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Quoting Obama Isn’t Attacking Him

July 19, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart



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The Obama Campaign launched an ad today, saying Mitt Romney misquoted President Obama, and that he’ll say anything:

Well I won’t deny that Mitt Romney will say anything.  However, the problem with this ad is that President Obama did say, "If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen."

Here is the White House transcript from his Roanoke, VA stop on July 13th:

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.

The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.  There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own.  I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service.  That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.

So we say to ourselves, ever since the founding of this country, you know what, there are some things we do better together. (emphasis mine)

Here’s the video if you don’t believe that transcript:

Exactly how did Romney misquote him?  He didn’t.  It looks like President Obama will say anything to get elected as well.

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Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts.  He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm.  Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings.  He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in.  Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids.  Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

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About Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts.  He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm.  Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings.  He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in.  Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids.  Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

Comments

  1. SJ says

    July 19, 2012 at 11:59 pm

    OK, now I’m really confused. 🙂 Is the first video the actual Obama ad?  Because even that video shows Obama saying the very thing that he accuses Romney of slanting. Or is Obama simply accusing Romney of taking his quote out of context, I wonder?

    Well, if that video is the entire Obama ad, then Obama isn’t even as good at deception as I previously believed.  😉

    • Shane Vander Hart says

      July 20, 2012 at 12:45 am

      Yes the first video is the Obama ad.

      • SJ says

        July 20, 2012 at 2:01 am

        Thanks for the clarification.   Obviously Obama thinks people are even stupider than he did 4 years ago.  LOL. 

  2. Barry Egan says

    July 20, 2012 at 9:28 am

    Look at the sentence just before the one you bolded, Shane. He’s talking about roads, bridges and infrastructure. You’re smarter than this.

    • SJ says

      July 20, 2012 at 10:15 pm

       Huh?  If Obama is indeed referring to what you said, then he should have used the word “those” instead.  The way he phrased his sentence, most people would not interpret it the way you stated.  Obama has nobody to blame but himself here.  Maybe he should take a refresher course in English 101.  😉

      • Broadway Carl says

        July 26, 2012 at 8:28 am

        Yes, sometimes people, even presidents, make grammatical mistakes while speaking. You know, like “Is our children learning?” or “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”

  3. Broadway Carl says

    July 26, 2012 at 8:25 am

    He wasn’t misquoted. The quote was taken out of context. It’s really that simple.

    • Shane Vander Hart says

      July 26, 2012 at 9:28 am

      No it wasn’t I’ve read his speech, but keep on trying to revise history.

      • Broadway Carl says

        July 26, 2012 at 9:46 am

        Sure it was. The lines immediately before and after the quote in question dealt with infrastructure. Roads and bridges, and the Internet. It’s clearly what Obama was talking about.

        You know what Romney said that was used in a campaign ad? “I like being able to fire people.” I suppose that wasn’t taken out of context either?

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