Posted on 07/27/2012 9:41:25 PM PDT by John Semmens
Senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod accused the GOP of running ads that “cast a negative pall over the campaign.” Axelrod said he had a particular beef over the use of the “you didn’t build that” quote.
“The GOP is playing on the egotism and greed of every small businessman in America,” Axelrod complained. “These self-centered twits congratulate themselves on their brilliance and hard work, but the fact of the matter is that the President is right on this issue.”
“The business owner may think ‘I took the risk,’ or ‘I put in the 14-hour days’ and conclude that he deserves the profit,” Axelrod elaborated. “What he overlooks is that the government allows him the freedom to take risk and to work hard when it could just as easily take everything he has, as many governments throughout history have done. Every atom used by every business was in existence long before it opened its doors. Therefore, everything a business makes is built from the common inheritance of humankind. All the President is trying to do is ensure that the benefits of this common inheritance are fairly distributed.”
Axelrod dismissed recent polls showing that business owners prefer Romney to Obama by a two-to-one margin. “Romney may capture the constituency of the greedy, but we’re far ahead with the constituency of the needy,” he boasted. “Our figures show that among the far larger cohort of those on food stamps the President enjoys a ten-to-one margin of support.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news posts you can find them at...
http://constitutionclub.org/2012/07/27/semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-28/
LOL! Terrific!
I’m eating popcorn for Chris Sake! Butt....Wait...Can you make that white cheddar...melted?
Axelrod said he had a particular beef over the use of the “you didn’t build that” quote
Obama was stupid enough to say it and he can whine about context all he wants and whine about the campaign. I have not seen a single Romney ad but I can assure Axelrod that I understand exactly what Obama was saying and he meant every bit of “you didn’t build that”!
GOP negative campaign? Who is he trying to sell this to? The democrats are more negative by far.
Inmate #.........please stand remove your pants and bend over
Failed policies of the past.
Jug Ears campaigned on that last time, and promptly went full tilt into failed fascism mode.
And you unfairly distributed the bait with this satire...
Unfortunately for the country, this is the absolute truth. Another good one, John.
I just found out that it was you that penned the classic piece about Obama, our flag and the song "I'd like to teach the world to sing".
That has to be the best satire ever. And as Rush notes, "Humor has to contain some truth to be funny".
You know what they say about good humor!
Thanks again, John, for the ping.
“What he overlooks is that the government allows him the freedom to take risk and to work hard when it could just as easily take everything he has, as many governments throughout history have done.”
To me, that sounds like a threat.
Anyone else think Axelrod looks like Henry Nostrilitis Waxman?
Nice one, John.
I decry the meanness of the libs.
Yes, and with Axelrod, the vacuum nose sucks but Waxman full-on blows!
But I'm still amazed by all the folks that get upset because they don't bother to notice that the article is clearly labeled "Satire". Sigh, so it goes.
Thanks for the ping John. Great job as usual.
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