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DNC Delegates Can’t Name Any Business Obama Worked For

Sep. 5, 2012 10:12am Benny Johnson

TheBlaze’s Tiffany Gabbay contributed to this story.

“It’s the economy, stupid.” Now even more than ever. And at both the RNC and the DNC, all the buzz seems to point to that. So one major question for the country is: Which candidate and party can best manage the fragile financial ship called America? With that in mind, TheBlaze hit the convention floor at the DNC to simply find out which candidate has more business experience, at least in a classical sense.

For every Obama supporter that told us the “economy” or “jobs” was the most important issue for them, we had two follow up questions:

1. Can you name a business Mitt Romney was involved in?

2. Can you name a business Barrack Obama was involved in?

The reactions are pretty much what you would expect:

The question itself is not a trick one — at least not according to fact-checker website PolitiFact. They say Obama worked for a few businesses in his lifetime:

As PolitiFact first noted two years ago, the president does, in fact, have some experience in business.

In 1983 and 1984, he had a stint as a research assistant at Business International Corp. in New York City, where he helped write a newsletter.

From 1993 to 2004, he was an associate, and then a partner, at the Chicago law firm of Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, where his work included employment-discrimination and voting-rights cases. (The job also overlapped with his time in the Illinois Legislature.)

If you count the best-selling books that have brought Obama millions of dollars in royalties, he also knows something about entrepreneurship.

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GlennaBeckski
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:53am
You all underestimate the emperor… HE’S BEEN GIVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE “THE BUSINESS” FOR GOING ON 4 YEARS NOW… and he is Masterful at it!!

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:12am
  Where do these people come from? Never ceases to amaze me.
  
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- gonnaneedabiggerboat
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:25am
  All they have is the standard-feed talking points. So sad.
  
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- drattastic
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:37am
  These fools vote. I mean their vote counts as much as yours, talk about UNFAIR.
  
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- Thevoice
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:56am
  Let’s see last night we had Mrs. Moose go on and on how Barry really makes these decisions from the “Heart” ….With his poor man value system he knows so well…And then last Thursday takes a knife and sticks in the back of these poor downtrodden he values so much with higher electric rates coming again in the future because of his “New age progressive commie agenda” that being a “Green energy Initiative” ..Which will do what stop the planet from burring up or freezing or is this his way of saying he stopped the seas from rising …Fulfilling a “New age progressive commie” campaign promise from 08 …Good grief …Problem he is never called to the rug over this stuff…This would be the perfect knock out opportunity for Mitt to use on him….Lets see …Are the guts there this time …
  
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- Texas Chris
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:07pm
  Wasn’t Obama in real estate with inmate Rezko? Doesn’t that count as a “job”?
  
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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:25pm
  He helped write a newsletter lol. Lol a newsletter.
  
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- Thevoice
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:30pm
  Texas Chris …Too funny …Tony Resko…..Obama and his B lacky Valerie Jarrett another Chicago property tax cheater or should we say … Chicago property tax game player …Get a lawyer get connected and dodge the tax someone else has to pay …Stop …I am sorry …..I forgot their all about the fair share and the children especially the schools where the property tax money goes….And the community “value system” …I keep forgetting it takes a lot of work to make these “Special” deals happen ….That must be it ….Barry has a great background in making “Special” deals happen ..So I guess he could put on his resume …Special community deal maker…And put Tony Rezko down as a reference….
  
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- Whistleblower
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:24pm
  Is President Barack Obama being blackmailed ?
  
  http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2012/09/01/is-president-barack-obama-being-blackmailed/
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:35pm
  If you consider butt raping Larry Sinclair , and smoking crack a job , he’s had a couple ………………
  
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- JRook
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:11pm
  Can you name one that Bush’s father didn’t get him hired in and one he didn’t screw up…. including our economy. And it is doubtful they could name the law firm he worked for. And of course Reagan had a vast amount of business experience.
  
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- DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:08pm
  These are Democrats, bless their hearts. If you ask them the day of the week, more than half of them would get it wrong.
  
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- pissantno.10
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:48pm
  and his best selling books dont suppose a few union warehouses are stacked from the floor celling with obama books kick the money in throught the back door
  
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- pissantno.10
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:52pm
  jrook you just hate people that have worked for a liveing unlike you that has whored for your money
  
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- buttpatriot
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 7:11pm
  Name a business theblaze’s golden boy Allen West has worked in.
  
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scuba13
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:53am
If you consider running guns to Mexican drug cartels a job, then I think he has done great work.

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- rosegrower
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:47am
  You also forget Obama’s stint as a coke dealer and user – that counts as entrepreneurship, doesn’t it:?
  
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bb010864
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:53am
They are so full of ignorance its flowing out their mouths !

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- Lotus503
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:17pm
  Poster children for retroactive birth control…
  
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Cosmos102
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:48am
I’m speechless~!

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- kevin1122
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:54am
  Brilliant!!! Geniuses!!!
  
  As Forrest Gump said eloquently said, “Stupid is as stupid does.” Join the crowd, vote Demorat.
  
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- subic
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:06am
  Wow…dumb, these idiots don’t even know what their guy is all about.All they know is that “their guy” will give them free stuff.
  
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- AnOregonian
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:59am
  and these are the party faithful…
  
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PorkPIG
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:47am
Some people just cannot be helped and must learn the hard way .

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paperpushermj
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:43am
Rush’s fear that this election will be determined by Stupid People seems right on target.

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Tri-ox
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:43am
The only “business” that obama ever worked for is ACORN.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:31pm
  “In 1983 and 1984, he had a stint as a research assistant at Business International Corp. in New York City, where he helped write a newsletter.”
  No, no..that’s not true! He helped write a newsletter! :-) LMAO.
  
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- AnOregonian
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:35pm
  He’s worked for Chicagoland as a pay to play administrator for the Daily machine.
  
  He knows a lot about shovel ready jobs… Look how fast he buried the Clinton machine.
  
  He has a jobs program, there is still half the country to bury. He just needs a little more time…
  
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chuckone
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:40am
No doubt these individuals are ready for the Kumbaya sing-a-long…
Someone’s laughing, my Lord, *** bay ya

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perry1980
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:40am
Because he never worked for a business. His whole life has been spend getting educated and then working in Government functions.

Is there any wonder that he has no clue on how to create jobs and get the economy going.

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RIGS
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:38am
Cheese hander outer PERIOD.

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2SENSEWORTH
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:38am
A bunch of people totally clueless. What dunces!

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- jimbo_from_suwanee
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:44am
  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the flower and fruit of ignorance produced when you build a platform on lies.
  
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HKS
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:37am
A whole life time of slopping at the public trough. How proud he is.

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scrapadapolis
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:34am
I guess that over qualifies me for POTUS,I have a birth,school,records to prove I’m a legal.O’bytheway I have names and adresses of where I worked..OVER QUALIFIED…..

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SREGN
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:32am
He seems to work pretty hard for Planned Parenthood.

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bobgray2
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:31am
Well, it’s nice to know that he has worked at some point in his life, but it is disappointing to realize that apparently he learned nothing from the experience.

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starman70
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:29am
He’s never worked for a salary at any establishment which produced any consumable goods. All the dumbocrats know it and when asked, they don’t know how to respond, of course with UH, ER, or just plain DUH.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:26am
Bwahahahahahahahhahahahhaha! What else can be said?

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Exidor
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:24am
Morons…..

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RightUnite
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:23am
OMG! The stupidity of the left continues to boggle the mind!

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- daxawyes
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:36am
  These people would sell their children if the left wing media told them it was good.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:47am
  @Daxa
  
  As much as what you said sounds like tongue in cheek jest, I’ve started to believe that they actually would, based on their zombie like conformity since at least 2008. I’ve never seen a group of people so utterly mindless and hateful in my life.
  
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- darkknight91
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:59am
  The definition of useful idiots. They’ll be wiped out in the first wave when SHTF.
  
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nobull14
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:23am
Oh my God ?. We are in big trouble.

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mike551
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:22am
Like sperm whales, beached on ignorance.

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huey6367
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:21am
The answer is easy – He never worked for ANY business.

His “fans” are so clueless.

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Want our country back
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:20am
What a great ad that would make. hahaha

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scuba13
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:19am
What a bunch of clueless Encinom’s.

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- WindyDualism
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 2:19pm
  …and : monicne, jsz, rookie, dora, indy, wango, betsypatriot, mbe, trollmongerer and various other trOlls. Why are they not out in force defendin their fellow dependerers?
  
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ColoradoMaverick
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:19am
God help us!!! What a bunch of morons!! These people are the poster children for the typical democrat. These dopes have absolutely no clue about Romney and certainly about the man they are there to support. Don’t these idiots read? Don’t they care enough to do just a little bit of research? These are delegates at the DNC for God’s sake and they are supposed to be “involved” in politics. My 14 year old knows vastly more than they do about Obama, Romney and politics in general.

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- whatthecrazy
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:34am
  lol you nailed it……….
  
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- Wango
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:53am
  Oh, if only the brilliant were in power:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBv88ixx74k
  
  McCain’s expressions are priceless. Enjoy.
  
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- SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:15am
  Correctamundo !!!!!!
  
  Where do they find these “delagates”? and these are the representatives from their states? Talk about dumb and dumber. (more like brainwashed) Don’t they know that Romney ran/rescued the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics?
  
  To the uneducated lib mob, I’m guessing that Bain Capital is now portrayed as a “take over and destroy” investment firm. They obviously put every company out of business, like Staples.
  
  The worship of BO/BS is sickening. Our debt is now insurmountable at $16 trillion dollars. In $100 bills, that amount would weigh more than 22 million lbs. or ~$53K per person in the USA. There is no flippin way we can ever pay this off. The debt has risen by more than 50% since BO/BS has taken office. ($10.6 trillion in 1/2009)
  
  The national debt should be the single most critical issue in this election. If this issue is not corrected, no other issue will matter.
  
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- WindyDualism
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:38am
  Wang
  Way to stay on topic; got any jewels on Gore, Edwards, or the vet Kerry?
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:00pm
  It should comfort you to know Wang, that we hold you in the same high esteem that we hold these fine Democrat delegate’s. The best that the party has to offer!
  
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