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Itās Friday and we are creeping closer to ā¦ Nov 6th! Are you FIRED UP and READY to VOTE #ObamaBiden2012? Have a SUPER DUPER FRIDAY, TODobots! š š
Good Afternoon…oops!..Morning Chips Chica! š Too much partying last night, CC?
Congrats vc on #1! š Leaning on the door again I see? Hmmmm……
/sheepishly/ Yes, I cannot tell a lie. š³
Congratulations, VC – nice to see you up on the podium again!
TY, Theo. as you know, it is an undeniable pleasure.
GM folks. GM chips.
‘Howdy’ Amk! Anything good on the stove? I’m starving from the long wait for Chips to wake up.
GM vc. I see that you were leaning on the door. So this is for you.
What is the only time a man thinks about a candlelight dinner?
When the power goes off.
Now there you go inflating the scope of the male brain again, amk – there’s no ‘thinking’ involved here! He simply lights the candle because it’s dark, it’s dinner time and he was hungry….. as usual.
umm, it was actually a dink against men.
wimmin/smh.
I thought the ‘dink’ had a strain of ‘praise’ – couldn’t let that little strain be allowed to lay untrammelled on the battleground of Amk & wimmin. š š
/wait a minute, how did I get caught up in this after silently vowing NOT TO GET INVOLVED from the first time amk started his ‘wimmin’ jokes? / s*m*h
I’m with you amk. Wimmin indeed. Lemme, gimme, let me have, and I want. Sheesh. Oh and where is your sensitive side?
BTW, I forgot to say I like your choice of cartoons! The one with the senior reminds me of Mitt leading his blind teacher into an obstacle for ‘the fun of it’.
Chips – see if you can FP this excellent post by hf.
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/08/23/a-warm-minnetonka-welcome/#comment-463020
Aw – thanks amk! Doesn’t have to be FP-ed, but I’m happy to just repost it on the threads as needed š
morning everyone, congrats VC…I was watching out for it, but like before, you get caught up reading a previous blog or tweet and presto…new post…gggrrrrrr. anyhow, next time…have a happy friday every1 and goodnight
Morning Berny! š
That’s exactly what happens to me fairly often, especially when Chips doesn’t arrive in the time frame I’ve determined in my mind. I wander off and get distracted like a dog chasing each rabbit that sticks his head out of the bushes. š š I usually figure out, ‘Okay the Obama admin is going here or there so CC will post X number of minutes before, or this is a super long blog so we’ll get a new post pretty soon, or Chips was up late making jokes on the blog so that means she won’t be in too early tomorrow.’ Of course 7/8 of the time I’m waaayyy off, but that 1/8 portion perks me up every time. All this even tho I have made a severely serious decision (a week and a half ago) to give up this crazy podium quest! I have…..well mostly.. š³
There has been a shooting incident in NYC at Empire State Building – suspect is dead (shot by police) and several or more wounded, one in serious condition. FBI said it’s not terror-related. Details still developing. Mayor Bloomberg to make a statement soon. I guess he will happily use this to attack PBO while letting his GOP friends in congress who are lobbied by the NRA off the hook?
And then he will endorse another Pro gun Republican!
And donate to their campaign.
And hold a fundraiser. And then blame PBO for gun violence.
Morning Hf, I noticed on Twitter that our own GoBrooklyn witnessed quite a bit of what was going on from her workplace. ‘Poor’ thing to have that vision in her head for the rest of the workday…and beyond. Sigh!
Oh dear I feel for gobrooklyn. That’s terrible. Her whole weekend ruined. My thoughts are with her and the victims and their loved ones.
And then he will hold a fundraiser for Scott Brown….
Exactly.
The other day somebody posted a video of the Iowa guy who asked PBO for job-hunting advice and the video featured a dance party (?). Anyhow, the guy got a write-up on the front page (below the fold) of the Des Moines Register this morning: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120823/NEWS/308230074/Advice-from-Obama-helps-guy-land-a-job?nclick_check=1
My observations – the videos of the 25-year old seemed similar to all the college kids I see every day here working at the UI. I don’t think he’s trying to be disrespectful – “they” (as a stereotyped group) are just into that stuff. Wow, I sound OLD. But I didn’t take it as rude to PBO. He says in the article he wasn’t being sarcastic.
My favorite lines from the news article – he never thought to go in person – duh, he just kept e-mailing his resume out to job openings. Also the news director at KWWL recognized him, so I wonder if it’s a bit of a PR thing for the station? And the guy’s opening line at the encounter: “The President sent me!” š
I love this story—–love how President Obama responded. No other president compares.
I don’t think it’s all that obvious that going in person helps. I mean just think of all the time you have applied for a job. You hardly start by going there in person. It is usually you fill out application online and stuff and then you get to meet the person after some interest is shown.
It’s thinking outside the box that helps – and that’s what the President has done forever. He suggested the guy go along and offer to work as an intern – for free if necessary.
I think it’s unique to this type of job/profession – and the fact that the kid is looking for an internship. I’m glad he found a job, and once again, very proud to be one of the many who sees the wisdom of President Obama.
Note that the President explicitly said (apart from showing up in person): “Offer them to do an internship”.
Give them something for free, to show you are ready for the job.
looks like PBO will be visiting more people in the hospital. š¦
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/08/24/multiple-people-reported-shot-near-empire-state-building/
ROMNEY SIGNING GROVER NORQUIST “NO TAX PLEDGE” SHOULD DISQUALIFY HIM
Grover Norquist Killing the Republican Party
By: John M. Curtis (August 19, 2012)
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Norquistās āNo Tax Pledgeā is the Cool-Aid lapped up by GOP presidential nominee former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his VP pick House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Both buy Norquistās pledge lock, stock and barrel, promising, should they get elected, to further cut taxes and slash the size and influence of the federal establishment. Romney and Ryanās economic plan involves more Reagan-style tax cuts, a federal hiring freeze and job cuts. āSomething that both Jeb Bush should have been a little bit aware of, and his father, that commitment most Republicans who run for office make is to the American people and to the people of their state,ā said Norquist, in more non sequiturs. As it stands today, Republicans must demonstrate their undying loyalty to Norquist, not to the U.S. Constitution and certainly not the American people.
Norquistās fanaticism has hijacked the Republicans Party, destroying the two-party system and forever gridlocking Washington. Billionaire investor, the sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett has begged Congress in the so-called āBuffett Ruleā to increase taxes on millionaires and billionaires. Norquist says no.
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http://www.examiner.com/article/grover-norquist-killing-the-republican-party
Who will Romney work for if by some fluke he got to be president? He is in hock to everyone.
He will leavethe country and go live near his money, where he can have a fabulous lifestyle on the backs of the underprivileged citizens who know they have to work until the day they die.
Wait, I didn’t read almablanca correctly… I should just eat breakfAst and go to work, eh? Sorry..
That’s what will really happen Pam. I am speculating about how many power hungry leeches have latched onto the Romney train wreck and what they would expect from him if he had real power.
Kris Kobach, Immigration adviser for Robney and Kansas Secretary of State, has brought a lawsuit against napolitano, for the Easing of Deportations, Mini -Dream Act rule.
That is dumb. Think about it?
I don’t think Romney wants smart people as advisers – he wants folks who say yes sir no sir and don’t think very much.
Good morning
Congratulations on 1st vcprezofan2
Yes, I am FIRED UP. I’m going to Iowa tomorrow to canvas.
Everyone have a nice day š
Thanks for your good work, relellit.
Thanks amk for obama
I’m honored to help our President and this nation. I’ll talk to TODville when we get back.
4 more for 44
Obama/Biden 2012
I turn on the computer and BAM! this hits me in the face on Yahoo! It feels like every week we’ve having another mass shooting. It’s horrific.
And those GOP friends are also trying to eliminate the health coverage that could pay for a lot of people’s counseling and meds, the spending on social service agencies that go into troubled neighborhoods and try to stop the violence, and the police patrols that can help keep an eye on things. But God forbid we even try to regulate guns or even instill a sense of responsibility about them.
We do better with cars. We at least try to educate people in the responsible use and keep those who can’t off the road. But then drivers have never had a lobby like the NRA.
RYAN SAYS “THE METHOD OF CONCEPTION” IS IRRELEVANT
Oops, Ryan did it again
By Steve Benen
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In this case, when Ryan says “the method of conception” is irrelevant, he’s talking about rape. In other words, the Republicans’ vice presidential nominee clearly believes the government should force women to take their pregnancy to term if they are impregnated by a rapist. Republicans can only distance themselves so much from Todd Akin before we realize they share his views.
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Here’s a follow-up question for those with access to Ryan: if tragedy were to strike and you became president at some point during the next four years, how would you intend to shape policy to force rape victims to take their pregnancies to term?
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/24/13456027-oops-ryan-did-it-again?lite
19 people were shot in Chicago in the span of 30 minutes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-shootings-chicago-violence-august-23-august-24-violence-gunfire-20120823,0,49779.story
My goodness.
Do you look back fondly on Bill Clinton’s time in office as an era of prosperity? President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign hopes you doābecause it will be unleashing the gifted politician, sometimes known as “the Big Dog,” in battleground states.
“I anticipate that he’ll be one of our principal surrogates in the fall,” a senior Obama campaign official told several dozen reporters at a briefing held in Washington. The session, which included six top Obama campaign officials, was held on condition that they not be named.
“Obviously, President Clinton has extraordinary credibility on these issues of how you build a strong economy,” the official said. “He faced some of the same forces when he was president that president Obama is facing now, the same opposition to dealing with a fiscal challenge by taxing the wealthy to pay a little more, the same opposition to the kind of investments we need to make in order to grow the economy.”
His hopes for a second term weighed down by the sour economy, the current president frequently invokes Clinton in his stump speech and paints the Obama-Romney choice in November as being between Clinton’s economy and George W. Bush’s. And Clinton appears to have set aside any bad blood from the 2008 campaign, when Obama beat Hillary Clinton in a frequently harsh campaign. Clinton has starred in Obama campaign ads, helped Obama raise funds and defended Obama in media interviews. (It hasn’t always gone perfectly. Republicans gleefully seized on Clinton’s description of Romney’s business record as “sterling.”) Next up, Clinton will play a starring role at the Democratic conventionāformally nominating Obama for re-election and defending his economic policies.
To hear the Obama campaign aides tell it, Clinton will play such as big role that the fall campaign may start to feel like an Obama/Biden/Clinton ticket.Ā “We want as much of his time as he’s willing to give. And he’s been very generous so far,” said the official. “He’s indicated to us that he’s willing to give us a significant amount of time moving forward.”
http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/news/blogs/ticket/bill-clinton-obama-message-battleground-states-191458870.html?orig_host_hdr=news.yahoo.com&.intl=US&.lang=en-US
I sincerely hope that Bill Clinton can walk forward in his support of PBO, and not take two steps back as he is wont to do.
Use him. He’s popular. Thanks, Repubs, for all of a sudden finding a fondness for that ‘centrist’ Bill Clinton, since Bill Clinton will be saying from now to election day how Republican policies suck and spell disaster.
I still don’t trust Clinton to do more good than harm but I fully expect him to be effing brilliant at the convention.
Excellent article about the upcoming debates by James Fallows. Fallows is for the president (I am certain of it). I think he was a speechwriter for Carter – anyway – I suspect he did this as a way of alerting the president to the tricks Romney has up his sleeve. It’s a long article but a must read:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-election/slugfest-sizing-up-the-obama-romney-debates-20120823
Would be interested to hear how others find the article.
PBO is a Chicago politician. He will be more than ready for any tricks that Romney has up his sleeve. It’s Romney the one who needs to be prepared for PBO.
Not only that, but the President will be able to set the record straight, in front if tens of millions. This is not what Robney is looking forward to. He would rather lie, and play lying ads, all the way to Election Day.
The GOP I’d already trying to play the Refs and releasing ads on the matter, they are scared of the truth.
So…, if this writer is an Obama supporter, he sure has a funny way of putting it!
So I guess you didn’t like the article …
$10,000 bet that PBO wipes up the floor with Mitt during the debates. PBO is more intelligent than Mitt, has a greater grasp of the facts and has the TRUTH on his side, unlike Mitt. I also bet a plate of cheesy grits that the MSM will claim Mitt won every debate (or at the very least earned a draw).
Very interesting – esp. the comparison of candidate BO in the debates vs likely POTUS BO in future debates. I really enjoyed the revisit to the GOP debates from the past year, I remember how awkward Mitt always looked with that wooden smile and awful insincere laugh. I’m sure PBO’s team has plenty of ideas how to throw Mitt off his game.
I agree. I think the president is underestimated by his peers. On the other hand, I have seen him underestimate people as he did with that woman who challenged him on his hope and change vision, telling him she was disappointed. When you have a clear vision it is important to make sure that you carry people along with you but also make sure they are still following when the going gets rough. There he faltered. On the grand stage however, I believe his open honesty and humanity will win out over the robot. The article was well written and researched and worth reading.
Cluny, The author’s premise of the article (if Obama is taking anything for granted about these encounters, he is making a mistake) is false. What evidence does he have that PBO would take anything for granted?
PBO always does his homework, his research. He listens and watches people. PBO has a team of excellent folks who will have put in the work to prepare him for these debates. And PBO will have worked just as hard as his team.
I think the author has good information in the article, but like I said earlier, his premise is ‘off.’
I don’t get that impression – I think his concern is that as President BO has so many other obligations, committments that may encroach on his preparation time. I suppose the relationship he has with his staff would have changed too – maybe back in 2008 his staff might be more upfront about pushing him or suggesting lines of attack etc. I don’t think he is criticizing PBO – just pointing out where the potential pitfalls might be. Like all who support the President I’m sure it’s his way of giving ‘advice’ (like we do when we call Chicago headquarters). He may be wrong but I think it’s his way of being extra careful and in a way trying to warn the President. I think that sort of thing can be helpful – keeps everyone on their toes and its good for the media so that they don’t lower expectations for Romney too much – which they will try to do for sure. It’s interesting how we have such different reactions to the same article/information isn’t it.
How the hell is this even permissible? Since when does a candidate get to dictate what questions he will and won’t be asked? And why does the MSM just roll over and allow themselves to be kicked like unwanted animals?
Th President can now say no questions on the economy. LOL!
He could IF HE WERE PLAYING GAMES, like they are. And yes, Jovie, I know you were joking. š š
That is not what he said yesterday.
Tim Wolff, the assistant news director at WHIO in Ohio, said that no pre-conditions were placed on what kind of questions the station could ask.
“As far as I know there were no restrictions even asked for,” he told The Huffington Post.
Yet he says something differently here. This guy is probably a Romney shill. Perhaps a friend of John Boehner:
āThey were chatting and it came up and I believe [a Romney stafferās] wording was that they prefer not to talk about it,ā assistant news director Tim Wolff told TPM. āBut we didnāt care because we were going to talk about Ohio stuff.ā
It really isn’t a problem for a king who’s Sheriff of Nottingham is a Ryan.”You serfs are fortunate that I even stoop to engage your lowly press.”
They are willing to sacrifice their integrity (as if they had any) in order to get the interview. Mitt would rather avoid all interviews (except maybe a Fox propagandafest). It is good that they are blowing the whistle about the preconditions Mitt is setting. It makes Mitt look weak and not ready for primetime, IMHO.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/24/739271/seniors-will-pay-60000-more-for-medicare-under-romneyryans-plan-report-finds/
Tweet please!
this frame is great, of course. “Ending Medicare as we know it” is a great frame of course.
The $6,000 number has its pitfalls: a lot of seniors are paying Medigap insurance now at about that amount of money so they are seeing it as a wash.
But here is what I am finding far more effective with my senior friends who I have had to reassure and re-educate for three years:
“Romney/Ryan/Repubs will take away GUARANTEED BENEFITS. This gets through to them. There will be no guaranteed benefits, and you will be fighting your insurance company for the same coverage that is GUARANTEED now under Medicare.
I still do not understand why this administration has such a difficult time finding the right buttons to push on health care and Medicare.
I still do not understand why this administration has such a difficult time finding the right buttons to push on health care and Medicare.
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I agree…..they let all those insurance company rebates that were given back in July and this month go un-reported….
They could have used those in an ad with people showing their rebate checks and the accompanying letter saying they came as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
I sent that suggestion to OFA, they ignored it.
I don’t understand it, Linda. I really don’t.
Their approach this year has been a several step approach.
1. Define Romney so as to limit his ceiling
2. Go after the GOP in general (they are starting on this now and will be strong with it post convention. The Ryan pick and Akin make this even easier.
3. Go with the successes of the PBO administration. Remember those brief snippets we had earlier in the year going through all the accomplishments. I expect all those, put together, to be the main presentation at the convention before PBO speaks.
4. Hit hard on those areas where the Republicans are attacking him, such as HCR and the stimulus. Adds will come out showing the resurgence of Detroit, the diminishing of al Qaeda, and HCR (among others). Don’t be surprised if the rebate checks aren’t used then.
Doing a lot of this now would be wasted, as most people are not paying attention. They will use this for maximum advantage.
Yup. The silly season of summer is not the time to waste your money and energy.
I agree Japa21. Timing is everything in politics. PBO is keeping his powder dry until he can get the most bang for his buck.
For those on twitter please consider sending this on to the debate moderators with a request that they properly familiarize themselves with policy:
Jim Lehrer
Candy Crowley
Martha Radditz
Bob Schieffer
and not repeat GOP talking points as if they are fact.
Think this got some attention in last thread but deserves another spotlight—-re the secretive data-mining project used by the Willard campaign—-with a Bain connection—to locate wealthy donors. I think this answers the previous article about Willard coming up with all these new donors in Dem areas, like San Fran, where he has collected $350,000 recently. They are searching through Americans’ personal info—-purchasing history, credit info, property tax records, church attendance etc. to find and target their likely donors. There is no record of this firm being paid by the Willard campaign or the RNC etc. Owner of Buxton, the data-mining firm, refused to answer AP’s questions, said he was offering his services because he wanted to be “on the winning team”, so all that work for free??? hmmmmm. And I wonder how the public would feel about all this snooping into all their personal data.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-exclusive-romney-uses-secretive-data-mining
Both national parties already do this, so how can it benefit Romney to do it as well?
Interesting that CNN Anderson Cooper is now trying to go after the facts. I think Debbie Wasserman Shultz defended her position well while Anderson missed the entire point. See below link.
http://t.co/f4epN5QO
He was pathetic….he asked a question and then talked right over her answers…….
Yep….TeaNN are always keeping them HONEST…..when D comes after a last name. But with a rethug, they pretend not to know how to ask questions and they even help scrub their past statements. In other words, past statements are never brought up.
Why does anyone care what Anderson Cooper thinks? His ratings are a joke.
Amen!
Well….they always shout and bash pres Obama. Yet not one of these talkative ignoramus would work to organize and push those who actually are elected to pass the laws. But screaming and insulting pres Obama is IN Vogue…..it is welcomed and it gives them some thrill.
OMG…do you realize that she deleted her tweet after getting pushback? It’s not showing on her or my twitter feed, and no longer showing up on the tweet I posted here!!
Good. It was one of the stupidest posts on twitter.
Okay Hopefruit, here’s an opportunity to be ‘teacher of the day’. How does one delete a tweet AFTER it’s been sent and others have even responded to it? I didn’t realize you could! I’ve had one or two with spelling errors and though I blushed vividly on the realization I wasn’t aware I could withdraw it from the eyes of the world. š ‘Fess up!
Just go to the tweet and click on the “delete” button below! Easy as pie š
There is a delete button? š³ /whispering softly/ will try that next time I make a boo boo.
Twitter Etch-A-Sketch — you can retroactively pretend you never tweeted something! Lovely!
This is my 4th attempt to log in to greet my O peeps on this great getting up day on TOD avenue. My computer has kicked me out of cyberspace and bounced me off the walls of the innerwebz. I put up the good fight and now I’m finally here. All the good stuff I was going to say earlier is mere pixel dust, disintegrated by the impact of the violent struggle that was waged. So none the worse for wear, I’ll start anew.
My political take today is the Pub convention will be like Barnum and Bailey. Not because of the obvious circus clowns starring Chucklesbee, Rapin’ Akin, young gun RAyn, Ron Paul tin foil brigade, and the least acceptable candidate Pittiful Mittiful. Instead, because of that famous quote by PT Barnum about how often fools are born, of whom the many will be in attendance there.
š @ Chucklesbee, Rapinā Akin, Pittiful Mittiful.
Though I don’t get RAyn. What does that mean?
Hi AMK
RAyn = Ryan and his love affair with Ayn Rand
A ha. Gotcha. Thanks, Susan.
A small repay for all your great posts!
Is that a trick compliment ? š
Tee hee hee! š Looking over your shoulder, are you? š
“New York City is the safest city in the country,” says Mayor Bloomberg. “But we are not immune to the national problem of gun violence.”
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The safest city in the country ? Someone is delusional…
Then, Mr. Bloomberg, stop supporting and holding fundraisers for Republicans beholden to the NRA.
However, not having to pay a single dime in tax on income made by doing NOTHING is far more important to you than gun violence.
This is huffpo/Maher, but it’s really a great take-down of the GOP’s magical thinking: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/todd-akin-republicans_b_1826617.html
Really good article Tien Le. Thanks for sharing.
Terrific article, a good one to share with “non political family and friends”.
This is a fun infographic on how the Internet has changed in the last decade: http://infographicdirectory.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/the-internet-a-decade-later/
Some good news from What is Working’s site: http://goo.gl/clZg1 C02 emissions down
Hiya everyone, will be back asap, just getting some work done. Meanwhile, did you see this has gone viral?
Wooooooooooot!!!!!
It really has. It’s been spreading on twitter like wildfire.
So good. Can you give some context for it? Thanks.
Hi Betsy, it’s from 2010, the Irish guy, Michael D Higgins, was a member of parliament then, but was elected President of Ireland last year. The Tea Party creature is a regular guest on that Irish radio show, so Higgins was invited to take him on. And he did so in some style!
More here: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0823/breaking30.html?via=mr
You people do know my friends in Ireland regularly refer to the British Gouvernment as “The Usurper in London” ?
That’s not the question – that’s the answer. The Mormon Church requires 10 % tithe of “your income”. However, their definition of “income” differs from that of the IRS.
That’s the point.
Bingo.
This is what Mitt Romney just said in response to a question from a birther in Michigan. People are outraged. Even reporters are tweeting how shocked they are that he would say this.
What kind of an animal does this?
When Sam Stein of HP is tweeting how surprised he is that Willard would do this, you know this is a huge deal.
Okay, I’m missing something here. What is the context and why is it a big deal?
Mitt Romney just a concluded a stump speech in Commerce, MI. At the beginning of the speech he introduced himself by saying that he and his wife Ann were born in MI. Then he went on to say that no one is asking to see his and Miss Ann’s birth certificates because “Everybody knows that they were born and raised right here in MI.” That basically speaks to not only false accusations about PBO’s birth, but also accusations about his being raised in a foreign country, and his being un-American.
My response to Mitt Romney: “No one ever asked Presidential candidate George Romney (your father) his birth certificate although he was actually (not speculatively) born in a foreign country- Mexico. We know the reason why Willard: it was because he is WHITE!”
Romney goes birther
Let’s say he just read it from his teleprompter ….
Excellent responseAMK! These media people are scum. I wish they would come out and openly declare their allegiance to Willard Romney instead of conning the public that they are professional news reporters.
That voucher word has a powerful effect. Yesterday I was visiting a relative who lives in a retirement community. We were in a community TV room that had tables for playing cards and other games. The room was pretty full and the tv was showing the local news. No one seemed to be paying much attention to the news until the newscaster mentioned ryan, medicare, and vouchers. Literally everyone stopped what they were doing and began booing and saying no vouchers! It was amazing.
That’s excellent news for john mccain. š
Mccain??
It’s an old joke from 2008. It started at tpm when a rw troll there used to spin every negative news as excellent news for mccain.
This is the video of the Romney birther remark.
This is his prelude to the RNC carnival show of racists & birthers. They are SCUM.
Video “removed by the user????”
It is still here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/24/1123736/-Mitt-Romney-goes-birther
Mitt Romney has outed himself as a birther. He is so disgusting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/08/24/mitt-romney-no-ones-asked-for-my-birth-certificate/
He’s truly disgusting.
And this Jack Ass complains about unfair political discourse. Give me a break. http://t.co/sjpGuYgR
https://twitter.com/dtipson/status/239036643057745920
Push back, you msm assholes.
THANKS, amk. So freakin’ glad people are pushing back on this shallow self-validating BS.
brilliant meta!
Well done, meta!
As you said earlier, Amk, there was nothing funny about what Romney said? As far as I am concerned this was not a joke. This was a veiled message that the birthers are justified in challenging the President’s citizenship.
Boom. Go Bob.
Thanks friend!!
Willard is a low life. I don’t care how much money he managed to fleece from people and bankrupting companies. He is without a speck of decency. To now stir up the racist birther contingent, to stoke the hate and anger in his ignorant base, is beyond disgusting, as low as he can go. It’s unforgivable. He is without merit, without conscience.
Loud cheers from Willard’s racist crowd when he made the birther comment. Some in media are already trying to make excuses for such an outrageous comment, coming to Willard’s rescue once again.
They’re making the fucker toxic to the fucking indies (who need to be guided on every fucking thing)./
Rich white privilege, just like Trump. They could say anything racists and get away with it.
Friday’s good! Oh, I so enjoyed the campaign email, which sent out the “High Five” images of PBO. That’s it. No other words needed. Anybody who loves PBO only has to see his winning ways, captured in images, to be motivated to support him and get involved. Loved it!
When I saw it Jacqueline, I could not wait to donate. š
Yes, COS, no cajoling needed! We have got to keep PBO and his VP around for four more years. They’re the only rays of sunshine in politics!!!! Oh, and, a few other Dems, of course, like Nancy Smash. š
If you haven’t seen the Romney birther video, Andrea Mitchell will play it. Jen Psaki Obama 2012 communications person will also be on the show.
He’s actually laughing about it…..people are a little touchy about racism
Scumbag
ehe @jimacostacnn a little touchy about the Birth Certificate issue are they?
Jim Acosta from CNN…..
I swear……I don’t even know what to say, I’m so angry at the moment
“a crowd of thousands”——- yeah, right. š
Did you all see this? http://twitter.com/jaketapper
“Jake Tapper ā@jaketapper
Romney at Michigan rally: āNo ones ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know where I was born and raised.ā
I am so mad right now! If anyone had any doubts about who’s running a dirty campaign! Romney has no morals, no values, and heck, no backbone. Scum of the earth!!
I am SEEING STARS right now. I did not know that this vile excuse for a human being could sink so low, just to win an election. There should be no more questions as to why 0% of AAs won’t vote for him. He is scum.
Is there nothing that is too outrageous for the whole Willard/rt.wing posse, anything that is too low? These people are crazy, the whole lot of them.
There’s Halperin making excuses for Willard, as usual. It was just a funny racist, birther joke, you guys. Move along.
Once again….I say it and I am saying it again. 98% of the media are Caucasians. They would always excuse Romney for just about anything. Remember earlier in NH/ME one of Romney’s sons made a birther Joke. Then White Sox Owner employed an ad man that was going to go racial. Then 5 ads by Romney on Welfare with a White man. These people know exactly what they are doing. Nothing is done by accident. Birtherism, racism and bigotry is all Romney is going for.
Bobfr, amk, UTaustiliberal, Chipssticks, Hopefruit, etc please don’t let the media term this as a joke. It is not a joke. I am sick of the media covering for Romney No matter what.
So – Romney went there, just shows how desperate he is.
Haven’t had a chance to comment much lately. School started and OFA is busier everyday.
This is a perfect opportunity to use titter to push out the president’s achievements. As we send out Twitter responses to Romney’s comments tuck in a positive about PBO
ie
Romney makes birther joke PBO shares vision for middle class families and fights to extend life of Medicare
As I rite this example I know the Twitter folks can do better, but this may help get the ball rolling. Utahliberal and Bobfr, please share your gems so the clueless like me can retweet.
willard and trump both ignorant, racist birthers.
Okay, I’ve been taking a break in lurk mode for the most part but I’m truly beyond upset at the media right now. And if anyone has a reason to boycott MSM, particularly CNN, now is the time. There is no excuse for covering for Romney on this one……NONE! There is no 4th estate and they are single handedly turning the discourse into a cess pool because of not doing their jobs. I have total contempt for the press corps….they make me literally sick.
Janelle, I see your point, but I’m actually glad that they did, because we, and moderate, sane America, saw what a horrible person Mitt Romney is. I’m hoping this will sway a lot of undecided voters to President Obama!
P.S. If can’t even sneeze without it being scutinized but ‘good ole boy’ Mitt was just joking…..Romney says this stuff because he think he can get away with it without accountability every time. The media is just as racist as Mitt is, I’m certain of that.
“PBO” can’t even sneeze….see, I’m too hot mad to type. I’m going to go back to lurking status before I blow a gasket—-I just want to slap some of these “reporters”—starting with Jim Acosta and ending with Tapper and Knoller.
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why are those in the media lying about Willard’s crowd size? there’s no way in hell he has “thousands” of supporters in one place, together at the same time.
I say we DO NOT give the media and the GOP and Mitt a pass on this. Please TODers what can we do to RAISE HELL? Ideas? I know about fighting back on twitterverse, but what other options? I’m requesting all you seasoned people to list your ideas…
DNC convention Website-
http://www.demconvention.com/
Well, Mitt may be claiming he wasn’t telling a joke – but he was definitely telling another LIE. Lots of people HAVE asked to see his birth certificate in the past few months. I’ve seen lots of comments on the web about it and his heritage. So once again, he’s unfunny and a liar.
Mitt’s father, George Romney, was born in Mexico.