Evidently Obama Believes Haiti Is One Of Those 57 American States
During the recent interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier Barack Obama claimed the healthcare reform scandal referred to as the “Louisiana Purchase” would help states like Hawaii which “had an earthquake.”
Really he did.
After that interesting “observation” one must wonder just how many truly devastating natural disasters have hit other states in the union since Hawaii last had a serious and damaging earthquake?? Certainly Obama could not have been talking about this one and I can’t imagine he was referring to the one back in 1868, the largest quake to ever hit the islands.
“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….”
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Perhaps it’s time to lay off the stuff there Barry now that you finally have a real job…
Tags: Barack Obama, Bret Baier, earthquake, Fox News, Hawaii, healthcare reform, Louisiana Purchase
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