Romney: 47% comment "not elegantly stated"

[sio]

but he ain't sorry either!

Republican Mitt Romney says a video clip in which he called nearly half of Americans "victims" was "not elegantly stated" and was "spoken off the cuff." But he says President Barack Obama's approach is "attractive to people who are not paying taxes."Romney spoke to reporters Monday evening in a hastily called news

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[layweed]

Keep on, keepin' on, Mitt. Right off a metaphorical cliff.

[sio]

we can only hope, eh?

i swear to God, the first sites i look at when i get online tomorrow morning are going to be the electoral vote prediction maps. i'm dying to see how much Barack's numbers will jump after this shit.

[celtic_thistle]

I can't WAIT to check FiveThirtyEight later this week once the newest polls come out.

[celtic_thistle]

[layweed]

I'm getting a real seagull vibe from him in this one.

[sio]

that photo scares me. :P

why yes, Mitt, i'm voting for Barack (again!) because i'm SOOOO lazy, not because a lying fucker of a customer cost me my job and where i live has always had a crappy job market (can't blame it on the economy problems). /sarcasm

but yea, your translation pretty much.

[darknessdivine]

damn near did a spittake at this, thank you *cackle*

[k0liverbby]

I think american's are very confused on what makes up the middle class. A lot of people who are getting refunds when filing federal income taxes are still part of the middle class

[astridmyrna]

not elegantly stated" and was "spoken off the cuff."

The word you're looking for is "honest."

[hinoema]

Why does he conveniently seem to think that federal income tax is the only tax people pay? *Side-eyes property tax bill*

[schmanda]

He knows damn well it's not, he's just putting it out there for the predictable Pavlovian responses to "group X doesn't pay taxes and think they're entitled to handouts."

[hinoema]

True. I forgot my /rhetorical question. XD

[schmanda]

Whoopsie crumbs @ me LOL