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JEFF Smith

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NJ And VA
 IN THEIR OWN WORDS The Numbers

“Our country has lost a

great leader, who picked APPROVAL
up the torch of his fallen 61.6%
brothers and became the President Obama’s job
greatest United States approval rating on 5/1/09
Senator of our time.”
President Barack Obama on the 51.2%
death of the late Senator Ted Kennedy.
The President’s current
approval rating, the lowest of
his presidency.
“Nothing could be further
from the truth.”
Secretary of Health and Human IRAN
Services Kathleen Sebelius on rumors
of the White House’s health care plan 17,284,782
involving the creation of “Death Panels.” Number of votes Ahmadinejad
received in the 2005 Iranian
presidential election
“It could be five years in jail
for what I just did, you think?” 24,527,516
Former State Senator Jeff Smith, Number of votes Ahmadinejad
discussing the FBI investigation of his received in the 2009 Iranian
2004 campaign while being recorded presidential election
by a wiretap.

“We appreciate and admire 50

the continuing resistance.”
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
on the continued opposition movement
in Iran following the questionable
reelection of Ahmadinejad.
Number of towns and cities in Iran
in which the numbers of votes cast
in the 2009 election exceeded the
number of eligible voters

“This has been a revolutionary ELECTION ’09

election. The people have
shown the courage to take
politics into their own hands.”
Yukio Hatoyama, leader of Japan’s
Democratic Party, on their landslide
victory over the Liberal Democrats who
had maintained power for fifty years.
“I think it is serious and it is
deteriorating.”
Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff speaking on the
state of the War in Afghanistan.
12%
The current lead in the
polls for Republican Bob
McDonnell in the Virginia
gubernatorial race
8.4%
The current lead in the
polls for Republican Chris
Christie in the New Jersey
gubernatorial race
A Tale of Two Health Care Plans
D̃ring
the
s̃mmer
debate
on
healthcare,
congressional
Rep̃blicans
iss̃ed

this
flow
chart,
in
criticism
of
the
complex
Democratic
proposal.

Democratic
congressional
staffers
q̃ickly

responded
with
a
chart
of
their
own.
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