Posted on 04/18/2012 12:49:34 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
President Barack Obama took a hard-to-miss shot at presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday, declaring "I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth" as he defended his economic policies in Ohio.
Obama didn't name Romney. He didn't need to. The president and his campaign have worked to make the former Massachusetts governor and millionaire investor's personal finances an issue in the election even as they hammer his economic proposals as giveaways to the rich financed by cutting services to everyone else—like financial aid for college students.
"Somebody gave me an education. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn't. But somebody gave us a chance," Obama said in a speech at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio. "Right now we have two competing visions of our future, and the choice could not be clearer," said the president. "Should we settle for an economy where a few people do really well and then a growing number are struggling to get by?"
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But he was born with a chip on his shoulder.
... but the hammer and sickle is his passion
My family has struggled ever since the democrats assumed control.
No. Apparently it was a dog burger.
I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
What was the fruits name?
Bill Ayers' parents (mother) have taken credit for sponsoring a black foreign student and covering costs for Columbia and Harvard.
“Sadly, my mom had no access to an abortion.”
Sad isn’t the word for it - in this case, it was tragic - for our country.
And, seriously, what a lying spinmeister this treasonous jerk is.
Zer0, do you really want to talk about what you put in your mouth?
But he was born on a prayer rug !
Now that you brought that up, Mr. President, please elaborate on who and how this came about..
I'm sure America would love to hear all about this heart-warming history of their president.
“Somebody gave me an education. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn’t. But somebody gave us a chance,”
no government program gave me an education or a free pass on entrance requirements.
i worked all the way through college and have never received one dime from the fedgov (excepting tax refunds) in my life.
he and people like him are a blight on society and push us further from a meritocracy and closer to communism.
I thought gramps was a commie bum. In Hawaii I am not sure he earned much.
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