Romney: 'My campaign is about the 100 percent'
Source: CBS
By Rebecca Kaplan
GOP nominee Mitt Romney found himself on the defensive at a Wednesday forum with Latino voters, fielding sharp questions about his comments at a closed-door fundraiser, immigration reform and Arizona's controversial immigration law before the event shifted to his preferred subject of the economy.
The very first question the former Massachusetts governor received during the forum, which was broadcast live online by the Spanish-language network Univision, put Romney in the position of again explaining comments from a secretly recorded video at a fundraiser that 47 percent of the country wouldn't vote for him because they depend on government assistance.
"My campaign is about the 100 percent of Americans," Romney said, arguing that his record of accomplishments in Massachusetts - raising the unemployment rate and helping improve schools - proves his commitment to the whole nation.
"This is a campaign about helping people who need help," he said. "And right now the people who are poor in this country need help getting out of poverty. The people in the middle class need help because their incomes have gone down every year over the last four years."
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney participates in a Univision "Meet the Candidates" forum with Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas in Miami, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012.
(Credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)He's 100% full of it
Hey, I like this 100% thing -- seems to fit a lot of what Mitt is all about.
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100% Flip Flop Record on every issue
100% Chance of losing this election
100% Pure Bullsh*t when he opens his mouth
..... and so on .......
JBoy
(8,021 posts)"First, I derivisely dismiss the bottom 47%. Then I ignore the next 52%. Then I focus like a laser on the top 1%. That's my plan".
beac
(9,992 posts)I'm pretty sure all that self-tanner won't make any difference to the Spanish-speaking audiencebut he probably just clinched John Boehner's vote.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)LOL
defacto7
(13,485 posts)beac
(9,992 posts)shit flowing from his lips.
geomon666
(7,512 posts)You're not spinning your way out of this one.
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)at 47 (go figure) - worst economy out of 50 states. So what he said was CORRECT. Wait for the ads to show how he fucked up MA. I think the best thing he did was the healthcare that he runs from.
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)If he is trying to convience 47% of the people 47 days from the election that he is for 100% of the people,
I think that makes him 147% screwed
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)but you will never be about America. It is red, brown, black, white, yellow and all shades in between. So yeah your campaign is about 100% loser. At least bushitler wanted to put food on people's family.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)erpowers
(9,350 posts)His campaign is about the 100% except when he goes on Fox News, goes on right wing radio, or speaks before his donors. On those occasions his campaign is about getting 10%-51% of the population to vote for him.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Those damn numbers just keep coming after me.... They're gonna kill me!!!!!
DJ13
(23,671 posts)"... Vermouth Ann is now drinking on a regular basis."
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)and yeah I'm for the 100% lol. Wonder which overpaid idiot thought that soundbite up? All I can imagine is that everyone is staying the same thing.. "yeah.. riiiiight"
IggleDoer
(1,186 posts)n/t
Jessy169
(602 posts)Nice tan, dude.
Bozita
(26,955 posts)Check the arithmetic.
Mz Pip
(27,453 posts)Too late to walk this shit back, Mitwit.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)It's a small thing, but letting them put an unnatural color on him (a color that suggests he's trying to look a little bit "brown" for Univision's audience) is such a pudknocker mistake.
Are there any people in his campaign thinking about, oh, I don't know, like HOW TO RUN A FRACKIN' CAMPAIGN? And this guy wants to run the entire country?
jsr
(7,712 posts)about the rich'
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Bossy Monkey
(15,863 posts)johnnyrocket
(1,773 posts)Meaningless drivel.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)100 percent bullshit spread on a Cayman Islands cracker that pays no taxes.
Humphrey2
(12 posts)how can he keep saying whatever he thinks people want to hear and people take him seriously?
polichick
(37,152 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Etch a Sketch does not work. Not time for another flip-flop. We all know who you really are.