It is not often I agree with Mitt Romney. Actually, I have yet to remember an occasion when I agreed with Romney. But all good things (or bad things depending on your perspective) come to an end.
I agree with Mitt Romney! Well, I agree with one point he made during a 20-minute conference call Wednesday afternoon to fund-raisers and donors.
He told his hundreds of benefactors that President Barack Obama handed out gifts to “young people,” according to a The New York Times reporter allowed to listen in.
“With regards to the young people, for instance, a forgiveness of college loan interest was a big gift,” Romney said. “Free contraceptives were very big with young, college-aged women. And then, finally, Obamacare also made a difference for them, because as you know, anybody now 26 years of age and younger was now going to be part of their parents’ plan, and that was a big gift to young people. They turned out in large numbers, a larger share in this election even than in 2008.”
He is absolutely correct that college students received a gift from President Obama and turned out in huge numbers to show their appreciation.
Unfortunately, my agreeing with Romney ends there regarding college students. His truth ends there.
President Obama did not receive the votes of a “larger share” nationwide of 18-to-29 year-olds “than in 2008.” (He did receive more though in Florida, Ohio, and Virginia.) Nor would many young people describe any of President Obama’s gifts as “a big gift.”
