Obama so full of himself he does not even know what he said so... when Romney quotes him verbatim the WH gets ticked off
iamnothere
2012/07/19 20:32:41
Obama Ad Accuses Romney of 'Launching a False Attack' for Quoting Obama
Jul 19, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
President Obama's reelection campaign accuses Mitt Romney of distorting the president's words, by showing a side by side comparison of the Obama's words and Romney's quotation of those words:
"Mitt Romney is launching a false attack," the ad's text states. But the weird thing is: The Obama campaign is purposefully trying to make it sound like Romney is misquoting the president, when the official White House transcript backs up Romney's quotation.
In the ad, Romney says that Obama revealed his thoughts on business when he said this, "If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen."
And, in fact, according to official White House transcript that's precisely what Obama said on July 13, 2012 in Roanoke, Virginia.
Nevertheless, the Obama campaign, in the ad, says it's not true. "The only problem?," the ad text reads. "That's not what he said." It then turns to Obama, from the same Roanoke campaign speech, who said, "If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life."
Which is true. Obama did say that. But he also said the line that Romney says he said-- "If you’ve got a business --you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen."
And, in fact, later in the ad the Obama campaign actually plays the clip that Romney quotes of Obama, at about :40 second spot.
"Mitt Romney will say anything," the ad concludes. It turns out, he'll even say Obama's words when quoting him.
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HarleyCharley 2012/07/19 20:33:31
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- thefatguy 2012/07/20 06:39:53
I'm so sick of the constant repetition of Obie's statement taken out of context! I absolutely DESPISE the man but it is clear what he meant. C'mon people! Either one is being intentionally obtuse or one is being disingenuous when they attack him on this point. He meant that people who own businesses did not build roads and bridges. The "that" in his oft-quoted statement was in reference to his previous reference to "roads and bridges" in the sentence prior to "If you’ve got a business --you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen." If he had meant what he is falsely claimed to have meant he would have said, "If you’ve got a business --you didn’t build IT." But, he didn't say "it"; he said "that". I understand your hatred of Obie (really I do) but this attack is unfair and childish and makes our side look like dishonest rebel-rousers (In other words, it makes us look like Democrats).reply -
no he means that no one can be successful. unless big brother lends a hand. What does being a marxist have to do with being fair? this is politics of destruction or perhaps I should call it de construction of the countryreply - thefatguy iamnothere 2012/07/20 14:18:39
Nothing that I said is refuted by your comment.reply -
the scum bag is still wrong as he dances on the head of a needlereply - mrdog 2012/07/20 05:09:21
+1do you mean.... "I like to fire people"....barkreply - draconiaregina 2012/07/19 20:53:52
+2Well what do you expect from the egotistical, earflapping empty suit that is Dear Leader?reply - Grabitz 2012/07/19 20:51:59
+1I think he did distort what Obama was saying . Personally I am proud of all 5 generations of my ancestors for working their tails off so we could have what we do have , though its starting to stretch mighty thin .reply - Demonic Rat Hunter 2012/07/19 20:37:35
+2Without a prepared speech on the TP the obama is just a stuttering idiot.
reply - draconi... Demonic... 2012/07/19 20:57:30
+2I am of the opinion that when the teleprompter did that little dissapearing act a couple of years ago, it was running away, trying to escape from the sheer amount of spew that Dear Leader had subjected it to,,,,,I feel so sorry for the poor teleprompter,,,,,,,reply - Demonic... draconi... 2012/07/19 21:06:23
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reply - HarleyCharley 2012/07/19 20:33:31
+3he should never ad lib.....reply


















