[Uncle Chip]

If in that "the 47% dependent upon government" he included the myriad of underworked overpaid unionized government workers at all levels, then he might be correct.

After all those are the ones most dependent upon government.

But I doubt that is what he meant.

[zencycler]

If in that "the 47% dependent upon government" he included the myriad of underworked overpaid unionized government workers at all levels, then he might be correct.

Read carefully what he said, he is correct. He never said 47% of Americans are dependent on government. He said 47% of the vote is locked in for Obama (I'd estimate more like 40-45 myself) and then he went on to list the various segments, of which many (but not all) from each are included in that group. While his statement was open to misinterpretation (and hence, "inarticulate"), a careful reading makes his intent clear.