Posted on 09/27/2009 5:08:24 PM PDT by vg0va3
• These are all constructive ideas worth exploring. But I will not back down on the basic principle that, if Americans can't find affordable coverage, we will provide you with a choice.
• Now, I don't believe malpractice reform is a silver bullet, but I've talked to enough doctors to know that defensive medicine may be contributing to unnecessary costs.
• It's a plan that incorporates ideas from many of the people in this room tonight -- Democrats and Republicans. And I will continue to seek common ground in the weeks ahead. If you come to me with a serious set of proposals, I will be there to listen. My door is always open. But know this: I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than to improve it.
• He repeated the truth that health care is decisive for our future prosperity, but he also reminded me that "it concerns more than material things."
• In 1935, when over half of our seniors could not support themselves and millions had seen their savings wiped away, there were those who argued that Social Security would lead to socialism. But the men and women of Congress stood fast, and we are all the better for it.
• You see, our predecessors understood that government could not, and should not, solve every problem. They understood that there are instances when the gains in security from government action are not worth the added constraints on our freedom. But they also understood that the danger of too much government is matched by the perils of too little; that without the leavening hand of wise policy, markets can crash, monopolies can stifle competition, the vulnerable can be exploited.
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You got me there! Preposition is what I meant to type.
If you assign a designated driver, count the “I’s” and “me’s”.
I know you said you made them up, BUT I bet I can find Obama saying those somewhere.
Some (not me) may consider that rude, BUT that may explain his fondness of the term.
That is a great line, BUT I was still offended by his actions.
Explains his wife.
What can we expect out of that Butthead!
For sure you are not supposed to end a sentence with a proposition.( ie..think of)
or
“folks”
He just LOVES Hegelian dialectics.
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