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James Fallows (The Atlantic): … but then he gets a chance to sing at the White House tonight, doing Sweet Home Chicago with Mick Jagger and also B.B. King?? Jeesh, talk about being the most powerful man in the world.
…. The guy does have a charm that is hard to imagine the Santorums or Romneys ever matching …. for extra enjoyment check out the shots of White House chief of staff Jacob Lew bopping in the background. A real hep cat, for sure!
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AP: A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.
Obama tops 50 percent support when matched against each of the four GOP candidates and holds a significant lead over each of them, according to the Associated Press-GfK poll….
….. Obama holds an 8-point lead over Romney, 9 points over Santorum and 10 points over Gingrich or Paul…. Notably, the survey showed the president dominating among independents, a group central to Obama’s 2008 victory, whose support for him had faltered in recent months. According to the poll, 6 in 10 independents would choose Obama over any of the Republicans.
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Marquette: President Barack Obama leads each of his Republican rivals in Wisconsin, according to the new Marquette Law School Poll. Obama leads former Senator Rick Santorum 51 percent to 40 percent and leads former governor Mitt Romney by 53 percent to 38 percent. In January, Obama’s lead over Romney was 48 percent to 40 percent. The president holds a 52 percent to 36 percent lead over Rep. Ron Paul and a 56 percent to 33 percent margin over former Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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Charles Pierce: It should be A Very Special Episode, this Wednesday night’s season finale of the 1,329,465,771.5 Republican debates. They should invite the whole cast back, all the people who left the show for their own spinoffs, the way they brought Rhoda and Phyllis back when Mary Richards got fired at WJM. Look, here’s Herman Cain, and there’s Michele Bachmann, and there’s Rick Perry, stumbling and falling into the potato salad. And there’s the formerly invisible Jon Huntsman. Who knew he was so tall?
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Steve Benen: Last week, the House Oversight Committee, led by Chairman Darrell Issa, held a one-sided hearing on contraception access, featuring an opening panel of five conservative men – and no one else. Democrats on the committee had invited a witness, Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke, but Issa refused to allow her to participate.
House Dems aren’t taking “no” for an answer …. Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that a Democratic panel will meet this week to hear testimony from just one witness: Sandra Fluke….
…. There was, however, an unexpected twist yesterday afternoon … the Republican-controlled Committee on House Administration has refused to allow the hearing to be televised ….. what is it, exactly, about Fluke’s perspective that has Republicans so concerned? The law student wants to share the story of a classmate who lost an ovary due to an ailment that could have been treated with birth control.
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Morning everyone 😉
The Obama Diary 
Morning all
Winner!
Morning Symmetry, morning everyone 😉
OMG! I’m blushing….Thanks, Chips!
And he was singing just for you Symmetry!
Oh, wow, symmetry11, this pic goes so welwith you name and your first!
*well with
Ok, late on here as I’m on the left coast, but when I watched PBO singing with the greats, my DH came in to see if something was wrong. Um, no…….just go away so I can watch it again. Hot damn!
Chips, do you have a clip of Trombone Shorty’s performance? He was my favorite last night.
Russ Feingold says he was glad that Obama got Anwar Al-Awlaki. What makes this so great is that Feingold is one of Cenk’s and other professional lefts hero’s. I too like Feingold but wished he wasn’t always so ideological.
He’s probably singing PBO’s praises now because he’s been appointed along with Eva Longoria, Bill Daley, Antonio Villarigosa, Ted Strickland et al., as National Co-Chair of PBO’s re-election campaign.
Eva Langoria and Antonio Villarraigosa my brother and sista Antonio and Eva are well like in the Latino
comunity Bravo mr President we are with youu all the way you can count on us si se puesde.
Third?
Morning, Chips.
Thanks for the videos 🙂
This is Mitt Romney
by BooMan
Tue Feb 21st, 2012 at 08:07:37 PM EST
Based on the January filings with the FEC, Barack Obama has raised more money from small donors (those giving under $200) than Mitt Romney has raised in total. Romney has raised 90% of his money from big donors (those giving more than $200). Without the Super PACS this would be completely disastrous because big donors can only give so much to the campaign and then they are capped out, while Obama can keep going back to his small donors for more. Romney can get around that limitation thanks to the Supreme Court’s outrageous decision in the Citizens United case, but that doesn’t mean he’s not in trouble. The truth is that Romney’s campaign is rapidly going broke.
The Romney for President committee spent nearly $18.8 million against more than $6.5 million raised in January, and it reported $7.67 million cash on hand as of the month’s end.
At that rate, by the time February is done, Romney will be selling IOU’s to the Chinese to keep his campaign going. By comparison, the president has $96 million in cash on hand and no immediate need to use any of it. And, as I’ve noted, most of his donors are in position to give several more times before they’re maxed-out.
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If you’ve spent the last four years surfing in the liberal blogosphere, you might be under the misimpression that Obama’s base is disillusioned and won’t respond the same way they did in 2008. It’s simply not true.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/2/21/20737/9958
He is such a wonderful man, our excellent president! Love him! Morning all!
Found this in this month’s Town & Country:
JEWELRY BOX DIPLOMACY
It was Andrew Jackson who first planted a magnolia tree on the White House lawn, with a sprout from a tree near his Tennessee home. THat Jacksonian impluse to reuse and recycle is alive and well. Jewelry designer Kara Ross has been commissioned to create wood cuffs and trays to be presented as gifts by the Obamas to visiting heads of state and their spouses. The pieces – the bracelets are inscribed with the First Lady’s name, the trays with the President’s – are made from wood that has fallen from the White House trees.
Mrs. O did a post on her work:
http://mrs-o.com/newdata/2011/1/29/mrs-os-bangles-and-more.html
Good morning TODville!!!! Another Awesome Day with President Obama. Lots of beautiful energy in the air!!
yeah, but the guy can’t dance.
/ducks & runs
/chases after amk with big stick
Morning amk!
Evening chips.
Yes, I’ve decided to get on the tod’ers’ nerves today.
You couldn’t if you tried, unless you find the birt sert.
I just now finished a conference call with trumpster and o’rly.
Just wait for shock and awe. Ha.
I’m gonna have to agree with Amk aka burt cert guy; Chips. PBO can sing but man oh man does he have a white man’s overbite. His moves are cute but I can’t say with 100% certitude that he can dance. He’s got swagger when he’s doing a slow dance with FLOTUS but left to his own…..????
“He’s got swagger when he’s doing a slow dance with FLOTUS but left to his own…..????”
😆 It’s true UT, sadly it’s true!!!!
Let’s be brutally honest here. The guy sux. Mrs O, OTH …… She needs to smack him. 🙂
Ooooh now Amk you’re asking for a spanking. He does NOT suck. he’s just a little dancing challenged. 😉
Ummm.Let’s see. The guy sux at dancing. He sure sux at bowling….. Both are girly stuff anyway…. So he is my kinda guy.
/ducks and flees to India.
Amk do I detect a note of jealousy? Did someone mock itty bitty Amk for his baaaad dance moves? Does someone not know how to bowl? Does someone have a boo-boo? Don’t worry, I’ll send some ice-cream your way.
p.s. You’re back in India? Welcome back.
What? Me jealous ? A man with three left feet ? Nah.
No, I’m still in burt sert country. Series of meetings this week. Flying back home on sunday.
Mrs. O said he can’t dance. Well maybe not on the dance floor, but…….. 😉
I’d joyfully dance with him anywhere—–in my kitchen, on the lawn, on a boat, on an island—-yes! on an island! I think he’s got some moves, and husband and I won a dance contest once—–back in ’78, or whenever it was. So from that expert perch :), I proclaim President Obama highly skilled and very cool on the dance floor, same as everywhere.
Oooooh dotster. Does Mr. Dotster have some competiton? Should I go tattle tale? 😉
Amen to that! And may I say that I have seen much much much much worse.
Dotster, I now have a highly delightful image of you and PBO waltzing on a Caribbean island – you make a mighty fine couple!
Biased reporting. Discounted.
Does mr dotster have an email id ? I need to discuss something with him…. Strictly business. I have a deceased relative who has left millions for him…
His dancing makes me cringe.. but it’s cute at the same time haha
HEY! HEY! HEY! with all those brains, talent for sports AND singing, some things had to be sacrificed. 🙂
As I said, my kinda man. 🙂
Good Morning everyone. Loved the President signing last night…love the fact that Chips had the clip up first and that is the one everyone has been using. Off to work in a bit…
Have an Obama Day!
TOP DIPLOMAT — Hillary Clinton tomorrow begins a four-nation trip to London and North Africa, the State Department announced yesterday. In Tunisia, Clinton will meet with “Friends of Syria,” a group of nations that support the Syrian opposition movement. Key question: Will they start mapping out a plan for arming the rebels?
Clinton’s trip comes as the White House and State Department are engaging in a coordinated messaging campaign to open the door to possible military assistance in Syria, the Associated Press reported. “We don’t want to take actions that would contribute to the further militarization of Syria,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said. “But we don’t rule out additional measures.” http://bit.ly/zHTMyk
Good Morning lovely people of TOD!
What a joyous evening last night was. I went to bed and slept like a happy baby having my President’s singing be the last sound in my ears.
And off we are to another day of battle in our quest of re-electing this incredible President.
Have a lovely day, everyone!
P.S. Chips, have I told you lately that I love you?
Have I told you there’s no other blog above you?
You fill my heart with gladness…………………………..Thank YOU, for all you do!
You have a beautiful voice!!! Morning bestpresidentever, thank you!!
You fill my heart with gladness……….. take away all my sadness, ease my troubles that’s what you do……..
Seriously, thanks Chips.
See what the President has done, he has everyone singing this morning?
Love ya Lisa!
Watergate Manufacturing, Inc.
by Zandar
As Steve Benen notes, pretty much everything is “Obama’s Watergate” to Republicans: going on vacation, eating a hamburger, brushing his teeth, and he possibly may have farted once HISTORY’S GREATEST MONSTER ahem sorry. This week’s Watergate, according to the American Spectator, is…Media Matters.
No, really.
They’re comparing the paranoid President Nixon’s private investigators hired to find anything they could on his political opponents to…a media watchdog group. See, a media watchdog group that calls out Republicans on their lies HAS to be working for President Obama, who HAS to have an “enemies list” just like Nixon! Q.E.D.!
And former Reagan official Jeffrey Lord spends 8 pages on this tortured logic. Well, really, he spends 5 and a half pages rehashing Watergate itself, and the rest on that bastion of journalistic freedom, Tucker Carlson, and his hit jobs on Media Matters at the Daily Caller.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/02/22/watergate-manufacturing-inc/
ooops.
Republicans Losing Interest in Presidential Race
A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds nterest in the Republican presidential race is slipping: Just 40% of Republicans say they have a great deal of interest in following the contest, compared with 48% in December.
Key findings: Only 23% are strongly satisfied with the field and 40% said they are dissatisfied with the candidates running.
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/02/22/republicans_losing_interest_in_presidential_race.html
Did they mention bloody embarrassing as well?
“LET ME FINISH”
Matthews: The GOP is becoming a ‘brownfield.’
The Hardball host says the Republican Party is turning into a land that has been contaminated by too much soot in the air, by the dumping of endless hazardous waste.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#46472536
Becoming?
And then Tweety will spend the entire show giving repubs cover and spelling doom for the President.
Tweety is a good Democrat, he really is. But I’m sick and tired of these pundits who must be ‘even’ in their coverage, facts and reason be damned.
“Tweety is a good Democrat, he really is.” I agree.
Does he use the word desolate?
Good morning all. Thanks for the videos Chips.
Especially love the President singing. Isn’t he awesome? I just love seeing him on a daily basis.
(my sisters say I am obsess, but I just know a good thing).
Suzette, I come to the Obama Diary everyday, for hours. And when my family and friends ask me what am I doing? I say I’m on the computer, the first thing they say is I bet you’re on that Obama Diary. I said you will win that bet because that’s where I am. I don’t even argue with them, I just tell them you’re welcome to come on aboard. OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
😆 That’s hilarious anniebella, say hello to your family!
That’s a good one… usually I tell them not to hate just appreciate.
But they mean good because they will also want me to spin the computer so they can see the fabulous pictures I am looking at or watch a video too (lol).
ON THE HORIZON — The BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill trial starts Feb. 27. At least, if there’s going to be a trial at all: After MOEX settled state and federal charges for its role in the spill last week, some are speculating that BP will reach a deal of its own before the trial starts. The SF Chronicle: http://bit.ly/yesRKc.
WASHINGTON–First Lady Michelle Obama work out routine while on the road includes jumping rope in her hotel room–3,500 jumps each morning. She discussed her drill in an interview out Wednesday with SIRIUS XM host Joe Madison. Hat tip to Obamafoodorama for flagging the interview.
Joe Madison: “Talk about how the Obamas live what they preach when it comes to…[the ‘Let’s Move’ initiative]….how do you work out when you are on the road?”
http://www.siriusxm.com/thepower
I’d be luck if I was able to do 3.5.
splat. split lips, nose and teeth. well done, japa (and amk).
Jumping rope is excellent. I’m old 😀 and I’ve been jumping rope for years.
The chickens are coming home to roost in regards to Santorum and the entire Republican establishment is running scared. What did they expect? For years they’ve been using these cultural wedge issues to dummify their base and turn them into of millions of moralizing McCarthyites. Everybody that is not a true believer is an enemy of the Republic.
Well guess what? Now they have a true believer who has a real shot at winning the nomination. He’ll give the base all the red meat they can handle and in the process drive the entire party over a cliff.
Happy landings.
SPLAT!
KEPLUNK!
SPLOOSH!
THWAT!
Santorum is getting a lot of pushback from the National media, just like all who oppose Robney.
Jovie, you don’t think that lying bastard deserve pushback, I do. I can’t stand Rick Santorum or Mitt or Newt.
They all lie. It would be bad enough if they just stood flat footed and said “this is what we believe”. But noooooooooooo, that’s not good enough. They have to tell endless lies about the President. I don’t care if they lie about each other, but when they lie about the President, that’s a bridge too far.
Yep. They want a two faced phony to have the right to lose to The President not a genuine basket case who’s running for archbishop.
The real problem for the Republican Party is that even if Romney gets the nomination (which I still think he will) they will still have to give a prominent speaking part to Santorum at the convention. In th 90’s they were able to keep Buchanan out of the spotlight. But Santorum has too big a following which won’t let him be bypassed at the convention. And we know that Santorum won’t stop spilling his toxic waste just because the party honchos tell him to.
This means that the whole country will get to witness first hand just how crazy the Republican Party has become.Unlike 2008, I don’t expect the Republican nominee to get a convention bounce. If anything, there might be the reverse effect.
A prominent speaking role guarantees he will totally upstage Romney and get the loudest and longest applause at the convention. Something that will damage Mitt as badly as any of his past present and future gaffes.
Crash landings!
I’m loving it
Heads up everyone:
10:00 AM EST: President Obama Speaks at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live
http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=4
Good morning Ms Chips and TOD family. Well ,I had a ball, danced away for Carnival in Trinidad, and I have literally spent this Ash Wednesday morning, after massaging my entire body of course, catching up on all this good stuff. Slowly getting back on track after all the fun. You know, it would really augur well for those intense and uptight repugs to free-up and release their craziness in a festival as Carnival. I feel it would somehow give them an entirely new perspective,if that is at all possible!
Sounds like you had a great time. Love hearing about the tropics here in snowy Montana. I think any of the Repubs letting loose at a Carnival is not a possiblity. They all have sticks up their butts.
Bloomberg Channel took a survey of only Rich snobs. The question- would you raise Social Security age?
They said yes.
You don’t say? Say it ain’t so? What a crazy question to ask Rich People!
Hello everyone,
Long-time lurker first time poster.
I was looking for a longer version of the SAn Fran Chinatown restaurant video when I stumbled onto this video from ’08 during the campaign when PBO and Biden stopped by a Restaurant in Indiana for an impromptu stop and visit and had some artichoke dip.
It was more informal back then (I guess the Secret service were not yet super-hardasses on the security front yet)
Great to see them both interacting with the people and particularly with the older folk (Joe especially seems to be enjoying it – we don’t get to see that many videos of him interacting with people like we do PBO).
Oh and scroll to 8.10 for our first clue at a future Mr. Baby Whisperer.
Maybe this video had once been posted before here on TOD in any case I thought it would be an interesting walk down memory lane.
Enjoy:
By the way does anyone know if it’spossible to find the video to the Great Eastern Restuarant in San Fran? I saw the full length thing back at the time but didn’t save the link and now I wish I did.
Also if anyone knows if there was a video of his stop at the Elementary school kids in Medina Washington, that would be great too.
Thank you, CBO!!
Here’s a link to the TOD thread where there are several videos of PBO’s Chinatown visit:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/6751890-obama-surprises-sf-chinatown-restaurant-patrons/
Thanks meta, but I already saw that site. In fact I originally thought it was there but it turned out just to be the news footage.
There’s a longer version of the whole visit (about 8-10 minutes long) covering the entire time with no narration from any reporter and showing him as we greets the patrons and poses for photos with them all including the Kitchen staff.
I saw it last week and wished I had saved it but I didn’t and then forgot to bookmark the page.
In any case thanks nonetheless.
Ask Chipsticks. The longer video is in one of her past threads.
Welcome CBO – may you post more… we love to see video of the President.
Thanks!
Will do (or at least try to)
Hey TOD, If you’re on twitter, it’s @davidaxelrod’s birthday today. Let’s show him some love. 🙂
I was just retwitting. Happy, Happy Birthday David Axelrod. To one of the best!!!!
Done.
Here’s Chgo Trib summary of Blues Night, Sweet Home Chicago included of course. I sent Chips vid to all my daughters for their appreciation and enjoyment. My Indy daughter makes all these CDs for us, trying to keep us current. She’s a music fanatic, sings with a band on the weekend, teaching h.s. math her day job, but she always includes a bunch of these same artists on her CDs—-lots of Keb Mo and Trombone Shorty and Susan Tedeschi etc., so I wanted her to see our very own President Obama could do it too. Also have a Sweet Home Chicago daughter who said she saw it and was singing along. Ct. daughter said no need to send the vid as it’s on every single TV news program this morning.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-viral-video-president-obama-jams-with-mick-jagger-and-bb-king-20120221,0,1316011.htmlstory
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE..I LOVE THE REWRITE WITH LAWRENCE…THAT SAYS ALOT. OFF AND RUNNING TODAY…LOTS TO DO…BLESSINGS!
Emanuel and Daley to co-chair Obama campaign:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-la-pn-rahm-daley-obama-campaign-chair-20120221,0,718631.story
OFA releases list of 2012 campaign co-chairs:
Obama’s 2012 Campaign ‘Ambassadors’
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/obamas-2012-campaign-ambassadors/
Very interesting list!!
And very inclusive.
Apparently, Kevin Rudd of Australia just quit.
Possible Coup foiled.
Yikes!
What????? Crikey!!!
‘Possible Coup foiled.’ ??? Sorry, it’s a power struggle that’s just beginning.
Confidence vote today.
And she has a grand majority one vote … a guy who disagrees with her half-the-time. Let’s see.
I spy PBO and FLOTUS. FLOTUS’s outfit is stunning. Everyone’s wearing black and she comes out in this pop of green. Love the green coat. Only saw a flash of what she was wearing beneath but it looks nice.
Mrs. O looks so gorgeous, once again!! I covet her shoes…….
Woah….that voice! Denyce Graves! Wow.
Rev. Calvin Butts is raining poetry all over the place.
That was amazing.
TPMLivewire
10:10 AM EST
Obama Campaign Pushes Out ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ Clip
The #ObamaSings meme is born? The president’s reelection campaign tweeted the footage of Obama singing “Sweet Home Chicago” with BB King and Buddy Guy at the White House Tuesday night, linking the tweet to the campaign’s official Tumblr, which posted the video last night along with (seemingly) the rest of social media users.
“Singer in chief, for sure,” the campaign wrote.
Here’s the clip making the rounds — and becoming an official part of the presidential campaign:
IT”S YOUR VIDEO CHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, Chips!! That is spectacular stuff right there!!
Our lady is famous !!!!
Where is that damned beer, Chips ?
Chuck (Chips’ agent): Sorry, Chips is unavailable at the moment, she’s currently doing a photo-shoot for Vogue, and after that she’ll be recording her Leno interview. She hopes she’ll have time to drop in here in the next month or two, but things are kind of busy. For now, I’ll be dealing with the blog and interview requests. Yours in bucks, Chuck.
WTH ? I thought I was your agent, you ingrate.
snooty, snooty, snooty.
Chuck: Sorry amk, but when the only photoshoot you could get Chips was with Rhinoceros Monthly it was time for you to go.
Oh, you meant rinos ? I thought it was rhnos.
Well, good luck, Mrs mankini.
Beer? Beer? Methinks not, dear sirt seeker, CHAMPERS all the way for this little lady from here on out! Chips, we fly in on your coattails (hope you’re wearing a coat!). 😉 😉 😉
Flippin’ hilarious Desertflower, I’m cracking up!!!!! Woooooooooooooot!!
AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG….
When the President is saying the oath of office come Jan 2013….Sista Chipssss will be sitting there in the row behind the First Fam…..and during the President’s inaugural address he will give props to Chips and her Obama Diary…..for OUTSTANDING work…..
Pressssssssssssss On!
🙂 They love you! They REALLY love you!!!!
Good Morning, All. Our President is something else. Just downloaded that song to my iTunes library. That is a fun song.
Come on Dow, hit and close over 13,000 beyond!
Wow, Congressman John Lewis. I know he’s going to make me cry.
My sister’s favorite American Icon! 🙂
Brownbeck from Kansas…..
They just asked the Ag Department for a waiver so their farmers can hire illegals .
I am so proud of my home state, I am bursting – On Wisconsin!
“There was a moment in Madison at one of the first big rallies, tens of thousands of people were out, and in the distance you heard bagpipes. I want to tell you, it was as good as any movie you have ever seen. The crowd began to part, and through the middle of it came uniformed firefighters with their bagpipes. They marched to the stage and one of their leaders, Mahlon Mitchell, stepped to the stage and he said, “Firefighters are taught that when there’s an emergency you don’t run away from it, you run to it. This is the emergency. They’re trying to burn down the house of labor, and we won’t let them do it.”
http://www.alternet.org/story/154223/how_the_wisconsin_uprising_changed_america_and_why_its_renegade_politics_are_here_to_stay/?page=3
And John Nichols – just wow.
I just watched John Nichols on book TV last weekend…..did you see it ?
http://www.booktv.org/Program/13174/Uprising+How+Wisconsin+Renewed+the+Politics+of+Protest+from+Madison+to+Wall+Street.aspx
No, I am sorry I missed it. Thanks for the link!
Do they have a Democratic candidate yet for Governor? What’s happening?
No, not yet. Candidates are Kathleen Falk, former Dane County Executive – endorsed recently by AFMSCME and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is considering a run
Now Brownback is talking. How can he talk about civil rights with his war on women. What a hypocrite!
Exactly, I thought the same thing. And we can’t forget their voter id laws in the news….
Document fees for ID to vote in Kansas raise concerns
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/19/3438611/document-fees-for-id-to-vote-in.html
How are we going to fight all these new laws? I am very concerned. Yesterday I went to our training for being an election judge. Here in MT it is still easy to registrar. You don’t need a photo id to vote. But the repubs want to change that too.
Good Morning Everyone!
I’m watching the Smithsonian event on CSPAN
http://www.c-span.org/Events/Groundbreaking-Ceremony-for-New-National-Museum-of-African-American-History-and-Culture/10737428436-1/
Oh my Debbie Allen’s sister! LOL.
Has President Obama given his speech yet?
Not yet Donna.
BB King sounded hella good as well in that clip ;-).
Rick Santorum is simply insane: Ricky Insanetorum is what they call ‘im (for those that get the “Martin” reference 😆 ).
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/02/22/the-smithsonian/
*DeaD*…. I just watched the video recap online of Chuck Toad speaking more on his tweet he sent earlier about the Polls…… and this was on *gulp* Morning Joke….. and while he was talking about the Polls…. they played a video of Willard fist-bumping this person who was introducing him to the crowd (don’t know when or where this was)……….. Ugh, he makes me sick! Why is he ALWAYS trying to copy President Obama?? Doesn’t he know it’s the ‘terrorism fist-bump’ Faux News spoke about during PBO’s 2008 campaign 😆 😆 When these right wing idiots see something cool that PBO does… they talk all this shit about it, making a big deal…. THEN COPY IT! LoL
I bet Willard is looking for a song that he can sing about his hometown while wearing his jeans…… he might have to seek out 3 songs since he’s lived in a few places he calls his ‘hometown’ 🙄 😡
Hi TOD family. I want to ask a question…does anyone else have “spouse” issues with your President Obama passion? My husband is a great Democrat, but he does get irritated with me when I get upset about issues (right now Santorum, women’s birth control) and every night before I go to bed he asks me….are you on that Obama Diary blog…again. I admit, I am addicted to all things Obama, and before I go to bed I must read all my Obama Diary entries for the day. I must have an addiction, but what is one to do!
carla, my husband knows i love catching up on TOD! it is not a problem between us. i try to share info with him from time to time because he just doesn’t have time to stay up on all things Obama and when he does have free time he’d rather watch a movie. anyway, i know what you mean!
The Morning Joe panel should have cut to the chase, instead of letting Graham spout off his nonsense regarding President Obama’s religious affiliation. They should have told him, words don’t mean jack! Anyone can claim to be a follower of Christ, but we shouldn’t judge them by their words, we should judge them by their acts. Based on that and that alone, yes, President Obama is a Christian.
Not only because he says he is, but we must look at the man as a whole, and his life’s work thus far. From the time he was a community organizer, working to help the poor and disadvantaged; to some of the policies as Senator and President that he has fought for, and implemented. Not to mention his greatest achievement yet, his love, respect, and devotion to his wife and children. I’m not saying that folks who aren’t Christians can’t behave the same way, but this conversation centers around the doubt that’s being cast by the anti-Obama folks, regarding his faith.
Isn’t it great to have a guy that can order Bin Laden killed one minute, tell some really funny jokes another, take the mike and sing a few lines of the song, hit a 3 pointer from way outside on the first try, fix the economy, be a great husband and father, stand up for the middle class, and understand and remember complicated issues, come up with ideas to help us, and generally be all he can be for everyone? We are sooooo lucky to have him as our President!
You got that right Obama Grandmama! You didn’t mention that he is also an outstanding author–a powerful writer.
Yup! I did forget that and probably a million other things. He is our blessing.