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FNC political analyst Ed Rollins on Obama’s comments that if someone owns a small business someone else made it happen.
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And as you know the president saying Friday night and our house wanna -- -- region.
That.
While I fundamentally.
You you've got a business she didn't build it is the -- he said -- somebody else made that happen.
I can't I can't begin to understand why the -- was say something so.
In treating acne is -- he's made many dumb statements but that is -- beyond the pale.
-- many people in Roanoke who have had successful businesses small businesses many people all -- this country.
But I think what it shows you though was the total lack of awareness of what it takes to put together business together and the great -- -- work.
Great story of Koreans who worked day and night and it and it and it -- cleaners to basically make it succeed.
The Irish and Italians who have come here and basically made grocery stores would prosper.
And the real test is -- the government's out of the way he will do much better.
And and and those very immigrants who have come here and build businesses generation after generation -- generation -- or -- it is it is the the American dream and yet in the -- children a recent survey found that almost half of Americans say they'll never be wealthy and their lifetimes.
-- just given up any prospect of that four -- For many of those most of those that's the American dream loss.
But I think this I think that's it's sad that they feel that way.
-- tea I think a lot of young people who coming out of colleges and else will.
-- gonna have to go out and become small business people because the jobs aren't going to be there.
And I see great could I teach and I see great creativity among some of these young people the end of the day it's going to be -- nation that's gonna make them succeed.
And for the president to make this kind of statement you wouldn't succeed was -- government Rosa -- of these kinds of things.
Who pays for those things do you remember when it was it was and -- -- -- that the president in the United States irrespective whether Democrat or pop.
He inspired.
A -- And it was it considered a presidential responsibility was the bully pulpit.
This president has moved.
From the politics of hope and change no matter how ambiguous.
-- If you will.
Opaque that might be is a concept at least it was not the beer.
That is -- that is consumed his rhetoric.
Over the course of the past I would say two and a half to three -- the time he finished his campaign into the -- yet and inaugurated.
He basically start apologizing for this country for what we are.
He never talked about the greatness of this country he never talked about what we have done throughout Europe and others will we be built and he has never taken the pride.
Americans have become the greatest economic engine world.
Into troubled times as you say he needs to be inspiring leading how does governor Romney respond to the statement Friday night.
How important or could it be.
-- to his campaign this year but he's just -- east of that response he he needs to focus the because I think it clearly shows the difference.
Between a man who had great success you know in his own lifetime.
And basically created a lot of jobs in a man who clearly didn't.
You know we have too many of these people that basically spent their entire lives in government.
-- morning from frankly member of congress and -- has passed away that.
In that all the all the damage she creators you guys basically you -- you government payroll every every every week we'll see -- -- doesn't.
The privately -- retirement -- -- about it.
-- the that the Americans who basically worked hard to build this country deserve the credit deserve a lot of credit.
-- -- -- and free enterprise capitalism deserve the help a lot of credit since it is in fact the economic system that is the the wonder and the envy of the world.
Up by the way congressman Barney Frank is so online to.
Yeah -- -- -- -- federal -- -- -- brought up by -- here.
