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Obama - "You cannot extract a ransom to (Original Post)
avebury
Sep 2013
OP
there were a couple of times later in the speech where he looked a bit like
Pretzel_Warrior
Sep 2013
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Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)1. YES!!! he essentially called them hostage takers/terrorists
YES!
I liked the gaggle of media blabbing their questions and their voices bouncing off of Obama's back as he left. No questions needed. You report--America decides.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)2. It was a good quick speech.
He covered his points and did so with gusto.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)3. there were a couple of times later in the speech where he looked a bit like
the cat with the canary. pretty f'ing funny. getting to scold the school children over in the Capitol Building.
2naSalit
(86,613 posts)4. What I heard was
"...you can't extract a ransom just for doing your job." which makes a lot of sense.
Sad truth is, the taerrists think that they are in their jobs to serve their corporate overlords and that's it.
sheshe2
(83,770 posts)5. Kick!
Rex
(65,616 posts)6. Good to see everyone gets it, if it was 2014 right now
I think we would own Congress, finally, and a lot more state seats. The small remainder would be GOP strongholds and the few Tea Party morans that got the Libertarian vote.
Obama to GOP, "Go ahead, make my day".