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Except apparently this line has appeared numerous times in his stump speech.
I have actually seen excerpts from Republican blogs and message boards where the anti-Romney contingent is now saying how this proves that Mormons aren't Christians since no Christian would say something so deeply contrary to Jesus' teachings. These are not criticisms coming from the left.
I just think that it's a tone-deaf statement made by a candidate who is beyond wealthy and already seems out of touch. We live in times where it's just a particularly insensitive thing to say. And as always, it's not what you say as much as how it's perceived. It's pretty clear that this isn't going be perceived well by most.
Well, tone-deaf, he may be, but problem is it's all about optics already, which does not bode well for November.
If Romney's, IMO, completely uncontroversial comments (and for the record I doubt if I'm even in the top 5 income earners of those that posted in this thread, let alone the 1%, and certainly didn't go to a $50k a year college, or ever, in my life, get a job through family connections) create such a reaction, then what happens if he starts tackling really controversial isues such as the pay and entitlements of government workers (and contrary to the impression created by some on the left, some categories of government workers are overpaid and/or underworked). Not all, but some.
The guy actually said that if the safety net for the very poor was broken, he would fix it. He did not in any way throw the poor off the bus or anything like it. Yes, he also said that his main interest was in attracting the votes of the 90% in the middle rather than the very rich or the very poor. So what. Big deal. Unlike the Dems, he is honest enough to admit that people from low income groups, on average don't tend to vote as much as middle class people, so any candidate for election, obviously, is primarily focused on the middle class votes.