Mitt Romney stands by gaffe but says case not ‘elegantly stated’ Ewen MacAskill in Washington, guardian.co.uk Romney confirms authenticity of video where he calls 47% of voters government-dependent, in most damaging mishap yet Mitt Romney’s campaign came close to hitting the self-destruct button when he stood by a secret video recording suggesting that … With those words, Mitt Romney didn’t just dig himself a hole. He stole a backhoe, dug a really deep hole, drove the backhoe into the hole, wired the backhoe with explosives and blew it up. Gaffes aside, bluntness and honesty are always admirable.

Mitt Romney stands by gaffe but says case not ‘elegantly stated’
Ewen MacAskill in Washington, guardian.co.uk

Romney confirms authenticity of video where he calls 47% of voters government-dependent, in most damaging mishap yet

Mitt Romney’s campaign came close to hitting the self-destruct button when he stood by a secret video recording suggesting that …

With those words, Mitt Romney didn’t just dig himself a hole. He stole a backhoe, dug a really deep hole, drove the backhoe into the hole, wired the backhoe with explosives and blew it up.

Gaffes aside, bluntness and honesty are always admirable.