Posted on 02/03/2010 3:07:53 PM PST by tobyhill
President Barack Obama exhorted Democrats to "finish the job" on a health care overhaul Wednesday, but his comments failed to bridge deep divisions within his party.
Addressing a gathering of Senate Democrats, Obama insisted that lawmakers have an opportunity to remake the nation's system of medical care.
"Here we are with a chance to change it," he said. "And all of you put extraordinary work last year into making serious changes that would not only reform the insurance industry, not only cover 30 million Americans, but would also bend the cost curve and save a trillion dollars on our deficits."
That wasn't enough for Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu to upgrade her assessment of the health legislation's condition.
"Just declaring that he's still for it doesn't mean that it comes off life support. ... But I agree with the president that giving up is not an option," Landrieu said.
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Hey, Barry--why not produce a 20,000 page bill and save 10 trillion dollars?
Maybe its just me, but I have never seen a POTUS, whether purposely or otherwise, outright and publically lie-—LIE-—as much as this current one.
I know. Every word out of his mouth is a lie.
“Hey, Barry—why not produce a 20,000 page bill and save 10 trillion dollars?”
Not to mention the zillion gajillion jobs it would save.
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