This was all the rage a little while ago when Romney zinged Obama by saying “President Obama, bless his heart, has tried to substitute government for free people, and it has not worked.”

Watch it below:

This comment got a lot of reaction over at Twitchy, but most notable that it was called racist!

Heh, I’m guessing Romney breathing is also racist too.




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Suzyqpie
Suzyqpie

Nov 6 we will determine if the looter/plunderer outnumber the worker/saver of the United States of America.

Jeremy Poncy
Jeremy Poncy

This could be a Reagan moment for Romney. Reagan had "Here we go again." If Romney is smart he will utilize this in the same way. It's short. It's simple. And it mocks, ridicules and totally questions Obama's capacity as an "intellectual" and it does so in a way that is non offensive to others. Put this one in your back pocket Romney. It could be useful.

Jay
Jay

With the right tone of voice, "Bless his heart" is unmistakable to anyone. And doubly insulting to the leftoids because of the- GASP!- religous overtones. Separation of church and blah, blah, blah, you know the rant.

LiberalBoycotter
LiberalBoycotter

I don't give a rat's butt, who writes, holds up cue cards, or anything else that helps Romney win. I just want him to kick Barry's A$$ to the curb in November.

The race card has been so over played by the Liberals, it is now just as useless as the joker in a deck of cards when you are going to play a serious game to win!!!!

Chris
Chris

Oh no! The old "Mitt Romney and Republicans (all white people, yep right) are racist" catchphrase! A bunch of overly sensitive whiners those lefties are. Hey, I like Aunt Jemima pancake mix and Cream of Wheat hot cereal, so that must make me a racist as well. This is fun!

K-Bob
K-Bob

I think the guy who brought the phrase, "bless his heart," to prominent, comedic use was Henry Cho. He has a whole routine built around it. he first time I heard it I laughed my loose bits right off.

So enough of who's ripping off whom.

Steven Shearon
Steven Shearon

Difference between a professional and the amateur who presently resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Michael
Michael

"bless his heart" I say WHAT HEART???? Great to see Mitt with those T-Shirts on the crowd!! Just in your face and right at the Marxist! I guess people really did know what you meant hey Obama??? Nice Zinger!! Racist....Gee call Bill Murray for "GroundHog Day"....the Dems use the same ole same ole!!

FSM_47
FSM_47

Bless Obama's little pea pickin' heart. He tries with what he has to work with:-)

GeorgiaPeachie
GeorgiaPeachie

Racist?? Grasping at straws. Desperate. Losers come November!!!

Donald
Donald

Yep, Obama has to grasp at straws now. He has been caught lying some much, that the only thing he has is to make up false statements to cover his incompetence.

obama is getting desparate because he knows he is going to loose this election, and American people can get their White House back from this communist alien.

You lib-commies won`t have anywhere to hide your Kenyan traitor after this election.

This nightmare of treason is almost over.

All you commies have is to throw the race care, and that is getting as old as the blame it on Bush card.

So you better wake up and vote for the true Americans Romney/Ryan.

GeorgiaPeachie
GeorgiaPeachie

Totally with you Donald! Romney/Ryan 2012!!!

PS: I think you misunderstood my previous post.

idesign2
idesign2

Looks like Romney cribbed it from that lady in Alaska..:)

NYGino
NYGino

Thanks to my friend toongoon, who told me about the code word book in a box of Cracker Jacks, I'm now able to decifer codes. Hold on, I'll look it up.............................Yes, I found it. "Bless his heart" is definitely a racist term. Wait, there's an asterisk that refers to the bottom of the page. It says: Of course anything a conservative says about the current administration is racist. Oh well.

d1carter
d1carter

But what Plugs Biden said had nothing to do with racism..?

AWGBlog
AWGBlog

I live in the south and Romney may be from up north - but that's southern for "The boy is an idiot - too dumb to pour piss out of a boot even if the direction were written on the heel." And let's face it Obama isn't nearly as bright as he thinks he is.

AlabamaPatriot2
AlabamaPatriot2

...........perhaps if the directions were in Arabic???

AlabamaPatriot2
AlabamaPatriot2

Those not native raised Southerners may not know, but when someone says something really stupid, the classic, charming Southern response is "Bless yore little ole' heart."

maynardb50
maynardb50

Mr. Romney needs to hang on to that "bless his heart" statement. Kind of like Reagan's

"there you go again".

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

Obama is a narcissistic, self-absorbed, marxist-raised, drug-addled, Muslim-supporting progressive socialist, Bless his little heart. :)

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

Racist??? The Obama people call everybody who disagree with them racists. It's all they have left. They are going to lose.

KateNE
KateNE

I think this is the equivalent to the "Friends" telling Joey Tribbiani "you're so pretty".

Mary
Mary

We're all racists now.

Chris
Chris

I'd like to see Newsweek put that on their cover.

drphibes
drphibes

"You betcha!" Woops, there we go again.

Arrrggghhh
Arrrggghhh

"Racist" has become so overused so as to render it the intellectual equivalent of "Poopy Head."

Joe Labbe
Joe Labbe

I'm so sorry Mr. Obama, it appears your Race card has been declined...

B-Funk
B-Funk

LOL! I haven't heard poopy head in so long! I completely agree with you.

Spartan4Palin
Spartan4Palin

I'm sorry. But I have noticed A LOT that the Romney campaign has taken license to use a great deal of 'Palin Points' lately. And it urks me to no end that they do it.

Energy matters. The acknowledgement to our military. This little sound bite. Many others in the same manner Palin uses. There are many things that they have said that mirror Palin's arguments from the past and to the present.

Look, I'm don't want to make this about Palin. I do believe she got a raw deal from the Romney camp. And whatever happened has happened. But it is an insult to Palin when they do this. And it is an insult to us that still stand with her when she brings issues to our attention.

I want so badly for our side to beat Obama. Period. Everyday that we wait till election, time seems to get longer by the minute. Especially when you want to climb through the screen of your monitor or TV at the lies being told by Obama. And it is so frustrating when you don't see the hard hits back. We all know the media is in the tank for Obama. But not ALL media is. New media is available. I made this argument on another thread. I don't know why the Romney campaign doesn't take advantage of the enormously large audience of talk radio and blogs and have sit down chats?

4rcane
4rcane

I noticed it too "bless his heart" was something Palin used to use ALOT. Also reminding audience on "clinging to gun and religion"

NHConservative0221
NHConservative0221

"I don't want to make this about Palin".... but then you go right ahead and do exactly that! LOL

Teresa
Teresa

Took the words right out of my mouth, NH.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

I don't see it that way. I think every time anybody uses Sarah's approach, or Newt's approach for that matter, it strengthens who Palin and Gingrich are. After the primary debates, they did the same with what Newt would say in the debates.

When politicians feel they can use Palin's techniques, it means they feel it is a strong tactic and only makes her look better. I wish every politician would do what Sarah does and maybe we could finally straighten out Washington.

poljunkie
poljunkie

At this point, I wouldn't care if Gov Palin was in the back room holding up cue cards for Romney to read.

I want to win this - and if she needs to help, fantastic. Great. Whatever is necessary.

Reckoner_3
Reckoner_3

Whatever helps!

I want to win this - and if she needs to help, fantastic. Great. Whatever is necessary.

Yes, it's game time now. Obama needs the boot!

Betsey_Ross
Betsey_Ross

I think she already has. Back at CPAC Romney was wondering what he had to do to get Sarah Palin to think he was a Conservative. He came up with the phrase "severly Conservative". Hmmmmm. Not quite, Mitt.

Without actually giving him lessons, I think he has been trying to model her style and her Conservatism. He had to show us that he has come around. With his pick of Ryan he has shown all of us that he will fight for us and wants to turn the economy around. I know I didn't think he had it in him to actually fight for this position. He has shown that he will fight and that he plans to win. Cue cards or not, he has improved so much in the past couple of months. By Sarah not going to the Convention she can stand back from the action and and evaluate the festivities. Hopefully she will be able to assertain that he has come a long way and will then go about the business of getting him a Conservative Congress so that they can all start restoring America.

Chris
Chris

Like your handle...or is that your real name? Any which way, thumbs up at the handle!

celestiallady
celestiallady

One of his speech writiers was Sarah's speech writier, I think I read somewhere, so that might be part of it.

Joe Labbe
Joe Labbe

Close! Ryan's speechwriter for his USS Wisconsin speech was the McCain speech writer for Palin's convention speech.

AmericanDream12
AmericanDream12

When Sarah speaks to Greta she sure has no speech writer!!!

AmericanDream12
AmericanDream12

Haha...what was I thinking. Of course you are right! s/

drphibes
drphibes

Not true. There is someone holding up cards that say "You Betcha" and "Bless his heart" just outside of camera range. It's an open secret at FOX.