Who are you going to believe, Obama or your lying ears? Obama has a new ad out "explaining" his infamous "You didn't build that" Kinsley gaffe:
"Those ads taking my words about small business out of context - they're flat out wrong," the president says in the 31-second pitch. "Of course Americans build their own businesses. Every day, hard-working people sacrifice to meet a payroll, create jobs and make our economy run."
"And what I said was that we need to stand behind them, as America always has, by investing in education and training, roads and bridges research and technology," he says. "I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message because I believe we're all in this together."
Stand behind small business? I think Obama means, kneel behind small business and wait for someone to deliver a push, so that money falls out of their pockets on the way down.
Let's have a bit more of that "stand behind" context:
But you know what, I’m not going to see us gut the investments that grow our economy to give tax breaks to me or Mr. Romney or folks who don’t need them. So I’m going to reduce the deficit in a balanced way. We’ve already made a trillion dollars’ worth of cuts. We can make another trillion or trillion-two, and what we then do is ask for the wealthy to pay a little bit more. (Applause.) And, by the way, we’ve tried that before -- a guy named Bill Clinton did it. We created 23 million new jobs, turned a deficit into a surplus, and rich people did just fine. We created a lot of millionaires.
There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -- look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. (Applause.)
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
So Obama is going to "stand behind" these small businesses while waiting for them to "give something back", as if they are not already paying taxes? Sounds like he intends to pick their pockets.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT THE NEWS OUTLET FORMERLY KNOWN AS MSNBC:
I thought he meant standing behind the small business owner and telling him to . . . lean forward.
Of course I am stealing that.
"...The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans - to be established by Executive Order. "
Ask him what he thinks about that. What about his Cherokee constituents? or Irish-American constituents? or his White-Latino constituents? Is that fair to them?
How does he feel about people that eat dogs?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 09:23 PM
Looks like part of BO's continuing effort to denigrate achievment and excellence..Have enough people noticed the govt's giant fists on the scale of medical schools and programs in Obamacare yet?
Wou;d you rather be treated by a Chinese American kid with an earned 4 pt average in medical school or someone with a 1.2 who was given preference by this benighted act and HHS?
Posted by: Clarice | July 25, 2012 at 09:26 PM
Ouch I wouldn't want Janet as an interrogator.
Jane-
Ask him about sales taxes on internet purchases. But I think Janet covered the bases.
And over at memorandum, Politico has flagged up, "Obama has no patience for 'you didn't build that' attacks". LOL, why do I have an image of Marvin the Martian saying "this is making me very, very angry".
Posted by: RichatUF | July 25, 2012 at 09:28 PM
More amateur hour b.s. from team Ohttp://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/07/stunner-obama-s-3-surprised-veterans-at-portland-diner-were-likely-plants/
Posted by: Clarice | July 25, 2012 at 09:30 PM
How does he feel about people that eat dogs?
They are delicious. There's a lotta meat in those hind quarters.
Posted by: Barack the Dogeater | July 25, 2012 at 09:30 PM
Jane-
Ask him to please define what offends him and why. Then ask him what he is for. The hypocrisy will leap forth from his own mouth.
You just have to help him over the bridges of logic, which will be self-evident to you. His maze will be of his own construction. Just don't make him look too stupid, that really, really ticks 'em off.
Much fun, I'm sure.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | July 25, 2012 at 09:30 PM
Politico has flagged up, "Obama has no patience for 'you didn't build that' attacks".
So what? Does he get to pick and choose what is acceptable to discuss? Is Mitt allowed to say that he has no patience for insipid requests for his tax returns?
Posted by: DrJ | July 25, 2012 at 09:33 PM
Jane,
Make sure you order in a snack from Chick-Fil-A. Ask him if he attended Barney's "wedding" or visited his brothel in DC.
Posted by: Rick Ballard | July 25, 2012 at 09:35 PM
Great ad:Headwinds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PPfkDCyn8k&feature=share
Posted by: Clarice | July 25, 2012 at 09:40 PM
OldTimer:
the more I lean towards his having a father not even mentioned on the BC
Immaculate Conception.
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 09:41 PM
Oh, and thanks TM for highlighting my line in an update. I hadn't seen it before.
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 09:41 PM
Quick everybody, start taking drugs, cheat on your spouse, buy alcohol for your kids, gamble away their inheritance, and fall into poverty. Then your son can be elected president Otherwise he will suffer the shame of living a fine, good life of achievement like Mitt Romney and not be able to get elected president since America only wants to elect a guy with a dysfunctional past apparently.
Posted by: bio mom | July 25, 2012 at 09:42 PM
Good Lord. I posted that bit about the Glenn Campbell concert because I had misread Sara,'s preceding post. I thought she was describing Campbell, not Beck, on O'Reilly.
At least now I know not to watch.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | July 25, 2012 at 09:43 PM
Jane, because Obama said he should not be reelected if the economy were not vastly improved, how can he support Obama or anyone who wants to stick with the failed experiment.
Posted by: MarkO | July 25, 2012 at 09:43 PM
Here is the link to the artice: Let this bit roll around for a while:
Posted by: Barack the Dogeater | July 25, 2012 at 09:46 PM
DOT-I enjoyed your post on Campbell. It was a reminder that music is a different part of brain once it is a reflex. Also the point loved ones always make about not remembering recent or middle but earlier remains. Anyone who ever heard that man sing would appreciate it ran to his marrow from an early age.
Posted by: rse | July 25, 2012 at 09:47 PM
Show him the banned picture and ask him if "it" moved.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 25, 2012 at 09:48 PM
Any of our Navy Veteran, take a look at the bio in Clarice's link and tell me if the promotions in the Navy are way different than the Army? Cuz the guy did 9 years and retired as a lieutenant? Something looks wrong to me about that.
And for the Air Force guys, my pilot friends who fly for American used to tell me dismissively that navigators were not pilots. Sure enough Obama guy is a navigator.
How lame to stage a chance meeting, and have the guys bios in their hand. Why that takes as much gullibility as listening to the pitzer putz lie about his identity...
Posted by: GMax | July 25, 2012 at 09:49 PM
No he does not want to promote success unless it's attributable to your political connections.
"If you like it, you can keep it, if you pay the right people for requested favors" seems to be the operating message.
Posted by: rse | July 25, 2012 at 09:50 PM
Ask him if he believes the ears should be off-limits.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 25, 2012 at 09:51 PM
Jane, ask him what he thought of the occupoopers.
On Glenn Campbell, more than a few of my musical buds have told me he's an incredibly accomplished guitarist. I hadn't realized that since I knew him primarily as a singer and songwriter; very good at both of those.
Posted by: Captain Hate | July 25, 2012 at 09:52 PM
Jane ask him if Bammycare is so great, why do all the wired-in people get waivers for it.
Posted by: Captain Hate | July 25, 2012 at 09:54 PM
Ask him if Joe Arpaio is a crooked cop.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 25, 2012 at 09:58 PM
That Headwinds ad is good, Clarice.
Ol' O has a head full of wind. That's for sure.
Make sure you order in a snack from Chick-Fil-A. Ask him if he attended Barney's "wedding" or visited his brothel in DC.
Hah! ...or can he identify a marijuana leaf? Barney can't.
Ask if he has ever taken Ambien.
Will he dress appropriately when addressing Congress?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 09:58 PM
Ask--If the House is going to stay republican and it sure looks that way, wouldn't the voters be in a better position if they elected a Republican?
Posted by: Clarice | July 25, 2012 at 09:58 PM
Ask him what is the most transparent action of this administration.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 25, 2012 at 09:59 PM
Good grief, Barney looks like he's wearing one of Pelosi's bras.
Posted by: Clarice | July 25, 2012 at 10:00 PM
If he were elected and faced a Republican House and a President Romney, would he cooperate with the majority and the President or become a dreaded member of the Party of No?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Oh, oh...here's a good one for a Dem....
Have you paid your taxes?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 10:01 PM
or become a dreaded member of the Party of No?
That's good! Who will he reach across the aisle to? Is he comfortable with the high ideal of "Compromise"?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Ask him if he supports Obama's budget. If not, does he support Obama's economic policies? If so, why?
Posted by: DrJ | July 25, 2012 at 10:05 PM
Good thing Barney wasn't lactating.
Posted by: Captain Hate | July 25, 2012 at 10:06 PM
ChaCo, just for you.
"Ich bin eine arme Verwandte." You can sing along with Lotte.
LUN
Posted by: Frau Silbersee | July 25, 2012 at 10:07 PM
If a Kennedy wrecked his or her car killing your wife in the process while under the influence of drugs or alchohol, how many days or weeks would it take before you forgave him or her because they're a Kennedy?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:08 PM
What is the definition of "that"?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:09 PM
Does he agree with Warren that successful business men owe it all to government expenditures on roads and bridges?
If successful businessmen are successful because of their hard work, how much should they be expected to fork over in taxes?
If they owe it to bridges and roads aren't you saying that you are entitled to all their earnings?
Posted by: Clarice | July 25, 2012 at 10:10 PM
--Good grief, Barney looks like he's wearing one of Pelosi's bras.--
Huh? He looks like he's not [unfortunately] wearing one of her bras but is wearing one of her blazers and a dress.
Posted by: Ignatz | July 25, 2012 at 10:10 PM
Geez TC,
Clearly I 'm not smart enough to have been offended.
. Janet, first thing tomorrow I am transcribing yours and everyone else's questions to be ready at 8 AM. Thanks everyone.
Posted by: Jane | July 25, 2012 at 10:11 PM
Jane-
Was that a "line in the sand" or can we go on?
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | July 25, 2012 at 10:13 PM
If your car broke down on a desolate highway and you were stranded all alone - who would you rather see driving toward you on the road, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:14 PM
--Ignatz,
I understand the concept behind the analogy but Orel, Kirk and Tommy possessed talent.--
Yeah, that's not a small difference, Rick. Guess I was just getting in touch with my inner Eeyore.
Posted by: Ignatz | July 25, 2012 at 10:15 PM
What most impresses you about Barack Obama's time in college?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Sock it to 'em, DrJ.
Maybe Jane needs to have Janet on for an interview or at least have her on as Rush has Snerdley, an expert on Main Street America.
Posted by: Frau Silbersee | July 25, 2012 at 10:18 PM
--If your car broke down on a desolate highway and you were stranded all alone - who would you rather see driving toward you on the road, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?--
Depends. Barry would put it in drive to run it over the precipice but Mitt might make me ride home on the roof.
OTOH Mitt would hose me off but Barry would Bogart my Slurpee.
I'm not sure there's a right answer to that one.
Posted by: Ignatz | July 25, 2012 at 10:19 PM
How many people do you employ on your campaign staff? Do they all make more than minimum wage? Do the women on your staff make equal to or more than the men? Do you offer them all full health benefits?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:21 PM
Have you ever tasted dog?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:24 PM
I thought she was describing Campbell, not Beck, on O'Reilly.
No worries DoT - I'm glad to read your post on Glenn Campbell. Great guy.
Posted by: Porchlight | July 25, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Eventually, under certain ZIRP terms, you will run out of cash.
Japan has finally done so in one pension, and keep in mind their horrible demographics.
This is a big step.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | July 25, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Jane-
Can I call in with Economic questions?
Hee-hee.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | July 25, 2012 at 10:27 PM
Chaco got a mention @ Judy's today. Someone noted that a troll called 'A Fan of More Discourse' had fared badly debating Charlie M @ PJM.
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Posted by: So now he infests Judy's. | July 25, 2012 at 10:28 PM
If you were on the Nobel Committee - which years would you not have voted to give Barack Obama a Peace Prize?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:29 PM
As much as Hannity triggers my gag reflex, he has one question that is effective.
"What percentage of my income should I pay in taxes?"
He always follows up with "does that percentage include my state, local, property, etc taxes?"
It is a bellwether question.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 25, 2012 at 10:29 PM
What is the definition of "that"?
Hahahahaaaha..too funny, hit!
Frau, I could never go on radio. I'm only brave online.
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Is that like mr .'a physicist' who emerged during the Fukushima matter;
http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/hillarys-chief-worked-with-al-qaida-front-man/
Posted by: narciso | July 25, 2012 at 10:31 PM
Which would frighten you more: showing up to the polls in Jackson, Mississippi as a Democrat with a Tea Party rally along the road -- or showing up in Philadelphia as a Republican with Black Panthers walking the streets?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Then it's the valuable but usually silent Snerdley role for you, Janet.
Posted by: Frau Silbersee | July 25, 2012 at 10:39 PM
Jane - ask him why the Obama birth certificate posted on the White House web site is a forged document.
If you haven't followed Threadkiller's link from a couple of days back, please do. No need to speculate about why or when, but there is absolutely no question - it's a composite, and not a scan of an original. You can even show him on any computer with an Internet connection (and a freeware program or two). It's not a matter of opinion or "birtherism."
I love listening to liberals stammer.
Posted by: Disillusionist | July 25, 2012 at 10:44 PM
Massachusetts allows you to voluntarily pay a higher tax rate than the law requires.
As a supporter of bigger government and the well off carrying their fair share, did you limit yourself to just this higher voluntary tax rate, or did you pay over and above this as well?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:44 PM
I assume he is for "choice"...will that include choice of light bulbs, foods, & drink sizes?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 10:45 PM
we've clamped down hard on cigarette smoking because it's bad for health. Do you think we should discourage unprotected gay sex which is the primary means of contracting AIDS?
Posted by: Clarice | July 25, 2012 at 10:47 PM
"Any of our Navy Veteran, take a look at the bio in Clarice's link and tell me if the promotions in the Navy are way different than the Army?"
I'd be happy to give it a try if you tell me the time of the link.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | July 25, 2012 at 10:47 PM
What's the ratio of twisty light bulbs to incandescents in your house right now? What temperature is your thermostat set to?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:47 PM
If you could ask for any gift from Obama, it would be an iPod loaded with his speeches, wouldn't it?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:48 PM
DoT, Here's the link againhttp://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/07/stunner-obama-s-3-surprised-veterans-at-portland-diner-were-likely-plants/
Posted by: Clarice | July 25, 2012 at 10:48 PM
So what if Huma's a terrorist. So is her boss.
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Posted by: And her boss's boss. Teeeerrific. | July 25, 2012 at 10:49 PM
kim-
Does Judith still not see a correlation with CME's and Earth-bound vulcanism? We just had another 1-2 punch this past week. I've not gone back since being dismissed like a smart-alecky schoolchild. Not worth my time.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | July 25, 2012 at 10:49 PM
9:30 exactly
Posted by: GMax | July 25, 2012 at 10:50 PM
Good, golly, n; how did you know that? I think you are right.
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Posted by: Well, maybe you saw it in real time on PJM, and I've only heard allusions to it. | July 25, 2012 at 10:51 PM
So Warren and Obama got that brilliant you didn't build it shtick from Berkeley professor George Lakoff.http://legalinsurrection.com/
Hope he's given a more prominent role in the campaign
Posted by: Clarice | July 25, 2012 at 10:51 PM
Are you going to Charlotte for the Democratic Convention?
(No) - you don't want to be seen anywhere near President Obama, do you?
(Yes) - so you support North Carolina's vote to define marriage as between one man and one woman; you support that they are a right to work state; you are excited to see Obama accept the nomination at Bank of America Stadium?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:51 PM
How much of my opposition to Obama do you think is due to the color of his skin?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:54 PM
How far back do you have to go on your family tree to find Native American relatives?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 10:54 PM
Not Judith, Mel, but more and more others. It's only slowly gaining traction because of the apparent lack of a mechanism. But one sure wonders.
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Posted by: Unknown unknowns everywhere and not a drop to think. | July 25, 2012 at 10:55 PM
Well it's just a rough guess, based on the 'argument clinic' style argument,
Posted by: narciso | July 25, 2012 at 11:01 PM
Lack of a Mechanism?
Oh, Lordy.
I now know where to look for proof and harrjf gave it to me this afternoon.
This is going to be fun.
G'night all!
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | July 25, 2012 at 11:02 PM
Promotions from Ensign to LTJG 2 years, to LT 4 years, to LTCMDR 9 to 11 years.
Posted by: Sara | July 25, 2012 at 11:04 PM
((Immaculate Conception))
so Stanley was immaculately conceived?
((The Immaculate Conception is a dogma of the Catholic Church maintaining that the Blessed Virgin Mary was kept free of original sin from her moment of conception and was filled with the sanctifying grace normally conferred during baptism.[2][3] It is one of the four dogmas in Roman Catholic Mariology. Mary is often called the Immaculata (the Immaculate One), particularly in artistic and cultural contexts.[4])
lun
Posted by: Chubby | July 25, 2012 at 11:04 PM
I'm going to say a few words or phrases, and I want you to tell me the first thing that comes to your mind, ok?
Guantanamo.
Eat more chicken.
I have the hat to this day.
Ambien.
Cape Wind.
Chappaquiddick.
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 11:05 PM
missing lun from previous post re immaculate conception
Posted by: Chubby | July 25, 2012 at 11:06 PM
I loved the tax question at 10:44, hit.
If he is for supporting illegals, I wonder if he'd be comfortable having illegals move onto/into HIS property. Should there be ANY enforcement? How does he feel about Obama not enforcing our immigration laws?
Aunt Zeituni gets free/subsidized housing & medical....what about legal Massachusetts citizens? How is that fair to them? Why does Mr. & Mrs. Mass. Citizen have to pay for her apartment?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 11:12 PM
We are not as removed from the Chicago way as one thinks,
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/25/2912513/former-miami-chief-exposito-wore.html
Posted by: narciso | July 25, 2012 at 11:12 PM
Has he ever taken a staycation?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 11:15 PM
What sources of news do you read to inform your worldview?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 11:19 PM
from a Soylent post -
Since Obama is dismantling our military...do you think it would be a good idea for Obamacare to cover massive third degree burns & radiation sickness for every American?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 11:20 PM
Why does he prefer coerced transactions to voluntary ones? Does he think his voters can't look after themselves?
Posted by: Ralph L | July 25, 2012 at 11:20 PM
If Barack Obama asked you today to replace Joe Biden on the 2012 ticket, would you consider yourself qualified to assume the role of Vice President?
(yes) What in your background would you say most qualifies you to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?
(no) So you are less qualified than . . . Joe Biden?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 11:22 PM
Would you like to chip in to buy some new dentures for one of Louise Slaughter's constituents?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 11:23 PM
You and I are going to wager on the presidential election, me for Mitt Romney and you for Barack Obama. Let's go ahead and assume that cash is out of the question. My offer to you is that the loser shaves his or her head. You in?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 11:25 PM
Obama said that his biggest weakness is that his desk is a mess and he needs somebody to help him file and stuff all the time. Do you agree?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 11:28 PM
Obama said, "We are the ones we've been waiting for."
Have you also been waiting for yourself?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 11:29 PM
You're at the county fair and you have one ticket remaining.
Do you use it to a) get three balls with a chance to sink Romney in the dunking booth; or b) plant one on Obama in the kissing booth?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Did you know, that unlike what she said at the Convention, Warren never worked for Ted
Kennedy, so why did she say she did?
Posted by: narciso | July 25, 2012 at 11:31 PM
How excited are you about telling your children generations from now that Jun 3, 2008 was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and the planet began to heal?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 11:33 PM
Who is more profoundly humble, you or Obama?
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 11:34 PM
How about. Why do you LIE so much more often than you tell the truth?
Or.
WHAT DID FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS TEACH YOU????
Posted by: Gus | July 25, 2012 at 11:36 PM
What do you think of the deserving Cherokee students that was deprived of slots in half
a dozen universities, because of Warren's misrepresentations,
Posted by: narciso | July 25, 2012 at 11:41 PM
Obama, "I do think at a certain point, you've made enough money"....have YOU made enough money yet? What "point" do you think President Obama meant? He made 5.5 million in 2009...is that the point?
Here is the address for giving money to the US government. Shouldn't all the rich politicians calling for higher taxes donate money to the US government? Nobody is stopping them from giving more.
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Gus, we're asking QUESTIONS of a Democrat running for the House in JANE'S district . . . NOT OBAMA.
Posted by: hit and run | July 25, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Those last are probably too inside baseball, but we need to know how far he is willing to 'swallow the koolaid'
Posted by: narciso | July 25, 2012 at 11:44 PM
That's a good one, narciso. What about the AA students she displaced?
To bring up a really important issue to Rep. Moran (D-VA)....What's your opinion on using Styrofoam cups in the House of Rep. cafeteria?
Posted by: Janet | July 25, 2012 at 11:48 PM