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Obama: ‘I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth’
Yahoo! News ^ | April 18, 2012 | Olivier Knox

Posted on 04/18/2012 12:49:34 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

President Barack Obama took a hard-to-miss shot at presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday, declaring "I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth" as he defended his economic policies in Ohio.

Obama didn't name Romney. He didn't need to. The president and his campaign have worked to make the former Massachusetts governor and millionaire investor's personal finances an issue in the election even as they hammer his economic proposals as giveaways to the rich financed by cutting services to everyone else—like financial aid for college students.

"Somebody gave me an education. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn't. But somebody gave us a chance," Obama said in a speech at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio. "Right now we have two competing visions of our future, and the choice could not be clearer," said the president. "Should we settle for an economy where a few people do really well and then a growing number are struggling to get by?"

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To: Free ThinkerNY
Barack Obama Pictures, Images and Photos

Except for that going to Punahou, one of the most exclusive and expensive schools in Hawaii...

41 posted on 04/18/2012 1:10:15 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth”

No, he was born with a red diaper on his azz.


42 posted on 04/18/2012 1:10:55 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He’s got us there. He was probably born in Kenya and was fed off of leaves.


43 posted on 04/18/2012 1:12:02 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Maybe not, but from your memories, it didn’t take long to begin stickin’ jit up your ass and others.


44 posted on 04/18/2012 1:12:54 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: Snickering Hound

It’s really strange how all the photos of his past look like he was pasted in somehow.

He just looks out of place among other humans.


45 posted on 04/18/2012 1:13:26 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

No silver spoon, but he did have a red diaper!


46 posted on 04/18/2012 1:13:26 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: ilgipper
Romney is self-made

Romney was born into Mormon Royalty, a 170 year family of being part of the Mormon secretive and secret, ruling class, and of the original 12 disciples of Joseph Smith, a family of wealth and prestige, and power,k s true silver spoon guy, who's sole path to becoming head of the Republican party was to purchase it, which succeeded.

47 posted on 04/18/2012 1:13:26 PM PDT by ansel12 ( Romney is a Mormon Bishop, as was his father, his uncle was in line to be the Mormon Prophet/Pope)
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To: Snickering Hound

Currently, tuition at the Punahou school is $18,450/year for all grade levels K-12.


48 posted on 04/18/2012 1:14:07 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Snickering Hound

He looks like Trayvon


49 posted on 04/18/2012 1:14:30 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: who knows what evil?

Shame on you! Coffee all over the screen. I hope you are happy now!


50 posted on 04/18/2012 1:14:30 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: Free ThinkerNY

President Obama, please explain more about the $300k plus/year job that was given to your wife after you were elected to the US Senate. My understanding is that this job didn’t exist until it was given to her and ceased exist after she left. If I am right about this, please explain to those of us who have to go to extrordinary lengths just to hold on to much lesser paying jobs why we should sympathise with your perceived economic plight.


51 posted on 04/18/2012 1:18:03 PM PDT by Infralutheran
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To: Free ThinkerNY

No, he had affirmative action which obviously counts for more than a silver spoon. With a silver spoon someone had to work for it even if it was generations ago, affirmative action is a freebie and all you have to know how to do is ‘march’.


52 posted on 04/18/2012 1:18:10 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Free ThinkerNY

‘I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth’

Perhaps not but you sure ride high off of the back’s of the rest of America you self loathing muslim marxist America hating gutless hypocrite .


53 posted on 04/18/2012 1:19:06 PM PDT by Ben Bolt
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama continued, “I wasn’t wanted from conception on. Sadly, my mom had no access to an abortion. She was going to give me up for adoption in canada but st the last minute she kept me. Yes, I was a punishment to her. My dad just wanted a little sex from an underage white American. And look what has happened.”


54 posted on 04/18/2012 1:19:39 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Georgia Girl 2

LOL!


55 posted on 04/18/2012 1:20:43 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: kcvl

A silver spoon is inferior to affirmative action,
because a silver spoon doesn’t render you immune from criticism.


56 posted on 04/18/2012 1:21:49 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: dorben

Really early for Bam-Bam to play the silver spoon card — their internals must be tanking.


57 posted on 04/18/2012 1:22:10 PM PDT by mwl8787
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

That’s a lot of penut brittle


58 posted on 04/18/2012 1:22:32 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: gaijin

“4. WHO paid for Obama’s education?


Me.

You.

My family.

Your family.


59 posted on 04/18/2012 1:22:50 PM PDT by Mears (Alcohol. Tobacco. Firearms. What's not to like?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
“I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth”

No, but you were born with a hammer and sickle up your ass, which effectively foretold your future.

(of course Larry Sinclair claims you had his d**k in your mouth, but that's another story)
60 posted on 04/18/2012 1:24:15 PM PDT by mkjessup (Finley Peter Dunne- "Politics ain't beanbag")
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