Romney: 47% of Americans are losers, don't care about 'em

[Phillip V]

Ann barks when they have sex.

[Eddie Teach]

Heh.  Most conservatives now think that Hitler was a leftist.  Honest to God.

Conservatives would have preferred reinstating the Kaiser.

[Eddie Teach]

Basically these states bring nothing, they are poor and suck to visit:

West Virginia

The New and Gauley rivers are quite fun.

[Eddie Teach]

The problem is that people in Wyoming and Montana cost more per person then other states.  With every one so spread out it costs more to provide infrastructure.  Which road is going to cost more?  A road that services 100,000 people in Montana or New Jersey?

A road in Montana services people in New Jersey by letting them get goods more cheaply.

[Martinus]

One wonders though if this statement drives anyone away who wasn't already not going to vote for Romney anyway.

I don't know about the US politics and how much Romney has been hated until now, but I would assume so.

I have to say I had some sympathy for the guy when he was being hounded for his practices at Bain - because, while not very "presentable" to the media largely ignorant of equity markets, I didn't find anything out of ordinary there. So I assume that there might have been moderates/independents there who were considering voting for him.

His taped comments - not just the ones about "losers", but also his implied racism and his disparaging comments about his wife - turned me off completely from him, and I suppose a lot of voters would react like that.

Essentially, from various tidbits we know about him in private (his treatment of the family dog; his hazing/bullying behaviour in the past; his favourite college pasttime of impersonating an officer to intimidate people; and now his comments off the record), there emerges a pretty consistent picture of a rather nasty piece of shit. He is not a charisma-less suit like Kerry - he is much worse than that.

In fact, I imagine that there might be a part of moderate Republican voters who were going to vote for him along party lines, but may decide to stay home now for this very reason.

[Admiral Yi]

BTW, Yi, care to make a bet on the outcome of the election?  I need to get back the money that Roberts cost me with his last minute flip-flop.

What are you offering?

[DGuller]

BTW, Yi, care to make a bet on the outcome of the election?  I need to get back the money that Roberts cost me with his last minute flip-flop.

What are you offering?

I think Obama will win.  I'm offering pricing at 70% chance (never figured out the fractional odds).  Basically, I win $30 if he wins, and lose $70 if he loses.

[Razgovory]

Dguller, why not bet on Romney?  That way it will cushion the blow.

[DGuller]

Dguller, why not bet on Romney?  That way it will cushion the blow.

Not from a financial perspective.  If Obama wins, my marginal tax rate will go up to 200%.  I earn enough that it will cost me more than $70.

[Razgovory]

Will 30 bucks cover that?

[Gups]

I think Obama will win.  I'm offering pricing at 70% chance (never figured out the fractional odds).  Basically, I win $30 if he wins, and lose $70 if he loses.

Yi would be significantly better off at intrade where he'd get about $95 for his 30 buck downside.

[Martinus]

I think Obama will win.  I'm offering pricing at 70% chance (never figured out the fractional odds).  Basically, I win $30 if he wins, and lose $70 if he loses.

Yi would be significantly better off at intrade where he'd get about $95 for his 30 buck downside.

[Eddie Teach]

He'd be better off betting on Obama.

[DGuller]

I think Obama will win.  I'm offering pricing at 70% chance (never figured out the fractional odds).  Basically, I win $30 if he wins, and lose $70 if he loses.

Yi would be significantly better off at intrade where he'd get about $95 for his 30 buck downside.

No.  The net profits for Yi are equivalent to what he would get if he bought Romney at 30.

[Gups]

You're right, sorry.