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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney: I 'Misspoke' About Lack Of Concern For 'Very Poor'
Mitt Romney, in an interview set to air Thursday night said he "misspoke" when he said he isn't concerned about the "very poor," according to an interview transcript provided to the Washington Post.
"It was a misstatement, I misspoke," Romney said. "I've said something that is similar to that but quite acceptable for a long time."
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-i-misspoke-about-lack-of-concern-for
Romney's Plan: $100 Tax Hike for the Poor, $100,000 Tax Cut for the Rich
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/01/romneys-plan-100-tax-hike-for-the-poor-100-000-tax-cut-for-the-rich/250947/
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)And don't think we're not keeping track.
Blaze Diem
(3,384 posts)Liar
GodlessBiker
(6,314 posts)Zalatix
(8,994 posts)It's like talking about Fight Club. You never talk about Fight Club.
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)blah blah blah... The party of "Personal Responsibility"...
uponit7771
(90,363 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)uponit7771
(90,363 posts)I don't know how to word it but....he jus seems like the guy who would fire everyone and not know why they hate him
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)He's said it over and over again. He said he isn't concerned about the poor. He said those exact words. No going back now. It's too late, bro.
uponit7771
(90,363 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)NAO
(3,425 posts)cause that goes so well with Trump's "YOU'RE FIRED" and his "don't care about poor people" it seems like it was made for an attack ad.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)i meant pooh people.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)... but you already knew Romney didn't care about you.
nanabugg
(2,198 posts)it would have gone away just as all the other time Mitt has said virtually the same thing.
surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)Is he trying to seem more like Reagan by acting like he has alzheimer's?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)Run <backtrack subroutine>:
Repeat
{
claim (misstatement);
state (previously_acceptable_nostrum);
} until (banker_funded_ads > news_cycle);