Students Rally Following Release of Controversial Romney Video
The video shows Mitt Romney speaking to a group of wealthy campaign donors in Boca Raton.
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Miffed about a closed-door video in which presidential candidate Mitt Romney calls 47 percent of the country “victims” who are unwilling to take “personal responsibility” for their own well-being, students at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg are planning a rally this evening.
St. Petersburg Councilman Stevel Kornell will join the Tritons for Obama group for a "Pledge to Vote" effort in support of President Barack Obama Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Eckerd College Student Lounge, 4200 54th Avenue S. St., St. Petersburg.
According to a press release, the rally is designed to encourage students across America to support Obama's vision for the country.
The rally is part of a nationwide backlash following the release of a video in which Romney is speaking to a group of wealthy donors in Boca Raton. The video was filmed without Romney's knowledge.
Eric Jotkoff, Florida press secretary for Obama for America, said it's a video that should enrage hard-working middle-classs families.
"The vast majority of these Americans pay a significant percentage of their income in taxes – whether they are federal payroll taxes, property taxes, sales taxes or other state and local taxes. They often pay even a higher share of their income in these taxes than wealthier families, like Mitt Romney’s," said Jotkoff in a press release. "Well over half – 61 percent – are workers who actually pay federal payroll taxes, which can include military families, teachers, firefighters or students."
Jotkoff said the video paints a picture of a candidate who "revealed his true ambitions for a Romney presidency, one where half the country is written off and the rich only get richer."
Call for Comments:
What do you think? Are Romney's comments being taken out of context or is he out of touch with the issues facing the average American?
JACOB
8:53 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
When does this "vision for the country" kick in, when there's no more country left.....it's been four years retards, wake up!
Bob Gaudreau
12:38 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
OBAMA people and Liberals going after those who have no income again.....once these college students graduate or use their intelligence and enter the work force paying their "FAIR SHARE" of taxes, they will realize they were taken to the slaughter house by these community activists, if we get 4 more years of this KOOL AID brewed by the NATION'S #1 Celebrity.....a position he surely deserves among his Hollywood friends!
George Gould
1:21 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
They are just kids - harmless. They will accomplish nothing with their rallies and marches, just as the demonstrators against the war in Vietnam accomplished nothing 45 years ago. They will grow out of it.
What I worry about is someone your age (I read your profile) who hasn't figured out yet that it makes no difference whom we elect in November. Romney and Obama work for the same paymasters. The problem isn't that our system doesn't work or that Obama is incompetent. The problem is that the system does work as designed - at least for those who are supposed to benefit from the system - and that doesn't include the 47% Romney described or you or me.
We live in a plutocracy with a veneer of democracy. We get to select one of the two hand-picked errand boys selected by the few who actually own this country. The policies our "leaders" follow will be decided by the plutocrats who paid their way into office. This is the way it was designed in 1787 and the way it has continued to work, with the occasional hiccup, to this very day.