Posted on 09/17/2012 4:48:47 PM PDT by Evil Slayer
Mitt Romney described almost half of Americans as “dependent upon government” during a private reception with donors earlier this year and said those voters will likely support President Obama because they believe they are “entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.”
The blunt political and cultural assessment by the Republican presidential candidate offers a rare glimpse into Mr. Romney’s personal views as the campaign enters its final 50 days. Liberals quickly condemned the remarks as insensitive and Mr. Obama’s campaign accused him of having “disdainfully written off half the nation.”
The recordings surfaced even as Mr. Romney sought to retool his campaign message amid internal campaign sniping and calls from Republicans outside the campaign for him to be more specific about how his policies will fix the nation’s economy.
The video clips raised the possibility that his campaign would once again be sidetracked by Mr. Romney’s own words, a problem that has plagued the former Massachusetts governor since his hard-fought battle with Republican rivals during the nominating contests earlier this year. The video of Mr. Romney making the comments was posted on the Internet Monday afternoon by Mother Jones, a liberal magazine, which said it had obtained the recording and had confirmed its authenticity. The magazine said it was concealing the identity of the person who took the video and the location and time of the recording.
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Reince preibus already did tonight on CNN
Dude, whatever.
That was no backtrack. You are just looking for something.
doesn’t matter what the truth is, they will beat Romney over the head with this until the debates and try to get him saying something contrary to what he tells donors.
This sucks and will become an unnecessary distraction and I imagine the media will run with it, out of context of course and there will be ads running by Tuesday.
With all due respect, did you just get here or something?
The media will bash him no matter what as you have seen with Romney’s strong statement on Egypt.
Jesus doesn’t deserve that kind of disrespect. Please don’t use his name as a cuss word.
LLS
He should offer to lift them up so their kids wont grow up with no hope for a better life.
I disagree about the “independents”. I believe most of them are working people, and would tend to agree with Romney on this. They are just as tire of pulling the wagon as the rest of us.
Amend to that!!!!!
Well said. I just went to the Romney web site and submitted a “suggestion”. I told them I commended Gov. Romney for his comments and not to back down or “walk it back”.
>>BANG!!!!!! Another shot in the foot. He goes from “cold and heartless” to “flip flopper” in 2 seconds.<<
If you’re not looking to be offended, you’ll see it’s a clarification. He was talking to those who will vote for him and that’s what the comeback was about.
Stick around a year or two and you’ll learn.
LBJ,Ted Kennedy and many others might disagree with you on that.
I find this absolutely refreshing. I want MORE of this talk from Mitt. If the boot-licking media is already cheering a re-election may as well go for the throat.
The left have so twisted the debate that truth is the new pornography.
LLS
My fellow FReeper, I didn't worry what I said during my campaign because, in my heart, I knew I was right. The left and the media said I was a loser for stating the truth. Well....why don't you think about it. I won the election and I won with a pretty darn good mandate.
Funny I haven’t seen you post here till now..
I strongly disagree. This isn't a distraction at all. This issue is the very essence of this election - the moochers versus the producers.
If he loses on this message, at least we will know for sure where we stand as a nation.
A goodly part of that 47% are not in the group by choice. Romney can peel them off if he can explain how he's going to make it possible for them to rise up out of government dependency. It's a huge mistake simply to write them off.
You know quite a few of the “producers” actually long to be part of the “moocher” class.
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