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Americans have lost faith in government: Obama
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 3/10/10 | AFP

Posted on 03/10/2010 8:31:13 PM PST by NormsRevenge

ST LOUIS, Missouri (AFP) – Many Americans have lost faith in their government, US President Barack Obama admitted Wednesday, tackling a pervasive sentiment hobbling his hopes for enacting sweeping reform.

American suspicion of government was deepening, he said in a speech from the heartland state of Missouri, where he pushed his endangered health reform drive that has been branded by Republicans as a government takeover.

"People have lost faith in government -- they had lost faith in government before I ran (for president), and it has been getting worse," Obama said at a rally in St. Louis.

He quoted his political hero, US Civil War-era president Abraham Lincoln, as saying that the role of government was to do what needed to be done but could not be done by citizens themselves without help.

"That pretty much sums up my attitude," Obama said.

The president used the trip to roll out a plan to crack down on waste and fraud in federal health programs for the poor and senior citizens as well as other government spending, which he said amounted to billions of dollars per year.

"I don't accept business as usual... and the American people don't accept it either," Obama said, adding the plan would help cut massive long-term deficits casting a shadow over economic recovery hopes.

In many ways, Obama's entire political program represents a bid to show that government can work, despite inbred US skepticism about federal power and Republican claims that he wants to orchestrate a takeover of much of American life.

Obama has embarked on a fierce week-long campaign to secure crucial votes in Congress on his health care plan before he leaves on a trip to Indonesia and Australia on March 18.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: americans; bho44; bhofascism; bhosocialism; bhotyranny; bhovisit; biggovernment; democrats; faith; fifth100days; government; mo2010; obama; obamacare; socialism; socialisthealthcare; youlie
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FRom the latest ObamaCare campaign uhhh complain whistle stop tour.... This is Willard B. Rantin' for FR Independent News .. Good night.
1 posted on 03/10/2010 8:31:13 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Quite the nuanced observation Holmes.


2 posted on 03/10/2010 8:32:10 PM PST by mylife (Opinions...$1 Halfbaked...50c)
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But Wait,, there's more..

US President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare insurance reform at St. Charles High School in St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Many Americans have lost faith in their government, Obama admitted Wednesday, tackling a pervasive sentiment hobbling his hopes for enacting sweeping reform. (AFP/Saul Loeb)


3 posted on 03/10/2010 8:32:19 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising dinner for
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) in St. Louis, Missouri, March 10, 2010.
REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)


4 posted on 03/10/2010 8:33:08 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: NormsRevenge

NSS!


5 posted on 03/10/2010 8:33:21 PM PST by Jim Robinson (JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)
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To: NormsRevenge

Nuclear Grade Chutzpah.


6 posted on 03/10/2010 8:33:32 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." - Steinbeck)
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To: mylife

Obama standard reply....Bush’s fault.

BTW oduma...I put my faith in GOD.....never Govt.


7 posted on 03/10/2010 8:34:06 PM PST by Crim
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To: NormsRevenge

8 posted on 03/10/2010 8:34:07 PM PST by mylife (Opinions...$1 Halfbaked...50c)
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To: NormsRevenge

Ha! We have lost faith in you many moons ago assxole!!


9 posted on 03/10/2010 8:34:17 PM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (Zero will never be my President, never!!!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

“duh”.


10 posted on 03/10/2010 8:34:29 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (2012: Repeal it all... All of it!)
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To: NormsRevenge
"People have lost faith in government -- they had lost faith in government before I ran (for president), and it has been getting worse," Obama said at a rally in St. Louis.

That sounds like a damning indictment of you Obama and your party, which has huge majorities in both houses of Congress.

11 posted on 03/10/2010 8:34:29 PM PST by kabar
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To: NormsRevenge

Gee, that sort of sounds like a “malaise.”


12 posted on 03/10/2010 8:34:32 PM PST by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: NormsRevenge

HA....GOVERNMENT = OBOMBA


13 posted on 03/10/2010 8:34:39 PM PST by goodnesswins (Tagline, oh, tagline, whereart thou tagline....)
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To: NormsRevenge
He quoted his political hero, US Civil War-era president Abraham Lincoln

Why doesnt he quote Jimmy Carter's malaise speech? Sounds like a repeat.

14 posted on 03/10/2010 8:35:11 PM PST by freespirited (We're not the Party of No. We're the Party of HELL NO!!!)
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To: mylife

That is NOT right!


15 posted on 03/10/2010 8:35:13 PM PST by goodnesswins (Tagline, oh, tagline, whereart thou tagline....)
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To: Jim Robinson

Americans have lost faith in government that tries to be too many things to too many people and ends up being the downfall of All... and then expects to be re-elected without question or debate.

I needed a thread to post the latest pics anyway, this’ll work. ;-)


16 posted on 03/10/2010 8:35:48 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hey 0bozo, you stupid commie pig usurper POS! We’ve lost complete confidence in you and your socialist commie pig party, cause all you want to do is to destroy our country & turn us into another Zimbabwe! Go back to Kenya you POS!


17 posted on 03/10/2010 8:36:04 PM PST by rcrngroup
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He quoted his political hero, US Civil War-era president Abraham Lincoln, as saying that the role of government was to do what needed to be done but could not be done by citizens themselves without help.

“That pretty much sums up my attitude,” Obama said.
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That statement bothers me.


18 posted on 03/10/2010 8:37:15 PM PST by Irenic
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To: Crim

This guy is the biggest shyster ever!


19 posted on 03/10/2010 8:37:23 PM PST by mylife (Opinions...$1 Halfbaked...50c)
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To: NormsRevenge

Wrong again, Barry-O. I haven’t “lost faith”. Government is still sticking it to us like the new girl in a cheap bordello.


20 posted on 03/10/2010 8:37:29 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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