Obama Blasts GOP On Health Care: 'This Isn't About Me'


	Obama Blasts GOP On Health Care: 'This Isn't About Me'

wiccantexan

7-20-2009 6:46 PM

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obama, gop, government, politics

wiccantexan says:

If the GOP would stop focusing on creating a Waterloo, and simply remember to put the American people first, our Gov't united could do some amazing things. But it's obvious what at least some Republicans see as their priority - to bring Obama down, regardless of what the people want or need.

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"I want this done now. If there are no deadlines, nothing gets done in this town," he said in an interview with PBS.
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Earlier today, Obama took direct aim at his critics on health care reform following a roundtable meeting at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C.
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