A caterer for a Barack Obama campaign event wore a cheeky T-Shirt making fun of the president, and amazingly, no one ordered him to remove it. Iowa deli owner Ross Murty sported a navy shirt, with the lettering "Government didn't build my business, I DID," a not-too-subtle reference to a recent Obama speech.
Murty is obviously a supporter of Republican candidate Mitt Romney, but his deli co-owner is a Democrat. Perhaps that explains how he wound up Wednesday serving food for the press corps at a Democratic campaign stop. You can view a photo of Murty posing here.
Obama last month committed possibly the worst error of his campaign when he told business owners, "You didn't build that." The absurd statement quickly became an Internet meme, and is now a rallying cry for those opposed to Obama's big government policies.
It seems strange that the caterer was allowed to continue wearing this shirt, especially after photographers began snapping away. How long did it take for the campaign staff to realize they had a provocateur in their midst?
This prank must have infuriated Obama. Didn't anyone from his team notice that their caterer was wearing a shirt poking fun at the president? But, considering there are hundreds of election fundraisers and speeches, sometimes mistakes are going to occur.
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Comments: 23
Ouch!
Can you imagine if this had been a Romney event and the T-shirt referenced tax returns? Tackled and wrestled to the ground at minimum. I guess Obama's team has profound respect for freedom of speech.
Romney, on the other hand, held a campaign event at the restaurant of a convicted drug importer:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/14/mitt-romney-holds-miami-campaign-stop-at-restaurant-owned-by-convicted-cocaine-trafficker/
Maybe if a T-shirt questioning Romney's taxes had shown up the wearer would be "sleeping with the fishes" by now.
Ditto Rory's comments: this makes Obama look great, & the t-shirt wearer look like a case of questionable judgement.
And if the trafficker has done his time, this makes Romney look great for giving him another chance.
Win-win-win-win for all.
...I'll bet they have customers lined up down the street for blocks now.
...his partner is overjoyed.
Now tell us how the T-shirt was bashing President Obama?
That can only be an assumption. I know a lot of people who will not or do not want to vote for either of the main two party candidates.
I'm glad to live in a society where a fellow like this can wear the shirt he chooses. No one "ordered him to remove it" because he was amongst those who support the free speech of others.