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Obama: ‘We’ve Made Extraordinary Progress’ Over the Past 8 Years
Breitbart ^ | 31 Dec 2016 | IAN HANCHETT

Posted on 01/01/2017 6:01:27 AM PST by Cheerio

During Saturday’s Weekly Address, President Obama reflected on his time in office and touted the “extraordinary progress” the country has made over the last eight years.

Transcript as Follows:

“Happy New Year, everybody. At a time when we turn the page on one year and look ahead to the future, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for everything you’ve done to make America stronger these past eight years.

Just eight years ago, as I prepared to take office, our economy teetered on the brink of depression. Nearly 800,000 Americans were losing their jobs each month. In some communities, nearly one in five folks were out of work. Almost 180,000 troops were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden was still at large. And on challenges from health care to climate change, we’d been kicking the can down the road for way too long.

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To: Cheerio

O$h!thead is correct. He has made tremendous progress in dividing and destroying this country, as he wanted to do.


41 posted on 01/01/2017 9:09:15 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Cheerio

Soon no one will listen.


42 posted on 01/01/2017 9:36:22 AM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: ronnie raygun

“We (Michele and I) have made extraordinary (financial) progress over the last eight years.”


43 posted on 01/01/2017 10:08:12 AM PST by DPMD (o)
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44 posted on 01/01/2017 10:25:55 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: CodeToad

The traitor-in-chief has spoken...


45 posted on 01/01/2017 1:59:39 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: servantboy777

Yeah, 4 percent didn’t sound right to me. But unemployment doesn’t cover all the people who ended up doing cheap jobs though, that doesn’t look good either.


46 posted on 01/05/2017 4:17:03 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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