New Obama tv ad clarifies "you didn't earn that" remarks

[Pr0d1gy]

You're masturbating with your left hand thraash. Why bother?

 

[trenchfoot]

The difference I see in all of these battles over context is that the Obama team has learned a lesson from this and will watch out for this from now on, whereas Romney's team still has absolutely no clue why many folks are calling Romney a flip-flopper, just like how our aristocracy class can't understand why the peasant class doesn't understand that the more money you have, the more your word is worth.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Everybody was given those same opportunities, had that same great teacher, used those same roads, the same intertubes that I used.
So if I'm more successfully than others, it must be because I'm doing something right or I'm just plain smarter.

Fuck you Obama.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Why? Your business benefits from the infrastructure that you did not build and education. These helped you on the way to build your business. I am sure you had plenty of other help building and running your business also.

Pretty sure he paid taxes to contribute building that infrastructure.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Everybody was given those same opportunities, had that same great teacher, used those same roads, the same intertubes that I used.
So if I'm more successfully than others, it must be because I'm doing something right or I'm just plain smarter.

Fuck you Obama.

Yeah, it's definitely intelligence.

Pretty sure he paid taxes to contribute building that infrastructure.

So did everyone else. It takes a team to build a nation, not one rich guy's taxes.

 

[xj0hnx]

Yeah, it's definitely intelligence.



So did everyone else. It takes a team to build a nation, not one rich guy's taxes.

Pretty sure the point he's making is that since everyone had the same access to the same benefits of society that the guy that succeeds is still doing it right. It's not like society pooled their resources just to help everyone that started a business to succeed.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Pretty sure the point he's making is that since everyone had the same access to the same benefits of society that the guy that succeeds is still doing it right. It's not like society pooled their resources just to help everyone that started a business to succeed.

No, society just made it possible.

 

[sportage]

This doesn't mean anything.
It's election season least we forget.
When you're losing, you resort to lies and deception.
Nixon did it. Romney does it. Nixon won. Lessons learned the hard way.

 

[nextJin]

No, society just made it possible.

A society they helped build/maintain more so than a good percentage of others you mean?

 

[trenchfoot]

Everybody was given those same opportunities, had that same great teacher, used those same roads, the same intertubes that I used.
So if I'm more successfully than others, it must be because I'm doing something right or I'm just plain smarter.

Fuck you Obama.

Forgive me if I'm taking your comment out of context as it seems to be a sensitive issue at the moment, but I can't see how a child brought up by a poverty stricken drug addicted mother and an alcoholic father that's in jail for child abuse has the same opportunities as a child brought up by billionaire parents that shower their child with obscene amounts of luxuries and live a protected life secluded away from the commoners to the point where they don't even know what a donut is.

 

[Ryan]

Everybody was given those same opportunities, had that same great teacher, used those same roads, the same intertubes that I used.
So if I'm more successfully than others, it must be because I'm doing something right or I'm just plain smarter.

Fuck you Obama.

Really? What do you say when schools in states like Alabama are the worst in the nation when it comes to math scores, an those in Massachusetts are the best?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2011/07/11/state-education-rankings-_n_894528.html

There is no level playing field in this country - never has been.

 

[actuarial]

Everybody was given those same opportunities, had that same great teacher, used those same roads, the same intertubes that I used.
So if I'm more successfully than others, it must be because I'm doing something right or I'm just plain smarter.

Fuck you Obama.

So is Paris Hilton smarter or harder working than you?

 

[PokerGuy]

I guess all the spinning by the minions and press to do damage control was not enough, and obummer had to take additional steps to "clarify" what he said. Backpedaling at this point means nothing, he said what he meant: only for the grace of government do you have anything. If you did something successful, you didn't build that, government did.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

So is Paris Hilton smarter or harder working than you?

Nope and I'm also pretty sure I'm smarter than 99% of pro athletes but they have a talent which I don't and people are willing to pay to watch them perform.

 

[actuarial]

Nope and I'm also pretty sure I'm smarter than 99% of pro athletes but they have a talent which I don't and people are willing to pay to watch them perform.

So she is more talented than you then? You were very clear in your post that if someone is more successful then they are either "doing something right or [are] just plain smarter".

So which is it?

 

[Matt1970]

So is Paris Hilton smarter or harder working than you?

Obama wasn't mentioning actresses in his speech. It was targeted at business owners.

 

[actuarial]

Obama wasn't mentioning actresses in his speech. It was targeted at business owners.

1) I was responding not to Obama's comments but a poster's comments. While he was clearly referring to what Obama said he went beyond it in his response.

2) Paris Hilton is a business owner.

 

[Matt1970]

1) I was responding not to Obama's comments but a poster's comments. While he was clearly referring to what Obama said he went beyond it in his response.

2) Paris Hilton is a business owner.

Paris Hilton was born into her money. She didn't work harder than anyone else nor was it because she was smarter than anyone else.

 

[actuarial]

Paris Hilton was born into her money. She didn't work harder than anyone else nor was it because she was smarter than anyone else.

Thank you for pointing out the obvious meaning behind my statement.

 

[Bowfinger]

Paris Hilton was born into her money. She didn't work harder than anyone else nor was it because she was smarter than anyone else.

/facepalm

Are you capable of understanding anything in context? Do you even grasp the concept? Instead of compulsively shooting off your dumb mouth, take a moment to read the comment to which Actuarial was replying. He was refuting BlahBlahYouToo, showing how his premise was wrong.

Seriously, you consistently post some of the dumbest and most misinformed noise on P&N. That's no mean feat.

 

[Icepick]

Everybody was given those same opportunities, had that same great teacher, used those same roads, the same intertubes that I used.
So if I'm more successfully than others, it must be because I'm doing something right or I'm just plain smarter.

Fuck you Obama.

Lies. You got lucky. Nice try.

 

[Matt1970]

/facepalm

Are you capable of understanding anything in context? Do you even grasp the concept? Instead of compulsively shooting off your dumb mouth, take a moment to read the comment to which Actuarial was replying. He was refuting BlahBlahYouToo, showing how his premise was wrong.

Seriously, you consistently post some of the dumbest and most misinformed noise on P&N. That's no mean feat.

Hit your face a little harder, maybe you will get a clue and stop defending anything your boy says at all costs no matter how hard he screws up.

 

[Icepick]

Hit your face a little harder, maybe you will get a clue and stop defending anything your boy says at all costs no matter how hard he screws up.

When I saw that you were the last poster I entered this thread expecting comedy gold. You did not disappoint. 😀

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

So she is more talented than you then? You were very clear in your post that if someone is more successful then they are either "doing something right or [are] just plain smarter".

So which is it?

She has a specific talent which trumps my smarts when it comes to monetizing a skill set. So yes she is more talented in that respect.

Sorry I didn't list out every possible means in which one can be financially successful. I gave you too much credit.

 

[Bowfinger]

Hit your face a little harder, maybe you will get a clue and stop defending anything your boy says at all costs no matter how hard he screws up.

Lulz!

1. Thank you for proving my point.
2. When did Actuarial become "my boy"? If someone becomes "my boy" every time you say something stupid about them, I'm going to need a mansion to hold my huge family.