Posted on 10/23/2010 12:13:45 AM PDT by John Semmens
In response to questions regarding President Obama’s omission of the phrase “endowed by their Creator” in his recent speeches that have included the listing of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as rights possessed by Americans, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted it was not an error, but a correction.
“Clearing up misconceptions and logical fallacies is a passion of the President,” Gibbs said. “In the 200+ years since the Declaration of Independence was written scholars have demonstrated quite convincingly that people are endowed with these rights by the government. It is government programs like aid to families and food stamps that support life. It is the government that permits people to enjoy liberty when it could just as easily oppress them. And it’s the public schools that help build our children’s self-esteem—a key component of the pursuit of happiness. The President is merely trying to refocus people’s attention toward their real benefactor.”
“The danger is that if people forget where their rights come from they will make mistakes that could cost them dearly,” Gibbs added. “For example, they could misconstrue the importance of paying the taxes needed to fund the government that is granting them their rights. Maintaining tax revenue is crucial if we want the government to be able to continue taking care of its citizens. That’s why these Tea Party protests are so antithetical to what America truly stands for and a threat to the transformation the President is trying to accomplish.”
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ping
I almost fell for this.
Wake up America, we’re in the middle of a nightmare.
If I become a plagiarist you have only yourself to blame.
The Founding Fathers, infinitely more intelligent, wise and informed than this sub-moron knew exactly what they meant. The rights ARE endowed by the Creator. They flow from something much higher than any government. What a government grants a government can and will take away and the Founders knew that. The government’s only role is to defend these rights.
Gibbs and the ignorant affirmative-action buffoon doing a poor imitation of a President are truly repugnant.
John Semmens dupes me again. You had me going.
This one is explosive.
That’s great John. The government gives us rights. LOL
Love the way you implied that.
Post on.
And you KNOW this is what Obama was actually thinking both times.
Good job John!!
(8^D)
satire???
The article is satire. And like usual of late, hard to tell that it is not what was really said.
HOWEVER. All of these points ARE PROBABLY TRUE, and is what Obama is thinking in his head and his (dark) heart. Why else omit our Creator? I don’t even think it is a religous thing for him. The muzzies believe in a creator as well.
It just might be. LOL
Ya almost got me again. Made my blood boil for a second.
It got me too at first.
What with Obama giving the Queen of England an I-pod, bowing down to Saudi’s, it really IS hard to tell what is satire and what is not.
But like I said, I think Obama DOES think this way. (Rights are granted by the government, etc.)
Jeez John, don’t scare me like that.
Fake but accurate!
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