Mitt Romney, who may actually have
emerged from the 1850s just in time for this Presidential election season,
still has not figured out that things said near recording devices are often –
in fact - recorded. Fortunately for us, he’s a Republican, so he’s the Only. One. Responsible. if he keeps
touching that hot stove over and over and over and over again.
This time, he told a group of donors
that President Obama won reelection because he “focused
on giving targeted groups [blacks, Hispanics and young voters] a big gift.” You
know, I really thought there was a chance Republicans might have learned
something from this election, but it turns out assuming really did make an Ass
out of me.
Also? I’m young. So where’s my
gift?? I was hoping for a Chloe bag, but I guess I’ll settle for personal
autonomy and the right to control my own reproduction. Oh look, an emergency
hospital visit that won’t send me into crippling debt. So practical. Thanks,
Uncle Barry.
Those gifts he’s talking about?
Some of us like to call them “recognition of our basic humanity and rights as
American citizens.” Yeah, I get it, “gifts” is less of a mouthful. And naturally,
cognitive dissonance firmly aside, the tax breaks Romney promised to the
wealthy wouldn’t have been gifts. Because Rich White Men have Earned It. It’s
not a “gift” if you claim God ordained it.
Psst, Republicans: The path to
wooing minority voters is still not down Keep Calling Them Moochers Lane.
When you run a race and lose,
blaming the other guy for training harder and having better equipment and being
more athletically-gifted than you doesn’t help you win the next time around.
You know what does? Figuring out what you did wrong the first time and fixing
it. There’s a lesson in here somewhere, Republicans…
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