Romney Remark That 47% Feel Entitled Was Misstep, Ryan Says

[jsr]

Source: Bloomberg

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a misstep when he described 47 percent of Americans as feeling entitled to government aid, his vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, said today.

“We’ve had some missteps,” Ryan said on “Fox News Sunday,” adding that one of them was the comment Romney made at a private session with donors about the attitude of almost half of Americans.

Romney “acknowledges himself that was an inarticulate way of describing how we’re worried that, in a stagnant Obama economy, more people have become dependent on government because they have no economic opportunity,” said Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee.

Romney’s comment, made in May, surfaced in a secretly recorded video first publicized Sept. 17 by Mother Jones magazine.

Read more: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-30/romney-s-remark-that-47-percent-feel-entitled-was-a-misstep-ryan-says

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. Mr Ryan

Just because the Republican base is brain dead, don't think you can bullshit the rest of us.

[Viva_Daddy]

2. That's like a rapist, when he gets caught, saying he "misstepped".

[DJ13]

3. It was a 'misstep' only because it exposed how the 1% really see the rest of us

And Romney is in the 1%, so............

[zbdent]

4. You know you're in trouble when Lyin' Ryan is the voice put out there to

clear things up ...

[Xipe Totec]

5. That's like a burglar saying that getting caught by the police was a misstep. nt

[Deep13]

6. Cynical bastard....

He takes it for granted that no one says what he or she means in a political campaign. Everything is calculated for manipulative effect. Romeny isn't wrong, he just chose the wrong lie for that occasion. It is just a game to them, and words are just game pieces.

[azurnoir]

7. gee ya think?

how perceptive of you Paul, can't wait to hear more

[kestrel91316]

8. Not a misstep. A true statement of how the 1% feels about us.

[Raven]

9. Keep diggin' Paul. :-)

[Donkees]

10. "We've had some missteps..."

...trying to walk in high-heel clown shoes and a stuck-up nose.

[Enrique]

11. they're both Ayn Rand acolytes

but keep it under your hat, you're running for office for pete's sake!

[marions ghost]

12. Yeah, the Truth--what a "mistake" ...

[BumRushDaShow]

13. But they doubled-down on it

and had all of their blowhards out reinforcing it, both on TV and the radio. There was no "misstep".

[SemperEadem]

14. no it wasn't. it was him finally being honest

the difference being: he thought he was safe. THAT and that only was his misstep.

[L0oniX]

15. Caught being honest ...a rare occurrence.

[oldsarge54]

16. Mr Ryan

Given that your propagandist on yahoo have been pushing the 47% button for over a year, it is a little too late to call it a misstep. The only misstep, it that your partner seems to believe your propaganda.

[SunSeeker]

17. The misstep was not realizing how badly that would play outside the Fox News bubble.

Douchebag.

[cstanleytech]

20. But the biggest misstep was deciding to try and run for president without fox news able to provide

its usual 100% free PR/campaigning due to the phone hacking scandal.

[lonestarnot]

18. Keep reminding everyone what fuckwads you and Mittwitt are. :)

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. WeinerBoy, his only misstep was getting taped by a lowly waitstaff member.

He fucking meant what he said, and you know it.

His words will haunt him until the day he dies.

[and-justice-for-all]

21. That is bullshit!

Robocorp was in the very company to which he worships, he said exactly what he wanted to and exactly how he feels. Those two are unfit to be elected for anything.

[Stuart G]

22. too late asshole.........words cannot express how I feel..nt

[Heather MC]

23. WTF Romney came out the next day in that rushed press conference

and reiterated everything he said in the video, he didn't take a damn thing back.

Now Ryan says it's a "Misstep" I wanna hear Mr. No Apologies say that. not that it would matter. but still. It's all bullshit and lyin ryan is still lyan

[lunatica]

24. In political Republican parlance a 'misstep' is when you're caught telling the truth.

The irony is lost on them.

[cr8tvlde]

32. "Inelegant" is when you need a speech writer.

[Botany]

25. something tells me that Paul is going back to the 1st Congressional District in Wisconsin

"As the 1st district in Wisconsin goes so goes the nation. C-ya Mitt."

[SunSeeker]

27. Something tells me Paul will be part of the 47% come November.

http://elections.wispolitics.com/2012/09/zerban-poll-has-him-within-single.html


Donate here: http://www.robzerban.com/


Sign the petition telling Ryan to debate Zerban here: http://hq-salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50113/content_item/signup?signup_page_KEY=7141

[PD Turk]

26. Yeah, well

We all know where "missteps" can lead...

[treestar]

28. Except

1. that's not what Rmoney said - he said it was because they were not taking responsibility
2. the economy is not "stagnant"
3. Bush trashed the economy

Lyan is at it again.

[magic59]

29. Yes, it was a misstep

What he meant to say was 99% percent of Americans feel entitled to government aid.

[Javaman]

30. That wasn't a "misstep" that was fall down two flights of stairs. nt

[copaid]

31. BARACK OBAMA SPECIAL TRIBUTE SHOULD HAVE THEM SING THIS SONG AT POLLS

PLAIN AND SIMPLE DEMOCRATS, LETS JUST LEARN THIS SONG THAT WILL FULFILL OUR DREAMS OF HAVING A GREAT MAN LIKE BARACK OBAMA. GET USE TO IT REPUBLICANS AND THE TEA PARTY. THIS IS OUR TRIBUTE TO A GREAT MAN. HE WILL GO IN TO THE NEXT 4 YEARS AND GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST PRESIDENTS WHO WILL REBOUND THIS ECONOMY. BARACK IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THE UPPER CLASS LIKE MILT ROMNEY. JUST REMEMBER THIS SONG DEMOCRATS. WE WILL BE SINGING THIS SONG AFTER VICTORY FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS.

PLEASE CLICK

[Donkees]

34. misstepped, misspoke...

misstepped, misspoke, typical misanthrope

[Historic NY]

35. Hey Wonder boy it wasn't a misstep it was a calculated position to a select crowd...

of like minded 1% percenters he was whooing. It was real and wasn't supopose to get out.

[adigal]

36. It wasn't a misstep - it is what he and Anne think!! n/t