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Late words from Obama
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Posted on 08/07/2009 7:46:49 AM PDT by frposty

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To: Jeff Head

Nice one.

“Mine”

Boots


21 posted on 08/07/2009 7:57:04 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Fili et Spiritus Sancti.)
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To: broncobilly

It’s government involvement that killed the country doctors of the first half of the 20th century. The country doctor has a place today, if he could return it would be superior to what we are facing. The great medical breakthroughs and high tech research could be performed at university hospitals and research labs (just like now!).

The country doctor knew his patients and how the lived. The patients didn’t spend upward to two hours waiting in his lobby for ten minutes of “face time”.


22 posted on 08/07/2009 7:59:06 AM PDT by BertWheeler (Dance and the world dances with you...)
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To: frposty

What did I miss? Dubya is back in the public eye? Where...when?


23 posted on 08/07/2009 8:00:31 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Palin shrugged.)
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To: xcamel

Took awhile but I got in here is the text of the report...

McLEAN — President Obama provided a motivational spark and a funding boost to Democrat Creigh Deeds’ campaign for governor Thursday night, thrusting himself into a race that is being watched nationally as an early test of the president’s popularity.

Obama joined Deeds and Gov. Tim Kaine for a rally before more than 1,500 supporters in a packed ballroom of the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner hotel, delivering a shot of adrenaline to a campaign that is trailing in the polls and working to energize activists who helped Obama carry Virginia in last year’s presidential election.

Obama also did some campaigning for himself, defending his administration’s efforts to fix the economy and blistering Republican critics, who he blamed for creating the crisis he inherited.

“I expect to be held responsible,” Obama said. “But I don’t want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don’t mind cleaning up after them, but don’t do a lot of talking.”

Obama accused his GOP critics of having “selective memory” about the economy and said, “When I walked in we had a $1.3 trillion deficit. That was gift-wrapped and waiting for me when I walked into the Oval Office.”

Obama last year became the first Democratic presidential candidate since 1964 to win Virginia. But the economy and fierce debates over health care overhauls and other Obama policy initiatives have eroded some of the president’s public support.

Deeds, a state senator from Bath County, has largely ignored Republican rival Bob McDonnell’s efforts to wage debates over hot-button issues in Washington. But he was not shy about accepting Obama’s backing Thursday night. He even expressed awe over the experience, saying, “I’m still trying to get used to the fact that the President of the United States flew Marine One here to Virginia for me.”

In his introduction of Obama, Deeds said, “We have come a long way to restore confidence and pride in America and we’re not done yet.”

Obama described Deeds as “cut from the same cloth” as Kaine and his Democratic predecessor, Mark Warner, now in the U.S. Senate. The president said Deeds would “continue the progress that has been made” under the Democratic governors.

McDonnell, the former attorney general, has tried to tether Deeds to national Democratic efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, overhaul health care and make it easier for unions to organize. The strategy has helped McDonnell mobilize his voting base and could draw swing voters who disapprove of the president’s job performance.

But McDonnell also has praised the president’s support for charter schools and merit-based pay for teachers.

“When the administration and Congress push initiatives that will negatively impact Virginians, Bob McDonnell will oppose them,” said McDonnell spokesman Tucker Martin. “When the administration and Congress propose initiatives that will be positive for Virginians, Bob McDonnell will support them. He is doing that right now in his strong support of the president’s effort to expand charter schools and performance pay for teachers and principals.”

In a private fundraiser with about 200 donors, Obama said that Deeds is in a tough race. “While Virginia is moving in the right direction, it is still a purple state,” Obama said.

The party occupying the White House has not won a Virginia governor’s race since 1973, and Obama acknowledged that “the incumbent party is going to have some challenges” because of the economy.

“I want to make sure that everybody who was as activated around my campaign just a few months ago, is not sitting back and simply saying their work is done,” Obama said.

Deeds’ campaign would not disclose how much money the fundraiser generated. Deeds’ aides said they are hopeful that Obama will make campaign appearances outside of Northern Virginia later in the campaign.

Deeds emphasized education in his rally speech and hailed changes advanced by Obama, Kaine and Warner.

Deeds said he supports Obama’s efforts to expand charter schools. McDonnell’s campaign called that declaration a “stunning reversal,” citing Deeds’ votes against charter schools legislation in the General Assembly. Deeds’ campaign noted that he voted this year for a bill that would lift a cap on the number of charter schools allowed in a school district.

Deeds called for expanded pre-kindergarten education, increasing teachers’ salaries to the national average and boosting math and science education. He argued that McDonnell opposed Warner’s efforts to increase education funding and would take money from schools to pay for his transportation funding plan.

“One thing I know as I travel around the commonwealth is this: Virginians don’t want to go back,” Deeds said. “Virginia can’t afford to go back.”


24 posted on 08/07/2009 8:01:49 AM PDT by Idaho_Independent (The 3 boxes of freedom, Soap Box, Ballet Box, and the Ammo Box.)
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To: frposty

The public that he’s trying to silence didn’t make this mess. DC did.


25 posted on 08/07/2009 8:02:12 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

This has a tune, too.

Boots

“Obamaland Song”

Obamaland hypnotizes all,
O’er each freedom in the world,
We require domination,
We kneel together in servitude.
From th’Eastern Shores to the Western
From the Yukon to the Baja -
Obamaland hypnotizes all
O’er each freedom in the world.

Obama thugs, Obama loyalty,
Obama beer. Obama song,
Shall infect in the world,
Their angry mafia
Demands th’ignoble deeds:
Age-defined lives.
Obama thugs, Obama loyalty,
Obama beer. Obama song.

One form, one fiat—serfdom
For the Obamination Lands
Let’s dictate, manufacture chaos
Right on cue, with fists and fights!
Caprice, fiat and true serfdom
Are th’objective for each class
Infects by stealth, by lies, by jackboots
Praised in Obamination Lands.

Obamaland hypnotizes all,
In destruction all the more.
In seditious organizing can hate
Show extreme subterfuge.
And so treason should wipe out
Free generations’ history:
Obamaland hypnotizes all,
In destruction all the more.


26 posted on 08/07/2009 8:03:46 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Fili et Spiritus Sancti.)
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To: frposty

Hey Obama!
“The ones who created the mess” are in your cabinet and in your cabal of czars!
Not to mention the House members voted in, during 2006.

This is AMERICA, and YOU don’ get to decide who has a voice and who gets listened to!


27 posted on 08/07/2009 8:08:45 AM PDT by G Larry ( Obamacare=Dying in Line!)
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To: frposty

his arrogance rating just went up by a factor of 10 (as if that were even possible)


28 posted on 08/07/2009 8:13:00 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: frposty
So ... in dealing with "We the People" ... Mr. Obama and his minions encourage their citizen militia to :

Truly, in the eyes of our new ruling class, "We the People" are no longer their employers ... we are the new proletariat -- the lowly working class -- just part of the machine. How can this end in anything but violence? Serious question. American citizens have a long history of refusing to bow before kings (at least up until recently, ahem). The spine of the public is still quite strong and every day this new upstart government treats more of us like enemies. Seriously, how can this end in anything but violence, and if it comes to that, why wouldn't "We the People" fight to win? How dense are they, that they can't comprehend the corner they are pushing us into ...


29 posted on 08/07/2009 8:17:05 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: G Larry

He made it much worse in short order...

He hired the civilians who created the mess to fix it...

His congress created it as well...

What a moron to say what he did...


30 posted on 08/07/2009 8:30:00 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: frposty

The only jobs Obama creates are for people that work for him in the government....At tax payers expense. Driving up more cost.. He must think we are fools....


31 posted on 08/07/2009 8:40:08 AM PDT by just me (Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. (John Adams)
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To: just me

This jobs report is a total farce. You watch, it will be revised up.

This was staged to rebuild confidence in Obama so they could get healthcare passed.


32 posted on 08/07/2009 8:42:48 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: frposty

Talk to the ass Barry, cuz the face aint listening

33 posted on 08/07/2009 8:47:34 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: Erik Latranyi

It’s getting worse...but slower....and that’s supposed to makes us happy?


34 posted on 08/07/2009 9:08:54 AM PDT by G Larry ( Obamacare=Dying in Line!)
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To: frposty

Yeah, and all the dems in office, who have been there “forever”, giving favors to their families and friends, running our country into the ground...forcing through huge pork-laden bills...

They are not responsible, right? Obama thinks we were all born yesterday, I guess. What the left forgets is that there are still too many of us that are armed with a good education, educated before Congress mandated the dumbing down of American youth and the forcing of leftist ideology into the classroom. Maybe they should’ve waited a couple more years until more of us died off.


35 posted on 08/07/2009 9:41:18 AM PDT by Shery (in APO Land)
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