"I don't care about them"

Romney's remarks to a group of big donors that were meant to be private were captured on video and that's a real news story.  His facts unfortunately may be correct.  Outright poverty, a growing elderly class, the structure of our economy, our tax structure, the level of unemployment and underemployment, and the lack of rigorous oversight of our entitlement systems have all contributed to his 47% number. 

(My comment, not Romney's) "It was written elsewhere that institutional and personal scamming of Social Security disability, Medicare, Medicaid, and unemployment benefits is more lucrative than selling drugs, with little chance of being caught or deemed illegal."  With what can be seen in this area from experience, that is likely to be a true statement.

Romney, as is no doubt being fully reported today, stated that 47% of the populace are already in Obama's pocket because they depend on the government in many different ways.  That's his opinion and his pitch to those that he is trying to pry loose for more donations.

To those who saw the video, the real kicker was his final comment on the 47% issue - "I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM."

To be fair he may have meant to say that he did not care about them as voters, but the emphatic nature of his statement and the sense that he really enjoyed saying it seemed to say more than that.  Paul Ryan enthusiastically agreed in supportive statements late today.