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W.H.: Obama is 'president of all the people,' not the 47 percent
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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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To: Sub-Driver

He is? I am a white Catholic woman. He is at war with me for being white. He is at war with my religion. And he is at war with my being a woman. Hmmm . . .suuuuuure, obumbo . . . you keep telling yourself that.


81 posted on 09/18/2012 10:54:50 AM PDT by misharu (US Congress: Children without adult supervision.)
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To: Sub-Driver

KMABHO


82 posted on 09/18/2012 11:25:21 AM PDT by crosshairs (America: Once the land of the free. Still the home of the brave.)
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To: MarineDad
Pure, unadulterated horsecrap.
But then again, should we really expect anything else to issue forth?

Not when you are listening to a horse's a$$!

Regards,
GtG

83 posted on 09/18/2012 11:47:57 AM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
>Well, he’s most certainly NOT my president. Never has been....never will be.<


84 posted on 09/18/2012 12:06:01 PM PDT by Darnright ("I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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To: KGeorge
Comprehensive, well thought out, and 100% spot on!

Top shelf! First prize for "rant of the day"...

Regards,
GtG

85 posted on 09/18/2012 12:06:54 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Sub-Driver

We’ve heard this before from obama. Another lie.


86 posted on 09/18/2012 1:31:00 PM PDT by virgil
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To: Sub-Driver

When that communist spreads the wealth around, it is my wealth that he is spreading. I’m not willing to give him any title than the highest he earned, which is “former junior US Senator from Illinois”. I am looking forward to having a real president, hopefully starting in January of next year.


87 posted on 09/18/2012 3:27:16 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

Why, thank you kindly, Gandalf.


88 posted on 09/22/2012 7:45:10 PM PDT by KGeorge
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