Obama Hits Romney On Letterman: 'If You Want to Be President, You Have To Work For Everyone'

AFP 9/18/2012 10:18:02 PM
Barack Obama warned Tuesday his Republican foe Mitt Romney was “writing off a big chunk of the country” following his remark that 47 percent of Americans were “victims” and therefore backed the president.

Obama offered his first response to Romney’s remarks, made in a secretly recorded meeting with rich donors, at a “Late Show with David Letterman” taping in New York on Tuesday, 50 days before the presidential election.

Romney said in the excerpts of the video published Monday by “Mother Jones” magazine that 47 percent of people were with Obama, “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.”