President Obama arrives to speak at the University of Iowa, April 25
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President Obama greets a little boy in the audience after speaking at the University of Iowa, April 25, 2012
Is this the same boy from 2010?
Barack Stroud, 4, with President Obama at the University of Iowa, March 25, 2010
And from 2007:
Barack Stroud dances before an event held by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama at the US Cellular Center December 8, 2007 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids
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President Obama listens to students in a roundtable discussion about the rising costs of student loans while at the University of Iowa
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University of Iowa student Blake Anderson greets President Barack Obama after introducing him to speak
The Obama Diary 
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Congrats, Desertflower!
Thank you so much, theo! It’s been awhile…stayed home today with my “sick tummied” dog…I didn’t want any surprises when I came home from work today!
Wise move – and you were rewarded for taking care of your pup with a first place finish! Nice.
Winner!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAHHHH Chips! You really know how to start a fire 🙂
OH MY!!!!! Fanning myself.
😆 Me? Never!!!
Hey Chips. Thanks for the boat. I think I’ll take a bit of a cruise.
Cape Horn, the cape at the
> southern tip of the South American continent,the Tierra del Fuego…
> http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=T4FIS1FnOQg
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I need a mat. Thank you, Chips! Thank you, Simi 🙂 (my dog….horse….Great Dane that thinks she’s small)
Oh Mamma – this would make anyone forget what they were doing before they saw this picture! WHEW!!!!!
Whoa. Way to go!
Hello everyone – I am retiring in two days!
almost! I had to log in. boo hoo
Congrats on your retirement! Any plans – other than sleeping in?
Yea! Naps in the afternoon are a wonderful thing….and volunteering for PBO:)
Congratulations on your retirement! I hope you enjoy the new phase of your life. Good luck
Congrats blondgirl on your retirement. It’s fun. I did that in 2005 and LOVE it and our President. Watch him today, he was on fire.
Ignore the headline and listen to PBO explaining the night he sang Al Green:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/barack-obama-is-a-cocky-lead-singer
I love this! We don’t get to hear him just talking about casual stuff very often. He must have been shocked when the world went crazy over that 6 second clip. I wish the sound guys had caught his backstage singing, too!
It’s cool that Jay was there, too, egging him on.
loved the back-story! thanks for providing the link
Gasp! He’s actually connecting with people? People from Earth?
That really bothers these “news” people, doesn’t it?
Beautiful faces. Big dreams that need to be realized.
Ummm, did you know Lieberman introduced Rubio as a Rising Star in Foreign Policy?
Yes. He called him a “rising star.” I sent him a goodbye and good riddance tweet.
Really who listen to anything Joe Lie-ber-man has to say these days.
The elite media!
These photos are so AWESOME.
Awww. It’s good to see Lil Barack again.
Shows how MUCH attention I have been paying to PBO because when I saw the photo with the young boy, I asked myself if this was the same Lil Barack that we saw during the campaign. was quite pleased with the caption indicating that of course its the same kid.
Same here
I remember little Barack from BWD’s postings during the 2008 elections, that’s when I would look forward to seeing BWD’s postings and was so pleased she started her own site. I look forward to voting for another Barack, Barack Stroud.
Anyone know how many people were in attendance?
Capacity would be 5,500.
Thank you!
So sweet to watch that little boy Barack grow up. He’s always there with his mom.
Hi Chips
I went to donate through your fundraising page today. Did you look at it lately?
Chitra, thank you SO much. I only just saw your donation, I got tied up most of the day with work so I’m only catching up with email, etc now. You’re a gem. I still haven’t got around to posting your beautiful comment, but I definitely will, probably tomorrow. Thank you again Chitra.
So adorable—-Lil Barack! I was proud of my U. of Ia. students! It’s a great university. They were really loving their president. As he has noted before, he has a special connection to Iowa—–which got the whole ball rolling for him back in ’07.
“More than 100 U. of Notre Dame professors have demanded that Illinois Bishop Daniel Jenty renounce comments he made criticizing President Obama’s stance on religious liberty that compared him to dictators Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-religion-bishop-facultybre83o14l-20120425,0,4089570.story
Why do these bishops say things like that? They know the horrible evil things Hilter and Stalin did, and President Obama has not even come close to being like those men. Why didn’t they stick up for all those little boys who was molested .
it is good to see catholics challenging the absurdity of these bishops.
history will record how catholic bishops led the hate-mongering brigade during PBO’s terms
Chips, I think that may very well be little Barack! He is so cute!
Ridiculously cute, CTGirl!!!
Speaker John Boehner announced at a press conference in Washington today that the House will vote Friday on bill to extend low interest rates for student loans – paid in off-sets by taking money from the health reform law’s “slush fund.”
Steal from Peter to pay Paul…Peter is robbed and the top !% are protected once again. I wish I had a voice…___UCK You Boehner!
They should take it from the oil subsidies — corrupt mofos! 👿
hope President Obama calls them out on it and vetos this crap
Awww look at Lil’ Barack. So cute.
Reid struck a deal with Postal Reform. It should pass later today!
Over to you, John Boner…
Deets, please!!
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/223595-reid-says-postal-bill-shows-senate-can-do-big-things
good news!
* And she puts on her pundit hat*
I tell you, this is going to be a very close close race. The President is just not connecting with the heartland anymore. If he were to go into Iowa right now, he probably won’t be able to fill a conference room at Holiday Inn. He is just not as popular as he was with young people, african americans. And, the Ann Romney flap really moved women to the Romney camp in a big way. I talked to my cousin Edna in Jacobsburg, Missouri and she told me that although she was 96% sure she was going to vote for Romney, she is now 97% sure – just because of Hilary Rosen’s comments. The President is really doomed, I don’t know how else to say it.
How true LOL! Notice the thousands of diverse people at last night’s Romney speech. How could POTUS compete with that!!!! 😀
Hey you forgot how he’s lost the gay vote and how he’s having trouble with small donors
and the Jewish vote, and latinos.
And leprechauns! Don’t forget the important, election-deciding leprechaun vote. (although, the way the President was chased out of Ireland last year should give people no doubt that he is not wanted there. I mean, he wasn’t even able to spend a night there! Made up some story about a volcano! I mean, talk to Jindal about volcanos.) *wink*
🙂 Chased our of Ireland like the snakes!!
President Obama leads in 12 battleground states that will be critical in determining the outcome of the 2012 election, but Mitt Romney has made inroads among independents, according to the latest poll from Purple Strategies.
Obama leads Romney 48 percent to 44 in the 12 battleground states of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/223715-poll-obama-leads-in-swing-states-romney-makes-inroads
Likely voters???
They spin at as bad news for Obama!
JeffersonObama has the goods on this “poll”. “Purple Strategies” is a revamped “Strategic Visions”, notorious GOP push poll outfit.
Whats going, you girls dont let any of the guys comment this afternoon? Calling Yardarm, Japa, et. al. to dettle this matter.
Thank you so much Chips for this mind blowing coverage!!!!!!
Settle
Of course you can comment:) We’re very equal opportunity around here! The guys must be “resting their eyes”….(my father’s code words for sleeping!)
“Every shut eye is not sleep; every goodbye is not gone.”
Yardam, are you enjoying your special day? 🙂
Yesssss. Face Book/e-mail is goin’ crazy with bd greetings.
Bless you, yardarm:) In my Dad’s case it was!
Hola, Kiddo & HAPPY BIRTHDAY! April is a good month for babies. My Daughter will be 40 on Sunday. I’m glad that she’s getting older but not me, lol.
For real. The kids age then they stop and their kids start the aging process. It doesn’t touch us though.
by all means, shoot…never hurts to have some testosterone flowing. Ooops, did I say that?
out loud, no less?
Cookemom, I had to come out of lurkedom to let you know you a FREAKING HILARIOUS!!! You have had me laughing all day at work.
Happy birthday Yardarm!!! Fellow Taurus here. I turned 30 this past saturday.
The Rude Pundit is right when he describes Romney as “breathtakingly vile”——-
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2012/04/in-brief-mitt-romney-is-breathtakingly.html
He is vile and suddenly care so much about poor people. I am glad Randi discussed his lying speech from last night. I think he believe that people have forgotten, and are stupid. He pandered far right now he is shaking that etch-a-sketch hard.
I think that’s an understatement but totally in the right direction. I was pissed at TRP at one point ’cause he was talkin’ trash about our President but Rude is best when he’s calling out Vile Zombeys and their various Ilk.
Rude hits it DEADON! “The thing that President Obama needs to keep in mind about Mitt Romney is that he is a ruthless, amoral son of a bitch. Like Bain Capital, he makes promises that are lies when they get in the way of his greater good or his bottom line. With his polished smile and primped hair, Romney is one of the most outright depraved and evil sociopaths ever to run for office, and that’s including Richard Nixon and Pat Robertson.”
Would love for this to go VIRAL! MAHALOS, DOTSTER!
Report: Newspapers Used Phrase “Job-Killing Regulation” 17,550% More Often Between 2007 And 2011
You mean the corporate owned wing of the Republican Party? {{{{faint}}}} Wise Up, America!!
Aw, Lil’ Barack is back. Hope he knows he’s a supastarrah on the internets!
I love how PBO is spotlighting the student loan issue. Lawd knows I could use some loan forgiveness right now! What also needs to be addressed is the COST of the education itself, not just the financing. The corrupt corporate model has invaded higher education and the price of a degree is bordering on criminal. It’s like we’re eating the young. I would like to see a comparison of how much a college degree (or even a graduate degree) has increased, as a portion of income, over, say, the past 30 years. I would wager it greatly outpaces the growth of income over that same time period. This is not sustainable.
the POTUS rocks
Indeed. I especially loved his response to the student loan = stage three cancer. Excellent reply
Gotta love Iowa! I know that state will always be special to PBO and Michelle.
Bibi just said those Iranian Sanctions better work soon!
Or what? You will start WWIII?
This guy better get off the phone with US Republicans and stop beating the War drum!
This may explain it:
Reports of an apparent rift were confirmed by a senior Israeli official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.
“General Gantz is only repeating publicly what military leaders, including his predecessor General Gabi Ashkenazi, have continuously told the politicians in the last few years,” he said.
“Ehud Barak has evolved and seems more moderate. And (Foreign Minister) Avigdor Lieberman recently told Israeli reporters it was necessary to give a chance to the economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure, that we must give it time and not hurry,” he said.
“In fact, the prime minister is somewhat isolated on Iran,” he said.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/25/israel-military-chief-iran-not-pursuing-nuclear-weapon/
If Bibi tries to stir up shit, he might find himself out of a job. I mean, if Avigdor fucking Lieberman is a voice of moderation, Bibi has lost the plot.
I had to remind myself to close my mouth after reading that … Avigdor Lieberman? Very interesting!
Exactly. Mr. “Kick out all the Arabs”. HE’S a voice of moderation.
Unless, of course they are playing good cop, bad cop.
True. But the military is also against attacking Iran, as is the majority of Israeli public opinion.
this-is-why-it-was-foolish-to-crack-those-teleprompter-joke
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/04/and-this-is-why-it-was-foolish-to-crack-those-teleprompter-jokes/256365/#.T5hg4CK0vqk.twitter
That was FUN, Martz..first time I’ve ever posted at The Atlantic. Poor widdle propaganda propellant…lost his stupid lie sheets.
AAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW…LITTLE BARACK IS ADORABLE…JUST LIKE THE GROWN UP ONE! ALL NETWORKS ARE REPEATING FALLON NIGHT…PBO MAY YET HAVE TO HOST ON AMERICAN IDOL!…MY OH MY…RUSTY COULDN’T WAIT TO RESPOND ON THE STUDENT LOAN INTEREST RATES…HOUSE VOTING ON FRIDAY…THEY’D BETTER MAKE IT GOOD!
I wonder if the GOP are planning to make Romney seem effective by passing the stuff he decides to copy the President about and endorse (before he changes his mind). In that case, Dems should put forth their entire agenda – if Romney wants to “pivot” to the center, then he should be in alignment with everything the President supports. Then let the GOP voters drop the pretense and just vote on their real reason for opposing President Obama – not for policy differences, but because of the color of his skin.
BREAKING: Enough signatures validated to put Mich Emergency Manager law on ballot & on HOLD!
Citizens in the Stand Up for Democracy Coalition are announcing they have received notice from the Secretary of the Board of State Canvassers reporting the group has collected 203,238 valid voter signatures needed to place the repeal of Public Act 4 (aka the Emergency Manager Law) on the November 2012 general election ballot. According to the report, the group exceeded the 161,305 valid signatures needed by more than 40,000.
Good for Michigan.
BUENO! OUITSTANDING! GRACIAS LINDA~
My husband came up with a good counter for the Repug war on women. He sez. ” We need to enact a law that no man can get a prescription for Viagra unless he agrees to a prostate biopsy”. Having gone through that, he knows what that involves”.
they tried to do something similar. Some state senator complained and said it’s not fair for people to refuse to allow men to do what they want with their bodies, and make them undergo unnecessary and invasive procedures. He’s one of the sponsors of one of the anti-women bills, and he sees no irony or hypocrisy in his statement.
President Obama is a rock star on any campus! I’m just amazed at the large crowds of young adults that cram into buildings to hear their President speak.
Campus after campus after campus….
AMAZING!
I am just in awe when I look at the eyes and the facial expressions of the people, young and older, when they are in the presence of our wonderful president. It has to be an amazing experience. Also I look at the eyes and facial expressions of Mitt’s crowd and see nothing. Have anyone noticed they rarely if ever, show a clip or picture of Mitt’s crowd that is not a tight shot, where you can’t see how large the crowd was or is. Probably a paid crowd anyway.
Romney wants to be congratulated for being wealthy. Next, he’ll want to be congratulated for strapping a dog unto the car roof.
He is a Snob, Country Club Buster!
Just in-
Senate passes bill making changes to Postal Service, 62-37.
Another Bushy advisor for Romney…being stupid.
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11395446-gop-economist-romney-aide-seems-to-have-jumped-the-shark?lite
WASHINGTON D.C. — As President Barack Obama was celebrating his inauguration at various balls, top Republican lawmakers and strategists were conjuring up ways to submarine his presidency at a private dinner in Washington, D.C.
The event — which provides a telling revelation for how quickly the post-election climate soured — serves as the prologue of Robert Draper’s much-discussed and heavily-reported new book, “Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives.”
According to Draper, the guest list that night (which was just over 15 people in total) included Republican Reps. Eric Cantor (Va.), Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Paul Ryan (Wis.), Pete Sessions (Texas), Jeb Hensarling (Texas), Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) and Dan Lungren (Calif.), along with Republican Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), John Ensign (Nev.) and Bob Corker (Tenn.). The non-lawmakers present included Newt Gingrich, several years removed from his presidential campaign, and Frank Luntz, the long-time Republican wordsmith. Notably absent were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) — who, Draper writes, had an acrimonious relationship with Luntz.
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Sorry this is only on HuffPuff so far and I only posted a short part….A must read.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/robert-draper-anti-obama-campaign_n_1452899.html#comments
Evil minds. They thought he was just some chump who was going to let them derail his Presidency? Who’s the chump now? Bloody morons.
What a combination of totally creepy idiots and racist blowhards. I hope back-stabber Coburn is feeling the burn right about now.
Tweety just doesn’t know about this slow jamming stuff. After showing a shortened clip, he said in a kinda shaming tone, “I don’t know.” Either jealous because he could never slow jam anything or is a hopeless square ball. Or both.
He is still reeling from the smack down he received from POTUS.
Actually, dotster had it wrong. Chris was very complimentary of PBO slow jamming the news.
Oh ok…with Tweety you never know!
Actually Chris was very complimentary about Pres. Obama slow jamming the news and interacting with college kids yesterday and today. He said that Romney makes Pres. Obama look like he’s running against Goldfinger.
I don’t know what show you were watching but let’s not ascribe negative stuff to Matthews especially when he was being very positive.
He may have been complimentary—later!—-about Obama relating to young people. But I wasn’t lying. Watch the rerun—-he says “I don’t know” after showing the slow jam clip. Truth.
You are right. He did say “I don’t know” after showing the clip.
“RUNNING AGAINST GOLDFINGER”! BRWAWAWAAA..THAT’S PRETTY DAMN ACCURATE.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-25/fed-officials-reduce-2012-unemployment-forecast-to-7-8-to-8-.html
Fed Officials Reduce 2012 Unemployment Forecast to 7.8% to 8%
Officials forecast the unemployment rate would average 7.8 percent to 8 percent in the final three months of this year versus a forecast of 8.2 percent to 8.5 percent in January, according to central tendency estimates. The new forecasts are still far above policy makers’ estimates for full employment, which range from 4.9 percent to 6 percent.
Unemployment is forecast at 7.3 percent to 7.7 percent next year and 6.7 percent to 7.4 percent in 2014. The gradual return of the jobless rate to a level Fed officials view as being in line with full employment may explain why the Federal Open Market Committee today restated its plan to pursue a zero- interest-rate policy for another two-and-a-half years.
I notice Ann Romney keeps primping her hair in public, especially when the cameras are flashing, confirming my impression of her—–all surface, no substance.
You’re right, dotster3 – if she had any substance, she would have “hired” somebody to primp that hair for her. Or, better yet, drive her home out of public view.
Ann Robme will take her husband down by acting like a prima donna. When Carli Fiorina made fun of Barbara Boxer’s hair style calling it “sooooo yesterday” in an open mike, she was portrayed as the snob that she was and she lost the CA senate race.
Are you smarter than a middle schooler?
Test your knowledge with these ten scientific questions-
http://energy.gov/articles/are-you-smarter-middle-schooler
Crap. Well THAT’S not good:) If I studied before this, I would have done MUCH better!
I only got seven. Time to go back to School.
I guessed on a couple and got it right!
And the Math problems screwed me!
I got 4/10 right. Thanks…?
I watched the science competition last year where Mrs. Obama was officiating – those kids are way too smart! I think I got one answer right last year, so I feel pretty good about myself! (so there!) :;
I suck at math!
I’m pretty good at math, but the tide stuff threw me, and the honey question – what?
I think i will just go for the Pass/Fail….
Preens self & shows off! I only missed one! Fun share, Jovie thanks.
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/908789/house_republicans_would_rather_kick_280%2C000_low-income_kids_off_free_lunch_program_than_raise_millionaires%27_taxes/
Yeah. They care.
Now, let me see, what do I like the most about the images? The beauty and innocence on the faces of the students and the little children? The bored look in the candid shot, where the President is apparently waiting for the drone of somebody else’s idea to STOP? Or maybe the good news that there are no cookies from 7-Eleven in front of him at the student roundtable?
No, I think it’s the kick I get thinking of some futuristic extraterrestrial being who finds a time capsule from 2012 with photographs in it, and wonders why all earthlings hold their arms above their heads when they see their “leader,” clasping and clicking little boxes in their hands.
I laughed out loud at your final conclusion! I think you’re right, though… I always wonder what the President thinks when he just sees a sea of cameras flashing at him. It’s awesome, though. I’m surprised those right wingers aren’t just as upset over those portable cameras as they are over teleprompters!
I agree. He might be secretly reading texts. Oh, no! Not technology, AGAIN!
The trap Democrats are laying for Mitt Romney
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Dems are currently pushing votes on no less than three major issues, all of which are designed to force Romney to make difficult choices.
First up: The student loan rate extension. Romney has already committed to Barack Obama’s position on this one, but House Republicans are reluctant to go along.
Next: The Violence Against Women Act, where Republicans in Congress have objected to reauthorization if modest Democratic changes are included.
And after that, the Senate will be taking up the “Paycheck Fairness” bill, which covers discrimination against equal pay for women.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/the-trap-democrats-are-laying-for-mitt-romney/2012/04/24/gIQA6xzXeT_blog.html
(h/t Randi Rhodes)
Chris Matthews was hilarious today. He was very complimentary of PBO slow jamming the news and interacting with college students yesterday and today. He almost choked on laughter imagining Romney trying to pull off what PBO accomplished with young voters.
He said Romney makes Pres. Obama look like he’s running against Goldfinger. 😆
F Chris. Tomorrow he’ll be back with his sarcasm and his pontificationing. Is that a word? If not I just made one up. Sarah Moose does, why can’t I?
What a stupid PR slogan for Willard to use. A Better America Begins Tonight. What’s it going to be tomorrow? A Better America Began Last Night?
Freakin’ idiot.
Love Tim Geithner.
That was perfect pitch!
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/nasty-taint-rachel-maddow-probes-mitt-romney-relationship-with-on-demand-porn/
Moral pollution. Not the porn. Mitt!
THE GOP WAR ON SEX (It’s come to this. Now Hugh Hefner is getting into the act.)
Hugh Hefner warns of GOP ‘war on sex’
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Hugh Hefner in an editorial for the May issue of Playboy magazine slammed the GOP presidential field as “repressed conservatives” who are “pounding on America’s bedroom door.”
Hefner warned readers of his empire’s flagship magazine that members of the Republican Party are waging a “war on sex.”
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“If these zealots have their way, our hard-won sexual liberation — women’s rights, reproductive rights and rights to privacy — lie in peril,” Hefner wrote.
“We won’t let that happen,” he continued. “Welcome to the new sexual revolution.”
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/223383-hugh-hefner-warns-playboy-readers-of-gop-war-on-sex
Maybe Mr. Hefner would like to pony up some donations to PBO’s campaign…or he COULD find himself doing things that the “puritanical right” deems bad!
Even more clarification
http://elections.americablog.com/2011/01/marriotts-106-million-dollar-favor-for.html
As with his undocumented gardners, MItt can’t appear to be making big bucks off PORN! He’s running for President for crying out loud!
Fantastic ”let me finish” segment from Chris Matthews…..Mr. Tourette, you never what he’s going to come up with but when it’s good, it’s good.
Success! Romney only associate success with money, doesn’t matter how you made/make your money, what you did or do with it. If you’re rich, you’re a success…..I have a real problem with that definition.
WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama pitching legislative proposals at campaign-style events, almost exclusively in swing states important in November’s presidential election, Republican groans have become notably louder, complaining he’s using taxpayer funds to pitch his re-election.
The Republican National Committee on Wednesday turned the groans into action, filing a complaint with the Government Accountability Office requesting a “formal inquiry into whether this pattern constitutes fraud.”
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/republican-national-committee-files-complaint-over
This is also on HuffPuff and guess who Sam Stein is quoting over there ?
CBS’s Mark Knoller, who keeps detailed notes on Obama’s travels, recently told The New York Times that since the president filed for re-election, he’s taken 60 domestic trips and 26 of them involved fundraisers.
According to Knoller, Obama has visited Ohio 20 times, Florida 16 times, Pennsylvania 15 times, Michigan 11 times, and North Carolina 10 times. Those are all swing states. In addition, Obama has visited New York 23 times and California 10 times -– each, ostensibly, to raise campaign funds.
Knoller is like a creepy stalker.
The jackals have been asking questions on the visits to battleground states for some time now. It was obviously as a result of complaints from the Republican Party. The obvious implication being there is something nefarious going on. So I can’t say that I am surprised about the GOP filing a complaint. On April 19, 2012 Jake Tapper went to the well again with more questions and Jay Carney’s responses were great.
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Q I have one other question. We’ve talked about this before in this room, about the President’s trips to battleground states in which he has an event and then he has a fundraiser. And I know you’ve talked more recently when Ann asked you about how the language in these different official versus campaign events are often quite similar. What is your message to taxpayers when they see the President flying on Air Force One, doing one official event, one campaign event, flying back, knowing that in a lot of ways, taxpayers are paying for the President to campaign?
MR. CARNEY: Well, they’re not, first of all, because as in other administrations, including our immediate predecessors, as you know, we follow all the rules and regulations to ensure that the DNC or other relevant political committee pays what is required for the President or First Lady to travel to political events. And this — we go absolutely by the book with regard to the payments according to — depending on which events are campaign or political and which are official.
The suggestion that there is something wrong with the fact that the President says the same thing about what his vision is and what his policies are and what his beliefs are in front of official audiences, non-political audiences as he does in front of audiences who are his supporters I think is kind of ridiculous. In fact, I think it is a testament to his absolute constancy and consistency that he — this goes back to Ann’s question — that, yes, when he stands before supporters who are donating to his campaign, who may be wealthy, and says, it is only appropriate that the wealthiest among us do our fair share so that everybody gets a fair shot — that’s the same message he has when he’s talking about the need to pass the Buffett Rule in the Senate. Totally — I think that’s absolutely the way it should be.
And again, with regards to the way every President who’s been running for reelection in our lifetimes deals with these matters, it is by the book, very carefully done and appropriately done. And as you know, Jake, the President is the President 24 hours a day and seven days a week, and he has to fly on Air Force One. He has to have security and communication. There are elements of his job that are always with him, regardless of whether he’s in a campaign event or an official event. And costs are apportioned accordingly.
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There’s more at the link below…..
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/04/19/press-briefing-press-secretary-jay-carney-41912
I still don’t get what that idiot what saying….”There was a time when we were Americans”. So, since President Obama is in office, you guys don’t feel Americans?
It doesn’t even make sense.
It’s code—–there was a time when our presidents were white Americans—–and there weren’t so many brown people here. It’s a continuation of the tea party cry of “I want my country back”.
They can have it back on January 20 2012. Hopefully another Democratic President will win. A gay man or a gay woman, brown or Black non christian and just as smart as our current President. Not going to happen. We can dream though. Be good to see the old white men burst a vein.
Oh sweet tiny baby Jesus….Romney is having a roundtable with seniors at college in Ohio. Can’t wait to compare and contrast those pics with these. —————————And this is the reason the Repubs will lose this year and in the coming years.
Exactly LOL–This is why I am glad that Romney is stalking PBO and going everywhere he goes. It makes it so easy to contrast the difference. One man loves the people as much as they love him and it shows. He draws huge crowds. The other man is just weird. After he speaks people shake their heads in wonder (wondering what the hell he meant). His audience is so white you can’t use a flash when taking their picture and so old that Lawrence Welk (if he were still living) would be the only band that could perform Mitt’s Slow Jam news. Truly pathetic.
That was fast. I want to see the pictures too.
And here they come: Fox News poll Obama, Romney tied at 46—— Fox, The last bastion of real American apple pie journalism, the network who decides where to place countries on maps (FCUK Wikepedia), the Peabody of inserting quotes into Democrats’ mouth, the esteemed panel of nitwits, braindeads,and Sarah Palin…
From Faux News Poll: Meanwhile, being a working mom is seen as tougher than being a stay-at-home mom by 49-29 percent. And being a stay-at-home mom is seen as a tougher job than being a political strategist by 60-25 percent.
* That sound you just heard, was Ann (and Mitt) Romney clutching their pearls. *
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/04/25/dontdoublemyrate/
Yes…that is the little tyke named Barack.
I remembered the picture from BWD’s masterful posts at DKos.
Wow. The kid is growing up and still looks just handsome.
woof. what a crowd. Amazing pics.