Campaign 2012: 10 images to remember
Campaign 2012 is rich with images that conjure the seriousness and silliness that unfold side by side in any presidential race. Here are 10 to remember (or forget).
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47 percent
Nobody was laughing when an amateur video surfaced in September in which Romney seemed to dismiss 47 percent of Americans during remarks at a closed-door fundraiser earlier in the campaign. The fact that the video was surreptitiously recorded from the back of the room made it all the more juicy. Just for the record, here's exactly what Romney said: "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. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of lower taxes doesn't connect. So he'll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. I mean, that's what they sell every four years. "And so my job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." Romney later labeled his remarks "inelegant," and after that said his comments were "just completely wrong." Ryan chimed in to say Romney had been "obviously inarticulate."
Credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File
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