Obama’s Pen Pals

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Obama’s Pen Pals

Every day the president reads 10 letters from the public that are handpicked by his staff. Lately, he says, a lot of them are about health care. Here’s a White House-produced look at the process.

White House via Political Wire:

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By Heaven mark kaynnan, September 4, 2009 at 8:32 am Link to this comment
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hi my name is heaven and i want mr obama as my penpal,
am from ghana,
and am 81 years old.

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By LostHills, August 4, 2009 at 5:21 pm Link to this comment

Dear Mr. Obama,
Stop trying to distract us with “health care reform” and bring the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Stop trying to distract us with “health care reform” and enact programs to put us back to work. Stop trying to distract us with “health care Reform” that will put all of us under the thumbs of the insurance companies and start working on a single payer government run program like every other civilized democracy has.
thanks,
One Of The Little Guys

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