Mitt Got 47% Problems But Your Vote Ain’t One

Mitt Romney famously said that 47% of the people will never vote for him because they love not paying income taxes (a lot of them are poor, but whatever). Little does he know that this half-nation of “moochers” is his base. #facepalm

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Sep 21, 2012

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