On Domestic policy...
Surely, it was a 90-minute beatdown with very little break in the pro-Obama momentum; but there were two distinct moments for me: One was very overt, the other more subtle.
The more subtle moment where Romney lost it was when he mentioned eliminating the capital gains tax. This is something he almost said under his breath, and while it will not have any affect at all on many middle class and poor citizens, it will effectively drop his own taxes to almost ZERO!
The overt moment when Mitt lost many middle class voters was the same moment that Paul Ryan blew as well, during the Vice-Presidential debate, when he refused to take the home mortgage deduction off the table. This is, apparently, their policy, and they can only run from it for so long, and in so many other forums.
During the Vice-Presidential debate, I imagined tvs shutting off the moment Ryan kept the home mortgage interest deduction in play. For many middle class voters, that is all the information they need to make their choice in this election.
Fortunately for us, Mitt stepped into it even worse. Since this was a Town Hall, Mitt took a question from a lady (not anyone from a 3-ring binder; just a lady in the audience, FYI), who specifically wanted to know if the home mortgage interest deduction would be in play when he got down to eliminating deductions and loopholes. Mitt ignored her question, very conspicuously; and obfuscated, talking up his wondrous lofty talking points about tax reform, and losing millions of votes in the process.
(I am sure he lost her. She asked about a specific and important deduction, worth thousands to her, and possibly justifying her home ownership).
In one short segment, Mitt managed to almost guarantee a screwing of the middle class and of an important driver of the economy; and he proclaimed he would lower his own effective tax rate to near zero!
LOSING TO THIS SHAPE-SHIFTING, DANGEROUS BLOB OF MENDACITY AND ARROGANCE IS NOT AN OPTION!!! Now is not the time to get complacent! CLICK and tear the selfish Ayn and Mitt, Ryan, the GOP and fox new orifices; and ALL ROYALTIES will be donated directly to the good fight.
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