Obama reassures Democrats on health care, immigration

FOX News ^ | July 31, 2013 | AP

[Jim Robinson]

President Obama sought Wednesday to reassure Democrats nervous about the impact of his health care law and the prospects for immigration legislation, telling them "You're on the right side of history."

In the first of two closed-door meetings on Capitol Hill, Obama focused on financial gains as the economy emerges from the worst downturn since the Depression. He was warned about nominating former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers as chairman of the Federal Reserve and faced questions about his health care law. Some lawmakers complained that three years after its passage, the law still baffles many Americans.

Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., told the president that tapping Summers to replace current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would be a mistake.

Obama defended Summers, saying he had been treated unfairly by the news media. The president insisted that he had not made a decision on his choice. Summers, a former Obama economic adviser, and Janet Yellen, the Fed's current vice chair, are among the leading candidates for the job.

The first major rewrite of immigration laws in a generation and legislation to keep the government running without interruption are paramount issues for Democrats. So is the president's contentious health care law, with uninsured people able to start shopping for a health plan on Oct. 1.

Provisions of the law that still confuse many Americans kick in on Jan. 1 although the administration announced earlier this month that it would delay a key requirement that employers with 50 or more workers offer affordable coverage, or face fines.

[Jim Robinson]

Couple problems with Obama's ideas. No, he is not on the right side of history or the right side of any issue. The world knows that big government, centrally planned communism is a colossal failure, but that's where Obama wants to take us. Even the big communist nations are moving away from it and toward free enterprise. Russia is warning America to stay away from socialism. Socialist ObamaCare isn't even fully implemented yet and it's already wrecking our economy and killing jobs, even union jobs. Couple that with amnesty and unlimited immigration and we'll be losing not only low skilled jobs, but good paying union jobs as well. Obama has stated that he sees even bigger government and more government jobs as the solution to a bad economy and our unemployment. Sad to say, but this is not only wrong, but it's outright stupidity. Comrade Obama is nowhere qualified to be president of any nation. Certainly not a FREE nation!!

[Starboard]

If there was nothing to worry about, he wouldn’t have to reassure them.

[combat_boots]

OK. I’ll bite. What do ‘reassure’ and ‘right side of history’ mean here when he has mentioned them at this hour, minute and second?

Note date and timestamp

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[StormEye]

"Russia is warning America to stay away from socialism. Socialist ObamaCare isn't even fully implemented yet and it's already wrecking our economy and killing jobs, even union jobs."

If America fails economically due to Obama and his Democrats the Russians know that the rest of the world's financial well being will be ruined. And they know the Chi-Comms will be glad to move in on them (if they're not ruined also).

[Jim Robinson]

Don’t know how the time stamp matters, but the statements proves Obama is an idiot any time of day, 24/7.

[dhs12345]

Exactly. On healthcare, he pulled the switcheroo and moved the employer mandate out beyond the midterm elections. He saved their butts.

[ScottinVA]

Obama’s definitely on the wrong side of history on Obamacare or any other issue... problem is, he gets the luxury of having as his opponents a Republican contingent largely comprised of house-trained eunuchs. Hopefully the pro-American conservatives in the Senate (NOT GOP-e types) will make their voices heard loudly and clearly.

[DoughtyOne]

That's an interesting observation.  You've got  a point.  I don't think I'd go too far here though.  All he had to say was that they could count on Boehner, and all concerns would be dismissed.


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[Buckeye McFrog]

Those brave troops who were aboard the troop carriers on D-Day were on the right side of history.

They also got killed.

C’mon, Dems, why do WE have to keep parsing YOUR Presidents for ya??

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

From the article:

The first major rewrite of immigration laws in a generation

6 years is a generation now? Oh, yeah, written by the ubiquitous "AP."

That's an interesting observation. You've got a point. I don't think I'd go too far here though. All he had to say was that they could count on Boehner, and all concerns would be dismissed.

Shhhhhhhh.... we're not supposed to know that!

[drypowder]

Obama reassures Democrats on health care, immigration

their mouths gaping with awe on his every word. Anyone who believes anything the obozo hussein says is literally clueless because figuratively, he is peeing in their faces.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Der Leader wouldn’t know the ‘right side of history’ if it bit him on the behind.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” All he had to say was that they could count on Boehner, and all concerns would be dismissed.”

Good point.

America not destroyed quite yet.

[onyx]

Bump.
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[stephenjohnbanker]

Will do!

[expat2]

Instead of telling them that they are on the right side of history, he should have said “You are going to be history after next November”.

[DoughtyOne]

:^)

[DoughtyOne]

:^)

Exactly! “Hang in there fellow Democrats, we’re almost to the promised land.”

[LibLieSlayer]

Trust obama... WTF could go wrong! /s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s!