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(22,457 posts) Wed Sep 19, 2012, 07:49 PM Sep 2012

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Holy Crap, Obama tape talking about Redistribution! WTF was he thinking..... [View all]

He said......

"I actually believe in some redistribution, at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody's got a shot."

Well, he was thinking every American citizen in this country deserves a shot. No matter how bad of a situation they are in, or how poor they were raised, or how bad their health is. And the people with a bigger share of LUCK than the people down on their luck, can help them out. Because the LUCKY ones might be there some day also!

The GOP really thinks this tape sounds bad?? Hell, it will get him more voters than it will cost him.

I am proud of Obama making that statement. Any real progressive believes the same damn thing!

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Holy Crap, Obama tape talking about Redistribution! WTF was he thinking..... [View all] Logical Sep 2012 OP

Mitt is for redistribution too---from the poor & middle class to the RICH. Lex Sep 2012 #1

Ding! Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #20

First it was 14 yrs ago. He was right. southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #2

Right then and he's right now... no flipping back and forth NotThisTime Sep 2012 #9

that is right. southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #43

14 years ago ... When Myth was Pro-Choice and supported gay marriage. IggleDoer Sep 2012 #49

your right. southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #68

I agree with you and him. I don't see how this is bad. uppityperson Sep 2012 #3

One RWer on Yahoo Answers said that it's bad because Jamaal510 Sep 2012 #47

and we know that's false, don't we? defacto7 Sep 2012 #53

You mean like Boeing? uppityperson Sep 2012 #54

Brwahahahahaha Cha Sep 2012 #61

Every industrialized nation taxes their wealthy higher than we do. It's all bluster and BS. HughBeaumont Sep 2012 #70

The tape is from 1998 and he was talking about LOCAL and STATE government ... Tx4obama Sep 2012 #4

and about Reform of government institutions to run better. n/t vaberella Sep 2012 #7

Thanks also brush Sep 2012 #57

And now NBC reveals that the Rmoney campaign (or Fox?) selectively edited the tape. drlit Sep 2012 #60

Here's a DU thread link below Tx4obama Sep 2012 #62

Shame on President O skeewee08 Sep 2012 #5

Only in this country Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2012 #11

Mitt Romney redistributes his taxes owed the U.S. to sufrommich Sep 2012 #6

romney plans to help no one. spanone Sep 2012 #8

Redistribution has become one of the dog whistle words.. Permanut Sep 2012 #10

The word "redistribution" is the key. It means, to loonies, socialism. Actually, the Repubs are not Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #12

The very fact that this tape from 14 years ago was just ressurected.... Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #13

So true!! n-t Logical Sep 2012 #17

Yep, I love how they thought releasing THAT tape could counter spin the Romney tape. TrollBuster9090 Sep 2012 #14

They have totally lost their minds to think this is advantageous to them... Spazito Sep 2012 #15

Romney claims it's a foreign concept ecstatic Sep 2012 #16

+1 Logical Sep 2012 #74

He was thinking what I'm thinking mick063 Sep 2012 #18

Did you check to see when he said that? 14 years ago. George II Sep 2012 #19

Medicare, SS, Medicaid, Public Schools--ALL are "redistribution" SunSeeker Sep 2012 #21

Everything the government does is redistribution. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #44

Repug redistribution? brush Sep 2012 #59

You mean like when Mi$$s daddy redistributed his stock to him so he wouldn't have to work? n/t jtuck004 Sep 2012 #22

They've been calling... thc420 Sep 2012 #23

I actually think this may have been the GOP's October surprise Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #24

LOL, good point. They must have been holding it. Epic fail is so true! Logical Sep 2012 #31

Oh yeah, i forgot about that. progressoid Sep 2012 #64

Romney also wants to redistribute the wealth obxhead Sep 2012 #25

I listened to it, it was the closing statement of his speech.. they took it all out of context, he secondwind Sep 2012 #26

It was old news in 2008. Plus, does Mitt REALLY want to talk about people's positions in the 90s? NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #27

Bingo ! nt jaysunb Sep 2012 #33

Chris Matthews played a lot of the tape, including the redistribution part. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #28

Obama basically said that government does have a roll. AlbertCat Sep 2012 #42

Or... tarheelsunc Sep 2012 #52

He was talking about school districts, btw jberryhill Sep 2012 #29

God forbid that Obama should say something obviously true. Vattel Sep 2012 #30

This is for Wolf Blitzer so he can say it's the same. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #32

This Statement Was Made In 1998 DallasNE Sep 2012 #34

I think they wanted to hold on to it till later. But they needed something. n-t Logical Sep 2012 #35

I got your "redistribution" right here! Loge23 Sep 2012 #36

Plus, the GOP had to reach to a 1998 video for this "bombshell" to deflect from rustydog Sep 2012 #37

So, we know what Obama... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #38

FOUNDING FATHERS ON SPREADING THE WEALTH ErikJ Sep 2012 #39

Ever notice how when a Republicans comments are put in context it only gets worse for them leftylauren Sep 2012 #40

The GOP really thinks this tape sounds bad?? AlbertCat Sep 2012 #41

+1 Logical Sep 2012 #67

I agree with his position 100 percent! ibegurpard Sep 2012 #45

make sure that everybody's got a shot Shitty Mitty Sep 2012 #46

First! It's a true sign of desperation... Daayyummmboi Sep 2012 #48

Hey, Freeper fuckwits...come over here. Closer...closer...closer... bullwinkle428 Sep 2012 #50

+1 LOL SunSeeker Sep 2012 #55

Transcript of Quote doccraig67 Sep 2012 #51

"Redistribution" is a bogus goddamn concept. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #56

This is when he was a state senator in Illinois geez, Shiraz Sep 2012 #58

Rec #98 n.t. doublethink Sep 2012 #63

Reagan and Milton Friedman were big champions of the EITC - Earned Income Tax Credit progree Sep 2012 #65

That's the problem tape Bullshit Mountain is talking about?! tavalon Sep 2012 #66

that tape will win more people over than drive them away lunatica Sep 2012 #69

That's the whole idea behind public schools.... (nt) ehrnst Sep 2012 #71

Since Reagan, the government has been redistributing wealth upwards. Coyotl Sep 2012 #72

In a capitalist society it is their only choice - TBF Sep 2012 #73

So Obama's a center left Democrat... War Horse Sep 2012 #75

Back in the sixties when I was in my twenties, I was healthy and didn't need Cleita Sep 2012 #76