Romney Picks Up Fox’s Dishonest Attacks On Obama’s Small Business Remarks

Yesterday, Fox News played a deceptively-edited clip of President Obama talking about how government has helped small business owners and turned it into a talking point that Obama was dissing entrepreneurs. Now, Mitt Romney has picked up on those attacks and has even made a YouTube video based on them.

As Media Matters noted, Obama’s remarks were part of a speech about the importance of Americans working together:

The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.

…We rise or fall together as one nation and as one people, and that’s the reason I’m running for President—because I still believe in that idea. You’re not on your own, we’re in this together.

But Fox & Friends cherry picked some of Obama’s comments to make it sound as though he were dismissing the achievements of small business owners:

If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that, somebody else made that happen.

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The point is that, when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

The same discussion was repeated on other Fox News shows.

And lo and behold! The attack turned up in a Mitt Romney speech – which was reported on by – who else? Fox News’ Carl Cameron. Romney also has a YouTube video of Obama saying, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.”

How convenient to have an entire news network devoted to spinning on your behalf!

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Joshua Hatheway commented 2012-07-20 08:10:54 -0400 · Flag

Wow, Obama really put his foot in his mouth this time. Even listening to the whole clip it sounds bad. Owners of successful small businesses are very proud, and acknowledge the help they have received along the way, from other “private” entrepreneurs. Including those whose taxes paid for the infrastructure that helps move goods from one place to another, and paid teachers of employees. Yes, we do all work together, and private enterprise makes it all happen. Any good politician would take a statement like this and run with it in his/her campaign. It’s been a mud slinging contest so far, and will only get worse.

Obama would have better served himself if he had accentuated the hard work, risk, and time involved in building a successful business. And then said, they need to thank previous successful businesses for the tax dollars that paid for the planning and building of infrastructure that allows their products and services to be marketed, moved and sold. Pretty big bumble for the pres.

Michael Schmitt commented 2012-07-19 13:20:37 -0400 · Flag

I guess I was wrong about this meme being played out. Romney keeps beating this meat.

Richard Santalone commented 2012-07-18 11:37:58 -0400 · Flag

From Visitor 55’s comment:

“As for john Shamumu, that pile of shit was born in Cuba.”

LMAO! Are you SURE he wasn’t born at Sea World in Orlando, FL? One thing IS certain, however — “Shamumu” probably puts LOTS of “Cuba” sugar in his “Java” daily.

:^)

truman commented 2012-07-18 09:49:51 -0400 · Flag

A Fux Noise report on Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address would have cherry picked the following phrase: … “we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground,” leaving out the next sentence…" The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract." The Fux meme would be “Lincoln disses Gettysburg victory.”

Visitor 55 commented 2012-07-18 08:32:43 -0400 · Flag

This just shows how desperate Etch-a-Sketch Rmoney is. Intelligent people know that FoxGOPTV edited the clip of President Obama. Only stupid people believe the FoxGOPTV lies. That tells me that Etch-a-Sketch Rmoney is stupid because he believes that intelligent people are going to believe that crap.

As for john Shamumu, that pile of shit was born in Cuba. He’s of Palestinian descent. OMG! A Muslim in his closet? And the stupid fuck has the nerve to claim that President Obama, who was born in the U.S.A., isn’t American? Lies and hypocrisy are neocon values.

ez commented 2012-07-18 08:15:55 -0400 · Flag

The trio on F&F are still flogging it, at least two segments. One feactured Dick Morris and the other a clip of Sununu . Giant crock of shit which Fox enjoys serving as a meal.

Michael Schmitt commented 2012-07-18 01:59:24 -0400 · Flag

On Hannity tonight, at the very end of the show, they played the full Obama small business quote, this time Pat âReal Fake Democratâ Caddell of all people, said that what the President said was a gaffe and not a slam on small business. Hannity sat silent. I think this is played out.

Brandt Hardin commented 2012-07-17 18:54:17 -0400 · Flag

Romney is a rich pariah who simply canât identify with ANY average American through his fog of lies and network of havened money. Heâll only continue to get booed out of the room by every group of minority and middle class voters he comes across. His religion and wealth is highly elitist and everyone in this country has had it with his kind. Weâre telling Mitt he canât buy this election! Read about the role of his money and his Magic Mormon Underwear are playing in the polls at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/05/mitt-romneys-magic-mormon-underwear.html