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At basketball fundraiser, President Obama says opponents play dirty
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/23/us-usa-campaign-obama-idUSBRE87J0QJ20120823With a nod to his basketball star host, Michael Jordan, President Barack Obama used a sports analogy at a fundraiser in New York on Wednesday to describe the election campaign and his opponents, who he said played "dirty."
"I can't resist a basketball analogy. We are in the fourth quarter, we're up by a few points, but the other side is coming strong and they play a little dirty," Obama told a group of supporters, saying his team was ahead but had some injuries.
"I'd say there's about seven minutes to go in the game. And Michael's competitiveness is legendary, and nobody knows better than Michael that if you've got a little bit of a lead and there's about seven minutes to go, that's when you put them away."
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"It is very rare that I come to an event where I'm like the fifth or sixth most interesting person," he said, drawing laughter, after being introduced by Jordan.
Obama rips Akin, GOP for archaic positions
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/presidential-campaign/244875-obama-citing-akin-rips-gop-for-antiquated-positions
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During his remarks, Obama accused the Republican Party of having "gone so far to the extreme that it becomes very hard for us to see Washington getting anything done."
He also slammed Romney for having an economic plan that aims to give wealthy Americans -- or as Obama put it, "everyone in this room" -- a tax cut.
"The fact of the matter is, we can't afford it," he said. With Jordan and other basketball players in the crowd, Obama said he couldn't "resist a basketball analogy" to sum up the state of the race which he said was in the fourth quarter.
"We're up by a few points but the other side is coming strong and they...they play a little dirty," he said to laughter. "We've got a few folks on our team in foul trouble. We've got a couple of injuries and I believe that they've got one last run in them."