So are we sure we know who Romney is really concerned about?

[Dexter Dogg]

"I'm not concerned about the very poor"..."I'm not concerned about the very rich"



Mitt Romney:

Jon Stewart on Mitt's 'Very Poor' Gaffe

Daily Show host Jon Stewart was shocked – shocked! – by Mitt Romney's latest gaffe – saying, during an interview on CNN, that he's "not concerned about the very poor," because they can fall back on our nation's wonderful social safety net. Stewart had a spot-on analogy: "It's like a doctor saying, 'I'm not concerned about the very healthy, because they're fine, or the very sick because, you know, morphine.'" To try to make sense of "Romney's apparent conflation of the very rich and very poor," Stewart invited correspondents Jason Jones and John Oliver to each represent one of the two classes. Watch the clip below:

Jon Stewart on Mitt's 'Very Poor' Gaffe | Lauren Lipsay | Rolling Stone

[Maple1]

We need to know how he defines "very poor". Could be anyone worth less than $10 million.

[CindersMyGirl]

Obama has his campaign, taken out of context, sound bite. Handed right to him.

[MidwestGirl]

very poor could be all of us before long

[Golfgirlrobin]

Obama has his campaign, taken out of context, sound bite. Handed right to him.

The DNC already had 900 taken out of context sound bites they were going to use. Now they have 901. The RNC has the same.

This is simply fodder for the Daily Show and the like, and it's not like they were going to be even-handed to start with, so what's the difference?

Lots of people will argue that this just furthers the narrative that Romney is out of touch with poor people. Well of course he is, he's a gazillionaire. So is everybody else who wants to be president.

[Dani]

He looks constipated in that picture...well, heck, in general.

[Di]

He looks constipated in that picture...well, heck, in general.

I wonder what people would think if this had been said about "O" Although I for one think most politicians are full of shit, on both sides of the aisle...

[Garth]

I wonder what people would think if this had been said about "O" Although I for one think most politicians are full of shit, on both sides of the aisle...

Please don't use that language. There might be children reading this.

[Delmonico]

I wonder what people would think if this had been said about "O" Although I for one think most politicians are full of poop, on both sides of the aisle...

There I fixed it Di.

Besides them being full of fecal matter, both sides, it's amazing how many think this or that one is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Well their favorite politician isn't really great and btw neither is sliced bread. Now wonder where in such a mess, everyone is eating Wonder bread and it made them stupid.

[Dexter Dogg]

I for one think most politicians are full of *&%^, on both sides of the aisle...

I have to agree Di.