Today, Congressman Todd Akin said federally funded student loans gave America “the equivalent of the stage three cancer of socialism.”
In his speech today, Presdient Obama ridiculed Akin's statement, without mentioning Mr. Akin by name:
Without mentioning him by name, Obama also took a swipe at Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., a GOP Senate candidate who said the government shouldn't be involved in the student loan market and compared it to a "stage 3 cancer of socialism." Obama said, "I don't know where to start. What do you mean? What are you talking about?
"Just when you think you've heard it all in Washington, somebody comes up with a new way to go off the deep end."
Obama, GOP trade swipes in student loan dispute
Well done. Keep showing America examples of Republican extremism. These kind of comments by the President make the news.
That is rapid response!!
If keeping student loan interest rates low is socialism, there are a whole lot of people who want some socialism!!
Update I: From diogenes in the comments, a You Tube of the entire speech. President Obama's point about Akin is around the 20:03 mark.