Mitt in the Shit

The internet is ablaze about this video of Mitt Romney caught off mic basically writing off the 47% of the country that he considers to be parasites, ie non-noble non-job creators slash welfare queens looking to suck off the country's teat. Such a proclamation is damning, but it shouldn't really be surprising, especially after his choosing Mr. Ayn Rand himself as his veep. Mitt Romney is running less to be the president of the United States as he is president of incredibly rich people.

But this line, as pointed out by Sully, is strange indeed:

My own view is that if we win on November 6th, there will be a great deal of optimism about the future of this country. We'll see capital come back and we'll see — without actually doing anything — we'll actually get a boost in the economy.

Besides Sully pointing out the obvious - the value of stocks in the DOW has doubled since Obama took office - what does this even mean? Just by Mitt Romney existing as president, suddenly the economy of the country will come roaring back to life....? One could be lead to believe there's some sort of sinister, cynical thinking going on here. Are we really supposed to believe that okay okay, once a white, entitled "businessman" who looks the part, ie is "one of us", is back at the helm, capitalism will be unleashed to its full fury?  Wasn't George Bush a white, entitled "businessman"? How'd that go?

Shit's whack.