Another "Joe the Plumber" moment
Before Barack Obama was elected president, a concerned citizen (deemed "Joe the Plumber") asked him a question:
Obama's "spread the wealth" explanation - which elicited scared and angry responses from many Americans who heard it - was probably one of the few honest moments in this president's sordid career. The true socialist ideology of Obama was on display for all to witness - and many people couldn't believe it. They chose to ignore it - convinced Obama didn't really mean what he said - and elected Obama president anyhow. They didn't really think he could be a socialist, since all during the campaign he kept his socialist ideology pretty well under wraps. Except for the "Joe the Plumber" moment.
Fast forward almost four years. The original "Joe the Plumber" confrontation was right on - and then some. All Americans have had three plus years of seeing what Obama is doing to this great nation of ours. Obama and his policies are ruining the United States. The 3-plus years of the Obama presidency have done NOTHING to improve the country. In fact, America and Americans are far worse off than before Obama took office. This is due to Obama's ideology.
Now comes the second "Joe the Plumber" moment. Another blip of honesty in a presidency ripe with deceit. Most of us realize that Obama wants everyone (except him and other elite cronies) beholden to the government. The government should grow - bigger and bigger - and be the end-all for everyone from cradle to grave. The philosophy of Obama and the socialists/communists who agree with him disdain the individual. Individual success. Individual ingenuity. Individual thought. Individual prosperity. Hard work. Personal responsibility. Drive. Achievement. Under Obama - people MUST become dependent upon the government. That is what Obama is aspiring to do.
Over the past weekend, Obama had a second "Joe the Plumber" moment in which his true motives were yet again on display.
After Obama's socialist diss of private business and personal success, the White House went into spin mode, stating that Obama's anti-business, pro-government remarks were taken "out of context."
No they weren't. If anyone listens or reads Obama's words in their entirety, they demean those who work hard and achieve great successes ON THEIR OWN. Obama's very specific words and examples of "hard work" and "success" all point TO THE GOVERNMENT.
A snippet of Obama's most revealing speech:
"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."
People are yet again justifiably outraged about Obama's second "Joe the Plumber" moment. Perhaps this will be enough to finally convince those who are on the fence about Obama's true intentions.
As the old saying goes:
FOOL ME ONCE - SHAME ON YOU. FOOL ME TWICE - SHAME ON ME.
The country has a great opportunity in November to right a horrible wrong. Elect Mitt Romney and save America. How much more proof does anyone need? Obama should never have been elected president in the first place.
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114 Comments
yert49 - Jul 19, 2012 7:28 PM
the Fall of 08.
1). That Obomba had no executive experience.
2). That the media has given him and pass and no one is holding him accountable.
3). That he is thinned skinned and can' t take critizisim.
4). Other then platitudes, there is no vision.
What is even more amazing is that a shrinking amount of Americans think that it
would get better if we only elected him for four more years.
I think he's toast! I' m going to go out on a limb and say once he goes down, the
city of Chicago is going to go thru a catharsis. They may finally realize that what
worked for them in the 20th century is not going to fly in he 21st.
jman99 - Jul 19, 2012 8:40 PM
jman99 - Jul 19, 2012 8:46 PM
Please explain in detail.
BruceSpringsteen - Jul 19, 2012 9:52 PM
http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/state-loses-private-sector-jobs-in-june-
unemployment-up-to/article_48c198d2-d1cb-11e1-a50b-0019bb2963f4.html
BruceSpringsteen - Jul 19, 2012 9:55 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/19/mitt-romney-stocks-
sensata_n_1687777.html
BruceSpringsteen - Jul 19, 2012 9:58 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/19/huma-abedin-michele-
bachmann_n_1686557.html
BruceSpringsteen - Jul 19, 2012 9:58 PM
WFB resident - Jul 19, 2012 10:39 PM
president and forcing all those loses ? Yep the o . If you look closer you will see that
it is not only Wisconsin losing .. But PDLS's will blame that on Walker also ......lol...
Carl Hicks - Jul 20, 2012 12:36 AM
Apple would still exist if not for the research from NASA or the defense
depsrtmemt. Trucking companies would be just as successful without the
imterstate system.
ExToDResident - Jul 20, 2012 1:08 AM
to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to
thrive."
Carl Hicks - Jul 20, 2012 1:54 AM
Americans.
jhayett - Jul 20, 2012 7:44 AM
Conservatives pay nearly all the taxes. In fact, a very large % of Conservatives would go along with certain tax increase, plus reforming the tax code, ONLY if the idiots you put in the White House and Washington start to stop their spending. All Americans want a better tax code where EVERYONE pays their fair share. Not Obama's definition of his "fair share."
If we don’t address the spending, the tax hike that Obama wants will only help him. Not you or me. And the middle-class will take it on the chin more than any group in the USA. But Obama and the MSM want to make sure you don't know any of this. And I see judging by yours and a few others who post here, they are succeeding.
jhayett - Jul 20, 2012 7:47 AM
jhayett - Jul 20, 2012 8:38 AM
"The statistical reliability and validity of monthly state-level jobs data is not a new issue in Wisconsin.
Inaccuracies in the monthly state data was a crucial issue in June's gubernatorial recall election. In that race, Walker was under attack for monthly job reports that showed the state lost jobs in 2011 - his first year in office. But a few weeks ahead of the election, Walker released a different set of data - from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, which economists regard as the most reliable that exists at the state level - which showed modest job gains last year.
The quarterly census is seldom discussed because it is released with a time lag of as much as 12 months. It's based on a census of 95% of the state's public and private employers. The monthly payroll figures, by contrast, are based on a survey of about 3.5% of Wisconsin businesses and prone to significant after-the-fact revisions.
In June, however, the losses in the overall payroll count are greater than the margin of error for monthly state jobs data. According to the BLS, Wisconsin's monthly employment survey can be off by as many as 9,340 jobs in either direction in any given month.
"While these are preliminary and subject to revision," said Heywood at UWM, "the latest estimates are obviously not in the direction one would hope."
Anyway, according to liberal logic it's all Obama's fault.
geno53151 - Jul 20, 2012 10:03 AM
Changing his words, If you’ve not been successful, 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 stupid. There are a lot of stupid people out there.
At least, thanks to Walker, school boards now have the power to get rid of lousy teachers.
Had it not been for roads and bridges, no one would die or be injured in a car accident. "Somebody else made that happen" by creating the infrastructure that caused that to occur. It is their fault.
jhayett - Jul 20, 2012 11:00 AM
Carl Hicks - Jul 20, 2012 11:31 AM
meanings into it.
Here is what I hear from conservative responses to Obamas statement.
Being in America was not a factor in their success.
No one had any influence on those who are successful.
I mean really now are you folks that self centered that you can't give credit where
it is due?
Mucho - Jul 20, 2012 11:49 AM
Well said. That completely validates Hemmer's and Mitt's point. The little people are so fortunate to have such a benevolant government to "allow" some of the lucky ones (because Obama says they are no smarter or harder working) to succeed. Obama tried to prove this theory with stimuls bribes to Solyndra and others and it proved him wrong. Yet he still believes government decides winners and can generate success in the private sector.
America needs someone experienced in the business arean like Mitt Romney that has built a fortune picking real potential and growing winners.
Carl Hicks - Jul 20, 2012 11:50 AM
stop to think before you posted ?
Rethink these statements..
No teacher influenced me,my father was my mentor...
I did it without any help,I took out a loan to buy my first truck....
So hey tell me which road you paid for and want me to pay a toll on,I'm sure I
can find and alternate route.