"If you're looking to get more free stuff, free stuff you don't have to pay for, vote for the other guy -- that's what he's all about."

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George Savage

Mitt-acular.  Governor Romney hit that one out of the park.

Duane Oyen
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Duane Oyen

I though it was great when I posted it here 22 hoiurs ago (at 11 this morning).

Virshu
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Virshu

Am I the only one that finds this "Like yay - Freedom; Like yay - pursuit of happiness" deeply insulting?Millions of people (myself included) come to this country not in pursuit of free birth control, but exactly for freedom and pursuit of happiness.

If Joe The Plumber is the face of Republican voter in 2008 - I wish somebody profiled this woman as the face of Democratic voter ca. 2012!


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Big Green

A big emphatic "Yes Sir!" for that answer.  More of this is good.

Mark Wilson
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Mark Wilson
Virshu: Am I the only one that finds this "Like yay - Freedom; Like yay - pursuit of happiness" deeply insulting?

Not insulting, but frivolous.  She thinks we are as superficial and whimsical with our beliefs as she is with hers.

Spin
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Ken Owsley

Look, the guy has his faults, but here iphe is saying exactly what should be said and still we pick it apart. I thought what he said was right on. On one of the Seattle radio stations I sometimes listen to they were livid about this, saying the question was planted. You know what I say to that? Solid blow to the head. Keep it up, Mr. Romney. We will take you because you are all we have, now keep it up.

Severely Ltd.
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Severely Ltd.
David Carroll: Unfortunately, Mitt is not as fast on his feet as he might be. Note the pause between the question and the answer. A slightly better answer would be, "If you think Some other taxpayer should be paying for your contraceptives, vote for the other guy.  Of course, someday you'll be paying for somebody else's free stuff" · 15 hours ago

He's a slow learner, but he is learning. This is a candidate.

Nic Neufeld
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Nic Neufeld

To his credit, he didn't merely call her a [word that sent the Left retiring to their fainting couch with the vapours a couple weeks ago]. 

Well played...almost Reagan-esque, the polite tone, that mild dig of "the other guy".  Mittens Über Alles!

JohnBoy
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Apr '11
JohnBoy
R. Craigen: I am also getting endeared to his use of "the other guy" as a code for Obama.

I'm with you:  I loved that part.  It's so good that the other side is going to start saying that it's a racial code-word.  Question is:  When they do, will Mitt back off or keep it up?

Astonishing
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Astonishing

Mark Wilson

Virshu: Am I the only one that finds this "Like yay - Freedom; Like yay - pursuit of happiness" deeply insulting?

Not insulting, but frivolous.  She thinks we are as superficial and whimsical with our beliefs as she is with hers.

Either way, the practical truth is we surely don't want such people reproducing.  So we would be wise to find an unobjectionable way to supply her with birth control.

Yes, I do oppose to my tax dollars being used to fund contraception, and, yes, I do understand and respect others' religious objections. But not having religious objections myself, I would be happy personally and privately to pay for however much birth control this ignorant woman is willing to consume, as well as that of her ten closest friends.

I can think of no other charitable cause for which $100/month would benefit society more. And if she's willing, voluntarily of course ("yay, freedom!"), to have her tubes tied, I would happily pay that cost, too.

Conservatives who have no moral objections to artificial birth control should use this ridiculous contraception debate as a golden opportunity to demonstrate the wonders of private philanthropy.


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