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Democrats hold ground on 'you didn't build that,' tap Warren for convention speech

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  1. Consmike

    Consmike New Member Past Donor

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    She won't be able to claim the speech as her own, since she will be using a teleprompter, she didn't build that.
     
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    The hits just keep FAILing.
     
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    The (thinly disguised) Marxist left is in for a shock. They've SO convinced themselves of the validity of their ideology, they don't even see what's coming. :love:
     
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  4. Consmike

    Consmike New Member Past Donor

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    Does she have any children? If she does, she didn't make them.
     
    Consmike, Aug 1, 2012
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    Obama's statement wasn't so much a gaffe, as it was him continuing his class warfare. Sorry but he slipped up and told the truth for a change (notice how he didn't stutter and grope around for words?) and we all know it. He's a big government socialist. Period.
     
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  6. Lee S

    Lee S Moderator Staff Member Past Donor

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    It isn't even close to being equivalent. Romney actually worked for Bain. Romney isn't running away from his Bain record. Romney didn't use his Bain experience to cheat others out of a college admission. Romney didn't use his Bain experience to cheat others out of a chance for a job.

    The fact of the matter is that Elizabeth Warren isn't of Native American descent. The fact is that Elizabeth Warren claimed she was of Native American descent so she would get racial preferences in order to get into an elite college. The fact is that she used her claim of Native American descent in order to gain advancement in her job. Elizabeth Warren's actions are despicable in any objective person's eyes. Romney worked honorably and earned whatever he got at Bain.

    By the way, I am not a big Romney fan. He just isn't Obama and that is enough for me.
     
    Lee S, Sep 1, 2012
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    When you FAIL, double down on stupid. Vote Obama.
     
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  8. The Real American Thinker

    The Real American Thinker New Member

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    Actually in this case the fail is on you, considering you've all pounced on that one phrase like rabid dogs pouncing a squirrel, conveniently ignoring what followed "The point is..."

    To quote Jon Stewart: generally speaking, if someone says "the point is," what follows is the point they are trying to make.
     
    The Real American Thinker, Sep 1, 2012
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  9. Lee S

    Lee S Moderator Staff Member Past Donor

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    The reason that quote is still around after six weeks is that it resonates with the public, and more importantly, with independents. It resonates because it fits a narrative or schema that people have created for Obama. The only reason we are still talking about the phrase is that a vast majority of people believe it to be an unintentional truth that was spoken. Could the quote be taken out of context? It is hard to tell. It is telling that the liberal community spent two weeks trying to defend the quote, as spoken, and after the reality of defending the indefensible hit, they decided the quote was taken out of context.

    Was it taken out of context? It is hard to tell within the context of the speech itself. Without a Teleprompter, Obama is somewhat of a babbling idiot. But in the larger context of his anti-business policies and the decisions of his administration, the context is all too clear. And it is the context of Obama and the totality of his anti-businees policies that the quote seems to resonate in.
     
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    Not to mention left leaning. :mrgreen:

    Actually in this case I think what followed was a desperate attempt at damage control when he realized he actually spoke the truth out loud about his views.
     
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    Exactly right. Same with "It Takes A Village" - conservatives think their children would be just as well off without their extended family, friends, neighbors, minister, youth group leaders, coaches, school teachers, music teachers - all the people who teach children something that makes their lives better and gives them a secure place in society. I do believe they're serious because there are a lot of posters here who have obviously been raised in a vacuum. LOL!
     
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    Every single speaker at the RNC Convention - except Clint Eastwood - used a teleprompter. They were there the whole time and speakers practiced using them beforehand. There was even one video of Romney directing some adjustments to them before his speech.

    If you watched the convention speeches at all, you HAD to know this so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make - that none of the Republican speakers can claim their speeches as their own since the teleprompter was "telling them what to say"? Does that apply to Ryan and Romney, too?

    Eastwood had a script on the teleprompter, too, and didn't use it - just decided to ad-lib instead. IMO, he should have stuck to the script on the teleprompter and saved everybody a lot of embarrassment.
     
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    Eastwood had a teleprompter facing the empty chair.
     
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  14. The Real American Thinker

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    I fail to see how handing Big Pharma and the insurance industry the overhaul they wanted and bailing out troubled businesses so they can continue leeching off your income is "anti-business." Anti-small business, perhaps, but the President has been a wet dream come true for big businesses.
     
    The Real American Thinker, Sep 1, 2012
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    The funny thing about claims like that is that you can't prove them, not even with the slightest bit of reason either. It was fluid, there was no stumble. I think you're letting your bias cloud your judgment.
     
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    Well then, I guess he was so comfortable with what he said that felt that no damage control was necessary.

    But there sure are a lot of other people involved in damage control and rationalization, aren't there. :mrgreen:
     
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    You call it "damage control," I call it explaining to people who are either willfully ignorant or didn't even listen to the whole speech that they are making themselves look like idiots.

    But, when their mission is to slander and demean a person at all costs no matter what, rationality, maturity, intelligence, and reason get thrown out the window.
     
    The Real American Thinker, Sep 1, 2012
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    Call it what you want. His speech sent the wrong message even to those who read the entire thing. And plenty of folks have been trying to undo that for some time no.
     
    DDave, Sep 1, 2012
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    Well, I'm terribly sorry to hear that, but not at all surprised. In today's American politics, idiots spend so much time redefining words that's impossible to say anything without offending someone.
     
    The Real American Thinker, Sep 1, 2012
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    Yes, idiots certainly do.
     
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    Yea well if it was that one speech, yet he has given others an doubling down one might say on what he said. Yet go rationalize all you want, that's all you are doing.
     
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    Omg! That's incredible news! Lol. Didn't Glenn beck have something on Warren a while back? I can't remember what it was...I have to find it. Do you remember something else (other than the Indian thing) about her that was pretty bad?
     
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    Obama demeaned and slandered himself. You can spin it all you want until you virtually screw yourself into the ground.
    Obama's main tag line, "you didn't build that" is going to stand as a monument to political self immolation for a long long time.

    That's what Obama said and rightfully, that's what people will take away from The Lightworker's unfortunate impromptu remarks. Keep swimming against the tide, my man. That the democrats apparently aren't bright enough, or brave enough, to back away from this mistake but insist on cutting themselves over and over until they bleed to death, is all the evidence one needs when obnoxious leftists claim mental superiority.
     
    Yosh Shmenge, Sep 1, 2012
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    kk8, Sep 1, 2012
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    I'm not rationalizing. I don't like him either. I just don't need to distort and lie to dislike him because I have real reasons based on the issues.
     
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