Joe Ferraro was a little anxious when it came his turn to question President Obama about health care reform during Michael Smerconish's call-in interview. Obama asked him how he was doing.
"Oh, I'm scared out of my mind talking to you here," said Ferraro. But he quickly got his act together.
"I'm getting a little ticked off that it feels like the knees are buckling a little bit," Ferraro said. "We have overwhelming majorities in both the House and the Senate. And we own the whole shooting match. And I'm just getting...It's very frustrating to watch you try and compromise with these people who aren't willing to compromise with you."
It was the question of the week and it resonated widely through the Washington political scene, the Internet, and the mainline media.
The "knees buckling" line appeared in mot stories about the Smerconish interview.
Ferraro became something of a hero in the progressive community.
source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/21/joe-the-nerd-the-man-who_n_265523.html
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