Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Full Mitt video posted: Things get WORSE for Mitt.

Mitt last night suggested, awkwardly, that the whole video should come out.  I think he might regret his request.

Mother Jones obliged and has posted the entire video (in two parts).  After watching both and straining to hear the questions being asked, there are certainly more questions and eyebrows now, that before:
  • In the first video at 2:12 and again at 4:30, it is clear that these donors are foreign-born.  Two questions automatically come up:
    • Was this a superPAC fundraiser where the names of people are hidden from the public?
    • Are these two donors legal citizens of the United States, or are we witnessing a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
  • Mitt disturbingly speaks about his desire to find a political wedge to exploit, with regards to Iran and hostage taking, a la 1980 and the botched Delta forces rescue.
    • Is this why Bibi Netanyahu is trying to push Obama to draw a red line?
    • Is there any question remaining about why Mitt is using the same consultants who worked for Netanyahu's political races?
  • Mitt contradicts himself, by attacking Obama for pitting one American against another, then about one minute later, attacks the "47%" and says that they need to learn to be self-sufficient, adding that he's not concerned with them.
  • At first Mitt thinks the equity markets will go down in October if they sense Obama is going to win.  Almost immediately after that, he demurs, saying that the opposite might occur and that he has no way of knowing how the markets will react.  The second contradiction of Mitt, by Mitt, for Mitt.
  • One donor complained about a lack of transparency and the lack of oomph with regulators (suggesting laying off all SEC workers), though he doesn't mention about Republicans who blocked the DISCLOSE Act.  Mitt completely ignored the question, and instead talked about how to get people who voted for Obama to vote for him.  Fascinating.  I guess we can speculate that Mitt likes to have things hidden, including his donor lists.
  • He slammed SNL, suggesting that a candidate going on SNL doesn't look "presidential".  That's okay, because all it does is encourage SNL to make you look less "presidential" than before.
Part I



Part II



Snub SNL, get mocked more, not less.

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