Welcome to Number 16. My name is Joanne Madden and I am from Toronto, Canada. I have named my blog after my favourite number. I invite you to be a follower of Number 16 by clicking the "follow" button on the right side of the screen. To find out what I have written on any topic, use the search box directly below. For some special features, please scroll to the bottom of this webpage. Your comments are most welcome. I'd like to hear from you. Search This Blog Loading... Pages Sunday, October 14, 2012 Mitt Romney would not be moderate! "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it -- that that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what. ... These are people who pay no income tax. ... [M]y job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." - Mitt Romney Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for President of the United States, said those words and he meant them.  He can't pretend otherwise.  He can't just shrug them off