Barack Obama told Bret Baier that he approved of the Louisiana Purchase. He also said it applied to all states that experienced a natural disaster.
Not true.

Barack Obama told Brett Baier tonight that he supports the crooked $300 million “Louisiana Purchase” in his nationalized health care plan.
FOX News posted the transcript:
BAIER: Do you know which specific deals are in or out, as of today?

OBAMA: I am certain that we’ve made sure, for example, that any burdens on states are alleviated, when it comes to what they’re going to have to chip in to make sure that we’re giving subsidies to small businesses, and subsidies to individuals, for example.

BAIER: So the Connecticut deal is still in?

OBAMA: So that’s not — that’s not going to be something that is going to be in this final package. I think the same is true on all of these provisions. I’ll give you some exceptions though.

Something that was called a special deal was for Louisiana. It was said that there were billions — millions of dollars going to Louisiana, this was a special deal. Well, in fact, that provision, which I think should remain in, said that if a state has been affected by a natural catastrophe, that has created a special health care emergency in that state, they should get help. Louisiana, obviously, went through Katrina, and they’re still trying to deal with the enormous challenges that were faced because of that.

(CROSS TALK)

OBAMA: That also — I’m giving you an example of one that I consider important. It also affects Hawaii, which went through an earthquake. So that’s not just a Louisiana provision. That is a provision that affects every state that is going through a natural catastrophe.

Now I have said that there are certain provisions, like this Nebraska one, that don’t make sense. And they needed to be out. And we have removed those. So, at the end of the day, what people are going to be able to say is that this legislation is going to be providing help to small businesses and individuals, across the board, in an even handed way, and providing people relief from a status quo that’s just not working.

But, this was not true. ‘The Louisiana Purchase’ was not written for any state that is going through a natural catastrophe. ‘The Louisiana Purchase’ was written specifically for Louisiana.
Charles Krauthammer explained this earlier:

“You asked what [Sen.] Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas will ask for,” Krauthammer said. “Well, after watching Louisiana get $100 million in what have some have called ‘The Louisiana Purchase,’ she ought to ask for $500 million at least. And that’s because Obama said he would end business as usual in Washington. If you look at the sections, it is 2006 in which the Louisiana money, it looks as if it is provision for all states which have had a proclamation of a disaster area in the last seven years, and then the fine print inside eliminates all the others except Louisiana. So it’s a new kind of business as usual. I think that Steve [Hayes] is right. There is almost no way imaginable that the vote will fail tomorrow. If it is, it is the ultimate humiliation. It’s the rejection of the debate even before it starts.”

Obama also said the “Cornhusker Kickback” was taken out of the legislation. Really?

 

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  1. #1 March 17, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    Militant Conservative commented:

    Nobody expected him to moderate did they?
    It’s all about him the NOTUS.

  2. #2 March 17, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    bill-tb commented:

    And the 100s of billions in costs, does it get added to the CBO debt calculation?

    Does anyone else think this so-called president just says anything, no truth needed?

  3. #3 March 17, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    JJAYNED commented:

    The Hawaii earthquake Obama mentioned must have been caused by all of the requests for his birth certificate.

  4. #4 March 17, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    mad max commented:

    I counted at least six blatant lies the zero told during the interview. The socialist SOB is a serial liar.
    I wonder if the American people are going to survive another three years of this bastard.

  6. #6 March 17, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    KR commented:

    Mississippi suffered Katrina too, but no special deal for them.

  7. #7 March 17, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    Dell commented:

    UuuuuuuHuuuummmmph…I didn’t happen to see the provision to help Texas recover from Hurricane Ike, which devastated much of the Lone Star State. It must be there. I’m sure it is; I just missed it.

    Oh? It’s NOT in there?

    Would you imagine that!!

    Maybe that’s because Texans got off their a$$es, rolled up their sleeves and went to work fixing everything that was destroyed, rather than get drunk, have a parade down Bourbon Street, count empty school buses and play the “Blame Bush” game.

    PS: We sent 80 billion of OUR dollars to LA., where the Hell did it go?

  8. #8 March 17, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    Dawgonitt commented:

    What did you expect from a Kenyan Muslim Communist who Pisses on the US Constitution every day? Obozo is the biggest Liar that has ever held a political office. I must say that anyone that Voted for this Joker is a Brain Dead Moron and a Communist Trator.

  9. #9 March 17, 2010 at 6:13 pm

    Neoavatara commented:

    Um, yeah, right.

    This is what you get from a Chicagoland politician.

    http://neoavatara.com/blog/?p=10387

  10. #10 March 17, 2010 at 6:13 pm

    Jo commented:

    Once Facist Bozo the Sissy Raging Clown passes BOZODEATH ™, The United States of America is no more — ever.

    Any choices on another country to live in rather than USSA?

  11. #11 March 17, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    Mrgoodwench commented:

    OBAMA: That also — I’m giving you an example of one that I consider important. It also affects Hawaii, which went through an earthquake. So that’s not just a Louisiana provision. That is a provision that affects every state that is going through a natural catastrophe.

    ===========

    Huh ? Earthquake ?
    Hawaii ?????? What happened? When ?
    or
    did he mean to say Haiti ..but Haiti is not in USA

  12. #13 March 17, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    Franklin commented:

    Turn It Up
    Alan Parsons Project

    It’s no good believing in somebody else
    If you can’t believe in yourself
    You give them the reason to take all the power and wealth
    It’s no good you trying to sit on the fence
    And hope that the trouble will pass
    ‘Cause sitting on fenses can make you a pain in the ass

    If there’s something you find to believe in
    Then the message must get through
    So don’t just sit in silence
    When you know what to do

    Turn it up. Turn it up, make it louder
    Turn it up. Turn it up, make it louder

    There’s no conversation if nobody speaks
    And nothing gets done in the end
    There’s no confrontation when fantasy makes you its friend
    So much injustice, too many lies
    We don’t have to look very far
    But nothing will change if we leave things the way that they are

    If there’s something you find to believe in
    Then the message must get through
    So don’t just sit in silence
    When you know what to do

    Turn it up. Turn it up, make it louder

  13. #14 March 17, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    myna commented:

    Brett forgot to asked Obama why student loan part of healthcare reform.

    This legislation stinks. Pelosi looks like Marie Antoinette. She’s tone-deaf what the Americans wants.

    VOTE OUT all Democrats 2010.

  14. #15 March 17, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    Militant Conservative commented:

    Yea yea, Lock and load time to storm the WH.

  15. #16 March 17, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    Don commented:

    It would be very nice if obama had a massive and fatal stroke about now…

  16. #17 March 17, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    jonyjoe101 commented:

    Does anyone know if they allow obama next to the “nuclear launch codes”?

    This guy is a certifiable loon.

    Maybe someday we will have a politician that can answer a simple question with a simple answer.

  17. #19 March 17, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    Floradora commented:

    “It would be very nice if obama had a massive and fatal stroke about now…”

    Someone made a comment on Ace today that their doctor said they wished Pelosi’s plane would crash…and they weren’t kidding.

  18. #20 March 17, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    Sojourner commented:

    ..it’s stunning… in a little less than 15 months, Obama’s ‘raised lying from a moral category to a Pillar of State.’

  19. #21 March 17, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    noislamocommie commented:

    I got a big sign and protested this jerk during early voting for a week.I mentioned his undiscernible records/past way back. I called him a dictator to the steady stream of voting traffic. My instincts have never been wrong.He is very dangerous and I can tell people are soaking this in about him through legislative con games but I will never believe him to have been eligible in the first place. Undead Revolution blog will help people understand the Framers intent on Article II.We are going to grow a new respect for their thoughts on loyalty/allegiance and their explicit use of Natural Born Citizen in article II. This is verrrry sad for USA.

  20. #22 March 17, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Mediocre President commented:

    Obummer reminds me of an episode of Gilligan’s Island where Gilligan “dreamed” he was the dictator of some small country and he stood in front of the people and told them, “I promise you this, that and the other thing!” The crowd cheered and applauded him wildly.

    Come to think of it, the Obummer Kool-Aid drinkers remind me of that crowd, cheering their Dear Leader no matter what ridiculous statement he makes.

  22. #24 March 17, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    Jo commented:

    BOZO = ‘false deliverer’. !

  24. #26 March 17, 2010 at 11:36 pm

    Sojourner commented:

    ..Levin’s Landmark Legal Posts Draft of Slaughter Rule Complaint:

    http://landmarklegal.org/DesktopDefault.aspx

    ht/ Riehl World View

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