Obama: "47 Percent" Comments Show Romney Doesn't Get Out Much
GOP nominee still sticks by what he said
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that Mitt Romney's comment disparaging 47 percent of Americans as victims meant the Republican candidate had not "gotten around a lot."
Obama chided Romney for remarks, secretly videotaped at a Florida fundraiser, in which he said nearly half of the U.S. population was dependent on the government, did not pay federal income taxes and would not vote for him.
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If Romney got out more he'd notice that the city provides the very streets he drives on, the percentage dependent on government is closer to 95%.