Mitt Romney Response: GOP Candidate Delivers Prebuttal To Obama State Of The Union Address

Mitt Romney delivered a prebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of The Union Address Tuesday in Tampa, Fla.

"Floridians are struggling to find a job, keep a home, and raise a family. As I've traveled across America, I've heard similar stories in virtually every corner of this country," he said, according to prepared remarks. "This is the real state of our union. But you won't hear stories like these in President Obama's address tonight. The unemployed don't get invitations to sit with the First Lady."

Debbie Bosanek, secretary to billionaire investor Warren Buffett, will be sitting with the First Lady Tuesday night as the President focuses on the "Buffett Rule," which seeks to stop millionaires from paying lower tax rates than middle-class workers.

"Instead, tonight, the President will do what he does best. He will give a nice speech with a lot of memorable phrases," continued Romney.

Romney accused Obama of dividing the country. "Tonight, we'll also be treated to more divisive rhetoric from a desperate campaigner-in-chief," he said. "It's shameful for a President to use the State of the Union to divide our nation. And someone ought to tell him: In order for the economy to truly 'work for everyone,' everyone needs to be working."

Romney recently accused President Obama of promoting the "politics of envy" and "dividing America based on 99 percent versus one percent."

Romney is looking for a comeback in Florida on Jan. 31 after losing the South Carolina primary to Newt Gingrich on Saturday.

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Comments

[john rajah]

08:49 PM on 01/24/2012

Mitt says," The President will do what he does best,a nice speech with a lot of memorable phrases".

Mitt also does well with memorable phrases:

"Corporations are People","I am also unemployed","Banks are not bad people","Let's bet $10,000","I did not inherit anything from my father"....

[john rajah]

08:57 PM on 01/24/2012

Sorry,I overlooked other memorable phrases from Mitt:

"Let foreclosure run its course,and hit bottom","I like being able to fire people who provide services to me"',"The answer is self deportation"

Mitt is gifted

[joyz41]

05:54 PM on 01/24/2012

As Mitt ventures out of his 5,000+ sq. ft. mansion to travel all over the country, he mindlessly listens to the stories of people losing their homes and jobs, and he tells them to vote for him so he could ensure that the country will be one nation under the 1%ers like him would pay less and less taxes.

[patianneb]

05:20 PM on 01/24/2012

Does a preBUTTal occur before or after the candidate removes his head?

[patianneb]

04:48 PM on 01/24/2012

A PREbuttal is what occurs seconds BEFORE Mitt removes his head from his butt . . .

[briantopping]

04:00 PM on 01/24/2012

Am I the only one that's noticed that many/most of the repugs are masters of looking at themselves in the mirror, finding their own biggest fault of the moment, then accusing everyone else of that behavior?

[MrUniteUs]

03:26 PM on 01/24/2012

How long has Romney been unemployed?