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Evil Right-Wingers Turn to Family, Not Government
Campaigning at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio last week, President Obama raised quite eloquently — okay, succinctly — the question of where one should turn for help in pursuing one’s happiness. The answer: government, “applause”; family, “booo.”
Making a pitch for greater government control of student loans, Obama cited himself as an example of the value of education, saying, “I got an education and it worked out pretty good. (Laughter and applause.)”
The White House website, which dutifully records alleged audience reaction in its transcripts, does not specify whether the “laughter” here was at the expense of the Harvard lawyer’s primary school drop-out grammar, so we must assume it was not.
At any rate, Obama then went on to contrast his approach to funding post-secondary education with his opponent’s.
I’m only standing before you because of the chance that my education gave me. So I can tell you, with some experience, that making higher education more affordable for our young people — it’s something I’ve got a personal stake in…. That’s part of the reason why November is so important. (Applause.)
And I say this because putting a college education within reach for working families just doesn’t seem to be a big priority for my opponent. A few months ago, just up the road, in Westerville, Governor Romney said, if you want to be successful, if you want to go to college or start a business, you can just — and I’m quoting here — “borrow money if you have to from your parents.”
AUDIENCE: Booo –
Let’s interrupt here for a moment to take stock of Obama’s rhetorical bait, and the audience’s (intended) response. The choice Obama is setting up is clear: more government entitlements, requiring more taxation and more federal regulation of outcomes, versus private citizens relying on their own available means, and parents who see their children’s future as their own responsibility, rather than yet another moral obligation they can pass off to “society.”
Obama’s audience greeted the latter option — people taking responsibility for their own lives, and parents taking care of their own children — with boos.
Sensing he was on a roll, Obama continued his inspiring plea for making every young person a ward of the state.
historicus
September 1st, 2012
“I got an education and it worked out pretty good”
That statement alone should serve as a self-disqualifier.
You can’t prove it, champ. Which is why you never will do so.
bitterclinger
September 1st, 2012
Blech.
Wonder why Mr. Edjamakashin’s buddies at the DNC removed the Jumah festivities from their website?
http://www.libertarianrepublican.net/2012/09/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-jumpin.html
(Psssst, hey, Muzzies, could it be they’re ashamed of being associated with you?)
Nutjob
September 1st, 2012
Obama cited himself as an example of the value of education, saying, “I got an education and it worked out pretty good.
So I can tell you, with some experience, that making higher education more affordable for our young people — it’s something I’ve got a personal stake in….
So is he telling people to steal other peoples social security number, get student aid under the foreign student scholship funds, or sue the university to get your position or grade instead of earning it?….I’m confused.
Nutjob
September 1st, 2012
on 2nd note, is it me or does it look like mooch is struggling to keep her mouth closed to hide all the food she packed in there for later.
Bob M.
September 1st, 2012
“Obama cited himself as an example of the value of education, saying, “I got an education and it worked out pretty good. (Laughter and applause.)”
DID he now? We have NO IDEA whether he got an education or not – his transcripts are sealed!
Tracy
September 1st, 2012
HE DID IT HIS WAY!
And how did he (allegedly) pay for the (alleged) college(s) he attended. One thing for sure is that he was a community organizer well steeped in the philosophies of Saul Alinsky.
Inspired by the American Commie Frank Marshall Davis, domestic terrorist William Ayers, racist black theologian Rev. Jeremiah Wright endorsed by American haters everywhere.
ROMNEY / RYAN 2012!
Tim
September 1st, 2012
It isn’t really a surprise that BO’s followers would turn to gov’t as opposed to family, by the mere fact that they have no families. The Demonrat barking and clapping seals are the product of drunken and drug addled three-minute trysts in the gutter or behind parked cars. Their mothers were given the dregs of a bottle of MD 20/20 and what was left of the roach while their “fathers” stumbled on down the alley, looking for someone to mug or a penny crap game.
sorry..
September 1st, 2012
still stuck on the arm thing – IF it adds another 5 lbs to its curl, it could kick ass in MMA
RosalindJ
September 1st, 2012
““I got an education and it worked out pretty good”
That statement alone should serve as a self-disqualifier.”
The thing is, the intended recipients of his remark likely don’t even know why it’s grammatically incorrect. What are the odds?
moarkdave
September 1st, 2012
No offense to Capital University or any other smaller schools.
But (according to Wikipedia) Capital University has 3,550 students and about 400 full time and part time academic staff. Do you ever remember a sitting President running for reelection having to go to these small schools and colleges? These are the only places that he can go to, that should be an embarrassment to all of those associated with him.
serfer62
September 1st, 2012
Hey! Who’s the guy wearing a dress?
Mathew Solocam
September 1st, 2012
What’s up with that picture? I’ve never seen two such un-presidential looking criminals. They look like they didn’t get their way about something and they are bent on revenge.
historicus
September 1st, 2012
@RosalindJ – I agree. But I have a HS diploma and an Associates Degree in Public Safety (not exactly a degree requiring great language skills), and I can speak and write more clearly and precisely than President “EmptyChair”. (Racist dog whistle alert).
Seven years of college down the drain…