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Obama: Tea Party’s Core Questions “My Legitimacy”
KWTX-TV ^ | March 30, 2010

Posted on 03/31/2010 11:21:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he believes the Tea Party is built around a "core group" of people who question whether he is a U.S. citizen and believe he is a socialist, but beyond that, Mr. Obama told NBC he recognizes the movement involves "folks who have legitimate concerns" about the national debt and whether the government is taking on too many difficult issues simultaneously.

In the interview broadcast Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show, Mr. Obama said he feels "there's still going to be a group at their core that question my legitimacy," but he said he didn't want to paint Tea Party activists "in broad brushes" and he hopes to win over members who have "mainstream, legitimate concerns."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; birthcertificate; birthers; certifigate; healthcare; kenyabelieveit; naturalborncitizen; obama; obamacare; obamaisabirther; obamanoncitizenissue; socialism; teaparty
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They're not the only ones, Barry.
1 posted on 03/31/2010 11:21:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Spin it, Barry.


2 posted on 03/31/2010 11:22:46 AM PDT by Jagdgewehr (Gun, Bible, Gadsden Flag...the definition of a hater and far right-wing extremist)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Regardless of where he was born, he’s destroying America.


3 posted on 03/31/2010 11:23:32 AM PDT by Spok (Free Range Republican)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why would he continue to allow his legitimacy be an issue when proving it is so simple?


4 posted on 03/31/2010 11:24:01 AM PDT by Ben Mugged (Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe we should take a good look at Obama’s eligibility to be president…….
The Obama Files
http://www.theobamafile.com/index_next_eligibility.html

What is Obama hiding?
Why Can Obama Keep College Papers Hidden
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17682329/Why-Can-Obama-Keep-College-Papers-Hidden


5 posted on 03/31/2010 11:24:02 AM PDT by Jonah Vark (Any 5th grader knows that the Constitution declares the separation of powers. President Obama, get)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where’s his birth certificate? And all his OTHER records? What are you hiding, Hussein?


6 posted on 03/31/2010 11:25:03 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Spok

I think a lot of people are still wondering about the birth/citizenship thing-—but the Tea Party is focused on policy decision that he is making. I guess the Bama is getting paranoid.


7 posted on 03/31/2010 11:25:39 AM PDT by brooklyn dave (this is a NO-BAMA zone)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he believes the Tea Party is built around a “core group” of people who question whether he is a U.S. citizen”

Now they arepainting the TPM as extremists AND kooks.

“and believe he is a socialist”

Does anyone NOT believe that he is a Socialist?


8 posted on 03/31/2010 11:25:42 AM PDT by Grunthor (Over YOUR dead body!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
and he hopes to win over members who have "mainstream, legitimate concerns."

Ain't gunna happen, bro.

9 posted on 03/31/2010 11:27:07 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Actually, his legitimacy isn’t the core concern of the Tea Party, his destruction of America is. That’s not to suggest there aren’t some who also have concerns about his legitimacy...but he’s the one that is prolonging that.


10 posted on 03/31/2010 11:27:31 AM PDT by highlander_UW (Happiness doesn't come from owning something; it comes from being a part of something)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What he said, I believe, could BACKFIRE....big time!


11 posted on 03/31/2010 11:28:02 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The PLANTATION Party is at it again (the DEMS) ....trying to make slaves of everyone)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
As I just asked, "Is there not one single reporter with the guts and integrity to ask one simple question? The question: 'President Obama, would you please define socialism, and explain how your trajectory is a different trajectory?' Then (as long as I'm dreaming), rinse and repeat for fascism. Can't just one MSM reporter do that?"
12 posted on 03/31/2010 11:28:17 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he believes the Tea Party is built around a "core group" of people who question whether he is a U.S. citizen and believe he is a socialist,

Linking the Socialist charge to the birther question is a smear.

Point out how your policies differ from Socialism.

Explain why you felt the need to seek out the Marxist professors in college so you wouldn't be seen as a "sell out". When did you ever turn away from Marxism that you once sought out?

Why were there Che Guevara flags adorning your Houston campaign office? Why do so many members of your administration quote and champion Chairman Mao, Karl Marx, Che Guevara, and Saul Alinsky?

Still think that we DON'T KNOW you have a "thrill up your leg" for Marxism? Even AFTER what you told Joe The Plumber on camera?

13 posted on 03/31/2010 11:28:20 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
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To: Ben Mugged

Yeah, why complain about,

AND SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HIDE

what would cost about $12 to get a copy of and show the world?


14 posted on 03/31/2010 11:28:48 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: BibChr

The media never ran one article to smear those who called Bush a “fascist” or said that he was just like Hitler. Those pictures didn’t even appear in the newspapers.


15 posted on 03/31/2010 11:29:30 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
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To: Grunthor

I believe he tends more toward fascism,
because he’s not one of those “live and let live” socialists.

You MUST comply, or he’ll bring down the Chicago Way all over you.


16 posted on 03/31/2010 11:29:42 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: BibChr

“OK, let’s say you AREN’T a socialist. Please describe what you’d be doing differently if you were.”


17 posted on 03/31/2010 11:30:18 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Grunthor

His record in Congress was to the Left of Bernard Sanders


18 posted on 03/31/2010 11:30:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
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To: MrB

Mr. Obama, define Marxism. How is that different from your concept of “spreading the wealth around” in the name of “Social and Economic Justice”?


19 posted on 03/31/2010 11:31:09 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
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To: Cicero

Well, the Obama Library will have a whole empty wing devoted to his formative years.... /sarcasm


20 posted on 03/31/2010 11:31:21 AM PDT by pointsal ( try MagicJack if you have had enough of Verizon)
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