Politiquotes of the Week: Nov. 18
GOP politicians misinterpret Obama’s words and deeds.
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Barack Obama - "We've been a little bit lazy over the last couple of decades," said President Obama at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Hawaii earlier in the week. "We've kind of taken for granted -- 'Well, people would want to come here' -- and we aren't out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new businesses into America." Republican rivals are jumping all over the statement, accusing Obama of calling Americans lazy.
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Michele Bachmann - “Everything now is about his re-election. I think that’s the lowest of low for a commander in chief to make military decisions based on his political re-election calculus,” said Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann about Obama’s plans to withdraw troops from Iraq at the end of the year during an interview with the DesMoines Register editorial board.(Photo: AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Herman Cain - “How do you say ‘delicious’ in Cuban?” asked Herman Cain while enjoying a snack during a campaign stop in Miami. Cuban is not a language. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Allen West - “The media needs to call out this president and stop coming over here to the House Republicans and telling us what we’re not doing. We’re the ones taking action. The guy sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is destroying this country,” said Rep. Allen West (R-Florida) at a Capitol Hill news conference in support of a pipeline project.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Rick Perry - "It reveals to me that [Obama] grew up in a privileged way. He never had to really work for anything. He never had to go through what Americans are going through,” said Texas Gov. Rick Perry about President Obama’s comment that American businesses inadequate efforts to attract foreign investment to the U.S. “This president has never felt that angst that they have in their heart,” he added, referencing the nation’s unemployed.(Photo: Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images)
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