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Obama said one in five African Americans does not have health care; that like many African Americans, “It’s not that Michelle and I don’t have relatives” hurting and unemployed because of the economy, and he urged that young people, particularly, be vaccinated for the H1N1 virus.
When Joyner noted that some of Obama’s cable-news critics (Bill O’Reilly and other Fox News commentators) were eating and drinking at the White House holiday party, Obama said he and Michelle Obama “try to kill ’em with kindness. These guys fundamentally are entertainers.” Urging civility, he said, “Everybody’s an American; I’ve got the birth certificate to prove it.”