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Obama tells Americans that they're kind of disappointing, too
B Y T R U D Y L IV E N L E A R N
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resident Barack Obama addressed the
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nation today in an open letter to
Ainericans saying that they “aren’t
exactly doing a good job either.”
In his press briefing on the matter in the
Rose Garden, President Obama said that
while he hasn’t actually accomplished many
of the things he laid out in his 2010
presidential election bid, “neither had the
majority of the people.”
“You carried me into the White House on
a wave of hope, a wave of promise. Where is
that promise today? What happened to your
hope, people? You’re letting us all down.”
He went on to use the 2010 elections as an
example of how little hope people really
had. “It’s a disappointment, to say the
least,” he said.
The statement came after a difficult two
years for the president, who had
campaigned on a mission of change, and
then didn’t change much. Obama didn’t take
values are in peril overseas.”
instead quickly retreated back to the West
Wing.
Asked about the president’s comments,
Vice President Joe Biden told reporters in
Europe that the American people, especially
the left, “should chew their own asses for a
while” for being so critical of the
administration, and told reporters he backed
the president’s comments.
“The American Left moans and groans
when we are behind, and is behind when we
are ahead,” Biden sàys. “I don’t so much
fault the Defense Department or our foreign
policy or extending the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s ability to spy on the
American people. I don’t blame the
Guatariamo Bay prisoners or the terrorists,
even. I blame the American people for not
having the courage to sacrifice their petty-
civil liberties at a time when American
House’s gaffe went on Fox Newsto tell
religious fanatics to stop talking to people
who identify with Obama, especially black
people and fans of Wilco.
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"The American Left moans and groans when
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~~ VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
Obama and Biden downplayed comments
made by Republicans saying, “We’re all in
this together, and that in the next two
months, we will be unveiling a new plan to
work together, even if it means working
alone, to change the way people hope for
change in the future,”
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