but a robot nonetheless. nt

[BanzaiBonnie]

6. Balls!

[valerief]

11. Ha!

[BanzaiBonnie]

5. I put it in a way "his people" will understand

I think this will be very useful to feed back to him. He will eat these words.

[Cleita]

7. I wonder how he feels about corporate marriage.

I want to marry GE. Can I?

[BanzaiBonnie]

13. Male corporations or female corporations...

Is there a way to tell the difference or does it matter? Are we going to allow male/male corporations or female/female corporations to marry? And what about the children?


Dumb Mitt!

[BanzaiBonnie]

15. If you can get GE to marry you, you can get 1/2 their stuff

[Cleita]

17. That's what I was thinking, community property.

:evilgrin:

[DinahMoeHum]

9. Romney is less than a human being. . .and that's being generous.

n/t

[rurallib]

10. Be careful - I expect this SCOTUS to rule that people are not people

that only corporations are people. They just need the right case.

[pipi_k]

14. Actually, what I think he meant to say was

that corporations are comprised of people.

Like towns. Churches. Schools.

We can say "Towns are people" or "Churches are people" and in some way it's true.

Corporations are people too, in a manner of speaking. They're not made up of robots. Or elephants. Or space aliens.

Anyway, that's what I took away from what he said. It was an unfortunate choice of words, and it probably will come back to bite him, just like how a lot of what John Kerry said came back to bite him.

:shrug:

[sfpcjock]

16. Mittens has "lived in the real world"...

of Slap Chopping great American corporations, firing all the workers, and selling off the pieces for fun and personal fortune.