Obama fires back at Romney’s 47% comment

  • By KEN THOMAS
    AND JIM KUHNHENN
    Associated Press
  • Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
    “One thing I’ve learned as president is that you represent the entire country,” President Barack Obama told talk-show host David Letterman Tuesday.

    “One thing I’ve learned as president is that you represent the entire country,” President Barack Obama told talk-show host David Letterman Tuesday.

    Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shows his grandchildren, from left to right: Owen, 5, Nash, 3, Wyatt, 7, Gracie, 9, and Sawyer, 1, his campaign charter plane in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shows his grandchildren, from left to right: Owen, 5, Nash, 3, Wyatt, 7, Gracie, 9, and Sawyer, 1, his campaign charter plane in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    Mitt Romney, at a fundraising event Tuesday in Salt Lake City, Utah, has cast his comment that 47 percent of Americans don’t pay income taxes as evidence of a fundamental difference between him and President Barack Obama.

    Mitt Romney, at a fundraising event Tuesday in Salt Lake City, Utah, has cast his comment that 47 percent of Americans don’t pay income taxes as evidence of a fundamental difference between him and President Barack Obama.