Sidewinder, the Missouri Air National Guard rock band, was at the White House Wednesday to help First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden celebrate the one-year anniversary of Joining Forces.
…. check out video of their performances, including their covers of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing”
Oh, prettyfoot, your very first FIRST! Giddy indeed, but lovely giddy! Congratulations! I guess you really like this picture, and you might be dancing to the band! 😉
President Obama strongly disagreed with Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen’s controversial comment about Ann Romney, saying today that “there’s no tougher job than being a mom.”
“Anybody who would argue otherwise, I think, probably needs to rethink their statement,” the president told KCRG-TV9′s Bruce Aune.
….. The president went a step further, suggesting candidates’ families should be off limits. “I don’t have a lot of patience for commentary about the spouses of political candidates,” he told Aune.
“My general view is those of us who are in the public life, we’re fair game. Our families are civilians,” he said. “I haven’t met Mrs. Romney, but she seems like a very nice woman who is supportive of her family and supportive of her husband. I don’t know if she necessarily volunteered for this job so, you know, we don’t need to be directing comments at them. I think me and Governor Romney are going to have more than enough to argue about during the course of this campaign.”
PBO he is always powerful on his comments and with a lot of comon senses. I watch VP Biden on Ed
and he was excellent as well. RM is doing a great job on this issue so everything will O.K let’s calm down
for now.
If I were the Myth Robney I would be silent. Because every time President Obama gets to speak of so-called, “controversial” issues the American people’s trust in him grows, another likable moment for this 2 termer. This is why Myth can’t beat this gentleman, what comes from the heart reaches the heart. Thanks for posting, dear.
This is just what we needed right now. What an absolutely “marvelous” way to cap off this political uproar. A classy and dignified response from the only adult in the room. President Obama has a way with words. Just by being himself, he makes his critics look small. I am so proud of him.
‘What an absolutely “marvelous” way to cap off this political uproar.’
Sigh! Now I’m going to have to hunt backwards to see what the uproar was! Lord knows it’s downright tiring on a body to be as nosy as I where this President is concerned.(grinding teeth) I REALLY OBJECT TO THE INTERFERENCE OF REAL LIFE during this crucial time in our history! How can I keep on top of things if I have to work?
[ /deep breath/ Sorry. Ignore me for a bit. Just had to let that out so that i could continue reading CALMLY.]
As usual, PBO frames it perfectly. Specifically targeting “those of us in Public Life…” basically directing everyone on his staff, to STFU.
And, as he states, “Our families are civilians….”
HOWEVER.
Michelle Obama has been constantly derided, mocked, and belittled by the GOP since the last campaign. Remember the whole, “Michelle has never been proud of her country” insanity?? Or how about Palin’s nonstop yammering about FLOTUS’ campaign to fight obesity, and wanting children and everyone else to EAT HEALTHY?
Ann Romney waded into this on her own. She had a choice to remain a civilian, but instead she chose the most immediate, widely accessible social network to comment on – TWITTER. She didn’t “lock” her tweets. She said what she said to THE GLOBE, and proved instantly she was as clue-free as her husband on what 90% Americans lives are like, thanks to THEIR party’s slash and burn policies that make people LIKE HER more wealthy at EVERYONE ELSE’S EXPENSE.
I am DONE making nice with these people who bully our POTUS and FLOTUS every fucking day!!!
Yes, President Obama raised the bar for “those in Public Life” even though THEY will never be on the high road with him and Michelle.
So, FUCK THEM.
Civilians of Planet Earth have every right to be as outraged and enraged as they want to be about the absolute ignorance of this woman who aspires to be FLOTUS.. If she doesn’t want that job, then she is free to divorce Mittens forthwith.
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*goes to find something to put out this fire on my head…..*
Try Trader Joe’s green jasmine tea with a touch of stevia. It will bring you back to a very pleasant reality, where none other than Barack Hussein Obama is the true leader of the free world, and the free world is fine with that!
A glass of Pinot Noir goes well with any attempt to put out a fire on someone’s head. 🙂 Feel the same way, Tally so I am drinking a glass right now. BTW, next Saturday, I’m judging at a Shakespeare Festival for high school Drama students. Thought of you.
This is my third year and I just love it. The kids are so great. My son wants to eventually be a big Shakespeare director, so it’s my way of relating to something that is important to him and I have learned so much.
Will do. He’s in a hurry himself, even if he’s only 24! He has lots of ideas which sound really great. I truly hope he has a chance to put them into practice one day, and i will surely keep you in mind to get him to hire you 🙂 You’ll be a famous Shakespearian actress by then.
Everytime I hear and see him speak like this, it reminds me of what a beautiful gentleman, decent to the core man we are blessed to have as our POTUS.
He reminds me of a statement he once stated in an interview,”The good that you see in my, I owe to my mother.” Thanks for allowing us again to see his lovely mother. Thank you, Mr. President.HZ
Mitt wouldn’t have handle it like that. That’s because Mit would have try to see what he could get out of it. That’s the different between someone with class and a flip flopping liar. Proud of you Mr. President.
Way to go Mr. President. Did I mention that I just love you and your wife, and how classy you are!!! A nice, elegant and honest remark. Such a rarity in today’s politics. If I was a woman wavering on my vote, this should tip the scales and make me vote for PBO, if I wasn’t already going to. (for me it’s a no brainer, how could you vote for anyone else for president???? Makes no sense!)
Everybody should see the responses the Caffetty File(sp) on CNN got regarding the question on Ann. Simply pricess & ALL NEGATIVE on Saint Annie. Be careful what you wish for it might comeback to bite you. Now all the media outlets will be playing the Clip of PBO showering Ann as a good wife & Mother. Thank you David Axe, Mesina, FLOTUS & My President for standing up for the diginity of ALL Women & Girls.
Typical stupid media….
I checked to see after reading your comment:
They had to put the President’s name in the question,
why not put ”CNN contributor Hillary Rosen??, which she is….nooooo instead they had to put ”Obama supporter”.
”How much damage did Obama supporter Hilary Rosen do when she said Ann Romney “never worked a day in her life”?”
Exactly! The more Ann tweets now after the remarks by PBO, the less and less class she shows. She may not believe this, but money can NOT buy class. Keep tweeting Ann
It’s easy to be a ‘good mother’ when you don’t have to worry that if you take off another day to care for a sick child, you might lose your job and your health care. There should be a deft line that is drawn, but letting Republicans and the Romneys turn this into an attack on stay-at-home moms is ludicrous. Ann Romney has not had to worry a fucking day in her life about the things that keep the majority of American mothers up at night. I don’t mind her privilege. I mind deeply that she has no interest in finding out or empathizing with all of those women for whom being a good mom is a struggle every day. Where painful choices rip apart a mother’s heart every day. She has no interest, she has no heart for the millions of Americans her husband wants to lead. She certainly doesn’t have a problem with her sons staying out of the military while her husband blithely throws around rhetoric that could incite another world conflict.
When Ann Romney tells the RWNJ’s to stop insulting FLOTUS then she may earn a modicum of respect from me. Right now she has proven herself to be heartless and disrespectful to every American mother who makes painful, difficult choices every day. She should feel shame, for which the Romneys appear to be incapable. I think we call that sociopathic.
First Lady Michelle is the closer and President Obama is the finisher. Willard doesn’t stand a chance. Add in Vice President Biden who is the set upper .
Our president killed all birds with this answer: Romney ‘s campaign – He left them no place to go; The pundits; He effectively shut them up. Nothing to see here, folks; The REpublicans in general; Leave the spouses alone. He’s never attacked a spouse or a child. He has kept his word. What a classy guy we have! Obama-Biden 2012!
So PBO should get down in the muck with the muckers and answer each and every thing the muckers say? While Romney will be not be doing the same…come on now.
The Romney campaign will leave all the mudslinging to the SuperPACS and RNC, while POTUS who has asked people to contribute to the Dem SuperPAC, but is not getting the same record funds as the GOP PACs, will be responding to the mudrakers…why would that be a good idea?
BTW, if PBO did not take the high road, he would NOT be the PBO that so many of us trust, voted for and respected in ’08. It will make him no better than the Clintonites.
The high road is where he has always resided to change now would make him no better than chang in the wind Romney.
I guess like taking the high road did not work in the last one either. Everyone knows what a walk in the park that was!!! Not! The comment that I agree on with you is “we’re the ones who made thia an issue.”
PBObama took the high road in the primary against Hillary and McCain.. Always remember that one time he brushed the debris off his shoulders..so funny and cute! Took a heavy time and made it lighter. PBO will be out stating facts on The Trail in his own inimitable way and they’ll think he’s slinging mud at their ugly faces.
This is probably a small thing…..but everything he says and does reflects beautifully on his mom and grandparents and their upbringing. He so respects people. He said “I don’t know Mrs. Romney…” notice, not Ann…but her adult title. Others should learn from this and do the same for him.
So, I decided to stay offline last night and revel in my Dodgers playing good baseball. And today I’ve been completely wrapped up in meetings. So I’m late to the game on the whole Ann Romney kerfuffle. But I think I ‘m caught up. So let me recap.
1) Dem strategist makes ill adivsed comment about Ann Romney
2) Romney camp jumps on it as ‘OH MY GOD OBAMA HATES STAY AT HOME MOMS’
3) Obama comes out and in his calm way deflates the whole uproar.
Is that about what it all boils down to? God, Mitt and the GOP are screwed if this is the best they can do.
2a) Ann Romney tweets gasoline on already large wildfire.
2b) Ann Romney continues to tweet MORE gasoline on said wildfire stating she has “struggled”, instantly focusing like a LASER BEAM just how OUT OF TOUCH with the day-to-day reality of 99% of Americans they actually are.
4) President Obama’s poll numbers continue to rise.
Again, the GOP is flailing around. Never has an American political party been so devoid of a political program that appeals to the majority of voters. So they’re clutching at the flimsiest of straws.
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I tried to take that survey but about half-way through, I get an error. Right after the question about whether I’d be interested in hearing James Carville speak. GAG. I mean really, do they really think putting him front and center is a good idea? UGH.
The Washington Blade reports that Mormon Church members are actively working to overturn the law legalizing same-sex marriage that was signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley in March, making Maryland the eighth state to legalize gay marriage. Maryland’s law will go into effect in January 2013, if the state’s voters don’t repeal the law in November.
The Blade published an email sent to Mormons in D.C. and southern Maryland, asking for help gathering 200,000 signatures to bring a referendum on the law to Maryland voters in November — here is an excerpt from the email:
As you have probably heard, the Maryland legislature passed a same sex marriage bill last February. A coalition of inter-denominational churches throughout Maryland has joined together to try to get a referendum on the November ballot that would allow the residents of Maryland to vote on this bill before it becomes law. Martha Schaerr, who is a member of the LDS Church, is organizing signature collection within Montgomery County and within the LDS Church.
We need to collect approximately 200,000 signatures by the end of May. We are looking for people to gather signatures within the LDS community. If you are willing to help with this important effort please contact Martha Schaerr as soon as possible at martha.schaerr@gmail.com or Teressa Wallace at wallacemail@juno.com.
I wonder how i can become excommunicated.. I think I am still listed as a Mormon although I have distanced myself from this religion for over a decade now
They’re doing the same thing in WA State. I don’t know…just can’t see how Mormons can get off telling other people what is or is not a valid marriage. Polygamy much?
Hey, I took that Buffet scale test, and found to my dismay, that only a mere 5700 millionaires paid less effective tax than I did in 2009. Now, why does that not give me a feeling of delight?
I am trying to avoid the whole idiotic Hilary Rosen house afire topic—-it’s the most ridiculous thing ever. But even more ridiculous is the media’s glomming onto this issue, happy as a lark, it seems, to find something with which they can attempt to chip away at the lopsided support of Obama by women. NBC Nightly News led with this story and Chris Jansing of msnbc featured a segment of a black suburban stay at home mom in Atlanta who said she was a liberal and was JUST SHOCKED by this thinking by “the Democrats”. It’s making her really re-think her political support. I always think I can’t be any more disgusted with our news media, but this is just despicable. They know better. They know what was meant and the truth therein—-they love conflict more than anything, to hell with the consequences.
I saw the stay at home mom from Atlanta? If that is who you are taking about I didn’t hear her say that she was rethinking her support. I guess I better go back and watch again.
dotster, did you contact NBC – I think we need to push back on this latest MSM offensive, just as we did when they tried to push the bogus “rising gas prices” meme.
Idiots on the radio today were talking about how the President needs to stand up and “fire the woman who attacked Ann Romney”. These are the kinds of lies that sweep through low info voting America and stick. They are gonna have to spend time and money cleaning this up. But the worst thing is that they gave the msm an opening to declare that “both sides” are waging a war on women. Dem and Repugs alike have issues with women in this country, according to the media now. It’s crazy.
‘we all agreed on everything’ – And I had to miss that! Speak truth – did you drug them all, or did UTAL do the deed with all that alcohol she was planning to share?
I see that mighty poutrage wurlitzer of rethug media and rw blogs is at full tilt to dumb down amurika. All because one woman spoke the truth. What a country.
This inquiring mind wants to know: who is that very sour looking woman standing behind FLOTUS in that darling picture of the Obamas? Could she look any more miserable and uncomfortable? Even Sen Manchin is smiling….
There are many out there who are saying that Hillary Rosen deserves all the heat she’s getting for her poorly worded comments. I don’t agree. As the mother of two children and working full time, I know exactly what demands are placed upon women like me. And, since I have a fairly well paying job, I don’t have to worry about where my child’s next meal is coming from, on top of all the stress of everyday living. Ann Romney, and women like her, have no idea of the emotional turmoil we go through. There have been occasions where I have wept myself to sleep, wondering how I’ll get through the next day. I don’t have nannies to pick up after me and my kids. I don’t have cooks preparing meals for my family, and I certainly don’t get to spend summers in exotic locations, de-stressing. While I have nothing against women who choose to be stay at home moms, Ann Romney had the distinct privilege of a very comfortable life. Surely, bringing up children to be responsible, caring adults is hard work, but in no way does it compare with women who are struggling to hold down jobs and look after their families.
I know exactly what Hillary meant when she said the words, and I suspect everyone else does too. But the Romney camp is trying to make hay, and the media, and those of us who are condemning Hillary, are giving them the weapon of false equivalency.
I refuse to be a part of it.
That being said, as is often the case, I wholly agree with PBO that candidate’s families should be off limits – that is, unless they choose to get into the fray.
The Obama Diary 
First???
HA!!!!!
Winner!!!!!
hehehehe…..love it….first time at first…feel a lil giddy… 🙂
Congratulations prettyfoot58 – being First is a RUSH!
thank you….big smile over here….
Oh, prettyfoot, your very first FIRST! Giddy indeed, but lovely giddy! Congratulations! I guess you really like this picture, and you might be dancing to the band! 😉
The President’s expression is priceless….lololol
First time, eh? I know exactly how you feel PF58. That giddy feeling is hard to forget. CONGRATULATIONS! You can see PBO is tickled that you won. 😆
Hay Chipsticks get rid of that trader standing beside POTUS in that picture. If you can.
That Senator from West Virginia.
That group which were singing sounded good. Adele would be proud of the young lady.
Great photo. Too bad Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is in it.
Agree with you Bill about that Manchin. Mr. trader.
Who is the sourpuss behind FLOTUS ?
Boy, isn’t she a sourpuss?
Who is Alan Dershiwitz and should I care what he says? He was just on Hardball with Smerconish discussing the Trayvon Martin case
I saw that….more opinion than anything else…time will tell it all.
I believe that he is a big time attorney who was involved somewhat in the OJ Simpson case. He has been around for awhile.
And the Von Bulow case. He went batshit crazy after 9/11 and was ready to bomb the entire Middle East except for Israel. He’s been crazy ever since.
Dershowitz is probably most famous for the Claus von Bulow case. He’s been around forever and always feels he has to opine on every case.
Patty Hearst was his client
I think he’s a Lawyer, but he didn’t sound positive for the Martins 😦
Dershiwitz was a lawyer for O.J Simpson.
Second!
Or I can be third, like Noot…
Hi
WOW. They’re rather amazing!!!
Aren’t they Tally?! I’m humming along tunelessly here, it’s not a pretty sound 😳
Me too. That’s why I do SHAKESPEARE. I want to come back in my next life as Patty LaBelle, or Bette.
In case anyone missed this in the last thread:
President Obama strongly disagreed with Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen’s controversial comment about Ann Romney, saying today that “there’s no tougher job than being a mom.”
“Anybody who would argue otherwise, I think, probably needs to rethink their statement,” the president told KCRG-TV9′s Bruce Aune.
….. The president went a step further, suggesting candidates’ families should be off limits. “I don’t have a lot of patience for commentary about the spouses of political candidates,” he told Aune.
“My general view is those of us who are in the public life, we’re fair game. Our families are civilians,” he said. “I haven’t met Mrs. Romney, but she seems like a very nice woman who is supportive of her family and supportive of her husband. I don’t know if she necessarily volunteered for this job so, you know, we don’t need to be directing comments at them. I think me and Governor Romney are going to have more than enough to argue about during the course of this campaign.”
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Bruce-Aune-to-Interview-President-Obama-147181915.html
Our President is an extraodinary man…i often find myself in awe of him….
PBO he is always powerful on his comments and with a lot of comon senses. I watch VP Biden on Ed
and he was excellent as well. RM is doing a great job on this issue so everything will O.K let’s calm down
for now.
Perfect. As usual. Enough.
(that hissing sound you hear is the sound of a multitude of low-rent pundits’ balloons deflating)
Haha.
This statement of PBO should put this faux controversy to rest.
From your lips…
Bringing over my comment, too Chips. 🙂
If I were the Myth Robney I would be silent. Because every time President Obama gets to speak of so-called, “controversial” issues the American people’s trust in him grows, another likable moment for this 2 termer. This is why Myth can’t beat this gentleman, what comes from the heart reaches the heart. Thanks for posting, dear.
WAITING TO EXHALE
This is just what we needed right now. What an absolutely “marvelous” way to cap off this political uproar. A classy and dignified response from the only adult in the room. President Obama has a way with words. Just by being himself, he makes his critics look small. I am so proud of him.
thissssssssssssssss
‘What an absolutely “marvelous” way to cap off this political uproar.’
Sigh! Now I’m going to have to hunt backwards to see what the uproar was! Lord knows it’s downright tiring on a body to be as nosy as I where this President is concerned.(grinding teeth) I REALLY OBJECT TO THE INTERFERENCE OF REAL LIFE during this crucial time in our history! How can I keep on top of things if I have to work?
[ /deep breath/ Sorry. Ignore me for a bit. Just had to let that out so that i could continue reading CALMLY.]
And I think he will shatter into fragments in your presence, Mr. President, Sir! Cannnot wait! 😉 🙂 😉
As usual, PBO frames it perfectly. Specifically targeting “those of us in Public Life…” basically directing everyone on his staff, to STFU.
And, as he states, “Our families are civilians….”
HOWEVER.
Michelle Obama has been constantly derided, mocked, and belittled by the GOP since the last campaign. Remember the whole, “Michelle has never been proud of her country” insanity?? Or how about Palin’s nonstop yammering about FLOTUS’ campaign to fight obesity, and wanting children and everyone else to EAT HEALTHY?
Ann Romney waded into this on her own. She had a choice to remain a civilian, but instead she chose the most immediate, widely accessible social network to comment on – TWITTER. She didn’t “lock” her tweets. She said what she said to THE GLOBE, and proved instantly she was as clue-free as her husband on what 90% Americans lives are like, thanks to THEIR party’s slash and burn policies that make people LIKE HER more wealthy at EVERYONE ELSE’S EXPENSE.
I am DONE making nice with these people who bully our POTUS and FLOTUS every fucking day!!!
Yes, President Obama raised the bar for “those in Public Life” even though THEY will never be on the high road with him and Michelle.
So, FUCK THEM.
Civilians of Planet Earth have every right to be as outraged and enraged as they want to be about the absolute ignorance of this woman who aspires to be FLOTUS.. If she doesn’t want that job, then she is free to divorce Mittens forthwith.
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*goes to find something to put out this fire on my head…..*
Try Trader Joe’s green jasmine tea with a touch of stevia. It will bring you back to a very pleasant reality, where none other than Barack Hussein Obama is the true leader of the free world, and the free world is fine with that!
😆
“right Pamela, just what I had in mind, love Tally!” Hee! 😉
!
That and a single malt chaser…. 😉
Of course, WCMS with a certain dark sexy Brit would also calm me down quite nicely. 😀
I’m with you, Tally.
Me too!
Thank you Tally.
A glass of Pinot Noir goes well with any attempt to put out a fire on someone’s head. 🙂 Feel the same way, Tally so I am drinking a glass right now. BTW, next Saturday, I’m judging at a Shakespeare Festival for high school Drama students. Thought of you.
How AWESOME! I did that a few years ago, and it was so fun!!!
This is my third year and I just love it. The kids are so great. My son wants to eventually be a big Shakespeare director, so it’s my way of relating to something that is important to him and I have learned so much.
Tell him to hurry up, then HIRE ME FIRST. 😀
Will do. He’s in a hurry himself, even if he’s only 24! He has lots of ideas which sound really great. I truly hope he has a chance to put them into practice one day, and i will surely keep you in mind to get him to hire you 🙂 You’ll be a famous Shakespearian actress by then.
I’ve been union forever. I’ve done over half the canon, many of them more than once.
There’s not such thing as a Famous Shakespearean Actress in the 21st century – much to my sadness.
I also direct a lot. Have him contact me on Twitter, and we’ll chat.
Will do.
How about a tall tequila that will put the fire out, and yes PBO remarks was correct and sending a masage
to all af us to calm down.
That man is so super scary smart! Take the fire right out of the forest! Thank you President Obama.
Now I’m done with this topic.
Willard should study this video. He might learn something.
I love this statement, too. This man is priceless.
Spoken like a true gentleman. <33333
That Romney will NEVER EVER be.
Amen!
Everytime I hear and see him speak like this, it reminds me of what a beautiful gentleman, decent to the core man we are blessed to have as our POTUS.
He reminds me of a statement he once stated in an interview,”The good that you see in my, I owe to my mother.” Thanks for allowing us again to see his lovely mother. Thank you, Mr. President.HZ
Mitt wouldn’t have handle it like that. That’s because Mit would have try to see what he could get out of it. That’s the different between someone with class and a flip flopping liar. Proud of you Mr. President.
I love my President. 100% class and dignity.
If Rush Limbaugh had said something about Mrs. Obama, like he usually do, Mitt Romney wouldn’t have said anything.
Yes, indeed, meta. “Class and Dignity all the way.”HZ
Way to go Mr. President. Did I mention that I just love you and your wife, and how classy you are!!! A nice, elegant and honest remark. Such a rarity in today’s politics. If I was a woman wavering on my vote, this should tip the scales and make me vote for PBO, if I wasn’t already going to. (for me it’s a no brainer, how could you vote for anyone else for president???? Makes no sense!)
Wow! That was awesome!
did anyone attend the Google hangout today…
Nope. Too enraged about “hard work parenting” with all her billion$$$ Ann Romney, and completely forgot. dammit. 😦
Everybody should see the responses the Caffetty File(sp) on CNN got regarding the question on Ann. Simply pricess & ALL NEGATIVE on Saint Annie. Be careful what you wish for it might comeback to bite you. Now all the media outlets will be playing the Clip of PBO showering Ann as a good wife & Mother. Thank you David Axe, Mesina, FLOTUS & My President for standing up for the diginity of ALL Women & Girls.
Typical stupid media….
I checked to see after reading your comment:
They had to put the President’s name in the question,
why not put ”CNN contributor Hillary Rosen??, which she is….nooooo instead they had to put ”Obama supporter”.
”How much damage did Obama supporter Hilary Rosen do when she said Ann Romney “never worked a day in her life”?”
FUCK THAT. This is backfiring on the Romneys & GOP BIG TIME. And the more Ann tweets, the worse the wildfire gets.
I, for one, couldn’t be happier.
Exactly! The more Ann tweets now after the remarks by PBO, the less and less class she shows. She may not believe this, but money can NOT buy class. Keep tweeting Ann
It’s easy to be a ‘good mother’ when you don’t have to worry that if you take off another day to care for a sick child, you might lose your job and your health care. There should be a deft line that is drawn, but letting Republicans and the Romneys turn this into an attack on stay-at-home moms is ludicrous. Ann Romney has not had to worry a fucking day in her life about the things that keep the majority of American mothers up at night. I don’t mind her privilege. I mind deeply that she has no interest in finding out or empathizing with all of those women for whom being a good mom is a struggle every day. Where painful choices rip apart a mother’s heart every day. She has no interest, she has no heart for the millions of Americans her husband wants to lead. She certainly doesn’t have a problem with her sons staying out of the military while her husband blithely throws around rhetoric that could incite another world conflict.
When Ann Romney tells the RWNJ’s to stop insulting FLOTUS then she may earn a modicum of respect from me. Right now she has proven herself to be heartless and disrespectful to every American mother who makes painful, difficult choices every day. She should feel shame, for which the Romneys appear to be incapable. I think we call that sociopathic.
“When Ann Romney tells the RWNJ’s to stop insulting FLOTUS then she may earn a modicum of respect from me.”
There you go !!
edp4bho….if you don’t mind……I AM SO tweeting this statement….
THIS.
Yup. But you can be sure that day will never come.
That’s why we love him. You cannot fake this kind of compassion and respect he has for women.
Unfortunately, those interviews were for the Buffett Rule.
Oh well!
Thanks Chipsticks for the uplifting music – LOVED IT 😀
Full interview here with PBO (Ohio):
http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/apr/12/full-interview-one-on-one-with-presiden-61407-vi-39921/
Yep, the finisher has spoken!
First Lady Michelle is the closer and President Obama is the finisher. Willard doesn’t stand a chance. Add in Vice President Biden who is the set upper .
Our president killed all birds with this answer: Romney ‘s campaign – He left them no place to go; The pundits; He effectively shut them up. Nothing to see here, folks; The REpublicans in general; Leave the spouses alone. He’s never attacked a spouse or a child. He has kept his word. What a classy guy we have! Obama-Biden 2012!
There was nothing to see to begin with,………
But they knew that…since they have nothing, they had to create this contreversy…..and the corrupt media just runs with it as usual.
We’re the ones who made this an issue. This is all on us. And as much as I love PBO, taking the high road won’t work in this election.
So PBO should get down in the muck with the muckers and answer each and every thing the muckers say? While Romney will be not be doing the same…come on now.
The Romney campaign will leave all the mudslinging to the SuperPACS and RNC, while POTUS who has asked people to contribute to the Dem SuperPAC, but is not getting the same record funds as the GOP PACs, will be responding to the mudrakers…why would that be a good idea?
BTW, if PBO did not take the high road, he would NOT be the PBO that so many of us trust, voted for and respected in ’08. It will make him no better than the Clintonites.
The high road is where he has always resided to change now would make him no better than chang in the wind Romney.
I guess like taking the high road did not work in the last one either. Everyone knows what a walk in the park that was!!! Not! The comment that I agree on with you is “we’re the ones who made thia an issue.”
obma/biden 2012 🙂
PBObama took the high road in the primary against Hillary and McCain.. Always remember that one time he brushed the debris off his shoulders..so funny and cute! Took a heavy time and made it lighter. PBO will be out stating facts on The Trail in his own inimitable way and they’ll think he’s slinging mud at their ugly faces.
This is probably a small thing…..but everything he says and does reflects beautifully on his mom and grandparents and their upbringing. He so respects people. He said “I don’t know Mrs. Romney…” notice, not Ann…but her adult title. Others should learn from this and do the same for him.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The outlook for U.S. economic growth is looking slightly better.
American businesses sold a record number of goods and services in Europe, China and other foreign markets in February, while imports declined.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ECONOMY?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME
And the trade deficit went down, too. But PBO doesn’t understand the economy, according to Willard.
So, I decided to stay offline last night and revel in my Dodgers playing good baseball. And today I’ve been completely wrapped up in meetings. So I’m late to the game on the whole Ann Romney kerfuffle. But I think I ‘m caught up. So let me recap.
1) Dem strategist makes ill adivsed comment about Ann Romney
2) Romney camp jumps on it as ‘OH MY GOD OBAMA HATES STAY AT HOME MOMS’
3) Obama comes out and in his calm way deflates the whole uproar.
Is that about what it all boils down to? God, Mitt and the GOP are screwed if this is the best they can do.
You forgot:
2a) Ann Romney tweets gasoline on already large wildfire.
2b) Ann Romney continues to tweet MORE gasoline on said wildfire stating she has “struggled”, instantly focusing like a LASER BEAM just how OUT OF TOUCH with the day-to-day reality of 99% of Americans they actually are.
4) President Obama’s poll numbers continue to rise.
Ah, thanks for filling in the missing pieces. 😉
Again, the GOP is flailing around. Never has an American political party been so devoid of a political program that appeals to the majority of voters. So they’re clutching at the flimsiest of straws.
And the more they do, the deeper they sink. IT’S LIKE CHRISTMAS!!!! 😀 😀 😀
LOL!!! I am still cracking up at your synopsis–Will will see this over and over until November. They got nothing and they know it!
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I tried to take that survey but about half-way through, I get an error. Right after the question about whether I’d be interested in hearing James Carville speak. GAG. I mean really, do they really think putting him front and center is a good idea? UGH.
I know how you feel about the survey meta – that’s why I sent it to Chipsticks. If she thinks it’s worthy of posting – so be it.
I LOVE THE PRESIDENT’S RESPONSE TO THE ANNE ROMNEY SCENARIO…IT IS AS IT SHOULD BE…THAT’S WHY HE IS PRESIDENT AND THE TALKING HEADS ARE NOT!
IT’S REALLY TIME TO STOP ARGUING OVER SUCH SUPERFICIAL THINGS AND GET ON WITH THE REAL PROBLEMS IN THIS COUNTRY!
The Washington Blade reports that Mormon Church members are actively working to overturn the law legalizing same-sex marriage that was signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley in March, making Maryland the eighth state to legalize gay marriage. Maryland’s law will go into effect in January 2013, if the state’s voters don’t repeal the law in November.
The Blade published an email sent to Mormons in D.C. and southern Maryland, asking for help gathering 200,000 signatures to bring a referendum on the law to Maryland voters in November — here is an excerpt from the email:
As you have probably heard, the Maryland legislature passed a same sex marriage bill last February. A coalition of inter-denominational churches throughout Maryland has joined together to try to get a referendum on the November ballot that would allow the residents of Maryland to vote on this bill before it becomes law. Martha Schaerr, who is a member of the LDS Church, is organizing signature collection within Montgomery County and within the LDS Church.
We need to collect approximately 200,000 signatures by the end of May. We are looking for people to gather signatures within the LDS community. If you are willing to help with this important effort please contact Martha Schaerr as soon as possible at martha.schaerr@gmail.com or Teressa Wallace at wallacemail@juno.com.
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/04/06/mormons-working-to-overturn-md-marriage-law/
I wonder how i can become excommunicated.. I think I am still listed as a Mormon although I have distanced myself from this religion for over a decade now
Walk into the temple and kiss a person of the same gender full on the lips. That should do it right dandy.
And take a bottle of wine with you.
Or a cup of coffee and a cigarette 🙂
ROFL, 😀
LOL! beat me to it!
While drinking from a bottle of Laphroaig 15 and smoking peyote.
LOL 😆 Thanks for the responses TOD fam.. very creative compared to my letter I sent them to request it lmao!
This whole riff was LOL hilarious! What a great sense of humor shines here:)
They’re doing the same thing in WA State. I don’t know…just can’t see how Mormons can get off telling other people what is or is not a valid marriage. Polygamy much?
it isn’t going to be overturned.
Hey, I took that Buffet scale test, and found to my dismay, that only a mere 5700 millionaires paid less effective tax than I did in 2009. Now, why does that not give me a feeling of delight?
I am trying to avoid the whole idiotic Hilary Rosen house afire topic—-it’s the most ridiculous thing ever. But even more ridiculous is the media’s glomming onto this issue, happy as a lark, it seems, to find something with which they can attempt to chip away at the lopsided support of Obama by women. NBC Nightly News led with this story and Chris Jansing of msnbc featured a segment of a black suburban stay at home mom in Atlanta who said she was a liberal and was JUST SHOCKED by this thinking by “the Democrats”. It’s making her really re-think her political support. I always think I can’t be any more disgusted with our news media, but this is just despicable. They know better. They know what was meant and the truth therein—-they love conflict more than anything, to hell with the consequences.
If she is really going to be reconsidering her position she obviously has been living in a cave with her family somewhere before this week.
Has she not heard about plans to defund Planned Parenthood, transvaginal ultra-sounds, no contraception with HCR, Sandra Fluke, equal pay assault etc.
Ugg what is wrong with these people?
No Democratic rep said this and in any event Ms Rosen’s comment were distorted and taken out of context.
this.
I saw the stay at home mom from Atlanta? If that is who you are taking about I didn’t hear her say that she was rethinking her support. I guess I better go back and watch again.
dotster, did you contact NBC – I think we need to push back on this latest MSM offensive, just as we did when they tried to push the bogus “rising gas prices” meme.
Idiots on the radio today were talking about how the President needs to stand up and “fire the woman who attacked Ann Romney”. These are the kinds of lies that sweep through low info voting America and stick. They are gonna have to spend time and money cleaning this up. But the worst thing is that they gave the msm an opening to declare that “both sides” are waging a war on women. Dem and Repugs alike have issues with women in this country, according to the media now. It’s crazy.
I’m hooome, and I haven’t a clue who’s been doing what, and not enough time to catch up. I’m also going to be working again tomorrow, so …
Helloooooooooooooooooo VC! A quiet day here, nothing much to discuss, and we all agreed on everything 😕
Really nice to be welcomed home CC!
‘we all agreed on everything’ – And I had to miss that! Speak truth – did you drug them all, or did UTAL do the deed with all that alcohol she was planning to share?
Yeaa Riiiiight
LOL!
In honor of …
#PRESSON
Here’s the Ohio interview for anyone having trouble with the video at the link (like me):
The local reporters are always more respectful than the MSM ones.
No one better than President Obama—–impressive interview. I don’t know how it could be any more impressive. Everything perfectly said.
NORTH KOREA JUST LAUNCHED THEIR ROCKET…WE KNOW WHAT THE MEDIA WILL BE CONSUMED WITH TONITE!
The rocket FAILED. Wow, this is intense.
I see that mighty poutrage wurlitzer of rethug media and rw blogs is at full tilt to dumb down amurika. All because one woman spoke the truth. What a country.
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/04/12/west-wing-week-youre-proof-of-change/
NK launches that missle, it can easily reach Japan, not California!
Craziness!
The rocket failed in the first phase.
This inquiring mind wants to know: who is that very sour looking woman standing behind FLOTUS in that darling picture of the Obamas? Could she look any more miserable and uncomfortable? Even Sen Manchin is smiling….
There are many out there who are saying that Hillary Rosen deserves all the heat she’s getting for her poorly worded comments. I don’t agree. As the mother of two children and working full time, I know exactly what demands are placed upon women like me. And, since I have a fairly well paying job, I don’t have to worry about where my child’s next meal is coming from, on top of all the stress of everyday living. Ann Romney, and women like her, have no idea of the emotional turmoil we go through. There have been occasions where I have wept myself to sleep, wondering how I’ll get through the next day. I don’t have nannies to pick up after me and my kids. I don’t have cooks preparing meals for my family, and I certainly don’t get to spend summers in exotic locations, de-stressing. While I have nothing against women who choose to be stay at home moms, Ann Romney had the distinct privilege of a very comfortable life. Surely, bringing up children to be responsible, caring adults is hard work, but in no way does it compare with women who are struggling to hold down jobs and look after their families.
I know exactly what Hillary meant when she said the words, and I suspect everyone else does too. But the Romney camp is trying to make hay, and the media, and those of us who are condemning Hillary, are giving them the weapon of false equivalency.
I refuse to be a part of it.
That being said, as is often the case, I wholly agree with PBO that candidate’s families should be off limits – that is, unless they choose to get into the fray.