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Ann Romney says Mitt ‘absolutely not’ disdainful of Americans on entitlement programs
Sep 19, 2012

Ann Romney says Mitt ‘absolutely not’ disdainful of Americans on entitlement programs

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Ann Romney said this week that her husband was “absolutely not” expressing any disdain for people dependent on government entitlement programs in a recently released video.

“I know the guy, I know him really well, I know he cares, and that’s why we’re running,” Mitt Romney’s wife told a local Fox affiliate in Denver, Colo. The interview was published Tuesday evening.

In a video taken covertly at a private fundraiser in May, Romney told supporters that his “job is not to worry” about the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay income taxes, are “dependent on the government” and “believe they are victims.” He said those people would never vote for him as president.

Mother Jones released the video this week, triggering an aggressive reaction from President Obama and the Democrats. Obama’s campaign called Romney’s comments disdainful of half of America and said a president must be a leader “for all” of America.

Romney’s campaign said that his remarks at the fundraiser were “off the cuff” and “inarticulate” but has since doubled down on the larger point that “Obama’s vision for America is a government-centered society.”

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  • Christine

    I listened to the video by Mitt Romney and was totally appalled. The true nature of this man was revealed. I do not believe he is interested in working for the best interests of all Americans…. but rather only for the interests of the most wealthy.

    • dfinch

      You didn’t listen to all of it because it’s now been admitted that a minute before and 1-2 minutes in the middle had been edited out. Now…why is something usually edited by a liberal website? You don’t know a thing about this man’s true nature because you’re willing to “believe” what you heard.

  • kittykat

    Christine……If you are appalled at the TRUTH, then sorry for your inability to grasp what is going on around you……There are about 49% of citizens on means tested assistance ( that does NOT include social security recepients) and there are also about the same percentage that will NOT vote for a Republican……..are YOU equally appalled at Obama’s deficit increase of $6Trillion dollars in less than four years ??????

    • Christine

      Lenore Romney, Mitt Romney’s mother, stated that her husband “received welfare relief from the government for the first years of his life. But this great country gave him opportunities…” That did not make him a victim or someone who wanted to be taken care by the government.

      • dfinch

        As I’m thinking about this…what was available in the early 1900′s. George Romney was born in 1907. I don’t think there was a safety net available until after the depression sometime.

        • Proud American

          In the late 1800s until 1935 and the beginnings of welfare,and social security there were government sponsored work programs. These were prior to the WPA. A lot of public infrastructures were built by those people who lived through the 1907 crash and then later the 1929 crash. In 1907 the banks were shored up by individual millionaires ie; J.P. Morgan and friends. The federal reserve bank was developed from those two finanscial crises. I hope this helps you understand. Not being critical at all

          • dfinch

            No No..I appreciate your answer. I had a fella that was really ugly about this. He was talking about the Romney’s being on welfare when Mitt was small. It was actually when the grandfather moved his young family back to the US during the Mexican Revolution and George Romney was like 5 years old. I’m familiar with the work program because my husbands Dad was a part of that in the 30′s. Thanks for the information. I’m ready for this person if I ever run across him again.

          • Proud American

            We live on a lake in which a dam was built by the WPA. It now provides clean renewable elec. power from Tulsa OK north to KS and East to Misouri and Arkansaw. What could we have had for the millions and millions of dollars spent and still have so many out of work. Only thinking out loud or in print as this may be.

  • Peg

    What do you do when out of money? I stop spending and so must our nation

  • sue wegner

    christine you don’t get it . if we’re not working your welfare check isn’t going to get paid.

  • lady kroft

    If any of you out there believe that Romney didn’t mean what he said as he said it…I have some property I’d like to sell you. It’s strange how these politicians repeatedly say things that they “didn’t mean it that way” or “You took that out of context” yet they will defend their statement to the death UNTIL it is pointed out to them that this could mean the end for them…then and only then do they retract their statements. BUT the intention and mindset is still there. When they make a durogatory statement, it is only what they really mean that has “slipped” through unintentionally. So, they really mean what they said, they just correct it cause it didn’t set well with the people. So, Mitt’s statement is a true show of his character…this is what you’re getting for president.
    And, what do you expect Ann Romney to say of his statement…”you think THAT”S bad. You ought to try living with him!!” No. She would say just exactly what she said. And that was that Mitt is “absolutely not disdainful” of Americans on entitlement programs. So, because she said it, half the people out there will believe it.
    I guess that when you’re $200+ million dollars rich like the Romneys, you think that when your president has ruined your life and your job that you should just lie down and die of starvation to avoid having to get food stamps and/or lose your house or your rental so that it doesn’t cut into the $2.6 BILLION dollars that our government is sending to our enemies THE MUSLIMS in the middle east who don’t and NEVER have paid any taxes into that entitlement money we’re sending them.
    So, those of you out there who think that it’s terrible that half our population is sucking on the government tit. be sure and write your congressman and demand that he/she put a stop to the money Americans drain from our government so that we can easily send it to the middle east. You’d be joining the ranks of those fine Americans that think on that level.

  • Joan

    Oh my word!!! You are appauled because you think that statement Romney made was a lie, so what must you possibly think of ALL the lies Obama has made? Huge lies, meant to deceive the people, just to further his unAmerican agenda!! Did you go see 2016? If you want to learn about your “god”, better go see it before you make a mistake you will surely regret! Even if you believe Romney is not perfect, he most definitely has Obama beat! For one thing he is at least patriotic and loves this country! I can say with certainty that he won’t try to make a new US flag with a big “R” in the corner!! He will not be skipping his daily briefings with his advisors to do whatever it is he thinks is more important when our embassys are being attacked and our ambassadors are getting murdered, and he won’t deny the Keystone Pipeline and other great opportunities for our country to get good paying jobs, and so on and on!!

  • Ann

    Christine if you think Romney and his family only care about the wealthy go to The Blaze.com and watch the video about some of the things Romney and his family do behind the scenes for those in need. He is a generous humble man and his remarks were made in response to a question asked about fundraising, which of course was not in the tape. The tape was edited as was said. Romney explained in great depth his concerns about how many people Obama has added to the welfare rolls; people who might actually want to work. Obama recently ommitted the look for work requirment from welfare requirements making it even easier for people to stay on welfare abd reversing Clinton’s welfare reform. This does not come from O having an ounce of compassion – this comes from his goal to enslave people and thus build his base.