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Audio of Barack Obama in 1998: ‘I Actually Believe In Redistribution’

Sep. 18, 2012 3:51pm Becket Adams

UPDATE:

The Associated Press is acknowledging the comments as being from Obama:

On Tuesday, Romney also referred to videotaped comments Obama made in 1998 as evidence he favored government redistribution of wealth. As an Illinois state senator at the time, Obama said he believes in redistribution “at least to a certain level to make sure everybody’s got a shot.”

UPDATE II:

The Obama campaign has authenticated the audio as well.

“Fourteen years ago, then-Senator Obama was making an argument for a more efficient, more effective government — specifically citing city government agencies that he didn’t think were working effectively,” said Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt in a statement.

“He believed then, and believes now, that there are steps we can take to promote opportunity and ensure that all Americans have a fair shot if they work hard. Unlike Governor Romney, he doesn’t believe that if you’re a student who applies for a loan you’re looking for a handout,” LaBolt adds.

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In a week that will undoubtedly be dominated by audio clips of presidential candidates, a recording surfaced today allegedly of Barack Obama making some damning remarks about redistribution — mainly, that he’s a fan of it:

“I think that what we’re going to have do is somehow resuscitate the notion that government action can be effective at all. There has been a systematic, uh, I don’t think it’s too strong to call it propaganda campaign, uh, against the possibility of government action and its efficacy,” Obama (if it is indeed him) can be heard saying.

The speaker continues:

And I think some of it has been deserved. Chicago Housing Authority has not been a model of good policymaking. And neither necessarily have been the Chicago Public Schools. What that means then is that as we try to resuscitate this notion that we’re all in this thing together — leave nobody behind — we do have to be innovative in thinking, “how…what are the delivery systems that are actually effective and meet people where they live?”

And my suggestion, I guess, would be that the trick — and this is one of the few areas where I think there are technical issues that have to be dealt with (as opposed to just political issues) — I think the trick is figuring out “how do we structure government systems that pool resources and, hence, facilitate some redistribution?”

Because I actually believe in redistribution — at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody’s got a shot.

Little is known about the video other than it’s supposedly from a recording of an Oct. 19, 1998 Loyola University conference. Here’s the video’s description from YouTube user “nick cruz” who uploaded the video Sept. 18, 2012:

At an October 19, 1998 conference at Loyola University, Barack Obama spoke against “propaganda” that said government doesn’t work and the need to “pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution because I actually believe in redistribution.”

However, similar audio uploaded by a different YouTube user on Aug. 7 claims to be from the same event. Here’s that video’s description from user “Tim Thomas”: “In 1998 at Loyola University, Obama said he would have voted against welfare reform (10/19/98)”:

“What I think will reengage people in politics is if we’re doing significant, serious policy work around, uh, what I will label ‘the working poor,’ although my definition of ‘the working poor’ is not simply folks making minimum wage, but it’s also families of four who’re making $30,000 a year,” the speaker can be heard saying.

“They are struggling and to the extent that we are doing research figuring out, uh, what kinds of government action would successfully make their lives better, we are then putting together a potential majority coalition to move those agendas forward,” he adds.

The speech continues:

One of the good things about welfare reform, which, the 1996 legislation I did not entirely agree with and probably would’ve voted against it, the Federal level, the one good thing that comes out of it is that it essentially desegregates the welfare population, which, presumably, is black and undeserving and urban, versus the working poor, which are the other people.

Now, you just have one batch of folks. Folks who are working but don’t have health insurance, aren’t making much money, can’t figure out daycare, don’t spend an hour and a half trying to commute to the jobs that do exist, and don’t have much opportunity for enhancing their skills so that they could actually move up into a income bracket that would actually support a family.

That is increasingly a majority population.

As of this writing, TheBlaze has not yet been able to confirm the authenticity of the audio. Therefore, any final judgments should be withheld until the entire audio and context is available.

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Comments (214)

JeffersonsPen
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:21pm
Redestribute who’s wealth? Those who have it are surely smart enought to get it and/or themselves out of this sinking ship. One of the highest corp. rates in the civilized world. We are chasing away what weath we have. The very idea of this is truely un-American and frankly borders on treason!

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- Christopher4500
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:34pm
  The tax rate could be reduced to 0% — that doesn’t change the advantage corporations have by moving production overseas. You are naive in believing if corporations have their tax rate lowered, they will decide not to export/outsource jobs where they will be able to immensely improve their profits.
  
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- EndTheGOPTEA
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:51pm
  Blaa Blaa Blaa.. Obama Wins.. Say whatever you want.. Get with the program or GTFO!! MeBaggers Pay Your Bills!!!
  
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- seeker9
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:51pm
  @chris
  
  A lot of corporations are not multinational. If you wish to share the obscene profits of the multinationals, there is thing called the stock exchange. You buy shares and if the corp is sucessful, you benefit. For your risk, there is a tax incentive. Of course, one has to spend a little time learning first.
  Redistribution is about the sorriest idea ever dreamed up!
  
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- OneTermPresident
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:59pm
  @CHRISTOPHER4500… Missed Economics 101.. eh. Whats it like to be clueless.. like you?
  
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- Christopher4500
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:14pm
  @OneTermPresident
  
  Your rebuttal needs an argument.
  Have you started thinking about a new username for Nov?
  
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- seeker9
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:16pm
  EndTheGOPTEA
  
  Hold your breath while you wait for your “fairshare”. HAha!
  
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- DenverKitty
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:03pm
  Jeff, you are so right! I cannot believe that this Socialist Obama expects me to pay for Sandra F(l)uke fluking around by buying her condoms…honey, hold a dime between your knees! Couple that with the beer she’s gonna’ have to feed her “escort” to get him interested in her..and that could be a LOT of beer. I’m not paying for any of that. The money I’ve made in my lifetime is MINE.
  
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- EndTheGOPTEA
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:13pm
  My Fairshare? lol.. Taking 1000.00 Bets over here all day long that Obama Wins.. Please!!! I made tons of you tools last time.. This time is looking even better!!!
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:51pm
  COMMUNIST, ANGRY, ARROGANT, IGNORANT, SELF-CENTERED FREAK.
  
  SO HERE’S YOUR CHOICE AMERICA:
  Vote for a “man” who wants to KILL the AMERICAN DREAM and take his CHIP on the SHOULDER attitude out against AMERICANS because of his Brain-washed Childhood by a COMMUNIST MOTHER, A COMMUNIST GRAND MOTHER AND GRAND FATHER and FRANK DAVIS…or
  
  VOTE FOR A TRUE PATRIOT who has lived the AMERICAN DREAM, who has a MASSIVE HISTORY OF HELPING many, many people and CREATED JOBS and BUILT AMERICA.
  
  IT’s YOUR CHOICE.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:53pm
  @END OF THE GOP TEA: Sit on it you commie freak. IF you paid any of your bills, then maybe we wouldn’t have to watch the DECAY of the greatest NATION ever devised. YOU SELFISH PIG. YOU
  get the hell off.
  
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- pissantno.10
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:00pm
  well crisy is right taxes are a small part, obama care, cap and trade ,epa ,union being forced on to compneys lots of obama stuff causeing corp. to leave
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:05pm
  4500! You wan’t an argument? Well here it is numbnuts! It’s not just the highest corporate tax rate in the world, it’s,,,,, the bright future Obama-Care brings, the banking bill, Labor unions, unfunded liabilities, the EPA, 40,000 new laws that took effect on Jan 1, 2012, 85,000 new pages of regulation from the Obama administration last year alone, inflation, lack of and cost of energy due to administration policies, California, Illinois, New York, the new black panthers!!!!! WTF? GET A CLUE!!!!! I can continue if you wish?
  
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- BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Are We Better Off Now Than We Were 4 Years Ago?
  
  1.) Unemployed Americans since President Obama took office……Up by almost half a million people
  2.) Unemployment rate is up by 3.8% since President Obama took office
  3.) Long term unemployment is up by 87% since Obama took office
  4.) Middle class income is down by $3,960.00
  5.) Gas prices up 107%
  6.) Home values down by 11% since Obama took office
  7.) Worker health insurance costs up 23% since Obama took office
  8.) Sending your kids to college since Obama was inaugurated….up 25%
  9.) Americans living in poverty increased by 6.4 million since Obama took office
  10.) Food stamp recipients increased by 46% since President Obama took office
  11.) Consumer price index (inflation) is up 9.1% since Obama took office
  12.) Federal debt is up 51% since Obama took office
  13.) The United States ranked #1 in Global Competitiveness the day Obama walked into office. Since his inauguration….we have declined to #7
  
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- michael48
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:27pm
  typical dem-witism…capitalist with THIER money…socialist with OURS..the twit has got to go…to he!!…
  
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- seeker9
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:27pm
  EndTheGOPTEA
  
  Did you pay your fair share on that tons you made? The next knock at your door may just be the IRS! HAHA!
  
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- The_Obama-Romney_Ticket
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:05pm
  “Alleged Audio of Barack Obama in 1998: ‘I Actually Believe In Redistribution’ ”
  
  Woah! Woah! (sorry “drunk Joe” Biden)
  
  But that’s NOTHING compare to Barack Hussein Obama, A.K.A. Barry Obama, A.K.A. Barry Soetoro exposed on tape by Glenn Beck to being … A.K.A. Lord of the Underworld:
  “Okay, look … look, you all know … right? I’m going to stop with the ‘fakey human voice’.”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReGeE1GEfjs
  
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- RebelPatriot
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:48pm
  Here is the philosophy the atheist socialist do not adhere by but should sound thought to.
  
  “You can give a man a fish and feed him for a day, or you can teach him to fish and feed him for a lifetime.”
  
  Citizens don’t need hand outs they need jobs. Everything this administration has done has been counter productive to producing jobs.
  
  Why? Because the socialist agenda is not a wealthy powerful citizenship. The socialist agenda needs a poor powerless citizenship in which it can control and manipulate.
  
  King Hussein has been very successful during his presidency. He has done exactly what was needed in order to bring about a socialist environment in which government will control all aspects of Americans lives.
  
  He may go down in history as the most successful president in the United States, for he has implemented more of his agenda than any other president in history.
  
  I wish he had been a business man and not a socialist.
  
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- RebelPatriot
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:54pm
  If I had a friend who had lost their job I would help them financially to save their home, but more importantly I would assist that person in finding a new job.
  
  Why doesn’t our government do more to employ Americans instead of giving them handouts?
  
  I would rather have my tax money go toward child care for an unwed mother’s children than see her with no opportunities as she sits on the couch and continues to have more children with no future in site except the governments handouts.
  
  The government should have entitlements that make sense, entitlements that enable those capable of work to work. Not give those capable of work a handout that does not give them a future.
  
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- RebelPatriot
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:21pm
  The combination of high tax rate and no tariffs has made it feasible for corporation to take their manufacturing overseas.
  
  The government passed NAFTA which made it unfair to the American worker to compete with poor workers in Mexico and communist countries who used forced labor of inmates.
  
  If Americans want to see the need for more manufacturing in the US, they need to purchase American made products only.
  
  China’s manufacturing is not growing because their people are becoming wealthy, it’s because we continue to purchase goods from China.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:31pm
  @PAtty Henry “VOTE FOR A TRUE PATRIOT who has lived the AMERICAN DREAM, who has a MASSIVE HISTORY OF HELPING many, many people and CREATED JOBS and BUILT AMERICA.”
  
  When is hiding income in off shore accounts to avoid paying yout fair share of taxes patriotic or destroying American jobs and shipping them off to China the actions of a true patriot. Romney is nothing more than a corporate CEO who knows how to mae himself wealthy with no care for anybody else. When does a patriot flee to France to avoid the draft?
  
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- pschlentz
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 11:40pm
  @JeffersonsPen:
  I think he’s saying rob from you and give to whomever he decides. You up for that right, well if you’re not, tough $hit buddy…
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 12:30am
  If you had $500,000.00 to invest in your kids and gran-kids future…and if you could only invest with one man. Who would you trust…Obama or Romney?? It’s your kids life and their future!!
  
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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 12:50am
  O believes he is a world citizen and he has a world view. OWS people should be told O believes that all of America is the 1%. When O talks about redistribution he means to bring all of America down. The undeveloped world is the 99%. Worldwide redistribution is what he is talking about. He cares zero about America. We are bad. We must be brought down so the undeveloped world can be brought up. This is the Globalists view and the UN agenda. All of America is the evil rich to him. (except him and his family). Wait until the union people figure this out; because that means them too eventually.
  
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- shephound
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 6:11am
  @ENCINOM – yes, Romney should be drawn and quartered for… doing nothing illegal and being smart with his money… Enjoy your choom.
  
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- 000degrees
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 6:31am
  I think we all have known for a while what you get when you vote for one vs. the other in this election….
  
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- Popp40
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 10:20am
  T’was the night before elections,
  And all thru’ the town,
  Tempers were flaring
  Emotions ran up and down.
  
  I, in my bathrobe
  With a cat in my lap,
  Had shut off the TV,
  tired of political crap.
  
  When all of a sudden,
  There arose such a noise,
  I peered out my window,
  Saw Obama and his boys
  
  They had come for my wallet,
  They wanted my pay
  To hand out to others
  Who had not worked a day!
  
  He snatched up my money,
  And quick as a wink,
  Jumped back on his bandwagon
  As I gagged from the stink.
  He then rallied his henchmen
  Who were pulling his cart.
  I could tell they were out
  To tear my country apart!
  
  ‘On Fannie, on Freddie,
  On Biden and Ayers!
  On Acorn, on Pelosi’
  He screamed at the pairs!
  
  They took off for his cause,
  And as they flew out of sight,
  I heard him laugh at a nation
  Who wouldn’t stand up and fight!
  So I leave you to think on this one final note…
  IF YOU DON’T WANT SOCIALISM GET OUT AND VOTE !!!!Author unknown
  
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- ReddenBlack
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 12:44pm
  @endthegoptea
  
  Right on brother man, only 48 days til we kick those t-baggers when they are one the ground. LOL
  
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spirited
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:20pm
“Barack will never let you go back to your life as usual…” -Michelle Obama

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- crabbyoldman
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:43pm
  obama wants to make us all poor!!!!!
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:03pm
  HOW much influence will either of them have from JAIL?
  
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- BloodSweatandTears
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 12:26pm
  Life? There’s some left? My mother, a successful business owner used to pay the government taxes until March. We pay past June. I guess they want to fill up the calendar.
  
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SWING HARD
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:19pm
Again, water is wet. Thanks for the info Mr. Obvious!

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- darkknight91
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 10:51pm
  Yeah. I’m in shock over this new revelation.
  
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Soul Leister
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:17pm
And the democrats will be apologizing to Joe the Plumber, when exactly??? Seeing as their messiah made a big deal about not being for redistribution in 2008 (being for it before he was against it, so he could make fun of poeple exposing him for the fraud he has been all along… secretly for it all along… flip flopper in chief deservse two terms: one in office and one in jail).

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- team1blazer
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:57pm
  Agreed. The next term for this imposter needs to be a jail term.
  
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19RANDY59
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:15pm
The jerk that ripped off my house is also a big fan of redistribution.

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- sparkmaster
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:51pm
  If Obama had a son he would look like the jerk that ripped off your house.
  
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Angel_light
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:15pm
and we didn’t already know this?

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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:31pm
  Where was I when the money was being distributed the first time? Liberals\progressives are pathetic.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:11pm
  Yes, ANGEL, we were told, but who on earth could believe that a REAL MUSLIM, a REAL COMMUNIST could ever get voted in…that anyone would let him…you know…the DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT (the KENNEDY’S, SCHUMMERS, BYRDS etc) and yet, damn them all to hell, they did.
  
  It’s A VERY SAD state of affairs when MEN/WOMEN we vote in to PROTECT our NATION just turn into Prostitutes…anything for power? THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE.
  EVERYONE was able to get Health Care before. Pre-existing Conditions in kids? Okay..we could have focused on that…but the ABORTION MILLS, THE DRUG COMPANY rip-offs…the out and out theft… It was as if someone opened the door to the USA and said” COME ONE/COME ALL …what you can rip off…you can take ” AND NO ONE, but NO ONE connected the dots on our COMMUNIST BRAINWASHED Teachers…the few who tried to blow the whistle were ridiculed.
  
  WHERE DID THEY FAIL? People like GLENN BECK…the WEB. TWITTER, and just DECENT AMERICANS started saying HELL NO.
  
  I say let’s get all our troops home or based in ISRAEL or close by (closer than USA) if necessary. NO MORE MONEY to those traitorous, murdering thugs. EVERY COLLEGE PROFESSOR has to sign a pledge to HONOR our COUNTRY and UPHOLD OUR CONSTITUTION….why not? It has just as much effect upon us (and our kids) as what the military confronts.
  
  I MEAN….CLEAN HOUSE… You gutless, lazy, greedy little liberals need to figure it out fast. We’re not playing sucker to you any
  
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grayhaired vet
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:11pm
Without those that see themselves as victims, there is no democratic party.

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- CS_GUY
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:17pm
  Well put……
  
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justangry
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:10pm
We didn’t know that before the new found audio?

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davetrav
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:10pm
Thats not American–Thats Robbin Hood. —VOTE OBAMA OUT.

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- SREGN
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:31pm
  Actually, Robin Hood stole from the government that which the government stole from the taxpayer and gave it back to the taxpayer. Robin Hood was a small-government conservative.
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:45pm
  Yes DAVE he must go!
  
  I am not the property of this country, I am a citizen. First they went after the rich, but I was middle class so I said nothing. Liberals in the middle class are delusional if they don’t understand they’re next.
  
  If the Marxist as we know him to be goes after the wealthy it will be because he believes their money belongs to him/Gov, everything he’s done has been an effort to lay the keystone of communism.
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:32pm
  sregen
  
  Actually it was a tyrannical Monarchy not a Government, kind of like what we have now.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:58pm
  actually ROBIN HOOD was not a selfish Btard. Obama is.
  
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denkat56
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:10pm
of course he is as long as it isnt his money, soros is the same way. lets check thier donations biden never parts with his money but is the first to say its our duty to part with ours.

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- mrp15
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:35pm
  You’re absolutely right. As long as it’s not their own money, they’re very generous with ours. If Mr. Pres is so in favor of redistribution, why does he receive approximately $79,000 per month in addition to his salary? Maybe he should redistribute that. And they nag Romney about his tax returns, what about Obama’s academic records? Keep them sealed because they might reveal he was an Indonesian exchange student and as such, does not qualify to be Pres of the US.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:26pm
  HE took 2 B of our money and gave it to that SATANIC BTARD SOROS to develop BRAZILIAN OIL.
  PETROBAS … Soros’s largest block of Stock. OUR FRIGGIN’ MONEY!!!! HOW is that even legal. ???
  AND then, to stick and twist the knife …the told Brazil “AMERICA will be your best Customers”…
  PEOPLE. This is not just a CRIME…it’s a TRAITOROUS CRIME against ALL OF US. We can’t make a move with that MUSLIM COMMIE as AG. MAKE SURE all of your relatives in the MILITARY are aware of ways to reach you and understand where you are coming from.
  
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- BloodSweatandTears
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 12:40pm
  @MP15 Wasn’t Obombo a Fulbright Scholar? You have to be a foreign student to be that.
  
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blackyb
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:05pm
These Marxist leaders make sure they have what they want and then distribute the rest like crumbs.

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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:19pm
  Think how stupid Obama sounds. “The poor need more help in America. Look at me I mean my father was a poor imigrant and now I’m the most powerful person in the world. It took two genations in American to go from poor to rich. That is too long that’s unacceptable. I Barack Hussein Obama want to make everyone rich today. Come get this money I’m printing let’s all be rich!.”
  
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:05pm
I am amazed that even now, four and a half years after Joe the Plumber exposed the Emperor’s nakedness on this issue for all to see, there are still morons among us who claim ignorance of it. It is disheartening to be reminded of just how ill-informed so many of our fellow citizens are. If Romney doesn’t win this election in one of the most massive landslides in voting history, we are all surely doomed by the willful ignorance of our fellow citizens.

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- blanco5
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:10pm
  That line about it’s not prez islama that we sould fear, it’s the people who vote for him!
  
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- KeithOlberdink
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:27pm
  I’m moving back to Canada if this commi clown gets back in. Cya, wouldn’t want to be ya.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:35pm
  WOOL-FREE VISION, remember those three monkeys? Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. The Dems have taken this to another level that completely reverses the original meaning.
  http://thethreemonkeys.com/
  
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- bleuze
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 12:51pm
  That is what I was going to say, but you beat me to it! In addition, look at the socialist party posters that he held up when he was in Chicago. Also, prior to being a Democratic, he was a member of the “New” party in Chicago (Socialist)
  
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ThoreauHD
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:04pm
Obama said this to Joe the Plumber. Unless you have the IQ of a Democrat, I don’t see how this is news.

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- CatB
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:11pm
  Alleged? Yea okay .. it’s a video …
  
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- CatB
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:14pm
  Sorry heard this earlier and they said video .. I thought it was like the energy skyrocket ;-)
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:31pm
  “Alleged audio?” nothing alleged about it, the reason I know is I projectile vomited when I heard it.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:04pm
IF it can be confirmed as Obamas speech and voice; and I mean 100% confirmed, then its a gem the size of Everest. Let the truth come out o’Lord.

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:31pm
  SNOW…I’ve seen video of him saying that…may not be on web still, but that’s him.
  
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MDDAWG
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:02pm
“I actually believe in redistribution.”

There you have it, folks. We are going to decide this election andprobably for the rest of or nations foreseeable future whether we believe that the government needs to “redistribute the wealth” or if those who are blessed with wealth will redistribute it through employment opportunities, investments, charity, and spending.

America, you decide. If Obama is allowed to stay in power, a majority (instead of 47%) will be dependent on the federal government and they will always vote for the leaders who will keep money flowing to them.

God, help us!

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blackyb
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:01pm
Then on the other hand, Obama was never a citizen or never loyal. I guess he is a foreign agent. He is a spy. Obama is destroying this country. (Not that I have said it before, lol.)

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SREGN
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:01pm
Maybe NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, CNN, and MSNBC will report on it. I’ll just sit here and wait.

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- blanco5
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:12pm
  And hold your breath!
  
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KevINtampa
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:00pm
I believe in redistribution as well. The redistribution of liberty and responsibility after the lack of its distribution for the last 100 years. Finally, I found a topic I can agree with Obama on.

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blackyb
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:00pm
Those who let this Marxist into our White House should pay dearly. They should be arrested and tried for treason. He should as well.

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- Joe_The_Patriot
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:33pm
  I totally agree! This is an absolute and utter discrace to our country! This is a prime example of treason!
  He lied to everybody about what he was going to do, and did the exact opposite, most of those who voted for him are in such denial they can’t admit they have fallen for the biggest scam in american history where the rest are supporting the downfall of our great nation!
  
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Wildblue3
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:58pm
It doesn’t surprise me. His actions proves he does.

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:58pm
He said that in “Audacity of Hope” The warren court did not go far enough in redistributive change. Joe the Plumber, etc. This guy will just look you in the eye and say, “Did not”

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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:58pm
I’m not sure how this is news or even “new” for that matter. This is the same dude who said we “need to spread the wealth around”. He’s done exactly that. In the words of Denny Greene “He is who we thought he was”. If you don’t know that Obama is a redistributionist at this point you’ve been living in a cave.

I’m not sure how this or the Romney video is anything of note. Both are true and both are in line with who they’ve said they are. Have we become so jaded as a country that honesty is now headline news?

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Rickfromillinois
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:56pm
I am SHOCKED! Shocked I say, that Mr. Obama believes in redistribution. What’s next? The sun is hot and water is wet?

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:02pm
  What!!!! Water is Wet? Holy cow, and to think I shower with the stuff, never again.
  
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- team1blazer
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:32pm
  You beat me to the punch….utterly shocked
  
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Laugh-ler14
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:55pm
Perfect time to let out this little nugget! Looks like this year is the year of the September suprize.

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Laugh-ler14
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:53pm
First!

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:01pm
  And?
  
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- Laugh-ler14
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:10pm
  Exactly
  
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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:13pm
  Alleged? He ran on redistribution. And still got elected. That’s disturbing.
  
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- backoffmonkey
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:17pm
  A more revealing question for Prez. Lympdyck might be: “Mr. Lympdyck do you believe in the Muslim practice of crucifixions seeing that, lately, your attentions have gravitated toward Mecca?
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:18pm
  @WELCOME BACK CARTER…no. HE ran on LIES. HE made people believe that their lives would be better. There would be JOBS.—for everyone… there would be opportunities for all. Our “wars” would be over. HE ran on HOPE and CHANGE…all the while letting the crappy corporations who were ripping ALL of us off and just feathering their own nests were giving HIM more money than his opponents. BOUGHT him off. HE’S the ULTIMATE SLEEZE bag. That’s why many really do believe he is the ANTI-CHRIST…he appeared out of nowhere. He has no viable back ground. He’s just plain EVIL … HE is definitely AWARE of what he is doing. HE’S DOING IT ON PURPOSE!!
  
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- BloodSweatandTears
  Posted on September 19, 2012 at 12:29pm
  @backoffmonk… He’d rather bring up something that happened hundreds of years ago and say it’s relevant.
  
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