Read the 47 percent remark:
There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the 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. That's an entitlement. The government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what. And I mean the president starts off with 48, 49...he starts off with a huge number. These are people who pay no income tax. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn't connect. So he'll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. ... My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. What I have to do is convince the 5–10% in the center that are independents, that are thoughtful, that look at voting one way or the other depending upon in some cases emotion, whether they like the guy or not.
I agree with Romney, and I would extend his *thoughts* to civil servants, laid-off workers and SS pensioners. But he should never have said it. The problem with these long-winded statements is that people only hear the sound-bites. Reagan never said 47%. He said welfare queen. Singular. Let's hope that Walker, like Reagan, understands that attacks on Democratic constituencies must be highly-focused.
My point is that Romney kept saying these things that, while true, were a death blow to his presidential prospects. He was saying things that a campaign analyst should be saying to him, but he should not be repeating to the public. Most people aren’t news junkies. They won’t take the time to read a long-winded explanation. Heck, many Freepers don’t read the articles posted before forming a judgment (and commenting) and they’re a lot more interested than the average Joe.