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Related: About this forumIt's Official: Romney Got 47% of the Vote
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/01/mitt-romney-47-percent-vote-total/60613/Back in November, the gods of irony looked like they might shine upon Mitt Romney as he closed in on 47 percent of the popular vote in the presidential election tally. Now, as the new Congress certifies President Obama's win in the electoral college, comes word of the official final count from the Associated Press: the man behind the 47-percent video won over exactly 47.2 percent of America.
"He did a bit better 48.0 if you just look at the two top candidates," reports ABC's Z. Byron Wolf, but, you know, where's the bitter aftertaste in that? Romney, of course, saw his campaign run aground when Mother Jones's David Corn unleashed the notorious video in which Romney accused 47 percent of the country to be entitled and not interested in voting for him; Corn recently revealed the process behind his obtaining and publishing the tape:
Well, it appears 47 percent is still the story the AP's tally is the most frequently relied upon count of the popular vote in most elections, with newspapers often holding their "call" until the AP confirms what television networks are all too happy to jump on early.
"He did a bit better 48.0 if you just look at the two top candidates," reports ABC's Z. Byron Wolf, but, you know, where's the bitter aftertaste in that? Romney, of course, saw his campaign run aground when Mother Jones's David Corn unleashed the notorious video in which Romney accused 47 percent of the country to be entitled and not interested in voting for him; Corn recently revealed the process behind his obtaining and publishing the tape:
Thhere (sic) was more on the videoRomney discussing his political strategy, saying the campaign was using his wife Ann "sparingly right now, so people don't get tired of her," and making cracks about the hosts of The Viewbut I knew the 47-percent remarks would be the story. I couldn't recall any major presidential candidate getting caught speaking in such contemptuous terms of his fellow citizens.
Well, it appears 47 percent is still the story the AP's tally is the most frequently relied upon count of the popular vote in most elections, with newspapers often holding their "call" until the AP confirms what television networks are all too happy to jump on early.
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It's Official: Romney Got 47% of the Vote (Original Post)
2ndAmForComputers
Jan 2013
OP
I guess the lazy, entitled people he was talking about was HIS voters!!!
Filibuster Harry
Jan 2013
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. Sometimes you have to believe in either God or Karma.
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)2. Well he did say he didn't care about the 47%...
just the one tenth of one percent is who he cared for.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)3. Which makes 46.9% of the vote...
kind of scarily.
Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)4. And most of the 47% that he got and
who he was talking about voted for him like idiots.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)5. 47% idiots
Filibuster Harry
(666 posts)6. I guess the lazy, entitled people he was talking about was HIS voters!!!
LiberalFighter
(51,095 posts)7. I wonder which 47% of his family he doesn't care about?
Or... which 47% voted for him and which 53% voted for Obama?