Romney's Gaffes
Mitt Romney's dumbest remarks include:
"I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was."(May 2012)
"I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love." (January 2012)
"I love this state. The trees are the right height." (Said while campaigning in Michigan, Feb. 2012)
"Corporations are people, my friend… of course they are. (August 2012)
"I like being able to fire people who provide services to me." (January 2012)
"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. ... My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." (Leaked comments from fundraiser, May 2012)
"My dad, as you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company. But he was born in Mexico... and had he been born of, uh, Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this. But he was unfortunately born to Americans living in Mexico. He lived there for a number of years. I mean, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be Latino." ( Leaked comments from fundraiser, May 17, 2012)
"When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things that you think are important." (When asked during Fox News interview Sept. 7, 2012 about failing to mention the troops in his nomination speech at the Republican National Convention)
"We have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it." (Regarding his plan for the Middle East in leaked comments from a Florida fundraiser, May 17 2012)
"When you have a fire in an aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly, there's no -- and you can't find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open. I don't know why they don't do that. It's a real problem." ( Beverly Hills fundraiser, Sept. 22, 2012)
"We use Ann sparingly right now so that people don't get tired of her." (Referring to his wife while speaking to wealthy donors in Florida, May 17, 2012)
"Join me in welcoming the next president of the United States, Paul Ryan." (Romney when introducing his running mate in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 11, 2012)
"[My wife] drives a couple of Cadillacs." (Said while campaigning in Michigan, February 2012)
"I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." (In 2011, speaking to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million)
"No, middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 or less.' (In response to George Stephanopoulus' question Is $100,000 middle income?, Sept 14, 2012)
"It's not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person." (Speaking in 2007 about killing Osama bin Laden)
"It's hard to know just how well [the 2012 London Olympics] will turn out. There are a few things that were disconcerting. The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging." ( Insulting Britain during NBC News interview, July 25, 2012)
"I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there." (January 2012)
"I get speaker's fees from time to time, but not very much." (January 2012, Romney earned $374,000 in speaking fees in one year according to his personal financial disclosure)
"I'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry's come back." (Regarding the American auto industry, despite having written a 2008 New York Times op-ed titled 'Let Detroit Go Bankrupt' opposing a government bailout")
"PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (Responding to criticism in 2007 from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after it was revealed that he had once put the family dog in a carrier and strapped it to the roof of his car during a 12-hour road trip)
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