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Using only a portion of the quote is splicing. You knew that, of course, but you've resigned yourself to lying and making shit up in order to prevent Obama from getting elected again.
I'd expect nothing better from ya, Frank. Just don't sound all offended when the DNC does the same thing.
The DNC and their LMSM media outlet distort 24/7 (aka Tea Party/Colorado Shooter) but that's not the issue here at all. Again, here what's Obama said, here's the key sentence.
"If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
here's the entire paragraph,
"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."
How does his saying the government built the Internet strengthen your case?
Oh, so you do get the context! He's saying that people don't build something without the help and support of others - be that a teacher, a guy building roads, or research developed outside his own head.
But you, being a rightwing hack, like to act like the comment about "you didn't build that" was in reference to the business, not the roads, bridges etc...Because that's the kind of crumbs the far right is left to fight for.
Is English not your first language, that could explain where you went wrong?
First, roads and bridges aren't build by unicorns or the Keebler elves, construction companies build those!
Second, he was plagiarizing Liz "Cherokee" Warren's Manifesto which had the same fictional, Neo-Marxist narrative.
"You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for; you hired workers the rest of us paid to educate; you were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory, and hire someone to protect against this, because of the work the rest of us did."
Third, this is the EXACT quote where "that" refers to the business, "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." It cannot refer to the roads and bridges because in the next sentence Obama credits government for building the Internet, totally knocking the props out from under your argument, Context Boy