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Women Voters Buoy Obama’s 2012 Hopes
“Lilly Ledbetter, 73, whose pay discrimination case inspired the law, is also likely to be at least an unofficial surrogate for Obama on the trail. ”I’ve never been so proud of anything,” she said, telling of her travels to college campuses nationwide to talk it up.
“It sent a strong message to the women, minorities and working families across this nation,” she said. “I am just working as hard as I can to hope to try to keep Obama in office another term so he can keep what he started, because in my opinion it really takes two terms for a president to succeed in all their goals.”
http://yhoo.it/s0RIBO
thx donna tweeted!
Sorry if this is a repost. but THIS IS HILARIOUS!!!! Mike Tyson as CAIN! On “Live Funny or Die”
Link to “Progressive Obamabots Unite (POU)”
http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/2011/11/wednesday-funny-cain.html#disqus_thread
Ahh, Tyson is so cute!
when you get punked by Mike Tyson —-you need to hang it up
that sounds very true!
Here is the “Live Funny or Die” Link
PBO sat down with Univision:
“I don’t think it requires us to go negative in the sense of us running a bunch of ads that are false, or character assassinations,” Obama told Univision News. “It will be based on facts … We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim. We won’t even comment on them, we’ll just run those in a loop on Univision and Telemundo, and people can make up their own minds.”
Lots more here:
http://univisionnews.tumblr.com/post/12577289803/obama-republicans-wrecking-their-chance-to-win-over
EXACTLY, meta! Thank you! That’s what I”m sayin’..when you report the factsf ..it’s not going “negative”..talkin’ to you, politico, when they were whining Team Obama was going negative on mitt. Boo Hoo.
Anyone know if the CNBC debate is online anywhere?
I looked on their website and they are doing a liveblog but I don’t see video of the debate anywhere.
Oh yuckity yuck.. the ‘ad’ for the debate coming up on cnbc was just disgusting: Tune in to the Republican debate only on cnbc.. to see who will restore confidence in America.. blah blah blah.
Here comes the clown car, otherwise known as the GOP debate. Same players – including Romney.
yeah, but which Romney?
Thirty minutes in, and I still can’t tell. 🙂
Good Question, Lisalovesobama. I still can’t figure out which Romney we are listening to. Oh well, I suppose he is no different from Chris Matthews. I still can’t tell if Chris Matthews is a progressive Democrat or a rabid right wing Republican. No wonder the MSM is cleverly pushing for Romney to be the Republican nominee.
well darn I just realized theres not live stream tonight.. dang thats the only way I’m able to watch.
If you want to watch the debate, try: http://www.cvinetwork.com.
Everybody but Santorum, Bachmann, and Gingrich got big applause during the intros. Michelle was looking at the wrong camera, again. Duh.
I find myself looking for the sexual innuendo in everything Cain says. Am I bad?
Romney before: Don’t bail out Michigan.
Romney today: Don’t bail out the European banks.
Romney tomorrow: I was for bailing out Michigan and the European banks. That is why they are now successful.
Mainstream media: crickets on Romney’s flip flops. No questions to the future President
Mainstream media: Why has President Obama failed to solve all the economic problems of Michigan, Europe and the United States?
Mainstream media: Obama is going to be a one term President. The united States will be saved by flip-floping Willard “Mitt” Romney
even though no one knows excatly what he stands for.
This is excellent to read Donna. Thanks so much. Sent to several of my lawyer friends and others in the field. Great to share with our female friends, and young college children in our families.
To see Ms. Ledbetter at this beautiful age still moving and shaking with us is such a blessing. An inspiration to all of us. Love her spirit and what the Lilly Ledbetter Bill does for the young women in the future in the job world. We need her voice and energy. HZ
THIS:
““It sent a strong message to the women, minorities and working families across this nation,” she said. “I am just working as hard as I can to hope to try to keep Obama in office another term so he can keep what he started, because in my opinion it really takes two terms for a president to succeed in all their goals.””
– Lilly Ledbetter
So true, so true. There is no need to make up lies about the Republicans. The truth is scary enough.
Our4thEstate Bobfr
America Will Never Forget, Mitt — You advocated GM & Chrysler bankruptcy – Consistent with your killing companies & off-shoring jobs.
#PRESSON
Bravo, Bobfr.
He also said “absolutely” when Huck asked him in an interview if he believed that life began at conception as stated in the failed Mississippi bill.
Bobfr, You are doing such a wonderful job spreading the message with such precision. I really must learn both the art and technology of tweeting because I am so impressed with your ability to communicate forcefully with few words.
as you are fond of saying “PRESSON!”
Goodnight everyone. Here is another link to the National Women’s Law Center’s 2011 Annual Awards dinner:
http://www.nwlc.org/our-blog/watch-president-obama’s-speech-nwlc-2011-awards-dinner-live-online
Just in case whitehouse.gov hangs up. It does with me from time to time.
Not watching the debate, the head story on both CNN and MSNBC is about Joe Paterno and the Penn State horror story.
I know we’ve talked about it ad nosum, but this story is just heartwrenching and disgusting. No one who see a child being harmed should take a blind eye and not go above and beyond to report and ensure the child and future children’s protection from a predator.
Damn, football victories do not take precedent over the protection and well-being of our children…I dont’ care how many wins you have!
There will be legal consequences. The standard for sexual harassment in schools is whether they knew or SHOULD HAVE known. Heads will roll.
And there are strict reporting requirements.
Yes, documentation is key.
THISSSSSSS…
I’m getting bored with the debate already, and it’s only 15 minutes in. John Harwood is asking good, tough questions. Jim Cramer sounds crazy, as usual, but maybe he’ll “blow up” (his personality) and ask tougher and tougher questions. His anger management issues could work nicely.
Why in the world would Ed Schultz choose to bring out rude maxine walters to discuss the election results from yesterday??? Is she going to claim tthat she “unleashed the voters”???
the media people can be crazy!!
Mad Max obviously wants attention after being muzzled for a few weeks, after PBO called out the CBC for being full of shit.
As Rev Al pointed out, Mad Max supported Slick Willy Clinton, and is bitter that PBO will be remembered for more accomplishments.
What did that goofy Maxine say? Man, is she goofy!
wait a minute, when did the president call out the CBC?! love it!
When he spoke in front of the CBC a couple of months back, he told them to quit whining, crying, and he ended that speech by slapping the podium, as if to say “NOW WHAT MOTHERFUCKERS?!” It was a thing of beauty!
it sounds majestic. *giggles wildly* they are a bunch a crybabies. they are attempting to hold PBO to standard that they never did with any other democratic sitting president. they were mute with president that did not even acknowledge their existence. they have seemed to abdicate their power and betray their complete ignorance of the American political system to assume that a president can come in and pass every law they want.
I’m not watching the debate, but I’m finding this guardian liveblog the most interesting so far:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/10/gop-debate-michigan-herman-cain
what infantile buffons – to boo in a debate, they should have been escorted out of the venue
The debate is held in front of a Republican audience. ’nuff said.
The boos were so loud it seems they would have all had to have been escorted out! Must be the same type of people that booed the gay soldier, clapped for the highest number of executions, and clapped that someone would suffer the consequences of not having insurance. Doesn’t seem very much like Christians to me.
PBO has just been welcomed to the stage.
ach mien gott in himmel
I cannot watch this stupid flipping “debate” it’s turning my brain into sludge aaaaaaaggghhhhh
Watch the POTUS, it’s much better I bet
ok much better watching PBO on line now…..ahhhhhhh
CROWD IS FIRED UP FOR PBO!!!!!
Of course! They LOVE their President! Just like we do!!!
This is a bad debate. Lousy questions, vague answers and double talking!
In other words, PBO wins this debate once again 🙂
Yes, I watched the circus, and yes, PBO and the sane American people win once again.HZ
‘As some of you know my household is filled with powerful, accomplished women.’
Looks like Clinton-bot Robert Johnson bashing the President on CNBC
It doesn’t matter. The 91% of African Americans say they will vote for President Obama again. 73% of all Democrats say they will vote for President Obama again, So let the Johnsons, Smilelys and Wests scream on. They have had little effect of the President’s standing with the base. BTW, the base is NOT ONLY firebaggers and elites. West sits in his ivory tower, Smilely gets money from corp and paid to run his mouth and Johnson made his money objectifying young black women by showing them with little clothes on and gyrating across the TV screen.
Go ahead and tell it like it is Shahidah! We all know Robert Johnson and Tavis Smiley were die hard Hillary Clinton supporters. As for the flaky “prophet, professor, Doctor, brother” West, he supported Ralph Nader over Al Gore. And look at what we ended up with: George W. Bush. In 2000, the vast majority of African Americans showed up to vote for Gore because they knew the stakes. Not so for the smug Ivy league professor who is so full of himself. Just because he loves Jazz, he thinks he knows more than the ordinary black person who has to confront the real racist system, day in and and day out. The ordinary black person is not blind. He knows how President Obama has been treated by the media compared to how the media treated past presidents. The professor’s gibberish talks about oligarchs and plutocrats may impress his holier than thou white progressives, but us ordinary black folks are not impressed. We compare how the so called white progressives treated President Clinton to how they are treating President Obama.
dammit!!!!!!! fricking website keeps freezing.
Can you imagine ANY of the GOP yahoos getting all the praise and cheers that PBO is currently getting?
Can you expect a President Cain (guffaw), President Romney, or President Perry getting this kind of warm reception?
Barack is one of a kind, and the American people know it. That is why they will REJECT all of these GOP stooges and re elect Barack to a second term.
YES WE CAN!!!!!
Republicans have shown they are anti women’s rights with all those abortion bills they’ve pushed and that personhood crap that FAILED in right wing Mississippi.
It’s fitting that Barack speaks at this event for women’s rights. How the Republicans think one of their candidates would be better is mind boggling.
Romney said, I will make sure their is no TARP for Italy.
Huh? What is he talking about? That is not on the table!
okay, this guy is getting beyond weird. and since when is displaying your ineptness and ignorance of current affairs a good quality in a president? i read a cnn blurb that said european powers said that a bailout for italy is not an option. and romney has not influence over international policy positions, he cannot even get a handle on HIS positions for Pete’s sake – the unmitigated gall 🙄 (did that work!?)
MADAME SPEAKER!!!!
Time to give Nancy Smash the gavel back and send Orange Boner back to an Ohio bar to weep in his beer!!!!
PBO talking the benefits to women from Obama Care, and the Republicans STILL think it’s a good idea to repeal it.
PBO talking Lilly Ledbetter and tax credits for women.
And the difference watching the republican debate and the President is unbelievable!
People will not be confused about this election.
PBO calling out the Republicans for blocking jobs bill!!!
I’m sticking with my President Obama and my Vice President Biden for another four years – thank you very much!!!!
Me too! Me too! Me too! Me too!
I am with you all the way hopefruit 2! I don’t care what any one says, but the Pres. and the VP, are the best in my life time. On top of that, they married two of the most brilliant women. What more does this country want? Yes indeed I am also unwavering sticking with President Obama and Vice President Biden.
PBO called out the Republicans for defunding Planned Parenthood!!!
Herb Cain just referred to Speaker for Life Pelosi as “Princess Nancy.” Guess he’s had his eye on her, too.
Republicans are so disrespectful. PBO would never refer to any woman like that (princess). What a contrast tonight. I love that PBO plugs his AJA in front of all audiences. He looked so relaxed.
PBO just treated women with respect at the event he spoke at, talked Lilly Ledbetter… a staunch contrast to these anti women’s right Republicans who look at women as servants and sex objects.
wow – what a misogynist! YUCK. he’s repulsive that is all
Here’s something more interesting to do than watching dumb debate: Most intriguing collection of photos from around the world. President Obama at Head Start made the list, from Indy Star website:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=BG&Dato=20111109&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=111090809&Ref=PH
No wonder the national media hates PBO, they KNOW that he has more respect once he gets his message directly to the American people.
They obviously want a horse race for ratings and money, hence why they keep talking about Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, being in play. The media obviously ignored last night’s election where right wing ideas were REJECTED and progressive Democrats won across the board.
The anti union crap that failed in Ohio more or less seals up Ohio for PBO, all he has to do is go there and praise the unions and point out how electing more Republicans would be to rubberstamp the anti union agenda of John Kasich. PBO can also seal up Florida by going there and pointing out how Rick Scott rejected high speed rail for political points.
The only Republican strategy is to minimize the vote, which is why we must all be vigilant and do our best to drive out as many folks to vote for PBO re election and give Nancy Smash the gavel back.
Nancy Giles is doing some fun debate tweets:
@nancygilesnyc
Multiple Choice Mitt now praising his healthcare plan, but saying government is playing too big a role… GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Just finished watching my President speak at the NWLC and he was great as always. Thank you Mr, President for fighting for women’s rights.
It was wonderful much better than blechy debate.
Isnt’ the biggest news that Newt Gingrich admitted to being paid $300,000 by Freddie Mac for “advice” in 2006????
Hey everyone….I was watching the Repubs Debate…
Wow!!!!!!The Highlight Of Tonight’s Debate: Perry couldn’t even name three federal departments he wanted to eliminate — could only name Commerce and Education. When Paul suggested there are five, Romney suggested the EPA. Perry said, no that’s not it, but couldn’t name the third.
The crowd seemed uncomfortable to say the least.
What..the..F…..???
Asked what 3 postions he would get rid of, Perry actually forgot the third one!!!!!
i.e. 1. Secretay of State, 2. Sec of Education, 3. “Uh I forgot”..
WTF. Never thought I’d say this, but Rick Perry may just be dumber than Sarah “Freakin’ Palin!
Dude literally said “Oops!”..
I see what tomorrow’s headline will be. Will be interesting to see what they are in Texas.
Nate Silver needs to re-do his “analyses” about who is really “Toast.” Nate I’m giving you a small hint: Not Obama.
Maybe once Nate became a “professional” he lost his vision and could no longer see the forest but now only the trees.
LOL…even the crowd seemed to gasp..and some red faces….UNBELIEVABLE!!!
lololololololololololol
I know: Cain has a mole in the Perry team who’s puttting some drug in his water lol…
Un…be…lie…va…ble !!!
If I remember correctly Perry actually said he would get rid of three departments. The question was not what three would you get rid of. He started naming them and could not remember the third one.
Lol….Cain called Speaker Nancy Pelosi “Princess” and now Tweeter is trending #Princess Nancy#…hehehehe
From Think Progress Live Blogging…..
8:57: Cain just called Nancy Pelosi “Princess Nancy” — because condescending to women is a smart move for him right now.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/11/09/365725/cnbc-debate-live-blog/
Thank you, Ladyhawke, I saw that on ThinkProgress and thought it was PERFECT!
This #CNBCDEbate is full of moronic twits. Perry doesn’t know what departments he wants to eliminate. Newt blames Dems for Social security going bankrupt; which it isn’t. Carter and Clinton tooks SS off the budget and uess who put it back on. Yep Reagan the Gipper himself and GWB. The moderators suck.
Even David Gergen (CNN) just tweeted………….Rick Perry is toast…
#Was that the most embarrassing moment of the campaign –#RickPerry unable to remember the 3rd cabinet dept he would eliminate?
Too bad Perry didn’t take Sarah Palin’s lead and write the three departments on his hand. Hee hee.
Obama Grandmama, You are are a riot! I just couldn’t contain my self laughing so hard about your comment. Fortunately I was not drinking my usual cup of coffee. If I were my key board would have been completely destroyed. Poor Texas! How in the world did they end up with this idiot governor? He is actually making Dubya look like a political genius. Why put a number on Departments you want to get rid of if you cant remember all three?
Veterans watching the debate must scratch their head and wonder why they sacrificed so much for this band of fools who only pay them lip service and don’t back it up with concrete positive action.
Thanks for the reports on the so-called debate. I do not have the patience or the stomach for it. It sounds like Perry has either been hitting the sauce lately or popping too many pills.
It is all incoherent red meat with Obama on the end of these run on sentences! Like mine. Lol!
Fifteen minutes later, Rick Perry’s brain clicks in. “By the way, it was the Department of Energy that I was reaching for before,” he reveals.
Somebody must have tweeted him….This is becoming pure comedy….hehehe
Could Perry always have been like this and got re-elected in Texas? Was he showing these symptoms when people urged him to run for president?. Couldn’t someone in his family, a friend or even a doctor have told him he didn’t have it in him to take the pressure? Everything I read before he announced said he was a formidable candidate. What happened? There have been really weak candidates who’ve run for president in the past, but I don’t remember anyone who had such trouble getting his brain to work. IF Perry were a bit older, I’d say he had early onset senility. I’d like to meet one person who has donated to the Perry campaign so I could just ask “Are you nuts?”
I’ve heard guests on MSNBC shows say Perry has top dollar donors and he skips out on debates and runs commercials when he campaigns.
Sometime u just have to thank God for Youtube!
The video of Perry’s meltdown in already up!
Even people in crowd in the audience were heard saying..My God!!! when Perry couldn’t name the third agency….
For fun go to Scarborough wikipedia- as congressman un the 90s under newts leadership, he wanted to abolish the same things!
This ideology has been around awhile!
unfrakkin believable. watched youtube.
Ironic that Perry drew a blank on education.
Oops my mistake. He drew a blank on energy.
Texas Toast:
😳 “Oops.” That’s his favorite phrase.
John Harwood (moderator) is the star of that clip, though. He pressed Perry in the follow-up, didn’t let him off the hook, and Perry just folded. Makes Dumbya and Palin look like Rhodes Scholars.
Good on John Harwood….:-)
Drat, beat me to it PJ.
Curse you oerry, the playpus.
I love how nutty ol’ Ron Paul started waving his fingers saying “five! There’s five!” hahahahahahahaha!
Lawrence is about to GO IN on his ass.
Popcorn.
He looked just like an evil old man from one of those horror movies!!!
I know this is not supposed to be a debate thread, but in light of the Rick Perry implosion that seems to have happened tonight, I’m just looking back to how wrong some people were on Rick Perry. Mr “Never lost an election”, Mr “Texas leader in job creation” is a complete flake!
I just bet Kay Bailey H is probably kicking herself right now and wondering how the hell she lost to this guy!
The media and the pundits are frauds. President Obama was supposed to be quaking in his boots about Michelle Bachmann. Then that fizzled. Perry was supposedly the Greatest Threat to Any Republican Contender in the Universe. That has failed to materialize. All that’s left is Cain and Romney.
President Obama’s record, political instincts, emotional intelligence and communication skills will trounce any of these clowns.
And if President Obama doesn’t trounce these idiots, then some thing is terribly wrong with the majority of Americans. I just don’t see any one on that stage who has the caliber to match President Obama’s intellect and charisma.
FiredUpinCa, I remember what’s his face Thom Hartmann going on and on about what a formidable and dangerous opponent Bachmann was going to be!!!
I’d catch the last few minutes of his show waiting for Randi to come on and he’d go on and on about not discounting Bachmann.
These PL folks are such frauds and terrible forecasters of anything!!!
And when their predictions fail to pass., they get mad, testy and attack President Obama all the more.
They then take their attacks and slander of President Obama to new levels trying to force their desired results and narrative of him losing!!!
All just so they can be right!!!
I hate them all!!!
Kay Bailey lost to Perry because she is just as sorry as he is.
TOD thanks for a great day! gotta go to beddie bye.
nite!
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lamh35 i know you’ve been following the Penn State story. ABC reports that President Granier has handed in his resignation. The university is going to have news conference in a few minutes.
Here’s the live link:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/index
Here’s the link:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/livenow?id=8425797
Trustees have fired Paterno.
They’re ousting the Coach and the President. THANK GOD!
Sorry it ended this way for Coach Paterno. Pray for these young men who was molested.
Just watched the Clips of the #ClownDebate on Lawrence and am LOL. Rick Perry is an IDIOT
If Perry is an idiot, it sure doesn’t speak well for the state of TEXAS.
HOLY CRAP THESE GUYS ARE IDIOTS
Herman Cain’s campaign touts ‘Princess Nancy’ comment
After spending more than a week defending himself against mounting allegations of sexual harassment, you’d think Herman Cain might try not to appear condescending toward women.
Or, that after announcing during a televised debate that “Princess Nancy” blocked Congress from taking up a Republican healthcare bill, his campaign might hope the comment would fade away.
Nope, not the Herman Cain campaign.
Moments after Cain uttered the comment, this popped up on the candidate’s official Twitter page, THEHermanCain: “The answer to Health Care: HR3000, the bill killed by ‘Princess Nancy’ in committee.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-cain-princess-nancy-20111109,0,2142079.story
PERRY MIGHT NEED MORE FUNDING FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Herman Cain has ISSUES with women.
BREAKING NEWS: Joe Paterno of Penn State ousted effective immediately (voted by the board of trustees).
So glad! The whole thing was beyond disgusting. I hope those boys can find some kind of peace. SMDH.
Well, an ode to Rick Perry’s campaign.
The President of Penn State and Joe Paterno were fired – effective immediately
According to MSNBC Latino enthusiasm for Obama is fading. Someone please tell Univision since they just had a poll out that contradicts that.
Every week, the media is telling us that President Obama is losing the support of some group of people. Who will it be next? MSNBC is full of alot of bullshit like TeaNN, Fox, and the rest of the media.
POTUS was Fabulous tonight.. his speech was mighty and real and I don’t doubt for a second that he has always considered women his equals on every level. Man I hope this country really wises up to who he is and to how highly he thinks of us all, how he truly treasures this country and every single person in it~ we’ll not see his like again for a very long time I’m afraid.
Missed the loser club debates.. but enjoyed the heck outta the tweets~ 🙂 have a good sleep everyone, thank you as always Chips for all that you do.
Lawrence O’Donnell is asking MM to critique the GOP candidates position on letting the auto industry fail – when MM advocated the same position! No wonder MM tried to change the topic and quickly pivot to “jobs” platitude. Now, MM is praising Hunstman.
Hopefruit2, Michael Moore is very good friends with the Huntsman family!!!
He obviously picks and chooses which evil, greedy corporatists he reserves his fury and attacks for!!!
Jon Huntsman is a close, personal friend. Go figure!!!