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Secret Video Worsens Mitt Romney's September Nightmare (ABC News at its worst)
ABC OTUS News ^ | Sept.ember 19, 2012 | MICHAEL FALCONE and AMY WALTER

Posted on 09/18/2012 9:52:36 AM PDT by presidio9

No matter what Mitt Romney wanted this week to be about, it's clear that it's going to be about one thing: A campaign that is off message and in disarray.

The series of stories Monday morning that laid bare latent tensions within the Romney campaign, and in particular, displeasure with the one of the GOP candidate's trusted advisers, Stuart Stevens, turnout out to be just the beginning.

But it was the late-day hidden camera dump by Mother Jones' David Corn and video researcher James Carter that turned out to be the day's real atomic bomb. The leaked videos showed a series of candid moments from a May Romney fundraiser at which the presidential candidate said, among other things, that no matter what" he does, 47 percent of the population is going to vote for Obama because they are "are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it."

In the video, Romney is also shown saying, "My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

Even so, voters are clearly waiting for the debates to make a final judgment on Romney. At least that was the take away from a focus group of suburban swing voters from Northern Virginia voters conducted last night in Fairfax, Virginia by Peter Hart for the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Despite being inundated with campaign ads,

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agitprop; clowncarmedia; inthetank4the1
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

The adjectives indicate that the MSM is so excited that they are actually breathing heavier than a woman going through orgasm.


61 posted on 09/18/2012 1:18:26 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: Obadiah

62 posted on 09/18/2012 1:36:11 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: sickoflibs; presidio9; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3

” Speaking of Rove power and manipulation (on another thread) , someone needs to ask Rove if this is what he had in mind with Romney. “

Yeah.


63 posted on 09/18/2012 2:13:18 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: pfflier

BTW did anybody notice the Wisconsin recall vote result was 53.1% to 46.3% ??

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WI is the cradle of liberalism, right? This means the less psycho parts of the country will be even more sane.


64 posted on 09/18/2012 3:21:05 PM PDT by ROTB (Live holy, forgive all & pray in Jesus' name. Trust He is willing & able & eager to ANSWER BIG!)
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To: ROTB

I hope you’re right although I was highlighting the ratio as related to who pays income taxes and who gets handouts..


65 posted on 09/18/2012 3:37:36 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Andrei Bulba

On the video, big friggin deal. I know the 47% is a wrong figure, but 53% would be a majority, wouldn’t it now?


That’s the frustrating part , the media pays more attention to the minority
Position on many occasions.

They don’t realize that these are the people who fund the essential programs, and yes the freebies


66 posted on 09/18/2012 4:53:44 PM PDT by patriotspride
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To: pfflier

I hope you’re right although I was highlighting the ratio as related to who pays income taxes and who gets handouts..

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I know.

That being said, sometimes my “leap of logic”-o-matic jumps a bit too far.


67 posted on 09/18/2012 4:56:48 PM PDT by ROTB (Live holy, forgive all & pray in Jesus' name. Trust He is willing & able & eager to ANSWER BIG!)
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To: ROTB

68 posted on 09/18/2012 5:01:31 PM PDT by timestax (Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
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To: Andrei Bulba

On the video, big friggin deal. I know the 47% is a wrong figure, but 53% would be a majority, wouldn’t it now?


That’s the frustrating part , the media pays more attention to the minority
Position on many occasions.

They don’t realize that these are the people who fund the essential programs, and yes the freebies


69 posted on 09/18/2012 5:24:30 PM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Sarah Barracuda

That’s exactly what Romney should say everytime he’s asked about the statement. “Didn’t you see the democrat convention?”

But I’m afraid his stuttering will do him in. Especially during the debate. The press will say he can’t handle the pressure. Never mind if obama stutters and rambles.


70 posted on 09/18/2012 5:39:33 PM PDT by Terry Mross (The Clintons are extremely afraid of obama. Do they owe him their souls?)
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To: Terry Mross

That is why Romney has to be calm, like he was on that fundraiser tape. He is so calm when he knows the camera is not on him but when the camera is on him he becomes robotic. He has to be the Romney on that tape, THAT is the Romney that will resonate with people.
The Democratic Convention was ALL about begging for free stuff..begging for free birth control, abortions, health care, gas, food, housing, everything..the DNC is the entitlement party..gimme gimme gimme but expect the rest of us to pay for it..that is what Romney has to get across to the American people..if he conveys that message no matter what the pravda media says Romney will win


71 posted on 09/18/2012 5:44:21 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ROTB
“leap of logic”-o-matic

I've got one of those! I just didn't know what it was called.

72 posted on 09/18/2012 9:20:10 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Fu-fu2

Hey, anyone but that breathless Obama whore Anne Compton: ABC News. That biotch is going to make me drive off the road one of these days!


73 posted on 09/18/2012 9:25:05 PM PDT by Batman11 (We came for the chicken sandwiches and a Sweet Tea Party broke out!)
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To: Washi
I know that you think that you sound smart, but if you want to see conservatives vote for Romney, you should shut up while you're ahead.

And why, in your own opinion, would you say that I am "ahead?"

74 posted on 09/18/2012 9:41:44 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9
Glad to see you're re-thinking that,...

I was not going to vote for Romney.
I changed my mind.
Romney will get one more vote that he wouldn't have gotten.
You were "Glad to see" that.

In my opinion, you're ahead.

Looking back at your posting history, you're not the Willard-bot that you came off as.

However, if the candidate doesn't deserve my vote, he's not getting my vote. The "...a vote for anyone other than Romney, or no vote at all, is a vote for Obama..." line of thinking is B.S. and will piss me off every time it's used, regardless of who uses it.

75 posted on 09/19/2012 7:58:55 PM PDT by Washi
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To: Washi
The "...a vote for anyone other than Romney, or no vote at all, is a vote for Obama..." line of thinking is B.S. and will piss me off every time it's used, regardless of who uses it.

In that case, the fact that 2+2=4 must infuriate you as well. This is not rocket science.

For most people anyway.

Let's get something straight: I am not here to make friends with you. In fact, I actually don't care if you vote or not, or who you vote for. But I WILL explain the stupidity of not voting every time some idiot thinks he is proving that he has the most conservative balls on this website because he's the only one who sees through Mitt Romney's BS. EVERYONE on this website hates the fact that Mitt Romney is our candidate. He had zero support here in the primaries. So if you can't bring yourself to vote for him, do the rest of us a favor and keep it to yourself. Regardless of what you tell yourself, are not saying anything profound, or orignal. And you ARE helping Barak Obama.

Go in peace.

76 posted on 09/21/2012 12:08:14 AM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9
I am not here to make friends with you. In fact, I actually don't care if you vote or not, or who you vote for.

Glad to see you're re-thinking that...

Too late. Can't change your story now. You care.

77 posted on 09/21/2012 9:06:38 AM PDT by Washi
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