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Lawmakers Detail Obama's Pitch
Lawmakers Detail Obama's Pitch
The president, according to one Congressman, told Democrats that a failed health care bill would "encourage extremists."
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The President of the United States Said That? -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online — President Obama, in his pitch to Democrats on the Hill today (from the New York Times):  Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will encourage the ...

Obama channels Shea-Porter, calls opponents “teabag people”
Now! Hampshire — ... PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? ...

Compare and Contrast
PoliPundit.com — Obama, on a muslim terrorist who killed a dozen innocent people: In a Rose Garden appearance on Friday, Mr. Obama urged Americans not to “jump to conclusions” about the motives behind the shooting, a theme he echoed on Saturday. “We cannot fully know what leads a man to do such a thing,” he said in the Saturday address. Obama, on peaceful protesters who oppose his policies: “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health ...

Obama Denigrates Millions Of Americans Who Disagree With Him (Again)
Pirate's Cove — ... Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will encourage the extremists.” ...

Obama Denigrates Millions Of Americans Who Disagree With Him (Again)
Stop The ACLU — ... Posted on November 8, 2009 Perhaps, instead of keeping a list of people Obama hasn’t throwing under the bus or insulted, we should keep one of those he hasn’t Mr. Obama , during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters ...

Quotes of the day
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... “Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, ‘Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit’ Democratic voters ‘and it will encourage the extremists .’” ***“And, in fact, the new president and Congress had a real opportunity to divide the Republican Party. A moderate ...

Obama Calls ObamaCare Dissenters “Teabag, Anti-Government People, Extremists”
Nice Deb — ... In case you were wondering what Obama told the Democrats, Saturday morning, during his pep talk before the vote, The New York Times has the goods: ...

Not in Public. Please.
RedState — ... According to The New York Times, on Saturday evening the President of the United States used a thoroughly disgusting gay-baiting slur to refer to people that previous presidents might have called “My Fellow Americans”. Speaking with congressional Democrats, our situationally unaware, amateur-night chief executive asked, ...

Chairman Zero Calls Tea-Party Patriots "Extremists"
Moonbattery — ... President Obama called the tea partiers "extremists" in front of Democrat House members. Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon said the President asked them, "Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will encourage the extremists.” ...

Obama The Uniter Referenced “Tea Baggers” And “Anti-Government Extremists” During Pep Talk To Dems
Say Anything — Remember when, after getting elected, Obama said he was going to be a President for all Americans?  Remember when he said he was going to usher in a new era of unity? Well, those are just things he says. Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people ...

Two Profiles in Class -- By: NRO Staff
The Corner on National Review Online — ... Twenty-four hours later, President Obama was not at Fort Hood, but rather on Capitol Hill lobbying a private meeting of Democrats, who must not have known his position on health care. Obama told the lawmakers, according to Democratic congressman Earl Blumenauer in the New York Times: “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit [Democratic voters] and it will encourage the extremists.” ...

Classy: Obama Invokes the T-Word in Dem Pep Talk
JammieWearingFool — Nice to see the Man of Peace get down into the gutter with such vile language . Is it any wonder his favorite cable outfit is the low rent MSNBC? Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will ...

“Teabag, Anti-Government People… Will Encourage The Extremists”
Pat Dollard | Young AmericansThe New York Times: In an odd coincidence, the House debate on Saturday to overhaul health care took place on the third anniversary of the 2006 election that gave Democrats majority control after 12 years of Republican dominance. It fell to President Obama and to Congressional leaders to persuade those Democrats still sweating the final vote that it would not prove the party’s undoing in next November’s midterm elections. Both Mr. Obama and the House leaders showcased Democrats’ newest colleague, Representative Bill Owens, who last Tuesday ...

Hope, Change, Cynicism, Pants Afire
Red Maryland — ... Furthermore, Obama loves to paint those who deign to disagree with him as cynics. However, Obama is not above cynicism himself. According to Oregon representative Earl Blumenauer, Obama told Democrats on Capitol Hill “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit.” ...

Tuesday morning links, posted early
Maggie's Farm — ... Obama politics of the Berlin Wall. Related in the WSJ: Four Little Words China's race problem. Not a reference to Michelle Malkin: Barack on Michelle: “She just seems so bitter, so angry all the time.” Murdoch wants to get paid for the WSJ. I do not blame him. The product is worth money. More nuke plants in Britain. Good for them. Wrong side of what? The march to feudalism? Via NYT: “This is an opportunity to do something as big ...

The Left Needs Its Mouth Washed Out With Soap
RedState — ... references to oral sex are now acceptable for political discourse. And now this behavior extends to the Oval Office. One would think that such obscenity would be above the office of the President of the United States.  But this is the Obama administration, where no behavior is too low.  I suppose when you hire a pedophile as “safe schools czar”, oral sex talk is not out bounds.  Or so our President appears to believe.  According to the NYT, Obama asked: “Does anybody think that the teabag, ...

What Have We Come To When The President Slurs Those Who Disagree?
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — ... by the popular kids at Lefty High!! It's clear she is being snarky there, but who knows? Maybe she won't actually use the term anymore. If she doesn't I will give her kudos. I expect this kind of immature name calling from the blogosphere, and now it doesn't even surprise me with the mainstream media on air talent. But I have to admit my jaw dropped when the President of the United States used this sexual slur, AND the former President of the United States as well. From The New York Times: Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized ...

What Have We Come To When The President Slurs Those Who Disagree?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... by the popular kids at Lefty High!! It's clear she is being snarky there, but who knows? Maybe she won't actually use the term anymore. If she doesn't, I will give her kudos. I expect this kind of immature name calling from the blogosphere, and now it doesn't even surprise me with the mainstream media on air talent. But I have to admit my jaw dropped when the President of the United States used this sexual slur, AND the former President of the United States as well. From The New York Times: Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to ...

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