Obama said it again today: "The time for talk is over." Ain't it the truth. Please shut up.
But he can't -- he's "fired up!" and hoping he can get his supporters to push hard for the next two weeks.
Can he speak without shaking his finger at us?
Mary Sue of Ruby Slippers was there. Click here for her photos and impressions. Excerpt:
The vast majority of the students there were there to see Obama and were just giddy. I had to laugh, however, when the President said he had to be honest the health care plan was not going to be free. You should have seen the students looking at each other. The room got quiet, which was notable since at most other times it was very loud and very hot.Everyone knows that these rallies will change no minds at this point in the process. But I guess it's more fun that sitting around the White House with Rahm, Axelrod, Gibbs, and Michelle.
*Updated to add this Obama-quote from Fox:
"You [Republicans] had 10 years. What happened?" Obama asked at a Glenside, Pa., rally. "We've been talking about health care for nearly a century. ... We talked about it during Democratic administrations and Republican administrations. I've got all my Republican colleagues out there saying, 'Well, no, no, no. We want to focus on things like cost.'"I don't think he helps himself by misrepresenting the history of healthcare reform efforts. But what's far worse is his dismissal, approaching mockery, of the cost issue. Is he so clueless that he can't even pay lip service to Americans' grave concerns about our economic future?
Transcript of his remarks here.
Exit question: What do these rallies cost the taxpayers?
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