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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Fri Aug 3, 2012, 11:00 PM Aug 2012

RNC Sends DNC Cake With ‘You Didn’t Bake That’ In Honor Of Obama’s Birthday



n honor of President Obama‘s birthday tomorrow, the Republican National Committee sent a cake to the Democratic National Committee with this message to the president: You Didn’t Bake That. A spokesman for the RNC said that “next year [we hope] he has more time for baking so the country can get back to job creating.” The line on the cake was also used in a series of mock birthday cards released by the RNC this week for the president.

The phrase on the cake is a reference to Obama’s comment during a campaign stop several weeks ago when the president used the phrase “you didn’t build that” when talking about small businesses. RNC spokesman Tim Miller joked that because Obama’s birthday is really tomorrow, it was intended to wish him a “happy 50.99726 years.”

A spokeswoman for the DNC responded to the stunt in a statement to The Huffington Post.

“This is typical of Mitt Romney’s approach to the middle class… He wants to ‘Let them eat cake!’ while robbing them blind. We sent the cake back to the RNC, along with a copy of the Tax Center’s report on Mitt Romney’s tax plan.”


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Article and PHOTO here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/rnc-sends-dnc-cake-with-you-didnt-bake-that-in-honor-of-obamas-birthday/




Happy to see they sent the cake back and issued a zinger of a statement




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RNC Sends DNC Cake With ‘You Didn’t Bake That’ In Honor Of Obama’s Birthday (Original Post) Tx4obama Aug 2012 OP
They should send one back that reads: RedStateLiberal Aug 2012 #1
Pretty sure the RNC didn't bake the cake, either. aquart Aug 2012 #2
Gave him business. crimson77 Aug 2012 #18
ehh Flatpicker Aug 2012 #3
“This is typical of Mitt Romney’s approach to the middle class… He wants to ‘Let them eat cake!’ Firebrand Gary Aug 2012 #4
exactly! What IS it about the RNC/Romney/GOP this election? coming apart at the seams. n/t progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #7
I agree, this really is ridiculous! What happened to intelligent debates, conversations on policy? Firebrand Gary Aug 2012 #8
Hoping the GOP also goes the way of the dodo bird. ;) n/t progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #12
I give props to both sides on this one. gateley Aug 2012 #5
What absolute POS the republicans are!!! What fucking mean-spirited POS. progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #6
To be fair, he didn't bake the cake. Sirveri Aug 2012 #9
if there was no melanine in the flour, or other toxins, the Govt made sure of that. nt progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #13
These evil bullies must have poisoned it. Amonester Aug 2012 #10
That is no what the President said... and-justice-for-all Aug 2012 #11
I would have been tempted to send it back after eating it jmowreader Aug 2012 #14
Consider the fact of what poisons they may have included flamingdem Aug 2012 #16
I was thinking Ex-Lax... jmowreader Aug 2012 #17
ouch, I wouldn't put it past them to find white chocolate Ex-lax! n/t flamingdem Aug 2012 #22
This is right up there with BS like the birth certificate flamingdem Aug 2012 #15
True Lameness canEHdian Aug 2012 #19
Stay classy, GOP sakabatou Aug 2012 #20
Sounds like Mitt is running for 8th grade class President. JoePhilly Aug 2012 #21
Classy. Arkana Aug 2012 #23

aquart

(69,014 posts)
2. Pretty sure the RNC didn't bake the cake, either.
Fri Aug 3, 2012, 11:47 PM
Aug 2012

They got a billionaire to buy it from an underpaid baker struggling to make the rent.

Firebrand Gary

(5,044 posts)
4. “This is typical of Mitt Romney’s approach to the middle class… He wants to ‘Let them eat cake!’
Sat Aug 4, 2012, 12:09 AM
Aug 2012

while robbing them blind. We sent the cake back to the RNC, along with a copy of the Tax Center’s report on Mitt Romney’s tax plan.”

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...
LMAO...
RFLMAO...


They should have know better, what an amateur prank reserved for elections in HS student body. Fucking RNC, dumb asses.

Firebrand Gary

(5,044 posts)
8. I agree, this really is ridiculous! What happened to intelligent debates, conversations on policy?
Sat Aug 4, 2012, 12:45 AM
Aug 2012

Apparently gone the way of the Dodo bird, I guess.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
6. What absolute POS the republicans are!!! What fucking mean-spirited POS.
Sat Aug 4, 2012, 12:42 AM
Aug 2012

Seriously. Why do I keep being surprised by the absolute lack of CLASS that these human cesspools display???

Really.. really.. cruel thing to do. I just hate shit like this. They took it out of context. they are BULLIES, just like Romney.

SO proud of the Democrats for sending it back.. I would have thrown it back at their front door. THe problem with the tone-deaf RNC/GOP is that they never seem to know when to stop. The quote was taken out of context, and by now only the most ignorant people don't knwo this.. even the MSM has pointed it out. But they can't stop themselves, can they? Like when they show up on twitter and try to get in on the romney memes, and screw it up because they're not funny.

What assholes.

And can SOMEONE clue that Josh person that wrote it that the President was NOT referring to small businesses when he made that quote? He was TALKING about INFRASTRUCTURE. Geez..

Sirveri

(4,517 posts)
9. To be fair, he didn't bake the cake.
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:19 AM
Aug 2012

Though the cake almost certainly encountered the government at some point in its journey between various government employees...

and-justice-for-all

(14,765 posts)
11. That is no what the President said...
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 02:51 PM
Aug 2012

deliberately talking what he really said out of context is the same as lying...Well hell, it is the RNC after all.

Glad the DNC sent the the cake back to the kids table.

jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
14. I would have been tempted to send it back after eating it
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 12:11 AM
Aug 2012

That would have been wrong, though.

What I probably would have done, and this isn't awful or anything, is to have a baker peel off the "You Didn't Bake This" print and replace it with a printed copy of IRS Form 4506 (Request for Previous Years' Tax Returns)--filled out and all ready to send in.

jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
17. I was thinking Ex-Lax...
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 02:48 AM
Aug 2012

but it's a white cake with white icing, and the Ex-Lax people use for that is chocolate.

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