Friday, September 21, 2012

We are the 47 percent

  • I Am the 47 Percent

    He is out of order when he says 47 percent of the electorate feels entitled to food and housing. What we all, 100 percent of us, feel entitled to is the opportunity to thrive.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • The 47 percent: What FDR fought against

    We are determined to make every American citizen the subject of his country's interest and concern; and we will never regard any faithful law-abiding group within our borders as superfluous.

    www.salon.com

  • The 47 Percent May Struggle but the Top 20 Percent Are Feeling Flush

    There has been a lot of talk about the 1 percent, the 47 percent, the 99 percent or whatever slice of the population is lately in the spotlight.

    mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

  • Obama steps up attacks on Romney's 47 percent remarks

    View results. President Obama sharpened his attack on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's critical comments on the 47 percent of voters who don't pay federal income taxes, hammering his opponent during an appearance in the critical swing ...

    www.washingtontimes.com

  • Veterans Are Vital Part of the '47 Percent'

    So when Mitt Romney says he isn't concerned about 47 percent of the country, his words and past actions prove to veterans and military families that his values couldn't be further from those that we all share. Follow Patrick Murphy on Twitter: www ...

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  • We Are the 47 Percent!

    The conventional wisdom is, it's not a gaffe if the politician says what he really means, and Mitt's voice on tape sounds genuine, candid, and not at all like the Mitt-Bot 3000 we are so used to hearing. It's jarring, really; all along, we've been ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Why Taxing The 47 Percent Would Put Millions Into Poverty

    In April, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor worried "[O]ver 45 percent of the people in this country don't pay income taxes at all, and we have to question whether that's fair." "Part of the problem is today, only 53% pay any federal income tax at all ...

    tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com

  • Romney wrong about the 47 percent

    This week we heard Gov. Romney write off "47 percent of the people" who, according to him, pay no income tax, are dependent upon government and do not take personal responsibility for themselves.

    www.ydr.com

  • Candidates debate foreign policy, the '47 percent'

    Recent controversial comments about the 47 percent made by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney were among the topics explored during Thursday's 4th Congressional District debate at the Jewish Community Center in York Township.

    www.yorkdispatch.com

  • Clinton: Romney's '47 percent' remarks make winning tougher for him

    Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that Mitt Romney's controversial comments about how his "job is not to worry about" the 47 percent of Americans "dependent on government" would increase the burden on the GOP nominee to perform well in the ...

    thehill.com

  • Romney drifts from Reagan in debate over the 47 percent

    MSNBC's Thomas Roberts talks to MSNBC Contributor Ron Reagan about his father's championing of the 47 percent, and Mitt Romney's comments about the same group.

    video.msnbc.msn.com

  • Fox's Week-Long Attempt To Distract From Romney's Attack On The 47 Percent

    All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to ...

    mediamatters.org

  • ESTRICH: The 47 percent

    Back in 1988, we had what we thought was a great new idea. There was only one slot for a keynote speech at the Democratic convention on Monday… ... All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that ...

    www.nctimes.com

  • The 47 percent as a new Republican platform?

    47% does turn in to the republican party 's platform going forward it would basically cement the shift we have seen to the far right and evident in the tea party revolt of the 2010 election cycle.

    video.msnbc.msn.com

  • The 47 percenters, the 6 percenters, and more numerical factions

    The corollary to the 47 percenters is the 53 percent who did pay federal income tax last year. The "53 percenters" meme dates back to October 2011, as a counterpunch to the Occupy Wall Street–linked website "We Are the 99 Percent." The inaugural post ...

    theweek.com

  • Romney dines in Dallas at $50000 a plate as protesters yell 'we are the 47 ...

    If he was lucky, protesters' yells of "We are the 47 percent! We are the 47 percent!" didn't ruin the ambiance.

    blog.chron.com

  • The 47 Percent Solution

    And then of course the loser-moocher 47 percent video surfaced. David: Putting the substance aside, what do you make of the politics of it?

    opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com

  • Rabbi On The 47 Percent: Giving To Needy Is A Jewish Obligation

    Not everything in one's field is one's own. We are trying to urge people to see these things. "I see myself as part of the 100 percent.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • The "47 Percent" welcomes Romney

    "Up with Education, Down with Deportation!" "Stop the War on Women!" and my personal favorite, based doubly on the Occupy chant that has become so familiar over the past year and Romney's latest big blooper, "We Are the 47 percent!" Photo: Jim Lane/ ...

    peoplesworld.org

  • Hey Money Mitt, We Are The 47% & We Are NOT Victims!

    I remember 20 steps would bring me from the front door to the back of the house. We were the 47 percent. But that never discouraged my mother.

    globalgrind.com

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