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38. So, we know what Obama...

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 09:29 PM

Sep 2012

said 14 years ago, but still do not know what Mitt paid in taxes.

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Holy Crap, Obama tape talking about Redistribution! WTF was he thinking..... [View all] Logical Sep 2012 OP

Mitt is for redistribution too---from the poor & middle class to the RICH. Lex Sep 2012 #1

Ding! Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #20

First it was 14 yrs ago. He was right. southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #2

Right then and he's right now... no flipping back and forth NotThisTime Sep 2012 #9

that is right. southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #43

14 years ago ... When Myth was Pro-Choice and supported gay marriage. IggleDoer Sep 2012 #49

your right. southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #68

I agree with you and him. I don't see how this is bad. uppityperson Sep 2012 #3

One RWer on Yahoo Answers said that it's bad because Jamaal510 Sep 2012 #47

and we know that's false, don't we? defacto7 Sep 2012 #53

You mean like Boeing? uppityperson Sep 2012 #54

Brwahahahahaha Cha Sep 2012 #61

Every industrialized nation taxes their wealthy higher than we do. It's all bluster and BS. HughBeaumont Sep 2012 #70

The tape is from 1998 and he was talking about LOCAL and STATE government ... Tx4obama Sep 2012 #4

and about Reform of government institutions to run better. n/t vaberella Sep 2012 #7

Thanks also brush Sep 2012 #57

And now NBC reveals that the Rmoney campaign (or Fox?) selectively edited the tape. drlit Sep 2012 #60

Here's a DU thread link below Tx4obama Sep 2012 #62

Shame on President O skeewee08 Sep 2012 #5

Only in this country Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2012 #11

Mitt Romney redistributes his taxes owed the U.S. to sufrommich Sep 2012 #6

romney plans to help no one. spanone Sep 2012 #8

Redistribution has become one of the dog whistle words.. Permanut Sep 2012 #10

The word "redistribution" is the key. It means, to loonies, socialism. Actually, the Repubs are not Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #12

The very fact that this tape from 14 years ago was just ressurected.... Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #13

So true!! n-t Logical Sep 2012 #17

Yep, I love how they thought releasing THAT tape could counter spin the Romney tape. TrollBuster9090 Sep 2012 #14

They have totally lost their minds to think this is advantageous to them... Spazito Sep 2012 #15

Romney claims it's a foreign concept ecstatic Sep 2012 #16

+1 Logical Sep 2012 #74

He was thinking what I'm thinking mick063 Sep 2012 #18

Did you check to see when he said that? 14 years ago. George II Sep 2012 #19

Medicare, SS, Medicaid, Public Schools--ALL are "redistribution" SunSeeker Sep 2012 #21

Everything the government does is redistribution. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #44

Repug redistribution? brush Sep 2012 #59

You mean like when Mi$$s daddy redistributed his stock to him so he wouldn't have to work? n/t jtuck004 Sep 2012 #22

They've been calling... thc420 Sep 2012 #23

I actually think this may have been the GOP's October surprise Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #24

LOL, good point. They must have been holding it. Epic fail is so true! Logical Sep 2012 #31

Oh yeah, i forgot about that. progressoid Sep 2012 #64

Romney also wants to redistribute the wealth obxhead Sep 2012 #25

I listened to it, it was the closing statement of his speech.. they took it all out of context, he secondwind Sep 2012 #26

It was old news in 2008. Plus, does Mitt REALLY want to talk about people's positions in the 90s? NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #27

Bingo ! nt jaysunb Sep 2012 #33

Chris Matthews played a lot of the tape, including the redistribution part. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #28

Obama basically said that government does have a roll. AlbertCat Sep 2012 #42

Or... tarheelsunc Sep 2012 #52

He was talking about school districts, btw jberryhill Sep 2012 #29

God forbid that Obama should say something obviously true. Vattel Sep 2012 #30

This is for Wolf Blitzer so he can say it's the same. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #32

This Statement Was Made In 1998 DallasNE Sep 2012 #34

I think they wanted to hold on to it till later. But they needed something. n-t Logical Sep 2012 #35

I got your "redistribution" right here! Loge23 Sep 2012 #36

Plus, the GOP had to reach to a 1998 video for this "bombshell" to deflect from rustydog Sep 2012 #37

So, we know what Obama... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #38

FOUNDING FATHERS ON SPREADING THE WEALTH ErikJ Sep 2012 #39

Ever notice how when a Republicans comments are put in context it only gets worse for them leftylauren Sep 2012 #40

The GOP really thinks this tape sounds bad?? AlbertCat Sep 2012 #41

+1 Logical Sep 2012 #67

I agree with his position 100 percent! ibegurpard Sep 2012 #45

make sure that everybody's got a shot Shitty Mitty Sep 2012 #46

First! It's a true sign of desperation... Daayyummmboi Sep 2012 #48

Hey, Freeper fuckwits...come over here. Closer...closer...closer... bullwinkle428 Sep 2012 #50

+1 LOL SunSeeker Sep 2012 #55

Transcript of Quote doccraig67 Sep 2012 #51

"Redistribution" is a bogus goddamn concept. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #56

This is when he was a state senator in Illinois geez, Shiraz Sep 2012 #58

Rec #98 n.t. doublethink Sep 2012 #63

Reagan and Milton Friedman were big champions of the EITC - Earned Income Tax Credit progree Sep 2012 #65

That's the problem tape Bullshit Mountain is talking about?! tavalon Sep 2012 #66

that tape will win more people over than drive them away lunatica Sep 2012 #69

That's the whole idea behind public schools.... (nt) ehrnst Sep 2012 #71

Since Reagan, the government has been redistributing wealth upwards. Coyotl Sep 2012 #72

In a capitalist society it is their only choice - TBF Sep 2012 #73

So Obama's a center left Democrat... War Horse Sep 2012 #75

Back in the sixties when I was in my twenties, I was healthy and didn't need Cleita Sep 2012 #76