Here's something else from today ..Cross post from LBN..
kpete (1000+ posts) Wed Dec-09-09 09:47 PM
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"Reid: 'Very dramatic' Obama to GOP: Stop scaring U.S." Source: Politico
President Barack Obama told congressional Republicans to stop painting such a dire picture of the U.S. economy in a White House meeting Wednesday, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
"One of the things he told my Republican friends there," Reid said, was: "Stop trying to frighten the American people. Things are not bad."
Obama then pulled out a chart to prove his point, a move Reid called: "very dramatic."
Speaking with reporters outside the White House following a bipartisan meeting with the president to discuss job creation, Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the talks were productive. Pelosi called it a "very encouraging meeting," and Reid praised Obama for listening "to every one of us."
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http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1209/reid_very_... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4178171