In economic speech, Obama reveals true colors (and reveals he is insane)

[Jim in CT]

Getting back to the original topic...

Obama is now saying that when he stated business owners "didn't build that", he was referring to the infastructure that exists. The "that" that they didn't build isn't their business, but rather highways and bridges.

OK. So if American taxpayers didn't build that infastructure, then who the heck did?

Furthermore, that wasn't the only kooky comment Obama made. He also dismissed entrepeneurs who feel that their success is due to intelligence and hard work. Obama said that there are a lot of hard-working smart people out there. The irrefutable implication is that entrepeneurs arwe no different than peopl ewho do not start businesses from scratch.

How would Obama know this, anyway? What business has he built? On what does he base his knowledge that entrepeneurs are no different than anyone else?

JohnnyD, what do you think of that?

This is what you get when you have a guy whose life experience includes student, community organizer (rabble rouser), professor, and politician. No one with that background would be expected to have any clue how hard it is, for example, to start a business or meet payroll.

Then, Obama says any criticism of his idiotic remarks is "bogus". This is the guy who was supposed to unite all of us, now anyone who dares to criticize him is "bogus".

If this guy was polling at 5%, I'd be worried that 5% of this country is so easily manipulated by a charlatan. That he's polling in the mid 40's is nothing short of scary. Hilary Clinton never, ever looked so good.

Earth to Obama...folks who start a business and turn it into a success are absolutely different than those who never attempt that most American of endeavors. They are different. And they deserve to be honored and encouraged, not to be dismissed with an elitist wave of Obama's hand. Because in Obamaworld, drinking hot toddies in the Harvard faculty lounge is impressive...starting a business, like serving in the military, is for folks not good enough for the Ivy League. And not only are entrepeneurs inferior to Ivy League academocs, they are also the enemy...clearly they are all sinister tycoons, hell-bent on getting rich by exploiting the ignorant masses, who are too stupid to know they are being exploited, and thus need Obama to save them.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Getting back to the original topic...

Obama is now saying that when he stated business owners "didn't build that", he was referring to the infastructure that exists. The "that" that they didn't build isn't their business, but rather highways and bridges.

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he very well may have been...but the words used and the tone with which they were delivered at the time cannot be misconstrued regarding the "intent" with which he stated this .....he's done this over and over...offer a convoluted statement intended to inflame, stand back and watch the carnage for a bit and then jump in as saviour along with his apologists claiming that anyone who didn't understand what he really meant is just a hater....it's getting old from an American President who should be very much above this if he respects his office and the American people.....

By Shannen W. Coffin
July 20, 2012 10:05 A.M.

James Taranto labels as “bunk” the Obama campaign’s argument that Obama didn’t mean that a business owner didn’t build his business when he said “you didn’t build that.” The Obama campaign claims that it is obvious that Obama was referring to the roads, bridges, and infrastructure that a business depends upon when he said “you didn’t build that.” I’ve listened to the portion of the speech and actually agree that Obama — who was speaking without aid of his pacifier, er, teleprompter — was probably referring to the roads and bridges mentioned in his prior sentence when he said, “You didn’t build that.” I’ll give Taranto the benefit of the doubt that it is at least a debatable point, but listening to the speech in context, it is likely that Obama was really saying “If you’re a business owner, you didn’t build the infrastructure your business depends on. Government did.” That he can’t articulate the thought cleanly without the assistance of a teleprompter should not be that surprising.

The thing is, even accepting that as true and accepting the less nefarious construction of the sentence, it doesn’t make Obama’s statement that much more palatable. He’s still claiming that the small-business owner who toils to eke out a living while putting food on the table of his employees and serving the needs of some portion of the community owes much of his success to government, and is not the singular cause of his own success. It’s a silly and specious strawman, and it doesn’t take into account that the business owner is already paying taxes to fund those roads, bridges, and other government services that his business benefits from. Obama seems to suggest that much more is owed to the government that makes all things possible. All of the naysaying from the Obama campaign is for naught. In context or out of context, the speech is equally appalling and runs counter to how most Americans view individual success.