Is Romney getting Grilled For Being Right

What surprised me more was what he said after that statement, and the lack of much concern (except for Rush). The problem I have with what he said was that there are 90 - 95% of Americans that are between the rich and the poor. That might have been true in 2000, but today it is closer to 5% rich, 40% poor, and the rest won't admit to being either. The problem with getting the middle class going is that you are going to have to lift them up from the poor because that is what happened to them during the Bush repression. The other problem is that the rich have become so powerful that they may not let the middle class rise up again. One of the main problems with the economy today is gas prices which are higher than anytime in our nations history. There is no reason for this at all, and it is something that congress and the president need to address. It has NOTHING to do with drilling, and has NOTHING to do with the EPA, it has EVERYTHING to do with GREED!!! When you see the big three oil companies come out with there profits you will be SICK!!!!!

Which Mitt do you believe, the one who cried about being "taken out of context" or the one who claimed he'd "misspoke"...lol? THAT'S what he gets grilled for; Mitt doesn't even agree with Mitt at least half of the time! He has no core principles, he has no honesty or integrity, he just says whatever he thinks those to whom he's trying to appeal wants to hear! Whatever the case, the reason Mitt has been "grilled" over this latest stupid gaffe is because the "safety net" he referred to will be gone if he keeps his campaign promises. By saying, and I'm paraphrasing here, "If the safety net is broken, I'll fix it," he's contradicting HIMSELF...big surprise, right? Annie

This is an interesting way to look at things. Personally it would be nice if instead of the media and everyone misconstruing something someone says, they really need to give the Candidate running a chance to defend themselves. I know it is getting interesting and will be even more interesting to see what happens in the next month or two and down the road. Really wishing I could catch a Debate or two just to see what some of the candidates running really have to say.

For the most part poor is a matter of choice. Most poor people know how to play the game. They know how to work the system and get free money.

Taking quotes out of context is part of politics and it doesn't matter whether it comes from the right or left. In this case it's coming from some of Romney's competitors, primarily Newt, who seems to be grasping for something to overcome Mitt's popularity.

Not sure how who he's concerned about can be right or wrong. But it was a stupid statement to make. I understand where's his point and he's historically correct that if the middle class does better the country will do better. But its also a redundant point, 60-70% of the country is middle class so clearly if the do better the country does better. This isn't onlky redundant its part of the problem. For one the middle class only controls about 10% of the wealth in this country. So we expect a majority of the people to do well with a minimum amount of wealth. Just keeping the middle class okay isn't enough, that's like endorsing people in poverty, those guys are cool, they fell in they in the net, just leave em. People are falling into that net too fast. If he wants to patch the holes in the net he needs to empty it first.

What I find telling is that the incompetent press almost always leaves the second part of the statement out of the quote. The trumpet the part about "I'm not concerned for the poor", but conveniently leave out "they have a safety net". It is this kind of dishonesty that proves the incompetent press is more like Mad Magazine than journalism.

I think it's a crime that we put up with the press twisting peoples' words and making it appear they say something that we don't. We let the media decide elections because we're too lazy to use our brains and too busy to pay attention or it's just more entertaining to watch a sitcom than a debate or the news. Romney is mostly correct, there is a system in place for the very poor and for now they are surviving. The rich are fine. But if the middle class isn't empowered soon there will be more poor than the system can handle.

It's unfortunate to say it in that way. He knows that the only thing people will hear is the beginning part and not the clarification of what he meant. I have seen very few instances on any media channel or publication where they've taken Romney in context. Even the supposedly all-conservative, all-the-time Fox News managed to take it out of context, misquote it, and grill him over it.

Even as a Conservative, I know that he shouldn't have said that, it was him putting his foot in his mouth, and sure the press takes it out of context, they're going to be doing that all year to whoever the GOP candidate is. I'm going to try to ignore politics until November and then vote and God's will be done if God wants Obama to win, then he'll win. If someone else wins then fine.