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Related: About this forumJames Carter: Person Who Recorded ‘47 Percent’ Video Wasn’t A High-Dollar Donor
Democratic opposition researcher James Carter on Thursday said the individual who recorded Mitt Romney making his infamous 47 percent remarks at a Florida fundraiser was not a high-dollar donor.
It was Carter who unearthed the footage online during last years campaign, prompting him to reach out to the videographer before bringing the clips to the attention of David Corn of Mother Jones. Eschewing specific details, Carter told CNNs Wolf Blitzer that the person referred to by Carter as Anne Onymous did not pay to be in attendance at the fundraiser, held in May in Boca Raton, Fla.
Well, I can say that it wasnt one of the people who had paid $50,000 to be there, Carter said. But Im not going to say anything more than that.
Carter spoke to TPM last week about meeting President Barack Obama for the first time at an event in Decatur, Ga. He said the President thanked him several times before they posed for a picture together. Carters cousin, a state senator in Georgia, alerted Obama of his role in the 47 percent video.
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James Carter: Person Who Recorded ‘47 Percent’ Video Wasn’t A High-Dollar Donor (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2013
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jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)1. I thought it was common knowledge...
... that it was a bartender working the event. Did I dream that?
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)2. Yes...the person who made the video has never been revealed
You dreamed it. But it was a good looking bartender in your dream, at least, I hope.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)3. I read a lot of speculation...
it was a waiter, a bartender, one of the attendees but, nothing specific as you recall.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)5. IOW, someone who would definitely be fired if their identity was discovered.
midwest irish
(155 posts)6. I think that stemmed from a joke
about the bartender/waiter/cooks spitting in food after hearing the statements from Romney and Co.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)4. Anne Onymous? Could this mean it was taped by a woman?
Yavin4
(35,440 posts)7. Right out of "Fight Club" -- Do Not Fuck with the Working Class