Mitt Romney Claims He Didn't Make "47%" Comment

By now, we're not surprised by a politician who denies saying what he plainly said. Meet the Press not to mention The Daily Show have long made hay pulling old speeches out to prove a candidate is wrong or has lied. But when the statement in question is one of the most glaring, most obvious pivot points of the race? What point is there in lying about it now? I mean, I know that Mitt Romney had a truth-telling problem (especially for a Mormon), but this one really takes the cake.
 

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More From the Man Who Recorded Romney "47%" Video

It is puzzling why the anecdote about the Chinese factory didn't cause Mitt Romney more problems, isn't it?

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Why Scott Prouty went public with the 47% tape

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When Scott Prouty’s surreptitious video recording of Mitt Romney surfaced during the presidential election, the country gravitated toward his comments about 47% of Americans who, Romney said, did not pay income taxes and felt “entitled to health care, to food, to housing–you name it.” The video was universally dubbed “the 47% tape. . .”

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Man Behind Romney "47 Percent" Video Revealed

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While the surreptitiously recorded "47 Percent" video may not be solely responsible for Mitt Romney's loss in the 2012 presidential election, it certainly was instrumental. It cemented the already common belief that Romney was out of touch, separate and apart from ordinary Americans. Romney's attempts to distance himself from the video were also transparently phony, which was another of his common traits. So, the video may not have been Romeny's campaign coffin, but it was a fist full of the nails.

The man who shot the video turns out to not be some commie pinko liberal moonbat like me, but an independent. And he doesn't seem to be barnstorming the media for a payday (though who could blame him if he did), having waited this long to out himself. I think he did his nation a great service.

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Mystery man behind ’47 percent’ video revealed

The man who secretly filmed then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney telling a private audience that “47 percent” of voters would vote for President Obama “no matter what,” outed himself Wednesday night during an hour-long segment on “The Ed Show. . .”

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