It was revealed a day or two after Mitt Romney's remarks in his surreptitiously videoed dinner with donors went public that there was a gap in the recording. The anonymous cameraperson noticed the camera had gone off, and turned it back on. He/she said not more than a few minutes of the gathering were lost.
Now, another version of the event has been made public. Eerily, it consists almost entirely of a recording of those minutes when the other camcorder was off.
In this new version Romney actually follows up his damaging "47%" remark by saying that he's going to eliminate all food stamps and welfare by paying any Americans who can't find work twenty-two dollars an hour to update their Facebook profiles and text-message their friends continuously.
The seemingly condescending remarks towards Hispanics when he said he would be luckier if he was Latino? He justifies them by saying that under a Romney Administration, all Mexicans would be allowed to open their own casinos practically anywhere. "Just like Indians can now," he adds. "That's lucky!"
When he dismisses Americans as being disinterested in China, Russia and Iran, he follows it up by saying "That's because Americans can't vote in their elections! I'll fix that. Sure, those countries might not like the idea at first, but when they see how much money Shel Adelsen will put in their campaigns, they'll come around. I could end up President of Everywhere!"
When asked by a potential donor how he could possibly say that the torpid economy would improve just by the fact of his election, Romney does something truly astonishing. He grabs a ukele to accompany himself, sits on the buffet table and sings this song:
Now, another version of the event has been made public. Eerily, it consists almost entirely of a recording of those minutes when the other camcorder was off.
In this new version Romney actually follows up his damaging "47%" remark by saying that he's going to eliminate all food stamps and welfare by paying any Americans who can't find work twenty-two dollars an hour to update their Facebook profiles and text-message their friends continuously.
The seemingly condescending remarks towards Hispanics when he said he would be luckier if he was Latino? He justifies them by saying that under a Romney Administration, all Mexicans would be allowed to open their own casinos practically anywhere. "Just like Indians can now," he adds. "That's lucky!"
When he dismisses Americans as being disinterested in China, Russia and Iran, he follows it up by saying "That's because Americans can't vote in their elections! I'll fix that. Sure, those countries might not like the idea at first, but when they see how much money Shel Adelsen will put in their campaigns, they'll come around. I could end up President of Everywhere!"
When asked by a potential donor how he could possibly say that the torpid economy would improve just by the fact of his election, Romney does something truly astonishing. He grabs a ukele to accompany himself, sits on the buffet table and sings this song:
"I'm Mitt the Magic Mormon, I'm magical, you see,
Just elect me President and I'll fix the economy!
Big tax cuts for my friends and little ones for you
Will get us big-time job gains, and that's no election poo!
"You don't need to know my budget or my taxes too.
If you're union or on food stamps, you're the ones I'll screw
If you work at Wal-mart, you're taxed a little more
If you're a job creator, you know you're gonna score!
"I say about that other, I'm not black and weak like he
I'm strong and white and out of sight and President I'll be!
I'll pick a fight with China, and with those Afghan clans
And Russia and Korea Kim and maybe Pakistan!
"Some say I'm robotic, that I lack people skills,
That's okay, my IRA—that's what gives me thrills!
I've put my kids through college, I've got an elegant spouse
That's really why I'm running—Ann wants another house!
"I'm Mitt the Magic Mormon I'm magical, you see,
Just elect me President and I'll fix the economy!
Big tax cuts for my friends and little ones for you
Will get us big-time job gains, and that's no election poo!"
Then he performs a ukulele solo that would make Eddie Vedder green with envy. Right before the video ends, there is the sound of spontaneous applause and people are scribbling out checks.
Just elect me President and I'll fix the economy!
Big tax cuts for my friends and little ones for you
Will get us big-time job gains, and that's no election poo!
"You don't need to know my budget or my taxes too.
If you're union or on food stamps, you're the ones I'll screw
If you work at Wal-mart, you're taxed a little more
If you're a job creator, you know you're gonna score!
"I say about that other, I'm not black and weak like he
I'm strong and white and out of sight and President I'll be!
I'll pick a fight with China, and with those Afghan clans
And Russia and Korea Kim and maybe Pakistan!
"Some say I'm robotic, that I lack people skills,
That's okay, my IRA—that's what gives me thrills!
I've put my kids through college, I've got an elegant spouse
That's really why I'm running—Ann wants another house!
"I'm Mitt the Magic Mormon I'm magical, you see,
Just elect me President and I'll fix the economy!
Big tax cuts for my friends and little ones for you
Will get us big-time job gains, and that's no election poo!"
Then he performs a ukulele solo that would make Eddie Vedder green with envy. Right before the video ends, there is the sound of spontaneous applause and people are scribbling out checks.
RSS Feed
