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W.H.: Obama is 'president of all the people,' not the 47 percent
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Posted on 09/18/2012 9:16:16 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

W.H.: Obama is 'president of all the people,' not the 47 percent

By BYRON TAU | 9/18/12 11:45 AM EDT

Reacting to a video of Mitt Romney calling 47 percent of Americans dependent on the government, White House press secretary Jay Carney said that the presidency is about representing everyone in the country.

"When you're president of the United States, you're president of all the people," Carney said. "What unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us."

Carney would not see whether President Obama had seen the video — which has dominated the news cycle of the last day, but did say that Obama disagrees with the fundamental premise of Romney's statement.

"Setting aside what Gov. Romney thinks, I can tell you that the president certainly doesn't think that men and women on social security are irresponsible or victims. That students are responsible are victims. He certainly doesn't think that middle class families are paying too little in taxes," Carney said.

Carney said that Obama's policies and many of the decisions he has made as president were made without consideration for rewarding political constituencies.

"He didn't ask whether auto workers were supporters. He didn't ask whether auto executives were supporters. He did what was right," Carney said.

Carney also brushed aside comparisons to a similar incident where Obama said that rural voters get "bitter" and "cling" to guns and religion.

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To: Sub-Driver

41 posted on 09/18/2012 9:40:06 AM PDT by timestax (Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
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To: Sub-Driver

“When you’re president of the United States, you’re president of all the people,” Carney said. “What unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us.”


Uh huh... that’s why Obama supported OWS, referred to “the (GOP) enemy” when addressing hispanics, supports islam over all others, and continually ranted about those “millionaires and billionaires.” Got it.


42 posted on 09/18/2012 9:40:14 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If Obama is reelected, America will deserve every mockery that follows.)
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To: Sub-Driver

White House is full of shit if you simply go by the divide and conquer campaign the AnnointedIdiot has been running with/on. =.=


43 posted on 09/18/2012 9:41:08 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Sub-Driver

He is not my President.


44 posted on 09/18/2012 9:41:18 AM PDT by sport
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To: dragonblustar

W.H.: Obama is ‘president of all the people,’ not the 47 percent,

Even us bitter clingers in all 57 states?

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Perfect!


45 posted on 09/18/2012 9:41:59 AM PDT by Elendur (It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Sub-Driver

Not Mine.
Not Now.
Not Ever........................


46 posted on 09/18/2012 9:42:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Anyone who thinks wisdom comes with age is either too young or too stupid to know the difference....)
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To: sten
he’s the sugah-daddy for 47% of the country... and the mugger of the 53%

Give him another 4 years, and those numbers will be reversed. A guy on Fox just said the Latino vote is about 70/30 for Obama. He Didn't mention the following:100% black vote. 100%LBGT 100%Free Condom Coalition, 100%Free Healthcare etc., etc. The Democrats might get the Majority pieced together Finally!!

47 posted on 09/18/2012 9:43:18 AM PDT by radioone ( Main Stream Media. The Government built that.)
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To: clamper1797

Baghdad Bob has more credibility.....................


48 posted on 09/18/2012 9:44:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Anyone who thinks wisdom comes with age is either too young or too stupid to know the difference....)
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To: Sub-Driver

“Carney said that Obama’s policies and many of the decisions he has made as president were made without consideration for rewarding political constituencies.”

I literally laughed out loud at that one, except I am not at all amused by that Hitler Youth wanna-be. IMO, not enough bad things can happen to that little, lying twerp!


49 posted on 09/18/2012 9:45:41 AM PDT by Batman11 (We came for the chicken sandwiches and a Sweet Tea Party broke out!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Yeah he just wants to spread the wealth around by having the 1% pay their “fair share.”


50 posted on 09/18/2012 9:46:30 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Sub-Driver

No no, its true...he wants to steal from the 53%’s wallet and give to the 47%.

Den we’ll all be EQUALLY po’ and isn’t that what makes this country great?

[spit]
FUBO and yer little dog Carney too.


51 posted on 09/18/2012 9:46:51 AM PDT by Adder (No Mo BO)
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To: Sub-Driver
At best only accidentally even an American, this Leftist ideologue's efforts to perform sociological experiments upon the rooted citizenry, is hardly evidence that he recognizes some form of duty to the whole population. Nor are his efforts to fan the flames of envy & resentment, by blaming those who succeed for the failures of those who do not.

If the man is not delusional, he represents the worst elements of human society. In any event, he should never have been put in a position to compromise our future while bankrupting our present.

William Flax

52 posted on 09/18/2012 9:47:15 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Sub-Driver

He is not my President.

My President would not steal from me to give to the useless,pay for abortions,buy whores their rubbers,screw over my Doctors,make me use ethanol in my gas and shut my coal powered electric plants down.

The list is much longer, but you get the message.


53 posted on 09/18/2012 9:47:51 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Sub-Driver

He’s everybody’s president...except for America.


54 posted on 09/18/2012 9:48:49 AM PDT by lgjhn23
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To: EQAndyBuzz; All
"Where is that quote from Obama about
white people not voting for him anyway."


55 posted on 09/18/2012 9:51:54 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: WhirlwindAttack; RushIsMyTeddyBear; astounded
Well, he’s most certainly NOT my president. Never has been....never will be.

I agree 100%

56 posted on 09/18/2012 9:52:07 AM PDT by KittenClaws (You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Sub-Driver

nobama is no one’s President. Long after my death it will come out that he was a plant...a usurper. Whoever nobama is is unknown. All I know is that he is a pathetic subhuman who should be tried for treason.


57 posted on 09/18/2012 9:52:13 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Sub-Driver
W.H.: Obama is 'president of all the people,' not the 47 percent

Can anyone say . . . Obamacare? I posted days ago, I/some of us live in a different universe and we have witness the fall of America in its glory as we knew it of years past.

58 posted on 09/18/2012 9:53:54 AM PDT by saywhatagain
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To: Sub-Driver
Obummer is president of all the people???

In a Pigs eye he is.

Show me where he gives a tinkers damn about white males )maybe union white males)???

And if you are a white male over 50 years old you can really hang it up.

I wish this snake along with his comptemptable party would slither back under the rocks from whence they came.

59 posted on 09/18/2012 9:55:52 AM PDT by I miss American Motors
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To: lacrew
“Carney said that Obama’s policies and many of the decisions he has made as president were made without consideration for rewarding political constituencies.”

Yeah Right, can you say the word Solyndra, not to mention bowing to gays Ala marriage or also sucking up for the Hispanic by picking and choosing which laws he will let Holder enforce.

The list goes on but you get the idea.

LMAO!!

60 posted on 09/18/2012 9:55:59 AM PDT by I miss American Motors
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