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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 12:51 AM Feb 2012

Jon Stewart’s Jaw Drops At Romney Not Being ‘Concerned About The Very Poor’ - video link


VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewarts-jaw-drops-at-romney-not-being-concerned-about-the-very-poor/


Mitt Romney was off to a bad start this morning, as he began the day telling CNN’s Soledad O’Brien that he was “not concerned about the very poor.” Jon Stewart happened upon this clip in horror, trying to understand what Romney was getting at. The best he could do was to imagine Romney as a doctor unconcerned about the “very sick because, you know, morphine.”

Stewart first played the clip of his exact quote, and his explanation that the very poor have “nets” to catch them. “The reason the net is there is that they’re not okay,” Stewart explained. “It’s like a doctor saying ‘I’m not concerned about the very healthy… or the very sick because, you know, morphine.”

Stewart then ...

SNIP


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Jon Stewart’s Jaw Drops At Romney Not Being ‘Concerned About The Very Poor’ - video link (Original Post) Tx4obama Feb 2012 OP
That's GOOOOD! I can't believe how quickly they got that together! ScottLand Feb 2012 #1
Nailed it! ... Stewart kicks ass TruthBeTold65 Feb 2012 #2
The duet at the end almost made me piss my pants. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #3
 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
3. The duet at the end almost made me piss my pants.
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 11:51 AM
Feb 2012

And what's REALLY funny about that is that I don't HAVE to pee right now.

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