OBAMA'S ON TV Y'ALL

So I think that I have made it very clear that I am a huge huge huge HUGE fan of our President Barack Obama… but this week he had an amazing sit down with another one of my favorites, David Letterman, to chat about the election and what is going on. This was very important due to the fact that David Letterman is a very popular show and this was a very great opportunity for Mr. President to get his name out there a little further.

ABOVE:A small clip from the episode COURTESY CBS

A topic that was interestingly chatted about was the remark that Mitt Romney made at a private fundraiser saying that "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 that 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. And I mean, the president starts off with 48, 49, 48—he starts off with a huge number. These are people who pay no income tax. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn't connect. And 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 that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." and so on…. 

A remark that was brought to the attention of the media by Mother Jones magazine, this "47% Remark" caused an outrage among many over social networks like Twitter and Facebook. But Obama supporters decided to milk this comment for what it was, campaign gold. A comment like this can be very useful in future debates, advertisements (obviously the campaign is on its A game releasing an ad like this so short after the release of the video) , and just general speeches. 

For now though, we got the chance to see what Barack Obama could come up with to counter this statement on the show to which he responded with his own remarks like “If you want to be president, you have to work for everyone" and "When I won in 2008, 47% of the American people voted for John McCain. They didn’t vote for me and what I said on Election Night was:  ‘Even though you didn’t vote for me, I hear your voices, and I’m going to work as hard as I can to be your president."  To which of course, Barackers rejoiced. 

Of course we can all agree that the comment was of course spun up by the media to be more than it should have been, unfortunately for Mitt that is, but this is another lesson in campaigning that no matter how early or how late it is in the election, you must always be careful with what you say… and have a couple people proof read your speech beforehand….