[skeeter]

It was obvious he was referring to voters and his campaign's strategy, not 'dismissing' Americans as beneath his consideration.

But I guess you can interpret him anyway you like.

[ansel12]

It was clear that he was dismissing half of the American people, but the problem was in defining his 47%, he never could, you can’t either.

Aside from politics, many conservatives and Americans of all stripes blanched at yet another glimpse into Romney’s exotic isolation from Americanism “[M]y job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”.

Not exactly Reaganesque.