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Obama accuses GOP of Obamacare 'blackmail'
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Posted on 09/26/2013 9:28:37 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Obama accuses GOP of Obamacare 'blackmail' By: Jonathan Allen September 26, 2013 12:00 PM EDT

President Barack Obama accused Republicans of trying to “blackmail a president” by threatening to shut down the government or default on the nation’s debt if he doesn’t agree to block implementation of Obamacare.

“We’re not going to submit to this type of total irresponsibility,” Obama said in remarks at a community college just outside Washington. “I will not negotiate on anything when it comes to the full faith and credit of the United States of America.”

He later added: “All this would be funny if it wasn’t so crazy. The tea party Republicans have taken it to a whole new level because they’re threatening to shut down the government or shut down the entire economy … unless I agree to gut a law that will help millions of people.”

But there was more bad news for Obamacare trickling out even as Obama wrapped up his remarks: POLITICO Pro reported that the administration will delay online enrollment in some of the small business exchanges that are due to open on Oct. 1. Small businesses will still be able to submit a paper application starting next Tuesday – they just won’t be able to enroll online.

Obama opened with partisan riffs on “fear-mongering” and “the antics going on in Congress,” and he spent long minutes berating his Republican critics. But for the most part, he focused on an in-the-weeds discourse of how consumers can enroll, starting Oct. 1, in new health care exchanges that will begin providing benefits in January.

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Oh my!
1 posted on 09/26/2013 9:28:37 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Shouldn’t that be “mail of color”?


2 posted on 09/26/2013 9:30:13 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: Sub-Driver

If the shoe fits...


3 posted on 09/26/2013 9:30:41 AM PDT by ssaftler (Oh, hell YEAH!!!! This is absolutely Obama's fault)
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To: Sub-Driver

But, they’re on HIS side.

Geeze they try and try and try but they just can’t get him to like them.


4 posted on 09/26/2013 9:30:43 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Gay State Conservative

Shouldn’t it be “whitemail”?


5 posted on 09/26/2013 9:30:45 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Sub-Driver
Is Obama going to have to be on Obamacare??? I want a REPORTER to ASK CARNEY that question!!!!

Hey Obama, if Obamacare is THAT GREAT.....YOU FIRST, Buddy!!

If Obama is NOT on Obamacare.....MARCH TIME!!

6 posted on 09/26/2013 9:30:52 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Obama using the word blackmail - “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”


7 posted on 09/26/2013 9:31:59 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: Sub-Driver
All this would be funny if it wasn’t so crazy.

FUNNY? What's so funny about the destruction of our health system?
8 posted on 09/26/2013 9:32:42 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: Sub-Driver

That’s racist!


9 posted on 09/26/2013 9:33:16 AM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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To: Sub-Driver
"Obama accuses GOP
of Obamacare 'blackmail'"


10 posted on 09/26/2013 9:33:31 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Sub-Driver

Ted Cruz should take to the Senate floor, state “guilty as charged” and the read Federalist 58 into the record.

Yes, the GOP, which controls the House, is using the powers of the house just as the framers intended.


11 posted on 09/26/2013 9:33:59 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Sub-Driver

Hmmm... the rhetoric is increasing. Could the Tea Party be gaining traction here?


12 posted on 09/26/2013 9:33:59 AM PDT by alancarp (Obama will grab your guns and ship them to Mexican drug mobs.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Please. When has Obama ever negotiated with the GOP? He always gets what he wants.


13 posted on 09/26/2013 9:34:06 AM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: Sub-Driver
OCTOBER 1 - DO NOT SIGN UP FOR OBAMACARE DAY!

14 posted on 09/26/2013 9:34:30 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: Sub-Driver

““We’re not going to submit to this type of total irresponsibility,”

shattered grammar aside....that means NOTHING..Barry you pitiful pig headed Mohammadummie!!


15 posted on 09/26/2013 9:35:15 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Sub-Driver

16 posted on 09/26/2013 9:37:34 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Sub-Driver
they’re threatening to shut down the government or shut down the entire economy … unless I agree to gut a law that will help millions of people.

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!
17 posted on 09/26/2013 9:37:39 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: musicman

MAKE DC LISTEN: TELL YOUR SENATORS TO OPPOSE CLOTURE ON H.J. RES 59
We must oppose cloture on H. J. Res. 59, so that Harry Reid and Senate Democrats cannot sneak in funding for Obamacare. We need you to call your Senators right now: tell them to oppose cloture on H.J. Res 59 and remind them that a vote for cloture IS a for funding Obamacare.

State Senator Party Phone
AK Mark Begich D (202) 224-3004
AK Lisa Murkowski R (202) 224-6665
AL Jeff Sessions R (202) 224-4124
AL Richard C. Shelby R (202) 224-5744
AR John Boozman R (202) 224-4843
AR Mark L. Pryor D (202) 224-2353
AZ Jeff Flake R (202) 224-4521
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CA Barbara Boxer D (202) 224-3553
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WY John Barrasso R (202) 224-6441
WY Michael B. Enzi R (202) 224-3424

Now that we have your attention, you sorry US Senators, keep in mind that we will replace you with those who will gladly correct your errors - - - .

So, scrub and clean by 2014 !

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick —————

- See more at: http://tedcruzforsenate.org/tell-your-senators-to-oppose-cloture-on-h-j-res-59/#sthash.CvqYzXvd.s4d7EOIg.dpuf


18 posted on 09/26/2013 9:38:02 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: alancarp

“Hmmm... the rhetoric is increasing. Could the Tea Party be gaining traction here?”

We are right at the point where the MSM will announce that people are leaving the Tea Party because they support Obamacare.

If I worked for Pravda, err... I mean the NY Times, that’s what I would say.


19 posted on 09/26/2013 9:38:17 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Make today a great day. Insult a liberal.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Question: What's an example of a totally exposed fraud?

Answer: From fiction...The Emperor has no clothes. There is no Wizard in Oz. In the real world: Obama without a teleprompter.

20 posted on 09/26/2013 9:38:19 AM PDT by grania
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