Posted on 03/13/2013 5:34:46 AM PDT by wesagain
In what was one of the last mysteries of the 2012 presidential campaign, the worker who taped Mitt Romney saying at a private fundraiser that 47 percent of Americans are too dependent on government is finally coming forward.
While the man has still not been publicly identified, the Huffington Post reports it was a bartender working at the event who taped Romney. The man will give his first public interview to MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Wednesday night.
The bartender tells the Huffington Post he had brought the camera to the event after working a previous fundraiser where former President Bill Clinton had come backstage and posed for photos with the staff. Thinking Romney might do the same, the bartender brought along his Canon camera.
But Romney, who was running late, did not speak to the staff. The bartender decided to tape the GOP candidate’s remarks but tells MSNBC he debated about whether to make it public. While Romney had told guests at the event that his remarks were off the record, he had not made the same admonition to those working at the event.
“In the end I really felt like it had to be put out,” the bartender tells MSNBC. “I felt I owed it to the people that couldn’t afford to be there themselves to hear what he really thought.”
Romney's remarks were taped at a May 2012 fundraiser in Florida. In the video, which was made public by Mother Jones last September, Romney was taped telling supporters that backers of President Barack Obama are 'victims' and dependent on the government.
“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," Romney said. "There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon......
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If Romney had been a dem, this guy would’ve disappeared or found floating in a canal somewhere. Of course the story would’ve never been reported.
It doesn’t matter who the POS is; if not this nobody the left would’ve found some other way to twist the opposition’s words, regardless of the truth in them.
Little woodies popping up all over DU for this awesome spectacle. Load up the bongs, it'll be better than a new Gore PowerPoint presentation on the general suckiness of humans.
Telling the truth doesn’t work in this country anymore. If you want to get elected, you need to pee on people’s legs and tell them it’s raining.
Funny how the 47% came up again. Obama was asked after his first win what about the 46% that did not vote for you and his reply was “I won”.
“Totally CLUELESS reporting...”
Perhaps clueless about the disasterous results of re-electing Obama, but the media (aka the Obama campaign) spin on this was cynical and deliberate. It’s a shame that the Romney campaign did use the publicity to explain why the 47% problem really matters (but I guess only part of the 53% would understand, or care).
I had wondered how the Republicans were dumb enough to let the Democrats infiltrate a private event. Now we know.
I watched a video of a speech where the former Governor of Montana, Democrat Brian Schweitzer, was addressing a meeting of trial lawyers. He admitted that he had interfered with an election in Montana for the US Senate. He claimed to have told people to threaten Republican election observers to make them leave the polling places so the Democrats could rig the election. The trial lawyers just laughed. Have you seen this video on any mainstream network news show? Democrats are Democrats first....being an American isn’t even on their list.
Right, this was BIG NEWS ....
But The One says “...bitter clingers...” and ....crickets.
Happy with the status quo, buddy?
Why not, you got what you wanted - four more years of low economic growth, astronomical unemployment, deliberate disassembly of the military, clueless foreign policy, and the destruction of even the last, miniscule vestiges of constitutional government.
Congratulations.
Given the ratings of "The Ed Show," I don't think you can really say this guy is giving a public interview.
You’re a drag on society...the guy running for President calls you a drag on society...you find out he called you a drag on society...the media continues to remind you he called you a drag on society, chances are you won’t vote for him.
Exactly.
If you are a drag on society and know it and have no intention of NOT being a drag on society,
there’s really no chance that you’ll vote for that guy anyway,
no matter if he points out the truth about you or not.
my wish for this gentleman and all those who pulled the lever for obama in November is that in about 10 years they need a medical procedure such as a hip or knee replacement.
Mind you, it has nothing to do with wishing ill on them, it has everything to do with wanting them to experience obamacare, (what they voted for and imposed on everyone), firsthand in all its glory.
“this guy would’ve disappeared or found floating in a canal somewhere.”
Frankly, it is never too late.
LOL. Post of the morning!
When will they learn that anything they say is
“on the record” whether it’s recorded or not.
There is no such thing as off the record.
If you don’t want it to be heard,don’t say it!!
The Ed Show? Doesn’t that have something to do with a horse?
Even a rookie politician should know - “The Mike is Alway Hot”.
Basically, Romney was never ready for prime time.
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