Now take a look at this Obama ad in which he says "of course Americans build their own businesses". Alana Goodman at Commentary thinks this is his "I am not a witch" moment. Personally, I think it's more of a "I love Jews, some of my best friends are Jews" kind of moments.
He and his minions on the left continue to claim that his quote "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that" was taken out of context, even going so far as to debate the meaning of the word "that" (like Clinton debated the meaning of "is"). But the context really doesn't help him. Take a look at the passage right before the one with the soundbyte:
If you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.
He seems to be implying that the big difference between the successful and everybody else is not intelligence or hardwork but luck, and if it's luck, they don't quite deserve the money they have (hence his incessant harping on the top 1% paying their fair share despite their current share of taxes being 40%!). The context really doesn't help now does it. The Romney camp should just keep playing that entire segment of the speech over and over again and see how Obama gets away from that one given that the full context will be in full view.
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