perceived and so i had to ultimately respond to the perception because perception is reality. yeah, and reality is reality, too. and the reality is romney said this. i ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. dan balz has released some of the audio of his interview with romney where romney complains about how his words were twisted. that this was perceived as he s saying oh, 47% of the people he doesn t care about or he s insensitive to or they don t care responsibility for their life. no, no. i m saying 47% of the people don t pay taxes and therefore they don t warm to our tax message. don t you miss hearing mitt s voice and his mischievously twisted thinking? there s mitt romney complaining about how his words were twisted by the obama campaign and by the media and in order to do that he
responsibility and care for their lives. dan balz has released some of the audio of his interview with romney where romney complains about how his words were twisted. that this was perceived as he s saying oh, 47% of the people he doesn t care about or he s insensitive to or they don t care responsibility for their life. no, no. i m saying 47% of the people don t pay taxes and therefore they don t warm to our tax message. don t you miss hearing mitt s voice and his mischievously twisted thinking? there s mitt romney complaining about how his words were twisted by the obama campaign and by the media and in order to do that he has to twist his own words. the truth is the 47% video shot by scott prouty, who was working as a bartender at that event, was always played on this program and elsewhere in full because it was so freaking amazing. it was impossible to twist
if jim lehr is watching, maybe he should ask him that. i used to think, i still think, massachusetts is a poor training ground for presidential candidates because it s a weird culture up there. maybe the republicans run was not a good preparation for general election this year. anyway, in swing states the obama campaign has bombarded voters, as you said, with this powerful ad going after romney for his 47% putdown. let s take a look. 47% of the americans who vote for the president who are dependent, who believe they re victims, who believe the government has to care for them, who believes they re entitled to health care, food, housing, you name it, and they will vote for this president no matter what. so my job is not to worry about those i ll never take care of them. they should take care responsibility and take care of themselves. you look at this analytical, only three or four breaks,
so my job is not to worry about those i ll never take care of them. they should take care responsibility and take care of themselves. you look at this analytical, only three or four breaks, romney would be ahead right now, breaks going to obama s side. the romney performance overseas when he blew that thing with cameron. the masterful performance by bill clinton where he reset the clock on the economy. of course, this 47%. these breaks have been going toward obama, haven t they? i mean, i can t think the last time romney got a break. reporter: no, really not since you have to go back, i would say, to may or june at the earliest to come up with a time where you feel like romney was controlling the narrative, controlling the tempo of this campaign. and then, you re right, didn t catch a break. it starts with the health care ruling at the end of june that somehow goes obama s way and then it marched through july, he takes a week off. a lot of people question that.