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An unoriginal Obama quote, taken out of context (Washington Post Factchecker)
Washington Post ^ | 7-23-2012 | Glenn Kessler

Posted on 07/23/2012 8:52:10 AM PDT by raulgomez05

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To: raulgomez05

Steppin’ and fetchin’ for Obama.


21 posted on 07/23/2012 9:17:17 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: raulgomez05

A politician’s allies claiming he was taken out of context. Imagine that.


22 posted on 07/23/2012 9:17:48 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: raulgomez05

What’s scariest about this, as is often the case, is the set of comments. WaPo readers are frighteningly stupid, blind, hate-filled, irresponsible. Not news to us, but everytime I see this on display, I get scared to death of what lies ahead.


23 posted on 07/23/2012 9:18:58 AM PDT by Houghton M.
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24 posted on 07/23/2012 9:21:14 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: raulgomez05

The fact that there are roads does NOT mean I didn’t build my own business. There have always been roads and they are driven on by businessmen and welfare cheats alike.

However, the businessmen pay for them!

Mr. Obama, I paid for this road!


25 posted on 07/23/2012 9:22:05 AM PDT by Williams (No Obama)
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To: raulgomez05

I would like to thank the Wash Post for providing the full, uneditied quote. It’s even more damning than the Romney Ad.


26 posted on 07/23/2012 9:24:50 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: raulgomez05

No amount of spin can erase the collectivist ideaolgy basic to Obama and Warren. As others have posted, taxes on individuals and businesses pay for infrastructure, employees are paid market wages or better, etc.


27 posted on 07/23/2012 9:25:21 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: ilgipper

You’re exactly right. This is a partisan cover-up, and an insult to readers’ intelligence.


28 posted on 07/23/2012 9:25:26 AM PDT by kenavi (Obama doesn't hate private equity. He wants to be it with our money.)
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To: raulgomez05
Unoriginal, huh? Well, that part of the headline is true, at least:

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer. -- Karl Marx

If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Someone else made it happen. -- Barack Obama

29 posted on 07/23/2012 9:28:39 AM PDT by Random_User_250
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To: Paladin2

Well, I’m sure that at some point, somebody by the name of “Brian Ross” was associated in some way with the Penn State football program, so ........ good enough for me!


30 posted on 07/23/2012 9:29:34 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: raulgomez05; FlingWingFlyer; ilgipper; Verginius Rufus; cdcdawg; G Larry; Perdogg; txrefugee; ...
Here. Let's use all his context and give him complete benefit of the doubt. I add his own words to Joe the Plumber.

“There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me — because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t — look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something — there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.

"My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. If you’ve got a plumbing business, you’re gonna be better off if you’ve got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire you, and right now everybody’s so pinched that business is bad for everybody and I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody."


How many Pinnochios is that? “If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.”

I just want you to be clear – it’s not that I want to punish your success – I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you – that they’ve got a chance at success too.”

31 posted on 07/23/2012 9:31:09 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: raulgomez05

The Peasantry Don't Create Wealth

Chairman Obama Creates Wealth


32 posted on 07/23/2012 9:34:30 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("Jiggle the Handle for Barry!")
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To: rktman

I thought the original ‘Joe the Plumber’ discussion would have disqualified Obama from the POTUS. Apparently, 51.8% of the voters agreed with Obama. That is who we need to be concerned about, those that vote themselves largess from the treasury. We’re outnumbered.
PS I’m not getting in that boxcar! I have joined the resistance, the innovative and creative crowd that will prosper despite Big Government.


33 posted on 07/23/2012 9:40:39 AM PDT by griswold3 (Big Government does not tolerate rivals.)
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To: raulgomez05
I think that we will look back at this Friday 13th speech of Obama and see the election turn. This was an absolute unforced error on the President's part that exposes his internal convictions as it was an off-the-cuff extension by all reports.

Even at this point, the USofA psyche is still driven by the entrepeneurial ideal based in history. School kids may not know Edison or Ford, but they do know their iPods and the Steve Jobs story. This Obama position may resonate with the statists BUT it will drive those who love the right to strive and the freedom to succeed TO THE POLLS!

34 posted on 07/23/2012 9:42:43 AM PDT by SES1066 (Government is NOT the reason for my existence!)
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To: raulgomez05

Pot, meet Kettle. WaPo would NEVER take a quote out of context, would they?


35 posted on 07/23/2012 9:45:02 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'll cling to my religion, cigars and guns till they're pried from my cold dead fingers!)
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To: Iron Munro

Great pic!!


36 posted on 07/23/2012 9:51:04 AM PDT by squarebarb
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To: Positive
I've been thinking about this for months.

Øbama the populist has become a folksy/ebonicsy illiterate in his speeches.

He has been trying to sound "American" and "presidential" in recent days. Slap a Texas twang on him and he could be George W. Bush.

"There are going to be other days for politics," Obama said. "This is a day for prayer and reflection."

However, narcissist that he is, he was probably saying is that he is going to pray to his own reflection today.

37 posted on 07/23/2012 9:52:01 AM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: raulgomez05

The ad deceivingly cuts away from Obama speaking in order
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Good! Beat the Dems at their own game. McCain would have never done this.


38 posted on 07/23/2012 9:58:41 AM PDT by pistolpackinpapa (Why is it that you never see any Obama bumper stickers on cars going to work in the mornings?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

WaPo Fact.......OXYMORON


39 posted on 07/23/2012 9:59:03 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: FrankR
Obamas words were just saying what he has exhibited in deed for the past 3 1/2 years.

Not just in deed. Have we already forgotten his conversation with "Joe The Plumber"? [Note that he is being almost truthful when he talks about sharing the wealth--except it's not really what I would call 'sharing' but that's a topic for another day--then he makes a promise to small business owners which turns out is a lie.]

"Because my attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. If you've got a plumbing business, you're gonna be better off if you've got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire you. And right now, everybody's so pinched that business is bad for everybody. And I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody. But, listen, I respect what you do and I respect your question. And even if I don't get your vote, I'm still gonna be working hard on your behalf 'cause I want to make sure … small businesses are what creates jobs in this country and I want to encourage it."

JOE THE PLUMBER: A TRANSCRIPT Tampa Bay Times 10/19/08


40 posted on 07/23/2012 10:07:03 AM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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