{"id":6625,"date":"2012-09-18T06:29:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T11:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=6625"},"modified":"2012-09-18T06:29:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T11:29:06","slug":"on-mitt-romneys-very-bad-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=6625","title":{"rendered":"On Mitt Romney’s Very Bad Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, a video leaked of Mitt Romney at a swank fundraiser. In Part 1 of the video<\/a>, Romney displays contempt for the lower half of the electorate. In the second part<\/a>, Romney dismisses the very idea of peace in Middle-East.<\/p>\n

Some reactions to the first video.<\/p>\n

Michael Tomasky: Mitt Tells Voters in Video to Drop Dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Chait: The Real Romney Captured on Tape Turns Out to Be a Sneering Plutocrat<\/a><\/p>\n

Timothy Noah: Mitt Romney and the 47 Percent<\/a><\/p>\n

Josh Marshall: Devastating<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrew Sullivan: Romney Unpluuged<\/a><\/p>\n

Justin Green: Randian Romneys Don’t Win Elections<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Benen: Romney’s Contempt for the ’47 Percent’<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark Halperin: Why This is Bad For Romney<\/a><\/p>\n

David Brooks: Thurston Howell Romney<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m not sure that I have anything more to add that these writers haven’t already said, except for this — If Mitt Romney holds half of Americans in utter contempt, then why the hell is he running for President?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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