Obama's
America -- and Ours
Jul
24, 2012
"If
you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that
happen." Mitt Romney fell on this Obama quote like an NFL lineman on an
end zone fumble during the Super Bowl. And understandably so.
For this was no gaffe, said Romney, this is what Obama
believes. This is straight out of the catechism. Obama thinks that had not the
government created the preconditions, none of us could succeed. We all depend
on government. None of us can make it on our own.
Had Obama been channeling Isaac Newton -- "If I have
seen further than others it is because I am standing on the shoulders of
giants" -- or John Donne -- "No man is an island, entire of
itself" -- many would have nodded in agreement.
But what Obama seemed to be saying -- indeed, was saying --
was that, without government, no business can succeed.
Realizing that statement rubs against a deeply ingrained
American belief -- that the people built the nation -- Obama and his acolytes
are charging that Romney ripped his words out of context.
Here is Obama's full quote:
"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave
you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody
helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed
you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business,
you didn't build that. Somebody else made it happen."
Even with this preamble, Romney seems to have it right.
Obama sees government as indispensable. Without the roads and bridges that
government builds, without the teachers government provides, no one succeeds.
It takes a village.
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http://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2012/07/24/obamas_america__and_ours
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