Winners have no need to demean the accomplishments of others. Ronald Reagan did not. In contrast, losers are always jealous of the success of their betters, to wit everybody else, from the White House via Jazz Shaw, Hot Air:
There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me — because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t — 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. (Applause.)
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 politics of envy.
Words from a successful author, who just happens to be illiterate. As Dumbo, a/k/a Dim Won, a/k/a President Fifty Seven States, b/k/a Barack Obama did not succeed on his own and was incapable of even removing the asbestos from Agincourt appartment, nobody is capable of success.
Via Doug Ross:
Kaus calls this “Obama’s Katrina,” explaining that if Obama is running on his record as a community activist and advocate, it’s a pretty big deal a housing project he had his hand in is an almost-unlivable slum… Perhaps Obama had good intentions here. Trouble is, he has a decidedly thin resume, and one of the biggest bullet points on it reads Miserable Failure.
Miserable Failure, apt descriptions of Dumbo’s record as both a community organizer and as President.
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