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Thursday:
3:30 ET: President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event in Charlottesville, Virgina
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I watched some of the GOP convention today …. mainly with the sound switched off. Seriously. I have zero interest in hearing what those execrable race-baiting bigots have to say.
But what struck me – and it’s hardly a surprise – was the sea of mean, hate-filled faces, the ugliest sample of humanity I’ve had the misfortune to witness in a very long time.
They’re not even there to support Romney, they’re just there to oppose the black guy, and are emboldened in Tampa to spew their bile because they’re surrounded by their fellow bigots. A communal spirit.
We joke sometimes about the GOP’s lack of diversity, but today’s scene really was something else, if the aliens landed and assumed this audience was representative of America in 2012, they’d have assumed the country was populated by nothing but angry, bitter whites. And I’m white, so I know an angry, bitter one when I see one.
And they might have wondered about the crusty old guys yee-hawing in delight at declarations that a woman should have absolutely no rights over her own body, even when she’s raped or the victim of incest.
It was stunning.
As Greg Sargent said today, Romney will, most probably, get a boost in the polls from this obnoxious charade …. but then there’ll be the Democratic convention. And, soon enough, there’ll be the debates.
That’s why we should grit our teeth and let this week go, painful as it is to see these pitiful excuses for human beings dominate the news cycle and the MSM giving them a pass each and every time they spit their hate.
Our time will come.
Stay strong.
Register. Volunteer. Donate. Vote.
PS I just watched Ann Romney. I’m going to be polite, for once, even if I now feel physically ill. But I give you this:
I rest my case.
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Colorado State University, August 28
The Obama Diary 
Whew, this post took about 5 minutes to download! Thank you so much, Chips, I’m IN!
NY Times Editorial Board Summary of the 1st John Birch Party Convention, Day 1:
“Considering how Mr. Romney has conducted his campaign so far, most recently his blatantly false advertising accusing Mr. Obama of gutting the work requirement on welfare, it is probably not surprising that the convention he leads would follow a similar path.
Voters looking for a few nuggets of truth would not have found them in Tampa on Tuesday.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/opinion/how-the-republicans-built-it.html
#ADollarADayToOFA …. GIVE … 62262
Ongrats on 1st Bobfr, you rock!
Thank you friend!! 🙂
You’re welcome! BTW “Ongrats” = Congrats! 😆
For perspective, the 1st Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia at Carpenter’s Hall on 5 Sept 1774. 238 years later on 5 Sept 2012 Vice President Joe Biden will most likely address the DNC. We know that the John Birch Party (former Republican Party) is led by the Koch Brothers and a few others of their plutocratic ilk. They do not want to ‘take America back’ to the 1950’s or 1920’s or even 1850’s. They want an aristocratic, theocratic America to rival the British Empire (and precursors). So, it is important to realize that their minimal goal is to set the historical clock to no later than 5 Sept 1774.
Will send a similar email to our GREAT VP Biden on the morning of 5 Sept 2012.
#PRESSON
Good job, Bob!
Thanks Mary 🙂
Chips, fantastic pictures, as always – so uplifting.
Agree with the ‘angry white folk’ assessment. I’ll be surprised if we see much of a ‘bump’ what with the considerable negativity toward one another happening live and on YouTube in the RNC audience, itself. The Party of Lincoln is dead, for sure. The John Birch Party is already on life support.
#PRESSON
Damn! That was fast!
I like the way the kids who are under the rails are focused on the happenings. Thanks again Ms Chips, all these pics bring things to life, almost making it seem like I was there, on both occasions.
Yes!!!
Darn you Chips, darn PBO. I stopped to view the tape TWICE! Didn’t realize there were no comments Until I scrolled down. 😆
I LOVE this video — it’s this evenings speech! Our team is on it!
Tonight’s hashtag kids – make it so TOD:
The Romneys are liars and fakes. The Republican leadership is desperately clinging to their last gasp. They know NOTHING about what it means to struggle as so many Americans do and they don’t care about those who do. They have no interest in helping to solve the problems of the poor or middle class or easing anyone’s suffering. Their message is mean-sprited and small. We see right through them and so does the rest of America!
We’re moving FORWARD, NOT BACK! Obama-Biden 2012!
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The Living Proof
(from the Motion Picture “The Help”)
Sung by Mary J. Blige
It’s gonna be a long long journey
It’s gonna be enough hill climb
It’s gonna be though
It’s gonna be some lonely nights
But I am ready to carry on
I am so glad the worst is over
I can start living now
I feel like I can do anything
And finally I am not afraid to breath
Anything you said to me
And everything you do
You can’t deny the truth
Cause I am the living proof
So many thoughts fight
They just can’t make it through
But look at me
I am the living proof
Oh yes I am
Thinking about life been painful
Yes it was
Took a lot to learn how to smile
So now I am gonna talk to my people about the storm
Oh so glad the worst is over
I can start flying now
My best days are in front of me
I am almost there
Cause now I am free
Everything you say to me
And everything you do
You can’t deny the truth
Cause I am the living proof
So many those who fight
They just can’t make it through
But look at me
I am the living proof
I know where I am going
Cause I know where I have been
I am gonna feel starts that showing
I am gonna keep rolling
That’s the way that I will
Everything you say to me
And everything you do
You can’t deny the truth
Cause I am the living proof
So many those who fight
They just can’t make it through
But look at me
I am the living proof
Nothing about my life has been easy
But nothing is gonna keep me down
Cause I know a lot about today
And I know yesterday
So I am ready to carry on
Oh Lord
Bobfr (@Our4thEstate)
Thank you so much for all you tweets. I’m so angry the pundits are just letting the RepubliCONs lie. This convention is just one big political ad for the GOP/T-Bangers. But of course, the media’s sponsors are the Koch bros and ALEC; therefore, the truth would be a conflict of interest.
Chips, count me in too
Thank you relellit!
Yes We Will
Our time will come.
Stay strong.
Register. Volunteer. Donate. Vote.
Excellent advice Chips! I have signed up to volunteer on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday this week. Our ground game is going to kick Romney’s butt in November.
p.s Next week will be a lesson in “How to have a Convention” cause Dems love Obama/Biden and we know how to throw a party!!!
We love FLOTUS, Dr. Biden, and even our ex-President. Where is G.W. Bush who was there for two terms?
Mrs. money’s break-out speech
Hers was the only speech I wanted to see. As she talked I remember feeling nervous because I thought that perhaps in my all consuming hatred of Mrs. Money and her Sackless Wonder of a husband, I had somehow overlooked some startling and bright intelligence or some intensely charming glimmer of personality. As I watched, I kept waiting for one of the two options, or even both, to become unveiled right there on national tv, right in front of our very own eyes. I didn’t breath a sigh of relief till the end. She was BAD! Yes she can read above a 5th grade level, but that was all she was doing. Reading words off a Prompter! There was no real emotional connection to the words. She wasn’t talking to the audience, she was reading to them and every once in a while, she’d add a little valley girl rah rah into the speech. My goodness that woman was bad. You could tell her kids were nervous for her. I’m glad she was able to read the words placed in front of her this morning to the idiots in that convention hall, but she’s no game changer. If they were looking for a miracle, they should have called in the Tiny Tundra.
What struck me was all of the finger pointing. She seemed angry.
I saw that. Schmidt said Mrs. Moneys speech was great! Yeeeeaaaaah! 🙄 —– must continue to pretend Mrs. Money is a secret weapon. Ha! What’s Up with Coward? Why wasn’t he in love with Orphan Annie and The Chubsters’ speeches? Is he high? He hasn’t been spewing right wing crap for a while.
I so agree with you. I can’t believe that Ezra Klein & Jonathan Caphart were on Twitter talking about how wonder she was. Of course the entire right wing universe on twitter was singing her praises. At first, I thought I must not have heard the same speech as Ezra and Jonathan. The speech was boring as hell. The only thing I got out of it was that she loves her lying husband.
I don’t trust Ezra Klein, who I believe is harboring some deep-seated jealousy of our President, and I’m not really impressed by Jonathan Capehart who is another dime-a-dozen pundiot with not a whole lot of insight.
Jonathan Capeheart often does this sadly embarrassing suck up to the GOP/flip flop crap to keep his job which he doesn’t seem to realize only serves to cheapen and discredit him all the more and makes him look glib and weak…
Ezra Klein does appear to have bought into his own hype…Ezra somehow believes he is President Obama’s equal…And yes, Ezra seems to be nursing a bitter grudge against the President…
I suspect Ezra feels ‘ignored’ by the President and hell hath no fury like a scorned petty, inconsequential but deluded guy like Ezra Klein…
He never stops telling how he single-handedly elected President Obama in 2008…
And like so many others who feel this President ‘owes’ them, they won’t let up their petty, bitter attacks and will not be appeased until President and Mrs Obama invite them to move into the White House with them…
Lisa, I think you missed one key aspect of her performance — she has perfected the “imperial wave.” Upon her entrance and after speech completion, she stood there like an “entitled” queen, peering down at her subjects…
Can’t say Tundra Twitt hasn’t taught some of us anything……beauty queen wave.
Nah, no beauty queen wave for miss ann; she makes Queen Elizabeth’s wave look friendly!
Valley girlishness, pointless stories, nothing really new. she couldn’t inspire me to anything but a big yawn and panning through the audience she didn’t seem to catch to many there either.
Remember — she’s Mitt’s secret weapon! (Still a secret.)
“I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my children and grandchildren to have to read in a history book what it was like to live in an American Century.” Whaaaat? That’s what he said. Maybe he should be more concerned that his grandchildren don’t find out what a dummy he is. Not to worry he won’t be too much longer. He got tired from just walking to the stage. There’s not much wind left, and the canapes are calling from the back room.
Then he says he doesn’t want them to have enormous debt. Too bad he doesn’t realize that they don’t want an enormous unhealthy grandpa. they should tell him, Let’s Move.
Still waiting for the attack dog in him. He was sent to take on PBO, nothing so far. He’s talking to the moderate voters for 2016, not buying into the nuttery that Mitt succumbed to.
that was strange, he didn’t mention PBO.
Wassup, did he go off script?
Let me go listen to FLOTUS 2008 speech.
😆 😆 😆
So is it what I think it is the MSM is eating up Queen Ann’s lies?
Chipsticks ~ YOU are a freaking Wizard! 😆
I’ll second that! 😀
I’ll 3rd that! Just watched the vid for the 5th time. I saw the speech live and broke down crying at the end. His heart and soul is in it, to win it; not for himself, but for us. We can’t give it away!
Howard finemsn is not impressed!
Neither was Chris.
Tweety was so enamored over Ohio T-banger GOV Kaisch. Yet , said very little when Kaish lied about MYTH’s job creation in Massachusetts. Tweety is a weird bird that flies all over the political landscape.
“Tweety is a weird bird that flies all the political landscape”…this why I don’t get too excited by/about anything he says…I don’t even get upset with him anymore…he’s too inconsistent.
I am glad that I didn’t watch not One iota.
I take my hat off to you all who watched. Thank you for your tweets.
I didn’t watch either…so I am very grateful to be able to come here and get the 411. I take my hat off to you all who watched, also…thank you for doing something I could not do myself.
I second that…
Didn’t watch and completely grateful for this site…
OMG! I loooove this blog! I looooooove my fellow TOD’ers.
Love you too VL! 🙂
🙂 And we very, very, very much love ya back, Vitaminlover!!!!
Romney is hard to Love. Only Ann, his family can Love.
That is Not a problem for pres Obama.
2600 word speech 1800 in before mention of Mitt. Rachel calls it totally shocking and selfish and awful. Gee, I could be a pundit, I’ve called the same thing as they did. At one point Mitt went to gesture that Ann sit down, after she stood for something Crispy said. He grabbed at her skirt. LOL, Tweety back on to Mitt being a stiff non-earthling. Texas grassroots folks were in the hallway, not inside where the speeches were given. Something about what Mitt did in Texas primary. So far to a person on MSNBC (except the Steve guy, McCain’s guy), no one is giving any of the speakers a good grade.
The two proudest moments mentioned by the keynotes tonight were by Ann who admired her hubby’s giving of the education funds. They of course were government backed scholarship. Then Crispy, talks about his dad’s use of the GI bill to advance the family.
Recap – you can rest easy now, move along, nothing to see here. Don’t even worry about the MSM tomorrow, try as they may, ainn’t enough lipstick for tonight’s pig of a convention.
I did this, so you didn’t have to, but not without a hazardous pay fee. Here’s my fundraiser page: https://donate.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/2012/Cookemom
You were great! Thanks for saving me the torture. I dropped a little in your bucket.
aww, thanks Donna. I was just kidding….sorta. Actually, it was my pleasure. I thought it was hilarious cause I knew they couldn’t possibly live up to the hype. The MSM set them up to fail. Instead of the Pubs lowering expectations, they ran with it.
Thanks for the recap cookemom…
my pleasure Chi thank you
Done! thank you for your service to the cause!
Thanks Alycee, I really enjoyed it. Something about the smell of Pub failure in the air. I had a sense this would not live up to expectation. I wanted to witness karma at work first hand.
{{{{{{{{{{{{cookemom}}}}}}}}}}} You are a braver woman than I! Thanking you, and KaChing! Such courage shall not go unrewarded! 😆
Thanks Pamela, anything for my TOD mates, not to mention witnessing the worse convention ever. Glad to have played a part.
Appreciate you stepping up Cookemon. I just can’t watch these people. I left my donation. You deserve the hazardous pay fee.
Thank you Sunshine walker. I use to cringe and not watch these folks. then I decided, why should I miss out on all the fun. I now find humor in their attempts at being human. They’re only tinfoil hat wearing clowns, similar to those you see in a circus. Thanks again.
Thank you for all the instant blogs. I was over at HP doing my own battle and debunking some lies. Then when I came back to the TODweb Village, it felt right. I was Home again.
Tweety loved Christie! Said he saw a hint of Churchill! Ha!
Was Churchill American or did I miss something in history class? I thought Rapepublicans didn’t like dem Furriners!
I guess it’s okay, though. Most of the audience probably wondered who the hell Crispy was talking about, shurgged their shoulders and chalked it all up to book-lurnin’!
I believe Churchill’s mother was an American. The reference to Churchill doesn’t matter, because Christie is no Churchill. Tweety is always looking for an old hero to be reborn in some current dude. We have a current hero of note and importance and his name is President Barack Obama. None of these other creatures compare.
Churchill was the son of Sir Randolph Churchill and Jenny Jerome, an American heiress. Randolph was the second son of a Duke so pretty much impoverished. Jenny had pots of money.
He loved it and then went after Mittens!
He hates Willard.
So does must of the Republican Party. I’m calling it now, President Obama will get close to 25% of the Republican vote.
Churchill?!?! Oh come now. Tweety should know better than that.
Oh… I thought Christie said something about Churchill in his speech.
Tweety needs some caffeine or some sugar or something.
LOL! 🙂
It’s his size, Churchill was also portly.
Portly, maybe, but not obese! and Churchill was intelligent!
a dig at the old ‘they moved churchill’s photo’ lie.
He liked Christie’s ability to connect to the people. He was right about that. But he also said it was a speech about Christie and not for Mitt. He is setting himself up for 2016.
Tweety is the only one that likes Cristie Speech! Everybody else on the panel, thought it was flat.
Tweety is a Trip! Nobody ever knows what side Tweety is on, at any given moment.
I think, once all is said and done, that Tweety is on the right side. Dude just has ADD like nobody’s business.
For real!
Chris Matthews likes to be acknowledged and apparently Chris Christie telephones him every so often to chat…
In the end for these media types, it’s really all about their egos getting massaged…
It doesn’t matter that Chris Christie is one one of the most negative and most obnoxious politicians out there, as long as he occasionally chums around with the various personalities in the media, they’ll willingly market and promote him as ‘likeable’, ‘strong’ and the ‘consummate politician’…
All while tsk, tsking at the ‘tone’ of politics today…
They all lack self-awareness and are not simply disingenuous, but blatantly dishonest…they only hope the American people don’t notice…
So the media would try harder to make Ann and Romney likable…..but from what MSNBC panel are saying, it bombed? Howard Et Tu?
Oh oh…..interesting. Fluffy, his dad had GI Bill help? That is Government….Federal.
But it didn’t go to undeserving brown people, so it’s okay.
And Many Black folks too. SS the same thing.
GOOOOOOOOO PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha!!!
LOL!
Bam! Our team ain’t playin’!!
I know, right?
Beautiful!
Can’t believe I’m still awake, that is very funny.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
LOL!!!! 🙂
EXCELLENT!! 🙂 😀 :))
Best tweet of the night!
Robert Gibbs is coming and Rachel said that Axelrod tweeted about how long it took for fluffy ti mention Willard.
I love Ax!! Ha! He stuck in a zinger! While Christie was talking about himself and not about Willard, Ax tweeted:” I know he’s going mention Mitt somewhere in there….” hahahahahahahahahahhahhahahahahahahaha!!!! Love it!
Then he might enjoy …
🙂
Didn’t watch any of the Haters R Us Convention. Followed a little bit of Ayn Romney’s speech on a liveblog at another site. That’s about it.
All I can say, again, with so much relief and gratitude is that IT’S SO MUCH BETTER BEING US THAN THEM. If they weren’t so hateful, I’d feel sorry for them. Their unreasonable rage, their ignorance, their meanness, their small-mindedness, their pettiness, their greed, their selfishness — it all must be so exhausting and self-destructive. They have nothing to believe in besides their hate. How pitiful.
Ah well. History, the present moment, and the future will pass them right on by.
FORWARD.
From my perspective …
Yes We Can
YES WE CAN!
YES WE CAN!
Beautiful, Bobfr!
Republican National Convention: Night 1 — @LOLGOP Liveblog
August 28th, 2012 6:07 pm
@LOLGOP
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10:34 PM EST
Now presenting the man the GOP wishes Mitt Romney was — Chris Christie!
If I were Mitt, I would have let Ann finish out the night. There’s not going to be a better case made for him. Everything else will be a stale attack on the president.
Christie says his speech is about choosing respect over love. It’s almost as if he’s rebutting Ann Romney.
He keeps saying over and over “They said…” he couldn’t do what he did. But apparently he did it. Unfortunately the result of his efforts is that New Jersey has a higher unemployment rate than Michigan. He blasts politicians who pander, failing to mention he refused to take a stand on marriage equality, sending the issue to a popular vote.
He says that Democrats ideas have failed America. He’s the perfect example of a Republican who believes history began the day Obama took office.
Several minutes into his speech, he hasn’t mentioned the name Mitt Romney once. Instead, he’s described what Democrats believe in the most demeaning, simple-minded manner possible.
He finally gets to Mitt Romney late, late in his speech, quickly linking him with Paul Ryan. Ann Romney was the lede you wanted for this night, and Chris Christie has buried it.
Christie’s build up of Mitt Romney includes the first very specific attack on ObamaCare of the night.
“This moment is real,” Christie says. He takes on the skeptics and the naysayers. “I have faith in us.”
“Real leaders don’t follow polls,” Christie says. This is an attack that makes more sense against Mitt Romney than against the president who staked his presidency for policies that haven’t polled well.
Christie’s conclusion is calling for a “Second American Century.” “Let us choose a path that will be remembered for generations to come.” This is the most articulate explication of the “We Did Built This!” theme — calling for difficult decisions that will build the future. It’s vague but compelling. However, it does more for Chris Christie than it does for Mitt Romney who was briefly humanized by his wife.
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http://www.nationalmemo.com/republican-national-convention-night-1-lolgop-liveblog/
So, rather than wasting my time even reading tweets about Lady Ann’s speech, I had a productive evening. Went and got some groceries. Bought a new toilet and scheduled an installation. Mother made us dinner. And, thanks to a very hot little bartender, made the perfect gin gimlet from her instructions: 2.5 oz of GOOD gin, one squeezed lime, and a splash of simple syrup. That’s going to be all sorts of dangerous. Cheers!
I sure could use a gimlet or two after listening to some of those RNC speeches! Next time LL, prepare enough for everyone at TOD to have up to 3 gimlets. Thanks in advance!!! 🙂 🙂
These are the BEST gimlets I’ve ever made. God bless hot bartenders who divulge their secrets.
I had so much fun on twitter tweeting about the RNC convention. Twitter was hilarious. Liberals have the BEST wit. Ann Romney’s speech was hilarious. She’s even more awkward than Mitt. She kept yakking about Pasta and Tuna Fish and yadi yada yah. Michelle Obama she is not. Christie forgot that his speech was supposed to be about Romney and only remembered Romney when the camera panned to Romney. Mitt looked pissed off.
The audience was full of people who were either bored or who were doing a perfect imitation of the white man’s overbite. If this is all they have then BWAHAHAHAHA.
So, if I may extrapolate, the MSM probably won’t be able to put lipstick on that particular pig?
OMG, I am reading my twitter timeline. Hilarious. Queen Anne did not do well.
Brokaw and Meet The Pooper on to cover for repukes! Ha!
Tom ‘the oldest generation’ Brokaw and David ‘rover’ Greygory. Brown nosing over Crap Cristi and Ms. Ann ‘please like me’ Robme.
Chips, how come you always know exactly what is needed? Do you, like candidate Obama did, walk on water? That video of FLOTUS was just the thing needed. I have this habit of first checking the length of a video BEFORE deciding if I will watch it, especially if I’ve already seen it. So since I watched FLOTUS when she was first presenting this I decided to watch 5 minutes to wash the comments made about AnnD out of my mind. Man, that was a looong 5 minutes! 😆 It worked though. I don’t have to hear that other person to know her speec won’t compare.
MormAnn was absolutely horrid. i caught it right when she was talking about touring the country and meeting families who are struggling to put food on their families (sic), and she ends with some screechy and phoney yell, “i know you!!” they probably had to work with her all day to make sure she didn’t throw in a “…people.” at the end…”i know you people!!” couldn’t stand it any longer after tom brokaw compared MormAnn to FIRST LADY michelle obama as falsely equivalent, and thus, mittbot and PRESIDENT obama as being inferior “campaigners” to their wives. yes, tom, barack obama is so bad on the stump! what freaking planet is this guy on?!? david gregory started salivating over MormAnn before i could hit the off button, so i heard a few seconds of that twit too. not sure i’ll be able to stomach any of that bilge this week.
Ot oh! The RNC just sent in David Gregory and Tom Brokaw for the lovefest, of Cristie!
Saw that. See my comment below. Those two are such butt munchers.
I immediately turned to another channel when they came on. I can’t stand Brokaw or Gregory.
Brokaw basically said in terms of the intent of key note speeches, Christie and PBO 2004 were basically the same as both speeches were less about the presidential candidates ie:Kerry 2004 and Willard 2012, and more about Christie and PBO. WHAT THE FUCK?! I seriously can. Not. Stand that asshat! Now he’s building Christie up as the man of the people, being a repuke but working with a dem legislature. I hate Brokaw. He’s so fricking partisan.
Why does Brokaw always have to compare these vile republicans with the democrats? there is no equivalency.
He’s a complete ass.
Kool-aid drinking fuckstick!
Tom Brokaw need some mental help, it is clear he has lost it. No wonder NBC dump him.
Tom Brokaw and John McCain…two old farts that need to retire. Nobody gives a flying fig what they have to say. There time has passed.
and to think that guy had substantial control of america’s public discourse for decades…scamming them at the same time into thinking he’s a trusted journalist. he’s a big reason why so many for so long have been voting against their own self-interests, and why they still trot him out for each election season. tom never fails to disappoint the koch brothers and other other billionaires who own all the major media.
I must say Gov. Christie’s appearance on the stage provided a considerable bounce.
You are so wicked Firedup…lol…
that republican audience looked like they were drawings of characters from the simpsons cartoon. what an ugly bunch inside and out!
No mention of anything foreign affairs, not a word on national security. This was epic in it’s failure. Gibbs on MSNBC now.
enjoyed your commentary cookemom, well done & thank you ~
Well I ended up not watching any of the RNC hate fest… instead I just read the tweets- which were hilarious and made me laugh… Had I watched I’d be angry right now. So I’m grateful to those who stomached the whole awful mess when I couldn’t.
Gibbsie! He went into the convention and watched! He’s now talking to The Cow.
who is the cow?
LOL! Every night this week someone has asked that question. I will leave it to lisa to reply 🙂
LOL!!
Maddow
Maddow.
wait, what..Chris Matthews compared Crispy Creme Cristie to Churchill? OMG, FOTF LMAO!!!
Tweety has split personality.
Thanks so much Dudette. Mavis and I were class mates in high school and were in the same graduating class. The year was 1957 and I haven’t seen or talked to her since then. She’s gained about 40 lbs but I’d know her anywhere. What a long career.
Wow, that’s neat, yardarm! She’s been one of my faves from waaaaaay back! I LOVES me some Mavis!!
Thanks. She was a fun hottie too! 😀
Well, well, well… 😀
On my 22nd birthday she sang “Happy Birthday” to me!
You had a treat.
The only thing that Tom Brokaw has said that makes any sense is the following:
– There was not mention of President Bush and Vice President Cheney
– There was no mention of the two wars started under President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Truth! Everything else was complete shyte.
CNN has confirmed that this actually happened
The CNN official declined to confirm specific details of the incident to TPM but generally confirmed an account posted on Twitter by former MSNBC and Current anchor David Shuster: “GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying ‘This is how we feed animals.’”
It is not clear whether the alleged culprit was a delegate or attending the convention in some other capacity.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/cnn-republican-convention-black-camerawoman.php
Ladies and Gents sadly this is what the Republican party has become…
I notice that CNN is now spending more time on Hurricane Isaac than the RNC convention. Perhaps it’s too embarrassing to have to deal with what happened to their own staff member?
This is Mitt Romney racists party.
This is a disgrace, and I see that TeaNN is keeping it under wrap, why? They didn’t have to much to say. If this isn’t racism, then what is?
Chips, dear, we need this on the next post! http://barackobama.tumblr.com/post/30431393807/well-this-is-awesome
I don’t know about you folks, but there’s nothing that the MSM or anyone on it could do or say to get under my skin after that debacle of a fail. It just wasn’t good. MSM just can’t dress it up without insulting their audience. It was just bad all around. Nothing to even keep it in the headlines. There will be more talk about Isaac tomorrow than the convention. The only bump they’ll get is the one when Crispy took the stage. The teabutts are probably seething, they wanted the bar fight Boehner promised, but ended up being served crumpets to go along with that tea.
cookemom – don’t know if you’ll see this but to mention – your humor brings joy to the heart – and if I lived in the US I would gladly donate to your fundraiser. Your “reporting” has been wonderful – thank you for watching so other folks can avoid the stress.
Thank you 99ts. I enjoyed it. I thought it was hilarious because they unintentionally put on a display bested by Barnum and Bailey. That was a circus of elephants and clowns available for the world to see.
Gibbs went after Sunununoopy! He said he is probably more wound up, then he needs to be.
Oh, I am tearing you. I love, this coming from PBO.
I have a kid on my caseload that’s had some serious anger issues, sometimes I think justified, which I can’t go into here. Because I knew he was prone to these outbursts, I told him no matter where he was, if he felt like he was getting angry to call me. If I could, I would go to him. And one day at school, he called. I went. He was in the office with the behavior Coach. Very angry and lashing out. I asked to take him to another room.
After hearing him out, I talked to him about harnessing his control and to “never allow people to take his power away.” I do believe it has worked in some way and it warms my heart. So, hearing this from PBO tonight, just made my day. Thank you, Chips.
Great advice, africa. A life lesson for all of us…not just angry young men.
What a wonderful story, africatimes2. Thanks for sharing it. I have a smart, funny young cousin who struggles anger issues too. I think your words would help him to put things into perspective too.
Send your young man a link to the President’s video if you can. I bet it’ll remind him of what you taught him and inspire him even further.
Bless you!
HOW CHRISTIE WAS ESCORTED INTO THE RNC HALL:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021220592
I can’t read it. Forklift?
He floated in like one of those giant balloons in the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Nitey nite all you Os!!! Off to prepare for another great getting up day tomorrow. Don’t stay up too late. Adios amiga/amigo, manana
The Fundraising Streak is alive and well. On to day 31. Thanks for the entertainment everyone. I’ll bid you all a good night!
Me too. I have an early start tomorrow. Agreed to pick up a young girl and her mother at 6:30am for a ride to the children’s hospital for an operation. It’s slated to take up the better part of the morning – check in at 7:30am, operation scheduled for 9:30am, recovery time ??? – so that means I’m going to miss the early action here. Please hold off on doing anything majorly exciting as I like to be in on the live action better than the replay! 😉 😉
Oops! It’s tomorrow already! Well I’ll share my ‘rise and shine wish’ now.
Happy Wednesday, TODobots! Morning Ms Chips! We are one day closer to the longed for 2012 Landslide! 😀 😀
http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/49-years-ago
THIS
Mrs. Money—– Drunk College Woohoo Girl
Watching her reminded me of those drunk college girls in bars going: “woohoo!” every godforsaken time about every godforsaken thing. She also reminds me of those middle aged former party girls who get together and relive their glory days of woohooing, getting drunk and sleeping with anything that looked their way………. Stay classy, Orphan Annie.
Forget it Lisalives, I’m not biting with your movie clip. I’m off to bed! 😆 Good night and sweet dreams!
Ezra is clearly stinking up the room!
Four years ago today in Denver
http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/four-years-ago-today-in-denver
“Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who’s willing to work. That’s the promise of America, the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper. That’s the promise we need to keep.”
—Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention
The 2012 convention is just around the corner. Be a part of the historical moment when President Obama accepts the nomination again.
Awesome!! Thank you, Dudette.
Enough! —Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. It was necessary that he said that in 2008 and it’s sadly, after looking at what the GOP has to offer tonight, it’s still true: Enough!
They have no positive vision for the country and our world that allows all of us–men, women, gay, straight, rich and poor–to help each other and thrive together.
I think I’m going to cry:
An attendee at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday allegedly threw nuts at a black camerawoman working for CNN and said “This is how we feed animals” before being removed from the convention, a network official confirmed to TPM.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/cnn-republican-convention-black-camerawoman.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
Oh Wow. Chips this really makes me so sad and angry. All of this open racism started when McCain released Palin on us. I remember people started showing up at rallies with guns and monkey dolls.
**** them COS, let their hate just make us work even harder, they’re evil to the core.
I agree. I know PBO wonder sometimes how do you del with these nasty people and Mitt Romney who is a habitual liar with no conscience. I am sure he lay in bed at night and discuss this with Michelle.
As I tweeted:
Fuck them. Fuck them up a tiny orifice. They WON’T win. They’re history’s trash. WE are the future.
These people are freaked out of their minds, puking their guts over the fact that they are losing their power and control over this country. They are disgusting and vile sociopaths AND ROMNEY IS THEIR RINGLEADER.
I hate them so much Meta I could ****ing cry. Your summing up of them is just perfect.
We have to go through this ugliest of rituals and it’s really very depressing if you have a heart and a soul and care about what happens. The GOP are the worst dregs of our culture, clinging to their religion, their money and their guns.
Let me know if you have any other favorite #NEWSTAINERS you want to be duly informed …
I want to have nothing to do with these people of this party.
Yes, they are evil to the core …
Great job, Bob!
Thank you, df 🙂
Yes Indeed Bob! I totally second DF! Keep shinning the light on these cowardly media that have been enabling these vile people.
It makes everyone cry. Sarah Palin started this open hatred for a black President and encouraged this type of racial hatred with every speech she gave. President Obama ignored her. (He has much more character than I could even dream about). Mitt Romney is now doing exactly the same thing – stirring up racial hatred in an effort to divide the USA as it was divided before the 1960s. The person who did this no doubt thought it was “a joke”. Mitt encourages jokes of this type.
James Hohmann captured David Koch, New York delegate, greeting Rudy Giuliani on the floor of the convention in Tampa.
Who was the RNC Surprise speaker? Or is that person speaking tomorrow or Thursday?
Tom Brokaw?
I wouldn’t be surprised jovie. Brokaw said that Mitt would make a great President based on 1 speech given by his wife. Never mind all the lying and tax evasion. Tom is a tool.
The mystery speaker is scheduled for Thursday. http://abcn.ws/SNIn2K The Romney camp claims they don’t know who it is. If I were Team Mitt and knew how much the base wanted to replace Willard, I would make it my business to find out who the mystery speaker was.
Maybe its the Wasilla Thrilla?
Condi, Karl Rove, Grover Norquist, GWB, Trump
Condi’s already speaking.
Joe The Plumber
I say it must be Dick Cheney! He loves to operate in secrecy.
True. In fact, he might just send a video of himself in an undisclosed location. 🙂
HOW THE HELL DO THEY NOT KNOW WHO IT IS? Man…they have no control over this convention.
They know. It’s just a game to hype the whole mess.
I really don’t even freakin care but it’s probably Joe Freakin’ Lieberman or Joe MoFo Manchin.
I was thinking Colin Powell … but then I heard over the weekend he had some high praise for Obama. I don’t think he’s going to turncoat like that. He might not endorse, but he won’t endorse Romney.
Back in May he endorsed marriage equality, but said he wasn’t ready to endorse either Presidential candidate (yet). Kinda wimpy, but whatevah!
You know meta, Joe Lieberman sounds plausible. But then again it may Bibi Netanyahu speaking from Israel via a video feed.
Jindal Skips RNC To Prepare For Isaac
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101752212
And, because he was afraid someone might throw nuts at him …
Poll: Romney Faces Lowest Favorability Rating For Major Party Nominee Since Reagan Years
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-romney-faces-lowest-favorability-rating-for-major
The Republican nomination officially his and the party’s base seemingly coalescing behind him, Mitt Romney remains hamstrung by a historically low favorability rating, the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday night shows.
According to the poll, only 40 percent of registered voters nationwide have a favorable view of Romney — the lowest level of popularity for a major party’s presidential nominee since the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Fifty-one percent view Romney unfavorably, a problem the former Massachusetts governor has been unable to shake throughout the campaign. It also marks only the second time last fall in ABC/WaPo’s polling that a candidate has been viewed unfavorably by a majority of respondents.
Compounding matters for Romney: his incumbent opponent remains widely liked by the American public. The poll shows that 50 percent of voters have a favorable view of President Barack Obama, compared with 47 percent who hold an unfavorable view…
And they keep telling us that the polls are close. I would never vote for someone who I did not like.
It tells you why they’re close in the #s…
While Romney’s numbers are low, Obama’s are low for an incumbent.
Obama’s favorability rating is 50%. In ’08, it was 62%. In ’04, Bush’s was 54%. In ’00, Gore’s was 53% and Bush’s was 61%. Bill Clinton’s was 56% in ’96 and Bush’s was 57% in ’92 (fun fact, Clinton’s was worse … at 53%).
So, only Kerry (48%), Dole (50%) and Mondale (47%) had either equal or worse overall ratings than Obama.
WITH that said, the margins are comparable to past elections – if not better for Obama.
He has a +10 margin over Romney and only had a +3 margin over McCain in ’08.
Bush had a +6 margin over Kerry and a +8 margin over Gore in ’00.
Clinton had a +6 margin over Dole in ’96.
H.W. Bush had a +4 margin over Clinton in ’92.
Dukakis had a +7 margin over H.W. Bush in ’88.
Reagan had a +13 margin over Mondale in ’84.
So, only Reagan had a better margin than Obama currently.
The H.W. Bush numbers on both account are misleading, though. The ’88 numbers are from July, ’88, which was at the height of Dukakis’ popularity. I’m guessing that by October, those numbers were vastly different. His ’92 numbers are from July too, when he was leading Clinton in the polls.
So, Obama is in a good position – but the race remains tight because he’s not as popular as past incumbents. That could change, though, after the DNC Convention.
There is only 1 reason that President Obama is not as popular as past incumbents. Mitt campaigns on it.
along with a heavy “assist” from our lamestream MEE-DEE-YA
” because he’s not as popular as past incumbents”
I can tell you right now that this FALSE. PBO is one of the most popular incumbents if not the most popular since Ronald Reagan, and poll numbers in the Obama era do not reflect the same thing that they reflected before he became elected.
Just to give you an example: Gallup polled Clinton, Bush, Reagan, etc 4-7 times during their first 3 years. Gallup polled PBO 84 TIMES!!!! When you poll excessively to remind people they MUST be dissatisfied about SOMETHING, you end up with your desired result.
And that’s what polling data reflects. It does not reflect on President Obama, it reflects on the corporate media and polling oufits’ nefarious agenda and manipulations.
this is the truth
Throw all of the mofo in a river somewhere so they can go noodling for catfish. 😦
Can we sign a petition for that? Maybe donate to get the job done? 🙂
Hell no. The fish will be their reward. I will, however, drive the bus to take ’em there. G’nite Gracie.
🙂
That poor RNC attendee… he wasvictimized and upset by that camerawoman’s blackness and just had to do something about it. How dare she just show her melanin-enriched skin in front of him. She should be grateful he didn’t use his second amendment remedies.
Go ahead colored girl, say it — look into the camera and say it like you mean it: “Thank you for not shooting me while I take pictures of all these fine white folks, sir… please excuse me for being colored around you. My bosses at TeaNN won’t let it happen again”
LL = LLegendary!
Christie is getting a lot of negative reviews from the chattering class, saying he was disappointing, unfocused, self -serving, didn’t deliver the goods, etc.
Absolutely do not understand why GOP & American press have worked so hard to tout Christie as some sort of star. He’s a grotesque wreck.
Thank you so much…
Hey, TOD family — I had a migraine and I just woke up. How was the hate fest? Did I miss anything? did Queen Ann change the entire election? Did anyone say anything positive?
I didn’t watch a bit of it, but just from the comments here on the blog and Think Progress’ excellent fact-checking liveblog, I can answer for you:
Hateful
Not unless you like to hear banshees screeching
Hell No
Pfft, are you kidding?
I always watch this stuff, and it’s interesting to read comments here and dKos and twitter. Sometimes it’s better to gauge reaction than listen to the real thing. The ‘theme’ in comments: hateful, selfish, not one moment of positive vision.
The end of FLOTUS’ speech where the two girls come out and then PBO is beamed in is the cutest thing EVERRRRRRRRR.
Truly it is. WINNING!!
Hot damn, you are one badass mofo, LL! High-five!!
Send that David Gregory and Tom “both parties do it” Brokaw… PLEASE!!!
Absolutely spot on Liberal Librarian…
Hello all. I did not intend to watch the circus tonight, and missed the whole thing. Thanks to everyone for your critique. I am happy to hearQueen Ann was nothing spectacular. I do believe thugh thatwe have be ome very spoiledbyhaving our Obamatwozome and Vp Joe. No onecan comeclose
Sorry for the lousy typing. I am not so good on my iphone. Anyway, I am so proud of our President. We need to just keep working to get him re-elected
You might think that someone at the RNC For Life event would offer a pregnant lady a seat, but you’d be wrong. #GOP2012
— @michelleinbklyn via Twitter for iPhone
I wouldn’t think that. They don’t give a shit about pregnant women.
Suck on this Bobby Jindal!
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Jindal takes credit for stimulus, presents constituents with jumbo-sized stimulus check.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/07/21/51962/jindal-stimulus-check/
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) reemerged on the national stage yesterday, penning an op-ed in the Politico to slam efforts to reform health care and declaring the Economic Recovery Act a failure. Jindal declared the Recovery Act “a nearly trillion-dollar stimulus that has not stimulated.” However, less than 24 hours before Jindal published his op-ed, Jindal traveled to Anacoco, Louisiana to present a jumbo-sized check to residents of Vernon Parish. The funds included hundreds of thousands of dollars directly from the Recovery Act — at least $157,848 in Community Block Grant money authorized by the Recovery Act and $138,611 for Byrne/JAG job training programs created by the Recovery Act. Rather than credit the federal government or the Recovery Act he opposed, Jindal printed his own name on the corner of the massive check…
Jindal was one of the GOP governors who opposed the Recovery Act and he succeeded in blocking money for unemployment compensation.
Bobby Jindal is working overtime as a fraud. He also demanded more money from the Federal government for Isaac. As is the custom, the President provided 75% of direct assistance while the state is expected to provide 25%. Bobby want the Federal government to reimburse his state for the 25%.
Inquiring minds want to know, why Bobby would want this socialist handout? What is his obligation to his state? Merely to wait for disasters to strike, give a press conference about how he’s spending on relief and then ask the government to pick up the tab, followed by another press conference where he says the Federal government is spending too much.
Somebody elected this fool and both Bobby and his voting bloc have convinced themselves that when Federal tax dollars are spent on them it is necessary and righteous, but when it’s spent on others it’s hastening the end of United States of America as we know it.
Just a little happiness …(very little, the guy that won is another nutbag) but Ben Quayle, arrogant asshole extraordinaire, has LOST HIS RE ELECTION BID TONIGHT! Happy Dance!! Let the door hit you HARD on the way out!!!
This fuckstick.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/david-schweikert-defeats-ben-quayle-in-arizona-gop
This is good news. I am glad the voters invited this cosmic twit to pursue other career opportunities.
He’ll be JUST fine, I’m sure. Now, the sooner he gets his tacky, pandering yard signs cleaned up…the better I’ll feel.
I know you exchanged one idiot with another but it’s so good to see Ben Quayle lose. He has been one of the members of Congress who continually disrespects President Obama.
Saying the most insulting thing you can think of about the current President of the United States, somehow earns you stripes with this low class, tea-flavored, bottom feeders. Quayle’s done. I’m looking forward to Paul Ryan being done in the House and as a Veep candidate.
Some Faux News viewers are apparently mad at Juan Williams. [I haz a sad for him… NOT! ]
Here’s why:
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Juan Williams calling Ann Romney
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80330.html?hp=l7
Fox News contributor Juan Williams took some ribbing from his colleagues Tuesday night after saying Ann Romney looked “like a corporate wife” who hasn’t struggled in her life.
“Mitt Romney’s wife, Ann Romney, on the other hand looked to me like a corporate wife,” Williams said, speaking on a panel after the Republican National Convention’s speeches wrapped for the night. “And you know the stories she told about struggle, eh, it’s hard for me to believe. She’s a very rich woman and I know that and America knows that.”
Fox News hosts Bret Baier replied, “Wow, OK,” and Megyn Kelly asked Williams, “What does that mean, corporate wife?”
“What does it mean?” Williams replied. “It looks like a woman whose husband takes care of her and she’s been very lucky and blessed in this life. She’s not speaking, I think, for the tremendous number of single women in this country, or married women or separated — actually she did not convince me that you know what, ‘I understand the struggles of American women in general.’”
“Is that the same speech you heard Brit?” Baier asked Fox News commentator Brit Hume.
“Uh no. I think that was the single most effective political speech I’ve ever heard given by a political wife,” Hume said.
Later, the panel reconvened — but without Williams. Wall Street Journal columnist and former presidential speechwriter Peggy Noonan joined to offer commentary in Williams’s place.
“I want to point out that we did not kick Juan off the panel because of the corporate wife comment, we wanted to get a speechwriter’s perspective,” Baier said, to laughter.
“Although we considered it,” Kelly said…
Poor Juan Williams! He still doesn’t know that as a black person he was not hired to think on his own. He is supposed to be seen but not heard.
Ben (son of Dan) Quayle loses his primary!
Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!! 😀 😀 😀
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Quayle calls Schweikert to concede in CD 6 race
http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/20120828cd-schweikert-leads-quayle-closely-watched-race.html#ixzz24uR6ScJ9
U.S. Rep. Ben Quayle has called fellow Rep. David Schweikert to concede the Congressional District 6 race.
See my happiness on the defeat of this fuckstick upthread:) I detest this little turd.It’s a happy night at my house!! The guy that beat him isn’t much better really,, in fact they think the same…difference is…that Schweikert isn’t so braggadocious and arrogant. Still…I’m happy!!
This is a good start. Rand Paul is next.
Hollah!!
Sorry, missed that df. There’ll be happy dancing in many homes tonight for sure.
WOOOOTTTTTT!!! WOOTY WOOT WOOTTTTT!!
So cool!!! And, Ann Kirkpatrick won the Democratic nomination for Arizona’s First Congressional District 🙂
Yes she did:)
One foot in front of the other…we have a shit ton of crazy to get rid of around here!
Woot!
Hits just keep on coming…Russell Pearce (Mr SB1070) LOST his political comeback bid tonight…..I hope that hate filled racist bastard finally takes the hint. No one wants him anymore.
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!
Show us YOUR papers on the way out, Bitch!!
🙂
To put it nicely, df 😀 😀 😀 😀
To put it nicely:) I’m so sick to death of this “other” business….
Well, it was an interesting day/night. I’ve seen more of the the Weather Channel in the last 24 hours than ever before. But they do like “our President” there which is great to see! Ann Romney is no Michelle but there are other contrasts far more striking. I didn’t see much of any of it, could only stomach a few minutes. But I really wondered who the Stepford barbie doll was talking to with this speech, or the last few minutes that I saw. I am around her age, maybe a few years younger but my youth was filled with fighting for women’s issues, reproductive rights and equal pay. She concluded with we should trust him and he’d be fine, the same way he took her home from the dance and kept her safe? Give me a break! That sounds like my mother’s generation, certainly not mine or any of the working/career women who have grown up since that time. I flipped to Christy’s speech for less than 5 seconds, saw his angry, yelling, unsmiling face and went back to the WC. Then there is the race incident. While it nauseates me to hear of it in this day and age, in one way I am happy. I hope it is spead far and wide for all of those undecided voters to see/hear what this group truly is about. Anger, bitterness, hate, divisiveness. Is this really who you want in your lives the next four years? The contrast between the hope, optimism and joy with the Dems couldn’t be more striking and is EXACTLY what the country needs to see. I do not believe that the majority of people in this country would sign on for this ugliness if they see it for what it is. Rather, I believe most want the best for their families, their communities and their country. From the little bit I saw tonight, I’d say the RNC convention is a huge success for us and a huge fail for them in that it showed their true colors rather than the rose colored version Romney was hoping for during these three days.
LOL!
Al Sharpton just called Chris Christie the Ralph Cramden of the Republican Party.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021222683
Damn, if that isn’t PERFECT!!!
Goodnight, TODers. I’ve had way too many yummy gimlets, and too much fun on Twitter. See y’all tomorrow.
Night, LL…sleep tight:)
Tweet that and LL’s tweet (http://theobamadiary.com/2012/08/28/understand-your-power-dont-give-it-away/#comment-467819) to:
Anderson Cooper
Roland Martin
Donna Brazile
Candy Crowley
David Gergen
Paul Begala
David Frum
John King
Wolf Blitzer
Goodnight Chips and TOD Family. I have see and lived through a lot of hateful situations in our nation as a very young child, young teenager, a young lady, and as an adult which brought me to my golden age years. I saw hate, vile persons posing as loving their country, but I saw few in their midst who are of their country. Tonight did not represent America, but an Ugly America, and that is so sad. I cried after I got mad.
I am like Chips, I cried. I am one who did watch while speaking long distance with my best friend who has watched these conventions since John F. Kennedy. This is sad that so many gave their blood for the right to practice democracy in a nation that should be out of the dirty diapers stage. When will we grow up as loving people for all the world to see.
Mrs. Ann was sad to me. She was awful. Mitt was angry when Christie threw him under the bus and then ran over him over and over again. Plus the ugly people in the audience was sad. What a photo for the world to see the ugly side of our country.
It hurts like hell because so much is at stake and so many have giving their lives for us to be in a better place than what was presented to the world tonight.
But we have next week. We still have hope, and change, and love, and inspiration coming, and a president and vice-president who both have compassion and a plan for this America that we here want. So we will not give up, give in, or give out, but move together, Pressing On and surely moving FORWARD.
So let us wake up tomorrow, be it grace from the angels of the precious gift of breath, and donate, phone calls, tweets to make, emails to send, and get people registered to VOTE. We need POB!!!!!
This will wipe away the tears from my eyes, Chips’, and so many, many more of us all over this nation. We Are Better Than This. This, that we heard, saw, and felt tonight. It was too ugly.
Do not forget those who have FR pages. We have to give POB and VP Biden every instrument they will need to win this. This is all I ask of each of us. Let us not give up ,because so many are depending on us to show who we really can be as decent, honest, and gentle people in this nation. People can’t heal with this type of hate. We Really Are Better Than This, America.
((((((((((((((( I love our beautiful Chips and my TOD Family.)))))))))))))))))))) HZ
Night, HZ…your words always inspire and ring true.
Interesting that the GOP is unable to find any female other than Miss Ann to speak to the wonders of Mitt. Does this tell us something about Mitt – or Ann – or both?
All of the above and more, 99 🙂
Hey Bob – thanks again for the great tweets. I think Michelle Obama is the best 1st lady since forever & yet the media likes to ignore her and rave about a wealthy woman who cares nothing about how you people live.
80+% of Americans love our First Lady and there’s nothing the #NEWSTAINERS can do to thwart that reality.
#PRESSON
closer to 100% when you count the rest of the world (including my lot).
Where are the other Romney siblings? Don’t hear much about his brother or sisters, do you?
Probably part of the group who are threatening the biggest man made implosion ever it Mitt releases those tax returns. Obviously smarter than Mitt & may want to keep their bank accounts out of the public eye.
Oh great! Levee over topped, 12 feet of water in New Orleans!
You guys have to turn on the Weather channel! This is scary!
Plaqmines Parrish over topped, 18 miles of levee over topped, Deputy are going door to door.
Forget about Miss Ann, Morning joke is just that!
Two men stranded on Levee, First Responders on the Way!
Yet, Morning Joe cant break away from his lovefest! Priorities???
Jim Cantore of the Weather channel is crazy.
That is all!
12 feet of water in Homes. I cannot believe Morning Joe will only talk about cristie and Miss Ann, now he is onto P-90x Guy.
CNN is all over it, mSNBsinC is basically ignoring it…
Typical.
He will speak in prime time, shortly before Obama and Vice President Joe Biden accept their respective nominations during an outdoor session of the convention at the football stadium used by the Carolina Panthers. It will be the main national security speech of the convention.
“Senator Kerry will speak to how the president has restored America’s leadership in the world, has taken the fight to our enemies, and has a plan to bring our troops home from Afghanistan just like he did from Iraq,” said an Obama campaign official who demanded anonymity to speak about the speech before it was officially announced.
“He will contrast the president’s strong leadership in this area with Mitt Romney, who has embraced the go-it-alone, reckless policies of the past that weakened America’s place in the world and made us less secure here at home,” the official added.
MSNBainC is ignoring New Orleans. They give 30 second updates, just like Brownie did in 2005. Morning Joke, his reputation precedes Him.
a perfect good morning chips and toddies!
Morning everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/08/29/rise-and-shine-282/