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Godot51

(239 posts)
23. What others have already said but I'm tired of these types of 'Self Made' people...
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 12:31 AM
Jul 2012

Mr. Romney's arguments were dead in the water even before he misrepresented the President's words.

Take this mechanic for example.

Even if he didn't need government assistance to start his business his business and most like it would be impossible without the support of all of us through our government which rules us at our behest through our Constitution.

Did this man have an education? Chances are it was public. Did this man's children have educations? Chances are they were public.

He says "his wife supported him". How? Was she by chance a public employee?

And how about his business (like my business and all businesses)? Did he accept only customers who didn't work for public sector jobs? Did he have a sign out front saying "Self Made Men Only!"? Did his sign say no service personal or their dependents?

And these self made customers, did they drive there off road, since roads are made with public money?

Did they have to dodge the roving gangs and desperadoes in a police-less state?

Were their cars never built with government assistance or subsidies? No Chryslers and no GM products accepted?

Did this man have to hire a private guard to protect his business when he was absent, for example at night? If he needed the fire service, did he put out his own fires?

Did he lay the pipe and bring in his own water and gas? Did he string the wires and bring in his own electricity? Did he do without any of the public services provided by the "government"?

Did he bank his money in a federally insured bank or did he just keep it in his pocket until he needed it?

Did he organize a military to protect him and only those like him?

If you're are going to accuse the President of not "getting it" or "hating freedom" or wanting to "destroy America" perhaps you should consider his words in context, not only what Mr. Romney wants you to think he said or meant.

Or perhaps you just are ashamed that a black man is representing America and you want your country back.

and those autos he fixed, what did they drive on? rurallib Jul 2012 #1
Yes and they were flown to his business by private helicopter treestar Jul 2012 #11
D'oh! Skinner Jul 2012 #2
What???? 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #5
this reminded me of Joe the Plumber maddezmom Jul 2012 #8
LOL Drunken Irishman Jul 2012 #3
Now THAT is F**king hilarious!!!!! JoePhilly Jul 2012 #4
rMoney is simply no good at this game. truthisfreedom Jul 2012 #6
LOL. You can't make this up. myrna minx Jul 2012 #7
i think Romney just called Obama a DooDoo head SaveAmerica Jul 2012 #9
So why did this asshole claim he built it with no government help? treestar Jul 2012 #10
"that's not what Obama said, anyway" emulatorloo Jul 2012 #27
Ouch, That's gonna leave a mark. n/t Grassy Knoll Jul 2012 #12
"After two consecutive days of strong attacks on President Obama"??? Fearless Jul 2012 #13
Really. chollybocker Jul 2012 #21
Lol n/t emulatorloo Jul 2012 #28
Mitt Romba, the sucker who believes that capitalism exists in a vacuum. beac Jul 2012 #33
He keeps stepping on his own dick. Love it. alfredo Jul 2012 #14
sorry, alfredo - his dick is much too small - UpInArms Jul 2012 #17
He had it sewn to the bottom of his left foot, his balls on the right foot. He did that alfredo Jul 2012 #20
Ann has confirmed that Mitt "is limp". xtraxritical Jul 2012 #45
It figures. WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2012 #15
"my wife helped me" he says... then he says he got no help? Did he even SEE the actual full speech? progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #16
Not only did his wife help him ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #39
Those cars he fixed? demwing Jul 2012 #18
LOL! romney's "joe the plummer" moment.. total fail! i really think he believes BREMPRO Jul 2012 #19
It really is like stone soup........... Smilo Jul 2012 #22
I have a ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #40
What others have already said but I'm tired of these types of 'Self Made' people... Godot51 Jul 2012 #23
You left off the big one... Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #30
Bravo! AynRandCollectedSS Jul 2012 #44
Brought to you by the good people at CBS(Can Broadcast Shit)! part man all 86 Jul 2012 #24
Excellent! Everything romney touches turns to shit. - n/t Jim__ Jul 2012 #25
Romney can't even flesh out his own lie KurtNYC Jul 2012 #26
Conservatives are sooooo stupid... Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #29
Then, there's the segment of "self made" business owners who inherited it. bulloney Jul 2012 #31
$560,000 in federal loans to fix 10 buses chelsea0011 Jul 2012 #32
When Goopers say that people should stand on their own two feet, and not Wolf Frankula Jul 2012 #34
Don't forget that old chestnut. . . daligirl519 Jul 2012 #42
Forget the goverment infrastructure -- what about the SOCIETAL infrastructure? rocktivity Jul 2012 #35
KnR! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2012 #36
Hah. Rachel had a Faux News clip of this guy last night. Tracer Jul 2012 #37
So Romney's false attack on something that Obama did not say savalez Jul 2012 #38
Nobody helped Craig T. Nelson, either. tclambert Jul 2012 #41
Have to post this incredible comment from the CBS link Son of Gob Jul 2012 #43
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