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Atman

(31,464 posts)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 09:56 AM Jul 2012

Excellent response to a Tea Bagger re: the "You didn't create that job" comment [View all]

A friend of a FB friend posted the poster below, and I was unfortunate enough to see it. Please note the Photoshopping of Obama's head on a poor black person's body, eating watermelon. But I know they're not racist...



Anyway, posted this very good reply;

Yep, the Colonel cooked every piece of greasy chicken, drove all the trucks, waited on every customer, cleaned every toilet, in every Kentucky Fried Chicken... ever.. Only in a Tea bagger world. It was a pretty good speech our president made.

But Lord.. have the president give the go ahead as commander and chief to take out Osama Bin Laden..... and Tea Baggers squeel... "somebody else made that happen!" Tea Baggers, having it both ways and crying about it... Ha haaaaaaaaa!

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Obama's point was that Colonel Sanders (for example) CJCRANE Jul 2012 #1
The problem is, he put together two consecutive sentences that gave a whole different mini-context. WillowTree Jul 2012 #7
"That" refers to the infrastructure he mentioned in the previous sentence. CJCRANE Jul 2012 #11
But it's not what he said. What part of that don't you get? WillowTree Jul 2012 #12
Here's the full quote (two paragraphs): CJCRANE Jul 2012 #13
If you don't see the difference... WillowTree Jul 2012 #14
No one said there isn't "a difference!" Therein lies the problem. Atman Jul 2012 #16
I agree with you to a point... CJCRANE Jul 2012 #17
I should note, btw, that was my friend's reply, not mine. Atman Jul 2012 #2
Where would KFC be if the Colonel did not have customers to buy his greasy chicken? liberal N proud Jul 2012 #3
I guess he also SoutherDem Jul 2012 #4
You should point out that the quote is out of context drm604 Jul 2012 #5
I don't think they know what the word "context" means. Atman Jul 2012 #6
Rugged Individualism!!!! AlbertCat Jul 2012 #8
If you make that argument you have already allowed our opponent to frame the debate. DefenseLawyer Jul 2012 #9
Excellent point about bin laden! proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #10
It's true - he actually did all those things himself... lame54 Jul 2012 #15
I just want to point out Saokymo Jul 2012 #18
I pointed this out above...and they turned the bird into watermelon. Atman Jul 2012 #19
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