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Posted on Mar 21, 2010

The president, speaking after the passage of health care reform, said, “We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things.”

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By voted off, November 9, 2010 at 2:14 am Link to this comment
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Well I guess you need to admit that the health bill and health measures are a tough nut to crack in our system. If we have made some kind of leeway towards coming to an agreement, that is a first step towards tackling that. Definitely Obama is human too. He needs assurance that he is moving in the right path. A leader who shows his human side is a greater leader for that! The government is rolling and in full swing.

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By batterie, June 24, 2010 at 2:40 am Link to this comment
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like a winner with a pocket full of nuclear bunker-busters.

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By mike3050, May 16, 2010 at 3:16 am Link to this comment

What about those on tier 4 of unemployment seeking auto insurance quotesjobs that aren’t there in Michigan,unemployment ends in two weeks for me and my life as I know it will end also. Who cares my government?

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By Basyl, April 28, 2010 at 4:04 am Link to this comment

This is what changes look like… Barak Obama has done something I’d not thought possible a year ago; he’s made himself a 1 term president. The silent majority (conservatives) have been awoken and it’s the silver lining in all this mess. When the republicans take back both houses in Nov we need to then hold them The repubs) to task. Oh, they’ll demand a repeal, knowing full well Obama will veto it; and can as they won’t hold a super majority…yet. 2012 is the big one, conservative republican president and a (hopefully according to many interviews I found by mp3 search ) conservative congress, this bill (and the others that are soon to follow) can be repealed. Then we can get on truly reforming the healthcare industry. Keep your heads up conservatives of America!

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By ma77hew77, March 23, 2010 at 9:33 am Link to this comment
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This bills proves nothing but that you are all a bunch of whores for your corporate masters.

This bill is not for the people it is for the Democratic Party fund raising and the Health Care Industry. Nothing takes effect til 2012? This is just a dog and pony show.

The public option is the best for the people/country but it hasn’t a chance because it is bad for the billion dollar profits of the Health Care Industry.

This Government is broken and will never serve the people needs. NEVER.
You want your country back? Get in the streets!!!

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By keymanwst, March 23, 2010 at 2:30 am Link to this comment

Big things?  Oh yeah.  There’s a big thing going on at Diego Garcia. 
Coming SOON to a theatre near you—IRAN.  Stick around folks—big
things are coming indeed.  Nothing like a Nobel Peace Prize winner with a pocket full of nuclear bunker-busters.

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By surfnow, March 22, 2010 at 4:26 am Link to this comment
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He’s now worse than Bush- at least with him you knew what you were getting. Obama is now simply the polished, educated, smiling face of imperialism and corporatism.

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By ofersince72, March 22, 2010 at 2:04 am Link to this comment

I didn’t even click to watch and listen to this liar…
This silver tongued devil with ice water veins.! ! ! ! !

~~~~~~~~~~``````~~~~ O B A M A I S M ~~~~`````~~~~~~~~~
HOLDS NO WATER
DA BOAT DON’T FLOAT
AIN’T CARRYIN A FULL FIELD PACK
MORE THAN A FEW FRENCH FRIES SHORT OF THE HAPPY MEAL
SCREAMIN HARVARD CORPOCRAT MILLIONAIRE
THAT IS SO FAR GONE NOW
WOULDN’T KNOW THE TRUTH IF IT SMACKED HIM IN THE FACE
HAVING THE N E R V E TO SAY
THAT G O V E R N M E N T   S T I L L   W O R K S…
yes Mr. President it does…
for your close friends on Wall Street not for us
down here on mainstreet that you made love to for
two years while you were lieing your way into the
W H I T E     H O U S E   ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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