He said it verbatim. Obama is trying to backpeddle from his words...and if words mean things? WHY is he backpeddling as YOU with the context argument?
s0n? YOU are the stupid one here. Enjoy wallowing.
Yup. Here's the WHOLE context. And there is no way to interpret what he said as anything other than what he said:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=192oEC5TX_Q"]Obama: If you've been successful you didn't get there on your own - YouTube[/ame]
even if you accept what he says he meant he still has a problem and its this -- ok who did build it - all that infrastructure? That would be the taxpayer (not really the govt, but the taxpayer) and who pays most of the taxes (and therefore is in the group that paid the most for this stuff?) The very people he wants to tax more - and the people who is tone clearly suggests he feels is getting some sort of unfair enrichment from all of this.
The big irony that he and the elizabeth Warrens of the world ignore is that if you accept his agrument --ok what about all the people who pay no income taxes despite having income (and who are largely supporters of the Democrats?). They get the benefit of the roads etc (they dont use them as effectively but they get the benefit ) but they are paying nothing for them -- not a dime. Thats is ironic and under Obamas argument they are getting the free ride.
But at the end of the day this is just more of what we already know -- the guy has a deep seeded resentment of personal wealth and a hostility to individual success and this is just another manifestation of that. Thats all.
and its also a reminder why none of these problems will EVER be resolved with him in the white house. its good politics for him to be this divisive -- very good -- but he will never be able to get compromise with his approach. Never.