Political Quotes

“for months I believed Mitt Romney wanted to be President of all of the United States. This week we learned Mitt Romney only wants to be President of half the United States. If Mitt Romney were President, he wouldn't waste time worrying about the 47 percent of Americans whom he believes are ``victims''--whom Romney believes are unwilling to take ``personal responsibility,'' and those are his words, not mine. He can only worry about how the other half lives, I guess. That is what Mitt Romney told donors at a closed- door fundraiser in Florida a month or so ago. But it turns out it wasn't closed. Someone videotaped every word he said to his wealthy donors. This is, among other things, what he said: There are 47 percent who . . . are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that 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. Mitt Romney said his job as President would not be ``to worry about those people.'' But half of Americans are ``those people.'' He went on to say: ``I'll never convince them''--this is a direct quote--``they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.'' So who are those Americans Mitt Romney disdains as ``victims'' and ``those people''? They are not avoiding their tax bills, using Cayman Islands tax shelters or Swiss bank accounts like Mitt Romney.…”