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.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Well the LOSER in the White House IS NOT MY PRESIDENT, PERIOD.
His decisions have favored the UAW (GM Bailout), green energy donors to his campaign(Solyndra etc.), unionized workers generally, except the UMW (NLRB Boeing decision, prevailing wage EO, and the great majority of the Obamacare waivers granted to date), illegals (Dream Act EO), global warming enthusiasts (EPA carbon dioxide finding and the war on coal), gays (repeal of DADT), the AARP (elimination of Medicare Advantage), college professors and deadbeats (student loan relief EO)and Muslims (support for the UN blasphemy agenda).
These are his constituencies and he has acted as their President in favor of their agendas and in the process presided over the weakest recovery since the Depression and by far the greatest addition to our indebtedness in our history.
Why should anyone not in these constituencies vote for this guy?
But only the 47% that you are stealing for from the other 53% are going to vote for you.
What a steaming crock! The Obamanation has not given a moment’s attention/notice to the wishes of those who didn’t vote for him.
“He is President of the entire US.”
Only when slicing the pie. When the pie’s handed out, he’s president of 47%.
so, if this was such a gaffe for Mitt, why does Obama feel compelled to deny that he supports the 47%?
Note that the new black panther party announced that they would be “safeguarding polling places” again this year.
Any one want to place bets on what Holder will do??
Well Obama the LOSER forgets that the Christian faith is really up there, Islam down there.
He sure as hell does not represent me.
He is not mine. He hates the majority of this country. He hates Capitalistic, God loving,hard working Americans. He shows us this daily.
So Jay once again you are lying!!
yep .. it’s that 47 percent line again. Must be that 47 percent of the world that hates America, zer0 represents. I know what the 47 percent is thinking about the 53 percent, and the 53 percent know what zer0 thinks about the 100 percent, and it ain’t good. zer0 is for zer0, and not anyone else. The 100 percent would be exhibiting exceptional intelligence in telling zer0 and his crowd to go to heck!
Ditto that for me. I wish 0 would issue an order to me just so I could defy it.
I’m a “bitter clinger” so the limp-wristed little bastard, Barry Soetero, isn’t my President. FUBS!
I didn’t get asked but obastard is most assuredly NOT my president. He proves it every day since he demonstrates that he does not give a hoot in hell about what is important to me.
Black Pampers, polling places “What will Holder do?”
“nothing”: syn. aught, blank, cipher, extinction, fly speck, insignificancy, naught, nihility, nobody, nonbeing, nonentity, not anything, nought, nullity, obliteration, oblivion, shutout, trifle, void, wind, zero, zilch, zip
Promising sound and fury, the idiot’s tale will consist of breaking wind by producing a barely audible, dry, sterile popping noise—about 3.7 light years from a proud, honest fart—a crapitation that will rattle down off the podium and into the press gallery where it will be sniffed eagerly but disappointing even the MSM fart-sniffers as a walking shadow, signifying nothing.
Cheltham: Mornay, Lochlan, Craig. Here are the king’s terms. Lead this army off field and he will give you each estates in Yorkshire, including hereditary title, from which you will pay—,
(William rides up, intimidating Cheltham by circling him and disturbing his horse. Cheltham ignores William.)
Cheltham: From which you will pay him an annual duty—.
William: (rudely interrupting) I have an offer for you.
Mornay: Cheltham, this is William Wallace.
Cheltham: (ignoring William) From which you will pay the king an annual duty—.
William: (interrupting Cheltham again) I said I have an offer for you.
Lochlan: (to William) You disrespect a banner of truce?
William: (to Lochlan) From his king? Absolutely. (to Cheltham) Here are Scotland’s terms. Lower your flags, and march straight back to England, stopping at every home to beg forgiveness for 100 years of theft, rape, and murder. Do that and your men shall live. Do it not, and every one of you will die today.
Cheltham: (laughs) You are outmatched. You have no heavy cavalry. In two centuries no army has won without—
William: (shouting in anger) I’m not finished. Before we let you leave, your commander must cross that field, present himself before this army, put his head between his legs, and kiss his own arse.
(All are shocked. Cheltham and his escorts head back to their own side of the field in disgust. William makes a face at them as they depart.)
Mornay: (to William) I’d say that was rather less cordial that he was used to.
My foot!
If you are White, this virulently & blatantly racist man is not your president.
If you are Christian, this (at the very least) pro-Muslim sympathizer/ promoter- this supporter of terrorism, is not your president.
If you hold dear, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, & the principles upon which the United States of America was founded- or ANY American symbolism, this hater of all things American is not your president.
If you adhere to capitalism, this lifelong Communist is not your president.
If you do not belong to a union, this man is not your president.
If you believe that Americans should have remained free of government interference & oppression, this man is not your president.
If you are a heterosexual, this man is not your president.
(There are more, but I’m getting sick to my stomach)
He does not respect our sovereignty or freedom; guaranteed under the Constitution & the Bill of Rights- only the “rights” of Blacks, Hispanics, persons who enter this country, gays, lesbians, transsexuals, communists, & democrats. On the contrary, he behaves like a despot & a tyrant- with his “decrees” & his enforcers. (Many of those who are paid handsomely as members of our Congress are right in there with him.) He even claims that the citizens of this country “belong” to the government. We are his “b*tch” & our a$$ is his, in the vernacular of “his people”.
Where the h3ll is our Congress? Or even our military commanders? Politics is being used as a rationalization for not impeaching this president. He *has* broken the law- multiple times. “Technicalities” & “timing” are irrelevant to that, or they should be.
/rant off
He’s President of the people who support him. The rest can go to Hell.
He’s the President of the Federal Government not all of the people as the government stopped ‘representing’ (as opposed to ruling)a lot of us long ago.
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