Posted on 09/18/2012 2:10:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
UPDATE 3: In an interview Tuesday afternoon with Fox News host Neil Cavuto, Romney discussed the remarks he made that have landed him on the hot seat this week. At one point in the interview, Romney said his statement about the roughly 47 percent of Americans that don’t pay federal income taxes was meant to differentiate his economic agenda from President Obama’s.
“Frankly,” he said, “we have two very different views about America. The President’s view is one of a larger government. There is a tape that just came out today where the President is saying he likes redistribution. I disagree. I think a society based upon a government-centered nation where government plays a larger and larger role, redistributes money, that’s the wrong course for America. That will not build a strong America or help people out of poverty.”
The tape Romney cited was actually recorded at a conference Obama participated in back in 1998. It was uploaded to YouTube today.
Romney added that “the right course for America is one where government steps in to help those that are in need. We’re a compassionate people, but then we let people build their own lives, create enterprises. We believe in free people and free enterprise, not redistribution. The right course for America is to create growth, create wealth, not to redistribute wealth.”
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UPDATE 2: As expected, the White House was asked to weigh in on Romney’s comments. Here’s what Press Secretary Jay Carney had to say during a briefing with reporters today:
“When you’re president of the United States, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you.”
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UPDATE: The Obama campaign put out a statement Monday evening criticizing Romney’s comments, which were documented in the video released by Mother Jones. Here’s the full statement from President Obama’s campaign manager, Jim Messina:
“It’s shocking that a candidate for President of the United States would go behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half the American people view themselves as ‘victims,’ entitled to handouts, and are unwilling to take ‘personal responsibility’ for their lives. It’s hard to serve as president for all Americans when you’ve disdainfully written off half the nation.”
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WASHINGTON — A candid video of Mitt Romney writing off 47 percent of voters as “dependent on government” and therefore defacto Obama supporters was released online by the news outlet Mother Jones Monday.
“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the President no matter what,” Romney states. “[They] believe they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them.”
The video, which appears to have been shot at a fundraiser, blurs out those in the room but clearly shows Romney’s face.
I couldn’t read the whole thing..
I almost wet myself laughing.
Disqualify? Like he’s not a natural born citizen?
“When you’re president of the United States, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you.”
LOL LOL LOL
“I won, get over it”
what a looser. Some might have short memories. but many of us never forget.
Speaking of being qualified to serve - when can we expect the REAL birth certificate, and what social security number is the illegal alien in the oval office using today?
Day after never..
Typical Obama, trying to disqualify his opponent before the voting.
It’s kind of like you should be disqualified for writing off “bitter clingers”, right?
10: Obama camp: Shove it up your collective smelly Obamas.
20: Go to 10
Ah, we watched the convention Barack.
hahahha...lol
Its gonna be fun watching this idiot melt down over the next three months.
Just to vent here, Obozo’s entire lack of any documented past, and the fact that what of his past we do know has him in bed with Marxist sympathizers ‘Disqualify Him From Serving’. Game Set Match. Too bad no media is interested in Obozo’s views. I can see November from my house.
What a toad. The man is a TOAD!
LOL OMG..I almost pooped my pants(Hey I said almost LOL) Romney had this leaked on purpose..this was pure BRILLIANCE on Romney’s part
LOL at Obama caring about “All people” PLEASE, this is the same Obama that trashes Republicans every single chance he gets. He hates Conservatives, he hates Republicans..he hates everyone who doesn’t vote for him. We all know what he thinks about the Tea Party yet he wants us to think that he gives a damn about us..please give me a break. Romney is a genius, I could tell by his interview with Cavuto that he was SO glad this came out. Now its up to the American people, do you want to live in a Capitalist or a Communist society, the choice is yours
He’s not my President.
I think it’s shocking for the President of the US to be whispering to the Russians to hang in there ... he’ll have more flexibility in a second term.
I think it’s shocking for the President of the US to be missing his national security briefings.
I think it’s shocking for the President of the US to be dissing Israel in lieu of going on entertainment TV.
I think it’s shocking for the President of the US to be gallivanting around the world bowing to everyone, especially Muslims.
I think it’s shocking for the President of the US to still be in office after his lawless behavior, trampling of the Constitution of the US, making the economy a whole hell of a lot worse than it was and setting the Middle East aflame with his incompetence and disastrous foreign policy.
I think it is shocking that the President of the US took THREE days to call the Egyptian president after terrorists tore down the American flag and hung theirs up over our embassy.
That, Jay Carney, is just the beginning of what I find “shocking” ..... and not one of the things I listed has a d@mn thing to do with Romney.
A community organizer says a man who has created thousands of jobs, earned millions of dollars without having someone ghost write his life story, was born here, was governor and gives millions of dollars to charity, isn’t qualified to be president.
And the video was leaked by the grandson of the second worse president in history.
obama’s lack of being born in the US disqualifies him
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