She kept trying to crawl out from under the bus before we could get it in gear."
Posted on 08/15/2009 5:10:45 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama: ‘I just lost my grandmother last year’ By J. Taylor Rushing Posted: 08/15/09 05:56 PM [ET]
President Barack Obama used a personal touch to fight back against “dishonest” critics of his efforts to reform the nation's insurance industry during a town hall Saturday in Colorado.
Speaking in Grand Junction, Co., Obama invoked his grandmother's death in 2008 to dispel rumors of “death panels.”
Obama said he was fine with having honest disagreements in the healthcare debate.
“What you can't do — or, you can, but you shouldn't do — is start saying we want to set up death panels to pull the plug on Grandma,” said Obama, who for a second time this week personalized the healthcare debate.
“I mean, come on... I just lost my grandmother last year. I know what it's like to watch somebody you love who's aging deteriorate, and have to struggle with that,” he said.
“But the notion that somehow I've run for public office or members of Congress are in this so they can go around pulling the plug on Grandma? When you start making arguments like that, that's simply dishonest.”
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has used her Facebook page in recent days to assail the Democratic healthcare efforts as a step toward “death panels” for funding such patient consultations, although other Republicans such as Sen. Johnny Isakson (Ga.) have distanced themselves from such claims, calling them “nuts.”
Palin in later posts said that Obama’s healthcare plans could lead to situations where medical resources are cut back to certain patients as part of an effort to reduce costs.
Earlier this week, Obama noted his mother died of cancer in arguing for healthcare reform.
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What did grandma die of? Knew too much?
This man IS cold.
It is my belief, in my heart-of-hearts, that Obama more than likely, gave his grandmother an overdose of pain meds and that is why Toots was cremated so quickly. Yes, I believe that Obama murdered his grandmother.
What did grandma die of? Knew too much?
I’ll bet that if someone were able to check out Obama’s grandmother health insurance problems they would all turn out to be lies. Obama is, after all, a sneaky, lying, little bitch.
With a brother living in a hut in Kenya (a situation he or a wealthy contributor could remedy at the drop of a hat) and an aunt (or grandmother, can’t remember which) living in public housing you would tend to take any comments from him about family with a huge grain of salt.
She was just a typical white person...
Why not?
It's the truth.
Oh, I forgot, truth is to Obama what garlic is to vampires.
somebody you love???? you mean the "Typical White Woman" who you threw under the bus, the one you love, that one?????
You struggled with what exactly?, trying to find just the right "Death panel" to go take care of her, on a trial run so to speak.
Ok, now we know the game, when you are in trouble, rule #1 remind them you are President. #2: remind them of your own hardships growing up black, white, half and half, whatever you want to call yourself a the moment. (rofl) #3. Fall back on your ailing grandmother.
I got an idea O, waiting on your to remind people of your 1/2 brother in Kenya who is living in shambles, when you gonna bring that one up? Surely you can find a way to include him in your health care sale.
He’s dredging up Granny’s ashes and throwing her under the bus again, as a model for why the nation needs a govt panel and a formula to tell old people to stuff a pill and die
His interviews after her death are revealing. His comment last November that her death was a time of joy was too weird. Waiting until he had a two week vacation to go hold a 30 minute memorial service and throw her ashes on the rocks- was also disturbing to anyone normal.
the big C
ROFL.
HE signed the stimulus, he took over GM and stuff. He spent the money. Not Bush. Him and a Democrat Congress did that.
Oh, how I abhor this using, exploiting, operator with a vengeance, and I was an ardent Democrat a mere few years back!
He stops at nothing, no red lines that he would not cross, in honor and respect of his own conscience let alone the memory of the one who raised him, as he deceives and lies and lies.
“deteriorate?
man this guy is cold..........”
He’s been palling around with zeke and is learning detached, clinical, doctor speak.
Invoking grandma on this campaign stop was so ridiculous. Somebody should have pointed out that even she wasn’t subject to Obamacare! Of course his campaign stops don’t allow for intervention. Americans that can’t see through this are very stupid. What a tool.
That government body, running the program, will be a defacto panel, establishing guidelines for others.
I do not want any government bureaucrat, or Dr. Mengele Emanuel, anywher near those decisions.
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