Sick of the distortions and pants on fire half truths ? Obama just did NOT say what the republicans in Tampa are saying he said.
Here is the full context, from Obama's speech in Roanoke, Va.:
"There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me --
because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -- look,
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.
"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 that happen. The
Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the
Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
"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.
"So we say to ourselves, ever since the founding of this country, you
know what, there are some things we do better together. That’s how we
funded the G.I. Bill. That’s how we created the middle class. That’s how
we built the Golden Gate Bridge or the Hoover Dam. That’s how we
invented the Internet. That’s how we sent a man to the moon. 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.
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