Obama: 'She insisted she's going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt'

Yes, those are the words of the president, last night at the Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Washington. After listing his administration's accomplishments and vowing that "our most urgent task is job creation," Obama pledged to keep fighting for a national health care system. "We knew this was hard," Obama said. And then he described a letter he received from a campaign worker who suffered from breast cancer and has since died:

I got a letter -- I got a note today from one of my staff -- they forwarded it to me -- from a woman in St. Louis who had been part of our campaign, very active, who had passed away from breast cancer. She didn't have insurance. She couldn't afford it, so she had put off having the kind of exams that she needed. And she had fought a tough battle for four years. All through the campaign she was fighting it, but finally she succumbed to it. And she insisted she's going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt.

Many observers have noted that the president often seems extraordinarily self-referential. It's all about him, they say. But even those critics might be a little taken aback by the "buried in an Obama t-shirt" remark. Is it really that much about him?

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[clarkwillis]

He is a joke. I hope we can just survive 4 years.

[buddymac201]

This man will use any situation he can to push his adgenda, i wonder if its even a true story???????

[RisenPhoenix68]

What an egotistical tool.

[Jllucky8]

What a total moron, he basically said he's God and he can't even stabilize the economy....

[jackiegus]

yes, his Royal Highness couldn't resist mentioning "she insists she is going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt" . There was no other reason to mention it except for his delusions of grandeur.

[jldurham6]

Why's that? You don't know why she couldn't afford health insurance. You don't know why she had cancer. She could have been sitting on welfare the past 20 years! Why the hell are republicans to blame? You guys just can't get off the "blame bush" campaign can you. Maybe she smoked 10 packs a day, maybe she gambled all her money away, maybe there is some personal responsibility that got her where she was at. People like you that make blanket and generalized statements like this need help.

[kenda777]

You know this is a lie about this woman wanting to be buried in an obama tee shirt. If it was true, MSM would have up played this forever. We would have listened to everyone who knew her, of how she worshiped her messah obama, the photos and videos taken at her funeral. Come on obama, only your brain dead worshipers would believe this shit. You know the ones who pray to you, go ahead obamanation, take their sins away and give them a tee shirt to be buried in. Their already dead inside.

[WarmBread123]

republicans are subhuman shit

[45gunner]

oBAAAAma again PROVES his ego has NO end!!!....he meant that comment seriously and people laughed because its SO ridiculous!

he is a weak, foolish, usurper, socialist would-be-tyrant!

even many of the sheep are waking up to this fool's brand of B.S.!

the worshipful "baa'ing" for the false messiah is decreasing by the day...

GOD BLESS/GOD SAVE AMERICA!

[niceley335]

wow.. a little over board there president..

[saintpeeter]

PS. What was Obama doing when his mother was dying of cancer?