Tue Oct 9, 2012, 08:08 PM

Mitt Romney CNN Interview: The 47% Comment Is 'Not What I Meant' [View all]

Source: huffingtonpost.com

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney again distanced himself from his infamous 47 percent comments caught on video at a private fundraiser in May, telling CNN in an interview Tuesday night that, "the words that came out were not what I meant."

This is the second time in as many weeks that the Republican nominee abandoned his position that the sentiment he expressed when he called 47 percent of the country government-dependent, self-identified victims was correct but poorly worded. Last week, he told Fox News' Sean Hannity that the comment was "completely wrong" as opposed to ineloquently stated.

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Mitt Romney CNN Interview: The 47% Comment Is 'Not What I Meant' [View all]	Grassy Knoll	Oct 2012	OP
so what did he mean ?	JI7	Oct 2012	#1
He meant 97% n/t	Duer 157099	Oct 2012	#44
^^^^^ DUzy!	magical thyme	Oct 2012	#50
He's running for office for pete's sake	Politicalboi	Oct 2012	#2
lol poor ole pete	grantcart	Oct 2012	#37
I think they have...	Left Coast2020	Oct 2012	#45
The bishop always speaks the truth	jsr	Oct 2012	#3
The lyin' toad	Rosa Luxemburg	Oct 2012	#4
No.....it was EXACTLY what you mean't.	yourout	Oct 2012	#5
Listen to my words... n/t	Ed Suspicious	Oct 2012	#36
Rmoney - not buying what you are selling.	Panasonic	Oct 2012	#6
Yes Mitt, we know that you did not mean what you said	Bjorn Against	Oct 2012	#7
Then he went on to say he was actually for the 100 percent blah blah blah...	ClusterFreak	Oct 2012	#8
Obama Should Repeat Rmoney's 47% Quote And Ask Rmoney - "Mitt Exactly What Did You Mean By This?....	global1	Oct 2012	#10
Exactly!!	The Old Creak	Oct 2012	#18
Except I will lay you odds by now he has a prepared answer for what he meant to explain away the 47%	cstanleytech	Oct 2012	#29
OK - So Let's Take What You Said About The 47% And Analyze It Word For Word Right Along With You...	global1	Oct 2012	#9
You ended poorly, but your journalism in the first sentence	tavalon	Oct 2012	#13
Not what I meant... people to hear.	JBoy	Oct 2012	#11
Bingo!	Andy823	Oct 2012	#19
+1000	smirkymonkey	Oct 2012	#33
If I were a journalist, and given what we generally seeng on the TVs, I am	tavalon	Oct 2012	#12
"He Said It He Meant It"... fucking loser whiner	Cha	Oct 2012	#14
President Romney hits the nuke button... "Oh that's not what I meant to do"	L0oniX	Oct 2012	#15
He Meant What He Said, and He Said What He Meant	bucolic_frolic	Oct 2012	#16
Romney to America: "Who are you going to believe? Me - or your lyin' ears?"	Adenoid_Hynkel	Oct 2012	#17
Its a shame	fingrinn	Oct 2012	#21
You can say a word you didn't mean to say. Even a phrase, from time to time. However...	wtmusic	Oct 2012	#20
I didnt mean	fingrinn	Oct 2012	#22
LIAR! nt	onehandle	Oct 2012	#23
How can we believe you mean anything you say?	Glimmer of Hope	Oct 2012	#24
The 47% Comment Was Clear And Concise	DallasNE	Oct 2012	#25
"The 47% Comment Is 'Not What I Meant' ....."	DJ13	Oct 2012	#26
The problem i have	fingrinn	Oct 2012	#27
This, from a guy whose Lord commands him to lie.	DollarBillHines	Oct 2012	#28
Willard can't run away from these remarks.	BVictor1	Oct 2012	#30
He doesn't communicate through words, but by unleashing scents	aint_no_life_nowhere	Oct 2012	#31
Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter...to me	SaveAmerica	Oct 2012	#32
Not sure I can make it for the next 4 weeks.	spiderpig	Oct 2012	#34
The more he talks about it, the more he reminds the Stupid of it	adigal	Oct 2012	#35
Introducing the New Mitt Romneey See and Say... Pull the string and he'll say what you wanna hear.	sky imager	Oct 2012	#38
Do we want a president who says things he doesn't mean?	JDPriestly	Oct 2012	#39
So if he's negotiating	evilhime	Oct 2012	#40
not what he meant for us to hear	Skittles	Oct 2012	#41
Sure it was.	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Oct 2012	#42
Bull$hit. That is EXACTLY what he meant. And still means. n/t	AllyCat	Oct 2012	#43
More proof that President Obama was correct not to bring it up	Turborama	Oct 2012	#46
still wrong	Doctor_J	Oct 2012	#56
Shake that Etch-a-Sketch, Mitt. Shake it! Shake it!	tclambert	Oct 2012	#47
Then wolfie rolled over and asked mittens to rub his belly. nt	Javaman	Oct 2012	#48
So, how are we to feel secure if when you're in negotiations to prevent a war, you	sinkingfeeling	Oct 2012	#49
What part of "I hate you" isn't what he meant?	no_hypocrisy	Oct 2012	#51
He meant to say he'd promise us moochers he wouldn't touch Social Security	magical thyme	Oct 2012	#52
Yeah, Right	Scalded Nun	Oct 2012	#53
LIke you said Robme. You don't have a right to your own facts.	Lint Head	Oct 2012	#54
The interviewer followed up with, "but you said it twice, and Paul Ryan	Doctor_J	Oct 2012	#55
So, was it not what he meant, or completely wrong?	mzmolly	Oct 2012	#57
Fraudian slip -	IDemo	Oct 2012	#58