Mitt Romney is a sore loser, still a firm believer in his 47% comments

[Lief 🗽]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-election-campaign-donors-20121114,0,5622330.story

Mitt Romney told his top donors Wednesday that his loss to President Obama was a disappointing result that neither he or his top aides had expected, but said he believed his team ran a “superb” campaign with “no drama,” and attributed his rival’s victory to “the gifts” the administration had given to blacks, Hispanics and young voters during Obama’s  first term.

Obama, Romney argued, had been “very generous” to blacks, Hispanics and young voters. He cited as motivating factors to young voters the administration’s plan for partial forgiveness of college loan interest and the extension of health coverage for students on their parents’ insurance plans well into their 20s. Free contraception coverage under Obama’s healthcare plan, he added, gave an extra incentive to college-aged women to back the president.

Romney argued that the Obama’s health care plan’s promise of coverage “in perpetuity” was “highly motivational” to those voters making $25,000 to $35,000 who might not have been covered, as well as to African American and Hispanic voters. Pivoting to immigration, Romney said the Obama campaign’s efforts to paint him as “anti-immigrant” had been effective and that the administration’s promise to offer what he called “amnesty” to the children of illegal immigrants had helped turn out Hispanic voters in record numbers.

“The President’s campaign,” he said, “focused on giving targeted groups a big gift—so he made a big effort on small things. Those small things, by the way, add up to trillions of dollars.”

[Franzl]

What gifts exactly?

[sg0508]

The guy needs to just disappear and let this country move on.  He did not run a good campaign and it was a winnable race.  The "we ran a good campaign" is politics in itself and saving face.  Very few candidates will ever admit to the public or the establishment that they ran a poor campaign because it's political suicide to do so.

[Vosem]

How is Romney a sore loser if he's given up? Joe Miller was a sore loser. Norm Coleman, though an excellent Senator, was also a sore loser when it came right down to it. Members of the CBC proved in 2000 and again in 2004 that they are sore losers. Romney conceded when it became clear he had lost.

[Speed of Sound]

Greedy hateful ignorant little monster. He isn't missed.

[badgate]

Woah. I guess he doesn't want to sit down with the President then. Has a reporter asked him about that yet?

[Alcon]

How is Romney a sore loser if he's given up?

Because the term "sore loser" doesn't mean "someone who refuses to admit they've lost"...

[opebo]

Greedy hateful ignorant little monster. He isn't missed.

These people never fail to amuse - given a 300 million dollar gift and he resents poors getting their interest slightly reduced.

[King]

Mitt Romney was the scummiest major party nominee in history.  I'm glad he has a lot of money so we won't have to see him as a contributor to the media.

[Franzl]

I'm just so relieved that this man will never be President...

[Benj]

What a douche.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

I had my doubts, but it looks like, yeah... he really is a bad guy. 

[Cory]

Even as a Democrat I will say there is so much more to Mitt Romney then you people think. You are wearing partisan blinders when viewing history and it's unfortunate. I voted for Obama but I respect the positions Romney was in. He was trying to avenge his fathers legacy and this loss must be hard for him.

Stop being bitches about it. All of you.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

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He was and remains delusional.

[Landslide Lyndon]

What gifts exactly?

Obama phones.

[Oakvale]

Amazing that this douchebag is still making gaffes as a private citizen.

[Nichlemn]

Amazing that this douchebag is still making gaffes as a private citizen.

Since he's not running for anything anymore, he has much less reason to care about gaffes, so it's not surprising at all.

[Yank2133]

 **** him.

[Likely Voter]

I cant remember another election when the Prez and VP candidates came out afterwards and insulted the majority of the country that voted against them.   Way to be uniters guys.

[Stirring Wolf🥣🐺]

Yeah, Mitt Romney is a terrible person.

Even as a Democrat I will say there is so much more to Mitt Romney then you people think. You are wearing partisan blinders when viewing history and it's unfortunate. I voted for Obama but I respect the positions Romney was in. He was trying to avenge his fathers legacy and this loss must be hard for him.

Stop being bitches about it. All of you.

No there isn't.

You're wearing 'fair and balanced' blinders.

Thus we should respect him for writing off half the country based on his own negatively stereotyped views of why they voted?

[Lincoln Republican]

12 - 14 year olds posting fest.

[Averroës Nix]

Wait, people want policies that make their lives better!?!? Why did no one tell me this?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

12 - 14 year olds posting fest.

Very mature response.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

This is completely unsurprising. Romney has always lived in his own little charmed world and responded in...not always as adolescent and churlish as all this, but usually pretty strange ways whenever that's been challenged.

[Averroës Nix]

This is completely unsurprising. Romney has always lived in his own little charmed world and responded in...not always as adolescent and churlish as all this, but usually pretty strange ways whenever that's been challenged.

I think there's some question as to whether he actually believes what he's saying, or just thinks that it's what rich donors want to hear.