Mitt Romney Suggests Obama Welfare Waivers Are A Tactic To 'Shore Up His Base'

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney escalated his attacks on President Barack Obama's welfare waivers Monday, suggesting that welfare recipients make up President Barack Obama's political "base."

In an interview with USA Today, Romney defended his much-criticized ads, which falsely accuse the president of removing the work requirement in welfare. He insisted that the spots were accurate and that Obama had pursued his policy as part of an electoral calculation.

"There's no question in my mind that the president's action was calculated to... shore up his base," Romney said, according to an extended quote that USA Today provided to The Huffington Post. "Weakening the work requirement in welfare is an enormous mistake."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/mitt-romney-welfare-waivers_n_1832871.html

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. I Am Upset

I am apoplectic.

[Politicalboi]

2. And giving tax breaks to millionaires is?????

At least Obama isn't relying on "his base" to buy his seat in the White House.

[surrealAmerican]

3. It would be if "his base" ...

... included Republican governors.

It's too bad the interviewer from USA Today didn't question him about the "weakening work requirements" claim, which is demonstrably false.

[applegrove]

4. He just connect "Obama's base" and "Welfare". Look for Romney to wrap the poor

around obama's neck.