Obama held a news conference today to set the record straight on his increasingly unpopular attempt at reforming the American healthcare system. The big network channels were reluctant to run the live conference because it interfered with regular programming. Overall, Obama kept his cool and was able to put across the reasoning behind his healthcare plan in the same plain, clear language that appealed to voters during his campaign. He expressed an attitude of flexibility in terms of meeting the August deadline and he promised that unless you're an American making at least a million dollars a year, your taxes won't be raised to cover healthcare reform. Obama also pushed to heavily attack the notion that he was out to pass another expensive (and ineffective) government program and again wasted no time in pointing the finger back at the Bush administration when it came to questions related to the federal deficit.
Obama was able to bullshit his way through a question asking about why he healthcare reform discussions weren't being shown on C-SPAN but he took the time to thoughtfully answer a question regarding race relations surrounding the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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