As the president race unfolds, we received a message from Mitt Romney that will certainly be replayed and analyzed:
I’m not concerned about the very poor…
No matter what he said after that, this is a certain blunder. Romney put the rest of the sentence into context by saying, “…there’s a safety net there, and if it needs repair I’ll fix it.” Watch the video:
To be fair, the whole comment is as follows from CNN:
Something is heating up GOP presidential primaries after Mitt Romeny’s win in the Florida primary and it’s not the humidity. GOP leaders are declaring that a war on religion is here. First, it was Rick Perry with his “strong” video that proclaimed a war on religion exists. Now, it’s Newt Gingrich who tried to harmonize Perry’s message by accusing both Mitt Romney and President Obama: “I think Gov. Romney is extraordinarily insensitive to religious freedom in America and the Obama administration is clearly engaged in a war on religion.”
Religious persecution or a war commanded by Romney or Obama is just not there. Such claims are aimed at charging a base of the electorate to vote in favor of a particular candidate. Why should we believe there isn’t a war on religion? There are three reasons:
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