The truth about the 47%

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Mitt Romney may be tied with President Obama in the latest Gallup tracking poll, but that has not stopped the liberal media from declaring the race over … again.

The pundits’ latest excuse for writing off Romney is a grainy videotape from May in which Romney can barely be heard saying: “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the 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. That that’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what. … These are people who pay no income tax.”

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