Posted on 09/17/2012 8:21:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican candidate Mitt Romney responded to criticism after a video surfaced of him calling out 47 percent of Americans for not paying income taxes, saying they all feel entitled to government handouts and will vote for President Obama no matter what. In the video, Romney can be heard saying that it’s not his job to convince those people to vote for him, but rather he needs to focus on independent voters.
Romney defended to the tape, saying, “It doesn’t capture the question, so I don’t know precisely what was asked, but I think it was about my campaign and how I’d be able to get the majority of voters to support me.”
The GOP nominee asked for the entire video to be released. He said that it was not “elegantly stated” and that he was “speaking off the cuff.”
Romney went on to say that it’s a message he plans on continuing to carry....
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that is what libs are afraid of. Romney looks very presidential and will kill in debate and need to take him b4 then..
The Donald isn’t real reliable....
I’m kinda wondering how long it will take for all these protests to blow-up in the MSM.
I know I’m being optimistic or naive, but really ?
Gotta give Mitt credit, he didn’t back down. Now he needs to get on message, stay agressive. Go after Obama. Nice guys lose. Whatever dirt Mitt has (and they do have Obama dirt), they need to play hard ball and release it right back.
” - - - - him calling out 47 percent of Americans for not paying income taxes, saying they all feel entitled to government handouts and will vote for President Obama no matter what. “
Are these the same 47 % who are guilty of “NOT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE?”
I watched the News Conference video. I did NOT see him apologizing. He said “...this is the message I will continue to carry.” Of course, I’d have loved to have seen him a little more assertive, but, I thought he handled it well. If he’d said something like: “I’m sorry if I offended anyone...” I’d have been livid. But, he didn’t. (Thank God)
and when he said he used bad of choice or something to that effect was not in his prepared text, it was used when he was asked a question..
It may have not been NLP wordsmithed to manipulate people like Obama’s teleprompter, but it was accurate.
could this be a sneaky “gotcha” from the Romney camp...a way to steal away the news cycle from Obama?
I’m not sure if you’re asking me a question or making a statement. What he said was that he was answering a question about how he planned to win the election and that his comment “was not elegantly stated”. But, he did not back down.
just making a statement
You are correct Romney did not say I apologize or I may have offended he did say I didn’t say it elegantly and off the cuff - good grief that is an apology.
I said this on the original Post about this situation:
If “You didn’t build that” didn’t sink Obama, this won’t sink Romney. I don’t think there is a total of 10% of the people in America who are not familiar with Obama’s statement. He offended a lot more than 47% of the people with his statement. This too shall pass.
I said this on the original Post about this situation:
If “You didn’t build that” didn’t sink Obama, this won’t sink Romney. I don’t think there is a total of 10% of the people in America who are not familiar with Obama’s statement. He offended a lot more than 47% of the people with his statement. This too shall pass.
Romney was strong in the press conference. He was correct that the statement was a little inelegant (imagine how unpolished Obama’s message sounds behind the scenes. “I can’t believe these stupid Americans actually think they built it”)
But his message was fundamentally correct. The welfare state is too expansive. If Romney can refine and sharpen the message, this will be an effective attack line, and it’s good to see Freepers giving him credit for not backing down. Makes you wonder if he did something right...
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