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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:48 PM
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Obama: “For all...the yelling and the shouting and the noise, what you need to know is..."

As Health Care Debate Rages, Obama Takes to the Stump

By JIM RUTENBERG and JACKIE CALMES
Published: August 11, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Obama tried on Tuesday to defuse fears about his plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system, an issue at the center of one of the fiercest public-policy debates in decades, telling a friendly audience in New Hampshire that a lot of misinformation is being spread.

“If you like your health-care plan, you can keep your health-care plan,” the president told a gathering in Portsmouth, N.H. “You will not be waiting in any lines. This is not about putting the government in charge of your health insurance.”

“For all the chatter and the yelling and the shouting and the noise, what you need to know is this: If you don’t have health insurance, you will finally have quality, affordable options, once we pass reform. If you do have health insurance, we will make sure that no insurance company, or a government bureaucrat, gets between you and the care that you need.”

The president went on, to applause. “And we will do this without adding to our deficit over the next decade, largely by cutting out the waste and insurance company giveaways in Medicare that aren’t making any of our seniors healthier,” he said.

The president said some Republicans had been helpful, and that he hoped to achieve health care reform on a bipartisan basis, “but the most important thing is getting it done for the American people.”

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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:35 PM
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1. No comment? n/t
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:38 PM
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2. Nope. But a lot of recommends.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 06:58 PM
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5. Not much to say, I guess. n/t
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:38 PM
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3. That article starts out great,
but then, in the last two sentences, it gives the last word to the president of FreedomWorks. :banghead:
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:43 PM
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4. It's a stupid quote that makes no sense.
Most people probably will not read that far into the article. Even if they do, Obama already said it doesn't increase the budget.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 07:07 PM
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6. That was a grand Town Hall Meet today in Portsmouth,NH..
so glad I was fortunate enough to be home by my computer to see how it's done.

It would be good if all the Dems could manage a Town Hall like this..

or this..Cross Posted from Labor Forum..

Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-11-09 06:45 PM
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Here’s How One Union Community Took Back a Town Hall on Health Care

http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/08/10/heres-how-one-union-community-took-back-a-town-hall-on-health-care/

Here’s a firsthand account from Rosa Blumenfeld, an organizer for the North Shore (Mass.) Labor Council, on how an organized and well-briefed union presence can counter the tactics many health care reform opponents are using to disrupt congressional town hall meetings.

As we arrived at the Chelmsford Town Hall, there were already people lined up to get in. Some were wearing T-shirts with angry tea kettles on them and carrying signs saying things like, “Stop Socialized Medicine” and “Obamacare: It’s to Die For.” As we were warned, they spread out all over the room and constantly disrupted anyone, including Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.), who spoke out against their lies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=367x22187
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 07:40 PM
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7. Haven't seen it yet, but am looking forward to it.
GObama!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 07:59 PM
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8. It's the Template for all
future Town Hall Meets!
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