President Obama Quotes - Page 7

• President Obama has made it his mission that we welcome our troops home with care, and concern, and the respect they deserve. That is how an exceptional nation says "thank you" to its most exceptional men and women.

  John F. Kerry

  Thank You, Home, Men

  John Kerry's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, nationalpost.com. September 7, 2012.

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• 'Elections have consequences,' President Obama said, setting his new policy agenda just three days after taking office in 2009. Three elections later, the president's party has lost 70 House seats and 14 Senate seats. The job of Republicans now is to govern with the confidence that elections do have consequences, promptly passing the conservative reform the voters have demanded.

  Bobby Jindal

  Jobs, Party, Office

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• We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him

  John Boehner

  Change, People, President

  "Who are the key new Republican leaders?" by Jonathan Auerbach and Deirdre Walsh, www.cnn.com. November 3, 2010.

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• Well, I am as much a cheerleader for President Obama as Sen. McConnell is a Chippendale dancer.

  Alison Lundergan Grimes

  Dancer, President, Cheerleader

  "Alison Lundergan Grimes Talks Abortion As She Unfurls Policy Positions" By Howard Fineman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2013.

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• When President Obama in 2011 used military power against the Qaddafi regime in Libya, he did not even notify Congress. A few in Congress mumbled, but did nothing.

  Marvin Kalb

  Military, President, Libya

  Marvin Kalb (2013). “The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed”, p.3, Brookings Institution Press

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• Now that the 2014 elections are over and national politics is all about 2016, Democrats have good reason to worry that, for all his success at the polls, President Obama will leave his party with a toxic legacy.

  Byron York

  Party, Worry, President

  "Obama's dangerous legacy for Democrats" by Byron York, www.washingtonexaminer.com. December 2, 2014.

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• In the end, no single group will mean defeat for the Democrat and victory for the Republican in 2016. But President Obama's troubling legacy - a weakened coalition and growing ranks of alienated white voters - could mean a serious post-presidential hangover for Democrats.

  Byron York

  Hangover, Mean, White

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• President Obama flew to China a few days ago and announced a joint environmental pact with the communist regime. The United States will reduce its carbon emissions substantially over the next 11 years. China will do absolutely nothing but hope that its emissions decline after 2030.

  Erick Erickson

  Years, Carbon Emissions, Environmental

  Erick Erickson (2016). “The Wrong Type of Values”, p.60, Creators Publishing

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• Like so much of President Obama's decisions over the past six years, this is another photo-op with a compliant press that does not matter and will do little.

  Erick Erickson

  Past, Years, Decision

  Erick Erickson (2016). “The Wrong Type of Values”, p.60, Creators Publishing

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• What President Obama has done so masterfully of late is to say, in so many words, "I'm signing this executive order permitting federal funding for stem cell research, but I realize that many good, moral people are opposed to this, and I don't take that lightly." I think we can be more civil and empathetic in our discussions of public policy, and I hope my book can be a contribution to that tone.

  Kevin Roose

  Book, Thinking, People

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• The White House softball team played the pro-marijuana lobbyists' team and lost 25-3. Still no word yet on which side President Obama played for.

  Jay Leno

  Softball, Team, Marijuana

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• If you want to see why President Obama is worried this November, watch The Hope and the Change.

  Newt Gingrich

  President, Watches, Want

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• During a campaign speech in Ohio, President Obama said, 'I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth'. So to be fair, he wants to take your silverware and spread it around.

  Fred Thompson

  Ohio, President, Campaigns

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• The American People are witnessing the greatest lie that is cleverly orchestrated by President Obama and his whole administration. President Obama feeds people poison, giving them the idea that they are entitled to take from the wealthier who have lived and worked in a democracy that understands that capitalism is the only truth that keeps a nation healthy ... [Obama uses] a socialistic, Marxist teaching, and with it, he rapes this nation.

  Jon Voight

  Lying, Teaching, Ideas

  "Jon Voight: Obama ‘Rapes This Nation’", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2010.

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• Democrats are going to proudly run on the fact that we turned the economy around. It was our policies under President Obama's leadership through the Recovery Act, through investing in the automobile industry.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Running, Recovery, President

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• Thankfully, President Obama has stood firmly behind women's health care issues by supporting coverage for contraception and reaffirming commitment to organizations like Planned Parenthood.

  Felicity Huffman

  Commitment, Organization, Issues

  "Don't threaten women's health care" By Felicity Huffman, www.cnn.com. February 29, 2012.

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• And the voters, many of them, feel that the economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff. You are going to see a tremendous Hispanic vote for President Obama. Overwhelming black vote for President Obama. And women will probably break President Obamas way. People feel that they are entitled to things and which candidate, between the two, is going to give them things?

  Bill O'Reilly

  Two, People, Giving

  "Bill O'Reilly: 'The white establishment is now the minority'" by Mackenzie Weinger, www.politico.com. November 6, 2012.

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• President Obama insists hes a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works.

  Fred Barnes

  Usa, Guy, President

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• President Obama is the least transparent president in the history of this country.

  Donald Trump

  Country, President, Transparent

  "As president, Trump sings a different tune on 'transparency'" by Philip Eil, www.cjr.org. January 31, 2017.

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• [The stimulus bill funds] a bureaucratic structure for the government to begin rationing the health care of the American people. They can then lead a national, populist, grassroots movement to force Congress to pass the bill, and President Obama to sign it, educating the public along way about the intractable problems of socialized medicine.

  Peter Ferrara

  Medicine, Government, People

  "Repeal Health Care Fascism". spectator.org. February 25, 2009.

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• Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.

  Mitt Romney

  Years, Office, President

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• Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama.

  Ted Cruz

  Gun, President, Crime

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• Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.

  Madeleine Albright

  Political, President, Rooms

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• If we were real domestic terrorists, shoot, President Obama would be wanting to pal around with us, wouldn't he?

  Sarah Palin

  Real, Political, President

  "Palin: If Tea Partiers Were Terrorists, Obama Would Pal Around With Us". www.realclearpolitics.com. August 2, 2011.

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• President Obama said he is going to use the Gulf disaster to push a new energy bill through Congress. How about using the Gulf disaster to fix the Gulf disaster?

  Jay Leno

  Political, President, Energy

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