OOPS! Willard Romney: We Don’t Need ‘More FIREMEN, More POLICEMEN, More TEACHERS’

[Segami]

" When Republicans attack public workers, they often take care to exempt cops and firefighters, because they are culturally sympathetic figures, and muddle the message that government workers are parasites who are destroying the economic conditions of ordinary Americans.



But today Mitt Romney got a good deal more specific, claiming we do not need to hire more cops or firefighters specifically, which would, he said, cut against the interests of the American people. He also specificallly named teachers.

Romney made the comments in response to Obama’s presser today, at which the president claimed the “private sector is doing fine.” Per CNN:

Romney said of Obama, “he wants another stimulus, he wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more fireman, more policeman, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.”

It’s hard to argue that the message from Wisconsin was that Americans don’t think we should hire more firefighters and cops. They were exempted from Scott Walker’s crackdown on public employee bargaining rights, which enabled him to “divide and conquer” labor.


But beyond that, this could resonate in the presidential race: It will allow the White House to reframe the debate over public sector workers and job creation on more favorable terms.


- This time, however, Romney deserves points for honesty: He has forthrightly declared that the class of government workers holding back other Americans does include cops, firefighters and teachers. And in so doing, he has singlehandedly reframed the debate from one over despised government bureaucrats to one over whether we should hire more cops, firefighters and teachers to get the economy going. This is a debate the White House will be happy to have.




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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/mitt-romney-we-dont-need-more-cops-firefighters-or-teachers/2012/06/08/gJQAvOgDOV_blog.html

[Rambis]

1. I hate Mittens with the white hot passion of a thousand suns!

How he is running from president and how we got here boggles my mind. He is a psychopath can't everyone see that? I look at this guy and think he would kill you in your sleep if he got the chance.

[liberalnationalist]

6. yes he is bastard

[RC]

17. He has a (R) by his name. That is all that too many people need to know.

Nothing else matters, because anything wrong is the fault of the Democrats, Liberal, Socialist, Left wingers.

[DWinNJ]

28. His last name starts with an (R)

(R)omney
Something to think about

[liberalnationalist]

2. time to cut teachers

is Raw Money's idea of helping the American people..more like helping his Mormon religious buddies.

Doesn't the Mormon religion preach that infiltrating and bringing down the school system is thier one of many attempt for them to take over America?

[L. Coyote]

33. while everyone has a dozen babies, right?

More babies and fewer teachers, yeah, that formula is going to work

[Nay]

3. No, we don't. We can let creeps like Romney dress up as cops and go on patrol for free. THAT

oughta keep the neighborhood safe....

[alterfurz]

11. or maybe he could just start dressing up like his "separated at birth" twin?

[colorado_ufo]

29. Same set of the mouth and jaw, same look in the eyes, same slight squint of the eyebrows.

No emotion, no empathy.

Just, "Get the job done," and if there is "collateral damage," so what - it had to get done.

This picture comparison is quite a find and is compelling. People's faces become set over time by their experiences, actions, and reactions. Romney's past actions have been cold and detached; if he can detach himself to the suffering of his dog, I have no doubt that he could detach himself from the suffering of people whom he puts out of work, or the people from whom he will remove Medicare, Medicaid, and pensions.

Chilling.

[alterfurz]

34. "At 60, one has the face one deserves."

[TalkingTina]

39. yikes!

That is a pretty uncanny resemblance!

[annabanana]

4. THIS should have been the soundbite that echoed throughout the MSM chambers

today.

[Worried senior]

5. I think that since this is his great idea

when he needs one of these people to perform a duty for him, they aren't available.

Same with the repubs thinking we don't need bridges, roads, buildings or schools fixed; they are the ones that are injured when one of these collapse. Maybe they would finally wake up but suppose that is asking too much.

[RockyMtnGuy]

7. We hate him because, well he's just a dick

We don't hate people because they've been successful. We hate people because they lie, because they are dishonest. We hate Mitt because he'll say anything to get elected, because his words are hollow.

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. Now, if we had ...

a responsible journalist media, wouldn't one think they would ask the question:

"Are public employees not part of the 'American People'?"

[L. Coyote]

35. They don't have to ask. They know just what percentage of the unemployed are teachers

and librarians, school bus drivers janitors, etc. And they know exactly what the economic impact of so many unemployed public-sector workers is.

But, they also know how to keep their own jobs working for the plutocrats, by keeping their own mouths shut.

... and their kid's mouths full, I might add.

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. I wonder if ...

all those public employees that voted for walker (or stayed at home) are kicking themselves yet?

[JoePhilly]

10. MSNBC has been pointing this out all day ... NOT!

Been listening all day, I heard Mitt say this live, but I have not heard a single MSNBC host touch it.

But Obama is out of touch ... that's the only news today.

[felix_numinous]

12. Translation

"We need more privatization of education, security and fire and rescue." The RW wants to buy everything on the monopoly board--utilities, military, industry--including public services now run by state and federal agencies. Their aim is to own and bypass all regulation and oversight.

[JDPriestly]

13. I wonder what he thinks about prison guards.

I remember back in the Reagan/Bush days when the Republicans were all over law and order and punishing crime. How do you do that without policemen and firemen?

And what was his record in Massachusetts on employing public servants -- teachers prison guards, firemen, police officers, housing and building code inspectors?

A lot of neighborhood associations in nice areas are dominated by Republicans who want local code restrictions enforced at all costs.

The Republican mantra of small government, if applied at the local level, would make the enforcement of building codes pretty tough.

Romney's stance is incredibly naive. It is a slogan that could come back to bite him as the campaign progresses.

If leaders in the construction industry had to wait even longer to get someone to come out and approve their work, can you imagine how they would scream?

Less government indeed. Mitt Romney needs to rethink this slogan.

[chknltl]

14. What mitt robme wants is what out of control capitolism wants:

: slaves.

[madashelltoo]

15. PLEASE REMEMBER . . .

They want to shrink the government down to a size they can drown in a bathtub. (per Grover Norquist)

That one sentence should be echoed from coast to coast. They are trying to dismantle this government and sell off what was formerly the United States of America. The people will work for next to nothing out of survival desperation. The chunkier crumbs will go to the police to keep the peons in line. Mitt's the guy you send in when you want to take it down. No emotional ties to the little people. Just the cold-hearted killing of a way of life.

Don't take it personal.

[colorado_ufo]

30. See Romney/Hess photos in above post.

[12ZTR]

16. Idiots

I hope the Wingnut's houses burn, criminals destroy their lives.They don't need teachers.You
can't fix stupid.

[Godot51]

18. What we need...

Well, what Little Mittle says is true, we don't need those non-Amercian people like teachers, police officers or fire fighters. What have they ever done for us?
What we need is chefs, chauffeurs, maids and butlers along with, you know, those little illegals who do all the dirty jobs and maybe a caddy or two. And prison guards.
And what about the military? Do they work for the government? Oh, no matter, we can always hire Blackwater to save money and I'm sure Mitts knows a few people who have their own private armies.

[geefloyd46]

19. With any luck the firemen will remember that next time

Mittens house is burning down. I'd say it was the market place at work and I'd live it to Mitt the five boys and a garden hose. No socialized fire fighting.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

20. Senor Romney doesn't need firefighters

He's got enough money to hire his own private ones when needed (probably provided by whatever name Blackwater is going by now). It is the same for the cops (Those stand your ground laws are probably helping in that it gives his 'police' an excuse for shooting people). As for teachers, I'm sure he figures that if you can't afford to send your kids to a private school or for special in house tutors, that your kids don't need educating. After all, they will never amount to anything more than being his serfs in life.

[meeksgeek]

21. We don't need more police?

Oh, I get it. We'll let the neighborhood watch guys handle that sort of thing. Good idea.

[RBInMaine]

22. The 53% win in WI was about not overturning a previous election, NOT a hatred of cops and firemen.

Nor was it any kind of a national mandate. It was one STATE matter and ONE set of particular dynamics. A majority there rejected a recall of a sitting governor. It did not invoke a hatred of copes and firemen nor an extreme love of Walker.

The Dems need to HAMMER this asshole with this. PLASTER IT ALL OVER THEIR ADS. If there is a cop or firefighter left in this country would consider voting for this asshole, then they deserve him.

[HopeHoops]

23. Can he even hear what he says?

[Skittles]

50. honestly, I don't think so

he is a repuke propaganda parrot

[starroute]

24. Even the idiot Teabaggers in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives

... just added extra funding for cops and firefighters to the Homeland Security bill.

They did it because their states and local districts love getting that money.

They also did it because of their free-market ideology, which states that the only legitimate function of government is to protect private property. But even they know you can't do that without police and without firefighters.

Half the problem with Mitt is not that he's a conservative but that he's a really, really bad conservative. As in, he hasn't yet gotten the basic message about conserving things.

Or maybe it's that he really is a robot pretending to be human.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

47. Even uneducated lawless morons

Know that fire is bad.

[IMG][/IMG]

[Lifelong Protester]

25. Yep, we don't need more teachers

The stupid is soooooo painful.

BTW-one of the "un-necessary" teachers, checking in here.

[colorado_ufo]

31. They do not WANT more teachers!

An educated populace is the last thing that they want.

Serf city, here we come . . .

[freshwest]

26. So the police, firemen and teachers are NOT American people?

What nationality are they?

Or are they illegal Americans?

What is Romney's plan for them?

Deportation to Kolob?

[L. Coyote]

36. If it is so un-American to work for the government

why is Mitt running for office? Does he want to become the problem?

[freshwest]

37. Haha! And why was his dad a governor? And why was he a wannabe cop? You got something there!

[tanyev]

27. Keep talkin', Mitt.

[L. Coyote]

32. Suddenly, everyone constituting the government is what, Russian or something?

Cutting back on government puts American people out of work and has immense ramifications to the economy, putting even more people out of work.

[Herlong]

38. I don't understand why people are buying his crap

He's been running for office forever and he has NO new ideas. Every time I see him he's like a woman ragging on his boyfriend.

[Beartracks]

40. Only in "GOP America" are public employees not real Americans.

Only in "GOP America" are unseen public servants "faceless bureaucrats" while unseen private sector employees are "hard-working Americans."

Only in "GOP America" would eliminating thousands upon thousands of public sector jobs result in higher employment.

Only in "GOP America" can people be this irrational.

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[BumRushDaShow]

41. Breaking: Rmoney demands the dissolution of Congress because they are government workers.

[Jack Rabbit]

42. We don't need Mitt Romney

!!

[SunSeeker]

43. This needs to be in an Obama campaign ad. nt

[bonniebgood]

44. Dont you know? GOP wants ALL

government to be "appointed" ask MICHIGAN. That includes all of congress. and
yes, those 36% of households in WI who voted for Walker were policemen and firefighter no one wants to admit. Policemen and firefighters are basically republicans.

[LaPera]

45. "It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.” ELABORATE, CLARIFY

give SPECIFICS!!! - Romney, you lying greedy corporate elitist republican bastard!!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

46. What are you you guys talking about? I love this idiot!

He just blew a major Republican talking point for us! Come on! There was NO WAY the media was going to connect "government workers" with police, firefighters and teachers no matter how many times one of us said it.

The media and the Republicans talked about "government workers" as if they were contemptible useless paper pushers serving no real function apart from collecting a paycheck.

Now, thanks to Mitt and his big mouth WE own the debate with the American People over whether we need more teachers, police and firefighters. Three jobs that have traditionally earned respect in our communities.

[The Wizard]

48. He's a jerkoff (NT)

[olegramps]

49. After they fire the cops and firefighters who will respond when the enemy is at their gates?

Eventually they are going to regret that they ever pissed them off, when the infuriate masses in open revolt show up at their gated communities with pitchforks and torches. Their desperate 911 calls will be answered by some person that says "so sorrie, no speakie enlish."