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Mitt Romney Abandons ’47 Percent’ Remarks on ‘Hannity’: I Was ‘Completely Wrong’

Oct. 4, 2012 11:36pm Jason Howerton

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at the Augusta Expoland on October 4, 2012 in Fishersville, Virginia. (Getty Images)

FISHERSVILLE, Va. (TheBlaze/AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has described his disparaging remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay federal income taxes as “not elegantly stated.” Now he’s calling them “just completely wrong.”

The original remarks, secretly recorded during a fundraiser in May and posted online in September by the magazine Mother Jones, sparked intense criticism of Romney and provided fodder to those who portray him as an out-of-touch millionaire oblivious to the lives of average Americans. The remarks became a staple of Obama campaign criticism.

Initially, Romney defended his view, telling reporters at a news conference shortly after the video was posted that his remarks were “not elegantly stated” and that they were spoken “off the cuff.” He didn’t disavow them, however, and later adopted as a response when the remarks were raised that his campaign supports “the 100 percent in America.”

In an interview Thursday night with Fox News, Romney was asked by host Sean Hannity what he would have said had the “47 percent” comments come up during his debate in Denver on Wednesday night with President Barack Obama.

“Well, clearly in a campaign, with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and question-and-answer sessions, now and then you’re going to say something that doesn’t come out right,” Romney said. “In this case, I said something that’s just completely wrong.”

He added: “And I absolutely believe, however, that my life has shown that I care about 100 percent and that’s been demonstrated throughout my life. And this whole campaign is about the 100 percent.”

Watch the segment via Fox News/Mediaite below:

The move could serve as a preemptive strike should President Obama want to bring up the “47 percent” comments in future debates.

Critics of Romney’s “47 percent” remarks noted that many of those who don’t pay federal incomes taxes pay other forms of taxes. More than 16 million elderly Americans avoid federal income taxes solely because of tax breaks that apply only to seniors, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center reports. Millions of others don’t pay federal income taxes because they don’t earn enough after deductions and exemptions.

Acknowledging error is rare for Romney. Asked recently whether his TV ads had strayed from the facts, he said they had been “absolutely spot-on.” Fact-checking operations have argued otherwise.

Some conservatives rallied around Romney after the video surfaced, urging him to stand behind the remarks as accurate despite the criticism.

“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what,” Romney said in the video. “There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that 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.”

“Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax,” Romney said, and that his role “is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”

Romney later told reporters at a news conference called to address the remarks: “It’s not elegantly stated, let me put it that way. I was speaking off the cuff in response to a question. And I’m sure I could state it more clearly in a more effective way than I did in a setting like that.”

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Tankertony
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:14am
The question is did he speak the Truth. Yes, he did. And it’s exactly whats wrong with this country, and why we have a Tea Party. Only when we hold the pols accountable will we fix this mess. For our childrens sake.

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- TJSON
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:55am
  It is definitively NOT true, that is why he’s been forced to backpedal.
  
  I’m sure he still believes it though. He defines people’s worth by their wealth, and there aren’t many people wealthy enough for him to find worthy. This includes every single person commenting on this article.
  
  Mitt Romney is wealthier than all of us combined, and he thinks we are all worthless freeloaders.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:24am
  TJSON
  Mitt Romney is wealthier than all of us combined, and he thinks we are all worthless freeloaders.
  ——
  Let me put it this way: Four more years of Obama and we will all be worthless freeloaders like you.
  
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- Raging_Waters
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:50am
  @TJSON
  
  If you believe in God, why not pray to know which of the 2 candidates to vote for? It’s apparent to me that the current Odministration would rather not acknowledge God at all. Romney and Ryan have, multiple times. You should know by now what Obuma has to offer: Division and Destruction. What’s the plausible alternative?
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:17am
  RagingWaters, Division and Destruction. The destruction of our rights is coming from both sides. The destruction of our currency is coming from the Federal Reserve. Division… We’re broken down into segments within our own party. Social Conservatives, evangelicals, Libertarians, Constitutionalists, etc. Romney has played the division game well within the republican base. Why do you think he’ll unify the country, or even wants to when his own people this way? I don’t disagree that Obama thrives on that, merely suggesting the other guy will continue it.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 7:38am
  Tjson, If that’s true…then in your case he is right.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:50am
  Why is anyone surprised. Romney like Bachmann and similar dopy politicians tells you exactly want you want to hear. And when it actually sticks and show that it hurts them with independent voters they abandon it. Romney has shown since his time in MA that he will say and adopt whatever positions he thinks will gain votes. His Welfare to Work lie is a great example. His character, ethics, integrity and citizenship are situational at best. This is a guy who doesn’t even believe in the US enough to keep his money here and is fine with using every possible trick and loophole to avoid paying taxes.
  
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- O NEEDS TO GO
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:52am
  @TJSON….what he said in theory was true, whether the % was accurate or not there are a certain % of idiots who will vote for Obama without listening to a word Romney utters. They will believe all the BS that comes out of the WH and it’s propaganda mouthpiece such as MSNBC and others. The informed people in this country, taxpayers, land owners, etc… know who will be a better choice come November. The problem is this country has so many more people on the government dole that the deck is being stacked against the people who truly run this country.
  
  Obama cannot run against strawmen in the debates like he does on the campaign trail. He cannot create lies in a debate without being challenged right back by Romney. It will be more of the same next debate, except Obama will try to get nasty and off topic. Crazy part is the Libya fiasco was not even brought up and that is a lynch pin for Obama as the facts are steady coming out.
  
  VOTE ROMNEY/RYAN like your “life” depends on it…Obama is a failure as people like me knew long before he was ever elected in the first place…
  
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- JRook
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:20am
  For the folks here who, like Romney confuse what they believe with the truth, here is a review of Romney’s weak leadership while governor. Don’t you just hate when the facts don’t support your beliefs.
  
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/mitt-romneys-massachusetts-record-proof-of-strong-leadership/2012/06/12/gJQArQUQXV_blog.html
  
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- rrjenn
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:37am
  I don’t think the 47% figure is accurate, But there is a very large group of freeloaders who are dependent on government handouts who will vote for Obama because they believe he will continue their free handouts and never ask them to become responsible for themselves and that Romney wont. The rest are racist and will vote for a black man no matter if he destroys the country with his pro illegal alien and pro muslim brotherhood policies. We are on the precipice of having our country ruled by people who have no vested interest in our country. The progressive socialist movement is using these people to enslave us all and few seem to care or understand this.
  
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- marybethelizabeth
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:20pm
  Mitt “I Built IT” Romney was just telling his wealthy audience what they wanted to hear, telling them that his policies would favor them, presenting the lower classes as a threat, and assuring his listeners that the lower classes would be ignored.
  
  It’s the same thing Mr. Beck says over and over.
  
  It’s the same thing you Keys want to hear.
  
  The wealthy have money… but their votes are few.
  Now that Mitt “I Built IT” Romney has all the rich people’s money he can get, he can pander to the voters.
  
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Liztaylor1982
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:07am
Gov Romeny should not have had to apologize or back track. He could get down on his kness and kiss their feet and they would still blindly vote for Obama. These 47% are the part of society that will not relinquish or sacraifice for the greater good. They want handouts not a hand up. IF it is it less than 47% than he could have adjusted his figure, but his basic fthought was correct. No more apologies.

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:23am
  I don’t see it as an apology as much as a clarification. HAD HE SAID ‘ 47% of the voters will vote for Obama no matter what, MANY OF THEM receive public assistance and think he’s the only way to get help” something like that. 47 IS a significant number after all… 47 M on food stamps; maybe 47% hard core Obama…but at least this way, now that it was not brought up in the first debate, it can’t be brought up now really as he has disavowed that meaning of what he said. SO GOOD LUCK with that DEMS.
  We totally understood what ROMNEY was saying. HE’S doing a great job!! HE’s getting the job done without holding up targets. OBAMA is nothing, if not a total one for all the horrible calls he’s made. Can’t wait until next week and the week after that.
  Job numbers look bad unfortunately…the real number is scary. KEEP PRAYING AND FIGHTING HARD!
  
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- Polarized America
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:48am
  “”These 47% are the part of society that will not relinquish or sacraifice for the greater good. “”
  
  Does this include these members of the 47% ?
  ““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““
  The same data shows that in 2011, 78,000 tax filers with incomes between $211,000 and $533,000 paid no income taxes; 24,000 households with incomes of $533,000 to $2.2 million paid no income taxes, and 3,000 tax filers with incomes above $2.2 million paid no income taxes.
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  Data from the Tax Policy Center,
  
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- TJSON
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:59am
  “part of society that will not relinquish or sacraifice for the greater good”
  
  Sounds familiar to me. Sounds like companies and individuals making RECORD profits while simultaneously paying RECORD LOW taxes. And when we try to raise their taxes, they scream ‘class warfare.’
  
  The wealthy people that you are defending so ardently here… they DESPISE you. You will never be that rich, and nobody you know will ever be that rich. They would not deign to speak to you and they would not buy you a beer. They are the real parasites
  
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- mjs_28s
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:33am
  @Polarized America
  
  “”These 47% are the part of society that will not relinquish or sacraifice for the greater good. “”
  
  Does this include these members of the 47% ?
  ““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““
  The same data shows that in 2011, 78,000 tax filers with incomes between $211,000 and $533,000 paid no income taxes; 24,000 households with incomes of $533,000 to $2.2 million paid no income taxes, and 3,000 tax filers with incomes above $2.2 million paid no income taxes.
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Data from the Tax Policy Center”
  
  Ok, several issues here with just using data without knowing the underlying reality.
  
  How many of those higher income earners that paid not income taxes got their income from tax-free government bonds? How many received some of that income from tax free pension / retirement plans? How many of those higher income earners that paid no taxes maybe had a huge business loss within the last few years that they are still deducting?
  
  To answer “Does this include these members of the 47%” – if someone has an income of $500,000, for example, and pays no federal income taxes that you are aware of, the amount of economic activity that they create just spending their income is vastly greater than someone who is making $15,000 and paying no taxes.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:02am
  @TJSON
  Look dude, your commie man has never been poor. Best grade school in Hawaii. Best Ivy League education. Currently gets ~2.7M from undisclosed foreign sources, probably the same effin Islamists who got him into Harvard and made illegal contributions to his 2008 campaign. He loves being rich. The only difference between him and Romney is he’s a parasite who got rich off his skin color.
  http://www.volokh.com/2012/07/13/over-30-of-president-obamas-2009-2011-gross-income-came-from-foreign-sources/
  
  You either have very low self-esteem or you are a troll. Either way, your sales pitch sucks.
  
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dimbulbz
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:05am
If it takes it off the table, its ok by me. They really cant bring it up, so now they bring up the flip-flops – again (insert boredom) But I dont care if Mitt cares about me. I have yet to meet a politician who does. I want him to care about his job of taking care of this nation. Since when does all this lovee-dovee stuff matter to so many people? y’all are a bunch of p u s s ies. Bill Clinton cared, Obama cares… Please, Just get out of my face about how much you care, and do your job.

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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 8:52am
  We are the nation. If he doesn’t care about half the nation, how can he care for the nation as a whole?!
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:26am
  He does care about the whole nation. Stop hanging onto an edited video clip when you know you’ve been lied to. Saying that he’s not going to get those votes based on an argument of lowering taxes is accurate. Those people already don’t pay taxes, so lowering them means nothing to them. Move on, your talking point is dead.
  
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SunTzuYou
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:04am
Part of the 100%

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Watermain
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:51am
Wait a minute…a politician who can actually admit that he was wrong? I like Romney more all the time. Has ANYONE ever heard Obama admit he was wrong about anything? You know, like the attack on the Libyan embassy?

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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 8:53am
  So you like Romney even more because he said something to pander to a specific audience, was caught doing so, discovered way too much negative press, so he disavows what he says in order to pander to a different audience. So you like him because he’s a typical, slimmy politician?
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:27am
  Derp derp, soldier. Derp derp.
  
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- swamp_donkey
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:22pm
  hahaha watching you wingnuts tie yourselves in knots defending a lib ,,, pricelessssssss lolololol
  
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Jesef
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:47am
Mitt’s life does speak louder than words that he cares about all people, particularly the poor. He is one of the super-rich, but even before he earned that – his whole life – he has served unselfishly and given much of his time, talent, and means to help and lift. He has tithed (10%) to his church his whole life – a real act of faith over materialism – gave 2 years during the prime of his life to missionary service at his own expense – and pays additional offerings which go directly to helping the poor and needy (another like 3-5%). That’s 2x Obama’s charitable donation %.

He’s also spent his career employing people and helping businesses employ people. He is an honest to goodness man.

What did he say and what did he mean? He apologized for what he said (which is what really good men do when they see they’ve misspoken), which is that the 47% who are extremely dependent on government assistance probably aren’t going to vote for him. That’s probably how he feels. That’s how I feel. Did he mean by that statement that he doesn’t care about them or that he isn’t concerned about helping them – giving them opportunities in a thriving job market to change from dependence to independence? Of course not! Did he mean not caring for seniors and the disabled? Of course not!

He’s not wishy-washy – Liberals are just taking offense at every word and spinning it dishonestly.

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- TJSON
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:02am
  Wow, those two years he selflessly gave up in order to not get drafted? How honorable of him to go evangelizing in Paris, wasting away the prime of his life, when he could have been living it up in southeast Asia.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:39am
  TJ
  
  First off, I am not a Mormon. Members of the LDS church going on a mission were given a 2 year draft deferment. When they completed their mission, they were subject to the draft. Even during Vietnam, not every body was drafted. I served in Vietnam with Mormons who had gone on mission and were either drafted or enlisted/commissioned into the military.
  
  I was ROTC in college. Two of my friends went to officers’ basic course then pulled a couple of months of active duty and were assigned to a reserve unit. I went to officers basic course and immediately went to Vietnam. I thought it sucked that they didn’t have to go. Now I just think of them as lucky. I don’t give a rat’s buttocks that Romney went on a mission and didn’t get drafted upon his return.
  
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fammus1
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:35am
I’ll stand behind him either way. I know what he ment. Fight it how you think best Mitt.
I trust you.
R/R2012

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- Fla.Patriot
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:18am
  I understand that this is damage control, but it still tastes bad. What he said was completely appropriate and was taken out of context. He was responding to an inquiry as to his target demographic from a donor. If an investor asked MTV what thier target demographic would be, thet’re not going to say “Everyone” because that is unrealistic. Romney was never saying that he did’nt care about the 47%, he was pointing out why he would not waste a donors campaign contribution on them. In other words, he was’nt going to waste their money on the unreachable, he was going to focus on the target group that held the most promise. Like I said, I know it’s damage control, but it still tastes bad
  
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- Sosorryforyou
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:39am
  @FLAPATRIOT
  
  Oh, so I suppose he didn’t really mean to say, “I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” when talking about half of the Country? Do you really understand who the 47% is? I doubt it, otherwise you wouldn’t even try to defend Romney’s words. You can’t disrespect half of America with words such as these and then say that all that was meant was that “he was’nt going to waste their money on the unreachable”. He owns his words and can’t take them back.
  
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Jenasus
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:34am
If Romney wants to back his words up that he is for 100% of the people than he should not be afraid to allow Gary Johnson into the debates.
Romney and Obama are a two headed snake for the New World Order.

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- Dreamkeeper
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:13am
  What?
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:22am
  JHC. C’mon. Gary Johnson? We watched this guy in the primary debates.
  He’s a certified fruitloop.
  We dont want another CHOOM daddy
  
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- Diane TX
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:25am
  Oh please! It would be a waste of time to have Gary Johnson in the debates because he couldn’t even garner enough support to be taken seriously in the Republican primaries.
  
  Romney is playing the political game just right. He went center right to win the primary, and now he has to move to the center and slightly left to win the White House. Obama did the same thing (only center left) for the primaries, and slightly right. Now that that everybody knows that Obama is too far left to remain President, I expect that Romney will win in a landslide.
  
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Jenasus
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:20am
Obama and Romney are on different sides of the same Totem Pole.
The both are controlled by the New World Order.
If you want real change that you can believe in than vote for Gary Johnson.
The people in power will not even let Gary Johnson in the debates. This is an example of how corrupt our government is.
Washington DC is the District of Crime, Corruption and Conspiracies and the Death of Civilians in the New World Order.

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- kalli
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:43am
  A vote for Gary Johnson is a vote for bho! Think before you vote….this country has reached a precipice. Do you want to live under the Constitution that you grew up with, or do you want the gov’t to decide how you will live? Your choice come November 6!
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:58am
  Jenasus, you have only two choices in this election – You can vote for Romney, and enjoy the fruit of your vote, or vote Gaybama and enjoy another 4 years of double the last 4.
  
  OR, you can vote for Johnson, and live as if you voted for Gaybama…it’s just common sense.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:29am
  @WOODYEE but these GARY JOHNSON PAULBOTS think they’ll be “showing the world” and making a point if they vote for Johnson. What they don’t get is that if OBAMA gets in again, there will be NO MORE ELECTIONS.
  
  Why does anyone think that RAND PAUL endorsed ROMNEY before his own father was completely out? BECAUSE RAND KNOWS full-well how dangerous OBAMA is.
  
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neverending
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:19am
Good for him. Just another one of his leadership qualities. Gains far more respect in the long run.

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- mbriz
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:26am
  You’re funny.
  
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- kalli
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:45am
  You’re not funny, you’re spot on!
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:51pm
  @ MBRIZ
  I am glad to have a leader who can admit he was wrong. Sure beats Obama — Usually wrong, but NEVER in doubt.
  
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Verceofreason
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:09am
Romney’s surrogates are also “clarifying’ many of his other debate claims
like his plans cover folks with pre-existing conditions: NOT IF YOU DON’T ALREADY HAVE INSURANCE.

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Rational Man
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:09am
Romney was not wrong about what he said about the “47%”, in context.
It just got spun out of control, as usual…………..

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mbriz
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:08am
He completely supported it when he said it, saw him do it on Cavuto, now it’s wrong. He has no conviction on anything, which ever way the wind blows, so does Mutt. There’s another component you folk haven’t given a thought, just how much the mormon Church wants this. They have monster money around the world, not just Salt Lake, and who knows? I’m surprised, the way beck, and you guys love conspiracies, you would have latched onto this a while ago, well beck wouldn’t, he’s one of them. I guess the mind control does work, who am I kidding, of course it does, you see it here every day.

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- Rational Man
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:20am
  bla bla bla bla……………
  
  Run for president genius.
  
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- mbriz
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:30am
  You wouldn’t enjoy that, you’d be droned day one.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:41am
  So now it’s the Mormons that have too much money and are influencing the outcome of the election, MBRIZ? What would your comment sound like if Romney were a Jew?
  
  You want to attack a religious organization with BILLIONS at it’s disposal, not waste time on the Mormons…c’mon! Hit the religious Left and THEIR “holy” trinity – Race, Gender, and Class. Hit their sacrament – abortion for the sake of convenience. Then you won’t sound so bigoted.
  
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- Lordcsmith
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:01am
  And you think I’m on drugs and conspiracy-minded. The Mormons, really? Really? The most secretive organization that will come find you and knock on your door to tell you about it.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:27am
  @MBRIZ
  You wouldn’t enjoy that, you’d be droned day one.
  —–
  That’s what you call the Obama Syndrome: suddenly every idiot in America thinks he can become president.
  
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Mutiny
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:06am
It was a dumb comment to begin with. Now we are back to the flip flopping. Stick to your guns on something.

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- Rational Man
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:10am
  Yep,…..he caved to the media spin.
  
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- mbriz
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:21am
  I scratched my car today, damn media, they have so much power.
  
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- asybot12
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:06am
  @mbritz, the car must have been a GM or Chrysler:)
  
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TelepromoterNChief
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:00am
What?!?
The left is going to eat Mitt up.
The left never apologizes for their own actions.
Mitt must be some sort of moral based honest man.
This is infuriating.
Sure, you can do an “ah hah!! See I told you so!” About that, but then it makes the left look bad for attacking an honest man.
Arrrrrrr so infuriating.
This will only lure more 47ers to give Amit a chance by voting him instead of Dumbo ears!!!

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stuharnden
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:59pm
I admire someone that can admit a mistake, Now America can we admit we made a mistake 4 years ago?.

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- mbriz
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:18am
  He admits nothing, he has no conviction, this is what he believes, this what Ryan believes, he’s a spineless man, who will say exactly what he has too, to get elected..
  
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- kalli
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:50am
  Mbriz–When your idol gets his **** kicked, his supporters tend to post revenge remarks. Do you feel better now?
  
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- asybot12
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:09am
  Look guys mbritz is the same jerk as the 3rd archon (who still hasn’t told anyone about the first or second one btw). and all the other trolls, do not answer any please. Thanks
  
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piper60
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:59pm
Obama did not mention it, because Romney could come back with comments about the race baiting speech that recently came to light.

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teapartyconservatism
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:58pm
Retraction was smart move, it prevents Obama from using it against him in the next debate and out of context in adds. However Mitt was still correct.

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”
— Alexis de Tocqueville (Democracy in America)

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence:
from bondage to spiritual faith,
from spiritual faith to great courage,
from courage to liberty,
from liberty to abundance,
from abundance to selfishness,
from selfishness to complacency,
from complacency to apathy,
from apathy to dependency,
from dependency back to bondage.”
— Alexander Frazer Tytler (attribution)*

* Collins,”The Truth About Tytler,” http://www.lorencollins.net/tytler.html (January 25, 2009).

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KC1
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:56pm
Of all things to distance him self from he chooses that remark!
How about his statement during the debate he doesnt want to decrease the federal Govts income from taxes?
How about his comment of not only continuing subsidies for education but increasing them?
How about his endorsement of a progressive tax system?
That was just from last night, perhaps I shouldnt mention…
His support for the Fed and its destructive policies?
How about his support for the bail outs?
How about his support for NDAA, TSA?
Heck how about he distances himself from his own career that has trampled over constitutional rights! Now thats worth distancing yourself from but that would take principal and God knows on a venue like Hannitys principals are not welcome.

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- teapartyconservatism
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:08am
  If your point is that it’s a choice of two socialists, some would agree with you.*
  
  Assuming your premise has the slightest merit, my vote goes to Mitt because I know he can at least balance a check book, rather than the Kenyan gay Muslim who has done everything is his power to harm America.
  
  “A pair of socialists: No real choice
  * Exclusive: Alan Keyes sees fatal disconnect between words, principles, actions”
  http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/a-pair-of-socialists-no-real-choice/
  
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- KC1
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:39am
  Yes I am familiar with Alan Keys and enjoy his work.
  I believe my premise’s merit can be found in last nights debate.
  Romney and Obama hardly disagreed, they had a conversation for two hours about the economy and not one mention of the Feds policies. The very institution that has been at the root of our disastrous economy.
  What bothered me the most was Romneys comment on not reducing the govt income from taxes and refusal to allow that money back into the private sector which would create more growth.
  If I were voting for rhetoric and pomp Romney would be my man and I have no doubt he can balance a check book but my hesitation is I dont not believe he will. He is not a principled proponent of Free markets and without principals he will not do what is politically unpopular.
  
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- asybot12
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:19am
  Did you and I watch the same channel? you sound very educated so therefore do you work for ob?
  
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:55pm
Real Hope for ALL = 47 – OBAMA

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essgeew
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:53pm
Will have to see how this plays. He mispoke more then got it wrong, but hard to defend without getting caught up in it. Putting it behind should probably help. Time will tell. Better this way then in the debate in front of everyone….at least now the initial impact will not be 58million voters…

At least he has two weeks before the next debate for the news cycle to disperse it…might take off the edges of the soon to come attack.

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auntmoxie.com
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:53pm
I still do not get this move on Governor Romney’s part. All he has to say is that by “worry about those people,” (or however he said it), he was talking about worrying about them from a strategic vote-getting perspective. It’s so obvious in the recording — and it makes perfect sense.

I do not like the retractions. Not at all.

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- jimbo_from_suwanee
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:03am
  Actually, he was using it for whom [demographics groups] he should consume campaign fund. He was not referring to people who should or should not be governing. He should not have backed away from it. He should have corrected the lie like he did in the debate.
  
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- Rational Man
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:17am
  @auntmoxie.com
  
  Pertectly stated, Miss!
  He caved to the media spin and looks weak because of it. Now they can keep using the lies. Too bad it didn’t come up in the debate. Then he could have explained the context in which it was said and why he said it, and put an end to it once and for all…….Well, in the real world anyway.
  
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- Snuph
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:41am
  Mitt should have waited for zero to pounce in the next debate and simply reply: No I have no intention of following your lead Mr O. My intention is to free the economy so small business can hire again and reduce the 47% to 40% or maybe 35% thus helping them and helping the budget. I have no intention of pushing laws that the overwhelming majority of Americans do not want. And as for being “honest” with the American people. I have now it is your turn. We have been waiting for 4 years now….
  
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Verceofreason
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:52pm
Mitt used Hannity like toilet paper
and Sean comes back for more.

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auntmoxie.com
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:48pm
But what he said was a fact. Half of America does not pay income tax. Why the backing away from something factual? I don’t like it …. In my opinion, it looks weak.

Don’t ruin last night’s great show of strength, Governor.

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- Irememberamerica
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:45am
  Aunt you are right on the mark!
  
  It is the retraction that is the lie.
  His first statement was the truth.
  The truth is what we want to hear,
  we have had enough PC.
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:52am
  As a admitted Obama supporter, let me say this. Romney won last night as far as having a better script to read from. He was better prepared, looked more rested, and delivered his lines with power and passion. Only problem is the script he read from was one of a moderate, reach across the aisle and work with the other side, republican.
  Once you come back to earth, and wipe the thrill off your legs, you might realize that by showing his true colors – saying anything that he or his ‘team’ think will please the audience he’s in front – he demonstrated with flying colors his biggest weakness.
  
  He’s the guy that half way through the interview you realize is just full of sh8t.
  
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- asybot12
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:17am
  It is the reason why the Obama crew (Chicago) did not attack it why? you ask? because it is the truth. All Romney would have to say to them would be “prove it otherwise”.
  
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- bannedfromCNN
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 8:16am
  Absolutely – compound that by giving CNN their next headline, and this question by Hannity and Romney reply were very damaging. WHY???
  
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Maxim Crux
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:43pm
Smart move and it shows an honest man. He could have also blamed Bush and got away with it.

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- Verceofreason
  Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:50pm
  An honest man? tee hee
  As soon as a position or belief of his is criticized – he flip flops.
  He has already DESERTED his conservative base and inintial supporters
  as he moves to the middle.
  I think you need a new definition of honest.
  Romney is clueless, coreless without character dishonest and a liar.
  
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