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President Obama Visits Late Show, Weighs in on Mitt Romney "47 Percent" Controversy Sep 19th 2012, 12:08 President Barack Obama stopped by the Late Show With David Letterman last night, and had barely sat down before being asked about the Mitt Romney video. The secretly-recorded-calling-Obama-supporters-entitled-irresponsible-drains-on-society video, which Romney stands by, while acknowledging poor word choice. Letterman asked Obama for his take on Romney describing "47 percent of Americans" in this manner, to which he said, "One of the things I learned as president is you represent the entire country ... if you want to be president, you have to work for everyone."   President Obama on Letterman Obama noted that in 2008, 47 percent of America voted for his rival, John McCain. "This is a big country. And people disagree a lot, but one thing I've never tried to do and I think none of us can do in public office is suggest that because someone doesn't agree with me that they're victims or they're unpatriotic," he said. "There are not a lot of people out there who think they're victims. There are not a lot of people who think they're entitled to something." "We've got some obligations to each other, and there's nothing wrong with us giving each other a helping hand so that that single mom's kid, after all the work she's done, can afford to go to college, can cure the next disease, can start the next Google." "I think that's a good investment for America." Election 2012:

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