VIDEO: Mitt Romney Responds to ’47 Percent’ Comment, Says It Wasn’t “Elegantly Stated”

Fox News ^ | September 17, 2012

[2ndDivisionVet]

Republican candidate Mitt Romney responded to criticism after a video surfaced of him calling out 47 percent of Americans for not paying income taxes, saying they all feel entitled to government handouts and will vote for President Obama no matter what. In the video, Romney can be heard saying that it’s not his job to convince those people to vote for him, but rather he needs to focus on independent voters.

Romney defended to the tape, saying, “It doesn’t capture the question, so I don’t know precisely what was asked, but I think it was about my campaign and how I’d be able to get the majority of voters to support me.”

The GOP nominee asked for the entire video to be released. He said that it was not “elegantly stated” and that he was “speaking off the cuff.”

Romney went on to say that it’s a message he plans on continuing to carry....

[2ndDivisionVet]

They have Dish or DirectTV.

[Berlin_Freeper]

If Obama gets re-elected it is only because of the MSM.

Not because of anything Obama has done, that is for sure!

[brent13a]

MSNBC has been on this every show all night, you would think they caught Romney in bed with a male lover from the fuss they are making. They seem to think this ends the race.

MSNBC spent days on RNC Peanutgate, an incident that probably didn’t even happen, so what do you expect?

Who is this MSNBC you speak of and what is their ratings for the last year or two? The last time I saw something MSLSD had an audience of less then half of Fox's and CNN's was less than a 3rd of Fox's (or something to that effect). So they're maybe only preaching to the left's loyal base anyway.

[Tzimisce]

...so the moochers are mad when someone points out they’re mooching?

You know what most people SHOULD be mad about? Watching their money to buy votes of ungrateful moochers....

[The_Reader_David]

There is a problem with the sentiment Romney expressed, though it's not one the press or the left (but I repeat myself) will pick up on and criticize: he seems to assume those currently dependent on government support wish to remain that way. Surely many do and will vote to make their position as serfs of the Federal government as comfortable as possible, but some, be it only a 47th of the 47% (and I suspect it's more), surely resent needing to rely on the government, wish for a better economy and the chance to do without government largess, and some of these have the wit to vote for an improved economy.

[sickoflibs]

RE :” So they're maybe only preaching to the left’s loyal base anyway.”

While on that subject they (MSNBC) been on the ‘Whoopie, Obama is beating Romney BIG’ theme for a couple of weeks now, since the DNC.
FNC has been significantly less confident about Romney the same period talking about unfair media bias and such. Laura Ingraham and Rush too are saying things that indicate that they are not happy.

Of course many NEW opportunities just appeared for Romney and FNC. Lets see if he can use them effectively.

[brent13a]

Of course many NEW opportunities just appeared for Romney and FNC. Lets see if he can use them effectively.

Most people I talk too, conservative/independant/leftist have already made up their minds and there is almost nothing that could "breaK' on the news that would change their minds in the next 6 weeks.
The only people I know who are happily & ecstatically voting for Obama are the tiny tiny core of liberals and the slowwitted middle-class whom aren't really that smart but pretend to be smart by being leftists.
I honestly think Obama will be sunk by the huge number of blacks that will stay home and just not vote....I think that is going to be an astronomical number.

[Java4Jay]

Good job Mitt, keep turning it up!

[brent13a]

Let me clarify what I meant with: The only people I know who are happily & ecstatically voting for Obama are the tiny tiny core of liberals and the slowwitted middle-class whom aren't really that smart but pretend to be smart by being leftists.

I mean:
The only people I know who are happily & ecstatically voting for Obama are the tiny tiny core of liberals and those within the middle class whom are slowwitted & whom aren't really that smart but pretend to be smart by being leftists.

I didn't mean to imply that all of the middle class is slowwitted and stupid.....just the ones who vote Liberal.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

“If “You didn’t build that” didn’t sink Obama...”

Who says that it didn’t? We won’t know till November. I think it WILL.

[353FMG]

If he does not already know it, he is just another McCain and Obama will eat him alive.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

Obama’s accomplishments:

Osama dead (look what good THAT did)
Obamacare, which most people hate
The economy which EVERYONE knows sucks
Unemployment through the roof
High gas prices
GM dying, owing taxpayers billions
But hey, he’s black

Somebody remind me of why they think he will be re-elected?

[nutmeg]

This isn't even trending on Twitter. It is a non-event, even though the media will try to run with it.

Interesting... thanks for that info.

[Jane Long]

We should run with “We’re the 53% and we’re sick and tired of footing the bills!”

[aruanan]

Geez, who in the world doesn’t realize that Obama’s strategy and that of the Democrats in general has been to get as many people as possible to depend on the government for all sorts of free crap they’d be unwilling to have to pay for and then use this to threaten them by saying the Republicans will take it away if they’re elected so stay safe and vote Democrat?

[aruanan]

Geez, who in the world doesn't realize that Obama's strategy and that of the Democrats in general has been to get as many people as possible to depend on the government for all sorts of free crap they'd be unwilling to have to pay for and then use this to threaten them by saying the Republicans will take it away if they're elected so stay safe and vote Democrat?

I mean, just recently it was, "Republicans want to take away your contraceptives. We'll give you free contraceptives by mandating that your employer or insurance company pay for them." The unspoken message is, "If you want to keep getting free contraceptives, keep voting for us. If you want to lose them, get pregnant and be punished with a pregnancy, and then be forced into a back alley abortion, then vote for Republicans."

[rcrngroup]

Somebody remind me of why they think he will be re-elected?

Two major reasons.....

1) He's black (forget about the white half)

2) He's liberal (never mind that he's hardcore marxist leftist). Liberal is good enough.

For the left-wing ideology, that is all that liberals, demoRAT's, unions, special protected minorities, need in order to vote. It's not enough to just be black, but you gotta be black & liberal...and then the media will gush & fawn all over you.

And last of all, the white leftist marxists & liberal guilt-ridden lefties will kick in for 0dumb0, inluding 76% of the Jewish dumbass liberals.

If God does not intervene and somehow give us a miracle, it is over, I am sad to say. Even with millions of Christians working & praying & contributing, I am afraid that God will not work things out to prevent the voter fraud, and to somehow inspire all conservatives & patriots & those who call themselves Christians to vote for Romney. Forget that he is a Mormon. Right now people to step up in a huge way for ABO...and put Mitt in the WH, more specically to get that RAT bastard commie pig muzzlim 0dumb0 OUT of the WH.

[IwaCornDogs]

Undercover Romney fundraiser video leaked by Jimmy Carter’s grandson

(As it is reported that he is unemployed, he was probably hoping to make some money off this)

Michelle Malkin at Twitchy has this ....
http://twitchy.com/2012/09/17/undercover-romney-fundraiser-video-leaked-by-jimmy-carters-grandson/

If the links not clickable, I apologize, don’t post much and not sure if it will translate ~

[bigoil]

We are the Makers.

We are the 53%.

FIRE Obama.

HIRE Romney.

America SAVED.

Film at 11.

[expat1000]

>>Why the hell is he apologizing for it???

If there is an apology there, which is really stretching the meaning of the word, it is not for what was said, but how it was expressed (”inelegantly”).