Monday, September 24, 2012

We are the 47 percent

  • Crisp: Mitt Romney underestimates the 47 percent

    Mitt Romney has been duly criticized for what we'll call "The 47 Percent Remark," his dismissive distancing of himself from close to half of the American people, who, he says, "are dependent upon government, who believe they are victims, who believe ...

    www.newsday.com

  • Is Romney one of the 47 percent?

    The people who pay no taxes in the United States are the very poor and the very rich, and Romney certainly falls into the latter category.

    bangordailynews.com

  • We Are the 47 Percent!

    In one short, publicly released video clip we now know for certain a couple of previously assumed facts about Mitt Romney: that he has an utter disdain for the nation's poor, working class and minorities, and that he believes every single one of ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • How the 47% Theme Trumped "The Economy"

    When we looked at the top 50 influencers who write about Hispanic voters, we got this count: "the 47 percent" (227), Hispanics/Univision (75), the Middle East (52) - more conversation about Hispanics, but still far less than "the 47 percent." But the ...

    www.forbes.com

  • Tim Kaine: It's a Lie to Say That the 47 Percent Don't Understand the Cost of ...

    I just feel like we've got to have people who work together. What Virginians ... I'd be open to that discussion, but I insist that everyone recognize that there's sort of a lie being perpretated by the other side, that 47 percent of people are slackers ...

    www.slate.com

  • Obama's New 47 Percent Ad

    I've been wondering since the 47 percent story broke how the Obama team would use it in ads, and here we have the first ad playing off the story, which is running in Ohio.

    www.thedailybeast.com

  • Gingrich: Romney '47 percent' analysis misguided, Obama base feels 'victimized'

    Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Monday that he thought Mitt Romney has sold his campaign effort short by not fighting for voters in the "47 percent" base he discussed at fundraiser secretly recorded earlier this year. "I ...

    thehill.com

  • We Are All Politicians Now: Science Communication and the Romney 47 ...

    We Are All Politicians Now: Science Communication and the Romney 47 Percent Video. By Marc Kuchner | September 24, 2012 | Comments 3. Share Share Email Print.

    blogs.scientificamerican.com

  • The Face of the 47 Percent

    Supporting Governor Romney's ridiculous claims, Pennsylvania Representative Daryl Metcalfe said in an interview this week, "As Mitt Romney said, 47 percent of the people that are living off the public dole, living off their neighbors' hard work, and we ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • 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

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

    The 47 Percent May Struggle but the Top 20 Percent Are Feeling Flush. By STUART ELLIOTT. 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. On Wednesday, we ...

    mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

  • Obama/Biden Supporter: 'The 47 Percent Got Me Here'

    "The 47 percent got me here," said Patrick Shine, of Salem. Shine said he hopes the comments made by Romney that, 47 percent of Americans believe they are victims, are dependent on the government and will never vote for him, will push undecided voters ...

    salem-nh.patch.com

  • Forty Seven Things I Don't Understand About the 47 Percent

    First, a disclaimer: I don't know if I could actually come up with 47 separate questions about Mitt Romney's "47 percent" speech - but it wouldn't be far off. In the interest of brevity, I'll whittle it ... Is that the "health care" we're talking ...

    dublin.patch.com

  • Is Romney one of the 47 percent?

    The people who pay no taxes in the United States are the very poor and the very rich, and Romney certainly falls into the latter category.

    www.hurriyetdailynews.com

  • Campbell: Doesn't Romney want the 47 percent on his side?

    FORT WORTH, Texas - If 47 percent of Americans really were freeloaders, the way Mitt Romney suggests, don't you think the federal government would be a lot more than $16 trillion in debt?

    chippewa.com

  • Ship out the 47%

    So, now that we know how Gov. Mitt Romney feels about the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay federal income taxes - including the elderly, disabled vets, people with large families, etc.

    www.sltrib.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

  • Where The 47 Percent Live

    Was Mitt Romney correct in a recently surfaced video that 47 percent of the voting public pay no federal income tax? The figure that he cited originates from a 2011 .... jbendery 47 PERCENT WHA? "I think that we had a good week last week." -Republican ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • The view from the top

    In so many words: We did not build that. By now, you have surely heard about Mitt Romney's remarks on the "47 percent," namely, the half of the country that pays no income taxes. Romney intones he will "never convince they [the 47 percent] should take ...

    www.columbiaspectator.com

  • Linda P. Campbell: Doesn't Romney want the 47 percent on his side?

    And if Romney believes that 47 percent of Americans can be written off as automatic Obama votes, doesn't that show that the Republican nominee understands the electorate even less than he understands the real world most of us live in?

    www.winonadailynews.com

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