There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.
[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. Ill never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.
I could be missing something, but Im not seeing this as a disaster or anything. The media will try to rip him no matter what he says, but...
IF youre an unmovable Obama voter, and youre insulted by Romneys remark, it doesnt matter. Because you were never going to vote for him anyway (much of my family are these people, sadly). Could it up Obamas base turnout? Meh. - dont think so.
But if youre a gettable independent who either has a job or desperately wants one, youre just going to assume Romney isnt talking about you. The 47% is someone else.
Not sure why an undecided would use this statement to orient them in such a fashion to be more likely to vote for Obama. If you have a scintilla of self-reliance and think the government is too intrusive (a majority still think so), why vote for Obama and deliberately align yourself with those other guys who are voting to keep the DC gravy train rolling? If you work for a living (or WANT to) you vote for Romney to show that youre still one of those people that wants less government, not more. Why, out of spite, would you vote for Obama and align yourself with the people Romneys talking about?
Its almost like its a reverse psychology thing. Prove youre not a leech and vote Republican.
Again, the average undecided voter will NEVER think Romney is talking about them when they think of the 47% in their heads. Its always some other guy.
Almost everyone over 65 is part of that 47%, and they are the most republican age group, to insult them and retired military, is a real live, Mitt Romney type gaffe.
The man is just so out of touch, I bet you $10,000.00 (a similar type Romney gaffe) that he will suffer some for this.
When does he start his real campaign?