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Politics : President Barack Obama

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From: tejek7/1/2010 11:44:43 PM
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Obama exchanges jabs with Boehner

By Molly K. Hooper and Sam Youngman - 06/30/10 08:53 PM ET

President Barack Obama took direct aim at the House Republican leader on Wednesday, mocking him for comparing the 2008 financial implosion to an ant.

Obama’s criticism of Minority Leader John Boehner comes four months before the midterm elections and represents the president’s sharpest attack on the Ohio Republican, who has his eyes on becoming Speaker of the House in 2011.

During a town hall meeting in Racine, Wis., Obama noted that Boehner said passing the Wall Street reform bill is akin to using a nuclear weapon to kill an ant.

“That’s right. He compared the financial crisis to an ant,” Obama stated. “The same financial crisis that led to the loss of nearly 8 million jobs. The same crisis that cost people their homes and their lives’ savings.”

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