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Obama campaign rattled by American's reaction to his ""You didn't build that" speech.Should the Obama Campaign be worried or not about this issue?

Steverno~POTL~PWCM~JLA 2012/07/27 15:23:15
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The Obama campaign does't need to worried about American's reaction to his comment.
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Senator Scott Brown's new ad.In reaction to Obama's and his opponent "You didn't build that" (without government's help) comments.

What's the Difference between a calm Barack Obama,and a rattled and worried Barack Obama?Four words, it turns out.

"You didn't build that" is swelling to such heights that it has the president somewhere unprecedented: on defense. Mr. Obama has felt compelled—for the first time in this campaign—to cut an ad in which he directly responds to the criticisms of his now-infamous speech, complaining his opponents took his words "out of context."

That ad follows two separate ones from his campaign attempting damage control. His campaign appearances are now about backpedaling and proclaiming his love for small business. And the Democratic National Committee produced its own panicked memo, which vowed to "turn the page" on Mr. Romney's "out of context . . . BS"—thereby acknowledging that Chicago has lost control of the message.

The Obama campaign has elevated poll-testing and focus-grouping to near-clinical heights, and the results drive the president's every action: his policies, his campaign venues, his targeted demographics, his messaging. That Mr. Obama felt required—teeth-gritted—to address the "you didn't build that" meme means his vaunted focus groups are sounding alarms.

The obsession with tested messages is precisely why the president's rare moments of candor—on free enterprise, on those who "cling to their guns and religion," on the need to "spread the wealth around"—are so revealing. They are a look at the real man. It turns out Mr. Obama's dismissive words toward free enterprise closely mirror a speech that liberal Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren gave last August.

Ms. Warren's argument—that government is the real source of all business success—went viral and made a profound impression among the liberal elite, who have been pushing for its wider adoption. Mr. Obama chose to road-test it on the national stage, presumably thinking it would underline his argument for why the wealthy should pay more. It was a big political misstep, and now has the Obama team seriously worried.

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  • 4570GOVT 2012/07/27 16:39:13
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    4570GOVT
    +20
    Just " ONE MORE THING " !




    READ THEM ALL
    AND REMEMBER!*

    First President to apply for college aid as a
    foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.

    First President to
    have a social security number from a state he has never lived
    in.

    First President to preside over a cut to the credit
    rating of the United States .

    First President to violate the
    War Powers Act.

    First President to be held in contempt of
    court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
    .

    First President to defy a Federal Judges court order to
    cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.

    First
    President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third
    party.

    First President to spend a trillion dollars on
    shovel-ready jobs and later admit there was no such thing as shovel-ready
    jobs.

    First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over
    control of companies to his union supporters.

    First President
    to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive
    fiat.

    First President to order a secret amnesty program that
    stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S. , including
    those with criminal convictions.

    First President to demand a
    company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political
    appointees.

    First President...















































































    Just " ONE MORE THING " !




    READ THEM ALL
    AND REMEMBER!*

    First President to apply for college aid as a
    foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.

    First President to
    have a social security number from a state he has never lived
    in.

    First President to preside over a cut to the credit
    rating of the United States .

    First President to violate the
    War Powers Act.

    First President to be held in contempt of
    court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
    .

    First President to defy a Federal Judges court order to
    cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.

    First
    President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third
    party.

    First President to spend a trillion dollars on
    shovel-ready jobs and later admit there was no such thing as shovel-ready
    jobs.

    First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over
    control of companies to his union supporters.

    First President
    to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive
    fiat.

    First President to order a secret amnesty program that
    stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S. , including
    those with criminal convictions.

    First President to demand a
    company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political
    appointees.

    First President to terminate Americas ability to
    put a man in space.

    First President to encourage racial
    discrimination and intimidation at polling places.

    First President to have a law signed by
    an auto-pen without being present.

    First President to
    arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce
    it.

    First President to threaten insurance companies if they
    publicly speak-out on the reasons for their rate
    increases.

    First President to tell a major manufacturing
    company in which state they are allowed to locate a
    factory.

    First President to file lawsuits against the states
    he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN)

    First President
    to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years
    ago.

    First President to fire an inspector general of
    Ameri-corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption
    case.

    First President to appoint 45 Czars to replace elected
    officials in his office.

    First President to golf 73 separate
    times in his first two and a half years in office.

    First
    President to hide his medical, educational and travel
    records.

    First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing
    NOTHING to earn it.

    First President to coddle American
    enemies while alienating Americas allies.

    First President to
    publicly bow to Americas enemies while refusing to salute the U.S.
    Flag.

    First President to go on multiple global apology
    tours.

    First President to go on 17 lavish vacations,
    including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his
    friends, paid for by the taxpayer.

    First President to refuse
    to wear the U.S. Flag lapel pin.

    First President to have 22
    personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.

    First
    President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000.00 a year at
    taxpayer expense.

    First President to repeat the Holy Qur'an tells
    us, and openly admit that to him, the early morning call of the Azan
    (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on
    earth.

    First President to take a 17 day vacation.

    Remember
    that after 32 months of Obama White House we the people have accumulated
    national debt more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our
    nation's entire history, as the Obama's plan their next extravagant
    vacation to the Indonesian Island nation of Bali.
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  • Proggy 2012/07/31 08:56:00
    The Obama campaign does't need to worried about American's reaction to his co...
    Proggy
    The majority of Americans with two brain cells to rub together know exactly what he said and agree with him....

    majority americans brain cells rub

    Only the brain-dead right-wing consuming troglodytes fall for the twist & spun edited version.
  • U-Dog 2012/07/29 13:16:41
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    U-Dog
    +2
    They ought to be rattled, it shows exactly how out of touch Obama's his academic mental midget administration is.

    ivory tower obama
  • mal 2012/07/29 13:03:27
    Undecided
    mal
    +1
    obama is in no way,american. Time for his ejection in november.
  • Diane Spraggs Yates 2012/07/28 20:32:52
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    Diane Spraggs Yates
    +1
    Obama said----- "UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems." –attempting to make the case for government-run healthcare, while simultaneously undercutting his own argument, Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 11, 2009
    Good example of government run business!!!!!!!!!!
  • Drummerboy 2012/07/28 16:14:46
  • jimmy Drummerboy 2012/07/29 12:51:50
    jimmy
    +2
    I WOULD PERFER KENYA, DON'T YOU KNOW
  • Drummerboy jimmy 2012/08/01 02:02:58
  • jimmy Drummerboy 2012/08/01 18:59:43
    jimmy
    +1
    OKEE DOKEE
  • Purple Pinto ~PWCM~JLA 2012/07/28 14:39:15 (edited)
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    Purple Pinto ~PWCM~JLA
    +2
    Actually, it's main stream Americans who need to be rattled with this on a continual basis until November 7, 2012.

    4570GOVT's post is rich with opportunities for effective campaign ads.

    Where is Floyd Brown when you need him? (Willie Horton ad fame). Mitt's too much of a gentleman to be as direct and blunt as is needed, but the rest of us don't have to be.

    Were the RNC smart, they'd be on this type of ad creation, but they're not smart. I quit donating to them 2 campaigns ago. They are establishment fools and will do nothing more with your donation than to use it to send out more faux opinion polls and phone calls looking for more $$.

    We need a handful of true, effective PACs to fund who will produce solid, effective ads. I'll be searching and get back with you all if I find any good ones. Please do the same if you come across any.

    Edit: Found Floyd Brown here: http://www.westernjournalism....

    I have donated to his site, and contacted him regarding a list of hard hitting, gloves off ad developers. Be it PACs or whatever organization, I want my donation dollars to make a difference and get the right message out there. I donated directly to Mitt the day Justice Thomas let loose of his mixed bag opinion on Obamacare. Thus far, I think they've spent twice the amount ...
    Actually, it's main stream Americans who need to be rattled with this on a continual basis until November 7, 2012.

    4570GOVT's post is rich with opportunities for effective campaign ads.

    Where is Floyd Brown when you need him? (Willie Horton ad fame). Mitt's too much of a gentleman to be as direct and blunt as is needed, but the rest of us don't have to be.

    Were the RNC smart, they'd be on this type of ad creation, but they're not smart. I quit donating to them 2 campaigns ago. They are establishment fools and will do nothing more with your donation than to use it to send out more faux opinion polls and phone calls looking for more $$.

    We need a handful of true, effective PACs to fund who will produce solid, effective ads. I'll be searching and get back with you all if I find any good ones. Please do the same if you come across any.

    Edit: Found Floyd Brown here: http://www.westernjournalism....

    I have donated to his site, and contacted him regarding a list of hard hitting, gloves off ad developers. Be it PACs or whatever organization, I want my donation dollars to make a difference and get the right message out there. I donated directly to Mitt the day Justice Thomas let loose of his mixed bag opinion on Obamacare. Thus far, I think they've spent twice the amount of my donation simply hounding me for more $$. I've got 'signed' pictures of Mitt and Anne in the mail twice, 3 or 4 faux surveys asking for $$ and numerous calls. I've had it. You will not use my $$ to simply troll for more. Hit 'em hard or go home.
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  • konalimu Purple ... 2012/07/29 15:17:17
    konalimu
    +2
    Cross Road is an effective PAC, they have been successful with their ads in battleground states. These are the states we must win to have any chance of beating obama.
  • LisaSmith 2012/07/28 14:34:07
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    LisaSmith
    +3
    If someone turned away from him because of that comment then it was just the straw that broke the camels back because obama has been doing and saying stupid things all along. It shouldn't have taken anyone almost 4 years to figure him out.
  • Diane S... LisaSmith 2012/07/28 21:11:54
    Diane Spraggs Yates
    +3
    Obama has spent his entire life associating with radical Leftists, like his mentor in the 1970’s, Frank Marshall Davis, a devout member of the Communist Party USA, William Ayers, a self admitted Communist with a small “c” and a former member/fugitive of the violent domestic terrorist group “The Weather Underground.” Not to mention the many in his cabinet and czars he has being paid by our tax dollars. Van Jones, Obama’s “Green Jobs Czar,” bailed out on Obama on a Friday night when it was disclosed , that he was a Communist. How about the White House Communications Director Anita Dunn? Who stated during a speech that her two favorite political philosophers in the world were Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa? Well, we all know what a “Saint” Mother Teresa is, but the former Chairman Mao of Communist China, a mass murderer responsible for millions of deaths in China!? Ms. Dunn also stepped down from Obama’s administration shortly thereafter.

    Many of us in America understood what “Obamalini’s” transformation, his change, was before he was elected in 2009. If “Obamalini” is re-elected he will be totally unleashed ruling by fiat, circumventing our constitution at every opportunity more so than he does now; much like a criminal with three strikes, he has nothing to lose and all the power to gain.

    T
  • Mike 2012/07/28 12:46:23 (edited)
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    Mike
    +3
    He'll just move on to something else, and everyone will forget. We,ve forgotten his debacle to bring the 2016 Olympics to the US - How much did that cost us ? And it was a failure
  • konalimu Mike 2012/07/29 15:46:12
    konalimu
    +2
    One good thing coming out of this is that obama's Chicago gang can not profited from it. I heard obama and family purchased lots that were going to be build for Olympic usage.
    I hope they loose their shirts.
  • Andrew 2012/07/28 09:03:59
    The Obama campaign does't need to worried about American's reaction to his co...
    Andrew
    +3
    It shouldn't rattle them. It should cause them to understand that the path they are treaading is contrary to America's ideology. If they want to win the right to represent us for another four years, they should represent OUR values. They have spent three and one half years proving they DON'T represent our values so this shouldn't come as a shock. If they want my vote, they'll have to change drastically and FAST! They don't seem to get that so they can forget it!
  • konalimu Andrew 2012/07/29 15:52:16 (edited)
    konalimu
    +1
    O'blamer will say any thing to get re-elected, and if he wins, there will be cold days ahead.
  • AL 2012/07/28 08:15:45
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    AL
    +3
    Unemployment-Obama didn't fix that! Our national debit, Obama didn't fix that! Illegal immigration, Obama didn't fix that! As a matter of fact, just what has Obama fixed so far then?
  • konalimu AL 2012/07/29 15:55:07
    konalimu
    +1
    He and michele got their piggy banks filled for life.
  • AL konalimu 2012/07/30 06:13:21
    AL
    +2
    Notice Obama always talks about US sharing our own Wealth-Yet he doesn't even share he's own wealth with his own family
  • konalimu AL 2012/08/01 02:56:55
    konalimu
    +2
    Yes, lord obama is very good at spending our money but would not share his wealth with his family!
  • zeldamaster17 2012/07/28 07:49:38
  • Stevern... zeldama... 2012/07/28 14:06:58
    Steverno~POTL~PWCM~JLA
    +2
    So are you saying the "you didn't build that" comment of Obama rattled you for the first time about his actions & ideology as President?

    If so,welcome to the reality of us Americans that have observed Obama in his words & actions.Only to find him disdainful of what has made this country great.And Obama stating that he needs to "fundamentally change" America.Did Obama ever spell out what he wanted to fundamentally change America into?

    C/O this blog.might give you some insight into what "fundamentally change" is all about!
    http://the-classic-liberal.co...
  • zeldama... Stevern... 2012/07/28 18:48:33
    zeldamaster17
    +2
    Nope, he's rattled me before. I'm saying that the OTHER things he's done have rattled all sides. Do you understand?
  • redhorse29 2012/07/28 07:43:27
    Undecided
    redhorse29
    +3
    Obutthead and his supporters are beyond caring what we think. There are more lies and bogus comments yet to come from the man with big ears. Be honest. He is owned by the wealthy liberal progressives and media.
  • miller51550 2012/07/28 03:47:50
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    miller51550
    +4
    The American VOTER has FINALLY started to realize WHAT OBAMA thinks about American and it working Class people.

    How can a POTUS that has ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING in 2.5 years except run up a 3.7 trillion dollar deficit.

    EXPECT TO BE REELECTED.

    He was nothing more than a Snake OIL Salesman out of the OLD WEST. A Flim Flam Man.. making promises that HE never attended to keep.

    He is the FOOD STAMP/WELFARE POTUS.

    Nothing more and definitely A WHOLE LOT LESS.

    Me is a MARXIST PIG that wants and IS DESTROYING AMERICA..
  • Annie~P... miller5... 2012/07/28 04:33:19
    Annie~Pro American~Pro Israel
    +4
    Exactly. And, how can a POTUS who has never held a real job, know all about the private sector, even more important, the small business owner and economy?
  • miller5... Annie~P... 2012/07/28 15:07:47
    miller51550
    +3
    He claimed being POOR but there is NO WORK RECORD through College AND ONLY a couple of LEGAL CLERK STYLE jobs as a LAWYER.

    His entire life History is a bunch of half truths, and downright LIES to build he resume.
  • Maria R 2012/07/28 03:36:02
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    Maria R
    +4
    damn straight! There's a lot of us small business owners out here who clearly realize he doesn't have a clue how the world works.
  • gldynmd 2012/07/28 02:56:20
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    gldynmd
    +3
    He thinks he can just say anything at all and we are supposed to believe it. Not going to happen!
  • Manwë 2012/07/28 02:35:53
    The Obama campaign does't need to worried about American's reaction to his co...
    Manwë
  • tommyg - POTL- PWCM-JLA 2012/07/28 02:25:51
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    tommyg - POTL- PWCM-JLA
    +5
    I've concluded that Obama will say or do nearly anything to keep our focus off the economy
  • Space Invader 2012/07/28 01:58:14
    The Obama campaign needs to be rattled by American's reaction to his comment.
    Space Invader
  • babibumer 2012/07/28 01:28:00
    The Obama campaign does't need to worried about American's reaction to his co...
    babibumer
    +1
    There is no need for the Obama campaign to worry about this stupidity. Everyone with any intelligence knows what the president was saying. This is just typical Republican campaigning. They pull out comments to mean what they want them to mean - they lie.

    Remember the last campaign when the Republicans pulled out Obama stating what John McCain said about "If we keep talking about the economy, we will lose" and ran it as if Obama had said it? They have no shame. It works for the ignorant who never listen to anything but Fox News and RWNJ emails. That's all. The rest of the populace knows it's lies.
  • konalimu babibumer 2012/07/28 02:01:32
    konalimu
    +6
    Take a deep breath, you are grasping in the deep!
  • tommyg ... babibumer 2012/07/28 02:37:27
    tommyg - POTL- PWCM-JLA
    +6
    I know you can't stand it...but he did say it.

    Blame whoever you want.
  • babibumer tommyg ... 2012/07/28 02:54:57
    babibumer
    I know what he said. I heard the whole speech - LIVE. The difference is.... I'm not a RWNJ that wants to jump anything possible - I am actually smart enough to know what he was saying regardless of his placement of the pronoun "that".
  • tommyg ... babibumer 2012/07/28 03:08:43
    tommyg - POTL- PWCM-JLA
    +5
    I heard the whole thing too.

    Could be you're a LWNJ who can't see the forest through the trees.

    The name calling gets a little old after a while doesn't it?

    And make no mistake. You don't have to be a RWNJ to disagree with the President.
  • konalimu babibumer 2012/07/28 03:42:09 (edited)
    konalimu
    +4
    Nice try, but it sounded like ole Bill saying " it depends on the definition of sex".
  • Red konalimu 2012/08/07 06:47:50
  • konalimu babibumer 2012/07/28 03:49:50
    konalimu
    +4
    O'blamer is the most "missed understood" person in the universe, and 68% of US citizens believed he was spewing his extreme ideology when he made that statement " "you didn't built that..."

    He is the most divisive president in history!
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