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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama challenged the nation's vested interests to a legislative duel Saturday, saying he will fight to change health care, energy and education in dramatic ways that will upset the status quo.
"The system we have now might work for the powerful and well-connected interests that have run Washington for far too long," Obama said in his weekly radio and video address. "But I don't. I work for the American people."
He said his ambitious budget plan, unveiled Thursday, will help millions of Americans, but only if Congress overcomes resistance from deep-pocket lobbies.
"I know these steps won't sit well with the special interests and lobbyists who are invested in the old way of doing business, and I know they're gearing up for a fight," Obama said, using tough-guy language reminiscent of his predecessor, George W. Bush. "My message to them is this: So am I."
Ron Paul makes a great comment here yesterday, saying that its not that Obama wants to leave Iraq, no actually he wants to expand into the entire middle east.
Originally posted by grover
You would be surprised. Despite the hard right's description of Obama supporters as drinking kool aid... a lot of people paid close attention to this election and did their homework.
Originally posted by grover
One of the greatest travesties of the bush minor years was the Republican congress allowing lobbyists behind closed doors with them to write laws effecting them... case in point the statute in Medicare plan D aka the prescription drug plan... forbidding the government from negoitating for lower drug prices like the VA administration... a blatant give away for the drug companies and not in the best interests of the people at all.
Last week, The New York Times reported that Senator Ted Kennedy has been holding secret meetings with lobbyists to reach "consensus" on a proposal for national health care reform. Included in the list of participants were America's Health Insurance Plans, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America -- some of the same players who defeated the Clinton health care reform effort 15 years ago. Notably absent was Physicians for a National Health Program, the California Nurses Association, Healthcare-Now, and other advocacy groups that oppose the private insurance industry and support the creation of a national single-payer program.
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
Originally posted by grover
You would be surprised. Despite the hard right's description of Obama supporters as drinking kool aid... a lot of people paid close attention to this election and did their homework.
Yes they did all pay attention to the POSITIVE points of Obama.
And anytime you would debate with them intelligently they would angry and say "HEY GIVE HIM A CHANCE" or something like that.