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Editorial See other Editorial Articles Title: Matt Taibbi: Mitt Romney Would Have Won If Republicans 'Were Self-Aware At All' Matt Taibbi: Mitt Romney Would Have Won If Republicans 'Were Self-Aware At All' The Huffington Post | By Bonnie Kavoussi Posted: 11/09/2012 10:52 am EST Updated: 11/09/2012 10:52 am EST Share on Google+ Matt Taibbi Obama 6 2 0 5 39 Get Business Alerts: Sign Up Follow: Mitt Romney, Video, Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi, Matt Taibbi GOP, Matt Taibbi Mitt Romney, Matt Taibbi Mitt Romney GOP, Matt Taibbi Republican Party, Matt Taibbi Republicans, Matt Taibbi Romney, Mitt Romney 2012, Business News Mitt Romney could have easily won the presidential election if he and his party had realized that they were turning people off, according to Matt Taibbi. "If they were self-aware at all, Mitt Romney would probably be president right now," Taibbi wrote in a blog post for Rolling Stone late Thursday. He argued that Republicans' message about financial responsibility could resonate with a lot of people, but unfortunately it is a cover for their belief that women and minorities are "parasites." Modern Republicans "have so much of their own collective identity wrapped up in the belief that they're surrounded by free-loading, job-averse parasites who not only want to smoke weed and have recreational abortions all day long, but want hardworking white Christians like them to pay the tab," Taibbi wrote. "Their whole belief system...is inherently insulting to everyone outside the tent – and you can't win votes when you're calling people lazy, stoned moochers." Minorities and women voted overwhelmingly for Obama in the presidential election. Fifty-five percent of women voted for Obama, according to CNN's exit polls. Obama also won nearly three-quarters of the Latino vote, more than 90 percent of the black vote, and 73 percent of the Asian-American vote, according to exit polls. Some comments by Romney may have played a role. Romney told donors in a video leaked before the election that 47 percent of Americans "are dependent upon government," "believe that they are victims," and "believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it." President Barack Obama trounced Romney in the electoral college, winning 332 electoral votes compared to Romney's 206. But the election was not a total victory for Democrats. Obama won the popular vote by a closer margin: 50.5 percent compared to Romney's 48.0 percent. Republicans also kept the House of Representatives, and Democrats did not gain enough seats in the Senate to prevent future filibusters by Republicans. Earlier on HuffPost: Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 5.
#5. To: tom007 (#0)
Actually, if the Republicans had really been "self-aware" they wouldn't have nominated Romney at all.
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