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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
Mr. Obama, stung by Mr. Romney's claim that he had admitted failure in changing Washington, tried to turn the tables, saying his presidency had always been about mobilizing outside voices to alter the direction of the country. Mr. Romney, the...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Latest first Oldest first Auto update: On Off Updates: The Los Angeles Times has an excellent analysis of the different spending strategies of the two campaigns , and how Mitt Romney came to be spending so much last month...Romney, meanwhile,...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
Text Size The Washington Post In my column this week, I challenged us all to look at how often the more prosperous among us talk with disdain about the less affluent. Like so many others, I was disturbed by what GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney...
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Truthdig
| 8 months ago
Sep 20, 2012 David Corn of Mother Jones magazine talks about how he teamed up with James Carter, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, to get the footage posted this week of Mitt Romney insulting half of the American public before a crowd of...
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Democracy Now
| 8 months ago
You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. download: Mother Jones reporter David Corn joins us to discuss how he released the now notorious video of Mitt Romney telling a crowd of wealthy donors in Florida that he does...
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Telegram & Gazette
| 8 months ago
Mother Jones, the left-leaning magazine that was founded above a McDonalds restaurant in San Francisco 36 years ago, found itself lavished this week with the kind of attention that is usually reserved for larger news outlets. And that is not a bad...
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Summit Daily News
| 8 months ago
It is perplexing to see Americans continue to put their faith in Barack Obama to lead our nation. In 2008, given the circumstances, one could understand the attraction of the nebulous hope and change promised by candidate Obama (if one ignored his...
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The independent
| 8 months ago
The limping Mitt Romney campaign was yesterday on notice from some of its own that it had better pick itself up quickly after a string of flubs and stumbles if it wants to avoid losing a presidential contest that by all normal indicators such as the...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
19 September 2012 The bombshell secret videos of Mitt Romney at a Florida fundraiser in May miss out 'one to two minutes' of the Republican nominee's remarks, the magazine that released the footage has admitted. It may never be known what was said in...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
After Mother Jones released a video of Mitt Romney , the Republican presidential candidate, at a fund-raiser in May calling 47 percent of the public dependent on government and feeling like victims entitled to help, millions of old and new readers...
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Newsbusters
| 8 months ago
David Corn of Mother Jones magazine has claimed that the audio and video recording of Mitt Romney taken surreptitiously at a fundraiser was complete...until it was revealed that it had a critical gap of up to two minutes. At first Corn refused to...
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Sky News
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama has used an appearance on a US talk show to criticise Mitt Romney's comments that nearly half of Americans are "victims" who depend on the Government. The Republican candidate was secretly filmed telling donors his job was "not...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
In this video framegrab from a May 17, 2012, video provided by Mother Jones Video, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser in Florida. Romney told donors that 47 percent of Americans don't pay taxes and believe...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Meredith Blake President Obama paid a visit to The Late Show Tuesday night which, in an of itself, is not an entirely novel thing. After all, the commander in chief has not been shy about using the late-night medium: Obama has visited Letterman's...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 8 months ago
Wednesday Sep 19, 2012 Barack Obama has warned his Republican foe Mitt Romney was "writing off a big chunk of the country" following his remark that 47 per cent of Americans were "victims" and therefore backed the president. Obama offered his first...
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The independent
| 8 months ago
The Mitt Romney campaign was suffering an acute bout of electoral vertigo yesterday after the leaking of a video showing the candidate disdaining almost half the country as lay-about loafers he cannot "worry about" and writing off the search for...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
US President Barack Obama has rebuked Republican rival Mitt Romney, saying that anyone seeking to be president needs to work for all Americans. Mr Obama told chat show host David Letterman said Mr Romney was wrong to describe 47% of Americans as "...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
Padmananda Rama The Mother Jones journalist behind the release of a surreptitiously shot fundraising video says the source "did not go there looking to catch Mitt Romney in the act." David Corn, the magazine's Washington bureau chief, tells NPR's...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney took his effort to contain the damage from the video of his remarks about Americans who don't pay taxes to Fox News Channel Tuesday. There, he acknowledged that some of those who don't pay federal income...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
When I won in 2008, 47 percent of the American people voted for John McCain, Obama said. They didn't vote for me and what I said on election night was: Even though you didn't vote for me, I hear your voices, and I'm going to work as hard as I can to...
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Newsbusters
| 8 months ago
The supposed consensus at Real Clear Politics shows Mitt Romney trailing Barack Obama by less than three points. As shown yesterday , one of the most recent five polls used in RCP's calculations from CBS and the New York Times is so cooked that it...
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Newsbusters
| 8 months ago
A secretly recorded video of Mitt Romney speaking at a fundraiser about the "47 percent of the country who are dependent on government," put out last night by the liberal magazine Mother Jones , calls into question whether Romney is "at base, an...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
Eyder Peralta Mother Jones magazine has released the full, unedited video of the May 17 fundraiser where Mitt Romney made some controversial comments about 47 percent of the country, whom he said paid no income taxes and believed themselves "victims."...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
The video, obtained by the Mother Jones website, shows Mr Romney telling an audience of wealthy donors at a $50,000 per head dinner that the Palestinians "have no interest whatsoever" in peace with Israel. He says that if he was elected president he...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney, who has tried in recent days to return voter attention to his economic agenda, has been embroiled in controversy since video was posted Monday on the website of Mother Jones magazine. It showed him telling donors at a private fundraiser...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Welcome to modern politics, where anything you say can and will be posted to YouTube. Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney learned that hard lesson firsthand on Monday when David Corn of Mother Jones magazine posted video footage of the Republican...
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Towleroad
| 8 months ago
Mother Jones' to Release Full Romney Fundraiser Video Mother Jones told Politico it planned to release the full '47 percent' fundraiser video at some point today, probably mid-afternoon, in response to Romney's press conference Monday night at which...
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New Statesman
| 8 months ago
When video of Mitt Romney dismissing 47 percent of American voters surfaced this afternoon, many media outlets found the surprising video newsworthy. Fox News, however, buried the remarks until forced to cover Romney's follow-up press conference late...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
A new secret video clip has emerged of remarks by Republican candidate Mitt Romney, saying the Palestinians are committed to Israel's destruction. He tells donors the Middle East will "remain an unsolved problem... and we kick the ball down the field"...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
Romney says that 47 percent of Americans are Obama supporters and are dependent on government entitlements. David Corn of the liberal magazine Mother Jones broke the news and posted short clips of the video.
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
Nearly half think they are victims' 5:06 pm Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 In this Aug. 18, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets into his car to attend a fundraising event on Saturday, Aug. 18,...
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Daily Nation
| 8 months ago
Rating In Summary The video was the latest blow to the Romney campaign as it fights off reports that its team is in disarray. Mitt Romney's White House campaign was rocked Monday by a secretly filmed video in which he said nearly half of Americans...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Reuters In a secret video that has surfaced, US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is seen as ridiculing those voting for Obama, saying nearly half believe they are victims. In an address to a small group of donors, Romney says: "There are...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 8 months ago
US President Barack Obama has lodged an unfair trade complaint against China and immediately used it as a wedge against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, whose beleaguered campaign has hit another pothole. Obama told voters in Ohio, where the auto...
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Russia Today
| 8 months ago
A collection of secretly-recorded videos of Mitt Romney speaking to an affluent fundraiser crowd shows the Republican candidate for US president making several off-color comments about minorities and supporters of President Barack Obama. After...
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The New York Observer
| 8 months ago
Screengrabs Videos recorded in the last month or so apparently caught Mitt Romney speaking perhaps a bit too frankly to a captive group of donors. The covertly-recorded videos, spotlighted by the liberal publication Mother Jones , reveal that the...
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The Dish Rag
| 8 months ago
In the videos, Romney purportedly speaks quite candidly about the campaign and his opponent, President Obama . Romney says of the Obama voters: There are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47% who...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
Romney stands by message in secret video Updated Mitt Romney said tonight he stands by his message in a secretly taped video, in which he is heard saying that 47% of Americans will vote for President Obama because they are "dependent upon government."...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 8 months ago
Washington The video that appeared on the Mother Jones website Mitt Romney was caught up in a fresh and damaging secret video controversy on Monday night, only hours after his campaign team tacitly admitted it was struggling and was going to have...
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Towleroad
| 8 months ago
Yesterday, Brandon posted a video of Mitt Romney addressing a group of millionaire donors posted to YouTube by a user named Anne Onymous, in which Romney tells the donors what he thinks about Obama voters. Says Romney in the video: There are 47...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 8 months ago
He added that as a candidate for the White House, "my job is not to worry about those people.'' The video threatens to derail Romney's bid to win the White House, as a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll shows President Obama leading the former Massachusetts...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
US presidential nominee Mitt Romney faces a new campaign storm after the release of a secretly filmed video in which he tells rich donors that nearly half of Americans are dependent "victims" who do not pay tax. Excerpts of video, posted by the...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's campaign vowed to get back to substance on Monday. Romney delivered a speech to a Latino group in Los Angeles, touting his economic plan and touching on immigration. The spotlight, however, was stolen by...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney disparages Obama voters and says he'll never convince them to take responsibility for their lives, in a video leaked from a Romney fundraiser revealed Monday by Mother Jones magazine. The Republican presidential candidate, often careful...
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney, during a private fundraiser captured on video, told a group of donors in much blunter terms than he does publicly how he feels about the election. He joked about his wealth, and quipped that he would have a better shot at victory if he...
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New Statesman
| 8 months ago
If you're running for president of the United States, it's advisable not to dismiss 47% of the electorate as scroungers who will never vote for you, especially if you're a multi-millionaire who paid just 13.9% in tax in 2010...Mother Jones has just...
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The Independent
| 8 months ago
News in pictures From the blogs Fame can be a blessing and a curse...Interactive Newsprint is a UK-based research project that will be demonstrating there interactive pa... A producer obsessed with robots goes to a festival with a toy theme but...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney described almost half of Americans as dependent upon government during a private reception with donors earlier this year and said those voters will likely support President Obama because they believe they are entitled to health care, to...
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Gawker
| 8 months ago
It Would Be Helpful to Be Latino' and Other Blowhard Things Romney Was Caught Saying on a Hidden Camera A cache of hidden-camera videos of Mitt Romney, speaking at an off-the-record fundraiser sometime in the last few months, has emerged on YouTube...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Already scrambling to steady a struggling campaign, Republican Mitt Romney confronted a new headache Monday after a video surfaced showing him telling wealthy donors that almost half of all Americans "believe they are victims" entitled to extensive...
