Let Them Eat Cake! (Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that.)

What do Marie Antoinette and Mitt Romney have in common (besides big hair)?
A massive case of foot in mouth disease.
Luckily for the Mittster, we're not likely to set up the guillotine on the Mall in D.C. anytime soon (though sometimes...)
Mitt was talking to a group of rich people, trying to get his hands on some of their money, and he delivered a Mr. Burns-like indictment of "those people," you know the ones who are on the dole, the ones who feel "entitled to healthcare and food," imagine that.  The now infamous 47% who support Obama because they like to be victims of society, who pay no income tax, who are there mainly because they're not smart and hard working enough to pull themselves up by their bootstraps just like Mitt Romney... or, um, well just like his George Romney anyway.
Mitt doesn't want to backpedal too fast because, for the first time, the Rush Limbaughs of the world are giving him props for being a "true conservative," which if I read it right means someone who doesn't give a hoot about the middle class, let alone the poor, because they're not the ones who really matter.  This is a dangerous way to structure a society, ask Marie.
Karl Marx may have gone too far when he started talking about abolishing religion, families and private enterprise, but he at least diagnosed one of the fundamental divisions in modern society: Bourgeois from Proletariat.  Mitt is the prototype of the Bourgeois, rich (because he was born that way), power-hungry and rather disdainful of all those who don't fit into his caste.  Obama, on the other hand, is a rather stunning example of the Proletariat dream, a man of the people who worked his way up through community organizing and public service.  The funny thing is that the Proletariat, as Marx portrays them before he goes off on his "let's throw our entire cultural system out the window because it's just too corrupt" rampage, is actually much closer to the "American Dream," than the sort of aristocratic nepotism that Romney embodies.
We saw in the 20th century that communism was not the way that the proletariat, the common man, was going to rise up and cast off the chains of oppression and stand on his own two feet.  In fact, it seemed to have the opposite effect, creating more oppressive, soul-crushing circumstances for the majority of people.  Now, we're finding out that unhindered capitalism is not really any better.  Oh it works for some people, it works for Mitt Romney, but it definitely does not work for everyone.
I am a perfect example, for nearly 15 years, I have had zero or close to zero federal income tax liability.  First, it was because I was a Divinity student who made no money.  Then it was because I was a Pastor starting out near the minimum salary of around $30,000/year.  Then I had a couple of kids, my wife stayed home to be a mother (of all the silly, lazy things to do), so I got a deduction that more than kept pace with the growing tax liability.  Now I have two kids and, thanks to taking on what amounts to a second job (adding another church to my charge), I make nearly $50,000/year and still pay almost no Federal Income tax.  I work, I'm a Pastor, a community leader, I have a Masters degree, I am not a leech on society, but I am part of the 47%.
When my kids started school, they were eligible for reduced lunches and we were glad they were, it helped and every little bit helps for those on the lower end of the middle class.  Do I believe that the government ought to take care of my every need?  No, but I do believe that they ought to do what they can to help out those who are working hard and barely making ends meet.  I do believe that they ought to help out those who are born into poverty instead of the governor's mansion (I'm talking to you Romney).
Society is measured by how it treats its weakest members, a sentiment that has been trotted out by many wise folk, from Dostoevsky to Pope JPII, is thoroughly resonant with Christian theology, but not with the current dialogue coming from the Republican party.
Just so you know, I've got issues with Obama and the Dems too, but that's for another day.