President Obama is out with a new TV ad that claims that his words have been taken out of context. He also is mentioning in his speeches that he is being misquoted. Of course, the quote in question is this one:
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.... If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
Just imagine. Republicans and Romney, in particular, are saying -- gasp -- that Obama thinks that small business owners are not responsible for the success of their businesses. Obama says this is taken out of context. But the actual context shows that Obama said exactly what he meant. Obama actually thinks that the small businesses that are successful owe that success to the government.
Even funnier, David Axelrod says that the GOP attack on Obama's words are having no effect. Of course, that means that the Obama counter attack is directed at a GOP effort that is having no effect. What utter crap.
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