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Obama to Boehner: Where’s the Armageddon?

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At a rally in Maine, President Obama pushed back a bit on Republican assertions that the new health care legislation would herald the end of days.

Mr. Obama, speaking to a boisterous crowd in Portland, noted that the House Republican leader, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, was among those to predict catastrophic results.

“John Boehner called the passage of this bill Armageddon,” Mr. Obama said, struggling to finish his sentence over boos at the mention of Mr. Boehner’s name.

“You had others who said this is the end of freedom as we know it,” he continued. “So after I signed the bill, I looked around.”

The laughter began to build.

“I looked up at the sky to see if asteroids were coming,” Mr. Obama said. More laughter.

“I looked at the ground to see if cracks had opened up in the earth,” he continued, echoing remarks he made at a rally in Iowa last week. “You know what, it turned out it was a pretty nice day. Birds were still chirping. Folks were strolling down the street. Nobody had lost their doctor. Nobody had pulled the plug on Granny. Nobody was being dragged away to be forced into some government-run health care plan.”

Then, the comedian-in-chief had a few choice remarks for commentators in the media.

“You have to love some of the pundits in Washington,” he said. “Every single day since I signed the reform law, there’s been another poll or headline that said, ‘Nation still divided on health care reform. Polls haven’t changed yet.’ Well, yeah. It just happened last week. It’s only been a week.

“Can you imagine if some of these reporters were working on a farm? You planted some seeds, and they came out the next day, and they looked, and nothing’s happened! There’s no crop! We’re going to starve! Oh, no! It’s a disaster!”

Mr. Obama urged patience. “It’s been a week, folks,” he said. “So before we find out if people like health care reform, we should wait to see what happens when we actually put it into place. Just a thought.”

Of course, Republicans say they will have the last laugh when the midterm elections roll around in November.

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13 comments // Obama to Boehner: Where’s the Armageddon?

  • ozoneocean
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      ozoneocean  

    • After the sort of moronic speeches Bush Jnr used to give the rest of the world was really starting to wonder about America: what does it say about a country when their leader talks like an idiot about made up things like "Axis of evil", gets all his words wrong and doesn't seem to know what half of them mean?

      Now the USA is represented by someone that talks like a normal, intelligent person again. It's a revelation!

    • 3 years ago
  • JuliusBC
  • JuliusBC
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      JuliusBC  
    • JuliusBC:

      "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

    • 3 years ago
  • navider
  • bking74
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      bking74  

    • True a lot can change between now and November and the full effects of the Health Care bill are yet to be felt. Much of the more controversial parts of Health Care Reform won't take effect until 2012 and 2014. It's nice to see the President and the Democrats finally show signs of life and a bit of pride in their accomplishments instead of constantly pleading for bipartisan cooperation. The economy is going to be President's Obama true test, people are afraid and people are still out of work. In my home state of MA, we witnessed the unbelievable of up set win of a relative unknown Republican Scott Brown wining the former seat of late great liberal lion Ten Kennedy. If the people are unhappy come election day the Democratic party will be demolished at the polls. As far as a Presidential campaign, I am at a loss to even think of one serious Republican contender to run against the current President.

    • 3 years ago
  • JuliusBC
  • bking74
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      bking74  
    • JuliusBC:

      I am sure they will be drought of Republicans lining up to run for the nomination. I just can't honestly think of a single serious threat to Obama. I think the Senate and the Congress could see massive changes if the Tea Party movement stays organized and the American people are still frustrated with the economy and state of health care.

    • 3 years ago
  • JuliusBC
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      JuliusBC  
    • bking74:

      I think you are probably right.

      I do believe the economy will be first and foremost and then health care as to the items that will sway the election. If both are turned positive, the American public will be all over Obama for another term. If they turn out to be negative, then I fear the American public will nose dive once again into the republican party.

    • 3 years ago
  • Kurta
  • JuliusBC
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      JuliusBC  

    • With any luck, the Armageddon or Apocalypse Boehner is speaking of is that of the Republican party. When the midterm elections do roll around in November, perhaps it will be a tell-tell sign of things yet to come.

    • 3 years ago
  • Chique

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