Here you go..{{{Pamela}}}! This might not get you back to the centre but I’m hoping it helps. Don’t the girls just look so relaxed, confident, and loved? 😆
I am already back up in the Light of the Soul, where I belong, and while standing waiting for the elevator about 20 minutes ago, picked up on the energy flow, thank you, thank you, thank you. I’m just fine now, as right as rain in Seattle! See my glowing smile: 🙂
Pamela, you all feed me daily with so much ‘light, joy, fun, laughter, focus, and just sweet love’, so here comes:
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Loving Light and Lots, and lots of Hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))HZ
HZ, how are you doing? I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately as I edge toward my birthday at the end of the month. I will then be exactly one year older than you. We seniors have to stick together.
This video is totally off topic but I wanted to share. It’s one of the top Dressage horses in the world, I’ve seen “horse dancing” before but this blew me away. I’ve been trying to catch up with all of Chips wonderful so didn’t post to past ones…..enjoy…..I did. Can you imagine willard and ms. ann’s horse being able to do this….uh, no.
As much as I love the Olympics and even the equestrian events, I was totally IGNORANT of dressage horses. The amount of money spent on these horses is a disgrace when you think that the money spent on the horses’ vet, bills, massage, training…etc.,etc..etc. is more highly valued by Robme and his ilk than affordable health care for humans.
Truly, this is an elite of the elite hobby. An apt representation of Robme’s and Miss Ann’s values. No wonder Trump baked a cake honoring Miss Ann for this “aristocratic” hobby. I just bet that both the Robmes and the Donald would introduce fox hunting if they could.
This is a little off topic, but anybody ever seem this:
drunk Bush: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
It get especially interesting @ 0:29 in the video sitting two rows in front of the Bushes
Mitt and Ann Romney connect with me so much, I want them to see my dancing horse. Who’s the real elitist? Ann and Mitt Romney, that’s who. The guy didn’t even appreciate cookies which were sent to him from a Republican. 7-11 cookies.
Now this is a video I’m definitely tweeting the heck out of. I respect and so admire VP Biden. He speaks and just touches one’s heart. So glad he’s on our side.
This is real TOD people, the ground game is for us to loose, so from now on let’s stay focus and do NOT
pay attention to the fucking so call polls, because they are manufactured by THE MSM just like they did
in 2008 remember they were telling us that Hillary was ahead in the polls by 30-or35 points. So let’s get
moving.
“Illinois’ unemployment rate for March was 8.8 percent, down from 9.1 percent in February, and the seventh consecutive month in which the unemployment has fallen, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The last time the state saw a rate was in February 2009 at 8.5 percent. Illinois also added 9,100 jobs in March, bringing gains to 142,100 private sector jobs since January 2010, when the state jobless rate peaked at 11.4 percent, the department said. ” Chicago Tribune 4/20/12
We get the national employment numbers, but if, as in Illinois’ case there’s continued improvement at the state level, then…..ahem, we got this.
“Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Wednesday — then criticized him a day later in an interview with The Indianapolis Star. […]
“You have to campaign to govern, not just to win,” Mr. Daniels told Matthew Tully of The Indianapolis Star. “Spend the precious time and dollars explaining what’s at stake and a constructive program to make life better. And as I say, look at everything through the lens of folks who have yet to achieve.”
According to Mr. Tully, “after a pause, Daniels added with disappointment, ‘Romney doesn’t talk that way.’ “
Daniels needs to shut his mouth with his yet to have -“soon to haves” BS. This is the guy that orchestrated the Bush tax cuts and told us that jobs would be the result. Yet To Achieve?! We’ve been waiting for more than a decade!
Maybe Mitch Daniels can provide us with the evidence whether the GOP trickle down policies of tax cuts for the rich have worked since he helped to implement them in times of war? And maybe he can also clarify exactly who had a surplus coming into office and who frittered away that surplus, claiming people were taxed too much, and under a VP who claimed “deficits don’t matter”? Since he’s endorsing Romney, one has to assume that he thinks those failed policies actually worked.
Y’all are gonna be sick of reading this from me but I am going to continue to say it until November 7, 2012. The media is our biggest enemy. Even the things that seem trivial are all being done intentionally to show a negative light on this President. I am so glad that you have questioned this HF2. Do you know this fools (Halperin) twitter address?. I would like the ask him the same question.
RT’d a4alice. Thanks. Will send another one as well. We need to continue to let them know that we are working hard but still engaged in what they are trying to slip through about our POTUS. HZ
WASHINGTON–Russia and China need to help pay for NATO forces in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday after a meeting of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs and others in the run-up to the NATO Summit in Chicago in May.
“We will highly appreciate contributions from Russia, from China, from other international partners that are stakeholders in what is going on in Afghanistan and in the region,” Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen discussed the “road ahead” with NATO’s 28 Allies, with 22 non-NATO members of the international force in Afghan with the Afghan foreign and defence ministers, with the European Union High Representative, the United Nations Special Representative and the foreign minister of Japan.
“At our summit in Chicago, one month from now, all these countries and organisations will come together at the highest level. Other countries who have an interest in Afghanistan’s stability will join us too. I expect the leaders of around 60 countries and international organisations to join us. This will be the biggest summit NATO has ever held,” Rasmussen said at a press conference at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
HEADLINE: Florida health insurers to rebate estimated $113 M
// Floridians who buy health insurance without the help of an employer can expect estimated rebates of $143 to $949 in August because of the federal health care overhaul. About 157,000 individuals and families qualify. In addition, an estimated $65 million in health insurance rebates are in line to be split among workers covered at 352,000 small businesses, the Sun Sentinel found by analyzing reports filed this month by 15 of the largest insurers in Florida. //
By now you’ve probably heard about the Romney campaign’s big slogan for the 2012 campaign, at least at this point: “Obama Isn’t Working.” When I first heard about it, I immediately flashed back to a moment early in the movie Sid and Nancy, when in the background of one gritty London scene you could see a poster reading: “Labour Isn’t Working,” the big Tory slogan in the general election of 1979 (unfortunatey for the credibility of the filmmakers, Nancy Spungeon’s death, the dramatic fulcrum of the movie, actually occurred in 1978).
And indeed, the official explanation for the slogan posted last year on the Romney campaign website explicitly cites the 1979 Tory campaign as its inspiration, touting the professional awards won by the consultants who devised it.
But claimed motives aside, you don’t have to be especially cynical (or partisan, for that matter) to suspect that this slogan has a slightly different connotation when applied to Barack Obama as opposed to former British Prime Minister “Sunny Jim” Callaghan. At Mediaite, columnist Tommy Christopher suggests the Romney slogan is a “multiple entendre,” but that it’s very difficult to deny that one of its layered “meanings” is to evoke the stereotype of the lazy black man:
Just to be sure it wasn’t just me, though, I asked several friends about the banner, and four out of four pointed out, unprompted, the stereotype of the “lazy,” “shiftless” black man. One of the people I called was cable news fixture Goldie Taylor, who, upon hearing my description of the banner, said “Are you kidding me? You have got to be kidding me.”
It does look like a dog whistle. This is how Willard is running his campaign. There is nothing presidential about Romney or his campaign, with the dog whistles, name calling, rubber/glue nonsense. He’s running to be the leader of the free world, but you would think his campaign is being run by Mrs Smith’s 3rd grade class.
Totally agree debz. The word that keeps coming to mind for me is “juvenile”. How old are the people running his campaign anyway? Twelve? I have never seen such childishness from a presidential campaign. There is no seriousness of purpose. They act like this is a game. He’s next in line, the presidency is owed to him. Meanwhile, he lies, filp flops and refuses to give any details about his agenda or how he would govern. Clearly, for all of his criticism of President Obama the opposite is true. So if black is white and up is down I guess that must mean that OBAMA ISN’T WORKING really means OBAMA IS WORKING.
I am amazed by how childish his campaign is. The fact that they act like it’s a game shows that Willard does not take this nation seriously, all he wants is a title. Never before in my lifetime have I seen a President or anyone running for President acting as if running the country was a game. It’s frightening.
I’ve said this before I think, but I do not believe Romney and his crew are ‘acting’. THIS IS A GAME TO HIM/them, and in the words of @AnnDRomney it’s their turn to play in the White House! The problem as I see it is they are wanting to play with peoples’ lives and livelihoods, the outcome of which does not in the least matter to them, AND WE CAN’T LET THEM. Bobfr says it often and well, November 6 is not a test, it’s the real thing; we do need to continue to throw ourselves into the preparation as so many here have been doing.
WILLARD DOESN’T WORK. HE’S TORN DOWN AMERICAN COMPANIES AND PUT AMERICANS OUT OF WORK SO HE CAN LIE AND LET HIS MONEY IN OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS PILE UP WHILE HE CONTINUES HIS PLANS TO DO THE SAME TO AMERICA.
WILLARD IS A CANCER THAT MUST BE CONTAINED. DO NOT LET IT INFECT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
It probably is some kind of “dog whistle” aimed at racists living in a parallel universe where GWB was a hard working president who hardly took a vacation and PBO is a slacker. There was some radio idiot complaining about the number of vacations PBO has taken during his first term last week. This will work only on those who would NEVER vote for PBO anyway (people so blinded by racism that it clouds their view of reality are lost causes anyway). Mitts political team are an incompetent bunch of scumbags.
I think it may be a dog whistle for the uniformed and/or racist. However, I’m black and reasonably well-informed and I just thought it meant he isn’t working out as our President. For those of us here at TOD, we know how hard PBO works. We travel with him on all his trips across the country and abroad, we listen to all his speeches and we read about everything his administration is doing.
I find the golf criticism very funny because PBO plays golf on his vacation and on the weekends which is no different than the average American who plays golf. The man has the most difficult and stressful job in the world and yet they begrudge him any leisure time. The GOP is truly evil and I have to believe most Americans know that. I’d like to see them produce evidence of PBO playing golf at 9AM on a Monday morning on at anytime during the week when most everyone else is working.
If the Romney campaign deliberately set out to energize the Democratic base, they could not be doing a better job. Every stupid move he makes stokes more anger among Democrats, more contributions to PBO and renewed commitment to work hard for the president’s re-election. I am seeing a revulsion about him among Democrats that I didn’t see with John McCain, although I did with Palin.
Campaigning in Ohio yesterday, Mitt Romney told supporters, without smirking or sounding sarcastic, “If I’m president of the United States, with your help, I will tell the truth.”
Ordinarily, those seeking national leadership positions don’t vow to tell the truth if others help them, but since I am nothing if not helpful, I thought I might give the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a few examples of instances in which he fell short of honesty this week.
Indeed, if Romney intends to “tell the truth,” he can start by reading the 14th installment of my weekly series, chronicling Mitt’s mendacity.
Is this Mitt Romney saying that if he is president of the United States, he will tell the truth. Well why wait till then, it would be nice if Mitt would tell the truth now. Are we suppose to trust a man who tells lies so easily and often. My Grandma always said you can’t trust a liar. And Mitt Romney is a liar. But no big deal him telling the truth won’t be this country concern it will be Ann Romney. Because he won’t become the President of these United States.
Okay, I challenge even Rick Perry to come up with a comment as stupid as Romney’s. This is what’s called layer cake stupidity because it tops one stupid on top of another. First, he confesses he doesn’t tell the truth now and won’t even consider it until elected president..so, um.. trust me. Then it says even if he wanted to tell the truth he couldn’t without the help of 300 million people because..gosh..truth telling is just too tough to do and ..golly…I haven’t had any practice. And finally, it practically shouts out that he’s conning you…ha, you dweebs..believe that one if you dare. So either the audience was too polite not to boo him off the stage, or all the lies had put them to sleep.
Hello from a long-time lurker in Iowa City. I really enjoy all the coverage here and love reading the comments. I’m excited that PBO is returning to Iowa City next week – one of the advantages to living in a “battleground state”. I work at the U of I, but still no word on exactly where he’ll be speaking. We saw him here twice before the 2008 election – my favorite was the Earth Day speech 5 years ago this weekend, where 10,000+ of us gathered on the Pentacrest lawn to hear him. That was great! Anyhow, keep up the great coverage and I’ll let you know if I get to see him again Wednesday.
You know japa I would love for Chips to do a “coming out” thread one of these Friday evenings where we get all of our hundreds of lurkers to stop by and post a comment or two.
I had the honor of making contact with so many of them during the first fundraising challenge that I was privileged to win. They sent me emails when I thanked them for their donations stating that they lurk but never post. I thing we would probably be shocked at how many followers to TOD there are that do this everyday.
There are somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 hits everyday, and probably around 100-150 people who comment on a fairly regular basis, so my guess is the lurkers far outnumber the rest of us.
Hey long-time lurker! Good to hear from you. Make you presence known as often as you can. I hope you definitely get to see him next week and keep spreading the good news about PBO.
JML, now that you’ve stepped in, please, please tell us exactly how the event went if you get to see him. We all live on vicarious glimpses of the president. I saw him once at a campaign stop in Harrisburg, but I was so far up in the galleries, I didn’t get a clear picture. If you do go, tell all!
Worthy of repetition, HF, as it’s so very true. The GOP does have a strong sense of unity using those parameters. Luckily and HOPEFULLY in November the country will show that these particular adherents are in a very, very miniscule minority.
For those who can make the trip to Chapel Hill, NC – here is what went out about President Obama’s upcoming visit – note that tickets will be available on Sunday between 1pm and 4pm – I’m sure they will be gone by Monday.
President Barack Obama will deliver a policy speech on student loans at UNC Tuesday (April 24), the White House has announced.
The speech, Obama’s first visit to UNC-Chapel Hill as president, will take place at Carmichael Arena.
In his speech, President Obama will urge Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.
The event is free and open to the public. Due to limited event space, tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tickets can be picked up at the box office in the Carmichael Arena, 310 South Road, on Sunday, April 22, between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. or on Monday, April 23, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. or until all are gone.
On Tuesday, the doors at Carmichael Arena’s main entrance will open at 10 a.m. Tickets are required for entry. Tickets are not for sale or re-sale. For security reasons, attendees should not bring bags and limit personal items. No signs or banners are permitted. All attendees will go through airport-like security.
Classes on Tuesday will not be cancelled. Faculty members may elect to allow excused absences for students who ask in advance for permission to attend the speech. Security measures will greatly increase the time it will take to gain entry to Carmichael Arena. Attendees should be prepared to spend several hours waiting in line for the event.
This story will be updated with more details closer to the event. Check back for the most recent information.
Wow! Thanks for the info. I will be sure to pass it on to my NC Facebook friends. Carmicheal Arena is a pretty good size place for this event. I think it holds over 10,000. This will be a great event.
but he’s a good nut in this case. He can’t stand Mitt, nor the establishment ‘pubs. Yep, just keep pushing the Indies our way. They see nuts like him as the face of the rethug party.
How do you know today is 4/20? Carl Paladino says Newt will 100% win the GOP nomination. Methinks someone began his 4/20 celebration very early today and is most definitely high.
I love the way Martin let this old ‘running off at the mouth’ keep spilling his brains all over the place. Martin had that wonderful smile on his face like,”Keep talking Carl, I have this on tape now, give me some more.” Martin could have moved on, but I think he wanted the foolish man to continue to let it all hang out.
This is a MUST-READ! Of course the MSM doesn’t want you know which political candidates they’re spending money for – even though we have our suspicions 🙂
HEADLINE: Meet the US media companies lobbying against transparency: Corporate owners or sister companies of some of the biggest names in journalism against FCC order to post political ad data.
// News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the doorsteps of recalcitrant politicians, or editorializing in favor of open government. But now many of the country’s biggest media companies — which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations — are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending. The corporate owners or sister companies of some of the biggest names in journalism — NBC News, ABC News, Fox News, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Politico, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and dozens of local TV news outlets — are lobbying are against a Federal Communications Commission measure to require broadcasters to post political ad data on the internet. As we have recently detailed, political ad data is public by law but is not widely accessible because it is currently kept only in paper files at individual stations. The FCC has proposed fixing that by requiring broadcasters to post on the internet details of political ad purchases including the identity of the buyer and the price. //
Obama to designate Fort Ord a national monument
By DONOVAN SLACK | 4/20/12 10:42 AM EDT
President Barack Obama will officially designate part of Fort Ord, a decommissioned military base in central California, as a national monument on Friday.
The White House announced he would sign the proclamation in the Oval Office and said “it is a world-class destination for hikers, mountain bikers, and outdoor enthusiasts who come to enjoy the area’s history and scenic landscapes.” It will be the second national monument proclamation he has signed since taking office.
News that he would back the designation, which covers 14,000 acres, drew praise Friday morning from the left coast. In a statement, Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue thanked the president and hailed the designation as one more reason to visit the coastal community, and a veterans group said it honors the sacrifices of those who served.
“Fort Ord is an important part of our country’s military heritage with a role that stretches back almost 100 years. Regiments from the Fort were deployed in World War II and protected California’s coastline after the attack on Pearl Harbor,” said Mark Starr, program director at Vet Voice Foundation. “By designating Fort Ord a National Monument, the president is honoring the sacrifice of generations of Americans who trained at the Fort and served our Nation.”
In addition, LaBolt was the spokesman for the successful efforts to confirm Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and a native of LaGrange, IL.
He is very, very HOT indeed!!! Everytime he is on a program, he is always well informed, and he pushes back with intellect that is so comforting. POB surrounds himself with very brilliant people starting with our beautiful FLOTUS. Brilliance attracts brilliance. Go, Mr. President. We love you for your great team.HZ
Thanks for the heads up ut. This is the first time I can associate a face with the name Ben LaBolt. He is definitely easy on the eyes. And very focused with getting the message out.
President Obama has surrounded himself with amazing public servants. I still can’t get over Brian Deese the other day talking about gas prices and speculators. And today, Jay Carney had Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as a guest at the briefing to talk about the purpose of the trips President Obama will take next week. He was wonderful. He answered questions thoroughly and completely in rapid fire succession from the jackals. He shut them down with facts. I almost got the feeling that the jackals were bored with talk of education and pell grant interest rates going up. They couldn’t wait to get into the tabloid trash.
Today, they were very concerned about the states that PBIO will be visiting next week. How were they picked? Why only battleground states. Wink, wink there must be something nefarious going on here. I mean seriously, what are they saying. PBO can only go to states that jackals and the GOP think are appropriate. Jay was having none of it. The other issue was of course the SS scandal. There was even one jackal parroting verbatim criticism from Jeff Sessions and Sarah Palin implying there was a culture of corruption in the Obama administration because of the SS scandal, the photos from Afghanistan and the GSA debacle. You can’t make this stuff up. I just felt like taking a shower.
The White House also announced that it is launching a social media effort in conjunction with the presidential trip using Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus, with the Twitter hashtag #DontDoubleMyRate.
April 20, 2012
White House denounces Sarah Palin’s attempts to politicize Secret Service scandal
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney sharply rejected criticism Friday from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who have suggested the Secret Service sex scandal — coupled with graphic photographs of soldiers in Afghanistan posing with corpses and reports of over the top convention spending by the General Services Agency, add up to poor management by the White House.
“It is preposterous to politicize the Secret Service; to politicize the terrible conduct of some soldiers in Afghanistan in a war that’s been going on for 10 years,” Carney said, accusing the two politicians of looking to turn the incidents to their political advantage.
“It’s a ridiculous assertion that trivializes both the very serious nature of the endeavor that our military is engaged in in Afghanistan and the very serious nature both of the work that the Secret Service does,” Carney said.
Sessions on Thursday criticized Obama’s leadership and Palin emerged as a factor in the story when the Washington Post reported that one of the fired agents said in a Facebook posting that he was “‘checking her out” under a picture of him standing behind her. She suggested on Fox News Thursday that it was a “symptom of government run amok” — though host Greta van Susteren noted that the event was in 2008 — when George W. Bush was president.
thanks for posting rikyrah. I was waiting for the transcript to post that response here because it was amazing. I don’t know how Jay keeps his composure with the jackals. I could not believe that question. But it was typical GOP watering carrying. Nauseating.
Shocking when even Greta van Susteren gets an obvious point. This “checking out” event would have to have been when Bush was president. Palin no longer had SS protection after the 2008 election. And who in his right mind would check her out now when she really looks terrible.
Wooooooooot! Just heard from Yardarm, he’s still on his trip, here’s his message:
“Regards to the family and let them know I’ll be back on the 23rd with some punishment chairs for you lot that put me on a ghost boat and frozen ship last week. And a special seat for you.”
Thanks Chips for the great news from Yardarm!!! I will lift a glass of ‘sweet happy wine’ to this great news. Next week, we should give him a welcome home party. What do you think, Chips? Sounds like fun. We promise to behave.HZ
Hi everyone, wow,, PBO gets better with age, I think. He sure has the most photographic family, by a long shot…great genes. I can’t keep up with everything, so thanks for all the posts. #DontDoubleMyRate for Chapel Hill on Tuesday?
I do Native Gardening, doing a Prairie on my property, and I’m in my busiest time of the year. Our club has a plant sale coming up etc.
Today I received 3 Obama-Biden bumper stickers. I feel bad, cuz I said in an email just this AM I hadn’t received them yet -pout. In 2008, my bumperstidker was taken off my car! Yes, lot’s of Repugs around here. Nothing like my 2 sweet pugs. Good weekend all!
During the ’08 campaign I was “guilty” of supporting PBO while republican. Place a Veterans 4 Obama sign (which several of us paid to have made) on my lawn in March ’08; it stayed there until it was stolen in October ’08. As I was the supply point, I was able to replace the sign. After it was stolen the third time, I placed a handwritten sign saying “You can steal my sign, but you can’t steal my vote.” I then covered each of the six windows on my enclosed front porch with Obama signs and pictures. BTW, I’m no longer a republican… 😉
Good for you Alycee. The sign stealing is one of the stupidest ploys local Republicans carry out. It happens a lot in our community and it just gets people more energized to vote for their candidate. We went so far as to actually have someone brought to court for it since it includes both trespassing and stealing. It’s just so completely juvenile.
What a great story Alycee! They stole a sign off of my corner lot on the first day….grrr. Then, I had a magnet strip on my car with the Obama bumpersticker and that was stolen also. So, I’ll be looking at other ways this time around! I also was at Grant Park on WIN night…..best of the best of the best nights ever!
I agree wholeheartedly. I’ve recced every diary of hers that I see. Messaging is vital, and the GOP understands this better than the left. It may even be biological — they appeal more to the primal.
I saw were Gallup poll had Obama 50% and Romney 42% on the economy. Some media is making a big deal out of the NBC/WJS poll were Romney leads on the economy 40% to 34%. Another poll had Obama ahead by 2 or 4 points.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Okay. First?
You surely are!
Woohoo! Congrats!
😆 Helloooooooooo Dudette!
Winner!!!!
Aw, thanks…….
Now some hugs like these would put me back in the center of life, no question!
Here you go..{{{Pamela}}}! This might not get you back to the centre but I’m hoping it helps. Don’t the girls just look so relaxed, confident, and loved? 😆
Gosh, how are “nieces” have grown! 🙂
Beautiful picture of our wonderful First Family.
Cn I be second?
We’ll hold hands!
Oh, thank you, actually, I need a hand to hold today, and a couple hugs would be warmly welcomed!
{{{{{{{{{{{Pamela}}}}}}}}}}}} Positive energy coming your way, my friend.
Soaking it up, basking in it… Hey, like we did for hachiko and Tucker, only I don’t need the green stuff! Light only, that will do it!
We are light beings, Pamela. We send our healing light to you. We surround you!
xoxo,
the other pamela(brown).
you’re such a dear, good person. I don’t like it when my friends aren’t doing well!!! Feel the love…….
I am already back up in the Light of the Soul, where I belong, and while standing waiting for the elevator about 20 minutes ago, picked up on the energy flow, thank you, thank you, thank you. I’m just fine now, as right as rain in Seattle! See my glowing smile: 🙂
Hey, Pamela, “we got this.”
Pamela, you all feed me daily with so much ‘light, joy, fun, laughter, focus, and just sweet love’, so here comes:
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Loving Light and Lots, and lots of Hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))HZ
HZ, how are you doing? I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately as I edge toward my birthday at the end of the month. I will then be exactly one year older than you. We seniors have to stick together.
No way!
Alright. Top10 willhave to do. 🙂
Oh yeah, Dudette, us 2nd and 3rd runners-up often end up in 23rd or 24th place before many minutes pass! But, at least we are here, right Chips? 😉
It was a complete fluke. For once in my life I was in the right place at the right time.
Am, too! I never win anything. A big cheer-up on a chilly, rainy Friday in Chicago.
Had a tough time getting here this morning, but hope everyone is having a good good Obama~Biden day! 🙂
This video is totally off topic but I wanted to share. It’s one of the top Dressage horses in the world, I’ve seen “horse dancing” before but this blew me away. I’ve been trying to catch up with all of Chips wonderful so didn’t post to past ones…..enjoy…..I did. Can you imagine willard and ms. ann’s horse being able to do this….uh, no.
Surely that had to be one of the best ever – wow!
that was amazing, what a beautiful horse-
As much as I love the Olympics and even the equestrian events, I was totally IGNORANT of dressage horses. The amount of money spent on these horses is a disgrace when you think that the money spent on the horses’ vet, bills, massage, training…etc.,etc..etc. is more highly valued by Robme and his ilk than affordable health care for humans.
Truly, this is an elite of the elite hobby. An apt representation of Robme’s and Miss Ann’s values. No wonder Trump baked a cake honoring Miss Ann for this “aristocratic” hobby. I just bet that both the Robmes and the Donald would introduce fox hunting if they could.
But PBO was dubbed the “elitist” !!
This is a little off topic, but anybody ever seem this:
drunk Bush: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
It get especially interesting @ 0:29 in the video sitting two rows in front of the Bushes
Mitt and Ann Romney connect with me so much, I want them to see my dancing horse. Who’s the real elitist? Ann and Mitt Romney, that’s who. The guy didn’t even appreciate cookies which were sent to him from a Republican. 7-11 cookies.
Wish I could hear what VPJoe is saying but it’ll have to wait till I get home. 🙂
Hope everyone is having a great Friday!
ooops…wonderful POSTS…….smh
Now this is a video I’m definitely tweeting the heck out of. I respect and so admire VP Biden. He speaks and just touches one’s heart. So glad he’s on our side.
This is real TOD people, the ground game is for us to loose, so from now on let’s stay focus and do NOT
pay attention to the fucking so call polls, because they are manufactured by THE MSM just like they did
in 2008 remember they were telling us that Hillary was ahead in the polls by 30-or35 points. So let’s get
moving.
“Illinois’ unemployment rate for March was 8.8 percent, down from 9.1 percent in February, and the seventh consecutive month in which the unemployment has fallen, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The last time the state saw a rate was in February 2009 at 8.5 percent. Illinois also added 9,100 jobs in March, bringing gains to 142,100 private sector jobs since January 2010, when the state jobless rate peaked at 11.4 percent, the department said. ” Chicago Tribune 4/20/12
We get the national employment numbers, but if, as in Illinois’ case there’s continued improvement at the state level, then…..ahem, we got this.
Excellent News Cookemom!
I’m IN are you IN
Ha!
“Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Wednesday — then criticized him a day later in an interview with The Indianapolis Star. […]
“You have to campaign to govern, not just to win,” Mr. Daniels told Matthew Tully of The Indianapolis Star. “Spend the precious time and dollars explaining what’s at stake and a constructive program to make life better. And as I say, look at everything through the lens of folks who have yet to achieve.”
According to Mr. Tully, “after a pause, Daniels added with disappointment, ‘Romney doesn’t talk that way.’ “
oops. From Steve Benen. Still one of my all-time favorite liberal bloggers.
Daniels needs to shut his mouth with his yet to have -“soon to haves” BS. This is the guy that orchestrated the Bush tax cuts and told us that jobs would be the result. Yet To Achieve?! We’ve been waiting for more than a decade!
Just pointing out that Daniels thinks Mitt is an idiot as a candidate.
I got that and passed it along. 😆
Agree 57female,
Maybe Mitch Daniels can provide us with the evidence whether the GOP trickle down policies of tax cuts for the rich have worked since he helped to implement them in times of war? And maybe he can also clarify exactly who had a surplus coming into office and who frittered away that surplus, claiming people were taxed too much, and under a VP who claimed “deficits don’t matter”? Since he’s endorsing Romney, one has to assume that he thinks those failed policies actually worked.
Amazing how Daniels has to nerve to lecture on governing. It seems the lousiest governors have the biggest delusions about their own skills.
Jimmy Fallon details(great stuff)-
http://thepage.time.com/2012/04/20/late-night-with-potus/
Brilliant!
I don’t appreciate Time Magazine posting the most menacing-looking picture of our President to accompany the article. WHY?
Y’all are gonna be sick of reading this from me but I am going to continue to say it until November 7, 2012. The media is our biggest enemy. Even the things that seem trivial are all being done intentionally to show a negative light on this President. I am so glad that you have questioned this HF2. Do you know this fools (Halperin) twitter address?. I would like the ask him the same question.
It’s @MarkHalperin. He’s such a jerk.
His Twitter name is @MarkHalperin
And no, I’m not sick of you saying this repeatedly because it NEEDS to be repeated as often as possible. The media IS our biggest enemy.
Rt’d! 🙂 Thanks.
RT’d a4alice. Thanks. Will send another one as well. We need to continue to let them know that we are working hard but still engaged in what they are trying to slip through about our POTUS. HZ
New DNC ad-
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2012/04/democratic_national_committee_1.html
WASHINGTON–Russia and China need to help pay for NATO forces in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday after a meeting of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs and others in the run-up to the NATO Summit in Chicago in May.
“We will highly appreciate contributions from Russia, from China, from other international partners that are stakeholders in what is going on in Afghanistan and in the region,” Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen discussed the “road ahead” with NATO’s 28 Allies, with 22 non-NATO members of the international force in Afghan with the Afghan foreign and defence ministers, with the European Union High Representative, the United Nations Special Representative and the foreign minister of Japan.
“At our summit in Chicago, one month from now, all these countries and organisations will come together at the highest level. Other countries who have an interest in Afghanistan’s stability will join us too. I expect the leaders of around 60 countries and international organisations to join us. This will be the biggest summit NATO has ever held,” Rasmussen said at a press conference at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/nato/2012/04/nato_chicago_summit_seeking_payments_from_russia_china_for_afghanistan.html
Russia and China help pay? Yeah right!
Retweeted!!!
Same here, donna dem. Thanks hopefruit2. HZ
HEADLINE: Florida health insurers to rebate estimated $113 M
// Floridians who buy health insurance without the help of an employer can expect estimated rebates of $143 to $949 in August because of the federal health care overhaul. About 157,000 individuals and families qualify. In addition, an estimated $65 million in health insurance rebates are in line to be split among workers covered at 352,000 small businesses, the Sun Sentinel found by analyzing reports filed this month by 15 of the largest insurers in Florida. //
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-health-insurance-rebates-20120406,0,7439036.story
Political AnimalBlog
April 20, 2012 11:49 AM
“Obama Isn’t Working”
By Ed Kilgore
By now you’ve probably heard about the Romney campaign’s big slogan for the 2012 campaign, at least at this point: “Obama Isn’t Working.” When I first heard about it, I immediately flashed back to a moment early in the movie Sid and Nancy, when in the background of one gritty London scene you could see a poster reading: “Labour Isn’t Working,” the big Tory slogan in the general election of 1979 (unfortunatey for the credibility of the filmmakers, Nancy Spungeon’s death, the dramatic fulcrum of the movie, actually occurred in 1978).
And indeed, the official explanation for the slogan posted last year on the Romney campaign website explicitly cites the 1979 Tory campaign as its inspiration, touting the professional awards won by the consultants who devised it.
But claimed motives aside, you don’t have to be especially cynical (or partisan, for that matter) to suspect that this slogan has a slightly different connotation when applied to Barack Obama as opposed to former British Prime Minister “Sunny Jim” Callaghan. At Mediaite, columnist Tommy Christopher suggests the Romney slogan is a “multiple entendre,” but that it’s very difficult to deny that one of its layered “meanings” is to evoke the stereotype of the lazy black man:
Just to be sure it wasn’t just me, though, I asked several friends about the banner, and four out of four pointed out, unprompted, the stereotype of the “lazy,” “shiftless” black man. One of the people I called was cable news fixture Goldie Taylor, who, upon hearing my description of the banner, said “Are you kidding me? You have got to be kidding me.”
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_04/obama_isnt_working036812.php
It does look like a dog whistle. This is how Willard is running his campaign. There is nothing presidential about Romney or his campaign, with the dog whistles, name calling, rubber/glue nonsense. He’s running to be the leader of the free world, but you would think his campaign is being run by Mrs Smith’s 3rd grade class.
Totally agree debz. The word that keeps coming to mind for me is “juvenile”. How old are the people running his campaign anyway? Twelve? I have never seen such childishness from a presidential campaign. There is no seriousness of purpose. They act like this is a game. He’s next in line, the presidency is owed to him. Meanwhile, he lies, filp flops and refuses to give any details about his agenda or how he would govern. Clearly, for all of his criticism of President Obama the opposite is true. So if black is white and up is down I guess that must mean that OBAMA ISN’T WORKING really means OBAMA IS WORKING.
I am amazed by how childish his campaign is. The fact that they act like it’s a game shows that Willard does not take this nation seriously, all he wants is a title. Never before in my lifetime have I seen a President or anyone running for President acting as if running the country was a game. It’s frightening.
‘They act like this is a game.’
I’ve said this before I think, but I do not believe Romney and his crew are ‘acting’. THIS IS A GAME TO HIM/them, and in the words of @AnnDRomney it’s their turn to play in the White House! The problem as I see it is they are wanting to play with peoples’ lives and livelihoods, the outcome of which does not in the least matter to them, AND WE CAN’T LET THEM. Bobfr says it often and well, November 6 is not a test, it’s the real thing; we do need to continue to throw ourselves into the preparation as so many here have been doing.
WILLARD DOESN’T WORK. HE’S TORN DOWN AMERICAN COMPANIES AND PUT AMERICANS OUT OF WORK SO HE CAN LIE AND LET HIS MONEY IN OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS PILE UP WHILE HE CONTINUES HIS PLANS TO DO THE SAME TO AMERICA.
WILLARD IS A CANCER THAT MUST BE CONTAINED. DO NOT LET IT INFECT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
It probably is some kind of “dog whistle” aimed at racists living in a parallel universe where GWB was a hard working president who hardly took a vacation and PBO is a slacker. There was some radio idiot complaining about the number of vacations PBO has taken during his first term last week. This will work only on those who would NEVER vote for PBO anyway (people so blinded by racism that it clouds their view of reality are lost causes anyway). Mitts political team are an incompetent bunch of scumbags.
I think it may be a dog whistle for the uniformed and/or racist. However, I’m black and reasonably well-informed and I just thought it meant he isn’t working out as our President. For those of us here at TOD, we know how hard PBO works. We travel with him on all his trips across the country and abroad, we listen to all his speeches and we read about everything his administration is doing.
I find the golf criticism very funny because PBO plays golf on his vacation and on the weekends which is no different than the average American who plays golf. The man has the most difficult and stressful job in the world and yet they begrudge him any leisure time. The GOP is truly evil and I have to believe most Americans know that. I’d like to see them produce evidence of PBO playing golf at 9AM on a Monday morning on at anytime during the week when most everyone else is working.
If the Romney campaign deliberately set out to energize the Democratic base, they could not be doing a better job. Every stupid move he makes stokes more anger among Democrats, more contributions to PBO and renewed commitment to work hard for the president’s re-election. I am seeing a revulsion about him among Democrats that I didn’t see with John McCain, although I did with Palin.
“Labour Isn’t Working,” the big Tory slogan in the general election of 1979.
Duh – at least the original slogan was an actual pun.
FACTS TO MITT ROMNEY ARE LIKE GARLIC TO A VAMPIRE
Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XIV
By Steve Benen
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Campaigning in Ohio yesterday, Mitt Romney told supporters, without smirking or sounding sarcastic, “If I’m president of the United States, with your help, I will tell the truth.”
Ordinarily, those seeking national leadership positions don’t vow to tell the truth if others help them, but since I am nothing if not helpful, I thought I might give the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a few examples of instances in which he fell short of honesty this week.
Indeed, if Romney intends to “tell the truth,” he can start by reading the 14th installment of my weekly series, chronicling Mitt’s mendacity.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/20/11309846-chronicling-mitts-mendacity-vol-xiv
Romney keeps asking us to wait until he’s president before he tells us the truth, his agenda, what dept. he’d cut, and what’s in his tax returns.
Hey Mitt!
Is this Mitt Romney saying that if he is president of the United States, he will tell the truth. Well why wait till then, it would be nice if Mitt would tell the truth now. Are we suppose to trust a man who tells lies so easily and often. My Grandma always said you can’t trust a liar. And Mitt Romney is a liar. But no big deal him telling the truth won’t be this country concern it will be Ann Romney. Because he won’t become the President of these United States.
Okay, I challenge even Rick Perry to come up with a comment as stupid as Romney’s. This is what’s called layer cake stupidity because it tops one stupid on top of another. First, he confesses he doesn’t tell the truth now and won’t even consider it until elected president..so, um.. trust me. Then it says even if he wanted to tell the truth he couldn’t without the help of 300 million people because..gosh..truth telling is just too tough to do and ..golly…I haven’t had any practice. And finally, it practically shouts out that he’s conning you…ha, you dweebs..believe that one if you dare. So either the audience was too polite not to boo him off the stage, or all the lies had put them to sleep.
This is hilarious. Romney’s bus has now been renamed “Etch-A-Sketch Express.”
http://yfrog.com/oci1styj
LOL!!!!
It was you who first gave it that name – That’s great to see UT! 🙂
Oh yeah I remember now. I did tweet that his bus should be renamed Etch-A-Sketch Express. 😆
downloaded — button to be made. Will go very nicely with my McCain ’08 Bullshit Express button 🙂
UT, you just made me spit out my iced tea. hahahaha
I especially like the the dog crates on top.
LOL!
bah ha ha 😀
Hello from a long-time lurker in Iowa City. I really enjoy all the coverage here and love reading the comments. I’m excited that PBO is returning to Iowa City next week – one of the advantages to living in a “battleground state”. I work at the U of I, but still no word on exactly where he’ll be speaking. We saw him here twice before the 2008 election – my favorite was the Earth Day speech 5 years ago this weekend, where 10,000+ of us gathered on the Pentacrest lawn to hear him. That was great! Anyhow, keep up the great coverage and I’ll let you know if I get to see him again Wednesday.
Thanks for the heads up. And you don’t need to lurk. We will specially love any on the scene descriptions from his visit.
You know japa I would love for Chips to do a “coming out” thread one of these Friday evenings where we get all of our hundreds of lurkers to stop by and post a comment or two.
I had the honor of making contact with so many of them during the first fundraising challenge that I was privileged to win. They sent me emails when I thanked them for their donations stating that they lurk but never post. I thing we would probably be shocked at how many followers to TOD there are that do this everyday.
There are somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 hits everyday, and probably around 100-150 people who comment on a fairly regular basis, so my guess is the lurkers far outnumber the rest of us.
Exactly! Which is why I think it would be so neat to see some of those people “behind the scenes” helping to make this such a successful site.
Hey long-time lurker! Good to hear from you. Make you presence known as often as you can. I hope you definitely get to see him next week and keep spreading the good news about PBO.
Awesome! Welcome *officially* to TOD. 🙂
yay! stay de lurked!!
JML, now that you’ve stepped in, please, please tell us exactly how the event went if you get to see him. We all live on vicarious glimpses of the president. I saw him once at a campaign stop in Harrisburg, but I was so far up in the galleries, I didn’t get a clear picture. If you do go, tell all!
Omg! McSame is introducing Robney in a Unity event, right now.
Copy cats!
Unity in hatred, ignorance, bigotry, baseness, misogyny, xenophobia and avarice.
Worthy of repetition, HF, as it’s so very true. The GOP does have a strong sense of unity using those parameters. Luckily and HOPEFULLY in November the country will show that these particular adherents are in a very, very miniscule minority.
Not an original thought in all of the Republican Party but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
During the introduction, I wonder if old McI’mStillBitter will use all that complimentary language that he used to describe Smhitty in 08?
Everytime I think of McCain all I think of is an old cranky asshole shouting “Get Off My Lawn!”
Old man yells at cloud.
I always think of him praising President Obama at the Romney event in SC. LOL
Did he remember it was Romney he was introducing or did he call him President Obama again ?
I turned it off…..I cannot stomach McCain or Romney
I’m not wasting my time watching. The two of them make me nauseous.
Do McCain think Romney is his opponent? Is McCain still locked in the pass? The senile old bastard.
For those who can make the trip to Chapel Hill, NC – here is what went out about President Obama’s upcoming visit – note that tickets will be available on Sunday between 1pm and 4pm – I’m sure they will be gone by Monday.
http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/obama_campus_visit
President Obama coming to campus Tuesday
President Barack Obama will deliver a policy speech on student loans at UNC Tuesday (April 24), the White House has announced.
The speech, Obama’s first visit to UNC-Chapel Hill as president, will take place at Carmichael Arena.
In his speech, President Obama will urge Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.
The event is free and open to the public. Due to limited event space, tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tickets can be picked up at the box office in the Carmichael Arena, 310 South Road, on Sunday, April 22, between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. or on Monday, April 23, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. or until all are gone.
On Tuesday, the doors at Carmichael Arena’s main entrance will open at 10 a.m. Tickets are required for entry. Tickets are not for sale or re-sale. For security reasons, attendees should not bring bags and limit personal items. No signs or banners are permitted. All attendees will go through airport-like security.
Classes on Tuesday will not be cancelled. Faculty members may elect to allow excused absences for students who ask in advance for permission to attend the speech. Security measures will greatly increase the time it will take to gain entry to Carmichael Arena. Attendees should be prepared to spend several hours waiting in line for the event.
This story will be updated with more details closer to the event. Check back for the most recent information.
Susan Hudson
Outreach Editor
UNC News Services
(919) 962-8415 (office)
(919) 360-5501 (cell)
Wow! Thanks for the info. I will be sure to pass it on to my NC Facebook friends. Carmicheal Arena is a pretty good size place for this event. I think it holds over 10,000. This will be a great event.
Can’t wait, !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carl Paladino is a NUT!!!
but he’s a good nut in this case. He can’t stand Mitt, nor the establishment ‘pubs. Yep, just keep pushing the Indies our way. They see nuts like him as the face of the rethug party.
I’m sorry, but he talks about winning when he got BLOWN OUT in the gubernatorial race… Paladino needs to shut his pie hole!!!
it’s the crazy in him….keep it coming. He’s like a toddler who thinks that if they close their eyes, no one can see them. The indies can see him.
How do you know today is 4/20? Carl Paladino says Newt will 100% win the GOP nomination. Methinks someone began his 4/20 celebration very early today and is most definitely high.
I love the way Martin let this old ‘running off at the mouth’ keep spilling his brains all over the place. Martin had that wonderful smile on his face like,”Keep talking Carl, I have this on tape now, give me some more.” Martin could have moved on, but I think he wanted the foolish man to continue to let it all hang out.
Thanks Martin. We love you.HZ
This is a MUST-READ! Of course the MSM doesn’t want you know which political candidates they’re spending money for – even though we have our suspicions 🙂
HEADLINE: Meet the US media companies lobbying against transparency: Corporate owners or sister companies of some of the biggest names in journalism against FCC order to post political ad data.
// News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the doorsteps of recalcitrant politicians, or editorializing in favor of open government. But now many of the country’s biggest media companies — which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations — are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending. The corporate owners or sister companies of some of the biggest names in journalism — NBC News, ABC News, Fox News, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Politico, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and dozens of local TV news outlets — are lobbying are against a Federal Communications Commission measure to require broadcasters to post political ad data on the internet. As we have recently detailed, political ad data is public by law but is not widely accessible because it is currently kept only in paper files at individual stations. The FCC has proposed fixing that by requiring broadcasters to post on the internet details of political ad purchases including the identity of the buyer and the price. //
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/20/us-media-lobbying-transparency?CMP=twt_gu
Tweeted, Facebooked and Emailed….Our Biggest Enemy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ah yikes!
Obama to designate Fort Ord a national monument
By DONOVAN SLACK | 4/20/12 10:42 AM EDT
President Barack Obama will officially designate part of Fort Ord, a decommissioned military base in central California, as a national monument on Friday.
The White House announced he would sign the proclamation in the Oval Office and said “it is a world-class destination for hikers, mountain bikers, and outdoor enthusiasts who come to enjoy the area’s history and scenic landscapes.” It will be the second national monument proclamation he has signed since taking office.
News that he would back the designation, which covers 14,000 acres, drew praise Friday morning from the left coast. In a statement, Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue thanked the president and hailed the designation as one more reason to visit the coastal community, and a veterans group said it honors the sacrifices of those who served.
“Fort Ord is an important part of our country’s military heritage with a role that stretches back almost 100 years. Regiments from the Fort were deployed in World War II and protected California’s coastline after the attack on Pearl Harbor,” said Mark Starr, program director at Vet Voice Foundation. “By designating Fort Ord a National Monument, the president is honoring the sacrifice of generations of Americans who trained at the Fort and served our Nation.”
Ben LaBolt is on Bashir Live and may I just say……HUBBA HUBBA…..Come to Mama!
And may I just gently reply – yes.
Martin sure knows how to pick his guests…first Richard Wolfe…now Ben… I’m being driven to naughty mat thru no fault of mine!
Actually, he is of the Gay community! And he knows the facts, seems very smart!
He seems very smart because he IS!
In addition, LaBolt was the spokesman for the successful efforts to confirm Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and a native of LaGrange, IL.
That is why he is smart!
Ben LaBolt is gay? How do you know that? Still doesn’t matter to me though. He is hot hot HOT!!!!!
http://www.advocate.com/printArticle.aspx?id=194092
Now, he should push to be friends with Rachel, I bet him and her would get along.
Seriously!
What does LaBolt have to do with Rachel? I don’t get it…
I think I do. Unfortunately.
whispering…one is cute..
He is very, very HOT indeed!!! Everytime he is on a program, he is always well informed, and he pushes back with intellect that is so comforting. POB surrounds himself with very brilliant people starting with our beautiful FLOTUS. Brilliance attracts brilliance. Go, Mr. President. We love you for your great team.HZ
Thanks for the heads up ut. This is the first time I can associate a face with the name Ben LaBolt. He is definitely easy on the eyes. And very focused with getting the message out.
President Obama has surrounded himself with amazing public servants. I still can’t get over Brian Deese the other day talking about gas prices and speculators. And today, Jay Carney had Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as a guest at the briefing to talk about the purpose of the trips President Obama will take next week. He was wonderful. He answered questions thoroughly and completely in rapid fire succession from the jackals. He shut them down with facts. I almost got the feeling that the jackals were bored with talk of education and pell grant interest rates going up. They couldn’t wait to get into the tabloid trash.
Today, they were very concerned about the states that PBIO will be visiting next week. How were they picked? Why only battleground states. Wink, wink there must be something nefarious going on here. I mean seriously, what are they saying. PBO can only go to states that jackals and the GOP think are appropriate. Jay was having none of it. The other issue was of course the SS scandal. There was even one jackal parroting verbatim criticism from Jeff Sessions and Sarah Palin implying there was a culture of corruption in the Obama administration because of the SS scandal, the photos from Afghanistan and the GSA debacle. You can’t make this stuff up. I just felt like taking a shower.
The White House also announced that it is launching a social media effort in conjunction with the presidential trip using Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus, with the Twitter hashtag #DontDoubleMyRate.
Soon Willard will launch a wannabe presidential “trip” with a Twitter hashtag of some sort in 3..2..1…
That Is a bad campaign! Playing mind games with the President, by copying his campaign!
Odd!
His website is like PBO’s; he’s stalking PBO on the trail; and his site features a win lunch w/ “MissAnn” fundraiser.
Jovie, do you really think Mitt is playing mind games with POTUS? I think not.
POTUS is the smart one, don’t forget that.
WOW!
April 20, 2012
White House denounces Sarah Palin’s attempts to politicize Secret Service scandal
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney sharply rejected criticism Friday from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who have suggested the Secret Service sex scandal — coupled with graphic photographs of soldiers in Afghanistan posing with corpses and reports of over the top convention spending by the General Services Agency, add up to poor management by the White House.
“It is preposterous to politicize the Secret Service; to politicize the terrible conduct of some soldiers in Afghanistan in a war that’s been going on for 10 years,” Carney said, accusing the two politicians of looking to turn the incidents to their political advantage.
“It’s a ridiculous assertion that trivializes both the very serious nature of the endeavor that our military is engaged in in Afghanistan and the very serious nature both of the work that the Secret Service does,” Carney said.
Sessions on Thursday criticized Obama’s leadership and Palin emerged as a factor in the story when the Washington Post reported that one of the fired agents said in a Facebook posting that he was “‘checking her out” under a picture of him standing behind her. She suggested on Fox News Thursday that it was a “symptom of government run amok” — though host Greta van Susteren noted that the event was in 2008 — when George W. Bush was president.
Read more here: http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/washington/2012/04/white-house-denounces-attempts-to-politicize-secret-service-scandal.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy
thanks for posting rikyrah. I was waiting for the transcript to post that response here because it was amazing. I don’t know how Jay keeps his composure with the jackals. I could not believe that question. But it was typical GOP watering carrying. Nauseating.
Shocking when even Greta van Susteren gets an obvious point. This “checking out” event would have to have been when Bush was president. Palin no longer had SS protection after the 2008 election. And who in his right mind would check her out now when she really looks terrible.
Wooooooooot! Just heard from Yardarm, he’s still on his trip, here’s his message:
“Regards to the family and let them know I’ll be back on the 23rd with some punishment chairs for you lot that put me on a ghost boat and frozen ship last week. And a special seat for you.”
😆
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh what a guy that Yardarm! I will be sure to sure to look out for his returning ship in the distant horizon…
Thanks for sharing Chips 🙂 🙂
bah ha ha! Well – glad to hear from the Old Salt! Hasn’t been the same without him about the place.
Uh oh Guys…rough seas ahead!
Thanks Chips for the great news from Yardarm!!! I will lift a glass of ‘sweet happy wine’ to this great news. Next week, we should give him a welcome home party. What do you think, Chips? Sounds like fun. We promise to behave.HZ
All aboard, Yardarm’s on his way:
Hi everyone, wow,, PBO gets better with age, I think. He sure has the most photographic family, by a long shot…great genes. I can’t keep up with everything, so thanks for all the posts. #DontDoubleMyRate for Chapel Hill on Tuesday?
I do Native Gardening, doing a Prairie on my property, and I’m in my busiest time of the year. Our club has a plant sale coming up etc.
Today I received 3 Obama-Biden bumper stickers. I feel bad, cuz I said in an email just this AM I hadn’t received them yet -pout. In 2008, my bumperstidker was taken off my car! Yes, lot’s of Repugs around here. Nothing like my 2 sweet pugs. Good weekend all!
During the ’08 campaign I was “guilty” of supporting PBO while republican. Place a Veterans 4 Obama sign (which several of us paid to have made) on my lawn in March ’08; it stayed there until it was stolen in October ’08. As I was the supply point, I was able to replace the sign. After it was stolen the third time, I placed a handwritten sign saying “You can steal my sign, but you can’t steal my vote.” I then covered each of the six windows on my enclosed front porch with Obama signs and pictures. BTW, I’m no longer a republican… 😉
Good for you Alycee. The sign stealing is one of the stupidest ploys local Republicans carry out. It happens a lot in our community and it just gets people more energized to vote for their candidate. We went so far as to actually have someone brought to court for it since it includes both trespassing and stealing. It’s just so completely juvenile.
I remember that in the ’08 campaign, someone wrote on his sign:
“If you steal this sign, more money will go to the Obama campaign – to replace it.”
What a great story Alycee! They stole a sign off of my corner lot on the first day….grrr. Then, I had a magnet strip on my car with the Obama bumpersticker and that was stolen also. So, I’ll be looking at other ways this time around! I also was at Grant Park on WIN night…..best of the best of the best nights ever!
Excuse the link but I LOVE the work this woman does and it’s vitally useful:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/20/1084850/-Tweet-Better-Using-Frames-With-Winning-Words
I agree wholeheartedly. I’ve recced every diary of hers that I see. Messaging is vital, and the GOP understands this better than the left. It may even be biological — they appeal more to the primal.
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/04/20/heads-up-wounded-warriors/
I saw were Gallup poll had Obama 50% and Romney 42% on the economy. Some media is making a big deal out of the NBC/WJS poll were Romney leads on the economy 40% to 34%. Another poll had Obama ahead by 2 or 4 points.