tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post2734441294458335760..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Republicans: White people own AmericaRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-82702232397328147702012-09-12T18:03:54.577-07:002012-09-12T18:03:54.577-07:00I read the full context. He was referring to the b...I read the full context. He was referring to the businesses. That is what the grammar said.<br /><br />And he made this gaffe a week after he announced a punishing tax on small businesses (one that thankfully won't fly). It all fits in to a pattern.<br /><br />" If you don't understand this point, you must be an idiot."<br /><br />No, I understand that he said something outrageous as part of a meandering speech with other points. And that making another point later doesn't undo a serious gaffe he made earlier. It is not idiocy to stick to the facts on this issue.<br /><br />"Pundits have explained what Obama meant about a thousand times already."<br /><br />"Meant" = using imagination to interpret and re-word it into something they wish Obama would have said.<br /><br />"But Romney keeps lying about it because he's a congenital liar."<br /><br />Perhaps, but not in this case. He's surely not lying, as he is referring to Obama's actual unfortunately quote. This is one of many "fact check" cases against Romney where it turns out, from an objective point of view, he was right.<br /><br />"I guess you've swallowed the lie too, DMarks"<br /><br />Excuse me for paying attention to what OBama actually said, as opposed to what some wish he would have said instead.<br /><br />Thanks for the links to leftist editorials that try to cover up for Obama's unfortunate words. As you would expect them to.<br />dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-70809863363153519342012-09-10T22:13:49.135-07:002012-09-10T22:13:49.135-07:00Actually, Obama was referring to the roads, bridge...Actually, Obama was referring to the roads, bridges, and other infrastructure items that the government builds <i>for</i> businesses. In other words, he was saying business owners don't create their successes by themselves. Every one of them has had government help.<br /><br />Obama explicitly said what he meant four sentences later: "The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together." If you don't understand this point, you must be an idiot.<br /><br />Pundits have explained what Obama meant about a thousand times already. But Romney keeps lying about it because he's a congenital liar. I guess you've swallowed the lie too, DMarks. <br /><br />Here, read some of the thousands of postings on the subject:<br /><br />http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/08/21/you-didnt-build-that-how-fox-news-crafted-the-g/189468<br /><br />http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/27/you-didnt-build-that/<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/obama-you-didnt-build-that_n_1861096.htmlRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-85087739930602084472012-09-08T13:08:28.334-07:002012-09-08T13:08:28.334-07:00One can also look at the road projects by Robert M...One can also look at the road projects by Robert Moses and others in New York City, in which road building intentionally destroyed communities and put many out of businesses.<br /><br />Click <a href="http://gothamist.com/2010/06/16/flashback_the_bronx.php#photo-1" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Obama told business owners "you didn't build that" (referring to their businesses). In way to many cases, the government road projects destroyed, not helped businesses.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-87638126009091406402012-09-08T12:57:07.026-07:002012-09-08T12:57:07.026-07:00I go by every day a building that used to have a p...I go by every day a building that used to have a pizza joint. It was directly put out of business by an Obama Stimulus road project.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-91178741093074749132012-09-08T11:27:18.407-07:002012-09-08T11:27:18.407-07:00This user has encountered an ad by a right-wing pu...This user has encountered an ad by a right-wing pundit saying that the idea that every business in modern America depends on government-built roads is offensive to America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com