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Barack Obama: The people are sick and tired of the nonsense and the political games. We can't afford to play games. Put the partisan…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2011
The people are sick and tired of the nonsense and the political games. We can't afford to play games. Put the partisan games aside. And we're tired of games. No more games. We don't have time to play games. It's time for the games to stop. The time for Washington games is over.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama expresses frustration with political gamesmanship and calls for a focus on serious issues.

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