Thanks for all you do. Today our group has a phone bank into battleground states. The week after next we open up an office. I am so excited. I will be asking for decorating ideas so we can make the place look “marvelous”.
Thanks Desertflower. This is another reason why we will need to make sure we get PBO re-elected and give him the House back and a solid Senate. Our work is cut out for all of us. We have to do this with all of our collective might. HZ
i loveeeeeeeeeeeeee this videoooooooo…it is sooooooo kool….and notice how PBO remembers the details more than the First Lady…hehehehe,,,i loveeeeee them!!!!
OMG!!! I’m such a loser!!!! 😆 I got the giggles watching PBO and Miche giggling together. Then I watched it two more times and started giggling before them and then giggling with them. {{SMD}} —- Crazy……. they are so beautiful together. Separate they are great, but together they are magnificent! 🙂
Off to watch and giggle some more.
Crap, Chips!! What did you do to me?!!! Now I’m gonna be stuck in front of my computer replaying this clip!!!!! I’ve gone back and watched it 3 more times!!!! Now I’m gonna go watch it again and giggle some more!! 😐
ps- one of my favorite parts is when Miche is reviewing everything he does close to the end of the vid and her expression changed for each word she used, “he was cutting edge… sensitive….” she’s such a cutie!!! love her, love her, love her!!! 😆
I’ve watched this video over and over again and I can’t help giggling and grinning like a darned fool. They are the CUTEST. The love, the connectedness, the passion, the humor, the fact that they both still vividly remember their first date after some 20 odd years. Oh to have a love like the Obamas. May we all be so lucky. 🙂
I loved how they fill in gaps in each other’s memories. My parents do that. When I was younger and asked them questions about how they met, my mom would forget something and my step-father would fill it in for her and she’d catch right back up just like Miche did. That was waaaaaay too beautiful for words, though. I can’t stop mooning over them.
Lisa, I did the same. I smiled, then I laughed so hard, then I did the lovely girlish giggle and then I cried and asked God to please give them to us for another term. We need them so much.
Thanks so much for this place, Chips. You give me so much joy. I was trying to do some paperwork after church, and also clean up magazine baskets, so my heart was so full with so many memories of how we got through 2008. Our emotions are raw now, but we will get through this all with a beautiful victory on Nov. 6, 2012. HZ
I guess those Hispanic people who thought his Dream Act was going to bring them hope should think again. The GOP “permanent solution” that Rubio and Mitt keep talking about might not be what they think it is…
How cool is this? Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin steps into the 21st century and joins twitter! Her son is running as a Democrat for a state senate seat in MA. If she can do it, you can too!
This is great news coming from Doris K. Goodwin. I love her books. What a joy she must be feeling to have both of these wonderful events taking place in her life at this time. I wish the very best for her son. Great news. HZ
Does anyone have the patience for this dumb question? The reason I haven’t tweeted more is because I have that embarrassing lame dumb blank egg as a “photo”. I have tried and tried and tried to slide a photo in there so I won’t look so pitiful. But—-I am no Doris Kearns Goodwin, and I have been a big fail. When I go to edit my profile, it says no file chosen, or something—–and size required—–so——how do I get a photo in a file and does it have to be square and how do I get the right size ——and don’t laugh at this question or ——–else. Anyone have any help for Twitter for Dummies?
This is why CNN lost half it’s viewers. This guy says if you believe in austerity vote Romney. If you believe in stimulus vote Romney. WTF?? Cnn is high blood pressure inducing.
MRs Señor is at it again, this time being critical of Planned Parenthood!
Why is the Robney Campy using Miss Brown as a Conservative Voice, on Womens issues?
She was Not that popular on CNN!
“Some girl that reports for Fox and Townhall has already written a book on Fast and Furioue…..she was on Book TV last night being interviewed by former Fox employee Major Garrett.
Seems odd to me .
After Words: Katie Pavlich, “Fast and Furious: Barack Obama’s Bl oo diest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up,” hosted by Major Garrett, National Journal
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What evidence could she possible have to justify that title..? I bet it lands in the bargain bin next to the other silly books conservatives write…..”
I heard a conservative book publisher say the two places they wanted their books and authors promoted are on FOX and C-SPAN. I suppose enough viewers may buy the books to make them profitable, but it does not mean they will be read.
this is a business deal. These “investors” know that by pumping in obscene amounts of money into his campaign, if he wins and they succeed in buying the Presidency,these investors will get an equally obscene return on their original investment…in the way of subsidies, tax free status,off shoring, outsourcing,following cheap labor to maximize their profits,deregulation, so they don’t have to worry about any pesty rules,free access to dump toxic waste…in our air and water…the list is endless.
This is how they, and we, should present this to people. And if they win, the American people, lose…because regular folks just don’t have what it takes to give them what they want…money and power.That, and that alone, drives them.
And if Romney loses, then these greedy buggers will have one very pissed off President to deal with, who won’t have any more elections to win – and who will remember what they tried to do. I can’t wait!
I wonder if the msm will put as much effort into attacking Romney for this “retreat” as they spent hyperventilating over dinner at Sara Jessica Parker’s house and George Clooney’s? At least most Americans like Sara Jessica and George, can’t say as much for Mitt’s donors.
the big game associated with Republican tax plans is for GOP solons to keep a straight face while asserting they can have big cuts in upper-end income tax rates without exploding the deficit or shifting the tax burden sharply towards middle-income Americans. The magic asterisk in their plans that keeps the mask at least partially in place is the promise that they will eventually identify and eliminate “tax loopholes” that will offset the revenue losses and avoid a big windfall for the rich that will have to be made up by everyone else. It’s “magic” not only because it’s so unspecific (and thus politically painless) but because the really big “loopholes” like the mortgage interest deduction benefit the middle class—and particularly the upper-middle class—a great deal.
GOP REP. TOM DAVIS: if we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf.”
GOPer compares brand to bad dog food
May 14, 2008
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Rep. Tom Davis wrote a 20-page treatise (see earlier note) assessing the state of the Republican Party as we head into the summer and presented it to House GOP rank and file this morning. Davis, who is retiring, is rumored to be interested in finishing his term as the head of the GOP House campaign arm.
We are hearing a lot today from Republicans and their concern about their “brand,” and Davis takes it to another level in his memo; “a congressional GOP brand tied to George Bush is struggling”; “…deep seeded antipathy toward the president, the war, gas prices, the economy, foreclosures and, in some areas, the underlying cultural differences that continue to brand our party.”
And the kicker, “the Republican brand is in the trash can…if we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf.”
4.3 million jobs in the last 27 months with nothing but obstruction from the Republicans. And no push back from anyone. Another example of FOX’s injustice to the American people.
For all the half-time chat of closing down Andrea Pirlo, the midfielder is running the show. He may as well park a deckchair in the middle, it is way too easy for him.
I confused this Borowitz, with some other radio guy based out of the ATL. But I knew it did not “sound” right and no quotations. Oh…parody. I like parody!! Yep it’s hard to tell that parody from the real thing.
You girls laugh, but there is a lot of pressure in a situation like that. A man is defined by how easily he can open up a bottle. It’s a pressure cooker, that’s for sure!
many of you have shared graphs and maps about the economy and the outsourcing by mitt the ntitled bullying liar. there is also the presentation about willard for dummies.
do you think that it would be a good idea for Team Obama (or their surrogates) to turn some of these into tee-shirts that people can wear to an oficial camaign event?
for instance, I can see BFD VP Joe taking of his jacket in Ohio and displaying a tee-shirt with the outsourcing map – in essence, joe conducts a “political strip tease” and all those standing behind him follow his example. okay may be I am crazy……
I thought I already saw a poll where a huge majority of people think that this SCOTUS will take a decision based on political ideology rather than the facts of the law and constitution.
a court that stole the 2000 election and gave us citizens united has no heart and lost all pretense at objectivity.
If the mandate is overturn, we know why. The Republicans on that court playing politics. Let us know why it is even more important to re-elect President Obama.
Crazy thought, but if ACA is overturned in whole or in part, I bet the Dems will campaign on single payer as the only thing that will save health care access in the US.
Howard Dean thinks they can get single payer and wants it to be overturned. I think that is crazy as it was hard enough to get this even with a lot more Dems than now. No chance now unless there is a huge turnover in Congress. Also there is the filabuster to worry about.
So, if the GOP overturn ACA, they somehow think the Dems in Congress will have the guts to do an ACTUAL “government takeover of healthcare”? Ludicrous. Try selling that to uninformed Americans, who are sitting by silently while the SCOTUS is getting ready to take away their health security – 100 years in the making.
Bain Capital Horror Stories Continue to Haunt Mitt Romney’s Campaign
The double-edged sword that is Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital will not stop causing image problems for the candidate. This time, it’s a pair of articles chronicling the private equity firm’s outsourcing of American jobs and methods for draining money out of the failed companies it controlled.
“I’m sat here at work, wearing down my phone screen by hitting refresh every 10 seconds. So many times in years gone by we’ve gone out in the quarters after being the better team? Do I dare to dream that we could reach the semis whilst playing like Grimsby Town? Come on England…shock me!!!”
“England do hang on and that is the only thing that matters. It only takes one brilliant moment and England can win the game even though they do not deserve it. A worst case scenario is that England go to penalties and win it. Remember Chelsea.”
“Can’t help thinking of Blackadder… It started badly, got worse in the middle, and the less said about the end the better, but apart from that, well done.”
If this were a boxing match, not only would it have been called off long, long ago as an Italian points victory, by now protestors would be calling for an end to such unnecessary cruelty in a sport.”
America doesn’t need a outsourcing pioneer in the oval office. We also don’t need someone who is bought and paid for by billionaires and millionaires. Someone who has no core and will be told what to do by these billionaires and millionaires.
Actually, I have known more older folks as Republicans or Conservatives when that meant not spending much and not being taxed much, unlike now when they give everything to the rich. Older people don’t want their money taken in taxes, but don’t think of the GOP as taking their Social Security or Medicare. They believe what their party tells them. They still believe the media tells them the truth.
DARRELL ISSA’S BOGUS SCANDAL: WHO’S ON FIRST, I DON’T KNOW, THIRD BASE
Republicans Go From Fast and Furious to Slow and Stupid
By: Jason Easley
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This is why Fast and Furious will never be a major scandal. Republicans can’t even agree among themselves on their talking points. It can be argued that the Republicans’ real problem started when someone let Rick Perry a.k.a. Sarah Palin South loose on national television. Much like his Alaskan soul mate Rick Perry doesn’t follow the news much, but he loves a good Obama conspiracy theory.
The debacle grows even more humorous when you realize that Perry was on Face The Nation as a Romney surrogate, but he seemed more interested in talking about anything other than Mitt Romney.
Fox News Sunday and Face The Nation were airing live at the same time while two Republicans on two different networks give two different talking points on whether or not there is a White House cover up.
The right wants the American people to believe that the Obama administration has done something heinous and horrible, but have no idea what exactly that was. As usual, the GOP’s blind hatred of Obama is causing them to make fools of themselves.
President Obama looks put together even after a trans-Atlantic flight after a whole week of dealing with other world leaders and making a difference in this world for millions of people.
can we organize a “money bomb” for President Obama for the day SCOTUS announces its decision on the health care law (ACA) or as I am proud to call it Obamacares?
No surprise, after the WaPo & Boston Globe double whammy on #BainMitt, #47of50Mitt & #JunkBondMitt that President Obama and Ms Warren might find visiting in Boston to be timely 😀 😀 😀
Mahalos, Bob! I got tears just reading her story..she has such a long way to go for her funding..Thank you so much for bringing this to LIGHT! I can send Gloria Borland a few bucks from Kaua’i.
This would be Amazing to get out on the Screen..before the Election!
Thank you so much, Cha! I’m going to contribute, as well. Hopefully, OFA will see the considerable value in steering some support to the effort. Perhaps Chips, will feature it 😉
A segment of the video describes precisely the cultural, spiritual framework of President Obama’s youth and makes if very clear the deep strength of his ‘cool’ – very, very deep strength – something those urging him to ‘get mad’ or ‘get angry’ fail to see. I understand the considerable value of having an opponent perceive ‘weakness’ when what is actually happening is that they are being fed a lot of rope.
Thank you for posting Bobfr. I am definitely donating BEFORE july 11th. I want to see this film made. Great insight into our President. Hawaii is so unique, and unlike any other state. They’ve had near universal health care for 30 years? I would imagine hearing of the sacrafices, and the special circumstances made by military family from the kids themselves would stick with a person. This adds one more thing into the respect and sense of responsibility that our President feels as Commander and Chief.
thanks a lot for bringing this very beautiful project/video to our attention. it is a very worthy cause. I am going to chip in the funding and spreading the message.
i hope it is featured here and else where because it is very good for partly explaining WHY POTUS is who he is today
Bobfr, thanks so much for posting this. I hope that the people who need to see this will get it out before the election as well. I hope that our efforts will get it to Stephanie and her team. Let us make this happen. HZ
I loved the movie I just watched on HBO—-A Dolphin Tale—–true story of a dolphin rescued in Fl. who had to have his tail amputated, ended up having a prosthetic tail designed for him, after much trial and error were successful—–and the gel fitting discovered is now used with veterans and others who have lost limbs—-just a heartwarming story of all who were devoted to this task—-including a special relationship with a young boy who first discovered the beached dolphin—-starring my boyfriend Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. Watch if you get a chance.
Isn’t he terrific? What a pleasure to hear him speak and not be interrupted. He is definitely getting the important points out. I could just pinch him he is so cute.
Ben’s interview was fantastic. He made it clear that they don’t allow cable to drive their goals and or message. They are laser focused on those battleground states that we will need to win this November.
Man, I can honestly say this is the first Presidential family that I just can’t help but consider them my fam.
Love em.
Welp…finally sitting down to watch Fast Five on HBO. This shit better be worth it.
Also I’m a BBBW, so I love my men big, but damn what the heck kinda ‘roids is the Rock on really. the man’s thighs seem as big as my freakn’ head and I gotta a big head!
i am not going to be in Charlotte at the convention but i would like to watch the events online…i plan to take some time off…does anyone know if the convention schedule has been outlined yet…
Man oh man Ben LaBolt is hitting point after point. I freaking love the Obama 2012 team. These people are freaking prepared. Voter registration? Check. Fighting Voter Suppression? Check. Advertising? Check. Fighting GOP lies? Check. Informing Voters of PBO’s accomplishments? Check. Micro Outreach? Check. Reaching Out To Young Voters Through Digital Media? Check. Reaching Out To Older Voters Through Traditional Means? Check. Reaching Out To Low Info Voters? Check. Reaching Out To Women, Churches, Barbershops, Neighborhood? Check.
Just want to say if you haven’t watched Barack Obama: Made in Hawaii which Bobfr linked above, you are really missing out on something insightful and beautiful. It’s a Must See.
“Made In Hawai’i” is de rigueur for anyone who has questions about President Obama..and his Supporters will absolutley get it! Lot of history there not seen before. Loved our Gov Abercrombie’s input!
Thank you so much for this Meta. I’m all choked up. President Obama is really and truly diversity personified. He has to win a second term. He just has to.
I know, ut. I love the voices of ordinary people in all these videos. And this one is very emotional because of each person’s personal story but also that PBO’s family is acknowledged and included. It’s very moving.
Wow, meta! Thanks for sharing this. It’s so heartening to see the diversity of people who passionately support the President. I never thought I would live to witness this in my lifetime. Republicans think that what makes the United States exceptional is military superiority. For me, what makes this country exceptional is its diversity. I know the Republicans have a ton of money since they are supported by billionaires and millionaires, but I like the President’s chances because he has the support of Americans from all walks of life.
I want to see Mitt’s thank you note to his lavish meeting with his money friends meeting in Utah this weekend. Tell us that Mitt. No, you are such a lying sack of crap, and you know you are. But you can’t fool all of us. We know your lying game.HZ
He is just rubbing it in, trying to get the Beltway to discuss all his Wealthy donors. Obviously, these good ole Boys like attention, Power, and Robney is rubbing their Backs…
Thanks to all the millionaires and billionaires who showed up at the fancy gig in Utah to finish buying what piece of soul I have. These are the kind of people Ann and I are use to being around, not the lowlife I met on that disaster of a bus tour of mines. Just like I did when I was at Bain Capitol I will make sure the billionaires and millionaires gets whatever it is they want if I win…..Sincerely Mitt Romney
Bobfr, thank you so much for that documentary preview link, Barack Obama: MADE IN Hawaii http://t.co/pJrjPNxH, especially the section where his temperment was being discussed and how people want him to get mad all the time but how he is able to see past the craziness to the end goal. People say that he’s weak, but his accomplishments show that people’s narrow visions are wrong—he has incredible inner strength. It’s like Joe Biden says, “he has a spine of steel”. Chips and everyone, it’s a must see……Thanks Bobfr!!!!!
Well TODobots, I never dreamed of it happening, but I met Pres O last night, and of course I was speechless! I got a handshake, but not a hug, and my older brother took a picture.
Problem is, I was dressed in house clothes and my hair wasn’t combed!!! Other problem? I haven’t seen the brother who took the picture in years, or lived in the home/country in which PBO and I met in decades!
Am I ticked off to discover that handshake was a real dream? You bet, because though I was embarrassed at not being dressed to the nines I was thrilled to meet the president, and I don’t usually dream so vividly.
I am extra late to the village as it has taken me all day to recover from the shock and disappointment that the handshake and picture were only a dream, PLUS I was finishing up work that had to be done to be ready for tomorrow’s workday. 😉
Now I’m going to take a quick look at all I missed today.
Bummer! I have felt that way about dreams before..but, at least your dream was So Vivid, VC!
Watching that Made In Hawai’i Vid…when I saw his first job was at a Baskin Robbins I am reminded that one of my PBO dreams was of him in an Ice Cream Parlor during the Campaign Time. Only he was on this side of the counter.
Hi Cha. Thanks for the hint that I need to see the Made in Hawaii vid. 🙂 I generally find it confusing to know where to start when I come in late because cruising quickly down the threads always provide so many options, plus I want to peek in on what is current, AND I can’t do everything at the same time.
I can relate, vc..I’m always late living on Kaui’i..but being retired I can take all day if I want. 😛 Made In Hawai’i is definitely worth taking the time. You’ll LOVE IT!
I’ve watched it and did indeed enjoy it! My question is how come the contributions have so far been so low? i would have thought they’d be closer to their goal with so few days left.
Actually, this time twitter support suspended the account within minutes of me tweeting for help. Then the troll set up another one and started up again! Can you believe it?! It’s like being under siege. It’s become a real case of stalking. Now he’s quoting information off my resume which means s/he’s been looking at my LinkedIn or other professional site profile.
I don’t know. S/he must have seen something posted here or on twitter with my real name. I used to use my real name, but was stalked by some creep then changed it. Now this. It never ends.
Whaaaaaaaaaaat?! What are they saying to you Hachikō?? I won’t ask for links because I don’t want to see this shit, but is it just general bile or personal stuff?
All personal. Still harassing me about the fundraiser capecodgurl did for me and Tucker. Now, apparently got information off my resume (from LinkedIn or some other job search engine I imagine) and tweeting it claiming my resume is a lie.
Excellent Desertflower, Hachikō – you should think about following this up. What exactly was the stalker saying, does it fall under any of the categories in DF’s link?
Your twitter stalker just sent me a tweet using the twitter handle WisdomSpeak1. I replied and verbally tarnished the troll bag. I tried reporting the scumbag but the cretin suspended the account. I am so sorry this is happening to you. Whoever is doing this is the lowest form of life.
Thank you so much. I saw your tweets. You were great! I had to change everything on my twitter account. This is almost as bad as being stalked in real life – something I experienced, so I know what I’m talking about.
I changed it back. Creep’s watching my timeline and saw my new handle. I’m not going to hide. This is ridiculous. Please send me any new handles the creep uses to tweet you. I’m keeping a log of them.
I changed it back. Creep’s watching my timeline and saw my new handle. I’m not going to hide. This is ridiculous. Please send me any new handles the creep uses to tweet you. I’m keeping a log of them. Thank you!
The conflict over who will pay for President Obama’s visit to Durham, N.H. tomorrow, per the AP:
An anonymous donor has agreed to pay up to $20,000 to cover expenses the town incurs as a result of a visit by President Barack Obama, Town Council Chairman Jay Gooze said Sunday.
The town asked that local expenses for Monday’s Obama campaign stop be covered by the president’s re-election campaign. Durham officials had said that the visit is expected to cost the town an extra $20,000 to $30,000 in overtime payments. Obama is scheduled to speak Monday at Durham’s Oyster River High School.
The Obama campaign had responded to the request by saying that all decisions on security expenses “are exclusively within the control of the appropriate government officials” and that if there were further questions about allocation of the expenses they should be directed to the Secret Service.
On Sunday, Gooze said the town’s request was not motivated by partisan politics and most Durham voters are registered Democrats. Gooze also said the town did not wish to make a national statement about campaign reimbursements.
The town officials who are demanding PBO pay for something all tax payers have covered for previous President’s can go fuck themselves. They didn’t request this for the previous 43 white Presidents. Fucking assholes.
UT, it is the same way it was when Laura Bush went were ever she wanted to go and no one complain about tax payers paying for it, but if FLOTUS goes across the street these bastards are complaining.
Yet another item to be added on the list of what a President, because he is black, is not allowed to do. This never happened to any other of the 43 white presidents before him, irrespective of their political parties.
I am worried about the Catholic Bishops…
They are obviously attempting to gain back the members they lost to the Evangelical Church, in the past 20 years.
In so doing, they believe their old Members have gone to the far right in Abortion and Gat rights.
So, they are trying to appeal to their worse Angels, by going hard Right.
Sadly, they could learn a lot from the Nuns, the Sistahs, got it right.
I’m afraid the bishops are in for a shock. Two weeks ago, our pastor gave the statistics about people leaving organized religion…both Protestant and Catholic. The numbers are growing….sorry, but he didn’t give the source. I have also read this quite a bit. People have become disenchanted with religion because of the many scahdals…..think pedophile priests, heterosexual and homosexual affair having evangelists, fraud, and other reasons not so easily defined. It seems that today, once people leave a denomination or religious group, they don’t go back. Evangelicals are among those who are losing. The high point of the huge mega churches has passed. Think of the Crystal Cathedral and its money troubles. I just don’t think that Catholic bishops have any deep kind of control over people any more. I believe we are seeing the last ditch desperate attempts by the hierarchy to keep people doing as they are told.
Don’t laugh but I’m still watching the dine with Barack and Michelle video were they talk about their first date.. I can’t count how many times I have watched it.
To the troll bag on TOD or lurking on TOD who is sending me vile tweets about @Marabout40/Hachiko and making her life hell, you’re a fucking scumbag, a bottom feeder, the lowest of the low. You’re pathetic and she is 10,000 times better than you. How dare you send me vile crap about her? How dare you twist her resume into something evil? How dare you make her out to be a fraud or a thief? I hope karma blind sides you, you fucking twerp.
UT, well, whomever this piece of human excrement is – @ahnowhuhhuh – they’ve been terminated by Twitter. If anyone hassles you again, just let us know and we’ll all alert Twitter @support.
It better be a 10-year old at the minimum. And bring two. You can drink yours and I will mine. I am Joey Tribbiani. Tribbiani’s don’t share food> booze.
Port doesn’t grow on trees, you know. I’ll get the ice. So, two bottles of 10-year old port from you and one bucket, scratch that, half-a-bucket of ice from me, it is.
That’s kinda what I do on President Barack Obama Group on DU. Only I zap it and then trash it but with finesse so my post doesn’t get deleted. Either way it’s fun zapping trolls that can’t stay away from our P BOG.
Hidee Ho Os!!! It was a great getting up day today on TOD earth and I just wanted to let you know that, even at this late hour. Peeking in to say hello and goodbye at the same time. Night has fallen and my bed’s a’callin’!
Biden travels to Chicago, Illinois, to attend a campaign event in the afternoon.
In the evening, Biden travels to Waterloo, Iowa, where he will remain overnight.
11:00 AM
Obama and Biden meet with Clinton.
12:05 PM
Obama departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews.
12:20 PM
Obama departs Joint Base Andrews en route Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1:35 PM
Obama arrives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
2:05 PM
Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event at Oyster River High School.
4:05 PM
Obama departs Portsmouth, New Hampshire en route Boston, Massachusetts.
4:30 PM
Obama arrives in Boston, Massachusetts.
5:10 PM
Obama attends a campaign event.
7:35 PM
Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event.
9:25 PM
Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event.
I’m finding Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom on HBO pretty interesting. I noted it got good and a lot of bad previews, but most of the criticisms came from people in newsrooms. Because they are touching on all the failings which we know all too well. And they saw themselves.
So according to some poll 56% against the healthcare law, 44% supports. Here’s the crazy part, 56% against even though they like the provision in the bill. I bet you ten thousand dollars that alot of those 56% against it are Democrats who wanted single payer. Regardless what happen we have to march on.
I am with you 100%, anniebella. If the Supreme Court overturns the ACA, it won’t be the first time in history that the Supreme Court screwed up because of ideology. Past Supreme Courts, driven by ideology, gave us “Dred Scott” and “Plessy v. Ferguson.” Three members of the right wing Court that gave us “Bush v. Gore” are still on the bench. And the current Court itself gave us the abominable, “Citizens United,” which may well destroy our democracy as we know it. As people in the past fought hard to undo the damage caused by past Supreme Court decisions, we have no choice but to fight back if the ACA is nullified.
Oh, those newsies got a real thin skin…we’ve seen that in the pressers. The media thinks they’re innocent of any wrong doing. They’re also full of Fascist Bullshyte!
Viva The Newsroom! Somebody had to point this shite out and I’ve found Hollywood writers to be very savvy about letting the country know what the corporatemediaWHORE$$ Won’t.
it occured to me that if the SCOTUS choose to release the healthcare (ACA) decision tommorrow, then it may happen that POTUS may end up respond to the outcome right there in MA.
What a way to underscore the hypocrisy of the fool who is trying to run away from romneycare!
i am imaginning PBO in Boston responding to the rightwingers who have tried to demonize the healthcare policy
I cannOt paste the link. Can somebody google Barack Obama,Made in Hawaii and post it or link it here, please. It is an absolute must see and should be made into a campaign ad. My uncle is Hawaiian and that aloha spirit is real. If you have ever beeenhere…you know! Please. Someone get this video out there now!
Sorry about the bad dream, hope you rest well tonight, tnmtngirl. I am thinking that because this movie production has nothing to do with OFA, or the campaign, anyone who lives anywhere can make a pledge, right?
Thanks Amk for sharing this graphic chart that tells us all we need to know about the “Myth of A Liberal Media.” What is really fascinating is the media’s justification for why they overwhelmingly favor Republicans on Sunday shows. During the Bush presidency they justified the imbalance in favor of Republicans by saying that Republicans were in power and therefore deserved more voice to present their policies. During the Obama presidency, the media did a complete turn. It started justifying the imbalance in favor of Republicans on the grounds that the opposition needed a voice to balance the power of the Democratic president. Clearly then, when it comes to MSM, it’s heads the Republicans win and tails the Democrats loose. Yet, the GOP still goes around loudly selling the “Myth of A Liberal Media.”
I’m excited to see Elizabeth Warren and President Obama together in Boston tomorrow. Her email said she will be introducing him, so she needed to work on her speech. There’s one candidate who has the President’s back and he has hers.
amk, I feel your pain. Unlike you I am single; still cooking is not my thing. I only do it because I have to to survive. The one thing I passionately hate the most about food preparation is washing dishes. That’s why I have a stack of disposable paper plates and cups. Unfortunately, I still have to wash pots and pans. By the way, are Indian pancakes as good as Naan bread? If they are, I am game.
My Gosh. That is a superbly impact-full ad, especially with the court’s decision ‘looming’.
It just shows you how much PBO has had to fight these past couple of years. You know even I sometimes forget how bad it was when he came in. With the economy in tartars, Al queda reeking havock in the middle east ( and every foreign policy expert cowering at real chance of terrorists getting their hands on a Pakistani nuke), GM dying, healthcare system destroying more lives than it saved e.t.c…
How he turned around all this while fending off the rabid right and idiotic professional left is beyond me. It truly take an extraordinary individual to make a good president.
I was excited at first, but then I realized that Murdoch’s thinking Romney has a case to make against President Obama. And why wouldn’t he think that when Murdoch’s got a whole network and machinery to spread whatever lies Romney chooses to tell? Murdoch should focus on his legal battles – he’s done enough damage.
But in the second tweet, Murdoch said that Mitt could easily make the case about this “incompetent Administration” and some apparent case to “restore the American Dream”. That’s when I checked out.
Yup. murdock is pissed that mittbot is all pissing it all away despite the pox news fluffing him. 3 most disgusting personalities in the world – darth, murdock and turdblossom, in that order.
Yeah – it’s a real insult to have him competing with someone as honourable and worthy as President Obama. Shameful. Romney seems to be lacking in integrity and any hint of a spine or core.
You’re right…my eyes must have been glazed over because of that first Tweet:) Didn’t concentrate on the next one…Murdoch is a cockroach..just like they all are. I’m so over all of them. Really.
Good Nite Chips and TOD Family. Just finished reading “Man Hunt by Peter Bergen. Some very moving exchanges showing PBO firmness and in charge as our POTUS. Good read. I am so proud of how PBO shows who is in charge and leaves no doubt to those around him.
We have to do everything in our strength and power to get President Barack Obama re-elected. A Must!!!!! Nite, I love you all very much.HZ
Good Morning All: Please know that whatever decision comes from SCOTUS, the pundits will swear its bad news for PBO. They always do that so lets get ready. Whatever nonsense they put out is the opposite of what is true. I have seen it so many times that I feel like I am dream state. Lets get our ‘minds right’. Please be prepared. Pray. Mediate. Whatever you need for the upcoming onslaught.
I wont be lurking around much today because I have lots to do. Have a great and blessed day!!!
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama will be hitting the campaign trail in New England on Monday.
After an Oval Office meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the morning, Obama will fly to New Hampshire, where he will speak at an afternoon campaign event at Oyster River High School in Durham.
Afterward, the president heads to Boston. In the evening, he’ll attend a campaign event at Hamersley’s Bistro and then speak at Symphony Hall. Later, Obama will meet with supporters at a private residence.
This Guy is a Trip! Halperin just said that any ruling on Heathcare is bad news for Obama and Democrats will run for the Hills!
One of the most Wrong opinionated pundits on tv, and yet, he is so sure of Himself!
Halpern called the President a d***…yet he is still on TV giving his biased opinion for Time Magazine…yet the Politico reporter who said that Romney is only comfortable around white folks…may see his career as over…
Moreover,
Joe agrees Robney is not specific about his intentions, Halperin says he dues not have to be, and then Joe says Obama should be more specific…
Really? The old Okey Doke!
I have grown weary of Morning Joe/i read the comments on twitter/better for my blood pressure/i have been watching Bill Press/not quite what i want/but better than the alternative/of course there is always HSN
Yeah really! I guess I can find out exactly what the other sides strategy is, with morning jerk, he will tell you!
Today, he us hammering hone both sides are saying nothing, so it does not matter who you vote for, nobody likes these two!
Jeesh!
Good Morning TODobots! Have a great Monday!
(I’m doing that risky before work peeking in, and hoping my obsession won’t let me forget to sign off at a reasonable time. 😉 )
In April, I predicted that President Obama’s $52 million plan to increase the margin requirements and otherwise tighten the screws on oil speculators — who borrow huge sums to bet on the direction of oil without taking delivery — would cut oil prices by 10 percent. He’s beaten that prediction, and the lowered price of gasoline has added $78.4 billion to its consumers’ spending power.
In case you never heard about it, in April the Obama administration asked Congress to spend $52 million to regulate this speculation. According to the Washington Post, this included the following steps:
• Increase by a factor of six Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) surveillance and enforcement staff “to better deter oil market manipulation,”
• Boost 10-fold, to $10 million, the civil and criminal penalties against “firms that engage in market manipulation,”
• Give the CFTC authority to increase the trader margins — the amount of their own capital that traders must set aside for each bet. The administration officials said such authority “could help limit disruptions in energy markets,” according to the Post.
Jen Psaki lands big gig on Obama campaign
By GLENN THRUSH | 6/25/12 6:27 AM EDT
Jennifer Psaki — who came close to being the surprise pick to serve as Barack Obama’s White House press secretary last year — has been tapped as the Obama campaign’s top traveling communications adviser, according to several people close to the president.
Psaki is taking a leave of absence from her job as a senior vice-president at the Global Strategy Group’s DC office to return to the trail, four years after serving as one of the 2008 Obama campaign’s most effective press liaisons as popular with the media as Obama’s tight-knit inner circle.
Psaki’s stock has rocketed in Obamaland over the past few years. She rose from a mid-level campaign staffer — who literally lived out of a suitcase after jettisoning her apartment to travel with Obama — to a White House deputy communications director and the aide who finished a close second to Jay Carney in the internal vetting process to replace Robert Gibbs at the West Wing podium.
Psaki had always intended to serve the campaign in some capacity, according to a campaign official. Her title will be travelling press secretary.
Her new position reflects her greater stature — and her emergence as one of the campaign’s most effective surrogates on cable. Unlike 2008, when she had to report to Gibbs, Psaki will have primary responsibility for briefing traveling press, will serve as an on-air spokesperson, the campaign’s counterpart to Carney when Obama hits the road later this year, and will be part of the Chicago-based communications team.
Psaki, a graduate of William and Mary, worked on John Kerry’s presidential campaign, the re-election efforts of ex-Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack and Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, served as Communications Director for Rep. Joseph Crowley (D- Queens) and worked for Rahm Emanuel at the Democratic as Midwest and Northeast Regional Press Secretary at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
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Good!
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Could I be first aw shucks
🙂 Congrats to you, WiW!! Been awhile:)
Congrats
Yes you are Linda!
http://www.whatisworking.com/
YES, Linda, THANK YOU..AND YOU TOO BOB, CHIPS, AND ALL OF TODVILLE!!
Thank you for all you contribute, Linda, to the re-election of our fine President Obama, and for all our fellow citizens.
#FORWARD
Love it
Second???????????
I’m off to Panera’s to meet the ‘gang” to make phone calls to NC. Later…………..
Thanks for all you do. Today our group has a phone bank into battleground states. The week after next we open up an office. I am so excited. I will be asking for decorating ideas so we can make the place look “marvelous”.
New York’s roofscape gets climate makeover
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/06/new-yorks-roofscape-gets-climate.html
great videos
Love. Love. Love those videos!
Student Loans: Cities Offering to Pay Debt to Gain Young Residents
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/06/student-loans-cities-offering-to-pay.html
Labor Steps Up Efforts to Protect the Rights of Americans|By Kenneth Quinnell June 18, 2012 06:08 PM
http://crooksandliars.com/kenneth-quinnell/labor-steps-efforts-protect-right
The woman in the video was very good, I hope e see more of her.
Candidate Weather Vane, er, Mitt Romney continues to evade. It’s up to you, media.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/06/18/candidate-weather-vane-er-mitt-romney-continues-to-evade-its-up-to-you-media/
Supreme Court rules U.S. must repay Native American tribes for federal programs
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/18/supreme-court-rules-u-s-must-repay-native-american-tribes-for-federal-programs/
AGHHHHHHH!!!! Thanks for posting Chips. 😀
Legislation Introduced for Moratorium on Mountaintop Removal Mining
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/988594/legislation_introduced_for_moratorium_on_mountaintop_removal_mining/
Hey Brian, thanks for the twitterfic idea. Some people on twitter are now coming up with rhymes about Romney. 🙂
https://twitter.com/PerdidoMike/status/216963399597297665
UT…I think it should say “STRAIN” not “STAIN”
Absolutely horrid.Barbaric, I would say.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/03/alabama-anti-immigration-law-self-deportation-movement
Thanks Desertflower. This is another reason why we will need to make sure we get PBO re-elected and give him the House back and a solid Senate. Our work is cut out for all of us. We have to do this with all of our collective might. HZ
Bringing over from the last thread.
Adorable!
And my President looks even younger as he talks about his First Date 🙂
i loveeeeeeeeeeeeee this videoooooooo…it is sooooooo kool….and notice how PBO remembers the details more than the First Lady…hehehehe,,,i loveeeeee them!!!!
OMG!!! I’m such a loser!!!! 😆 I got the giggles watching PBO and Miche giggling together. Then I watched it two more times and started giggling before them and then giggling with them. {{SMD}} —- Crazy……. they are so beautiful together. Separate they are great, but together they are magnificent! 🙂
Off to watch and giggle some more.
You’re not alone, Lisa… 🙂
me too, me too, love it when they are together.
No loser Lisa…i watched that video more than once and i have the biggest smile on my face!!…I LOVE them!!
lisa, if you’re a loser for watching POTUS and FLOTUS discussing their first date, then so am I, because I have watched it so many times today too. 🙂
Lisa, I just watched it two more times before I head off to bed.
Crap, Chips!! What did you do to me?!!! Now I’m gonna be stuck in front of my computer replaying this clip!!!!! I’ve gone back and watched it 3 more times!!!! Now I’m gonna go watch it again and giggle some more!! 😐
ps- one of my favorite parts is when Miche is reviewing everything he does close to the end of the vid and her expression changed for each word she used, “he was cutting edge… sensitive….” she’s such a cutie!!! love her, love her, love her!!! 😆
🙂 It’s just a little bit lovely Lisa, I’ve replayed it, oooooooh, 826 times so far.
Soooooooooo very AWsome Chipsssss….sometimes this place is MAGICAL…it has a way of turning frowns upside down…of giving joy…and happiness….
thank you….
YES!!!
I’ve watched this video over and over again and I can’t help giggling and grinning like a darned fool. They are the CUTEST. The love, the connectedness, the passion, the humor, the fact that they both still vividly remember their first date after some 20 odd years. Oh to have a love like the Obamas. May we all be so lucky. 🙂
I loved how they fill in gaps in each other’s memories. My parents do that. When I was younger and asked them questions about how they met, my mom would forget something and my step-father would fill it in for her and she’d catch right back up just like Miche did. That was waaaaaay too beautiful for words, though. I can’t stop mooning over them.
Oh lord they are too adorable – the both of them. Just so enjoyable to watch, listen to them together w/their mutual love affair. Just Good People.
They are such a beautiful couple.
Lisa, I did the same. I smiled, then I laughed so hard, then I did the lovely girlish giggle and then I cried and asked God to please give them to us for another term. We need them so much.
Thanks so much for this place, Chips. You give me so much joy. I was trying to do some paperwork after church, and also clean up magazine baskets, so my heart was so full with so many memories of how we got through 2008. Our emotions are raw now, but we will get through this all with a beautiful victory on Nov. 6, 2012. HZ
Rubio said that SB 1070 is understandable, supports it!
Wow!
nothing this shiftless braggart does surprises me.
I guess those Hispanic people who thought his Dream Act was going to bring them hope should think again. The GOP “permanent solution” that Rubio and Mitt keep talking about might not be what they think it is…
Done for
He says it’s not a national model but it’s understandable.
WTF does that mean? In one sentence, Rubio contradicts Himself!
How cool is this? Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin steps into the 21st century and joins twitter! Her son is running as a Democrat for a state senate seat in MA. If she can do it, you can too!
Unlike Willard’s sons Joe Goodwin served his country in the military.
This is great news coming from Doris K. Goodwin. I love her books. What a joy she must be feeling to have both of these wonderful events taking place in her life at this time. I wish the very best for her son. Great news. HZ
Does anyone have the patience for this dumb question? The reason I haven’t tweeted more is because I have that embarrassing lame dumb blank egg as a “photo”. I have tried and tried and tried to slide a photo in there so I won’t look so pitiful. But—-I am no Doris Kearns Goodwin, and I have been a big fail. When I go to edit my profile, it says no file chosen, or something—–and size required—–so——how do I get a photo in a file and does it have to be square and how do I get the right size ——and don’t laugh at this question or ——–else. Anyone have any help for Twitter for Dummies?
Twitter says the jpg file has to be 128×128 but I think it reads better if around 300×300.
Do you have a way to figure out the size of your image or resize it?
That would be pixels.
I found myself squealing, “they so cute” in a little high pitched voice like you’d do to a baby. And they are – they’re just that cute!
hahahahaha….yesssss…i think this will become one of my favorite videos……yesss
This is why CNN lost half it’s viewers. This guy says if you believe in austerity vote Romney. If you believe in stimulus vote Romney. WTF?? Cnn is high blood pressure inducing.
That’s exactly the essence of Mitt Romney: Heads he wins and tails the President looses.
You’re killin’ me. THE ABSOLUTE SWEETEST VIDEO OF THE MOST AMAZING DYNAMO COUPLE EVAH.
MRs Señor is at it again, this time being critical of Planned Parenthood!
Why is the Robney Campy using Miss Brown as a Conservative Voice, on Womens issues?
She was Not that popular on CNN!
She is probably being paid….
“Some girl that reports for Fox and Townhall has already written a book on Fast and Furioue…..she was on Book TV last night being interviewed by former Fox employee Major Garrett.
Seems odd to me .
After Words: Katie Pavlich, “Fast and Furious: Barack Obama’s Bl oo diest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up,” hosted by Major Garrett, National Journal
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What evidence could she possible have to justify that title..? I bet it lands in the bargain bin next to the other silly books conservatives write…..”
oh never mind….media matters already debunked her conspiracy theories .
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201205180022
I heard a conservative book publisher say the two places they wanted their books and authors promoted are on FOX and C-SPAN. I suppose enough viewers may buy the books to make them profitable, but it does not mean they will be read.
Tweet to Axelrod!
They’re not putting all that money up for nothing! Money is speech now…..they expect a great deal from this. It;s an INVESTMENT for them!
“They’re our major investors,” a senior Romney advisor said, declining to speak openly because of the campaign’s desire for secrecy.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-romney-donors-20120624,0,2505469.story
this is a business deal. These “investors” know that by pumping in obscene amounts of money into his campaign, if he wins and they succeed in buying the Presidency,these investors will get an equally obscene return on their original investment…in the way of subsidies, tax free status,off shoring, outsourcing,following cheap labor to maximize their profits,deregulation, so they don’t have to worry about any pesty rules,free access to dump toxic waste…in our air and water…the list is endless.
This is how they, and we, should present this to people. And if they win, the American people, lose…because regular folks just don’t have what it takes to give them what they want…money and power.That, and that alone, drives them.
And if Romney loses, then these greedy buggers will have one very pissed off President to deal with, who won’t have any more elections to win – and who will remember what they tried to do. I can’t wait!
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-romney-donors-20120624,0,2505469.story
Might I add that the lack of transparency and absolutely secrecy…even for those INVITED guests…is telling to me.
I wonder if the msm will put as much effort into attacking Romney for this “retreat” as they spent hyperventilating over dinner at Sara Jessica Parker’s house and George Clooney’s? At least most Americans like Sara Jessica and George, can’t say as much for Mitt’s donors.
This is good Federal grant for Tampa-
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/local/tampa-secures-11-million-federal-grant-to-finish-riverwalk/1236140
But, with all this noise, nobody knows about it!
http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/104249/republican-ryan-romney-taxes-loopholes-deficit-cuts-lie-bogus
Ed Kilgore summed it all up nicely:
the big game associated with Republican tax plans is for GOP solons to keep a straight face while asserting they can have big cuts in upper-end income tax rates without exploding the deficit or shifting the tax burden sharply towards middle-income Americans. The magic asterisk in their plans that keeps the mask at least partially in place is the promise that they will eventually identify and eliminate “tax loopholes” that will offset the revenue losses and avoid a big windfall for the rich that will have to be made up by everyone else. It’s “magic” not only because it’s so unspecific (and thus politically painless) but because the really big “loopholes” like the mortgage interest deduction benefit the middle class—and particularly the upper-middle class—a great deal.
FILE THIS UNDER: “TELL US SOMETHING WE DON’T KNOW”
Brit Hume To Fox News Sunday Panel: ‘The Republican Brand Name Is In Terrible Shape’ (VIDEO)
by Josh Feldman | 3:39 pm, June 24th, 2012
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/brit-hume-to-fox-news-sunday-panel-the-republican-brand-name-is-in-terrible-shape/
(Just ignore Nicole Wallace’s BS remark about PBO jobs record at the end of the video.)
Ignore her permanently….no matter what.
DF, Remember this?
GOP REP. TOM DAVIS: if we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf.”
GOPer compares brand to bad dog food
May 14, 2008
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Rep. Tom Davis wrote a 20-page treatise (see earlier note) assessing the state of the Republican Party as we head into the summer and presented it to House GOP rank and file this morning. Davis, who is retiring, is rumored to be interested in finishing his term as the head of the GOP House campaign arm.
We are hearing a lot today from Republicans and their concern about their “brand,” and Davis takes it to another level in his memo; “a congressional GOP brand tied to George Bush is struggling”; “…deep seeded antipathy toward the president, the war, gas prices, the economy, foreclosures and, in some areas, the underlying cultural differences that continue to brand our party.”
And the kicker, “the Republican brand is in the trash can…if we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf.”
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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2008/05/14/4436302-goper-compares-brand-to-bad-dog-food?lite
Oh yes!
4.3 million jobs in the last 27 months with nothing but obstruction from the Republicans. And no push back from anyone. Another example of FOX’s injustice to the American people.
paging chips/ut/tally
BBC running commentary on poor limeys.
For all the half-time chat of closing down Andrea Pirlo, the midfielder is running the show. He may as well park a deckchair in the middle, it is way too easy for him.
Pirlo is a gem! Tiring now though, a bit like me and my ever-increasing worry that England might win this in the last minute – or on penalties. 😦
We are rooting for eyetalians now ? What happened ?
It’s the Irish in me amk, can’t be shouting for that lot! (Before you quibble: United is an Irish club based in Manchester).
“United is an Irish club based in Manchester”. Really ? Have we sunk that far ?
(Yes. And Rooney is Irish also too).
Tch, tch, tch. That’s what man u does to u.
I tipped the Dutch to win Euro 2012. I’m an expert, me.
When have the dutch ever won anything ? Total football,my foot.
Remind me to take some bets with you.
Euro 88! And I thought their time had come again 😳
This is unbelievable! FOXNews is reporting that ‘Egypt follows U.S. lead in electing a Muslim president’
http://www.borowitzreport.com/2012/06/24/fox-news-reports-egypt-follows-us-in-electing-muslim-president/
borowitz is all snark, dotster.
Dotster, that’s a parody site, Borowitz being the king of parody! But sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between his ‘reports’ and Fox’s!
Oh —-whew—-knew that but forgot—–and the sad part is it didn’t sound THAT preposterous coming from FOX. It seemed likely.
Truly Dotster, it’s almost impossible to tell the difference!
I should have looked before I lept- Borowitz website. No quote marks, so I wonder if this was more Borowitz than Fox? Ugh! I need a shower now.
I confused this Borowitz, with some other radio guy based out of the ATL. But I knew it did not “sound” right and no quotations. Oh…parody. I like parody!! Yep it’s hard to tell that parody from the real thing.
“Gerrard has been as anonymous as Pirlo has been imperious.” 🙂
Sweet!!!
🙂
You girls laugh, but there is a lot of pressure in a situation like that. A man is defined by how easily he can open up a bottle. It’s a pressure cooker, that’s for sure!
fools come from both parties! i doubt that this is going to motivate many Dems in NC to work on his campaign
many of you have shared graphs and maps about the economy and the outsourcing by mitt the ntitled bullying liar. there is also the presentation about willard for dummies.
do you think that it would be a good idea for Team Obama (or their surrogates) to turn some of these into tee-shirts that people can wear to an oficial camaign event?
for instance, I can see BFD VP Joe taking of his jacket in Ohio and displaying a tee-shirt with the outsourcing map – in essence, joe conducts a “political strip tease” and all those standing behind him follow his example. okay may be I am crazy……
Hello everyone, late to the site today -chores and visiting parents.
Thought this was telling and useful to counteract the RWNJs tomorrow if the SCOTUS does the political rather than the right thing.
I thought I already saw a poll where a huge majority of people think that this SCOTUS will take a decision based on political ideology rather than the facts of the law and constitution.
a court that stole the 2000 election and gave us citizens united has no heart and lost all pretense at objectivity.
history will regard this court with shame
If the mandate is overturn, we know why. The Republicans on that court playing politics. Let us know why it is even more important to re-elect President Obama.
Crazy thought, but if ACA is overturned in whole or in part, I bet the Dems will campaign on single payer as the only thing that will save health care access in the US.
Howard Dean thinks they can get single payer and wants it to be overturned. I think that is crazy as it was hard enough to get this even with a lot more Dems than now. No chance now unless there is a huge turnover in Congress. Also there is the filabuster to worry about.
So, if the GOP overturn ACA, they somehow think the Dems in Congress will have the guts to do an ACTUAL “government takeover of healthcare”? Ludicrous. Try selling that to uninformed Americans, who are sitting by silently while the SCOTUS is getting ready to take away their health security – 100 years in the making.
goood ollllle ezra…full of doom and gloom.
Bain Capital Horror Stories Continue to Haunt Mitt Romney’s Campaign
The double-edged sword that is Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital will not stop causing image problems for the candidate. This time, it’s a pair of articles chronicling the private equity firm’s outsourcing of American jobs and methods for draining money out of the failed companies it controlled.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/06/bain-horror-stories-continue-to-haunt-romney.html
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
BBC comment
“It’s so frustrating watching England not being able to keep hold of the ball – its like watching Bolton!”
Bloody hell, that’s harsh on Bolton!
BAM!
“I’m sat here at work, wearing down my phone screen by hitting refresh every 10 seconds. So many times in years gone by we’ve gone out in the quarters after being the better team? Do I dare to dream that we could reach the semis whilst playing like Grimsby Town? Come on England…shock me!!!”
Grimsby Town — HAH!
Fishy!
“If we can make Italy look like Spain, I dread to think what would happen if we played them with this side.”
Today’s Gallup has the President Shooting up to 51%!
go figure…?
I saw that too and just thought “wow!” Perhaps people are not as negative and into voting against their own interests as earlier results indicated.
BBC-Andrea Pirlo has just gone past 100 passes, while no England player has passed it more than 40 times.
Come on italy. Close the deal. Make it count.
Jurgen Klinsmann :
“England do hang on and that is the only thing that matters. It only takes one brilliant moment and England can win the game even though they do not deserve it. A worst case scenario is that England go to penalties and win it. Remember Chelsea.”
Ouch. Paging ut.
Jurgen, worry about the US qualifying for 2014.
Italians are fucking this up.
Totally. Shots on goal don’t mean a damned thing if you can’t finish it off. Ask Barcelona.
Offside!
lmao.
RONALDO
this may not end well
that’s a nice way to frame it–as we scroll through our mental list of business infamy, we just keep seeing robme’s name come up!
“Can’t help thinking of Blackadder… It started badly, got worse in the middle, and the less said about the end the better, but apart from that, well done.”
🙂
If this were a boxing match, not only would it have been called off long, long ago as an Italian points victory, by now protestors would be calling for an end to such unnecessary cruelty in a sport.”
sigh. penalty shoot-out. They might as well flip a frickin’ coin.
They’ll probably both keep missing til 2016. Grim stuff.
America doesn’t need a outsourcing pioneer in the oval office. We also don’t need someone who is bought and paid for by billionaires and millionaires. Someone who has no core and will be told what to do by these billionaires and millionaires.
Old Folks fear the Moca(sp) Chocolaty Vanilla. While the Young say, what is the BFD as VP Biden would say.
Remember up until Mr. Obama, Old folks were reliable Dem Voters. And they say, pigmentation has nothing to do with it? yeah, right.
Nena20309, Old folks use to be reliable Dem voters, when did things change? When more color started joining the Dem side.
Actually, I have known more older folks as Republicans or Conservatives when that meant not spending much and not being taxed much, unlike now when they give everything to the rich. Older people don’t want their money taken in taxes, but don’t think of the GOP as taking their Social Security or Medicare. They believe what their party tells them. They still believe the media tells them the truth.
does anyone know of another governor in the US who bought the hard-drives of goverment computers and erased ALL his official records?
the arrogance of mitt is glaring. what was mitt the bullying serial liar hidding by erasing his electronic records?
DARRELL ISSA’S BOGUS SCANDAL: WHO’S ON FIRST, I DON’T KNOW, THIRD BASE
Republicans Go From Fast and Furious to Slow and Stupid
By: Jason Easley
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This is why Fast and Furious will never be a major scandal. Republicans can’t even agree among themselves on their talking points. It can be argued that the Republicans’ real problem started when someone let Rick Perry a.k.a. Sarah Palin South loose on national television. Much like his Alaskan soul mate Rick Perry doesn’t follow the news much, but he loves a good Obama conspiracy theory.
The debacle grows even more humorous when you realize that Perry was on Face The Nation as a Romney surrogate, but he seemed more interested in talking about anything other than Mitt Romney.
Fox News Sunday and Face The Nation were airing live at the same time while two Republicans on two different networks give two different talking points on whether or not there is a White House cover up.
The right wants the American people to believe that the Obama administration has done something heinous and horrible, but have no idea what exactly that was. As usual, the GOP’s blind hatred of Obama is causing them to make fools of themselves.
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http://www.politicususa.com/gop-fast-furious-slow-stupid.html
Shmooney!!!!!
Shite. Italy misses one
Ooo, cheeky
Pirlo was sublime,wasn’t he ?
That was cheeky by half. Italy deserved to win.
Yesss. ashley misses one.
Welp, Italy’s gonna win.
The tabloid headlines in London should be fun.
yet another ashley loser. Go Itlay.
Yayy. Go Azzurris. Totally deserved win.
On that high note, my long day is finally over. Gunnite LL and Chips.
Nite amk. Sleep tight. Thomas and Scalia bite.
Buonanotte amk 😉
Ok. couldn’t miss this.
The guy looks plastered ….
he’s got those callista eyes, too.
he looks out of his usual ken look. did he forget the gel or did he put too much?
Just the sort of person who would make you feel uneasy if you saw him in an airport.
President Obama looks put together even after a trans-Atlantic flight after a whole week of dealing with other world leaders and making a difference in this world for millions of people.
the difference between governing and doing business:
http://wpcomics.washingtonpost.com/client/wpc/db/
Didn’t want Boston Globe’s Kranish & Healy and WaPo’s Hamburger to feel left out of all the merryment …
#PRESSON
Hi Chips and TODville mates,
can we organize a “money bomb” for President Obama for the day SCOTUS announces its decision on the health care law (ACA) or as I am proud to call it Obamacares?
LOVE that idea. Let’s do it!!
let’s spread the word to everybody
okey dokey
Terrific idea, meta. Let’s spread the word.
So far I’ve gotten over a dozen RTs so hopefully it will continue to spread.
yes we will!
I love this idea as well!!!
Haha…..#RomneyInTwoWords is trending on twitter and people are having fun.
https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23RomneyInTwoWords
This should be pretty crazy:
Hi Meta,
Great news!
Thought Ms Warren might enjoy ….
No surprise, after the WaPo & Boston Globe double whammy on #BainMitt, #47of50Mitt & #JunkBondMitt that President Obama and Ms Warren might find visiting in Boston to be timely 😀 😀 😀
#FORWARD
Awesome, meta! Friday was Elizabeth’s 63rd birthday and they had B Parties all over. My cyberbuddy voluteers for her Campaign in Western Mass.
great event two people who fight for the improvement of ordinary lives especially for the people at the margins
What time will Ms. Warren be introducing President Obama? I want to make sure I don’t miss this.
Very much enjoying this “Barack Obama: Made In Hawaii”
#PRESSON
Dear Chips – All TODers …
You really, really need to see this!!!!
I truly hope they get the support they need to complete the project!!
#PRESSON
#FORWARD
Mahalos, Bob! I got tears just reading her story..she has such a long way to go for her funding..Thank you so much for bringing this to LIGHT! I can send Gloria Borland a few bucks from Kaua’i.
This would be Amazing to get out on the Screen..before the Election!
Thank you so much, Cha! I’m going to contribute, as well. Hopefully, OFA will see the considerable value in steering some support to the effort. Perhaps Chips, will feature it 😉
#FORWARD
Really cool documentary Bob. Thanks!
BTW, Chips & everyone …
A segment of the video describes precisely the cultural, spiritual framework of President Obama’s youth and makes if very clear the deep strength of his ‘cool’ – very, very deep strength – something those urging him to ‘get mad’ or ‘get angry’ fail to see. I understand the considerable value of having an opponent perceive ‘weakness’ when what is actually happening is that they are being fed a lot of rope.
#FORWARD
AGREE!!! What a treat! I am beyond loving this! Needs to be front and center, chips—–new post.
Thank you for posting Bobfr. I am definitely donating BEFORE july 11th. I want to see this film made. Great insight into our President. Hawaii is so unique, and unlike any other state. They’ve had near universal health care for 30 years? I would imagine hearing of the sacrafices, and the special circumstances made by military family from the kids themselves would stick with a person. This adds one more thing into the respect and sense of responsibility that our President feels as Commander and Chief.
Thanks Bob for posting! I will definitely make a donation to this project before July 11. Everyone should have an opportunity to see this documentary.
I tried to watch, but the video kept stopping. Such a great project! We should get the word out about this…
Bobfr,
thanks a lot for bringing this very beautiful project/video to our attention. it is a very worthy cause. I am going to chip in the funding and spreading the message.
i hope it is featured here and else where because it is very good for partly explaining WHY POTUS is who he is today
Bobfr, thanks so much for posting this. I hope that the people who need to see this will get it out before the election as well. I hope that our efforts will get it to Stephanie and her team. Let us make this happen. HZ
Very very good. Thank you so much for posting it Bobfr!!!
I loved the movie I just watched on HBO—-A Dolphin Tale—–true story of a dolphin rescued in Fl. who had to have his tail amputated, ended up having a prosthetic tail designed for him, after much trial and error were successful—–and the gel fitting discovered is now used with veterans and others who have lost limbs—-just a heartwarming story of all who were devoted to this task—-including a special relationship with a young boy who first discovered the beached dolphin—-starring my boyfriend Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. Watch if you get a chance.
this SHOULD go viral:
http://eclectablog.com/2012/06/18-reasons-the-affordable-care-act-is-the-greatest-achievement-for-the-middle-class-since-medicare.html
Jake Tapper GRILLS Darryl I”ASS”A People see thru his BS!!
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jake-tapper-grills-rep-darrell-issa-on-partisanship-of-fast-furious-investigation/
C-SPAN One is airing their behind the scenes footage of Obama 2012. Our team is a juggernaut. Plus they’re going to interview Ben LaBolt and Axelrod.
watching…
LaBolt is hitting it point by point!!!…HOOOOOOOOOT!
Isn’t he terrific? What a pleasure to hear him speak and not be interrupted. He is definitely getting the important points out. I could just pinch him he is so cute.
hahahaha…Sit down….LadyHawke….hahahaha
Ben’s interview was fantastic. He made it clear that they don’t allow cable to drive their goals and or message. They are laser focused on those battleground states that we will need to win this November.
http://www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Visits-Obama-Campaign-Headquarters-in-Chicago/10737431868/
#FORWARD
Ha! He made me feel good because he doesn’t understand what Pinterest is either. 🙂
Man, I can honestly say this is the first Presidential family that I just can’t help but consider them my fam.
Love em.
Welp…finally sitting down to watch Fast Five on HBO. This shit better be worth it.
Also I’m a BBBW, so I love my men big, but damn what the heck kinda ‘roids is the Rock on really. the man’s thighs seem as big as my freakn’ head and I gotta a big head!
i am not going to be in Charlotte at the convention but i would like to watch the events online…i plan to take some time off…does anyone know if the convention schedule has been outlined yet…
Man oh man Ben LaBolt is hitting point after point. I freaking love the Obama 2012 team. These people are freaking prepared. Voter registration? Check. Fighting Voter Suppression? Check. Advertising? Check. Fighting GOP lies? Check. Informing Voters of PBO’s accomplishments? Check. Micro Outreach? Check. Reaching Out To Young Voters Through Digital Media? Check. Reaching Out To Older Voters Through Traditional Means? Check. Reaching Out To Low Info Voters? Check. Reaching Out To Women, Churches, Barbershops, Neighborhood? Check.
Freaking awesome!
So true, ut, so very true!!!!
#FORWARD
yeahhhhhhhhhhh…
check check checkinnnn….makes me feels so damn gooooooooood
Axelrod was good, too!
#FORWARD
THATS WHO WE ARE!!!!!!!!!
most awesome president ever? double-check!!
Just want to say if you haven’t watched Barack Obama: Made in Hawaii which Bobfr linked above, you are really missing out on something insightful and beautiful. It’s a Must See.
Thanks dotster – I will definitely watch it as soon as I get a chance! 🙂
Thank you dotster!
#PRESSON
“Made In Hawai’i” is de rigueur for anyone who has questions about President Obama..and his Supporters will absolutley get it! Lot of history there not seen before. Loved our Gov Abercrombie’s input!
Just watched it, Dotster. It’s wonderful.
Please share this with your AAPI friends and family:
Let’s try this:
Thank you so much for this Meta. I’m all choked up. President Obama is really and truly diversity personified. He has to win a second term. He just has to.
I know, ut. I love the voices of ordinary people in all these videos. And this one is very emotional because of each person’s personal story but also that PBO’s family is acknowledged and included. It’s very moving.
Yes, this video is very moving and inspiring. Thanks meta.
Wow, meta! Thanks for sharing this. It’s so heartening to see the diversity of people who passionately support the President. I never thought I would live to witness this in my lifetime. Republicans think that what makes the United States exceptional is military superiority. For me, what makes this country exceptional is its diversity. I know the Republicans have a ton of money since they are supported by billionaires and millionaires, but I like the President’s chances because he has the support of Americans from all walks of life.
I want to see Mitt’s thank you note to his lavish meeting with his money friends meeting in Utah this weekend. Tell us that Mitt. No, you are such a lying sack of crap, and you know you are. But you can’t fool all of us. We know your lying game.HZ
He is just rubbing it in, trying to get the Beltway to discuss all his Wealthy donors. Obviously, these good ole Boys like attention, Power, and Robney is rubbing their Backs…
Thanks to all the millionaires and billionaires who showed up at the fancy gig in Utah to finish buying what piece of soul I have. These are the kind of people Ann and I are use to being around, not the lowlife I met on that disaster of a bus tour of mines. Just like I did when I was at Bain Capitol I will make sure the billionaires and millionaires gets whatever it is they want if I win…..Sincerely Mitt Romney
Bobfr, thank you so much for that documentary preview link, Barack Obama: MADE IN Hawaii http://t.co/pJrjPNxH, especially the section where his temperment was being discussed and how people want him to get mad all the time but how he is able to see past the craziness to the end goal. People say that he’s weak, but his accomplishments show that people’s narrow visions are wrong—he has incredible inner strength. It’s like Joe Biden says, “he has a spine of steel”. Chips and everyone, it’s a must see……Thanks Bobfr!!!!!
Hi Everyone, it’s only me. 😆
Well TODobots, I never dreamed of it happening, but I met Pres O last night, and of course I was speechless! I got a handshake, but not a hug, and my older brother took a picture.
Problem is, I was dressed in house clothes and my hair wasn’t combed!!! Other problem? I haven’t seen the brother who took the picture in years, or lived in the home/country in which PBO and I met in decades!
Am I ticked off to discover that handshake was a real dream? You bet, because though I was embarrassed at not being dressed to the nines I was thrilled to meet the president, and I don’t usually dream so vividly.
I am extra late to the village as it has taken me all day to recover from the shock and disappointment that the handshake and picture were only a dream, PLUS I was finishing up work that had to be done to be ready for tomorrow’s workday. 😉
Now I’m going to take a quick look at all I missed today.
Bummer! I have felt that way about dreams before..but, at least your dream was So Vivid, VC!
Watching that Made In Hawai’i Vid…when I saw his first job was at a Baskin Robbins I am reminded that one of my PBO dreams was of him in an Ice Cream Parlor during the Campaign Time. Only he was on this side of the counter.
Hi Cha. Thanks for the hint that I need to see the Made in Hawaii vid. 🙂 I generally find it confusing to know where to start when I come in late because cruising quickly down the threads always provide so many options, plus I want to peek in on what is current, AND I can’t do everything at the same time.
I can relate, vc..I’m always late living on Kaui’i..but being retired I can take all day if I want. 😛 Made In Hawai’i is definitely worth taking the time. You’ll LOVE IT!
I’ve watched it and did indeed enjoy it! My question is how come the contributions have so far been so low? i would have thought they’d be closer to their goal with so few days left.
And my twitter stalker is back: https://twitter.com/#!/Bjorn20121
They’ve deleted the account again.
How Pathetic is this. I guess they have nothing better to do.
I’m so sorry you are being subjected to this!
Actually, this time twitter support suspended the account within minutes of me tweeting for help. Then the troll set up another one and started up again! Can you believe it?! It’s like being under siege. It’s become a real case of stalking. Now he’s quoting information off my resume which means s/he’s been looking at my LinkedIn or other professional site profile.
That’s horrible. How did they get your real name to follow you to LinkedIn?
I don’t know. S/he must have seen something posted here or on twitter with my real name. I used to use my real name, but was stalked by some creep then changed it. Now this. It never ends.
Whaaaaaaaaaaat?! What are they saying to you Hachikō?? I won’t ask for links because I don’t want to see this shit, but is it just general bile or personal stuff?
All personal. Still harassing me about the fundraiser capecodgurl did for me and Tucker. Now, apparently got information off my resume (from LinkedIn or some other job search engine I imagine) and tweeting it claiming my resume is a lie.
Oh boy. The mind just boggles.
This may be helpful, Hachiko…Cyberstalking is a CRIME!
http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbName=DocumentViewer&DocumentID=32458
Excellent Desertflower, Hachikō – you should think about following this up. What exactly was the stalker saying, does it fall under any of the categories in DF’s link?
Thank you! That’s a huge help!
You’re welcome…little shit thinks this is fun. Wrong answer! Keep ALL the info and send it to the authorities.Game Over.
Your twitter stalker just sent me a tweet using the twitter handle WisdomSpeak1. I replied and verbally tarnished the troll bag. I tried reporting the scumbag but the cretin suspended the account. I am so sorry this is happening to you. Whoever is doing this is the lowest form of life.
Thank you so much. I saw your tweets. You were great! I had to change everything on my twitter account. This is almost as bad as being stalked in real life – something I experienced, so I know what I’m talking about.
Oh no problem. Did you suspend your account?
changed my profile on Kay’s advice. I just replied to a tweet between you and Karoli.
Just saw it.
I changed it back. Creep’s watching my timeline and saw my new handle. I’m not going to hide. This is ridiculous. Please send me any new handles the creep uses to tweet you. I’m keeping a log of them.
I changed it back. Creep’s watching my timeline and saw my new handle. I’m not going to hide. This is ridiculous. Please send me any new handles the creep uses to tweet you. I’m keeping a log of them. Thank you!
Keep track of everything…details, details, details.
sorry about the stalker. wow, must be scarely!
This is so freaking hilarious. It’s like Memo to the GOP: If you’re going to insult a liberal, learn how to fucking spell. Geez.
YEAAH! If you’re going to call someone a “dumbass” ..you better be sure you’re not trying to project your dumbass self onto them!
“BlockedForStupidity”..HA!
You go UT! Now the whole twitter world knows who is truly a “dumb ass.”
The conflict over who will pay for President Obama’s visit to Durham, N.H. tomorrow, per the AP:
An anonymous donor has agreed to pay up to $20,000 to cover expenses the town incurs as a result of a visit by President Barack Obama, Town Council Chairman Jay Gooze said Sunday.
The town asked that local expenses for Monday’s Obama campaign stop be covered by the president’s re-election campaign. Durham officials had said that the visit is expected to cost the town an extra $20,000 to $30,000 in overtime payments. Obama is scheduled to speak Monday at Durham’s Oyster River High School.
The Obama campaign had responded to the request by saying that all decisions on security expenses “are exclusively within the control of the appropriate government officials” and that if there were further questions about allocation of the expenses they should be directed to the Secret Service.
On Sunday, Gooze said the town’s request was not motivated by partisan politics and most Durham voters are registered Democrats. Gooze also said the town did not wish to make a national statement about campaign reimbursements.
http://www.politico.com//blogs/burns-haberman/2012/06/anonymous-donor-to-rescue-in-nh-127136.html
Why are Republucan Towns starting to charge the President, for visits? This happened in California, as well? Something new!
these mofos didn’t open up their damn mouths to complain when THE PRESIDENT WAS WHITE.
yeah, I said it.
The town officials who are demanding PBO pay for something all tax payers have covered for previous President’s can go fuck themselves. They didn’t request this for the previous 43 white Presidents. Fucking assholes.
UT, it is the same way it was when Laura Bush went were ever she wanted to go and no one complain about tax payers paying for it, but if FLOTUS goes across the street these bastards are complaining.
Yet another item to be added on the list of what a President, because he is black, is not allowed to do. This never happened to any other of the 43 white presidents before him, irrespective of their political parties.
VP has 2 Day Bus tour thru Iowa, Monday and Tuesday, talking about Middle class and hitting 4 cities!
Presidents schedule Til Thursday-
Monday
Durham, NH and Boston
Tuesday
Atlanta and Miami
Wednesday
Meets with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince
WOW, check this out:
http://twitpic.com/a07xxz
Very interesting indeed. SCOTUS, take note.
I am worried about the Catholic Bishops…
They are obviously attempting to gain back the members they lost to the Evangelical Church, in the past 20 years.
In so doing, they believe their old Members have gone to the far right in Abortion and Gat rights.
So, they are trying to appeal to their worse Angels, by going hard Right.
Sadly, they could learn a lot from the Nuns, the Sistahs, got it right.
I’m afraid the bishops are in for a shock. Two weeks ago, our pastor gave the statistics about people leaving organized religion…both Protestant and Catholic. The numbers are growing….sorry, but he didn’t give the source. I have also read this quite a bit. People have become disenchanted with religion because of the many scahdals…..think pedophile priests, heterosexual and homosexual affair having evangelists, fraud, and other reasons not so easily defined. It seems that today, once people leave a denomination or religious group, they don’t go back. Evangelicals are among those who are losing. The high point of the huge mega churches has passed. Think of the Crystal Cathedral and its money troubles. I just don’t think that Catholic bishops have any deep kind of control over people any more. I believe we are seeing the last ditch desperate attempts by the hierarchy to keep people doing as they are told.
David Axelrod is on CSPAN ONE now, and Ben LaBolt will be on again at 10PM ET.
Don’t laugh but I’m still watching the dine with Barack and Michelle video were they talk about their first date.. I can’t count how many times I have watched it.
I love their giggling at the end, plus when they look at each other and smile about how nice the lunch by the fountain was. They’re just real.
To the troll bag on TOD or lurking on TOD who is sending me vile tweets about @Marabout40/Hachiko and making her life hell, you’re a fucking scumbag, a bottom feeder, the lowest of the low. You’re pathetic and she is 10,000 times better than you. How dare you send me vile crap about her? How dare you twist her resume into something evil? How dare you make her out to be a fraud or a thief? I hope karma blind sides you, you fucking twerp.
oh my goodness- is this still going on? Good on you ut- I’ll second your comments.
Leave marabout & ut alone!
UT, well, whomever this piece of human excrement is – @ahnowhuhhuh – they’ve been terminated by Twitter. If anyone hassles you again, just let us know and we’ll all alert Twitter @support.
#PRESSON
My method – I trash the troll in one post and block it. Never hear from them again.
Is that your thimble strategy, meanie?
Quarter thimble it is, from now on. Keep talking.
You’re not even Scrooge, you’re one quarter of Scrooge … remind me to bring my own port when I’m invited to your place for a dinner party. 🙄
It better be a 10-year old at the minimum. And bring two. You can drink yours and I will mine. I am Joey Tribbiani. Tribbiani’s don’t share
food>booze.“You can drink yours and I will mine.”
Jeez, you sound like the host with the (least) most 🙄
Port doesn’t grow on trees, you know. I’ll get the ice. So, two bottles of 10-year old port from you and one bucket, scratch that, half-a-bucket of ice from me, it is.
You know amk, I’m tingling at the prospect of your dinner party, I just hope you admire the gift I present you with:
Yay, free gift. I’ll take it. Thank you.
Could you bring it with some ice in it ? Saves me the trouble.
That’s kinda what I do on President Barack Obama Group on DU. Only I zap it and then trash it but with finesse so my post doesn’t get deleted. Either way it’s fun zapping trolls that can’t stay away from our P BOG.
Hidee Ho Os!!! It was a great getting up day today on TOD earth and I just wanted to let you know that, even at this late hour. Peeking in to say hello and goodbye at the same time. Night has fallen and my bed’s a’callin’!
Oooooh, you sleepyhead – hellooooooooo Cookemom!
Biden travels to Chicago, Illinois, to attend a campaign event in the afternoon.
In the evening, Biden travels to Waterloo, Iowa, where he will remain overnight.
11:00 AM
Obama and Biden meet with Clinton.
12:05 PM
Obama departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews.
12:20 PM
Obama departs Joint Base Andrews en route Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1:35 PM
Obama arrives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
2:05 PM
Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event at Oyster River High School.
4:05 PM
Obama departs Portsmouth, New Hampshire en route Boston, Massachusetts.
4:30 PM
Obama arrives in Boston, Massachusetts.
5:10 PM
Obama attends a campaign event.
7:35 PM
Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event.
9:25 PM
Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event.
Busy, busy, busy, day for POTUS.
I’m finding Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom on HBO pretty interesting. I noted it got good and a lot of bad previews, but most of the criticisms came from people in newsrooms. Because they are touching on all the failings which we know all too well. And they saw themselves.
Haven’t seen it yet Dotster, read a few of the awful reviews, but I kind of figured the worse the reviews the better it was likely to be!
So according to some poll 56% against the healthcare law, 44% supports. Here’s the crazy part, 56% against even though they like the provision in the bill. I bet you ten thousand dollars that alot of those 56% against it are Democrats who wanted single payer. Regardless what happen we have to march on.
“Regardless what happen we have to march on.”
I am with you 100%, anniebella. If the Supreme Court overturns the ACA, it won’t be the first time in history that the Supreme Court screwed up because of ideology. Past Supreme Courts, driven by ideology, gave us “Dred Scott” and “Plessy v. Ferguson.” Three members of the right wing Court that gave us “Bush v. Gore” are still on the bench. And the current Court itself gave us the abominable, “Citizens United,” which may well destroy our democracy as we know it. As people in the past fought hard to undo the damage caused by past Supreme Court decisions, we have no choice but to fight back if the ACA is nullified.
Well said, Nath.
Oh, those newsies got a real thin skin…we’ve seen that in the pressers. The media thinks they’re innocent of any wrong doing. They’re also full of Fascist Bullshyte!
Viva The Newsroom! Somebody had to point this shite out and I’ve found Hollywood writers to be very savvy about letting the country know what the corporatemediaWHORE$$ Won’t.
it occured to me that if the SCOTUS choose to release the healthcare (ACA) decision tommorrow, then it may happen that POTUS may end up respond to the outcome right there in MA.
What a way to underscore the hypocrisy of the fool who is trying to run away from romneycare!
i am imaginning PBO in Boston responding to the rightwingers who have tried to demonize the healthcare policy
I cannOt paste the link. Can somebody google Barack Obama,Made in Hawaii and post it or link it here, please. It is an absolute must see and should be made into a campaign ad. My uncle is Hawaiian and that aloha spirit is real. If you have ever beeenhere…you know! Please. Someone get this video out there now!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1555631881/barack-obama-made-in-hawaii?ref=email Have made pledge, this just HAS TO HAPPEN! 🙂
I just watched it. AMAZING! Agree, it has to happen. Come on, Buffett, get your a– in gear and make it happen.
G’night all. Had a bad dream around 4:30. It woke me and I only dozed from then until I got up before 6:00. I am “whipped.”
Sorry about the bad dream, hope you rest well tonight, tnmtngirl. I am thinking that because this movie production has nothing to do with OFA, or the campaign, anyone who lives anywhere can make a pledge, right?
Anyone can pledge.this is an independent film…people all over the world can pledge
YES WE CAN!! MAKE IT HAPPEN!!
HA! Brilliant! The UN does not have to worry about the NRA-
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/un-treaties/234455-advocates-of-arms-bill-fight-claims-it-will-rob-us-citizens-of-their-guns
When it’s Meet The Right..it’s Meet the goPropaganda Machine. When is this US Fascist “Media” Torture going to END?
Thanks Amk for sharing this graphic chart that tells us all we need to know about the “Myth of A Liberal Media.” What is really fascinating is the media’s justification for why they overwhelmingly favor Republicans on Sunday shows. During the Bush presidency they justified the imbalance in favor of Republicans by saying that Republicans were in power and therefore deserved more voice to present their policies. During the Obama presidency, the media did a complete turn. It started justifying the imbalance in favor of Republicans on the grounds that the opposition needed a voice to balance the power of the Democratic president. Clearly then, when it comes to MSM, it’s heads the Republicans win and tails the Democrats loose. Yet, the GOP still goes around loudly selling the “Myth of A Liberal Media.”
I’m excited to see Elizabeth Warren and President Obama together in Boston tomorrow. Her email said she will be introducing him, so she needed to work on her speech. There’s one candidate who has the President’s back and he has hers.
Off to make my breakfast. (one of the strange things, we men notice when wifey unit is away – No food and yet the dishes pile on).
Indian pancakes any one ?
😆 😆 You’re one of a kind amk – well, I bloody hope you are. You eat brekkie, me sleep – see ya tomorrow.
Say gunnite, chips.
amk, I feel your pain. Unlike you I am single; still cooking is not my thing. I only do it because I have to to survive. The one thing I passionately hate the most about food preparation is washing dishes. That’s why I have a stack of disposable paper plates and cups. Unfortunately, I still have to wash pots and pans. By the way, are Indian pancakes as good as Naan bread? If they are, I am game.
My Gosh. That is a superbly impact-full ad, especially with the court’s decision ‘looming’.
It just shows you how much PBO has had to fight these past couple of years. You know even I sometimes forget how bad it was when he came in. With the economy in tartars, Al queda reeking havock in the middle east ( and every foreign policy expert cowering at real chance of terrorists getting their hands on a Pakistani nuke), GM dying, healthcare system destroying more lives than it saved e.t.c…
How he turned around all this while fending off the rabid right and idiotic professional left is beyond me. It truly take an extraordinary individual to make a good president.
Murdoch blasts Romney on Twitter 🙂
http://www.businessinsider.com/rupert-murdoch-mitt-romney-twitter-2012-6
I was excited at first, but then I realized that Murdoch’s thinking Romney has a case to make against President Obama. And why wouldn’t he think that when Murdoch’s got a whole network and machinery to spread whatever lies Romney chooses to tell? Murdoch should focus on his legal battles – he’s done enough damage.
I hear you…but I think you could take it both ways…and THIS time, I can agree with Murdoch….Mitt’s said nothing.
But in the second tweet, Murdoch said that Mitt could easily make the case about this “incompetent Administration” and some apparent case to “restore the American Dream”. That’s when I checked out.
Yup. murdock is pissed that mittbot is all pissing it all away despite the pox news fluffing him. 3 most disgusting personalities in the world – darth, murdock and turdblossom, in that order.
You got that right!
what murdock doesn’t get (or doesn’t want to get) is that mittbot is a piss poor candidate evah to run for office.
Yeah – it’s a real insult to have him competing with someone as honourable and worthy as President Obama. Shameful. Romney seems to be lacking in integrity and any hint of a spine or core.
You’re right…my eyes must have been glazed over because of that first Tweet:) Didn’t concentrate on the next one…Murdoch is a cockroach..just like they all are. I’m so over all of them. Really.
Me, too. They’re completely dangerous, lacking in decency and humanity. I’m tired of having them dirty up my world with their ugliness.
amen to that!
Good Nite Chips and TOD Family. Just finished reading “Man Hunt by Peter Bergen. Some very moving exchanges showing PBO firmness and in charge as our POTUS. Good read. I am so proud of how PBO shows who is in charge and leaves no doubt to those around him.
We have to do everything in our strength and power to get President Barack Obama re-elected. A Must!!!!! Nite, I love you all very much.HZ
California GOP sinking into third-party status
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-mcpherson-20120625,0,1966077.column
There are more stories like this waiting to be written. I just hope people realize that THERE IS NO STAYING HOME IN NOV.
Oh would that we could make this permanent throughout US.
How cool is this! http://twitter.com/thinkprogress/status/217081915403026432/photo/1
Empire State Building goes rainbow for Gay Pride
Looks lovely. So what you are up to, night cat ? Isn’t it time for some zzzs?
A big black cloud on the horizon if the GOP wins the senate and keeps the house (from Bob Ceska) http://thedailybanter.com/2012/06/the-impeachment-of-president-obama-has-begun/
I don’t find negative thinking very motivating. Hopefulness and optimism in the midst of challenge work much better for most people.
I have been wondering how Willard got elected as governor of MA?
BTW, Chips….any thought given to the “last comment of the day” picture award?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BWD. {{{{{{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}}}}}
Several high-ranking Syrian military figures have defected to Turkey, reports in Turkish media say.
A general, two colonels, two majors and about 30 other soldiers are said to have crossed into Hatay province on Sunday night.
They were part of a group of some 200 people who crossed the border overnight into Monday, Anatolia news agency says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18445370
Good Morning All: Please know that whatever decision comes from SCOTUS, the pundits will swear its bad news for PBO. They always do that so lets get ready. Whatever nonsense they put out is the opposite of what is true. I have seen it so many times that I feel like I am dream state. Lets get our ‘minds right’. Please be prepared. Pray. Mediate. Whatever you need for the upcoming onslaught.
I wont be lurking around much today because I have lots to do. Have a great and blessed day!!!
Mark Halperin just said on Morning Joe that whatever the decision is it will be bad for PBO. Proves your statement, Renegade522.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama will be hitting the campaign trail in New England on Monday.
After an Oval Office meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the morning, Obama will fly to New Hampshire, where he will speak at an afternoon campaign event at Oyster River High School in Durham.
Afterward, the president heads to Boston. In the evening, he’ll attend a campaign event at Hamersley’s Bistro and then speak at Symphony Hall. Later, Obama will meet with supporters at a private residence.
This Guy is a Trip! Halperin just said that any ruling on Heathcare is bad news for Obama and Democrats will run for the Hills!
One of the most Wrong opinionated pundits on tv, and yet, he is so sure of Himself!
Gooood Morning everyone….
Halpern called the President a d***…yet he is still on TV giving his biased opinion for Time Magazine…yet the Politico reporter who said that Romney is only comfortable around white folks…may see his career as over…
Moreover,
Joe agrees Robney is not specific about his intentions, Halperin says he dues not have to be, and then Joe says Obama should be more specific…
Really? The old Okey Doke!
I have grown weary of Morning Joe/i read the comments on twitter/better for my blood pressure/i have been watching Bill Press/not quite what i want/but better than the alternative/of course there is always HSN
Yeah really! I guess I can find out exactly what the other sides strategy is, with morning jerk, he will tell you!
Today, he us hammering hone both sides are saying nothing, so it does not matter who you vote for, nobody likes these two!
Jeesh!
here’s a piece from bloomberg, with their own polling and analysis of the power of ‘married moms’. worth reading and considering, imho. and with that, good night!
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-25/married-moms-are-older-richer-than-year-of-the-woman-.html
33 detections from Syria to Turkey this morning!
Including, Generals and Colonels…
And we did not have to put boots in the ground…
This is how the final crumbling began in Libya with the military bailing.
But but but Joe said that the President needed to drop bombs on Damascus and that he needed to lead from behind and…
OFA presence at Parade-
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/us/politics/obama-campaign-recruits-volunteers-during-gay-pride-weekend.html?pagewanted=all
Good Morning TODobots! Have a great Monday!
(I’m doing that risky before work peeking in, and hoping my obsession won’t let me forget to sign off at a reasonable time. 😉 )
In April, I predicted that President Obama’s $52 million plan to increase the margin requirements and otherwise tighten the screws on oil speculators — who borrow huge sums to bet on the direction of oil without taking delivery — would cut oil prices by 10 percent. He’s beaten that prediction, and the lowered price of gasoline has added $78.4 billion to its consumers’ spending power.
In case you never heard about it, in April the Obama administration asked Congress to spend $52 million to regulate this speculation. According to the Washington Post, this included the following steps:
• Increase by a factor of six Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) surveillance and enforcement staff “to better deter oil market manipulation,”
• Boost 10-fold, to $10 million, the civil and criminal penalties against “firms that engage in market manipulation,”
• Give the CFTC authority to increase the trader margins — the amount of their own capital that traders must set aside for each bet. The administration officials said such authority “could help limit disruptions in energy markets,” according to the Post.
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120625/COLUMN70/120629724/1002/BUSINESS
How come the media did not tell us about these steps, the President took to lower prices of Oil? Never mind!
Massachusetts Republicans purge Ron Paul supporters from their delegation to the 2012 GOP convention in Tampa.
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Purging more People? Ha! How dies Paul Like it?
GM Jovie. Tweeted. That’s fantastic news.
Jen Psaki lands big gig on Obama campaign
By GLENN THRUSH | 6/25/12 6:27 AM EDT
Jennifer Psaki — who came close to being the surprise pick to serve as Barack Obama’s White House press secretary last year — has been tapped as the Obama campaign’s top traveling communications adviser, according to several people close to the president.
Psaki is taking a leave of absence from her job as a senior vice-president at the Global Strategy Group’s DC office to return to the trail, four years after serving as one of the 2008 Obama campaign’s most effective press liaisons as popular with the media as Obama’s tight-knit inner circle.
Psaki’s stock has rocketed in Obamaland over the past few years. She rose from a mid-level campaign staffer — who literally lived out of a suitcase after jettisoning her apartment to travel with Obama — to a White House deputy communications director and the aide who finished a close second to Jay Carney in the internal vetting process to replace Robert Gibbs at the West Wing podium.
Psaki had always intended to serve the campaign in some capacity, according to a campaign official. Her title will be travelling press secretary.
Her new position reflects her greater stature — and her emergence as one of the campaign’s most effective surrogates on cable. Unlike 2008, when she had to report to Gibbs, Psaki will have primary responsibility for briefing traveling press, will serve as an on-air spokesperson, the campaign’s counterpart to Carney when Obama hits the road later this year, and will be part of the Chicago-based communications team.
Psaki, a graduate of William and Mary, worked on John Kerry’s presidential campaign, the re-election efforts of ex-Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack and Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, served as Communications Director for Rep. Joseph Crowley (D- Queens) and worked for Rahm Emanuel at the Democratic as Midwest and Northeast Regional Press Secretary at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
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Good!
Waited an extra 3 minutes for Chips! Tell her I had to go. See you all later! 😆
Mornin VC.
Good afternoon, Jackie. I’m home again. 😆 Hope you had a good day.
So how is the whining on corrupt msm about boston globe’s expose on mittbot’s corrupt links with that convicted felon and junk bond king milken ?
Morning everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/06/25/rise-and-shine-220/