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President Barack Obama Talks to Bret Baier About Health Care Reform Bill
Fox News ^ | 3.17.10

Posted on 03/18/2010 9:22:40 AM PDT by florm15

BRET BAIER, "SPECIAL REPORT" HOST: Welcome to Washington. I'm Bret Baier, and this is a special edition of "Special Report", beginning tonight in the Blue Room in the White House, mid-way through what many people are calling the most pivotal week of his presidency so far. We are interviewing President Barack Obama.

Mr. President, thank you for the time.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Thank you for having me, Bret.

BAIER: You have said at least four times in the past two weeks: "the United States Congress owes the American people a final up or down vote on health care." So do you support the use of this Slaughter rule? The deem and pass rule, so that Democrats avoid a straight up or down vote on the Senate bill?

OBAMA: Here's what I think is going to happen and what should happen. You now have a proposal from me that will be in legislation, that has the toughest insurance reforms in history, makes sure that people are able to get insurance even if they've got preexisting conditions, makes sure that we are reducing costs for families and small businesses, by allowing them to buy into a pool, the same kind of pool that members of Congress have...

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KEYWORDS: baier; obama; realjournalism

1 posted on 03/18/2010 9:22:41 AM PDT by florm15
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To: LibertyLover2009
BAIER: You have said at least four times in the past two weeks: "the United States Congress owes the American people a final up or down vote on health care." So do you support the use of this Slaughter rule? The deem and pass rule, so that Democrats avoid a straight up or down vote on the Senate bill?

OBAMA :"Where is my teleprompter?"

2 posted on 03/18/2010 9:32:53 AM PDT by frogjerk
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To: LibertyLover2009

Obama man handled Bret Baier...
and danced around him like Bud Abbot doing “Whos on first”... with Lou Costello..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfmvkO5x6Ng


3 posted on 03/18/2010 9:32:54 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: LibertyLover2009
Trying to be Klintoon there, avoiding uncomfortable questions with a torrent of verbiage.

He's not on the same level as DIRTXPOTUS (for which we may be thankful!)

4 posted on 03/18/2010 9:34:32 AM PDT by thulldud (Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
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To: LibertyLover2009
Anyone else check out the comments on the DU last night? They must have watched a different interview, or they are insane and delusional. Everyone of them said Obama smoked Bret
5 posted on 03/18/2010 9:57:24 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: LibertyLover2009

Why doesn’t zero give a straight answer. Kinda reminiscence of the: “what “is” the definition “is “is” crap old Billy goat gave.


6 posted on 03/18/2010 10:18:23 AM PDT by joshua1222 ("the flowers of tommorow are the seeds of today" so dont let the government plant poppy seeds today.)
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To: LibertyLover2009

I don’t know how Baier kept from LOL when the idiot talks.


7 posted on 03/18/2010 11:08:24 AM PDT by Vaduz
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