By Jeff Musall
In the latest gaffe from the gaffe-happy campaign of Republican Mitt
Romney, the presidential hopeful was secretly taped in a meeting of a
bunch of white guys in brown shirts. Romney was speaking to the choir
and his remarks indicated he was right at home and not afraid to say
what was on his mind.
After the video was released Romney said he thought some of his
remarks were “not elegantly stated,” but reflected sound policy. To
others, what he said was offensive.
“Sure, Mein Kampf is looked upon like a bad book by some,” Romney
said. “What is wrong with the book is really just the translation. In
its original German the work is a thing of beauty that is as elegant as
Shakespeare, and as informative as Ayn Rand.”
The video showed Romney calmly laying out his case to the group after
a taped performance of Wagner concluded. “Mittens” has been tagged as
being short on policy details, but that wasn’t the case when he was in
front of friends and colleagues.
“The 47 percent of Americans who support Barack Obama are an inferior
group, not able to tend for themselves. If Obama wins another term,
they will even be asking for toilet assistance,” Romney quipped, to loud
guffaws and a couple of loud “heil” retorts. “Mein Kampf explains
another great leader’s struggle to get his people to understand what he
was hoping to achieve. Sure, he went a bit overboard, but that was a
different time. Now we know we can meet our goals for a fascist state
that benefits us and only us through the ballot box.”
Romney then talked about the relationship between business and labor.
“We don’t need actual slavery, just wage slaves – on the balance sheet,
we make more money that way. Make the people work for as little as
possible for as long as possible and don’t give ‘em a damn thing except
some mindless entertainment news and religious dogma to keep them happy
and quiet. When they think they are working for God and country instead
of our bottom line, we’ve got them. We just need to keep convincing more
voters that we are on their side,” Romney winked to the crowd after
that remark.
“Encouraging them to hate and fear what is different from them means they won’t be looking at us,” he continued.
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