Transcript provided by the Majority Leader’s office:
LEADER CANTOR: Hello Mr. President.
(Remarks by President Obama)
LEADER CANTOR: Mr. President, thanks so much for taking the call. Officially we are calling to inform you that the House and Senate have established a quorum and that, as you know, we have elected John Boehner Speaker and we are ready to receive any communication that you’d be pleased to make.
(Remarks by President Obama)
LEADER CANTOR: Thank you, Mr. President and we as well. I think following up on the ability for us to work together is important – as was demonstrated in the tax bill. I know that many of us are anxious for you to come up to the Hill for the State of the Union address. And I know that many members of our conference are particularly hopeful that we can work together given some of your remarks about spending cuts, that you’ll be proposing in your State of the Union speech. And I personally – I know you’ve mentioned me in a discussion about earmarks, and I know you know that it would be a great bipartisan step for us to work with Leader Reid to come closer to our position. I really look forward to that. Finally, Mr. President, you talked about getting the economy going and there are a lot folks, I think on both sides of the aisle, who would like to see some tax reform proposals, so we’d love to work with you on that as well.
(Remarks by President Obama, Remarks by Minority Leader Pelosi)
LEADER CANTOR: Thank you, Mr. President.
Leader C: As you know, Mr President, the health care bill does the exact opposite of everything you ever said that it would do.
Healthcare costs will accelerate upwards as a result of the bill, bending the cost curve up instead of down.
The bill will explode the deficit instead of reducing it, as you have claimed.
The bill is expected to actually increase the number of uninsured rather than extend coverage.
You have said the bill will not result in federal dollars to pay for abortions, but it is now clear that it will.
You've promised that illegal aliens will not be able to receive benefits from this bill, but that is clearly not true either.
Therefore, since this bill clearly violates every promise that you've ever made regarding it, we look forward to working with you to repeal it.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseApparently the President makes unintelligble noises, like the adults on Peanuts cartoon specials: "Wah-wah wah wah wah. Wah wah. Wah wah-wah wah."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGotta' love that transcript. Here's my dream 'transcript' for 2012:
(Fox News) "It late October and the race for President is a dead heat."
(Remarks by President Obama)
(More remarks by President Obama)
(Still more condescending remarks by President Obama)
(Fox News - two weeks later)
"We did not expect to be calling this so early in the evening, but it looks like America has elected itself a new President tonight, with 45 states going for President-elect ______."
I couldn't quite make out that last word.
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