Fuck its silent in here.......

[R-V]

How was Romney able to run a successful financial firm when he's clearly unable/unwilling to fire incompetent people working for him?

• Nobody told him attacking Obama was a bad idea
• Nobody thought attacking people for non-payment of taxes would bring his own taxes back into the narrative
• Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

These campaigns are meatgrinders. You can't succeed if your advisors aren't on the ball.

Actually I'm guessing they did, given that the video looks to have been taken surreptitiously. Then again, the Romney campaign may just be using this story to set up the play-action pass.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

[Fork]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

David Corn ran it. He'd pretty much throw his credibility out the window if he ran OTR remarks like a common Kerm.

[Gilgamesh]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

David Corn ran it. He'd pretty much throw his credibility out the window if he ran OTR remarks like a common Kerm.

He does work for Mother Jones...

[BH]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

David Corn ran it. He'd pretty much throw his credibility out the window if he ran OTR remarks like a common Kerm.

He does work for Mother Jones...

The issue isn't that Romney hates 47% of America, it's that Obama's team ONCE AGAIN moved the LAMEstream media's focus off of himself and all his failures on to Romney, who just wants to save this country, who needs to pull up their bootstraps and get to work. 

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

David Corn ran it. He'd pretty much throw his credibility out the window if he ran OTR remarks like a common Kerm.

David Corn wasn't at the fundraiser himself, Fork.

He was given the video by someone Jimmy Carter's grandson discovered on YouTube. No... seriously.

[CBStew]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

David Corn ran it. He'd pretty much throw his credibility out the window if he ran OTR remarks like a common Kerm.

He does work for Mother Jones...

The issue isn't that Romney hates 47% of America, it's that Obama's team ONCE AGAIN moved the LAMEstream media's focus off of himself and all his failures on to Romney, who just wants to save this country, who needs to pull up their bootstraps and get to work. 

It is amazing to me that Romney can enunciate so clearly with his foot in his mouth.  The most remarkable thing about this video is that it tells the electorate that Romney is incapable of speaking without saying the wrong thing. 

[Gilgamesh]

George Romney, deadbeat welfare mooch?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPZPaysBTqk&feature=player_embedded

[Fork]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

David Corn ran it. He'd pretty much throw his credibility out the window if he ran OTR remarks like a common Kerm.

David Corn wasn't at the fundraiser himself, Fork.

He was given the video by someone Jimmy Carter's grandson discovered on YouTube. No... seriously.

I know that. But if Corn started running things that were OTR, even if they're second-hand, he'd never have a seat on any National news show or be part of any panels at any universities, whoch means no more book sales or apperance fees.

Besides, we've seen Romney botch it enough on the record to jeopardize your own career that way.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

David Corn ran it. He'd pretty much throw his credibility out the window if he ran OTR remarks like a common Kerm.

David Corn wasn't at the fundraiser himself, Fork.

He was given the video by someone Jimmy Carter's grandson discovered on YouTube. No... seriously.

I know that. But if Corn started running things that were OTR, even if they're second-hand, he'd never have a seat on any National news show or be part of any panels at any universities, whoch means no more book sales or apperance fees.

Besides, we've seen Romney botch it enough on the record to jeopardize your own career that way.

Honestly, at this point I'm not even sure what you mean by "on the record" in this context.

[Fork]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

David Corn ran it. He'd pretty much throw his credibility out the window if he ran OTR remarks like a common Kerm.

David Corn wasn't at the fundraiser himself, Fork.

He was given the video by someone Jimmy Carter's grandson discovered on YouTube. No... seriously.

I know that. But if Corn started running things that were OTR, even if they're second-hand, he'd never have a seat on any National news show or be part of any panels at any universities, whoch means no more book sales or apperance fees.

Besides, we've seen Romney botch it enough on the record to jeopardize your own career that way.

Honestly, at this point I'm not even sure what you mean by "on the record" in this context.

"Hey professional media, you can publish this." - same thing it always means.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Nobody told anyone at the fundraiser that remarks were off the record

I doubt the video was leaked by someone who paid $50,000 to attend. (Unless Section 242 sponsored Kermit again.)

Much more likely that it was shot surreptitiously by a member of the waitstaff.

Possibly some sort of darkie.

David Corn ran it. He'd pretty much throw his credibility out the window if he ran OTR remarks like a common Kerm.

David Corn wasn't at the fundraiser himself, Fork.

He was given the video by someone Jimmy Carter's grandson discovered on YouTube. No... seriously.

I know that. But if Corn started running things that were OTR, even if they're second-hand, he'd never have a seat on any National news show or be part of any panels at any universities, whoch means no more book sales or apperance fees.

Besides, we've seen Romney botch it enough on the record to jeopardize your own career that way.

Honestly, at this point I'm not even sure what you mean by "on the record" in this context.

"Hey professional media, you can publish this." - same thing it always means.

Just think of all of the political embarrassment that could be avoided if politicians just had the foresight to declare more things "off the record".

Though, hey, maybe that's exactly what happened to Michael Isikoff's original Lewinsky scoop...

The President of the United States stuck a cigar in some chub's gash? That's huge!

Wait... He said the blowjobs were off the record?

Well, shit, Mike. Our hands are tied on this one. Rules are rules.

And he would have gotten away with it, too, if not for you meddling Drudges!

[CT III]

You guys just don't understand the unwritten rules of journalism.

[Gilgamesh]

You guys just don't understand the unwritten rules of journalism journolistism.

Fixed that for you.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

YOU FREELOADERS http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/secret-video-romney-private-fundraiser

Apparently my grandma - who didn't pay income tax in her last few years since she lived primarily off of her social security income - was part of the 47% Shiftless Moocher population of Americans. And all this time I thought she was just a sweet little old lady. Thank you for lifting the wool from my eyes, President Romney.

He's DONE trying to convince her to take personal responsibility for her life.

While I can't say I'm surprised by his comments, I am a little disappointed that he neglected to note the irony in the fact that most (though certainly not all) of those who do not pay income taxes (they still pay payroll taxes, for the most part) and collect government money come from red states.

TEC, IAN and RV's gammy.