This video of Romney's "fiery" speech today. Look at the faces of the people sitting behind him

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/mitt-romney-and-the-spirit-of-joe-the-plumber/2012/07/17/gJQAdXXhrW_blog.html

Posted at 04:06 PM ET, 07/17/2012 TheWashingtonPost Mitt Romney and the spirit of Joe the Plumber

By Greg Sargent

Mitt Romney delivered a fiery speech today in Pennsylvania in which he attacked Obama for allegedly dissing people who have built businesses — something that has become an overnight GOP talking point. snip

Note the part of Romney’s speech in which he said Obama’s claim was insulting to people who work hard to better themselves in life:

“People who reach to try and lift themselves up — the president will say, `well, you didn’t do that, you couldn’t have gotten to school without the roads that government built for you. And you couldn’t have gone to school without teachers, so you’re not responsible for that success.’”

This is just crazy talk, but there’s an actual policy dispute lurking beneath the surface of it. Romney believes government should do less to help people lift themselves up. He thinks the answer is to get government out of the way, unshackle the free market, and allow it to shower opportunity on everyone. He recently claimed that we don’t need more teachers. Obama thinks government should invest more in education to promote social mobility and invest more in our nation’s infrastructure to help secure the future. Polls suggest Americans agree with Obama's broader vision. But to Romney, any discussion of the role of the broader society in facilitating opportunity is akin to an attack on individual initiative itself. Americans aren’t going to buy such an extreme framing of the issues at play here.

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[madaboutharry]

1. They look like extras in a prison movie.

[jberryhill]

6. On loan from MSNBC

[quinnox]

2. lots of out of work actors have to do anything they can get n/t

[WinstonSmith4740]

3. I've noticed that before.

If you look at the crowds at an Obama appearance, the people are involved, smiling, laughing, calling out, applauding, just plain HAPPY to be there. These guys look like they were picked up off the street to give Mitt an "everyman" audience, and paid to be there.

[BlueToTheBone]

4. Home Depot parking lot has many men who look

just like these guys. Need jobs, will work for food.

[Rainngirl]

5. They look

like they're in a police lineup hoping to not be "identified." I wonder how much he paid them to stand there.

[ailsagirl]

8. Good one

They rarely appear enthusiastic-- truly. Bored to death.

HUGE difference between the President and Rmoney!!

[Arctic Dave]

7. Hey rmoney, thanks for reminding everyone that "We the People" paid taxes to build the roads,

water, systems and parks.

So, no, you can't have any of them douchebag.