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Obama: Health care anger not motivated by his race
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Friday that angry criticisms about his health care agenda are driven by an intense debate over the proper role of government — and not by racism.
"Are there people out there who don't like me because of race? I'm sure there are," Obama told CNN. "That's not the overriding issue here."
The nation's first black president spoke about the issue of race during a battery of interviews on Friday. In a media blitz aimed at pounding home his health care message, he taped interviews with ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Univision to be shown during the networks' Sunday morning talk shows.
Some excerpts aired during Friday night broadcasts.
Time and again, Obama was asked about whether the tenor of the health care debate turned nasty because of undercurrents in racism. Former President Jimmy Carter raised the point prominently this week when he said the vitriol was racially motivated.
Not so, Obama said.
"There's been a long-standing debate in this country that is usually that much more fierce during times of transition, or when presidents are trying to bring about big changes," Obama told CNN.
To NBC News, Obama put it this way: "It's an argument that's gone on for the history of this republic, and that is, What's the right role of government? How do we balance freedom with our need to look out for one another? ... This is not a new argument, and it always evokes passions."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama
according to USC, whomever....obama is LYING....
i don't think so, republicans were against the honky clinton and his and his wife's h/c reform.....but now that there is a black president the stupid folks on the liberal side try to repeatedly swipe their race card in the hopes of distracting people from an actual debate about anything....
the race card is maxed out folks....either come up with rational debates or risk losing many goals you have....
for example, though i think ib1 can be a hack, he flat out gave an incredible debate on the h/c issue, made me think and i did much research and now i actually support h/c change. ib1 didn't throw out the race card in that debate, he debated facts....the race card is a loser, the libs that use it are seriously hurting your party
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Friday that angry criticisms about his health care agenda are driven by an intense debate over the proper role of government — and not by racism.
"Are there people out there who don't like me because of race? I'm sure there are," Obama told CNN. "That's not the overriding issue here."
The nation's first black president spoke about the issue of race during a battery of interviews on Friday. In a media blitz aimed at pounding home his health care message, he taped interviews with ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Univision to be shown during the networks' Sunday morning talk shows.
Some excerpts aired during Friday night broadcasts.
Time and again, Obama was asked about whether the tenor of the health care debate turned nasty because of undercurrents in racism. Former President Jimmy Carter raised the point prominently this week when he said the vitriol was racially motivated.
Not so, Obama said.
"There's been a long-standing debate in this country that is usually that much more fierce during times of transition, or when presidents are trying to bring about big changes," Obama told CNN.
To NBC News, Obama put it this way: "It's an argument that's gone on for the history of this republic, and that is, What's the right role of government? How do we balance freedom with our need to look out for one another? ... This is not a new argument, and it always evokes passions."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama
according to USC, whomever....obama is LYING....
i don't think so, republicans were against the honky clinton and his and his wife's h/c reform.....but now that there is a black president the stupid folks on the liberal side try to repeatedly swipe their race card in the hopes of distracting people from an actual debate about anything....
the race card is maxed out folks....either come up with rational debates or risk losing many goals you have....
for example, though i think ib1 can be a hack, he flat out gave an incredible debate on the h/c issue, made me think and i did much research and now i actually support h/c change. ib1 didn't throw out the race card in that debate, he debated facts....the race card is a loser, the libs that use it are seriously hurting your party
