Did Mitt Romney just blow the election?

Josh (author) you're an idiot! Pull your head from the sand and take a look around. There is 47% of Americans that pay no income tax. That leaves the rest of us hard working, tax paying 53% to make up the slack. Theoretically, my tax burden could be seriously cut if those people would get a move on it. Of course there's special cases, truly needy, retirees, veterans, etc. Romney is right. Look around. Romney pays no taxes.... actually he does. He pays what's called Capital Gains tax. It's in the tax code. Because he worked hard, built a business, and has his assets in places other than a normal paycheck, he pays a different tax rate, but he still pays taxes. What this country can't figure out, is that anyone has the opportunity to place their money in the same places Mr. Romney has his, and if they do, and those assets increase in value, they will pay the same tax as Mr. Romney. Of course, building a business is hard work and it's not for everyone. So some will build a business, staying up late, not going to movies, working weekends, not taking a vacation for years, and they will pay an income tax on what they earn while they own it. And when they sell the business and invest the earnings, they will pay the capitol gains tax same as Mr. Romney. For the rest of us, because that person made the effort of starting that company, more of us will have jobs that will generate a normal, income tax deducting paycheck. And still more of us will sit at our desks and squabble because the person that made their job possible pays a little less, yet they should be thankful for that someone else. Simply put the only position that you create for yourself is Entrepreneur. Anything other was created by someone else. If anyone thinks this tax rate is unfair, then petition to change it. Don't hate the man for following the laws and making the most of the opportunities at hand. We all have the same chance, and I'm pretty sure you'll want his tax rate when your shares go up....  ;) He might have blown it, but not because of what he said. The way he could lose the election is because this country has a lot of people that can't handle the ugly truth, and he calls them out on it.

you got no business being a republican if you are not a millionaire.

 Leona Helmsley loathed the little people too but at least she had respect for her dog

That comment about Romney thinking half of Americans are "losers" is complete left wing hyperbole. Oh, that's right, that can't be...only right wingers do that! (sarc).

If it is one things that die-hard liberals can't stand is the truth-- to day too many people think that they are entitiled a free ride- as an independant voter, retired, and living on the retirement I worked over 40 years to earn, and with parents that grew up in the deppression years, I was taught that no one one was owed a living and if you were physical able to get out and work. I was also taught that Social Security was not a retirement fund, but to supplement help with retirement in a person years when they were no longer able to work, and help with a person's own responsibity to prepare for retirement year when they are working.

All Americans are above average.