http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/90271-obama-shrugs-off-armageddon-healthcare-law-criticismPresident Barack Obama shrugged off judgments of the healthcare law as premature on Thursday, noting, “It’s only been a week.”
Obama took on Republicans, pundits and the media during a speech promoting the law in Portland, Maine.
Obama said pundits and reporters should allow more time to pass before judging the new law’s popularity.
"Can you imagine if some of these reporters were working on a farm? You planted some seeds and they came out the next day... 'Nothing's happened. There's no crop. We're going to starve. Oh, no. It's a disaster.' It's been a week, folks," Obama said.
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He scoffed at Republicans who, according to Obama, had proclaimed it would be “Armageddon” when healthcare reform became law, and singled out for criticism House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio), who the crowd booed.
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