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Video and Audio Title: Conservatives Agree: Romney’s Right I stand second to none in being critical of Mitt Romneys campaign. Hell, on MSNBC yesterday, Bay Buchanan lit into me as having never been with them and finding things to criticize. So pay attention here. Michael Warren is engaged in some beltway thinking that I think has plagued the Romney camp and which has always been a chief concern. For once, we see Mitt Romney undercover and off the record and he sounds like a real person not pulled by the gravitational forces of the DC GOP Elite who have capitulated to $16 trillion in national debt. And suddenly, those beltway Republicans are beating up Romney for saying something off the cuff, maybe not as polished as he should have, but that is agreed with by a majority of Americans. Consider Michael Warrens headline: Conservatives Agree: Romneys Wrong. Like hell. Hot Air Allahpundit: Romney: Obamas 47% Of The Electorate Is Dependent On Government Townhall Carol Platt Liebau: Is Mitt Romney Wrong? Blaze Becket Adams: Romney Revealed: Leaked Footage Shows Gop Candidate Claiming 47 Percent Of Americans Will Vote Obama Because They Want Govt To Take Care Of Them The Corner John Osullivan: How Romney Should Respond Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft: Mitt Romney Responds To Leaked Fundraiser Video Slams Obama (Video) Human Events John Hayward: Mitt Romney And The 47 Percent Fox Nation: Romney Calls F or Release Of Full 47 Percent Video, Says Comments Werent Elegantly Stated Campaign Spot Jim Geraghty: Heres What Inspires The Gops Entitlement Perception Campaign Spot Jim Geraghty: What Inspires The Gops Entitlement Perception, Part Two Power Line Scott Johnson: The 47-Percent Solution PJ Media Bryan Preston: Julia Nods Her Head Marathon Pundit John Ruberry: From Doug Ross: Campaign That Wrote Off The White Working Class Decries Romneys concerns With The Culture Of Dependency Daily Caller Jim Treacher: The Democrats Think Romney Just Self-Destructed By Pointing Out, Um, Their Entire Strategy Right Sphere Thomas: Romney And The 47% Townhall Guy Benson: Video: Romney Holds Presser To Respond To 47 Percent Controversy Washington Examiner Paul Bedard: Its Worse Than Romney Said: 49% On Federal Aid, 49% Pay No Tax Twitchy Brett Taylor: Conservatives Not So Shocked By Secret Romney Tape Revelations Marathon Pundit John Ruberry: Romney Is Right: Obama Is Turning Us Into An Entitlement Society Mediaite Noah Rothman: Laura Ingraham Fired Up Over Romneys 47% Tape: Its Ridiculous This Is Getting Airtime Hot Air Ed Morrissey: No, Romney Didnt Just Lose The Election Add RedState and me to the list. Back when I was running political campaigns, my first rule of politics was very simple: always know when you are in the minority, even when you think you are right. The media, the left, and apparently a handful of Washington conservatives think they are right, but I think the Gallup survey shows they are in the minority on this. As Ben Domenech wrote in his excellent Transom this morning: Mitt Romney on the nation of moochers. SOURCE There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That, thats an entitlement, and the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what
These are people who pay no income tax
my job is not to worry about those people. Ill never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. Sorry folks expecting a rant on this, but I actually dont think this ones a big deal. Heres the thing: gaffes of this nature have to have real victims in order to be workable. What helps Romney in this situation is that no one thinks theyre in the 47%. Even if they are! No one who was thinking of voting for Romney yesterday is standing up today saying hes criticizing me! SOURCE Everyone thinks theyre a maker, not a taker, due to whatever little tax they pay, so when Mitt lays into freeloaders, even people who pay no income tax think hes talking about someone else. Its sort of the flip side of senior citizens saying that America needs small government while telling politicians Hands off my Medicare.
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