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I really don’t know how PBO and the Dems will pull off this election.
They will, they really will,
LL I don’t know either. The enthusiasm just isn’t there. It seems like a chore for these people to be at the rally. š š
Yeah. Can’t you see they’re being forced to chant 4 More Years and do the wave?
I feel their pain. Must suck to be them.
Yep, with all those empty seats. Can’t imagine.
But Jake Taper keep saying PBO crowds are smaller really? what a fricking crip jake is, make nom mistake
from now on the MSM will be playing with our mines manipulating all the polls, so let’s be reary to call them on
their BS.
Fahsal-Quse A Sinior Leader of Al-QAIDA was killed in Yamen if true thia will be another VICTORY for PBO
let’s see what Mitt Romney and the MSM are going to say. They will probably will accused PBO of playing
or SPIKING THE BALL for political reasons LOL so hard.
Mel, Tell Tapper to go fine out why Mitt Romney refuse to release his tax returns. What is he hiding?
Maybe a great journalists like Jake Tapper could fine that out. Let me correct myself, maybe a piece of crap journalists like Jake Tapper could fine that out.
2nd!
Cute
OMG Chips I IUST posted this on the last thread. Great minds š
That is completely spooky Collegekay, I didn’t see your post at all, have been looking for videos on YouTube and spotted this one. As I suspected, we’re twins š
Chips, this one is fierce!!!
#PRESSON
Genius.
OMG, I just noticed Snark Knoller’s over sized baseball cap. Hollering……….
Snarky! š
AAAAH YES…WILLARD IS GOING TO GO AND PARTY IN KKK LAND!
Hey, Chips … Everyone … please RT this !!!
#PRESSON
Ok, can I just say that Rickie Fowlers moustache is porntacular?
Yes. Who is Rickie Fowlers?
A very young golfer with an unfortunate moustache.
LL, please tell me the moustache is a charity thing???
He’s definitely moonlighting.
Sadly, I don’t believe so. He’s in his twenties. Younguns in their 20s do the damnedest things with their facial hair.
And their clothes….
Is that a paunch I see on this ‘young’ athlete?
This is a very old photo of Ricky Fowler. He is awesome really, and I don’t even like golf. But, he is what they call The Natural, never had a golf lesson in his life, just won the US Open, remember all the fuss about Atlanta not letting women golf? It was during that nonsense. Anyway, he is a new dad, with a tiny little son. He called nis eife right away. His mother came out onto the course after his winning stroke, and hugged him. He cried like a baby in her arms, it was adorable. He has grown up a lot since this photo, but he has been considered the one to watch for the past several years. I felt really happy for him, and we watched him being awarded his Green Jacket, he was humble and sincere.
Hiya Pamela, are you confusing Fowler with Bubba Watson, the Masters winner?
Uh, oh, *sheepishly* oh, dear, yes. I admit, I am a dunce. Does this mean I have to become a republican? š¦
Pamela, as someone who takes only a marginal interest in golf, I confess: I can barely tell Fowler and Watson apart. So, if you’re a Republican so am I. š
Sure. Just insist \what you said was true despite the facts. Who knows; you might even get invited on the Sunday shows to repeat it over and over.
love the video
Lucky lady:
How can she talk/stand/breathe after that?
WoW!!
How lucky can she be ” good for her congrats!!!!!
Wow! A hug from FLOTUS and POTUS . Wow! Wow! Wow!
I don’t know, I think that’s kind of rude. When PBO hugged me, you better believe I gave him my FULL attention!!
She wasn’t rude, I’m glad to see she wasn’t grabbing all over the President.
Man, I wouldn’t have time to speaking into a camera. F that. I’d be savoring every moment of it.
She missed the whole amazing experiance, being much more focused on the camera than on getting a f*****g kiss from Barack Obama!
This was darn cute. What a spirit. And as I’ve not yet seen FLOTUS in person, and her husband only from a distance, this close up shot really shows how beautiful physically they are. Wow !! They really are gorgeous.
OMG…..That place is only 99.968% full. Did you see that empty chair five rows from the right side of the stage? Also, they could have easily had people hanging off the lights. Gosh, I’m not sure how the President will compete with Romney. The President is surely doomed. š š š
That person was probably in the bathroom. LOL
Or perhaps so fed up with the President, the person decided to go to the Romney rally- thereby doubling the audience š š š
LOL, LOL. I don’t like crowds so I decided to go to the Romney Rally!
Ouch!!!!!!!!! š
BOOM!!!!!
RIGHT THERE!!
ROFL!
stolen for tweet, pamela.
I think I’m in love with……Snark!
I just discovered Snark on Twitter last night and I stayed up until 6am reading his tweets ROFLMAO. I am NOT kidding! He will get me thru this election year until Obama is reelected
LOL I love it!
I was there in Richmond. It was packed, the energy infectious. Nearly went through the tv screen this morning to smack both David Gregory and Jake Tapper.
Lucky you !! But don’t break your tv. The creeps aren’t worth it. š Can’t wait till they get to Pennsylvania.
Big party at the Bastille …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/slideshow/ALeqM5iVh52bLd34ONgw9H3NyCVsgY6x1Q?docId=CNG.7ddda2e7b0f6544c2a7ca270f8e803ca.9d1&index=1
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iVh52bLd34ONgw9H3NyCVsgY6x1Q?docId=CNG.7ddda2e7b0f6544c2a7ca270f8e803ca.9d1
#PRESSON
that’s sorta cool. storming of the Bastille – literally š
So, looking at TPM’s Polltracker, and every pollster besides Rassie has the Dems leading the GOP in the Congressional ballot. Why isn’t Rasmussen treated like an outlier?
Just so they know, we know ….
#AmericaThisIsNotATest
#PRESSON
Hahahaha…..the question is can he even fill a quarter of the 460 seat auditorium? Need I remind him of Ford Field?
LOL! And the bigger question is will UpChuck Toad and Jake Yapper exercise their journalistic skills counting the empty seats and tweeting/ reporting on them?
The Romney camp, Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers will bus 400 of those in. Including Chuckie Todd and his family.
It sure seems like Rubio is going to be the VP candidate. Romney is not the only etch-a-sketch Repub. Miami Herald did an interview, saying Rubio is in process of rebranding himself——from rt. wing Cuban American politician to center right Hispanic American politician, has auto biography coming out, another biography said to be mostly complimentary. Danced around Romney’s harsh immigration policies, plans to work to get his version of Dream Act passed. There would be plenty of character issues which would arise—-problem with the truth—that again—-and a history of all kinds of financial shiftiness—–living off of campaign contributions, using the Repub Party credit card for personal use, has sleazy friends who are under investigation by FBI and IRS, as he was at one time.
Rubio will overshadow Romney…which is why Romney won’t pick him.
I don’t know .. Sarah overshadowed McCain .. that was the whole point … McCain by himself could not excite the base. He had formerly been seen as a centrist … he was even popular with some Democrats. He needed someone more “right wing” than himself: enter the Right Wing, Ultra Conservative, Pro-Life, very religious, etc. (all lies, may I say) but she excited the base!
mittbot’s uber-bidnessman self would not allow anyone to outshine.
LOL, name someone who won’t overshadow Mitt Romney. A Zombie maybe, and if it’s one of the Zombie from “Thriller” , even it would over shadow that boring ass lying Mitt Romney.
I want Todd and Tapper to count how many lies Mitt Romney tells.
Rob Portman—-the blandest man alive. He makes Willard as interesting as RuPaul.
Here is a comment I saw on another site this morning when they were talking about Rubio
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For those that don’t know, I’m from Palm Beach County, Florida. I live in a very diverse apartment building which includes many Cubanos originally from Miami after their emigration. They do not trust Rubio and hope to vote him out along with Rick Scott when they are up for re-election. The mention of Jeb’s name brings laughter. Just so you know…
Everyone seems to think Rubio has such promise and that he’s going to be the first Latino president. Please. All the hype surrounding Rubio reminds me of the way they used to talk about that other crooked sleaze ball, Harold Ford. Rubio is a corporate and cultural sellout who is not connected to his people. He’s just like Harold. The establishment and msm love him and declare him special, not the people. There’s a Latino Barack Obama out there right now who’s name most of us don’t know.
Like Harold Ford, Rubio will be forgotten in a few years. He going to lose reelection and then will go work on Wall St. or at some repug think tank. The man is a joke. And a liar, to boot.
So, the Celtics game is about to come on… and Mitt Romney is there. Is he trying to appeal to NBA fans now? Ugh, I hate this guy.
He’s trying to be like POTUS. By attending sporting events.
Does Mitt likes players? or just team owners? my guest is the most of the NBA players will support PBO
just guessing.
Britt, one word YES.
Remember the have a bite with Mitt.
At some point even the most dense among voters are going to realize that Romney is simply trying to copy everything PBO does – and doing a piss-poor job at imitation. When will Willard learn?!?!?
I’m guessing he must know the owner:)
He might be one of the owners! š
He just might:)
Dee Eee Aaa Dee
Snark, Snark! don’t be so mean!!!
I laughed so hard, I almost peed on myself!!!!
i’m not a religious person, but had the good fortune of seeing shirley caesar in concert several years ago and will never forget that night. i hope this isn’t sacrilegious since i know that’s not who she is referring to, but this clip of shirley makes me think of PBO (not to mention the unbelievable talent of shirley!):
I love, love Ms. Caesar!!
I love to hear Shirley Caesar sing, she is great. She just don’t sing, she tells a story.
oh does she ever! one of the best performers ever, in my opinion. for all the mothers here.
Is Anyone Looking at Congress?
The US Congress has been in session approximately 45 days in four months. We have three equal branches of government. The Congress is the primary third of our government structure. Congress was granted the most power in our Constitution.
So what do they do? They work 3 days on and 4 days off. They take a week off for every holiday and when they are in Washington, what do they do? Stand in front of television cameras and blame the President for everything that is wrong in the country. We the people pay each of these people $165,000 per year (565 of them) to do what? Govern. When are we going to see them govern?
It is extremely unfair to blame all the nationās ills on the President when the Congress doesnāt do their job. Without the Congress, nothing can get done. The President is constantly criticized for taking two vacations per year with his family, or taking his family with him when he has overseas business or for golfing on the weekend. The President apparently is not allowed any downtime but it is ok for the Congress to work part-time.
When are Americans going to wake up and see this for what it is. We have a do nothing Congress who is squandering their responsibilities to the people of this country. I suggest we throw the bums out and start over. We need people who are dedicated to doing the peoplesā business and working together and with the president to move this country forwar. We should not continue to reward the do nothings by re-electing them. Our country is at a critical juncture where actions need to be taken. We all need to be aware of who our House Representatives and Senators are and what they stand for. Being in Texas I feel we are a lost cause when I see who the people have sent to Congress to represent us. I hold out hope that other states can do better with their choices. Texas for now appears to be a lost cause. The electorate here seems to have lost their way and I donāt see how we change that in the near future.
Those of us who stand with the President and believe that he can move this country forward should also give him some help by sending the right people to congress. The president cannot do it alone.
Outstanding Joy …. gave you a little shout-out on Twitter …
Will be informing a few more …
#PRESSON
Plus, this is also why they hated Nancy Smash so much. SHE MADE ‘EM WORK!!! š š
GOP OBSTRUCTED JOB CREATION AND NOW THEY BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR SLOW RECOVERY
Robert Gibbs: Romney’s Slogan Is Obama ‘Didnāt Clean Up Our Mess Fast Enough’
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“I think sometimes you listen to the Romney campaign and they do think a lot people in this country are stupid,” Gibbs told NBC’s David Gregory. “Their message is: You didn’t clean up our mess fast enough.”
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Gibbs added: “His economic ideas are the failed economic ideas that we tried for eight years, tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, and letting Wall Street going back to writing the rules all over again. That is the policies that got us into this mess.”
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http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/robert-gibbs-romneys-slogan-obama-didn-t-cle
This have been the Republicans plan all along. And my hope was that Americans would be to smart to fall for the Republicans crap once again. President Obama can’t do it all by himself, if he could then he wouldn’t need Congress to pass him jobs bill.
He could sign bills into law himself and start putting people back to work.
Those of us who stand with the President and believe that he can move this country forward should also give him some help by sending the right people to congress. The president cannot do it alone.
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THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Snark Golden Knoller.
Gotta love Snark Knoller. We need a Snark Todd too.
I’m gonna stop clicking on Snark till after I void my bladder!
Eh, ‘he’ is a right mood tonight GGail:
What was it that Giuliani said a few years ago….Obama would be weak on defense.
Just a partial list…
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi,
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden,
Al Qaedaās chief of Pakistan operations, Abu Hafs al-Shahri,
Al Qaeda’s deputy leader āAtiyah āAbd al-Rahman,
Al Qaeda Commander Ilyas Kashmiri,
AQAP senior operative Ammar al-Waāili,
AQAP Senior Operative Abu Ali al-Harithi,
AQAP Senior Operative Ali Saleh Farhan,
AQEA Senior Leader Harun Fazul,
Tehrik e-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mahsud,
Jemayah Islamiya operational planner Noordin Muhammad Top,
AQEA planner Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan,
Al Qaeda operational commander Saleh al-Somali,
Al Qaeda operational commander āAbdallah Saāid,
Haqqani network commander Muhammad Haqqani,
Lashkar-e Jhangvileader Qari Zafar,
Al Qaeda operative Hussein al-Yemeni,
Jemayah Islamiya Operative Dulmatin,
Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri,
Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Omar Al-Baghdahi,
al Qaedaās number three commander, Sheik Saeed al-Masri,
al Qaeda commander Hamza al-Jawfi,
Senior al Qaeda leader in Yemen, Fahd al-Quso.
But, But PBO is spiking the ball LOW!!! please send this list to all the MSM so they know that
we are NOT stupid and we know who is doing the job to protect our Country.
Deaniac has a good little something at TPV….
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2012/05/tpvideocast-mitt-romney-as-stalker-in.html
This is all I’m saying about this….
http://www.politicususa.com/obama-empty-arena-ohio.html
You could have added, “Mitt Romney couldnāt draw a crowd with an Etch A Sketch.” Jason Easley from your cited article, DesertFlower. Priceless!
Axelrod was excellent and Jake was ful of SHIT can somedy please send The Vidio of GWB an the aircraft carrier
saying Mission Accomplish what a crip and full os CACA jake is.And by the way Jake Should be asking Mitt what
is Mitt’s vision for the country? all Mitt hass negative adds .
AT THE ROOT OF EVERY QUESTION question from the White House Press Corps (aka the jackals) or the mainstream media stenographers is some Republican Party complaint or criticism of President Obama. The feckless media is incapable of formulating legitimate questions on their own. Parroting the Republican Party meme is just standard operating procedure.
I am so tweeting your first sentence.
Happiness here. The Candidate I support for the WA-01 just got the sole endorsement of the Washington State Labor Council. YAY!
I was so fortunate in 2008 to have been able to attend a rally here in Oregon in the Primary. Then in 2009 to go to DC to attend the Inauguration. These posts are so great as it fires me up, but makes me sad that I will not be able to attend any rallies or the Inauguration this next time around. You better bet I will be watching everything I possibly can though on this blog and elsewhere and live vicariously through what I see remembering all the highs I experienced in ’08 and ’09. Knee surgery plus four more years and my daughter not living in DC now makes reliving my prior experience not possible. I will never forget the experience though and feel so fortunate to have had it. I will work my tail off to get PBO re-elected as well as turn our Congress blue and keep our Senate blue.
Evening TOD
First, thanks Chipsticks for posting all those great pics of President Obama and the First Lady *sigh*
I had the opportunity to watch President Obama’s speech in Richmond yesterday…and all can say is WOWWWWW!!,
full disclosure here LOL, I am huge Churchill fan, Pierre Trudeau fan, a lover of political history and speeches…and have seen President Bill Clinton speak in person in Toronto a couple of years ago…but by far I think President Obama is in a league of his own when it comes to giving speeches.
I found myself crying while watching his speech before the Richmond audience yesterday, and I live Canada LOL. And its because I was just in awe by his brilliance, guts and integrity…LoL, so when I saw CNN’s Jessica Yellin give her first report starting with crowd size(she looked down on the ground when she mention crowded size too,lol), my first thought was WOW that is your analysis; how dumb? followed by pity, because what else is she going to talk about? Afterall it must be surreal for her too to see a President in her lifetime with conviction; a President,talking about wanting equal opportunities for women in the workplace and women controlling their own healthcare…instead of covering and listening to Presidential candidates talking about “trees being the right height”
President Obama is a once in a lifetime Leader, and America you are bless to have him and the First Lady.
Thanks TOD for allowing this fan to keep posting here.
Andrea
Hahahaha….Josh Marshall is being called out on Twitter and he’s getting defensive. Hahaha.
But UpChuckTodd will say it’s a “toss up”
Even more defensiveness when being called out. š
These definitely need some RTs …. Jeff is kicking Josh’s butt …
And then he nails him …
#PRESSON
Chuckle … and I’m sure they’ll be serving outstanding ‘French Fries’ at the WH for the visit š
https://twitter.com/#!/NickRobertson13/status/199285440073834496
#PRESSON
President Barack Obama has called Franceās new president-elect to congratulate him on winning Sundayās election.
The White House says Obama told Francois Hollande that he looks forward to working with him on a range of shared economic and security challenges.
Obama invited Hollande to visit the White House before this monthās G-8 summit at Camp David, Md. Hollande is also expected to attend the NATO summit in Chicago later this month.
Hollande, a Socialist, defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy to win Franceās presidency. Hollande promised help for Franceās downtrodden after years under Sarkozy, a man many voters saw as too friendly with the rich and blamed for Franceās economic troubles.
Hollande inherits an economy thatās a driver of the European Union but is deep in debt.
Boston.com-
https://twitter.com/#!/SarcasticRylie/status/199296248862343168
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I’m calling out Josh Marshall too… I think we all should – let’s see him either refute our FACTS or cop out and block us like Fake Yapper.
https://twitter.com/?tw_e=screenname&tw_i=199271642239741953&tw_p=tweetembed#!/aspirational12/status/199293344545902593
š FAKE YAPPER! I LOVE that!!!
JO just responded to Josh Marshall with facts. Hahaha
Excellent!!! Let’s see him try to spin this…
Josh is really feeling the heat. Hahaha
I was chatting with my daughter who is in France this evening. She said in the first round of voting the turn-out was more like 85%! She also said that Sarkozy gave a very gracious concession speech. This is what she had to say: “even the tv commentators — even the officials of Sarkozy’s own party — were surprised at how collected and respectful and gracious his concession speech was. At one point, his supporters booed when he said something about Hollande winning (something neutral) and he responded by saying, basically — look, he may not think the same things we do, but he loves the country, and the office he’s going to hold deserves all our respect and support. I think Sarkozy actually said at one point (in response to the booing of Hollande) that he would hope that his supporters would show europe an example of a united France supporting its government, not a France split by partisan squabbles” And Sarkozy pretty much saying what he thinks and not holding back.
Then the speech Hollande gave was good too. Again, my daughter: “and then Hollande, when HIS supporters booed a mention of Sarkozy during the victory speech he basically said — the guy had a really hard job, and he did what he thought was right, and he deserves our respect. So, on both sides, very very gracious”
Maybe they have learned from what they see going on over here. Both seem to genuinely want to move France forward and act for the good of the country.
BRACKETING BY MITTFLOP:
This would be a truly humiliating job Mitt assigns these poor soles to do. From http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obama-launches-2nd-term-bid-at-boisterous-va-rally-calls-romney-rubber-stamp-of-house-gop/2012/05/05/gIQAUgLU4T_story.html
Sitting quietly on the bottom row of bleachers at Obamaās rally was regional Romney campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg and Pete Snyder, director of the Republican coordinated campaign. Henneberg dismissed the standing-room-only crowd as being comprised in party by āpeople who just want to see a president.ā
āWe were hoping to hear him take responsibility for his failed record,ā Henneberg said.
Instead, she listened to Obama flay Romney in a 36-minute speech, and an audience that delighted in every word.
Yes, because that’s what politicians running for reelection do – they emphasize their ‘failed’ record. Hah!
I bet you Ms. Henneberg will never admit it, but when the crowd was shouting 4 more years, she join in with the crowd. Now don’t ever tell Mitt about that. It’s her little secret.
Oh so his blog is no longer progressive. He’s now following the Koch $$$$ to right-wing dishonesty….
Thanks, TOD Family, for all the very kind words on my post re: my attendance at the Richmond Rally. I’m happy you were happy
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I was there shouting 4! More! Years! and it was wonderful. Got my hardcopy of the Richmond Times Dispatch with the First Couple on the cover to add to my colllection. All is well.
Obama/Biden 2012!
I read it about 20 times PJ, it was pure joy – you brought it all to life for us. Thank you SO much again. Fired up?
♥ ♥ ♥ *~*~*~*READY TO GOOOOOOOO*~*~*~* ♥ ♥ ♥
FORWARD! ———–>
That’s my girl š
Charles did that?!?!?!? OMG, I need to see a clip! Charles never minces words. LMAO.
https://twitter.com/#!/EdEspinoza/status/199272880926765057
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So now mittbot is suddenly “into” basketball ? What a phony phucker. Let’s ask him about his ‘bracket’.
Romney is trying to show he’s the all American guy that people can relate too. But he’s still a liar.
He tries to do everything Obama does. Etch doesn’t seem to be able to form his own ideas or personality – he just wants to follow what someone else is saying or doing. That’s not a leader.
AWESOME SAUCE!!! I bet you a ginormous hug, PBO was watching tonight and laughing his cutie patootie off!!
I love him…he says says it like he sees it:)
SERIOUSLY?!!! How awesome is that?! Wow. so cool, so true! š
Did TNT really need to show a close up of Willard Shitt Romney. š
Aside from the team owners, does the Willdud know anything about basketball? Scratch that, does he know anything about any sport?
No, he doesn’t but attending basketball games is part of his field work (practicum) for his Obama 101 course.
it’s such a sad thing on the first day of practicum when you can easily tell which students are gonna make the cut, and which students just don’t have it in them. I foresee the Willbot getting a big fat # FAIL, at the end of this election. Some people have it, some people don’t.
As the Willbot would say to a bunch of disadvantaged people:
{{shrug}} “C’est la vie. Now get outta the way and be sure not to scratch Ann’s Cadillac!”
Both Willard and Miss Ann are badly flunking their Obama 101 and Michelle 101 courses respectively.
I could reply with: “such a shame, they had such potential,” but I just can’t make myself lie to you, Hope. It’s physically impossible.
You’re being very unfair Lisa:
Hahahahahahaha!! š ho hum! Well, I’ve been roundly put in my place! Who knew the Willbot could play like PBO, and in PBO’s clothes and shoes none the less, like that pic of PBO playing on a basketball court like the one the Willbot’s is on… Boy, for a “failed presidency,” the Willbot’s is certainly trying extra hard to be like PBO. š
ROTFLMAO!!!!! Chips you are too much! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I am so tweeting this š š š
At this point I RT snark without even looking at the photos. Snark is awesome.
Multiple Choice Test: Pick the correct answer
A. Snark=Chips
B. Snark=BWD
C. Snark=hopefruit2
D. Snark=President Obama
E. Snark = Willard
Just by the process of elimination..I can tell you that the correct answer cannot be C, D or E.
š Weepin’!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/#!/SnarkKnoller/status/199313066654048256
I’ll take A for 100 Alex. š
Congratulations – you’ve won the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions! Unfortunately, this is bad news for Obama!
I say A or D, heavy on choice A. But I don’t want Snark unmasked, there’s something very fun and exciting about his aura of mystique and his tweets are nothing to sneeze at! š
Hahahahahahahahahahhahhahahahahahahaha!! š I feel so bad about laughing, but I just can’t stoooooop!! Hahahahahahaha!! š š
I feel bad about the dog, not the fact that Mzz Ann looks like she’s sitting on a hot poker.
I wish it were me. I really do. Snark is brilliant.
But BWD, his reporting is less than honest, don’t you think?
Ii don’t see it this way. I find Snark to be a bright light in a sea a bad journalism.
Sure they know about sports. They own dancing horses. It is an elite sport of dancing horses, known as dressage,
One big take away from hollande win. About half the voters are still stupid enough to vote for slitting their own wrists.
True amk, my joy was actually tempered by a WHAT THE **** reaction to Sarkozy getting as close as he did, never mind the number of votes the Le Pen creature picked up in the first round. But screw it, Hollande won, happy days:
Damn it, it could have been Grant Park!
Pouring lots of salt on the wound that is the #NEWSTAINERS reality with #FlippnMitt …
https://twitter.com/#!/Our4thEstate/status/199301476135346177
#PRESSON
Just can’t wait for paultards completely ruining the mittbot’s coronation.
Oh shit, Charles ****ed up:
Oh, noooooooo. I can’t watch. I just can’t. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!?! Why Charles?
Seriously stupid. He’s going to pay for this, big time – and he should, too.
Hey Chips, just found this:
UPDATE: After listening to the clip several more times, it also could very well be Kenny Smith saying, “C’mon man, he’s dressed like a fan, same thing as puttin’ on paint.” It’s too close to call, so it looks like we’ll just move on.
http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2012-articles/may/charles-barkley-uses-a-pretty-unfortunate-word-to-describe-this-celtics-fan.html
I seriously hope he didn’t use that word, he’s a grown man who seems to have common sense. He should know better.
Oh Lisa, I’d give anything for him to have said “fan”, but I’m not convinced. And does “fan” make any sense in that context??
Ugh! It’s one thing to be outspoken and funny and another to completely lose sight of where you are and who you are and say something so offensive. I want to see how his bosses are gonna handle this. I foresee an apology and a huge fine. {{shaking my head}}
It does :-). Think painted football fans. Barkley is a big advocate of gay marriage, he has been called a “gay rights hero” – he is no bigot. Just saying…
Sir Charles has greatly evolved from the time he was a GOPer. I do remember him coming out on several occasions being very pro-gay.
I just listened to it. You guys are so off, it’s funny! I watch Charles and Kenny “the Jet” Smith (his sidekick) regularly during the playoffs, so I can tell you that, first, it’s not Charles who actually says the sentence in question, it’s Kenny. Kenny is riffing off of Charles, who says (paraphrasing), “don’t have kids, man…you look like a damn idiot!” He’s talking about the guy in full pimp regalia. Kenny sticks up for the pimp by saying, “he’s dressed like a fan.” Meaning, leave him alone, he’s just dressed up for the game, he’s just being a fan. FAN, not FAG! LMAO.
It’s just give and take between these guys at the pimp/fan’s expense. š š š
I’m almost certain that it is Kenny repeating “he’s dressed like a fan”. That was not Charles’ voice. Kenny said “he’s dressed like a fan” twice, you mistook his voice for Charles’.
Exactly. I blame it on whoever uploaded the video to YouTube in the first place. Got Chips all verklempt! š
I heard “that” not “fag” but I could be wrong.
Hahaahahahhhaahaha…..Truth hurts.
These two are hilarious! š
https://twitter.com/EdEspinoza/statuses/199272880926765057
Someone on my feed tweeted a pic of Mittbot from instagram. All the comments are like “Fuck Romney.” LOL
He needs to stay away from the NBA and keep going to his Kentucky Derbys
He looks very uptight and uncomfortable. He is not and will never be a President Barack Obama. By the way I have been watching the game, and I only saw them show him once. He wore an uncomfortable smile. He is the one engaging in the “politics of envy,” because obviously he envies President Obama’s swagger.
Wonder when was the last time he went to a basketball game.
Bet they didn’t ask Etchy for a basketball commentary during half-time, did they?
He has “rich” friends who own basketball teams….
Well, Charles got the “goin’ down” part right but romeny is not a nice guy. He’s freaking evil personified.
Good one Talz!! And so true.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SLAM!
Seems as though the C.I.A just sent one of the leaders of the 2000 USS Cole bombing to keep Osama bin Laden company.
An ABC Blog says that President Obama is running not only against Mitt Romney, but himself from 2008. WTF is wrong with theses idiots?
The blog clearly states that the Romney campaign wants the focus on “empty seats” at campaign events, and guess what; Jake Tapper was all too ready to carry their water questioning Axelrod today about the empty seats. The article goes on to say the President is running against “himself and an anemic recovery.” I have lit them up on twitter. I hate the media. They want this to be a horse race. They are going to do all that they can do to help Mitt Romney. It is quite pathetic. Axelrod nicely pointed out to Tapper that their 14k crowd was more than Mitt has ever had at “any event” at any time while pointing out the overflow crowd at VCU. Tapper didn’t ask about that because it did not fit their lame narrative. I refuse to let these disgusting pundits get away with their lies.
It is just what I was saying yesterday, this “empty seats” meme is a media creation to transfer Mitt’s lack of crowd appeal onto PBO. It is a truly stupid narrative for Mitt/MSM to peddle, because it will only bring unwanted scrutiny to Mitt’s sparsley populated events, but Mitt is desperate and seems to be satisfied waging a “one news cycle at a time” campaign strategy. He and the MSM are content to just throw stupid, random shit against the wall to see if anything “sticks”. This “empty seats” bs maybe the product of Mitt’s meeting with the media last week b/c it is all too coordinated, with MSM running with the nonstory (while conveniently ignoring the overflow crowd at the Virginia rally, as well as the 14,000 who packed the Ohio rally). I refuse to view the world through the anti-Obama lense the MSM/GOP is shoving down our throats.
In 2008 the press was talking about Barack Obama getting huge crowds because he was a celebrity. Also that they wouldn’t vote for him. They covered up McCain not having large crowds by never showing the audience, but you could still tell from how close the people behind him were as compared to Obama. I always thought it was crazy they were so even as the polls said when one had so many more in attendance than the other. The thing is WE cannot become complacent. We need to work hard to get the vote turned out for PBO. All of the voter suppression laws passed will cut many of his votes out as they were intended to do.
Chipsticks, you are a dear to let me down so easy! I feel much better now, sort of… š
GCB on ABC!!
Who is GCB?!?!?
hopefruit2 good question. I don’t know lol
Good Christian Belles. A few of us have been watching it on Sunday nights.— don’t let the title fool you. š — they say they are Christians, but they certainly aren’t good! š
This is a great show! Love it! It’s name was originally “Good Christian B!tch3s”, then “Good Christian Belles”, now just “GCB”
so Mitt Romney at the Celtics game. Could this dude be anymore obvious. This is like Single White Female. Next thing you know Romney gonna be getting a new ātannerā face!
From Charles Barkley mouth to God’s ears.
Rubber Stamp Romney is not a real presidential candidate. He just plays one on tv.
I am so gonna tweet that. š
Swissmitt Square Jeans is a cartoon not fit for children.
The French do know how to party and love to do it. Six years ago my husband and I went to Paris for our 40th anniversary…..the French rugby team was having a bachelor party for their captain where we were eating…..they were singing and drinking and getting ready to eat…singing, singing, singing, one of them came into the restaurant, saw us and sang to us while waving his drink, had me taste it…..it was something cloudy yellow…but he was funny and fun. They partied into the night.
Another time we were in London and the French rugby team came for their match with England…..you can imagine the competition. The French team stayed at our hotel……they partied and sang, and sang and sang. That’s what I think of when I think of French partying….singing! They were singing on that video clip up thread too.
I hope this is a good result election. Wish we could get the high percentage to vote that they do!!! Romney better not talk about his love of France now that they have a socialist president!!!
Carolyn, I loved your story. Thank you for sharing that! They sure do know how to party š (I especially loved your story with Rugby involved lol *hugs*)
hello TOD family š I have amazing news.. guess who my new neighbors (kinda, sorta) are going to be??? Thats right .. a certain POTUS & FLOTUS š
I found a house in Baltimore last week.. and I do believe I have sold my house here in ND tonight. Anyway, I just really wanted to share what may well be very good news for my son & I.. finally š
Woot! That’s quite the move. Congrats!
It is.. but I moved here from Florida and CA.. so actually it’ll be back to city life, which I miss dearly š I’m so excited.. but it is happening very fast.
Fast is good, it usually means the inevitable, the answer to the prayers, badda bing, badda boom!
I’ve been trying to move from here pretty much since I got here 8 yrs ago.. then lots of complications w/ health etc. The fact that I found a house in my price range close to both my adult sons in MD- that I really like, just a few days ago.. and tonight my mom brought her ‘tenant’ over and in the span of an hour offered me what I needed on my house.. its just amazing me right now.. in a very good way.
Lovely timing too, sherijr, with that incredible full moon last night, and PBO and FLOTUS kicking off the campaign season…. You will be at the inauguration! Hey, you can have lots of TODObots staying on your floor in January! They are very fantastic guests, I’m told! š
I know this š If this house pans out.. it will be big enough for several folks.. because I am definitely going to that Inauguration. First thing I’ll be doing is registering to VOTE !!
Congrats Sherijr. Sounds like all the pieces are falling into place. Donnna Dem is in Baltimore too.
thank you Jackie, thats right I forgot Donna lives there, I think there are several TOD members in that area.. hopefully we’ll all meet up at some point š
WooHoo!!! Congrats & sometimes good things do happen real fast. I know you will be happy to be out of ND. Keep us posted & good wishes for the success of all you endeavors.
thank you AQ.. I will . Suddenly I have a lot of packing/ selling/ preparing to do š
It’s Spring, a good time for yard sales. I’m excited for you. I love new beginnings they always get me inspired.
I’m with you… Change is good š I feel very hopeful.
Congratulations. It is time for all good things to happen for you including, of course, the reelection of President Obama!
Yes.. I look forward to doing all I can to get him reelected. and thank you taiping for the congrats. I admit I’m still in a bit of shock š
Wow, Wow, Wow…fantastic!
thanks Tien.. it has really been a ‘wow’ day š
Congratulations sherijr! Welcome to the wonderful state of MD š
thank YOU.. can’t wait to get there hopefruit š
WowEe! Sherijr, that is wonderful and fantastic news, congratulations! I’m sure you and your new ‘neighbor’s’ will get along just fine!
Long as they invite me to their parties.. we’ll be cool š lol.. !
Good for you. We’ve got a great Governor and Senators. Most of the House members are pretty good, too. Occasionally, I see some Repub bumper sticker on someones car, but we really are a blue state.
Yes a blue state really will make me a happier soul.. Its been a long time coming š and I already think highly of your governor Sabreen.. thank you all for the good wishes š
Most of my family is still in MD, VA, and PA. I was born in Bethesda (BNH), but haven’t lived there for many years. I’m a PNW girl now… Am coming out to DC for the long weekend and a family reunion… Wish I could go to the WH, but only have 3 days… It will all be about family!
Pamela, what is PNW? I understand about family.. I am really close to my sons and will be so happy to have them so nearby.. and my youngest son will finally have a chance to get close to his older brothers.
PNW = Pacific Northwest
oh thank you, I never would have guessed that!
Sherijr, you will love your new governor. I’m here in PA, and I’m jealous of MD’s governor!! He’s the coolest. Hope he runs for President one day. I could see him and Corey Booker on the national scene!!
I agree with you; I follow both on Twitter and I too look forward to their futures. MD HAS to stay blue now though.. forever š
That’s WONDEFUL news, sherijr!!!! Maryland will be good to you:)
thank you df.. I think so too. If the house I want there works out.. it puts me 16 miles from my middle son and 5 miles from my eldest son.. and all my little grandchildren.. and it will be really really good for my youngest son.
Glorious! Family is everything, and you deserve this so much! It will rejuvenate you….the bonus is the blue state with a GREAT Gov!! AND being close to DC….and so many TOD’ers:) I could not be happier for you and your family. Giant hugs!
Oh thank you so much, we all deserve to be happy. I was just thinking to myself- that I have only been w/ all 3 of my sons together one time and that was 7 years ago. This will be amazing.
AH! Your heart is full š It’s been a good day here for our TOD family….Night all…tomorrow is another day!
good night to you.. have a lovely night š
oooo I’m from Bmore. Welcome to MD. š
thank YOU.. can’t wait to get there collegekay š
Congratulations sherijr. Good luck with the move!!!
thank you Sunshine š
I miss What Is Working. I know she’s still around because she keeps posting to her blog…but I imagine her being fifty times more busy than most of us working to get the Prez re-elected so doesn’t have time to post here anymore. If you’re around, girlfriend, give a Hey!
Don Lemon of CNN irritates the living crap out of me. Just had to put that out there.
He is such a little man who thinks he knows so much, I miss TJ.
I can’t stand that little twerp.
Ooh lala! Amanda and the pastor!! Mmmmmmmmmmmm! Me likey, likey!!
I”m off to bed. Back to my day job tomorrow. BTW, I reviewed and compared the benefits, I’ve come up with 4 big questions that I need answering (pay rate, benefits eligible, hours per pay period, estimated time when position would start) and I’ve had some sense knocked into my head by my gramdmother. So I’m gonna go for it. Sending my supe a letter tonight for her to read tmrw. And get the ball rolling in this.
Good night guys!
Yes, try to get some rest, things will all work out. We are with you!
Great news, lamh35! I’m glad to read that you consulted your own Granny on this. My best wishes to you & keep us posted.
Good news today from two TODers….Iamh on her job…very good news, and now sherijr with a sold house and a good move. We are all very happy for both of you. Individual victories like these make us all rejoice. Best of the future to both of you.
Carolyn that is so lovely, thank you. I didn’t know that Iamh got a job.. I’m really happy for her as I know she’s been trying so hard. Congrats to her and very best wishes. Speaking of which : has anyone heard how marabout/Hachiko is doing lately?
I was just wondering about Hachiko before I saw sherijr’s good news. Hope we get an update from Hachiko or LSea or both.
Good night to all.
thx Carolyn and congrats to sherijr
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well now, that should piss Mitt off š
So, exactly what is Ron Paul doing to the convention? If he has the delegates, and Romney doesn’t….then does he use the as bargaining chips, or does he go for the nomination….this whole Republican contest is getting weirder and weirder. I do remember four years ago the Obama campaign kept careful count of delegates, not just states won. They worked the details, is this what Ron Paul is doing, while Mitt is coasting?
In a word, “yes.” At least, that was my understanding from a segment Rachel did last week. I also remember couple months ago when she had on a spokesman for Paul, this is exactly what he talked about, stressed and flat out said, getting/winning delegates was their focus and plan.
…..and….”Jesus Wept”….If Ron Paul turns out to have more delegates than the Mittster I will need a case of Depends. If Mitty has to give Ron Paul VP to get his delegates….no more words…..
Not going to happen, Kochsters will give old Ronnie….an offer he can’t refuse….or maybe he will become “refuse”
sherijr–sometimes that buying and selling stuff happens fast. We had worked ourselves to death redoing an old farmhouse near Seattle. I got to the point that I hated the place. We finished last of the work on a Tues., listed it Wed. and sold it for our asking price on Friday–moved out of there 2 weeks later–God’s will I guess. He knew I needed to get out of there. Found our great retirement house, with room for the grandson, a short time later. Will never move again!
Lots of great reads, fun stuff. Kept me going all night! Thanks TOD…you’re the best!
Paul wins majority of delegates from Maine GOP
http://www.kgwn.tv/story/18157956/paul-wins-majority-of-delegates-from-maine-gop
The weekend’s turn of events – in a state neighboring one where Romney served as governor – would indicate the GOP has not yet united behind the presumptive nominee, and there are indications the infighting may last all the way to the national convention.
Paul supporters accused the Romney crowd Saturday of dirty tricks to garner more delegates. “We came here to see democracy in action. We are floored by what happened, absolutely floored to see the cheating,” said Elizabeth Shardlow of Auburn, a Paul activist.
Charles Cragin, a Romney supporter who lost Saturday’s bid to chair the convention, called the turn of events at the Maine convention “bizarre.” Cragin said the Paul-led delegation may not be recognized at the national convention because of violations of rules of procedure this weekend in Augusta.
fun time are ahead.
Morning everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/05/07/rise-and-shine-173/