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WillowTree

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7. The problem is, he put together two consecutive sentences that gave a whole different mini-context.

Reply to CJCRANE (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:36 PM

Jul 2012

He could have said "If you have a business, you didn't build that by yourself" or ".......you didn't build that alone". He could have said "Other people helped you along the way". But he said "If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen". There are literally dozens of other ways he could have put it and the missing context doesn't matter a whit because the cold hard fact is he said it and they're going to use it, just like the President's campaign would use it if Mitt had said something that clumsy. It's just the way it is.

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Excellent response to a Tea Bagger re: the "You didn't create that job" comment [View all] Atman Jul 2012 OP

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