Romney said some true things, it's good to see him staying strong here. It's also important to skewer how the media has framed this issue. This article says it all well, it's worth the time to read the whole thing, my excerpting doesn't do it justice.
Where the heck is today’s Rasmussen number??!
Don’t they know that I breathe this stuff???
Some of the hair-splitting responses to it below are hysterically weak.
I agree with what he said even though I think he used too broad a brush. But I think it is sad that he only was brave enough to say these things behind closed doors, to people who wanted to hear that message. There would be no issue if he had told the TRUTH all along in public. I understand it is politics but it is still sad.
So, then it IS true that the top 2% are already PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE! I thought so. - Obama evidently thinks the “rich” have big bundles of loot stashed away that they’re “stealing” from the bottom 47% of “poor” people who already don’t pay a dime in taxes . . .