President Barack Obama talks to kids during a stop at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland on Broadway Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, June 14, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in New York
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Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio
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At the Girls Club of Cleveland, Ohio
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… at the 9/11 Memorial while touring the One World Trade Center building
Words from President Obama are seen on a construction beam after he signed it while touring the One World Trade Center building, which is under construction in New York. The words read “We remember, We Rebuild, We come back Stronger.”
President Obama chats with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
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9:55: PBO and Michelle Obama deliver remarks at a campaign event (The Plaza Hotel – live coverage)
The Obama Diary 
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/14/12225630-a-tale-of-two-speeches?lite
Hi All
1st ? maybe ???
Close!,….
It was a fantastic speech, I loved it
And why in the world do we have juvenile idiots like Sam Stein being brought in to “analyze” it??? Why!!!
I think MSNBC should be advised that that network will become extinct if President Obama is not re-elected!!!
Ezra Klein and his band of merry idiots who think they can poke their scraggly fingers in President Obama’s eyes should be advised that they will all be effectively out of work!!
Try as they may, nobody will have any use for former know-it-all bloviating self-proclaimed progressives nattering away to themselves in a Romney presidency!!!
To be fore-warned, is to be fore-armed!!!
Before 2008 I didn’t even know where MSNBC was and I kid you not, after 2016 MSNBC (all of MSM for that matter) not be on my radar. When I used to take the time to email Tweety, I always, always stated that if President Obama doesn’t win because of him and his cohorts, he will be out of a job because they will become extinct!
shucks guess not..anywho..good evening TOD family
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I think that woman wanted a hug lol
If you’re talking about the construction worker…she GOT IT! She must’ve mentioned it to her guy coworkers, ‘cuz she was getting the business from them after the hug:)
It looks like she’s the only female construction worker in the crew and the other workers all seem to have a soft spot for her.
I thought so too. They take care of their own:)
After the hug they said,”there you go, Sukey!” and laughed with and applauded her the way brothers would with their sister. It was sweet.
It was so adorable, lucky her,.!.
Congrat @Proud Former White House Intern for being 1st !! yippy
Not so fast . . . Proud was not first! Take one more glance UP!
he he he Congrats Marlz… and don’t let anyone take it away from you 😆
Just had to “STAND MY GROUND” 🙂
This was a fantastic, hugely productive day. BRAVO!!
And now he’s off to pick-up $4.5M.
Ker-ching!
I loved his speech. I listened to it again. He is incredible.
My President shook the hand of every single construction worker present, and then afterwards they took pictures of his signature on the beam 🙂 🙂
Would love to see what her wrote on there…I’m sure it was profound
I hope one of the press posts the picture of what he wrote.
Cool! I didn’t see it
The woman
Unions. They see which side of the bread is buttered
screeeeech, rounding the corner on two wheels to catch PBO’s speech in NY. Oh no……did I miss it? Dang!
No speech — just a thank you to all the Ironworkers, etc.
I notice that Gov Christie doesn’t pass up any opportunity to “hang out” with PBO….
Why wasn’t he with Willard in Ohio?
I was just about to ask why Crisco was even there. Anyone know?
I suspect that PBO – being the good-natured, decent man that he is, wanted this to be an inclusive event. So he invited the main local and state officials. Cory Booker will be headlining his fundraiser in NY this evening.
He’s got some making up to do. Know he didn’t mean to, but he derailed the train there for a bit. Supporters need to think about the consequences of their statements at this critical junction, can’t just blab any old impulsive, self-interested thought.
Message to “surrogates” — give him full-throated support or STFU!
Northern New Jersey is part of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which owned the Twin Towers..
Thanks Bill. I didn’t know that.
Those pictures of First Lady greeting her gorgeous husband are just plain precious!
I was just about to post that FLOTUS takes good care of her and our PBO. We must thank her x100.
Yeah, baby, we had better know this! True, true love.
I loved that series. Looks like they really enjoy these things more when together. PBO gets a spring in his step and a lightheartedness in his soul
So true and they are in their own secret world even when in the public eye.
The 9:55 fundraiser will not be live coverage except for the print reporters there according to Lynn Sweet and the White House.
That’s too bad, because I was looking forward to it!
posted this earlier…good site
http://underthemountainbunker.com/
The pictures of PBO at the boys and girls club is just so touching. He gets it. He really and truly gets it.
Indeed! It’s so touching
I know … where he is sitting with the one girl in a striped top; looks almost like a heart-to-heart talk; that is so sweet. Can you imagine being that young lady and the President of the U.S. (especially this one) sits and talks only to you for a few minutes? The memory will last her lifetime.
I probably wouldn’t be able to complete a whole sentence.
She’s pretty…beautiful skin! All of those kids are beautiful, simply beautiful…and they will never forget this precious moment in their lives! I love, love, love our President!
Hey, guys–4-ward, 4 more years!!!!
Can you even imagine Myth R-money knowing what a “Boys and Girls” club is??? Let alone actually stopping in one to hang out with kids? 😆 😆 😆
PBO is priceless, PRICELESS with kids! Can you imagine those young girls just sittin’ on the edge of the stage, hangin’ out with the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES??? WHAT??? Are you kidding me? They think it’s just the most normal thing.
THAT’S THE KIND OF WORLD I WANT TO LIVE IN!! One day the President of the United States is presenting world leaders with honors at the White House and a few days later he’s hangin’ with the kids at a Boys and Girls club. I LOVE IT, I JUST LOVE IT!!!
PS. I’m nursing a feverish kiddo, so I’m not making calls tonight. I’ll be there when he’s feeling better…
I would also bet that Willard has never heard of a Boys and Girls Club. He’s been so insulated. He calls airplanes “aircraft”. He calls sports “sport”. He’s busy selecting music for his million dollar horse’s ballet—dressage competition. And he doesn’t even recognize a doughnut! No way on the Boys and Girls Club.
Ison…
just got in from the office….there were about 30 ethusiastic supporters there….it was simply awesome….i made 43 call……….spoke to 9 folks………… got 3 volunteers for Saturday,,,Oooooooooooooo weeeeeeeeeeee….it felt so goooooooooood……..
Forward>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
YAY, prettyfoot!!! 😆 😆 Doesn’t it feel great when you get good volunteers!!? WOOOOO HOOOOOOO, yay you!!!!
I’ll live vicariously thru you for this evening. I just couldn’t drag him out tonight. It was the last day of school, and for some reason, he was feeling kinda warm, so we stayed in a watched old movies. Even with all of his ‘challenges’ he’s a pretty healthy kid, so I’ll only be concerned if he’s still moping around tomorrow.
I hope he gets better soon. 🙂
I so agree with your post especially regarding the way PBO hangs out with the boys and girls club, AND THEY THINK THIS IS JUST SO NORMAL, and then meets with world leaders in the White House. I too LOVE that about President Obama.
Good day mates. What a day….To all the rethugs and talking heads that say PBO has lost his mojo, I submit this:
Always learn new stuff!
Longest Nerve In The Body
Did you know that in the human body there is a nerve that connects the eyeball to the anus?
It’s called the Anal Optic Nerve, and it is responsible for giving people a shitty outlook on life.
If you don’t believe it, pull a hair from your ass and see if it doesn’t bring a tear to your eyes.
My public service is done for the day!
Keep laughing…life is too short to take too seriously
Yardarm. You are just too too much! 😆 😆
It’s the truth!
Spurt, sputter, guffaw, nose snort, and BWAHHAA!!! I have the windows open in my house. Needless to say, my neighbors are wondering what just happened to me.
Sorry mom. I’ll do better next time.
LOL!!!
Yardarm, you brought tears to my eyes, and not from pulling a hair out of my butt either. 🙂 Too too Much. You never cease to amaze me with your rhetoric. Amazing.
Yardarm, here I am after a long hard day, trying to catch up on all of the goings on today and you’ve given me the best laugh today – Thanks! I needed that! 😆
LOL!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
ROFLMAO You are too much ye ole salty dawg
OMG yardarm! I have the belly laughs! Sometimes I have to call my husband over here to read your words of wisdom.
Love you, yardarm:)
I don’t know where you get this stuff, Yardarm, but it always makes me smile (if not laugh out loud, snort or guffaw)…
We are living in this world at this very moment; how blessed are we. The world has never seen his like before and he belongs to us ( okay, we will share with the rest of the world).
Hope the kiddo gets well soon.
Ceb, I thought the same thing when I was looking at these pictures, especially the ones at the Boys & Girls Club…I am so glad to be alive to witness “this very monent”.
Hey TOD,
I saw these two tweets from Hachiko/Marabout. She seems to be in distress – not sure what’s going on at this moment. But those tweets are very concerning.
Oh no, I just read her other tweets….she seems VERY depressed….sigh……I hope someone get in touch with her like now……
It sounds like she is in desperate need of professional help, a suicide hotline, something. That is a cry for help. If someone has her phone #, they need to contact her now.
I just sent her a text. Hopefully she will respond.
she hasn’t been responding to any of my calls…. Don’t know what’s going on
I am very afraid for her. I don’t like this. Just woke from a nap..reading to catch up. My heart is racing…if someone talks to her, please let us know
Hey Desertflower, Hachiko’s tweeting again:
I was just watching about a minute of mittbot’s ‘speech’ that Marlz posted. Couldn’t take the clicking irritating tch sound he makes with his teeth.Just like I couldn’t take mccain’s sibilant ssses. And his arrogant way of speaking is a complete turn-off.
You’re brave to even listen to a minute of that toxic swill. He says nothing of substance.
Ha…. One of our vendors just came in to pick up a check ( He is Hispanic ) and I had the TV on…. Rev Al…. and Rubio’s picture came on.
He started yelling at the TV and swearing……calling him the ” F” word…. The Hispanic hate him because he is trying to take away the child credit for children that are born here but there parents are not citizens…even though they are here legally….own a business and pay taxes.
I love that he was so passionate – won’t easily be deceived. No we just have to make sure people like him actually register, then vote!
Ooops.
I just cannot believe they post a photo of Asian kids on that Hispanid outreach site. That campaign seems to be so inept——bad spellers, unworldly, clueless in all areas.
This is hilarious!
Prosecute the #InaugurationInsurgency leadership and financial backers ….
#PRESSON
Any forward movement regardin this issue with the mdia Bob? Why has this not exploded?
“media”
Nothing dramatic yet but we’re going to be pushing this issue every day …. for instance ….
And many others in the media will continue to receive these messages …
#PRESSON
Bobfr – this is exactly what we need to be doing. Lets email and tweet the media with this message, you rock Bob.
what is that fat fuck doing there ? fucking gargoyle.
😆
He wants to be close to his President. Can’t blame him….
they’re going to use him later to balance the beam.
Snort, snicker… Teee-heee-heee-heee!!! Must.stifle.laughter.at.political.humor.while.at.workplace 😀
😀 😀
At least Christie said something to Michelle to make her laugh—–so there’s that—–one redeeming quality. Just one.
He probably asked her when do they get to eat.
…and she told him, ‘no soup for you, you obese omnibus fu…’
I thought I heard …”Only Soup and Salad for you Mister after you’ve done your workout.” I know..that was mean..but, he’s a lying fool.
I think Christie ask Michelle how was the sour cherry and apple pie. Was there any left?
http://twitpic.com/9wh8z9
Words from U.S. President Barack Obama are seen on a construction beam after he signed it while touring the One World Trade Center building, which is under construction in New York June 14, 2012. The words read “We remember, We Rebuild, We come back Stronger.”
We can always count on you Chips. Thank you!
Excellent. Thank you Mr. President! That’s what everyone was clamoring to take a picture of after PBO had left.
i loved how everyone got quiet and leaned in to see what pbo wrote. what a perfect moment, and the perfect words, too.
okay, not entirely perfect: to quote amk, ‘what is that fat fuck doing there?’ and you know what i really didn’t like? the way he snapped the pen over to flotus. like they’re together? or she’s his server at the restaurant? or what? i can only imagine he was allowed that spot so anybody with eyes could see he’s a puke and needs to be replaced with a decent, hard working democrat. asap.
Gorgeous message, beautiful handwriting. SIGH.
Love it! Perfect words——-again.
Thank you, Chips! I SO wanted to see this:)
Good sentiment.
Willard went to a “secret” fundraiser in Chicago after Ohio. Apparently he not only won’t allow reporters into his fundraisers like our President does, he won’t even let them know about them. (Lynn Sweet found out.) Seems to me GWBush used to pull stuff like this.
I tried to listen to Romney’s speech. I got to the 3:00 minute mark and that is all I could stand. For some reason, he just makes my skin crawl. He is slimey.
10 seconds…I can’t do more than 10 seconds. Vomit induction…
7 seconds—–fake, smarmy overload—–click.
That’s a lot further than I can ever get. AP reported it as his standard stump speech–full of lies. Not the later part, but it’s the truth.
Nobody’s talking about his speech. It’s weird. He doesn’t have to do anything to get ahead in the MSM’s eyes.
and they’ll keep propping him up with big wads of money. mannequin robme, with plastic grin, plastic skin, and nothing inside.
I couldn’t click it at all. I saw his picture and that was enough for me
I didn’t click it at all either…I can’t stand the sound of his voice.
Just the thought alone is enough to make me gag.
I just finished watching President Obama’s speech in ohio, and Steve Benen had his speech on the Maddow blog, so I decided to check it out and I could only handle about 30 seconds.
Get serious ….
#PRESSON
Here is a longer video From WTC
http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Obama-Visits-World-Trade-Center-Site/10737431589/
he’s such a good guy.
Hi Everyone! Beautiful Thursday evening to you all!
Chips, you’ve outdone yourself today. The pics and videos are so awe-inspiring. Coming here is always like a breath of fresh air. Thank you!
My complete pleasure Dudette, thank you.
Anybody watch Tweety tonight? Just wondering whether he was pro or anti-Obama’s speech.
I saw a little of it at 5 PM ….Ed Rendell and Michael Steel…..Tweety got into it with Steele about Romney….
When he went to Rendell…I turned it off.
Rendell praised Obama’s speech—–sortof——just like he does every time he discusses Obama, his praise always has qualifiers. And he wrapped his appearance up by saying all he cares about is being Hillary’s campaign mgr. in 2016.
I’m surprised they yet haven’t caught Rendell with his pants down around his ankles in a cheap motel room surrounded by blow, one dollar bills and a 19 year old hooker (male or female, don’t matter).
Oh Lisa, it’s going to take a lot to get that image out of my mind. Just the thought of Fast Eddie with his pants down—geez.
🙂
Like Hillary would want him as campaign manager. I mean don’t you have to show you’re qualified for such a position? If you can’t win when running your own campaign…. These people are just so full of themselves
First, I don’t believe Hillary will run. Second, she would be a total fool to get within 50 feet of an ass like Rendell. Hillary is not a fool.
Even though she had that Fool Mark Penn run her campaign in 2008 for $6 million bucks..I would think she’s learned from that. And, I would also think being around the Obama Admin has been good for her..I don’t care what that lying, Jodi Kantor, has to say about it.
Thank Goodness we got President Obama!
Plus, I think Hillary values loyalty. The fact that Rendell is backstabbing the President won’t win points with her.
Thanks, Linda and Dotster 3
Wanna see something funny?
RNC’s Dysfunctional Latino Site Posts Vote On Obama — And Loses
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/rncs-dysfunctional-latino-site-posts-vote-on-obama—-and-loses.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
Bwahahahahahahahaha!!! 😀 😀 😀
not just the asian kids’ photos on the latino outreach rnc banner–much, much more dipshit floundering here! one of the comments for the article: a latino voting republican is like a chicken voting colonel sanders.
lmao. buncha incompetent crooks.
For example: “OBAMA, EL SOCIALISTA.” As of this writing, it had one comment — a spambot advertisement for handbags.
BWWAHAHAAA.
Damn that karma… ***shakes fist at air***
What do y’all know about Howard Glickman? I found an article written by him about the two speeches today. Very critical of both. I have tried and tried but can’t get the link to cut and paste. It is from the Tax Policy Center, entitled Romney and Obama, Big Speeches, Little Vision. If some of you can find it, please let me know your assessment. I see that is is from Brookings Institute–thought that was a liberal organization. ??
They claim to be “non-partisan” but because they are not as right wing crazy as the Cato Foundation, AEI, or HeritageFoundation some think of them as liberal.
The Mark Halperinization of American Journalism
By Charles P. Pierce
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/mark-halperin-sucks-9717199#ixzz1xocto4DJ
Agree with the writer—-Halperin is insufferable. The comments are priceless also.
UnReal! Halperin looks like a giant Dick!! Ha, Pierce threw Dowd in there too with idiots who know shit about shit.
President Barack Obama talks to kids during a stop at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland on Broadway Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, June 14, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
This picture, plus the one with President Obama sitting on the Rosa Parks bus – iconic.
What’s next ….
#PRESSON
who does the math for the Ed show? I’m no math wiz, but if 68% of people still blame Bush for the state of the economy, how can 52% blame PBO? 68+52= 120. I thought these things were always out of 100. Never knew we had 120%. Hm. The things I learn from tv. 😐 From what I know about this particular poll question, PBO has always been in the low 30s for blame when it comes to the economy. I’m guessing the person who typed that thing up put 52 instead of 32. {{SMH}}
Token tea party producer on the show?
Also, typical HuffPo Sam Stein rhetoric.
I know right? I muted him. The guy’s an ass. 🙄
or maybe they’re assuming the ‘pro’ column includes people who they’re about to purge from the voting list, so just deduct that 20% now, and the numbers are fine.
😆
You know I thought I had a Scooby moment when I heard that but I chalked it up that maybe I heard wrong.
If you leave out the evil dumbfks who actually run the news business, the worst two things that have happened to American political journalism in the past 30 years are Maureen Dowd and Mark Halperin. Dowd, because of her relentless, obsessive need to take her own galloping Oedipal neuroses for an outing every time there’s an election, and Halperin, because he long ago invented the kind of Beltway insidery railbird bullshit that passes today for analysis. (This is, occasionally, referred to as “horse-race journalism,” but that’s unfair to people like my friend, the great Bill Nack. Actual horse-race journalism will tell you what you need to know about horse racing. The Racing Form will give you more substantive information on the sixth race at Monmouth Park today than Halperin has given you on American politics in the past two decades.) But the worst effect they both have had on the business is the influence their success has had on everyone else. Dowd, at least, can write a little. Most of her imitators can’t. And, if it weren’t for Halperin and his Drudge-mongering, his link-whoring, and his curious S&M relationship with various talk-radio hosts, there wouldn’t be Politico, and, this being the first presidential election of the Politico era, we end up with the thoroughgoing Halperinization of the process, with predictably grim results.
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/mark-halperin-sucks-9717199#ixzz1xogOlC81
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/mark-halperin-sucks-9717199?src=soc_twtr
How in God’s name can these alleged lefty pundits keep saying it was a mistake to go after Bain? IT WORKED!
How do you not go after the one ‘qualification’ Willard has based his campaign on? Cory Booker started this mess. I just heard Sam Stein say it the way ‘Gore invented the internet’ stuck. Infuriating.
And they will not say that PBO did not go after Bain, he merely pointed out that Romney was not a “job creator” in fact quite the opposite. And as the President himself says, Mitt was good at making money but bad for jobs which is what he is using Bain to say he can do. As usual, Willard is lying about his ” job creating ” abilities. There was and is no attack on Bain, the attack is on Romney but the media ignores this to spread their chosen narrative.
Okay, I’m done with the Ed Show. Broke my rule for 18 minutes and it probably would have lasted longer had Michael Erick Dyson not had Asshole Alter on his show to make irrelevant and increasingly dumbass comments. Watching Family Guy doing a montage of side boobs and making fun of the FCC.
I gave it less than a minute! Clicked off when I heard he had someone on who would discuss why we are still waiting for the Black President. That was it for me!
what-the-fuck-ever. “still waiting for the first black president”? —– heard that before Alter came on and that solidly confirmed that I would not be watching anymore. {{SMDH}} Bastards.
If that means someone who is messy, has affairs, hated beyond comprehension…..that’s what made Bill Clinton the “first black president” by comdiens and the old pols whose palms were greased by the Clinton administration.
I very much appreciate and love THIS first black president who is a devoted husband, father, smart beyond our wildest dreams, and will do everything I can to get him re-elected.
AMEN!!!
Double Amen!
I did see the Alter segment (glad I didn’t/can’t stand him) and I started to turn away when I heard about that person who wrote about us still waiting for the first black president. But I am glad I didn’t turn away because Professor James Peters (Peterson??) was great…he shot that guy down by first saying the article in the Washington Post didn’t do the guy’s book justices. and then he went on to say that we need to understand what PBO has been up against since day one and in spite of everything, he has managed to do some good thing, very good things and we need to stop being ashame/shy to tell what PBO has done for AA and all Americans! Professor Peters was great…loved it!
I meant to say, “I DID NOT” see the Alter segment…
Wonkette has been making fun of HP’s obsession with “side boobs”.
Can someone please shove Jonathan Alter off that freaking window ledge!!! What an asshole!!!
Vapid A$$hole wants his 15 minutes and he knows how to get it. Souless monster.
Alter was the one pushing Hillary to be VP in the 2012 Election. That didn’t go far.
Hey there. Is 57andfemale around? She told me to get my butt over here. LOL.
I’m here. You sound very depressed today and I’m worried about you. Talk to me. We’ll find a way to work things out.
Hey hon. I’m good. Really. Back to normal. 🙂
Okay. You come find us when you need us!
Good to hear, you gave everyone a fright!
Thank goodness!!! Please reach out to people that you can trust here. You did give us a fright .
Hello TOD family and Chips,
I was in San Diego for the past four days and so glad to be home and able to post comments on my computer. I was able to read them on my new android phone and listen to Stephanie Miller and Randi Rhoads on iheart radio. Unfortunately where I stayed they did not have MSNBC so I could not watch what was going on.
It’s a big weekend for my family – My neice graduates from elementary school, my brothers birthday, my moms birthday and of course fathers day.
Where the hell does these shows come up with there guest? I’m watching the Ed show and they have that Sam guy from Huffington post, then to top that off they have the bastard we were talking about all afternoon, Alter. So the Ed Show couldn’t do any better than those two bastards. Makes me want to stop watching the show.
Anniebella, great question. It is not because they are particularly smart or interesting. It must be a matter of their knowing how to play the system and how to play up to the right people. It seems many of them are either in their 30’s or their 60’s. The two that amaze me the most that they have jobs are Alex Wagner and Mrs Greenspan. But there are many more.
‘nuf said ….
#PRESSON
Excellent!
Bobfr! You are the best! Thanks for all your tweets that expose evil. I especially like the way your tweets keep imploring those in positions of power to do something to counter this evil.
True that!!!!!!!!!
DNC ANNOUNCES “ROMNEY ECONOMICS: THE MIDDLE CLASS UNDER THE BUS” TOUR
The DNC today announced a bus tour following the route Mitt Romney will travel over the coming days through New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan. The “Romney Economics: The Middle Class Under the Bus” tour will begin in Exeter, NH, TOMORROW, Friday, June 15, at 8:50 AM EDT and visit all of the states on Romney’s bus tour through the weekend and into early next week.
http://www.democrats.org/news/press/dnc_announces_romney_economics_the_middle_class_under_the_bus_tour
yep, don’t get mad, get even. Good stuff
LOL. Love it. Remember the movie “Two can play this game”? 🙂
Heh.
No..but, I remember that Saying…and the rest of it goes.. “ONLY WE CAN PLAY IT MO BETTER!”
This is almost Unreal..what an Awesome IDEA!!
Slightly off topic ….. 4-0 down, and still the Irish supporters sing:
Now, THAT’S loyalty.
That is a great stadium. Any idea what the capacity is?
43,0000 Bill, about 40,000 Irish fans in there tonight 🙂
I caught the tail end of the game and was chuckling at the Irish supporters. Any excuse for a party, with all they’re going through.
Magnificent defiance 😉
President Obama treats American voters as adults. Today’s Cleveland speech did just that. He did not indulge in demonizing his opponents (who, by the way I consider evil with all their plots to make him fail). Rather, he plainly laid out the difference between his vision and the vision of his opponent. The sad thing, of course, is that most Americans will never get to hear the entirety of the President’s speech. Instead they will rely on the snippets that will be aired by the MSM accompanied by snide and unethical distortions of what he actually said.
This was one of the best speeches I’ve listened to from any president in my life. It was a no nonsense speech. President Obama was firm and articulate, and he clearly presented his vision for America. Again, on display, was President Obama’s deep respect for the intelligence of the American people. He trusts all of us to make a rational choice about our votes based on facts and not on the manufactured “noise.” I don’t care what the useless and overpaid media pundits say, in my opinion, we elected one of the most exceptional human being to lead this great nation. Unlike Romney who treats Americans as gullible fools he can lie to with impunity, President Obama treats people with respect by telling them the truth. I am determined to do whatever I can to see that we re-elect this smart, honest, and compassionate man.
yes!!! i’ve lived to see a lot of presidents, from harry truman on, and without a doubt, barack obama is the best. and he just keeps proving it.
4 more for 44!!!
susanne, I too have seen the all since Harry Truman, and agree President Obama is the absolute best! I remember Truman also got treated very nastily by the press, and of course there’s that famous Chicago Tribune headline “Dewey Wins” being held up by HST. I think he had to fight the conservative media just like President Obama does, However, he got through to the American people, and President Obama is too. Why does every on camera person feel it imperative to critique and “analyze” his speeches? They have no criteria for their critiquest, and no knowledge of their own. If they were to make a speech, they would be booed off the stage!
Couldn’t agree more, susanne, and Truman is the first one I consciously remember as well.
Hope Chips posts this to the ‘front page’ nath!! Excellent!!!
#PRESSON
Perfectly said, nathkatun! I personally called OFA in Chicago and told them what a great speech I thought this was…that I was mesmerized by the entire thing…and I loved the way he explained everything and compared/contrasted these two visions for the country.
Thanks Susanne, Bobfr and desertflower for your kind words. Thanks Bobfr for the heroic work you are doing on tweeter. Thanks df for all the news and information you share on this site which has enabled a person like me, who boycotts MSM electronic news, to stay, informed. It’s really a sad day in America that our so called 4th estate decided to join extremist Republicans in undermining this great president. Thankfully, there are now alternative venues that courageous and skilled people can use to push back.
I agree with you nathkatun7…as I was listening to PBO I kept thinking how much I appreciate him and the fact the he respects us and expects us to be smarter than a 5th grader. Last night on ne of those shows Howard Dean kept saying that PBO needs to come up with THREE WORDS, JUST THREE WORDS to capture his message! First of all this “mess” we are in, is BIGGER than 3 words! Secondly, the voters in America are adults and most of us can speak and think in complete sentences…we do/can understand “grown folks talk”…I am so glad that PBO doesn’t listen to these “foolish” people…he continues to do things his way!!!
Here, here! This soundbite culture is the reason the country is in this mess!
Evening all. Just checking in. Looks like for once I will be able to catch his speech live tonite. So looking forward to it.
Now off to read the days post to see what I missed.
Just my opinion—-like Michael Eric Dyson better as a guest than a host. And I still really worry about the money imbalance. As what’s his name, Dem strategist who I haven’t seen since ’08, just said—–the Dem big money donors have not yet stepped up to the plate. And he’s not so much concerned about the so-called battleground states—-there will be money to compete there——but is most concerned about the 2nd tier states—–like Mi. and Wi. where the Repubs will be able to make $10-12 million ad buy, and the Dems won’t be able to counter-attack at all. They have Adelson now saying he is willing to spend $100 million to buy the election for Willard——which is as disgusting and disturbing as it gets. Ugliness and quintuple sigh!
It doesn’t work to do that and thank goodness, because it would reveal your personal information!
If you want to share an email, you can cut and paste just the contents.
That was supposed to be in response to tnmtngirl above!
WordPress has gone crazyyyyyy. Comments are appearing all over the place!
Nooooooooooooooooo, not again?!?!
We have gone through a Time Warp! What year is this?
It’s the year of the Jovie.
Forget it…not going to work. We have a bright young woman here who wanted to run for a seat in the state legislature. The Republican controlled election commission (and the judges as well) turned her down once….saying her house is in Anderson Country. However, her address is Knoxville, she votes in Knox County (always has), served on jury duty in Knox county last month and is a precinct chair in the Democratic Party of Knox County. She appealed the first ruling and just got word that she was turned down again. Folks, this is getting scary. Please “talk me down.” Our personal freedoms are being taken away and/or bought!
ACLU of Tennessee
Executive Director: Hedy Weinberg
P.O. Box 120160
Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: (615) 320-7142 | Email: aclutn@aclu-tn.org
Web: http://www.aclu-tn.org
ACLU contact info for your friend below, tnmtngirl…
THANKS! Will pass it along. However, petitions for anyone running must be turned in by June 23!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course, the Rs know this so they know Ds are backed into the corner.
These Republicans are the same ones who always screech about “American Exceptionalism”, while they’re destroying democracy in America – right? Definitely scary.
dotster3, the Ed Show tonight was a big disappointment. I email the show and told them that. It was not worth watching.Agree with you about Mr. Dyson as a host, better guest.
I don’t believe for one nanosecond that PBO won’t run aggressive campaigns in the 2nd tier states. People have been working in these states for months and the money will be there to complete. And frankly, if this was a Dem strategist that mattered and anyone listened to, he wouldn’t be talking like that on cable tv.
Just watched the video of the President signing the construction beam. He always finds the right words.
Those kids at the Girls club had quite a day. I love the photo’s of the girl in the strippy red and white top. She’s just as relaxed as can be. Hanging out with the President.
I remember that W. would give a speech and every RW pundit would say it was the most brilliant speech ever — and that was because he made it up three steps to the podium without tripping and faced the camera instead of the backdrop. They would fawn and fawn and fawn…….
We have a brilliant President — a brilliant mind, communicator, visionary and ‘our side’ tears him apart. Alter says there were no ‘soundbites’, PBO’s ‘allergic’ to them, no ‘stand out lines’. Everyone’s “all over the place” talking about the speech.
Well, “all over the place” because the speech was so rich. While Alter whined that it was too long (actually he got the memo from Boehner on that), when PBO said, “And I leave you with one last thought…..” the crowd said “No! Tell us MORE”.
Yet everyone is now talking about the “choice”. Everyone is now talking about the “how”. Everyone is reminded in clear terms, why we’re here and to me most important –
Why we are not yet out of this mess. Republicans. And Mitt Romney will give you more of the same and make things worse.
I would call that a fucking effective speech. Alter, you traitorous nitwit.
What I thought was very, very effective is that he tied Romney with the Republicans in Congress and made the point that they both share a desire to turn the clock back to proven disastrous policies.
EXACTLY!
Absolutely, meta. This also what I loved about the speech. People do have a choice. They can choose the policies that brought us this mess or they can choose policies that are trying to get us out of the mess he inherited. I suppose Americans who suffer from amnesia, or those who are easily swayed by promises of instant gratification, will choose Romney. But those of us who don’t have short memories, or don’t believe in instant gratification, our choice is clear: we cannot go backwards and repeat those mistakes. Our choice must be Obama-Biden!
yes, i was also feeling he grabbed congress by the collar and held them up for view. he didn’t say ‘you have to get me a majority or this gridlock will persist’, but that was the clear message.
Exactly.
It’s almost laughable that the whiny leftie pundits are saying there was nothing memorable or important in the speech, and yet in the midst of their criticisms, THE CONVERSATION HAS CHANGED. Astonishing.
Here’s what the progressive media doesn’t understand: “SAY the conversation has changed, and Barack Obama changed it.
He was usually drunk during many of those speeches. But! He gave them sound bites, so there’s that. Personally I think it’s because he couldn’t form a complete coherent sentence
The so called experts and their nonsense is the reason why I watch PBO on c-span or I wait to see the clips here. I can do without their paid commentaries…just a lot of loud talking…ain’t saying nothing!
What’s up everybody?! I’ll watch the speech over the weekend. No time now.
gobrookyln, I am sure you won’t be disappointed. The President gave a no nonsense speech, spoiled pundits not withstanding.
Dr. Peterson is a smart thinker—–sees and knows the big picture. Understands well.
OK, on to the next fundraiser….
Watching The Person of Interest (as I cannot watch TRMS with Klein) and PBO was on the TV in the segment! So awesome!
🙂 :):)
This was one of my favorite shows this year. Can’t wait until it comes back in the fall.
Thanks for reminding me, Martz! I watch my shows online and Person of Interest hasn’t been on in so long I forgot about it. Another show that flashes PBO’s pic in a government office is Drop Dead Diva..and you just know the Creator of the Series is a Dem with Dem Writers!
Another busy Day-
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12:30 AM
Obama and Michelle Obama arrive Joint Base Andrews.
12:45 AM
Obama and Michelle Obama arrive the White House.
11:30 AM
Biden delivers remarks to the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
12:00 PM
Obama has lunch with winners of a campaign contest.
Press briefing by Lael Brainard, Mike Froman, Ben Rhodes to preview the upcoming G20 Summit.
1:45 PM
Biden attends a campaign event in Orlando, Florida.
5:10 PM
Obama hosts a reception to observe LGBT Pride Month.
6:00 PM
The First Family departs the White House en route Joint base Andrews.
6:15 PM
The First Family departs Joint Base Andrews en route Chicago, Illinois.
7:00 PM
The First Family arrives in Chicago, Illinois.
Thanks Jovie 😉
Heads up everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/06/14/heads-up-pbo-and-michelle-obama-in-new-york/
Ah crikey, I see what you mean Meta, comments all over the flippin’ place ….. 😦
Yeah, Chips. It’s a little bit Through the Looking Glass…..
It’s sooooooooooooooooooo annoying!!!!
In that picture of POTUS and FLOTUS looking out the window of the new trade building it looks like POTUS might be comforting FLOTUS, because you can’t help but stand there and look out the window and remember those planes, and think of the people who died.