Obama Says to "Tone Down Rhetoric"

In Obama's brief interview with "The Early Show," he explains that there is no substance in claims that he's a socialist.

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"I do think that everybody has a responsibility, Democrats or Republicans, to tone down some of this rhetoric. And the truth is some of these comments when you actually ask, well, this is based on what? This notion that 'Obama's a Socialist,' for example. Nobody can really (he chuckled) give you a good answer -- much less when they, you know, make…"

"They would say mandating that people have to buy (health) insurance or something like that," Smith pointed out.

"Yeah," Mr. Obama said, "the -- the sort of plan proposed by current -- Republican nominee Mitt Romney, yeah. So it - it -- it doesn't make too much sense.


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