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Obama Blitz Roundup: 'Meanness' on Right, Pelosi's Warning, Only ABC Raises ACORN
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... ♦ George Stephanopoulos, on ABC's This Week, quizzed Obama on how the individual insurance mandate would, in effect, mean higher taxes: ...
Obama Sunday: The Rehash
The Caucus —
President Obama was seen, heard and rehashed all day. Indeed, Sunday was more of a marathon for the reporters and pundits scrambling to weigh in on Mr. Obama’s five television appearances than for the president, who rounded off the day with unusual 18-hole golf game (more than four and a half hours for those of you keeping track). Friday went like this: back to back 15-minute interviews — CBS , NBC , ABC , Univision and CNN , in that order — in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. (Follow links for the respective transcripts.) As ...
BaucusCare raising taxes in two ways
Hot Air » Top Picks —
BaucusCare raising taxes in two ways posted at 8:48 am on September 21, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Allahpundit wrote about this last night , but it’s worth emphasizing a couple of other big points about Barack Obama and this plan by Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) to overhaul the American health-care system. First, Obama seems to take ownership of this plan by coming to its defense not from Republican attacks but by criticism from Democrats over the issue of middle-class taxation. He starts by claiming that Americans are getting taxed by insurers with price increases as a means of excusing what are actually two big ...
BaucusCare raising taxes in two ways
True North - Pointing Minnesota in the Right Direction —
Allahpundit wrote about this last night, but it’s worth emphasizing a couple of other big points about Barack Obama and this plan by Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) to overhaul the American health-care system. First, Obama seems to take ownership of this plan by coming to its defense not from Republican attacks but by criticism from Democrats over the issue of middle-class taxation. He starts by claiming that Americans are getting taxed by insurers with price increases as a means of excusing what are actually two big government bites in the Baucus bill:
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Obama: I had no idea ACORN was getting so much federal money
Sister Toldjah —
... Gotta take my hat off to George Stephanopoulos for really holding Obama’s feet to the fire on a number of issues in his pre-taped interview with him, which aired yesterday. ...
Please read bills before you defend them, Mr. President.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
If this is a problem, don’t go on national television and give exclusive interviews.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You were against the individual mandate…
OBAMA: Yes.
STEPHANOPOULOS: …during the campaign. Under this mandate, the government is forcing people to spend money, fining you if you don’t
How is that not a tax?
[snip of semantic-free commentary by the President]
STEPHANOPOULOS: That may be, but it’s still a tax increase.
OBAMA: No. That’s not true, George. The — for us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase.
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The Best And The Worst Of Obama's Speed-Date With The Sunday News Anchors
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... THE REST: Were it not for CNN, I'd probably have given my top marks to George Stephanopoulos at This Week. While he hit all of this week's generic obsessions, he didn't pointlessly dwell on any of them. His exchange with Obama over whether he could keep his promise on not raising taxes on the middle class was the weekend's most electric exchange, with Stephanopoulos quoting from the dictionary, and Obama snarking, "My critics say everything's a tax increase. My critics say I'm taking over every segment of the economy." ...
Mandatory health insurance vs mandatory Social Security
SCSUScholars —
STEPHANOPOULOS: You were against the individual mandate... OBAMA: Yes. STEPHANOPOULOS: ...during the campaign. Under this mandate, the government is forcing people to spend money, fining you if you don't How is that not a tax? OBAMA: Well, hold on a second, George. Here -- here's what's happening. You and I are both paying $900, on average -- our families -- in higher premiums because of uncompensated care. Now what I've said is that if you can't afford health insurance, you certainly shouldn't be punished for that. That's just piling on. If, on the other hand, we're giving tax credits, we've set up an exchange, you ...
Obama's Health Care Bait and Switch
The American Spectator —
The Obama Watch Obama's Health Care Bait and Switch By David Catron on 9.24.09 @ 6:09AM During the first nine months of his Presidency, Barack Obama has accomplished the seemingly impossible: he has proven that a politician can be even less trustworthy than Bill Clinton. The broken promises of the latter were relatively conventional by Democrat standards. Clinton ran on a middle class tax cut, for example, and promptly raised taxes. Dishonest, of course, but not terribly surprising. Obama's policy pirouettes, however, have taken us to an entirely new level of presidential perfidy. The man has reversed himself on virtually every position he espoused during ...
