Obama supporters (not to mention the president himself) sure are high on job-creating small businesses these last few days. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid were just two who tweeted their support of “You Didn’t Build That Saturday” — sorry, “Small Business Saturday.” President Obama himself made a high-profile trip to a local bookstore.
Comedian Patton Oswalt has found two small businesses in L.A., a paper maker and a print shop, that are too hip to fail. Anthony Cumia of the “Opie and Anthony” radio show, though, has also noticed an uptick in interest in the survival of small businesses.
https://twitter.com/AnthonyCumia/status/273171513144926208
https://twitter.com/FuckClark/status/273172478501736449
No witty rejoinder yet, but we imagine it would go something like this.
https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/273172595015303168
@AnthonyCumia It FELT good to root for Obama, and it FEELS good to root for small businesses. That's liberalism for you! @pattonoswalt
— Kensington (@NYKensington) November 26, 2012
https://twitter.com/kaproteus/status/273175570932695040
Nonsensical? No, this is nonsensical. Out? Blame Bush. In? Blame Walmart. Oswalt responds to the right-wing douchebags cluttering his timeline.
(1 of 3) Hey pitiless, faux-alpha right-wing douchebags — the fact that most small business simply want to make a livable profit…
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 26, 2012
(2 of 3) …and not grow into an engulfing behemoth like WalMart and decimate every competitor in their path…
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 26, 2012
(3 of 3) …DOESN'T make 'em "enemies of capitalism". You can succeed here WITHOUT everyone else failing. It's why America's the best.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 26, 2012
@awkwardpress @pattonoswalt what's anti-american about just being happy making a living? not conquering.
— Ensign Shiro Amada, 8th MS Team E.F.S.F. (@shirorx) November 26, 2012
So, small business owners: is it true that most of you just want to make a livable profit from those businesses you didn’t build? If your ambitions aren’t any higher than that, a second Obama term might be the right business climate for you. Be sure to close up before you get too successful, though, and start hurting your competitors. Cool?
Hey, @AnthonyCumia? Can we put a pin in this? I have no problem or animosity about arguing with you. But I have to go run errands. Cool?
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 26, 2012
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