Obama in Chicago: Reform 'isn't about me'

[BlueJessamine]

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

President Obama confided to his Chicago friends Thursday night just how frustrating it is having to fight what he considers false arguments against his proposed health care reform effort.

"Knowing that every other advanced nation in the world spends 50-70 percent less than we do and gets at least as good, and in some cases better, outcomes," the president trailed off. "It gets on my nerves. It frustrates me when we're suggesting that the status quo is the best we can do."

Standing without a teleprompter in the living room of his campaign's former national finance chair, Obama complained to 110-130 high-end donors about "The scare tactics and the special interest and the lobbyists, and, I'll be honest with you, the incapacity for a sustained focus on the part of the media on the facts and the arguments."

Bears Coach Lovie Smith; QB Jay Cutler and former Bull B.J. Armstrong were among the attendees at the fund-raiser.



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Obama followed up a visit to a Cleveland Clinic Thursday with a pair of fund-raisers in Chicago that raised $2 million to $3 million for the Democratic National Committee.

"This isn't about me. This is about a health care system that is breaking America's families and breaking America's businesses," Obama said.



That's my President!!