I read the entire transcript of Mitt Romney’s supposed gaffe. You know the one that has spawned several Obama political ads quoting Mitt saying some portion of the following:

“All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what.”

Mitt got the 47% number from a study that says that percent of American pay no income tax and while he is oversimplifying by saying those people won’t be voting for him, the just of his argument is correct. Mitt is saying that there is a percentage of Americans who are going to vote for Obama no mater what. Mitt’s “gaffe” is speaking the unvarnished truth. I like a politician who speaks the truth, even if it’s painful. His stock just went up in my book.

“He insulted all those 47%” some Obama supporter yells out.

He did nothing of the sort. While I think he overstated the amount of people who are going to vote for Obama no matter what. It’s more like 40%.  All he said was that there is a percent that are unreachable and he needs to focus on those who might change their mind. Here are Mitt’s own words, just a few seconds later:

“What I have to do is convince the 5 to 10 percent in the center that are independents that are thoughtful, that look at voting one way or the other..”

Mitt is saying he will focus of that percentage of American’s who were swayed in 2008, by the thought of voting for the first black president, who thought that Obama’s Hope and Change message sounded good, or those who just could not stomach voting for someone of the same party currently in power.

Mitt has written off the vote of a certain segment of the population, just as Obama has done the same. Obama is in Colorado more than he is in his own bed in the White House. Why? Because the electoral votes in Colorado are up for grabs. Romney is matching him visit for visit. It’s the same for Florida and Ohio. These are the states where enough voters could be swayed to give the state to one side or another. That’s just the numbers game both sides have to play.

This election will be won by trying to convince those who are not heavily ideological, that Obama is still in way over his head. Mitt is speaking to those people who in their hearts believed that Obama’s 2008 message was correct. That he was not just another politician. That Obama would make all the difference. Now they ask “Has he?”

Mitt is trying to reach those people who thought that Obama would bring to peace to the Middle East with his hand of friendship. Obama naively wanted and still wants to show 

When I was eight years old I saw a made for TV movie called The Norliss Tapes. It was a zombie-vampire thing that scared the hell out of me, kept me up that night, and induced bad dreams for several days. Based on how it made me feel, it was, even up to yesterday, the scariest movie I had every seen.

But, I was a naïve child then; unexposed to the real and imagined evils of the world. When I saw the The Exorcist a few years later, I just thought it was cool. I thought I was well past the point where a movie could scare me. Then last night I went to see 2016: Obama’s America. I don’t feel so good.

This is a documentary about Barrack Obama. I had some preconceived notions about what I expected to be. I expected it to be anti-Obama. I had expected it to be factual. And I expected it to mercilessly attack Obama on everything he has done to America in the last four years.

This movie was by “Dnesh D’souza, an Indian born, American-by-choice, intellectual, not prone to dogma, bombastics, or half-truths.  I’ve read one of his books, What’s So Great About America, and I was impressed with his intelligence and thought process. I had high expectations concerning integrity. I thought that it would be out of character for a movie from him to be a political ad. I made up my mind I wanted to see this documentary. I almost wish I hadn’t. Almost.

This is not an Obama hit piece, where the producers dissect and deconstruct what Obama has done. No, it is worse. They tell Obama’s story, often in his own words, from his own books. They tell you about all of the influences he has had since he was a child. His mother was an America-hater (my conclusion, not the documentary’s); his absent biological father was an Anti-Colonial Marxist, who his mother placed on a pedestal for young Barrack. There was his grandfather, who when his daughter sent Barrack to live with him (from Indonesia), thought Barrack needed a mentor. So he chose a card carrying member of the Communist Party USA; Frank Marshall Davis. You are introduced, because Lord knows the leftstream media did everything they could to hide them from the American people four years ago, to Israel hating Columbia professor, Edward Said (SAW-eed), and Brazilian, socialist, Harvard professor Roberto Unger. They were two of Obama’s more influential teachers in college. And, who can forget Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright, the racist Chicago preacher, who even the liberal media couldn’t hide.

The conclusion D’souza drew from all of this (& I agree) was the Barrack Obama was molded and created by these men and woman, into a man, who at his soul really doesn’t like America. He thinks America has an original sin-like stain, in which only a firm economic spanking will erase. He believes that we, and all Western nations, have exploited the 3rd world nations for years and we must be held accountable.

He is a product of his environment. He has spent his entire life looking for people to reinforce the beliefs that were force fed him from the cradle. He can’t help what he has become. I still don’t think he is any great thinker. He has no original ideas, nor any plans to build anything; economic, social, or racial. He only knows that Western society, and 

Recently I have embarked upon a project that in a very clear way drove home the point of how wrong President Obama is when he made his “you didn’t build that” speech. Before I go on, first the quote and some explanation:

“Look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own.  You didn’t get there on your own.  I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart.  There are a lot of smart people out there.  It must be because I worked harder than everybody else.  Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.

 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 complete disconnect that it takes to say this blows me away every time I read it.

Those defending President Obama claim he is being taken out of context. They say that the “you didn’t build that” part referred to the roads and bridges. Personally, I don’t think so. I think the way he phased it makes it clear he was referring to the business. If he was talking about roads and bridges, then why not say “you didn’t build that” right after mentioning them, instead of moving on to another subject.

But, let’s assume for a minute he really meant you didn’t build the roads and bridges. Well, Duh. Of course not. But, we did fund them. It was our blood and sweat that generated the tax base that paid to have them built. We paid to create the level playing field that everyone lives and works on. Everyone has access to those roads, bridges, internet, and teachers. This is the point that Obama does not grasp. It is the individual initiative, creativity, and effort that goes into to creating a small business, which grows into a large business, that is far and away the most important part of the equation. A road, a bridge, or the internet does nothing, without the power of the individual. It’s not a partnership. Everyone is sitting on “Go”, but the power of our system comes from the ones who travel around the board and take chances. They create the jobs that far too many take for granted.

About five weeks ago I made a decision to start a website that would memorialize all of the people who went to my local high school, and who are no longer with us. It is called FallenBulldogs.com. I used the internet, which I did not create, but is available to everyone. A small business man would rent or buy a building that anyone else could rent or buy. He uses the roads and bridges that everyone else does on a daily basis. He makes use of the internet, which everyone else could have. He attended the same classes, with that same special teacher. But, he takes the chance on his idea.

I, not Barrack Obama, came up with the idea to create this site. Certainly I was inspired by something. Every business and every idea that has ever happened was inspired by something. But, the small business owner makes the very conscience and deliberate