Obama asks Dems for patience, support as health care overhaul effort moves through Congress
By APThursday, October 15, 2009
Obama urges Democrats to be patient on health care
SAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama is asking his hard-core Democratic supporters for patience and trust as he tries to stave off criticism that his administration has been slow in fulfilling promises he made as a candidate.
Speaking at a pair of fundraisers for the Democratic Party and Organizing for America on Thursday, Obama urged his audiences to appreciate the complexity of the problems he said he inherited. He said he hoped the enthusiasm his candidacy engendered “was not just a fad” and that his former campaign volunteers would keep working.
The president also reminded liberal Democrats who may be disenchanted with aspects of the health care legislation in Congress that any bill that gets through will help millions of uninsured Americans.
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October 16, 2009: 7:11 am
My younger brother Jeff is the shame of the Degan family. He not only lives in France, he actually likes it there. He has a French wife and two gorgeous little French daughters. Honestly I think the guy is a closet commie. Back in August, in a letter to his fellow countrymen and women regarding health care - or “Hell Care” as he called it (What a card!) - he ended it by saying: “In short, in the US, you pay more, get less, and die younger than we do in Europe. What part of that don’t you understand?” Well, hey there! That’s a danged good question! What part of that don’t we understand? Why is it that so many of us have to be dragged, kicking and screaming like half-witted little preschoolers, into the brave new world of change? What the hell is the matter with us anyway? How can it be that such a huge number of Americans cheerfully join movements of mass stupidity and salivate on cue to the sound of Dr. Glenn “Pavlov” Beck’s bell? It kind of makes you wonder, huh? tomdegan.blogspot.com Tom Degan |
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