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#ObamaHasBeenSwiftquoted puts president's words in context

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.

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https://twitter.com/michaelrjoyce/status/228314553048514560

https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/228312131458715648

https://twitter.com/akonsen/status/228328287909343232

https://twitter.com/michaelrjoyce/status/228323362760425472

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https://twitter.com/lee_ritz/status/228339025684094977

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?