Ryan: Romney made misstep with '47 percent' comment

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
9/30/2012
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GOP presidential candidate said that 47 percent of all Americans thought they were entitled to assistance

Paul Ryan, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's running mate said that Romney made a misstep when he said that 47 percent of all Americans feel they are entitled to government aid. "We've had some missteps," Ryan said on "Fox News Sunday." The comment Romney made was at a private session with donors about the attitude of almost half of Americans.

Paul Ryan promised in the October 11 debate he will have with Vice President Joe Biden in addition to the three Romney will have during the month with Obama, the Republican Party will offer voters 'a very clear choice' on issues, including the economy.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Romney "acknowledges himself that was an inarticulate way of describing how we're worried that, in a stagnant Obama economy, more people have become dependent on government because they have no economic opportunity," Ryan said, chairman of the House Budget Committee.

The comment made in May turned up in a secretly recorded video that was first publicized last month by Mother Jones magazine.

Ryan promised in the October 11 debate he will have with Vice President Joe Biden in addition to the three Romney will have during the month with Obama, the Republican Party will offer voters "a very clear choice" on issues, including the economy.

Ryan said the Republican ticket is "running against an incumbent president with incredible resources," when asked about recent polls showing Romney trailing Obama,

The Wisconsin Republican was confident when he said, "We are going to win this race."
Romney will turn the race with Obama "upside down" with his performance in their debate this week, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on CBS's "Face the Nation"

"He's had a tough couple of weeks, let's be honest," Christie said, who gave the keynote address at the Republican convention.

Christie says that the debates will give Romney a chance to talk directly to voters nationwide without "being filtered by anybody." He also said Romney performed well in the debates during the Republican primaries.

However, Ryan played down the importance of the first debate in the Fox interview. "I don't think any one event is going to make or break this campaign."

Obama will now go to the swing state of Nevada, where he'll hold a rally in Las Vegas before settling down in nearby Henderson for practice sessions before the first debate.

Ohio Senator Rob Portman, a Republican, is playing the role of Obama in Romney's practice sessions, while Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, a former Democratic presidential candidate, is playing Romney for Obama.

The two also will meet in debates on Oct. 16 and Oct. 22.

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1 - 4 of 4 Comments

Catherine
7 months ago
WoW! We Catholics will accept any thing and excuse everything that the Romney/Ryan ticket puts out there. It is sure sad to hear that we are so willing to excuse hatred. Romney's private words was from the heart. His private words are HIS, HE OWNS them! Catholics are suppose to be the ones who live the sermon on the mount, I guess whenit comes to the red party God walks out!?! What so ever you do to the least of My brothers that you do on to Me.
Let's pray for the poor amongst us. Oh, and President Obama is correct, NO BODY ever did it or will do it by themselves. Catholic belief has always hold the ideology of communial, not individual.
God's blessing to all my brothers and sister. Let us continue to put God first in all we do or say. He is our redeemer.
Dennis
7 months ago
Well, whom do you think will be voting for President Obama? Self made Entrepreneurs? No, Obama says they did not do it themselves. Good Catholics? No, HHS Secretary, in her own words, is "at war" with them. So perhaps the Democratic Delegates that booed the name of God. Yes, them. And welfare receipients? He leads big there.

I pay my own way, and I will be voting for Romney/Ryan, 100%.
KarlVDH
7 months ago
It was a stupid thing of him to say, and it was probably the final nail in his campaign's coffin. Unless Obama says or does something completely off the wall in the debate, it's over.
Robert Burford
7 months ago
"secretly recorded" is the operative word. You can never take back what you say even in a seemingly private space. This was clearly a comment that Mr Romney would not have spoken in a speech to the public. You have to look at the audience that he was speaking. Full of party faithful with many misconceived opinions on people. He was trying to give a locker room pep talk to his supporters and speak on their level. It was not something that was meant for public consumption. It is a shame that the comment went public because it may cost him the election. We must pray for this country because if Obama wins this country looses.

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