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>> you deserve it. mr. president, -- mr. president, your fierce advocacy, the clarity of purpose that you showed, your perseverance, these are, in fact, it is not hyperbole to say these are the reasons why were assembled in this room together today, but for those attributes we would not be here. many, many men and women are going to feel the pride that i feel in watching you shortly, watching you sign this bill, knowing that their work, their work has helped make this day possible, but mr. presi...

Mr. president, your fierce advocacy, the clarity of purpose you showed, your perseverance, these are, in fact -- it is not hyperbole to say -- these are the reasons were assembled in this room today. but for those attributes, we would not be here. many, many men and women are going to feel the pride that i feel in watching you shortly, watching you sign this bill, knowing that their work, their work has helped make this day possible. but mr. president, youre the guy that made it happen. and so m...

Survive that. there are a number of things in the bill particularly the forcing of individuals under the penalty of law to purchase health insurance and not only to purchase but purchase that which is prescribed by the federal government. im sure thats unconstitutional. >> those who are being forced to pay for it, were paying for it when they show up in an e.r. >> this is true. we should lower the cost and encourage people to have coverage. they dont necessarily -- particularly young, healthy pe...

Our focus is on those thousands of americans losing their health care each and every day. >> let me ask you a question, alex. whats the political calculation here? if republicans delay, delay in the senate, for example, at a certain point why dont they just want to sort of pass it, get it over with and go out and campaign against it? whats the purpose of delaying? >> thats a good question. i think this is such a huge transformation of american culture and of the country and the way it works. you...

Startling report. 36% of tax filers in 2008 ended up paying no income tax at all once the deductions and refunds were factored in. thats a new record of money not coming in. that is before all this massive new spending under this president. gary b., you say something is going to crack sometime soon. >> absolutely, brenda. the premise is are we going to become greece? i think were already there. thats just not just hi hyperbo hyperbole. look at numbers. we have $1.6 trillion deficit. the debt is ...

>> not only did i grope him, i tickled him until he couldnt breathe and four guys jumped on top of me. it was my 50th birthday. it was kill the old guy. you can take anything out of context. >> and as for white house chief of staff rahm emap well, two days ago massa called emanuel the devils spawn and said he would tie his kids -- emanuel would tie his kids to a railroad to get a vote. last night massa sang a different tune. >> he and i are not friends. and i owe him an apology. i do. on my radi...

Railroad to get a vote, but not his. maybe in hyperbole in joking, i went over the top. enough said on that. >> america, im going to shoot straight with you. i think ive wasted your time. i think this is the first time i have wasted an hour of your time, and i apologize for that. because i think we could have spent a lot less time -- you are backtracking a lot. youre a lot -- >> im not backtracking. im telling you what happened. >> you talk about corruption. and you dont have anything except wha...

Rescinding his claim that democratic leaders forced him out. but mostly what he did was make glenn beck apologize for his entire program. not hyperbole. youll see it. just yesterday, rush limbaugh, beck and others said how important it was to listen to massa. limbaugh backtracked today saying all i knew was this guy was telling great stories about rahm emanuel. but then new stories emerged today that the house ethics committee has been investigating massa not just for comments but allegations he...

He and i are not friends. and i owe him an apology. die. on my radio show i went over the top. i said hed tie his kids to the railroads to get a vote. he wouldnt do that. he would tie my kids to get a vote, but not his. in hyperbole, i went over the top. enough said on that. >> america, im going to shoot straight with you. i think ive wasted your time. i think this is the first time i have wasted an hour of your time, and i apologize for that. >> becks face. i mean, its just priceless. >> live p...

American worker and small business, they cant pay the premiums anymore. its too high. ok. on the republican side, they have hey, this health care bill, not $1 trillion. its $6 trillion. its going to bankrupt the country and im not saying that with any hyperbole. it will bankrupt the united states of america. obama will be out of office by then but this country will still be bankrupt. so the republicans have a very strong one and the democrats have a very strong one. so they go in and obama has t...