didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock didn't build mcdonald's. that joe and his colleagues didn't build this enterprise, to say something like that is not just foolishment, it's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in america, and it's wrong. in the past, people of both parties understood that encouraging achievement, encouraging success, encouraging people to lift themselves as high as they can. encouraging entrepreneurs, celebrating success instead of attacking it and denigrating makes america strong. that's the right course for this country. his course is extraordinarily foreign. >> but the republicans' unified message hit a snag when former new hampshire governor john sununu tried to hit obama on the same theme but it was thrown off his message because of a choice of words. >> the president clearly demonstrated that he has absolutely no idea how the american economy functions. the men and women all over america who -- who have worked hard to build these businesses, their businesses, from the ground up, is how our economy became th

didn't build papa john pizza is insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in america. >> stephen: i don't know which is more insulting that obama is saying papa john didn't create his business or that someone is calling this pizza. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, folks, no surprise, no surprise, folks. obama was defended by some far-left kooks, like mitt romney. >> i know that you recognize a lot of people helped you? a business-- perhaps the banks, the investors. there's no question your mom, your dad, your school teachers, the people that provide roads the fire, the police. a lot of people help. >> stephen: hey, mitt, i know you're the one that's running but can i give you a little hint? if your entire stump speech, your entire campaign is based on something the other guy said, whenever possible try not to agree with him because success never comes from other people. take me. i built this show out of nothing. i gave it my blood, sweat, and tears, and a stool sample. ( laughter ) viacom has a very strict drug testing program. i sacrifice, i suffered, but i grew a thick sk

papa john didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock didn't build mcdonalds, that bill gates didn't build microsoft, you go down the list that's correct joe and his colleagues didn't build this enterprise, to say something like that is not just foolishness, it's insult to go every entrepreneur and innovator in america. it's wrong. it also extends to everybody in america that wants to lift themselves up a little further. that goes back to school to get a degree to get a little better job or someone who wants to get new skills and get a little higher income. the president would say you didn't do of that. you wouldn't have got tone school without the roads the government got for you so you are not responsible for your success. president obama attacks success and therefore under president obama we have less success and i will change that. i have to be honest. i don't think anyone could have said what he said who had actually started a business or had again other bigs. >> joining me with reaction the author of "muzzled, kwan williams, and former governor of new hampshire, john sununu is

didn't create papa john's.ell us why are they lying about the man in this way? >> i guess because the election season has gone from silly to ridiculous. what the president was saying actually quite important. it is something that distinguish it is two candidates in a useful way. if you think about things that are good for business and businesses can't do for themselves, public infrastructure, roads, bridge, communication systems, air travel, and if you think about the quality of the work force, obviously a big connection for public education there. those are essential parts of our public goods and entrepreneurs will tell you very forthrightly how important those are to their success. the president was saying under one candidate, under his policies, those public good was do attention. but under -- a romney presidency, based on the budgets he himself has promoted and endorsed, those kinds of public goods would be terribly underfund. >> yeah. that's -- certainly something that we immediate to keep hammering at her

>> we are asking for a conditional use permit to open eight papa john's. my cousin and i were born and raised here. i'm planning on moving into the building once we bring it up to code. parts of the building are on levelland require significant renovation. it has not been maintained in many years and the entire neighborhood is excited about the renovation. we're looking for to bringing the building up to code and we are investing over $400,000 in is vacant space. while this is considered formula retail, there is only one other papa john's in the merced. this one is completely owned and operated by myself and my family. we are not a huge, faceless corporation but we want to invest in that committee. we want to hire 10 to 15 employees in our immediate surrounding areas. we are always involved in donations, charity events, sponsorships we have already been discussing opportunities to help make a positive impact on the community. many neighbors have asked us not to serve alcohol and we promise is not a chance of doing that. we will not be serving alcohol. due

didn't build papa john pizza. that ray croc didn't build mcdonalds and bill gates didn't build microsoft. that joe and his colleagues didn't build this enterprise. to saying say something like this is not only follow lish, but insulting to every on entrepreneur in america. >> somebody finally turned on the emotion chip. let's see how the duck community is reacting to this. >> i worry about those ducks. gavin, or i don't know if i should call you sir at this point. >> okay. wherever you are from, what do you make of this wharf words over rugged individualism between our candidate? >> are you talking about bank, the stadium or the romney talking about entrepreneur? >> pick one, the bank. >> the problem with the bank thing is america is all about the race. race this, race that. when romney come it is called black panther stadium. where i am from i say we don't care about muslim or gay. we don't neighed a stadium after some -- we don't name a stadium after some 60s radical. >> it is not about the black panthers. >> it

that papa john didn't build papa john pizza, to say something like that is not just foolishness, it'snsulting to every entrepreneur and every innovator in america. and it's wrong. >> all right, fine. a little fire in the belly. joining us now bob kocosta of t "international review." the speeches today were lyely and tough and strong. probably the best thing we've heard from romney in quite some time. what did you take away when you interviewed h him? >> he was tough and forceful, he's sick of playing games with the left about his wealth and tax returns. he wants to turn the tables and he said he's not going to cave in on his tax returns. i'm talking about foreign investments. he wants to focus on the economy and regardless of what the left wants to talk about, that's going to be his message. >> what about the tax return? texas governor rick perry said release your taxes, chris christie has said release your taxes. he's going to release this year's taxes. right? they want him to release more taxes. why? why should he? >> romney's argument today in our interview was that he's not going

. >> papa john. >> he mentioned people who had very large personal fortunes, as does he.efocus the conversation, he keeps bringing it back to this, the chorus calling for him to release more of his tax returns is growing, much of it from within his own party. former presidential candidate rick perry chimed in on romney's tax situation. >> i'm a big believer that no matter who you are or what office you're running for, you should be as transparent as you can be with your tax returns and other aspects of your life so that people have the appropriate ability to judge your background and what have you. >> and the national review online put out an editorial titled release the returns, saying in part romney is a politician running for the highest office in the land and his current posture is probably unsustainable. romney pushed back against those calls during an interview with our nbc affiliate in pittsburgh. >> i think people in my party just say, look, this is a nonissue. just release the returns and they'll all go away. my experience is that the democratic party these days

build papa john pizza -- to say something like that is not just foolishness, it's insulting to everyentrepreneur, every innovator in america, and it's wrong. >> i got to be honest, i tune out of these things sometimes, and this is one of those times. i didn't take any of it seriously when it was unfolding last week, not a word of it. because the fact of the matter is mitt romney is not a stupid man. he knows better. i mean, mitt romney ran bain capital. it was a firm that went in and tried to help different people helping other businesses become successful again. and it did so in large part with help from the government. they used government tax deductions to carry out essentially interest finance takeovers in order to bring these companies back to profitability or barring that to strip them bare before they turn them out into bankruptcy. he's telling them if those businesses had not had access to romney and their team, they would have been in much worse shape. in any telling, if they had not had access to outside financing and taxing to death, they would have been in much worse shap

didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock didn't build mcdonald that bill gates didn't build microsoft. you go down the list. that joe and his colleagues didn't build this enter prides. to say something like this is not only foolishness it is insulting it to every entrepreneur in america. >> the coo blogged about risk takers remember than denigrate what they have done we need to encourage more people to be like them. >>> thank you, peter. this is exactly what people are talking about this morning. >> last night on "hannity"." romney surrogate and john sin knew knew went with raum wion williams. >> all the president has been doing is condemning success. how can you be president of america. how can you be president of this country if you condemn the success that america is noted for. when you de mean the business people diparticularly the small business people that you hope some of the jobs this administration hasn't been able to coax out of the private sector, when i you insult them they are not going to make investments here and create jobs with a president like that. i guara

that papa john didn't build papa yawn piz a.nsulting to every entrepreneur and innovator in america it is wrong. >> gretchen: the president and governor not seeing eye to eye on this. how are voters seeing it. especially the voters in the key swing state. we'll have authour dick morris. dick, is this going to matter and be the joe the plumber. president obama won the election after the joe the plumber moment. will it affect the outcome. >> it is an important moment and one of four times in his life that i heard obama really explain who he is. one is when he spoke about bitter people clingging to their religion and guns and another with joe the plumber and spread the wealth around . in kansas rugged individualism doesn't work and now if you accomplish success in your you didn't do it yourself you are standing on machine else's shoulders. the whole line against individualism and initiative runs sharply counter to the american narrative. it is more attuned to the pene pone one that values civil service and government involvement an

didn't build papa john pizza, ray crock didn't build mcdonald's.t bill gates didn't build microsoft. go on the list. joe and his colleagues didn't build this enterprise. to say something like that is not just foolishness, it's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in america. it's wrong. >> eric: he wasn't done there. >> believing in america means believing in the principles upon which the nation was founded. i do. i will keep the principles aloft. we will fight for them. we will keep america on the earth and bring back the strength that provides a bright future for us and for our children. >> eric: you know, i had a hunch yesterday, that the antibusiness comment would come back to haunt obama. just a matter of time before romney said enough class warfare and enough demonizing hard-working americans and enough for the damn socialist agenda for the country. this mitt romney, where has he been? >> andrea: this is the one we've been waiting for. right? punch back, down a couple red bulls. he did. the country needed a pep talk. he hit back.

didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock didn't build mcdonald's, bill gates didn't build microsoftat joe and the colleagues didn't build the enterprise, to say something that is not just foolishness, it's insulting to every entrepreneur and innovator in america. >> bret: romney on the offensive today speaking out about something obama said in virginia on the stump that raised eyebrows, especially in conservative circles. the president saying he defended the remark today saying we as a nation do things better together. we rise and fall as one nation. we'll start there tonight with the politics. bring in the panel. steve hayes, senior writer for "weekly standard." welcome ben feller, white house correspondent for the "associated press." and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. ben, what is your assessment of the back and forth and how has it been playing? romney seemed energized on the stump on one point. >> yeah, the governor was fired up and fired up and trying to get back on message. that may shock you and there is license take within what was said. romney pulled out the quo

didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock did not build mcdonald's, that bill gates did not build microsoft. that joe did not build this enterprise. to say that is not just foolishness, but just wrong to every innovator in america. >> i heard hillary clinton saying it takes a village. the president was trying to take the same ideology here saying we don't get anywhere without each other. it will take other people to propel us forward. who made the better argument here? now it seems like they are pouncing on the president for trying to talk about it takes all of us in america to move forward. >> look, if i were a speech writer for the president, would i want to phrase that differently? yes, i would have. i think his message has been echoed through the business community for a while. let me give you an example. when i worked in the white house, it was the u.s. pharmaceutical industry that lobbied heavily for research. they did not want to spend that and feel they could not do that as well as government-sponsored research. when wal-mart starts calling for an increase in the minimum w

build papa john pizza that, bill gates didn't build microsoft, to say something like that is not just foolishness, it's insulting to every entrepreneur in america. >> the crowd loved the line. the president also said if you were successful, somebody along the way gave you help, it was a great teacher, he didn't point to the government as governor romney said. you see the crowd loving that remark there. >> governor romney only used part of what the president said, secondly what did mitt romney do? mitt romney just made up a whole bunch of billionaires and millionaires and that seems to be in his rationale and his way of thinking, what he doesn't get, okay, mr. gates, he may have started a company, so with consumers, buying all those products, mr. gate's business could have done nothing. when they say job creators, you know what job creators are? job creators are people who walk into walmart and buy $12 t-shirts or fruits and vegetables. barack obaobam mitt romney likes to talk about million areas and billion airs and president obama likes to talk about the middle class zplchltd people

didn't build papa john pizza, to say something like that is not just foolishness, it's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in america. >> but romney's fiery rhetoric has been blunted by growing calls by fellow republicans to release his tax returns. romney told the national review's robert costa yesterday, quote, i'm simply not enthusiastic about giving the obama campaign hundreds or thousands of more pages to pick through, distort and lie about. but the conservative magazine's editors were apparently not convinced, writing, quote, in all likelihood, he -- mitt romney -- will not be able to maintain a position that looks secretive and is a departure from campaign conventions. the only question is whether he releases more returns now or later. texas governor rick perry, who has released his tax returns dating back to 1992, was quizzed by reporters in austin yesterday and issued a general call for transparency. >> i'm a big believer that no matter who you are or what office you're running for, you should be as transparent as you can be with your tax returns and other a

didn't build papa john pizza, ray crock didn't build mcdonald's.t build microsoft. go on the list. joe and his colleagues didn't build this enterprise. to say something like that is not just foolishness, it's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in america. it's wrong. >> eric: he wasn't done there. >> believing in america means believing in the principles upon which the nation was founded. i do. i will keep the principles aloft. we will fight for them. we will keep america on the earth and bring back the strength that provides a bright future for us and for our children. >> eric: you know, i had a hunch yesterday, that the antibusiness comment would come back to haunt obama. just a matter of time before romney said enough class warfare and enough demonizing hard-working americans and enough for the damn socialist agenda for the country. this mitt romney, where has he been? >> andrea: this is the one

-- john didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock didn't build mcdonald's.agues didn't build this enterprise. that's not just foolishness, it is insulting to every entrepreneur in america. >> greta: welcome to a special hour of "on the record," open for business. now, what are the biggest challenges facing businesses right now in how can they create more jobs and boost our e

didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock didn't build mcdonald's's, that ray crock didn't build microsoft and go down the list, that joe and his colleagues didn't build this enterprise, to say something like that is not just foolishness, it's insult to go every innovator in america and it's wrong! president obama attacks success and therefore under president obama we have less success and i will change that! my own view is what the president said is both startling and revealing. i find it extraordinary that a philosophy of that nature would be spoken by the president of the united states. i think he wants americans to be ashamed of success, i want americans to welcome and to celebrate success and to encourage people to reach as high as they can and in some cases to build enterprises. i don't want government to take credit for what the individuals of america accomplish, whether they work in government or work in the private sector, it's the people of america that make america the unique nation, the exceptional nation that it is. >> fox news political analyst brit hume joins us. g

didn't build papa john pizza, ray crock didn't build mcdonald's.. go on the list. joe and his colleagues didn't build this enterprise. to say something like that is not just foolishness, it's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in america. it's wrong. >> eric: he wasn't done there. >> believing in america means believing in the principles upon which the nation was founded. i do. i will keep the principles aloft. we will fight for them. we will keep america on the earth and bring back the strength that provides a bright future for us and for our children. >> eric: you know, i had a hunch yesterday, that the antibusiness comment would come back to haunt obama. just a matter of time before romney said enough class warfare and enough demonizing hard-working americans and enough for the damn socialist agenda for the country. this mitt romney, where has he been? >> andrea: this is the one

-- john didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock didn't build mcdonald's.l gates didn't build microsoft. that joe and his colleagues didn't build this enterprise. that's not just foolishness, it is insulting to every entrepreneur in america. >> greta: welcome to a special hour of "on the record," open for business. now, what are the biggest challenges facing businesses right now in how can they create more jobs and boost our economy? who would know more than the business leaders themselves? we have a very successful panel of guests for this special edition of "on the record," open for business. how are the health care law regulations, european crisis and our president helping or hurring our businesses. they will tell you themselves. steve forbes, carly rony, ceo and founder, content officer of xo group, formerly, the knot, devoted to weddings, pregnancy and home planning. nick waletta, a new media company that focusing on bbso business-to-business web casting. and fresh direct, a grocery delivery service. the economic indicator, steve. which one do you pay

didn't build papa john pizza is to say something like that, is not just foolishness. it's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in america and it's wrong. >> to say that little caesar did not build little caesar's pizza? >> don't forget the keebler elves. >> there's a romney fund-raising e-mail, saying comments like the president's are a slap in the face to the american dream. >> oh, my god. >> listen, i don't know where to start with this. first, attacking the president's americanism, you know, off the tax issue? hello. number one. also, boot strapping on your own, this mythology that everybody can just make it on their own in america. hello, mitt romney had every possible safety net that there is to have. >> my god -- >> i went to where mr. romney went a few years later and i saw the kids being dropped off in their lincoln town cars and sedans. they weren't taking the bus. beyond that, this is the american principle. what about there but for the grace of god go i? what about the notion when martin luther king said when you get up in the morning you're dri

build papa john pizza. ray kroc didn't build mcdon that wou mcdonald's. >> he was completely on message in this speech, from what we have seen of it. this is the message that he should be delivering, not getting caught up in bain and when he left bain and the tax issue. >> absolutely, andrea, look, look at the last three months, just on job reports, the unemployment rate and news about the economy. this has been a terrible three months for president obama, this should be a pretty good month for romney. he's been diverting, talking about bain, when he left, why did he retro actively retire. he's going to be talking about tax returns. i think this is a great core message. barack obama is actually channeling elizabeth warren, the massachusetts senate candidate, when he's talking about no one builds a business on their own. that's an elizabeth warren comment. it went viral and became a huge hit among liberal activists. borrowing from a former administration official. >> and now getting hit on top of the head by