Nearly a full week after telling supporters at a campaign rally, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t built that,” President Obama is claiming in ads that the line was taken out of context. The backlash continues, and now unrelenting conservatives on Twitter are descending on the president’s words in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan. Yes, #ObamaHasBeenSwiftquoted.
#ObamaHasBeenSwiftQuoted "…I'm pledging to cut the deficit…by half by the end of my first term in office." http://t.co/21pDw0LK
— SharpestJim tha God™ (@SharpestJim) July 26, 2012
"I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts but the Cambridge police acted stupidly." #ObamaHasBeenSwiftQuoted
— RufusKings1776 (@RufusKings1776) July 26, 2012
https://twitter.com/michaelrjoyce/status/228314553048514560
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/228312131458715648
"I will go line by line to make sure we're not spending money unwisely." #ObamaHasBeenSwiftQuoted
— RufusKings1776 (@RufusKings1776) July 26, 2012
"At some point you've made enough money." #ObamaHasBeenSwiftQuoted
— (((WENDY))) (@TXCupCake) July 26, 2012
#ObamaHasBeenSwiftQuoted "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."
— The Holy Goat (@trueholygoat) July 26, 2012
"It isn't a tax, George." #ObamaHasBeenSwiftQuoted
— Stuart (@Ringo6) July 26, 2012
https://twitter.com/akonsen/status/228328287909343232
https://twitter.com/michaelrjoyce/status/228323362760425472
#ObamaHasBeenSwiftQuoted The doctor may say to himself, 'You know what? I make a lot more money if I take this kid's tonsils out.'"
— The Holy Goat (@trueholygoat) July 26, 2012
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https://twitter.com/lee_ritz/status/228339025684094977
“Shovel ready was not as shovel ready as we expected.” http://t.co/kigJyu3K #ObamaHasBeenSwiftQuoted #tcot
— ƬЄƛƓƛƝ ƦЄƖԼԼƳ? (@velvethammer) July 26, 2012
We know he didn’t actually say this.
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/228316133760045056
Are we certain we heard all of these correctly? Could some objective professionals please place these in context for us?
#ObamaHasBeenSwiftQuoted It's not what he said people, it's what he meant and only MSNBC can translate for us peasants!
— Behind Enemy Lines (@BushwackCA) July 26, 2012
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