https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/08/06/obamateurism-of-the-day-798/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:14:54 -0400<![CDATA[One might think that Barack Obama would have learned his lesson from the &#8220;you didn&#8217;t build that&#8221; blowback.  He handed Mitt Romney a powerful attack by claiming that small businesses owed their success to government, and that entrepreneurs had nothing to do with the infrastructure that government provides &#8212; despite the fact that government only has the capital to build that infrastructure because entrepreneurs risk their own capital to create and expand markets, provide jobs, and raise the tax base.  Obama reacted by griping about being taken out of context, and then claiming that he always gives entrepreneurs the credit for their success.]]>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:01:24 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/08/06/obamateurism-of-the-day-798-n200394