Obama’s ‘you didn’t build that’ remark leads to yet another lie by Romney and conservatives
July 19, 2012
by David K. Sutton
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
The president was clearly talking about the “roads and bridges” when he said “you didn’t build that.” Everything he talked about leading up to that point and after that point relates to how government infrastructure in America has made it possible for businesses to succeed. This is where nuance comes into play, and well, conservatives aren’t good with nuance. It’s entirely possible for a business owner to have a good idea, start a business and succeed and for government infrastructure to play a role in the success of that business. The two are not mutually exclusive.
But even with the full context of Obama’s speech on display I’m sure plenty of people on the right will continue to believe what they want to believe. They already have a pre-existing narrative supplied to them by a steady stream of Fox News pundits and conservative radio hosts. This narrative posits that Barack Obama is a socialist who doesn’t believe in capitalism or America. This is the exact message Mitt Romney has pivoted to this week in calling Obama and his policies “foreign” in an attempt to change the subject off of tax returns.
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