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Showing Original Post only (View all)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.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/mitt-romney-cnn-interview_n_1952708.html
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Mitt Romney CNN Interview: The 47% Comment Is 'Not What I Meant' [View all]
Grassy Knoll
Oct 2012
OP
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
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
Romney to America: "Who are you going to believe? Me - or your lyin' ears?"
Adenoid_Hynkel
Oct 2012
#17
You can say a word you didn't mean to say. Even a phrase, from time to time. However...
wtmusic
Oct 2012
#20
Introducing the New Mitt Romneey See and Say... Pull the string and he'll say what you wanna hear.
sky imager
Oct 2012
#38
So, how are we to feel secure if when you're in negotiations to prevent a war, you
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2012
#49
He meant to say he'd promise us moochers he wouldn't touch Social Security
magical thyme
Oct 2012
#52