This was great! I watched it as it happened. Andrea was speechless! The Obama team needs to hammer home exactly what Chris said. It was concise, truthful and direct. Loved it!
Now you can tell Ms. Greenspan didn’t like what Chris Matthews were saying. But he put the GOP witch in her GOP place didn’t he? I have to send Chris a email and thank him. Also I loved it when he said the Democrats have Biden and Obama who don’t have to prove that they are human. Greenspan didn’t are for that. Today if there was ever any doubt, Andrea Mitchell Greenpan is on of those right wing extreme Republicans.
I meant to say Greenspan didn’t go for that, she didn’t like it. She brought up about Romney’s speech. Andrea Mitchell Greenspan is one of those right wing extreme Republicans.
Martin didn’t let that guy get by with his talking points either. kept stopping him to correct the points, he didn’t know how to come back instead tried to pivot. No luck. Go Martin!!!
I mentioned this a few threads ago that Nate Silver on his NYT blog fivethirtyeight now haw Florida as light blue (instead of light pink like last week) since the latest polls there have Obama in the lead by a point or two. However Nate hasn’t updated his electoral counter. It should show 332 including Florida instead of 307. Either way the Obama predicted electoral votes are well over 270 but hope Nate corrects it soon!
Honestly, as much as I hate the fact that Nate turned into a traffic machine, which means he has to send all kinds of provocative, horse-race tweets – He’s the only one I listen to when it comes to predictions.
Yes, she scolded Chris for having an opinion, and he told her they’re not opinions – they’re facts. Then she mumbled something like “watch yourself”. I think Chris Matthews has been watching “Newsroom”.
Yep. Mrs. Greenspin is going to “ban” Chris Matthrews from her show. Unfortunately folks we might see Chris Matthews changing his toon very soon, maybe to keep his job.
Yes, I fully expect him to get pressured to change his tune and get back in line. When Andrea told him “watch yourself” (which is what I heard), I knew Chris is going to have a decision to make in the near future.
Michael Grunwald has written an intensive analysis of Barack Obama’s Recovery Act
————————–
Grunwald’s book really tells two stories, related but distinct. The first is about the political process – how the framework of the stimulus bill was designed by the Obama team during the lame duck period, negotiated in Congress and implemented over the past three years. The main theme of this story is Republican intransigence. This is a familiar tale, though Grunwald adds much colourful detail. Rather than negotiating for concessions in good faith, Congressional Republican leaders decided early on that they would not back anything with the president’s fingerprints on it. Given the circumstances, it is naive to think Obama could have negotiated a bigger package than the one he got.
But the second story – an intensive analysis of what the Recovery Act has accomplished to date and has yet to accomplish – is more interesting.
The book by Grunwald is excellent as far as I have gotten in the book. I would highly recommend that people who have supported POB and this country would make this a ‘Must Read.’HZ
Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — With the Democratic National Convention falling one week after the Republican gathering, Democrats hope to have the “final word” by focusing on the middle class–a message lost during the GOP event, according to a senior Obama campaign official Monday.
“Unlike last week, where you didn’t hear one tangible idea…We’re going to run on our ideas. We’re going to tout and trumpet our ideas,” the official told CNN reporters covering the convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Thank you, Tweety! Andrea MItchell was revealed for the shill that she is for her Randian husband Greenspan and the whole GOP establishment. And thank you, for reminding Andrea Mitchell of the difference between facts and opinions.
What an incredibly positive and inspiring ad! We painted our garage door after seeing a version of this. Not one neighbor has complained, and many have come by to take pictures and praise our work. It’s fun to hear the weekend bike riders go by and notice it.
Wish I could be at Carolina Fest this week!!
Thanks for sharing this one on the beautiful painted barns and the wonderful idea also of painting yours, Judith. That is so inspiring. More barns being painted. POB has done so much for the farmers in America and for people to step outside of the box. I love my president!!!HZ
It really is interesting to see the enthusiasm on the streets of Charlotte – and the thousands of people who filed through the stadium for the sneak peak. Even in the rain. So different from the hate-fest from last week at the GOP convention.
thanks … we are only working 3 days this week, but schedule is packed, what am I going to do? I know …. live stream, then mute it when a client is checking out! Yeah!
Sometimes Matthews gets these spells and goes off on a tangent and wipes the floor with whomever he is in verbal combat with. So he has done to this Mitchell woman.
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama hugs actor and Obama administration official Kal Penn, the Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, as she tours the stage and podium the day before her speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 3
Chris Mattews is doing a commentary about the differences between GOP vs. Dem. He said, “Could it be that wood doesn’t bounce?’ referring to the no-bounce of Romney. LOVE it!
I am watching the Princess Bride on my new blue ray player. This scene reminds me how Robme and his team thinks and how President Obama treats them. Watch and enjoy…….
What is this? Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? And of Course, all the News organizations are asking this, like they did with Robney Tax returns…
That is a loaded question and it distracts, from our Convention.
We want to See A+ messaging, for the rest of the Convention. Come on Man!
jovie141, here is a response to that question, “Are we were we want to be?” The answer is no, but we were losing over 800,000 jobs when President Obama walk into that Oval Office. The stock market was in bad shape, so was the financial system, but now we are back lending to small businesses. Over four million jobs created. We are heading in the right direction, we can’t turn around and go back to the same old policies which got us into this mess.
this is a non issue because over the next few days everyone will understand how much better off we are after the conventions. if they don’t already. I don’t see how logically anyone can say . . .no we are not better off. We may not be where we want to be but I would venture to say we are all better off than 4 years ago.
Just watched Tweety and Andrea……loved it! He was smiling the whole time. I hope that O’Malley’s “Booker” moment is over and he has been thoroughly told this is not how to be a good surrogate!
Way OT…..have you all noticed the HUGE fashion impact our FLOTUS has had? Four years ago we would not have seen one female news person in a sleeveless dress. They all wore suits withlong sleeves. Now ALL of them are wearing attractive, stylish, bright sleeveless dresses in this hot weather. I think it’s funny, because I bet few would ever admit that she paved the way and set the style and freed them.
I think Chris loved the enthusiastic crowd behind him.
If they stay on message, they won’t have to worry about getting lit up by us. Stay on message. Why is that so hard for supposed surrogates to do? O’Mally royally fucked up yesterday by giving the media and GOP talking points on something that even we as non-politicos would have knocked out of the park. Hope he and Booker learned to not go off message.
I’ve noticed that about the sleeveless dresses, too. I absolutely believe Michelle was a trendsetter on that front.
As for Gov. O’Malley – I think it was an honest mistake – not “Booker-like” at all, since Booker’s statement seemed deliberate. Gov O’Malley has been an excellent surrogate for President Obama, and the small clip I found looked like he was hurrying to make a point and he honestly misspoke. He’s very valuable – and has his heart most definitely in the right place.
She has her own fashion blog mrs.o which has documented all of her clothes over the past four years. Mrs. T has done a great job for those interested in seeing Michelle’s amazing fashion.
When asked the same question today, O”Malley said definitely, we are better off than four years ago. Either someone said something, or he heard himself and realized what he had said. This is the kind of statement that the MSM cut soff at the knees without the follow up. You must lead with the strongest positive statement….not give a provisional then follow up with the strong positive. This is a basic rhetorical strategy. I have heard only good about Gov O’Malley up to this point, and believe he learned quickly. Good. He is an attracive, charismatic person, and we want him to be a good strong surrogate.
Ed has just given about 15 strong minutes stating the facts about how much better we are today than we were four years ago…..FACTS!!! He showed pitiful, awful videos of GWB announcing the stark financial facts, then joking about his grade in Economics 101…..what a loser! It was scary to see him again, and just breathe a hugh sigh of relief that we survived EIGHT years of him.
I think the GOP are playing with fire to ask this question – and I’ve actually heard this question being floated by the media, more than the GOP. People will remember exactly what was happening in this country four years ago, and then have to compare that status with where we are today. Some right wing fool called “Didely” was on Martin Bashir earlier today,tried to say we were “absolutely worse off now than in 2008” – but Martin wouldn’t let him get away with it. The fool could not give a straight answer to the question of whether he seriously thought that the state of affairs was better in 2008. It was painful to watch. They can pose the question – but they don’t want to answer the question.
Ain’t that the truth? I like that comment someone made in the news that the GOP needs to stop pretending Bush didn’t exist, because they are going to have to own up to what he did, what he left us with, and what he ….. did …. not …. do! And Cheney also.
Haven’t read all the comments on this thread; am crying profusely; that video of Matthews and Mitchell is unbelievable and thank the Lord for that! Thank you Chris Matthews for the truth; thank you for the plain, ungarnished truth of the matter. I had put off watching it; don’t know why but am so glad I finally did! Did you hear the crowd behind them? Did you hear that? It was a little distracting, but I loved it. For some reason, the invasion of the U.S. by the British came to mind … you know the one? the Beatles! When you could not hear what Ed Sullivan was saying, because the crowd was roaring nonstop! That is going to be the DNC. We are fired up! Ready to go! It is going to be awesome! People power!
Hope Bobby didn’t “shake hands” with President Obama or greet him too warmly, when he arrived. That’s what happened to former Gov. Charlie Crist in FL and Repubs made it one of the reasons not to get behind his next election. Watch out, Bobby! Don’t get too chummy. Maybe you can point your finger at PBO, like Jan Brewer did, instead.
The rain Uptwon is really bad. 😦 There is lightening with the next band and I’m worried about the people at Carolinafest. I almost took the fam up there. Kinda glad I didn’t know. Lightening freaks me out.
I am sitting here Fishing in a Lake, over looking a Mountain. Are you kidding me? This is just wonderful. And I saw a Black Bear, earlier. I will go all Rambo on his ass, if he goes near my Dog.
Chips – Thanks so much for the video on Tweety’s take down of Andrea – hadn’t seen it real time and can’t wait to watch.
So comical that Martin Bashir is having both Tweety and MHP on his show today – two “Profile in Courage” superstars of the week. Hope there are more people speaking truth to power in the days to come.
Chris is enjoying himself and he’s evidently reading the twitter machine and all the accolades he’s been getting since taking on Rinse Repeat on Moanin’ Mope show. Enjoy it while we can, the good twin is on full display, and the bad one may show up at anytime. However, I think Mathews has found he gets more support in the good twin mode. That’s his motivation now.
I like to think it was my congratulatory tweet to him, mentioning if he kept it up, maybe his hero JFK’s daughter Caroline might hand him a Profile in Courage award in Boston next time. Yep. I’m sure I’m behind his reawakening (I do that to people). Ha!
The Energy Department is loaning Marathon Petroleum Co., a refining company, one million barrels of crude oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve after Hurricane Isaac forced the suspension of Gulf of Mexico oil production.
notice the choice of words: carney ‘reminded’ they ‘backed’; ryan mouth ‘slams’, ‘charging’ we’re ‘distorting’. hmmm, now which of the two sides impresses marky?
Chair lady Wasserman-Schultz is on Rev. Al, she looks beautiful. She always does, but particularly beautiful today. Of course she is doing a wonderful job and Rev. Al just gives her the floor as he should. 🙂
She does look especially striking today. No doubt she’s getting ready to attend one or more black tie events this evening.
More importantly she continues to speak forcefully and confidently about the President’s vision for American, his accomplishments, and the stark choice that Americans have them come Election Day in November. She’s a terrific DNC Chair and I’m extremely proud of her.
Lorraine, I concur with you. DWS, looks great!! Very cute hair style and lovely lipstick for her. Very nice. Plus, her beautiful personality along with her brilliant mind makes it so lovely. I love her and how she supports POB.
Yes she does look exceptionally nice today. She has that ”we gon kick the RNC butts this week and show them how we party like it’s 2012, not 1812, with our happy dance and our don’t boo vote campaign and the uplifting and positive stuffs that real Americans would rather see than some old grumpy washed up actor that left his comb on the dresser cause we all ’bout moving FORWARD new hairdo’
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police have released photos of a male “person of interest” in the theft of a Secret Service rental truck carrying equipment related to Vice President Joe Biden’s Labor Day visit to Detroit.
Agency spokesman Ed Donovan tells The Detroit News that the U-Haul truck stolen early Sunday outside the Westin Book Cadillac hotel was found Monday in a parking lot about three miles away.
Donovan had said the truck had no weapons on board. He declined to say whether any of the equipment was stolen.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens tells The Associated Press in an email that investigators hope people will see the photos and help identify the man.
Biden addressed a union rally Monday to mark Labor Day. The rally was near the hotel.
Has the Secret Service always made these kinds of blunders? Or am I just learning about them now that I frequent this blog? Not the first time SS equip/playbook type stuff found/stolen.
Not only was he America’s first park ranger, Jovie, he ran from one side of the park to the other in under 20 minutes – even though it was 190 miles wide.
Extra unexpected bonus for cleaning out my garage – I discovered my yard signs from 2008! I had forgotten that I kept them (I couldn’t bear to get rid of them!). They are plastic and in good condition, there is no year, and thank goodness PBO didn’t change his running mate! So I have three yard signs up already. I am soooooooo happy!
FLOTUS on BET tomorrow @ 9:30pm
SNEAK PEEK: Our Interview with First Lady @MichelleObama (WATCH) http://t.co/l2nWbuhD TUNE IN > Tues @BET 9:30p ET #BETDNC #DNC2012
Wow, Chris was firing on all cylinders, and that crowd of Obama supporters in the background is awesome, also, too. Mrs. GreenSPIN (I like that, who came up with that one?) was spinning like a top until she was dizzy and just toppled over! The truth is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? Democrats take note: Hit ’em with the truth, it’s the most powerful weapon of all.
The woman had no answers – all she could say was “watch yourself” – rather like a GOP threat – they do like to threaten people – sad
Good thing – she did let Chris speak.
The Obama Diary 
Hello
Helloooo Allison, Congrats on 1st.
Thanks, Roberta!
Hi there, congrats on first allison.
Mathews tore it up on Mitchell. She was thrown off her talking points.lol
Wasn’t that great. Thanks for posting Chips.
Thanks for the video Chips
Chris smoked Mrs. Greenspan. She needs to take her partisan, non-journalistic behind somewhere and get a hamburger.
Sure did, sailor!!
This was great! I watched it as it happened. Andrea was speechless! The Obama team needs to hammer home exactly what Chris said. It was concise, truthful and direct. Loved it!
Chris has been on a tear! No more bowing and scraping to Morning Joke or Mrs. Greenspan. I hope he keeps it up and keeps his job
Hope Chris’ viewership increases, so that other ‘journalists’ understand that we are sick of them not speaking the truth!
Here, here. Chris gets my vote for now.
beautiful!!
There is our FLOTUS. I saw Martin Bashir who was showing FLOTUS preparing for her speech. Can’t wait.
Now you can tell Ms. Greenspan didn’t like what Chris Matthews were saying. But he put the GOP witch in her GOP place didn’t he? I have to send Chris a email and thank him. Also I loved it when he said the Democrats have Biden and Obama who don’t have to prove that they are human. Greenspan didn’t are for that. Today if there was ever any doubt, Andrea Mitchell Greenpan is on of those right wing extreme Republicans.
I meant to say Greenspan didn’t go for that, she didn’t like it. She brought up about Romney’s speech. Andrea Mitchell Greenspan is one of those right wing extreme Republicans.
More like MRS. GREEN-SPIN…..spinning for the GOP.
Martin didn’t let that guy get by with his talking points either. kept stopping him to correct the points, he didn’t know how to come back instead tried to pivot. No luck. Go Martin!!!
I noticed that too.
Wow – there she is – Mrs. America – First Lady Michelle Obama!!
Aren’t we lucky?
I mentioned this a few threads ago that Nate Silver on his NYT blog fivethirtyeight now haw Florida as light blue (instead of light pink like last week) since the latest polls there have Obama in the lead by a point or two. However Nate hasn’t updated his electoral counter. It should show 332 including Florida instead of 307. Either way the Obama predicted electoral votes are well over 270 but hope Nate corrects it soon!
Florida is 29 votes and will be blue.
yes!!!
A nice deep royal blue.
Honestly, as much as I hate the fact that Nate turned into a traffic machine, which means he has to send all kinds of provocative, horse-race tweets – He’s the only one I listen to when it comes to predictions.
Thank you Chris Matthews. Andrea get a spine and report the truth and not spin!!
What did she say at the end ? Something about his opinion and he said that it was ” facts : ?
Yup. You got that right!
Yes, she scolded Chris for having an opinion, and he told her they’re not opinions – they’re facts. Then she mumbled something like “watch yourself”. I think Chris Matthews has been watching “Newsroom”.
Yep. Mrs. Greenspin is going to “ban” Chris Matthrews from her show. Unfortunately folks we might see Chris Matthews changing his toon very soon, maybe to keep his job.
Yes, I fully expect him to get pressured to change his tune and get back in line. When Andrea told him “watch yourself” (which is what I heard), I knew Chris is going to have a decision to make in the near future.
Did she say that? Did she say “watch yourself?”
I couldn’t make it out clearly, but that sounds like what she mumbled right at the end. I stand to be corrected, though.
That’s the best part … it is FACT, not opinion!
‘The New New Deal’
Review by Cardiff Garcia
Michael Grunwald has written an intensive analysis of Barack Obama’s Recovery Act
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Grunwald’s book really tells two stories, related but distinct. The first is about the political process – how the framework of the stimulus bill was designed by the Obama team during the lame duck period, negotiated in Congress and implemented over the past three years. The main theme of this story is Republican intransigence. This is a familiar tale, though Grunwald adds much colourful detail. Rather than negotiating for concessions in good faith, Congressional Republican leaders decided early on that they would not back anything with the president’s fingerprints on it. Given the circumstances, it is naive to think Obama could have negotiated a bigger package than the one he got.
But the second story – an intensive analysis of what the Recovery Act has accomplished to date and has yet to accomplish – is more interesting.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4a7350bc-ec6f-11e1-8e4a-00144feab49a.html#axzz25RLgYbqf
The book by Grunwald is excellent as far as I have gotten in the book. I would highly recommend that people who have supported POB and this country would make this a ‘Must Read.’HZ
Its on my list. good to know I won’t waste my money, I like facts.
FABULOUS book! Highly recommend! Easy to read…not wonky. Go get it. ASAP
Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — With the Democratic National Convention falling one week after the Republican gathering, Democrats hope to have the “final word” by focusing on the middle class–a message lost during the GOP event, according to a senior Obama campaign official Monday.
“Unlike last week, where you didn’t hear one tangible idea…We’re going to run on our ideas. We’re going to tout and trumpet our ideas,” the official told CNN reporters covering the convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/03/obama-campaign-dnc-to-focus-on-middle-class/
Love how Chris shut Mitchell’s BS down.
ut, I loved it too.
Hooray
Thank you, Tweety! Andrea MItchell was revealed for the shill that she is for her Randian husband Greenspan and the whole GOP establishment. And thank you, for reminding Andrea Mitchell of the difference between facts and opinions.
Hi Chips … seems I need some ‘moderation’ 😀 😀
And, let’s all be sure to thank Chris Mathews …
Found you, freed you, de-moderated you Bob!!! 😉
Many thanks dear moderator 😀
You are most welcome, oh demoderated one! 😆
So glad bobfr shaped up! 😆
I like that … demoderated one! LOL.
I will be watching Tweety’s Obama Special tonight at 10PM ET on MSNBC.
Excellent. I LOVE this!!!
Awesome!
What an incredibly positive and inspiring ad! We painted our garage door after seeing a version of this. Not one neighbor has complained, and many have come by to take pictures and praise our work. It’s fun to hear the weekend bike riders go by and notice it.
Wish I could be at Carolina Fest this week!!
Wasn’t it lovely Judith? I love the sound of your garage door 🙂
I’m so glad your beautifully painted garage has worked out – I was worried about neighbors, hooligans, etc. It deserves to be admired! 🙂
Thanks for sharing this one on the beautiful painted barns and the wonderful idea also of painting yours, Judith. That is so inspiring. More barns being painted. POB has done so much for the farmers in America and for people to step outside of the box. I love my president!!!HZ
Judith … We would love to see a picture of it ….maybe you can crop it so that we just see the garage?
Wonderful! I posted to Dashboard…
Thank you, Chips! That was Inspired!
Loved it too Cha, I want a barn to paint!!! 🙂
Yes David, the enthusiasm is off the charts!!
Very interesting. Hmmm….
People are alwyas shocked to find out Charlotte is blue. This is Obama Country!
It really is interesting to see the enthusiasm on the streets of Charlotte – and the thousands of people who filed through the stadium for the sneak peak. Even in the rain. So different from the hate-fest from last week at the GOP convention.
Preach, brother Carville:
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/242722256952905728
now that’s a fact!!
Ai’nt that the truth!
Ooops. He’s talkin’ about his wife!
YES!!!
Hey everyone, I’ve added a link near the top of the sidebar on the right to C-Span’s convention coverage – so clickety click when you want to tune in.
thanks, chipsticks! so glad you’re here and in good cheer!
In mighty fine form Susanne, thank you! Hope you’re the same?
oh, yes, and thanks for helping to make it so!
Madame Chipstiks, you rock!!!!!!
Hope you are having a great day.
Hellooooooooooooooo Smoothscotch, having a perfectly lovely day, hope you are too!
thanks … we are only working 3 days this week, but schedule is packed, what am I going to do? I know …. live stream, then mute it when a client is checking out! Yeah!
Daisydem, just tell the clients to come back on Friday 🙂
The convention also has a great iPad app which features videos, live stream.
Running to the app store as we speak – thanks Taiping1!
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/242727082583539713
Edwina – I’m loving your tweets!
thanks so much, I am enjoying myself.
Sometimes Matthews gets these spells and goes off on a tangent and wipes the floor with whomever he is in verbal combat with. So he has done to this Mitchell woman.
Convention Diaries from Georgia Democratic Party Delegates
http://www.delegatediaries.com/
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama hugs actor and Obama administration official Kal Penn, the Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, as she tours the stage and podium the day before her speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 3
She is just so lovely.
She is, edwina3. What a brilliant and beautiful First Lady we have and will continue to have. FORWARD.
Chris Mattews is doing a commentary about the differences between GOP vs. Dem. He said, “Could it be that wood doesn’t bounce?’ referring to the no-bounce of Romney. LOVE it!
Oh, snap! HAHAHAHA
Loving Chris Matthews’ opening…
I agree with him — It IS more fun being a Democrat!! 😀
Dudette, how what do I do to get a smiley face?
Hi LaDLove, just type:
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All in a row.
You’ll see all the smilies here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/smilies/
Neat! But some of the icon images are missing when I go to that page. Must be something funky about my computer.
Here’s a cool reference from Word Press:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies
Just copy the smiley that you want or type in the corresponding text. 😎
Chris Mattgews does not tweet, but he does use email. Hint, hint. Btw- I shot him an email of appreciation.
Chuck Wad is whining. He cannot take all this good cheer for our Beloved President.
LOL — Chuck “Wad”
Phuck Chuck.
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/242736549459009536
😆 😆 That’s rich and so on. ‘Wad”. Is that the same as ‘cow pie’ or something similar?
Well actually, he does act as if he has ‘stepped’ in it.
Yeah then outs his foot in his mouth. 😀
chuck wad, chuckie toad, chuckweed, lol, what’s next?
I am watching the Princess Bride on my new blue ray player. This scene reminds me how Robme and his team thinks and how President Obama treats them. Watch and enjoy…….
One of my favourite movies!
One of mine too.
mine too
Ok – I’ve just been stuck on YouTube all this time, watching clips from the movie – help!
You’re supposed to be helping me OUT of YouTube, not getting me deeper in! Although, I really can listen to this one forever… 😉
LOL
Sorry theo67……I do that too when folks post videos from youtube, I also watch some of the others too.
Number two on my list of all time favourites.
What is this? Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? And of Course, all the News organizations are asking this, like they did with Robney Tax returns…
That is a loaded question and it distracts, from our Convention.
We want to See A+ messaging, for the rest of the Convention. Come on Man!
jovie141, here is a response to that question, “Are we were we want to be?” The answer is no, but we were losing over 800,000 jobs when President Obama walk into that Oval Office. The stock market was in bad shape, so was the financial system, but now we are back lending to small businesses. Over four million jobs created. We are heading in the right direction, we can’t turn around and go back to the same old policies which got us into this mess.
I just hope it does not stick, we were caught flat footed on a question that we should have been prepared for.
IMO!
this is a non issue because over the next few days everyone will understand how much better off we are after the conventions. if they don’t already. I don’t see how logically anyone can say . . .no we are not better off. We may not be where we want to be but I would venture to say we are all better off than 4 years ago.
Just watched Tweety and Andrea……loved it! He was smiling the whole time. I hope that O’Malley’s “Booker” moment is over and he has been thoroughly told this is not how to be a good surrogate!
Way OT…..have you all noticed the HUGE fashion impact our FLOTUS has had? Four years ago we would not have seen one female news person in a sleeveless dress. They all wore suits withlong sleeves. Now ALL of them are wearing attractive, stylish, bright sleeveless dresses in this hot weather. I think it’s funny, because I bet few would ever admit that she paved the way and set the style and freed them.
I think Chris loved the enthusiastic crowd behind him.
People on this blog love Omalley, be careful.
Just saying…
He made a mistake. Since when we eat once of our best guys for making one mistake?
Since Corey Booker made a mistake. He got chewed up and spit out, but good. Pretty sure all is forgiven though.
If they stay on message, they won’t have to worry about getting lit up by us. Stay on message. Why is that so hard for supposed surrogates to do? O’Mally royally fucked up yesterday by giving the media and GOP talking points on something that even we as non-politicos would have knocked out of the park. Hope he and Booker learned to not go off message.
I’ve noticed that about the sleeveless dresses, too. I absolutely believe Michelle was a trendsetter on that front.
As for Gov. O’Malley – I think it was an honest mistake – not “Booker-like” at all, since Booker’s statement seemed deliberate. Gov O’Malley has been an excellent surrogate for President Obama, and the small clip I found looked like he was hurrying to make a point and he honestly misspoke. He’s very valuable – and has his heart most definitely in the right place.
She has her own fashion blog mrs.o which has documented all of her clothes over the past four years. Mrs. T has done a great job for those interested in seeing Michelle’s amazing fashion.
Excellent resource. She (the MrsO blog) was a bit of a right winger early on, but I think she’s abandoned those inklings.
When asked the same question today, O”Malley said definitely, we are better off than four years ago. Either someone said something, or he heard himself and realized what he had said. This is the kind of statement that the MSM cut soff at the knees without the follow up. You must lead with the strongest positive statement….not give a provisional then follow up with the strong positive. This is a basic rhetorical strategy. I have heard only good about Gov O’Malley up to this point, and believe he learned quickly. Good. He is an attracive, charismatic person, and we want him to be a good strong surrogate.
Ed has just given about 15 strong minutes stating the facts about how much better we are today than we were four years ago…..FACTS!!! He showed pitiful, awful videos of GWB announcing the stark financial facts, then joking about his grade in Economics 101…..what a loser! It was scary to see him again, and just breathe a hugh sigh of relief that we survived EIGHT years of him.
I think the GOP are playing with fire to ask this question – and I’ve actually heard this question being floated by the media, more than the GOP. People will remember exactly what was happening in this country four years ago, and then have to compare that status with where we are today. Some right wing fool called “Didely” was on Martin Bashir earlier today,tried to say we were “absolutely worse off now than in 2008” – but Martin wouldn’t let him get away with it. The fool could not give a straight answer to the question of whether he seriously thought that the state of affairs was better in 2008. It was painful to watch. They can pose the question – but they don’t want to answer the question.
Bin Laden is dead and Bush is in Hiding!
Ain’t that the truth? I like that comment someone made in the news that the GOP needs to stop pretending Bush didn’t exist, because they are going to have to own up to what he did, what he left us with, and what he ….. did …. not …. do! And Cheney also.
lololol
Haven’t read all the comments on this thread; am crying profusely; that video of Matthews and Mitchell is unbelievable and thank the Lord for that! Thank you Chris Matthews for the truth; thank you for the plain, ungarnished truth of the matter. I had put off watching it; don’t know why but am so glad I finally did! Did you hear the crowd behind them? Did you hear that? It was a little distracting, but I loved it. For some reason, the invasion of the U.S. by the British came to mind … you know the one? the Beatles! When you could not hear what Ed Sullivan was saying, because the crowd was roaring nonstop! That is going to be the DNC. We are fired up! Ready to go! It is going to be awesome! People power!
You have the admire the wit of Congressman Barney Frank. He just said something hysterical……(Paraphrasing)
Mitt Romney’s policies always come with an EXPIRATION DATE.
Ah, that’s a gem – love Barney!!!
What? He’s not going to tell us the excat material, size and color of those oh so important boots??? And he calls himself a reporter.
Obama changed into boots for his disaster area inspection tour.
That is because he is willing to get in the muck with the people, unlike Lord and Lady Romney from LaJollashire !
Hope Bobby didn’t “shake hands” with President Obama or greet him too warmly, when he arrived. That’s what happened to former Gov. Charlie Crist in FL and Repubs made it one of the reasons not to get behind his next election. Watch out, Bobby! Don’t get too chummy. Maybe you can point your finger at PBO, like Jan Brewer did, instead.
The rain Uptwon is really bad. 😦 There is lightening with the next band and I’m worried about the people at Carolinafest. I almost took the fam up there. Kinda glad I didn’t know. Lightening freaks me out.
Video of the First Lady in Charlotte:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ObamaPra
I am sitting here Fishing in a Lake, over looking a Mountain. Are you kidding me? This is just wonderful. And I saw a Black Bear, earlier. I will go all Rambo on his ass, if he goes near my Dog.
so glad you’re relaxing, and enjoying this beautiful country, jovie!
Barns for Obama! Glad that’s back!
Chips – Thanks so much for the video on Tweety’s take down of Andrea – hadn’t seen it real time and can’t wait to watch.
So comical that Martin Bashir is having both Tweety and MHP on his show today – two “Profile in Courage” superstars of the week. Hope there are more people speaking truth to power in the days to come.
Chris is enjoying himself and he’s evidently reading the twitter machine and all the accolades he’s been getting since taking on Rinse Repeat on Moanin’ Mope show. Enjoy it while we can, the good twin is on full display, and the bad one may show up at anytime. However, I think Mathews has found he gets more support in the good twin mode. That’s his motivation now.
I like to think it was my congratulatory tweet to him, mentioning if he kept it up, maybe his hero JFK’s daughter Caroline might hand him a Profile in Courage award in Boston next time. Yep. I’m sure I’m behind his reawakening (I do that to people). Ha!
Tweety has his Obama special tonight, so it’s best to keep PBO supporters happy with him today. Perhaps tomorrow the switch will start.
C-Span video of PBO speech in Toledo:
http://www.c-span.org/DNC/Events/President-Obama-Holds-Labor-Day-Rally/10737433754-1/
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/242742283269730304
During the marathon?
Apparently, Ryan also got Qaddafi, who knew?
Oh, great. He’s just stacking up the victories (aka lies)!
Ryan is half way done with the Keystone Pipeline XL it will be finished when Robme takes office in 2000 NEVER….
LOL!
LOL!!!!
The Energy Department is loaning Marathon Petroleum Co., a refining company, one million barrels of crude oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve after Hurricane Isaac forced the suspension of Gulf of Mexico oil production.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/246953-doe-lends-refiner-1m-barrels-of-reserve-oil-after-isaac-disrupts-supplies
Sad News:
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, star of film ‘The Green Mile,’ has died at age 54, fiancée says – @AP
Oh what horrible news.
oh, so really sad.
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a gentle giant he was…so sad. Condolences to all his friends and family. Too young to die.
How sad.
Really?
Someone should introduce the Lyin Ryan spox to google.
Really? FU PAUL RYAN!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/will-hurricane-isaac-be-a-katrina-redux-or-a-re-do-for-the-gop/2012/08/27/3614cc7e-f08c-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_blog.html
Poor Lyin’ Ryan caught Robme’s amnesia bug…..forgot there’s things like video, articles, and congressional reocres.
Is it too much to ask Knoller to stop with the he said/he said game and report the facts? The fact is Carney is right.
notice the choice of words: carney ‘reminded’ they ‘backed’; ryan mouth ‘slams’, ‘charging’ we’re ‘distorting’. hmmm, now which of the two sides impresses marky?
The truth always “distorts” Paul Lyin’ – thing is – unlike Mitt – he can’t hide his history – beginning to look like a pair of gangsters to me.
Another reason I want to see Mitt’s tax returns:
To find out how much he’s getting in royalties to serve as the model for this guy
Chair lady Wasserman-Schultz is on Rev. Al, she looks beautiful. She always does, but particularly beautiful today. Of course she is doing a wonderful job and Rev. Al just gives her the floor as he should. 🙂
She does look especially striking today. No doubt she’s getting ready to attend one or more black tie events this evening.
More importantly she continues to speak forcefully and confidently about the President’s vision for American, his accomplishments, and the stark choice that Americans have them come Election Day in November. She’s a terrific DNC Chair and I’m extremely proud of her.
Lorraine, I concur with you. DWS, looks great!! Very cute hair style and lovely lipstick for her. Very nice. Plus, her beautiful personality along with her brilliant mind makes it so lovely. I love her and how she supports POB.
Yes she does look exceptionally nice today. She has that ”we gon kick the RNC butts this week and show them how we party like it’s 2012, not 1812, with our happy dance and our don’t boo vote campaign and the uplifting and positive stuffs that real Americans would rather see than some old grumpy washed up actor that left his comb on the dresser cause we all ’bout moving FORWARD new hairdo’
Secret Service recovers truck with Biden supplies
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/secret-service-truck-biden-supplies-stolen
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police have released photos of a male “person of interest” in the theft of a Secret Service rental truck carrying equipment related to Vice President Joe Biden’s Labor Day visit to Detroit.
Agency spokesman Ed Donovan tells The Detroit News that the U-Haul truck stolen early Sunday outside the Westin Book Cadillac hotel was found Monday in a parking lot about three miles away.
Donovan had said the truck had no weapons on board. He declined to say whether any of the equipment was stolen.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens tells The Associated Press in an email that investigators hope people will see the photos and help identify the man.
Biden addressed a union rally Monday to mark Labor Day. The rally was near the hotel.
Has the Secret Service always made these kinds of blunders? Or am I just learning about them now that I frequent this blog? Not the first time SS equip/playbook type stuff found/stolen.
Shrumie is up now!!!!!
Starting to rain again here, I don’t care, it’s beautiful outside, I am soaked and ok with that.
“I am soaked and ok with that.”
🙂
Hey, thanks for the shout-out!
My pleasure Allan, you’re the best, keep up the wonderful work.
allan – I agree with Chips!
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/09/03/president-obama-in-louisiana/
Paul Ryan was Americas first Park Ranger? LOL!
Not only was he America’s first park ranger, Jovie, he ran from one side of the park to the other in under 20 minutes – even though it was 190 miles wide.
And back again, as he tells it!
Extra unexpected bonus for cleaning out my garage – I discovered my yard signs from 2008! I had forgotten that I kept them (I couldn’t bear to get rid of them!). They are plastic and in good condition, there is no year, and thank goodness PBO didn’t change his running mate! So I have three yard signs up already. I am soooooooo happy!
FLOTUS on BET tomorrow @ 9:30pm
SNEAK PEEK: Our Interview with First Lady @MichelleObama (WATCH) http://t.co/l2nWbuhD TUNE IN > Tues @BET 9:30p ET #BETDNC #DNC2012
Wow, Chris was firing on all cylinders, and that crowd of Obama supporters in the background is awesome, also, too. Mrs. GreenSPIN (I like that, who came up with that one?) was spinning like a top until she was dizzy and just toppled over! The truth is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? Democrats take note: Hit ’em with the truth, it’s the most powerful weapon of all.
The woman had no answers – all she could say was “watch yourself” – rather like a GOP threat – they do like to threaten people – sad
Good thing – she did let Chris speak.
So much for the MSM GOP meme even on polls they tried to position in a certain way: