Obama Steady at New Hampshire Town Hall
11 August 2009 1:05 pm by Taylor Marsh
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At the airport – someone wrote the words “Stop Government Health Care” on the doors of an aircraft hangar in sight of press plane. – Mark Knoller
VIDEO: Obama addresses “death panels” and
insurance co. rationing v doctor guided decisions.
Outside the town hall there were a lot of protesters on both sides, as Knoller reports, but also the early livestream clip showed. Signs “Nobama Health Care”, “Socialism” with a line through it, “Stop abortion now.”
In other rancid news, a swastika was painted on Rep. David Scott’s office door, after he held a health care town hall that turned raucus.
Obama’s health care town hall today opened with a plea from a woman who is “uninsurable,” saying “hope is her only health care plan.” She pleaded for everyone to stand up and demand health care reform, which got her a standing ovation. She then proudly introduced Pres. Barack Obama.
After event began, Obama clearly states that he doesn’t think government should get between patients and doctors, but neither should insurance companies.
“I’m not promoting a single-payer plan.” – Pres. Obama
Close to the end of the town hall, Obama mentions diabetes and obesity, including the importance of losing weight and diet, bu also the need to change reimbursement and “also the care who prevents the amputation.”
The last questioner was from a skeptic and part of a group Obama asked to be part of the questioners. The guy said off the top that “he turned himself in” on the White House website, admitting he was a skeptic. Obama laughed, stopped everything for a moment to say the media is drumming this nonsense up. Said it’s about answering questions of the skeptics, not “collecting an enemies list.”
Someone tell Rush.
“The status quo is not working for you,” Obama said, ending an event that will look very good on the nightly news.
