Yeah he did:
“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.”
“[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”
So he’s a damned fool.
“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.”
“[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”
I could be missing something, but I’m not seeing this as a disaster or anything. The media will try to rip him no matter what he says, but...
IF you’re an unmovable Obama voter, and you’re insulted by Romney’s remark, it doesn’t matter. Because you were never going to vote for him anyway (much of my family are these people, sadly). Could it up Obama’s base turnout? Meh. - don’t think so.
But if you’re a “gettable” independent who either has a job or desperately wants one, you’re just going to assume Romney isn’t talking about you. The 47% is someone else.
Not sure why an undecided would use this statement to orient them in such a fashion to be more likely to vote for Obama. If you have a scintilla of self-reliance and think the government is too intrusive (a majority still think so), why vote for Obama and deliberately align yourself with those other guys who are voting to keep the DC gravy train rolling? If you work for a living (or WANT to) you vote for Romney to show that you’re still one of those people that wants less government, not more. Why, out of spite, would you vote for Obama and align yourself with the people Romney’s talking about?
It’s almost like it’s a reverse psychology thing. “Prove you’re not a leech and vote Republican.”
Again, the average undecided voter will NEVER think Romney is talking about them when they think of the 47% in their heads. It’s always some other guy.