Are there really undecided voters out there who don't already know this is how Mitt Romney talks among his peers?

There are a fair number of low information voters out there. I suspect that they are at least proportionately represented among the undecided, perhaps more than proportionately. Unlike a lot of liberals, I use that as term for people on both the left and right. Many people simply don't pay attention to the news and current events. That does not make them stupid, but when it comes to elections it makes them ill-informed.

It is very interesting living in a purple state. We moved here in the middle of election season in 2008 and somehow it didn't seem as crazy. This year it is fascinating watching the evolution of the ads. The attack ads. The response ads. And how many millions of dollars are behind those ads. Now I'm curious how long it will be before we get ads quoting this most recent stuff.

In watching the videos/reading the transcript, his statements are even more disgusting than the quotes I've seen on FB today.

I watched all of them and didn't see anything that was even a little bit surprising or shocking. Are there really undecided voters out there who don't already know this is how Mitt Romney talks among his peers?

I'm not undecided, and I didn't, actually, know that he really believed that almost half the country, simply by dint of voting for Obama, were parasitic leeches. I knew his political/economic views were wildly opposed to Obama's, and destructive and scary from where I stand, but that's politics and policies. I didn't actually think he was so contemptuous of half of the people he wants to govern.

I didn't think he was quite so stupid as to say it so openly.

Well, feathers in general. But yes, headdresses - [link].

Seriously? I echo Steph with what the hell, hipsters?

I don't think those Romney videos will sway anyone. We already had the "I'm not concerned about the very poor" sound byte in the news months ago.

The kicker in those videos are 2 sentiments he expresses:

1. That the democratic base is made up entirely of people not paying federal income tax, who are receiving checks from the government, are voting for Obama only to continue receiving that money, and who are also lazy shiftless bums.

2. That as president, Romney would have no responsibility to that portion of the American population, because they won't pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

Oh, wait, and No. 3, which is that if he were Latino, he'd have the election in the bag, because you know it's such an advantage to be Latino in this country.

I'm surprised that he views that large a percentage of the populace as worthless parasites. I figured that would only apply to the 8% or so that are unempployed, and that the rest of us that make less than $200,000 a year would be more akin to serfs that are essential to the nation until our jobs can be outsourced to cheaper labor markets overseas.

I think the Obama campaign needs to hammer on this: "Do you receive VA benefits? Are you elderly? Are you a college student? Are you a homeowner receiving the mortgage income tax deduction? Mitt Romney thinks you're a parasite and not worth paying attention to or caring about. Vote Obama 2012."

I am pretty sure my family got all of our federal income taxes back a couple of years this past decade. It was while the kids were both in daycare (so, big deductions) and mr. flea was working on his PhD in engineering. Engineers are notoriously lazy, of course. (And now we pay lots more taxes, but are STILL dependent on the government - because mr. flea is a federal employee! Still lazy as fuck, though.)

I'm surprised that he views that large a percentage of the populace as worthless parasites.

This. Maybe I didn't say what I mean properly. I will just point and Matt and nod.