Zero is everyone's pResident and loves Amerika
Posted on 09/18/2012 9:16:16 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
W.H.: Obama is 'president of all the people,' not the 47 percent
By BYRON TAU | 9/18/12 11:45 AM EDT
Reacting to a video of Mitt Romney calling 47 percent of Americans dependent on the government, White House press secretary Jay Carney said that the presidency is about representing everyone in the country.
"When you're president of the United States, you're president of all the people," Carney said. "What unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us."
Carney would not see whether President Obama had seen the video — which has dominated the news cycle of the last day, but did say that Obama disagrees with the fundamental premise of Romney's statement.
"Setting aside what Gov. Romney thinks, I can tell you that the president certainly doesn't think that men and women on social security are irresponsible or victims. That students are responsible are victims. He certainly doesn't think that middle class families are paying too little in taxes," Carney said.
Carney said that Obama's policies and many of the decisions he has made as president were made without consideration for rewarding political constituencies.
"He didn't ask whether auto workers were supporters. He didn't ask whether auto executives were supporters. He did what was right," Carney said.
Carney also brushed aside comparisons to a similar incident where Obama said that rural voters get "bitter" and "cling" to guns and religion.
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I agree 100%
Larry Platt is my president.
They are desperately trying to build a record their messiah can run on. Trouble is they are failing, just as he did.
Jay Carney is not only a tool, he’s a fool, and a liar.
He is President of the entire US.
But the 47% are largely responsible for inflicting him on the rest of us.
That talking feces sandwhich is not my president.
Not my President since January 20, 2009.
Zero is everyone's pResident and loves Amerika
What about the rich 2%? Does he represent them?
The top 2% mean only two things to him - a source of campaign cash and his foil for class warfare.
Where do we sign up for the “not my president” list. I bet the lines will be LONG.
He’s not my president. This response is simply idiotic. Clearly, from the numbers, at least half the country hate this guy.
He’s not my president. This response is simply idiotic. Clearly, from the numbers, at least half the country hate this guy.
I think we, as citizens of the US, should embrace Hope and Change. We need to HOPE our President has to CHANGE his address in January.
I'm sure there's more examples like this one.
He’s the presdient of blacks, gays, single women, illegals, communists and welfare queens. I don’t fall into any of those categories.
I suppose that’s why he enacts laws that discriminate against whites and men, because he’s “everyone’s” president.
Good for you for ‘seeing the light’.
Guess the video drew blood - otherwise, why say this?
Uh.. I don’t want you to be my president. I don’t need you to be my president.
Please just go away and leave me alone.
Where is that quote from Obama about white people not voting for him anyway.
Not Catholics, not small businessmen, not Tea Partiers, not Oklahomans hit by floods, not union Keystone Pipeline workers....
Need I go on?
By the way, Obamugabe has basically ignored the white working class.
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