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Obama Asks Voters Not to Abandon 'Hope and Change'
USNews.com ^ | 1 DECEMBER 2011 | usnews.com

Posted on 12/01/2011 11:47:43 AM PST by rdb3

Obama Asks Voters Not to Abandon 'Hope and Change'

President Barack Obama told voters he needed more time to turn America around

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NEW YORK (Reuters)—President Barack Obama asked U.S. voters on Wednesday to keep believing in the "hope and change" he promised in 2008, saying he needed more time to turn America around.

At a series of fundraisers in New York, where he raised more than $2 million for his campaign and those of other Democrats, Obama acknowledged frustration over the stalemate in Washington that has soured views of his leadership.

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"After all that is happening in Washington, it may be tempting to believe that change may not be as possible as we thought," he told supporters.

"It has been three wrenching years for this country," said Obama, whose re-election prospects hinge on his ability to heal the economy from the financial crisis that struck before he took office and to lower the 9 percent unemployment rate.

While listing what he called his achievements overhauling healthcare, ending the war in Iraq and fighting al Qaeda, the president said he needed another term to fully address the economy, the environment and other issues.

[See a collection of political cartoons on the economy.]

"Every single thing that we care about is at stake in this next election," Obama said.

"It's going to take more than a few years to meet the challenges that have been decades in the making," he said.

Republicans have not selected their 2012 nominee but Obama is polling neck and neck with one of their leading candidates, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

[See a collection of political cartoons on Mitt Romney]

Obama said he knew many of his supporters were disillusioned by the deadlock in Washington, where a dispute in the summer over raising the debt ceiling brought the United States close to the risk of a debt default.

But he told them the stakes were too high to give up hope, saying Republicans would unwind much of his agenda and put the country on a starkly different path.

"If you are willing to keep pushing through all the frustrations that we may see ... change will come," he said. "Press on, everybody."



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 0; 2012; nobama
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1 posted on 12/01/2011 11:47:48 AM PST by rdb3
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To: rdb3

Bullship! You Fing socialist Kenyan punk!


2 posted on 12/01/2011 11:51:01 AM PST by mongo141
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To: rdb3
Ain't this 'bout nothin?


Where there's a shell, there's a way.

25 years ago, we had Ronald Reagan, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope.
Today we have Obama, no cash, and no hope!

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

3 posted on 12/01/2011 11:51:06 AM PST by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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To: rdb3

Well, he’ll probably get half of his wish - the “change” part, at least. There’s going to be one in 2012!!!!


4 posted on 12/01/2011 11:51:59 AM PST by SlightOfTongue
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To: rdb3

I’m for change all right. The problem with becoming The Man is that you’re The Man you used to like to cuss at.


5 posted on 12/01/2011 11:52:53 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: rdb3

Let me guess ,”hope and change” doesn’t come into affect until 2014 ROFL


6 posted on 12/01/2011 11:53:06 AM PST by molson209
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To: rdb3
"It has been three wrenching years for this country," said Obama

You said it, Bozo.

7 posted on 12/01/2011 11:53:55 AM PST by Argus
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To: rdb3

Hey Obugger the voters haven’t abandoned Hope and Change they just redefined it as getting rid of your sorry a$$ in Nov 2012.


8 posted on 12/01/2011 11:55:00 AM PST by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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At lunch time today there was demonstration in front of NY City Hall (which is across from my office). The kooks are lying down in the middle of the street obstructing traffic and demanding a cure for AIDs.

A scraggly looking woman next to me opined that was no way to go about it and I concurred. She said she voted for Obama and asked me to forgive her. I told her that people complain about Republicans because they are seen as the strict parents and she agreed. She apologized to me again, shook my hand and walked away


9 posted on 12/01/2011 11:59:33 AM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: rdb3
My hope is in Jesus Christ. Obama and his democrats show there is little hope in mankind.
10 posted on 12/01/2011 11:59:47 AM PST by mountainlion (I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
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To: LottieDah
A scraggly looking woman next to me opined that was no way to go about it and I concurred. She said she voted for Obama and asked me to forgive her. I told her that people complain about Republicans because they are seen as the strict parents and she agreed. She apologized to me again, shook my hand and walked away

Wow. Now that was an interesting experience!


Where there's a shell, there's a way.

25 years ago, we had Ronald Reagan, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope.
Today we have Obama, no cash, and no hope!

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

11 posted on 12/01/2011 12:04:08 PM PST by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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To: rdb3

Hope and Change is Done and Gone


12 posted on 12/01/2011 12:06:43 PM PST by NavyCanDo
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Obama acknowledged frustration over the stalemate in Washington that has soured views of his leadership.

Actually, people like the stalemate. It's Obozo and his destructive ideas they hate.

13 posted on 12/01/2011 12:08:36 PM PST by hsalaw
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funny....if you have to ask people to stay with you on something....then you already lost them!


14 posted on 12/01/2011 12:13:35 PM PST by fuzzylogic
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Help us, Obie Won Kenyobi, you're our only Hope™

15 posted on 12/01/2011 12:16:58 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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Over 5000 years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel:

“Pick up your shovel, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the promised land.”

Nearly 75 years ago, Roosevelt said:

“Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a camel. This is the “promised land.”

Now, Obama has stolen your shovel ready jobs, taxed your asses, raised the price of camels, and promised your land to the muslims.

.


16 posted on 12/01/2011 12:23:45 PM PST by Iron Munro (Unattended children will be towed away at the owners expense)
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To: rdb3

More time to turn the country around? It should be “More time to change the country to a totally communist country.”


17 posted on 12/01/2011 12:33:06 PM PST by RC2
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To: rdb3

As opposed to MOPE DERANGED.


18 posted on 12/01/2011 12:49:10 PM PST by reg45 (I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
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To: rdb3

With Obama there is no hope for change.

With Obama there is no hope for change.

With Obama there is no hope for change.

With Obama there is no hope for change.

With Obama there is no hope for change.

With Obama there is no hope for change.

(BTW, this is as close as I can get to Six Sigma.)


20 posted on 12/01/2011 1:32:28 PM PST by Graewoulf ( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.)
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