President Obama Quotes - Page 25

• According to some reports coming out of Washington today, President Obama said Kanye West is a 'jackass.' Not since 'yes, we can' has Obama found a slogan so many Americans can get behind.

  Conan O'Brien

  Yes We Can, President, Today

  "American Morning" with John Roberts and Kiran Chetry, www.cnn.com. September 16, 2009.

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• President Obama says he will not support a healthcare plan where the government gets to decide whether to, quote, 'pull the plug on Grandma.' Apparently, Obama's plan calls for the much quicker pillow option.

  Conan O'Brien

  Grandma, Government, Support

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• President Obama made a big speech. He welcomed the members of the U.N. General Assembly to New York, and he said, 'I'd like to encourage you to do some shopping while you're here.' I think it worked because China immediately bought eight banks, two car companies, and the state of Wyoming.

  Conan O'Brien

  New York, Thinking, Eight

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• A new report just came out that says President Obama has mentioned Jesus Christ in more speeches than President Bush did. Can you believe that? Still, neither has used the phrase 'Oh God, oh God,' more than President Clinton.

  Conan O'Brien

  Jesus, Believe, President

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• President Obama has appointed a transgender woman to a position in the Department of Commerce. You know, in this era of partisan bickering, President Obama deserves a lot of credit for taking a chance on Ann Coulter, I think.

  Conan O'Brien

  Thinking, President, Credit

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• African-American people adore President Obama.

  Julianne Malveaux

  People, African American, President

  Source: www.democracynow.org

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• I don't regret my votes for President Obama by any stretch of the imagination.

  Julianne Malveaux

  Regret, Imagination, President

  Source: www.democracynow.org

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• I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama] to, by executive order, establish a commission to study reparations. He can do this without Congressional approval. While I am not optimistic, I do hope that President Obama considers this in these waning months of his Presidency.

  Julianne Malveaux

  Optimistic, Order, African American

  Source: www.theskanner.com

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• Whites who otherwise were able to tolerate a black president, Obama, because on certain issues he appealed to them on substance, Trump was able to reach down into some of those same people and pull out this racism inside them.

  Allan Nairn

  Issues, Racism, People

  Source: www.democracynow.org

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• I'll be honest with you, I don't agree with President Obama about everything. But I've gotten to know him, I've worked with him, and the choice is crystal clear.

  Charlie Crist

  Choices, President, Crystals

  Charlie Crist, Ellis Henican (2014). “The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat”, p.7, Penguin

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• When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill.

  Charlie Crist

  Oil, Issues, President

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• President Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan's time. But you don't hear conservatives crowing about that.

  Eric Alterman

  President, Today, Taxes

  "Think Again: Conservatives Prefer Reagan Fantasies to Reality (And So Did Reagan)" by Eric Alterman, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

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• President Obama, through health care reform, strengthened Medicare. How did he do that? Well, he found savings by cutting subsidies to insurance companies, ensuring we were rooting out waste and fraud, and he used those savings to put it back into Medicare.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Cutting, President, Reform

  "State of the Union with Candy Crowley", www.cnn.com. August 19, 2012.

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• Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers - including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame - have appealed to President Obama not to renew the Bush tax cuts for anyone earning more than $1 million a year.

  Joe Conason

  Cutting, Years, America

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• Raising taxes is the last thing we should do amid the weakest economic recovery since World War II. Unfortunately, even if we avoid the full 'Taxmageddon' scenario, President Obama's health care law also contains a new surtax on investment that will take effect in 2013.

  John Cornyn

  War, Recovery, Law

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• President Obama knows that wars are not to be entered into lightly; he knows that overseas conflicts don't only do damage in the land in which they are fought, but in the land of those who fight them, as well.

  Lincoln Chafee

  War, Fighting, Land

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• Students of America, working families of America: President Obama will not turn his back on you.

  Lincoln Chafee

  America, President, Students

  "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.

  Jeff Goodell

  President, Climate, Tests

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• President Obama is in no danger of being judged by history as an eco-radical.

  Jeff Goodell

  President, Danger, Radical

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• President Obama is funny, he's thoughtful, he's challenging, he's fun to work with - and it's been an extraordinary privilege.

  Susan Rice

  Fun, Thoughtful, Challenges

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I think President Obama's been terrific.

  Donald Trump

  Thinking, President, Terrific

  "Exclusive: Donald Trump on Cabinet picks, transition process". "Fox News Sunday", www.foxnews.com. December 11, 2016.

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• President Obama, don't you think you should follow in the footsteps of your predecessor? Remember, President George W. Bush? He stayed out of the political arena, and he let you, his successor, do your job.

  Sean Hannity

  Jobs, Thinking, Political

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• President Obama will not be able to contain himself, and he will go after Mr. Trump every single chance he gets once Obama is out of office.

  Sean Hannity

  Office, President, Able

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• If President Obama wants to keep calling for protests, then that will be his legacy, one of division, rich versus poor, old versus young, black versus white, always dividing. That's what you get under President Obama.

  Sean Hannity

  White, Black, President

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I know President Obama and Secretary Clinton are committed to bringing America together. This needs to be a time of redemption, not a time of recrimination.

  Paul Ryan

  America, President, Together

  Source: time.com

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