Leaked videos show Romney dismissing Obama supporters as entitled "victims" "There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it," Romney said. He added that his job "is not to worry about those people. In the video, Romney uses language that is far more blunt than it is in his public appearances. His remarks could undermine recent attempts by his campaign to present him as a caring and charitable leader in his church and community. The Obama campaign quickly seized on the video. "It's shocking that a candidate for president of the United States would go behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half the American people view themselves as "victims," entitled to handouts, and are unwilling to take "personal responsibility" for their lives. It's hard to serve as president for all Americans when you've disdainfully written off half the nation," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement. The Romney campaign, in a statement released later in the day, did not respond directly to Romney's comments. Campaign officials, however, did not challenge the authenticity of the video. "Mitt Romney wants to help all Americans struggling in the Obama economy," Romney communications director Gail Gitcho said. As the governor has made clear all year, he is concerned about the growing number of people who are dependent on the federal government, including the record number of people who are on food stamps, nearly one in six Americans in poverty, and the 23 million Americans who are struggling to find work. Mitt Romney's plan creates 12 million new jobs in four years, grows the economy and moves Americans off of government dependency and into jobs. In the video, Romney said that he does not vilify the president because his own campaign's discussions with focus groups of independent voters who supported Obama in 2008 suggest that tough talk does not work. "When you say to them, "Do you think Barack Obama is a failure?" they overwhelmingly say, "No," " Romney said. "They love the phrase that he's "over his head." . . . We spend our days with people who agree with us. And these people are people who voted for him and don't agree with us. And so the things that animate us are not the things that animate them. Candidates tend to talk more freely at closed-door fundraisers than they do publicly, and when those remarks leak out, they can create controversy. In 2008, Obama told supporters at a San Francisco fundraiser that small-town Pennsylvania voters "get bitter, they cling to guns or religion" - a quote that was used against him Monday by Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, during a campaign event in Des Moines. The mention of Obama's 2008 remarks - and Ryan's "This Catholic deer hunter is guilty as charged" rejoinder - has been a staple of the GOP vice presidential nominee's stump speech. In the video, Romney also noted his deficit in the polls among Hispanic voters and joked about his family background. His father, George, was born in Mexico while his American grandparents lived there. Had he been born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot of winning this. He added: "I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be Latino." It could not be determined when or where the fundraiser took place. The video, released in bits and pieces, appears to have been captured by a hidden camera during a question-and-answer session that was closed to reporters. Mother Jones said on its Web site that it blurred some parts of the video and was withholding the date and location of the event to protect a "confidential source" who provided it. The magazine said the fundraiser occurred after Romney had all but secured the nomination in mid-April. Ten separate portions of the video, including Romney's remarks about Obama supporters, were first posted on YouTube on Aug. 27 by a user identified as "Anne Onymous," who is listed as having joined the video service that day. The user's account includes a picture of a young woman, and lists their location as "China." Dan Eggen and Rachel Weiner in Washington and Felicia Sonmez in Des Moines contributed to this report.