Des Moines, September 1 (Scout Tufankjian for Obama for America)
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Today (all times ET)
12:30: President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event at Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio.
3:10: Departs Toledo
5:25: Arrives in New Orleans
6:00: Receives a briefing at Emergency Operations Center, Saint John the Baptist Parish, La.
6:50: Tours damage caused by Hurricane Isaac
7:20: Delivers a statement at Saint John the Baptist Parish, La.
8:15: Departs New Orleans
10:45: Arrives at the White House
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Des Moines, September 1 (Scout Tufankjian for Obama for America)
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The University of Colorado, September 2 (Denver Post)
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The Buff restaurant, Boulder, September 2 (Denver Post)
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Morning everyone 😉
The Obama Diary 
Good Morning Chips and welcome back. ((((hugs))))
Morning Roberta, morning everyone! Forward! 😉
Good Morning To All .Hope You Have A Great Labour Day Holiday.Tomarrow The Fun Really Begins.
Watching The Daily Rundown. He is such a tool. But Stefanie Cutter is going to be on shortly.
I cannot even stand his voice……so I cannot watch.
I left it on after the Matthews report on the President and heard UpChuck say
” Are you better off than four years ago ? The answer changed in just 24 hours ” ( paraphrasing ) before I clicked it off.
It’s O’Malley’s fault that this is even a question. He’s been reading to much of his own press. He should sit down and shut up.
Morning Roberta!
Good MOrning VC
Good Monday Morning, Chips Chica, and all TODobots! Are we all sitting around together on this 2012 LABOUR Day? Pamela, I’m saving a spot for you right beside me, so don’t say you planned to work today!
Here I am, VC, thinking I was first again…. Love the seating arrangements, and Uh, yes, m’dear, cup of tea, clean the birdbaths, breakfast and I’m away! Great thing about workng on a holiday, NO TRAFFIC! 😆 {{{{{VC}}}}}
Womderful pictures Chips. He is so awesome. Thanks thanks thank.
OOOOO, PICTURES! Thanks, Ms Chips! Some of us don’t like to read (well …political stuff) 😉 so we just lurve the pictures! You should save that PBO senior citizen ‘cuddle’ to contrast with MItt and the coffee lady ONE DAY NEXT WEEK when we need a chuckle. 😉 THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE AWESOME!
Good morning TOD family. It’s so good to see a new thread to start my day. Chips welcome back to the battle to save our country.
Morning everyone,
Good to have you back Chips!
This is going to be a very exciting week…..
Here’s a short video of the President’s visit at The Buff
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_21456916/president-obama-drops-buff-way-cu-boulder-rally
Thanks, Christi!
Check out what PBO ordered for breakfast: the Ole Skillet, with red-skinned potatoes topped with chile verde and jalapenos, white onions, tomatoes, cheddar cheese and two eggs with a side of toast. Killah!!
Morning Meta! What’s with you trying to do Knoller out of a job? 😆
lol Vic….
Bonjour ma chere! 😆
Bonjour Vic 🙂
Thanks for the video Christi!
Don’t think I can match Knoller on any count!!
No fear there, Meta; Mark’s at the top of the AP political inanity class.
Good morning, Chipsssss!! Good morning, TODville!!
Happy Labor Day to all hard workers who love America!!
Welcome back, Chips! Good morning meta and TODville!
Happy Labor Day, also, to all retired hard workers who still love America and still love unions! I.Know.Plenty.Of.Them.
And has everyone noticed in these group photos, that President Obama can fit into any American family portrait? He’s one of WE THE PEOPLE aka US aka THE VOTERS WHO WILL GET HIM RE-ELECTED!
Love your comment about PBO fitting into everyone’s family portrait – at least among the 99%! And yes, it will take our hard work in the ground game to get him all the votes he needs. My OFA team is hosting 13 Watch Parties Thursday night. Some may see it via the new livestream option http://my.barackobama.com/Convention-Livestream
Judith – Way to go! Love the new livestream option, too.
G’morning Chips, TOD, and congratulations Roberta for #1!! 🙂 🙂
Good morning TOD! Welcome back Chips! Just watched (most of) the Chris Matthews special on our beloved president, not bad, not bad at all. Actually, it was pretty good. I am so distrustful of the media, hence I tend to be a little skeptical. Have a great Labor Day TOD!
I thought the special was tonight! Wasn’t it?
Me too!! MSNBC’s Chris Matthews will host a documentary on President Obama that will on September 3rd at 10pm
GM TOD
HF2, they aired it this morning in place of morning joke and will air it again tonight.
Okay thanks good to know. Will watch it tonight then. 🙂 Morning Joke must be feeling rather depressed today.
Welcome back, Chips! I was so glad to read about your rebound, though you deserve a break whenever you feel like it.
Anyway, thanks for the beautiful pictures. I hope to read some of your selected articles today. You always steer my reading.
Have a great day with both of your families.
I just read this on Mediaite…..unbelievable!
Do Journalists Now Represent The Left On Meet The Press Panel?
Today’s panel offering was particularly interesting: former Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich, former Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, NBC analyst Tom Brokaw, and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.
The roundtable discussion was not only interesting for its subject matter, but because it begs the question: was the show effectively putting up two journalists (Friedman and Brokaw) as representatives of the left?
Tom Brokaw represents the left??? ….what a joke.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/do-journalists-now-represent-the-left-on-meet-the-press-panel/
Brokaw is what I call a phoney ” Limousine Liberal….”.. He thinks he represents ” Boomers ” His documentary by the same name was a laughable flop.
Phoney is right Linda…..he represents the 1%, that’s all he represents
He’s a good newsman when he wants to be. But unfortunately it’s been awhile. Now he’s falling into that elder statesman he said/she said mode and convinced himself of the whole Boomer myth he’s seems to have constructed.
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/242599294807441408
Happy Labor Day from the folks that brought you the weekend!! I LOVE IT!!!
that’s such an important reminder! great poster, and let’s just watch the rethugs squirm–because they stand for the opposite off all this.
You have some of the best tweets, Edwina!
Clint Eastwood Berates Chairs: A Retrospective (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/clint-eastwood-berates-ch_n_1848319.html
This is funny…..and it seems that our President bought ad time before and after AOL videos on Huff Puff….
Thanks just tweeted that.5
So from what I can see, this week will be completely different than last week.
Last week in corporate media it was all about making Robme and Lying Ryan look good.
This week will be the opposite…how can we make the President look bad in every way.
Hello Chips – what fabulous pictures – how I laugh to see Mitt & his offsider, lyin’ Ryan – trying to copy every last thing the President does – they just fail – miserably and totally.
lol the little boy with his serious look…..isn’t cute?
They are all cute but the photos of both the older lady and the children in Boulder are just stand up gorgeous – people smile just to see him – and I guess I get a little carried away.
Christi, there’s an ‘after’ picture where the little boy sorta smiled after PBO played with him. It’s number 47 (the last one) if you click the Denver Post link above. PBO is just magic with kids. It’s so obvious that he loves children.
http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/09/02/photos-obama-visits-cu-in-boulder/#47
haha almost!…
FLOTUS’ itinerary for the DNC. If any TODers are going to the convention, locate a greeter and get the room numbers for where these caucus meetings are being held and GO to as many as you can. You’ll be able to see FLOTUS up close and her message will invigorate you!!
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4
10:35 PM EDT: First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at the Democratic National Convention
Location: Time Warner Cable Arena
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5
10:50 AM EDT: First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at the African American Caucus Meeting
Location: Charlotte Convention Center
11:20 AM EDT: First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at the Hispanic Caucus Meeting
Location: Charlotte Convention Center
12:40 PM EDT: First Lady Michelle Obama Delivers Remarks at the Human Rights Campaign/Victory Fund Luncheon Honoring LGBT Elected Officials
Location: Marriott City Center
Evening: First Lady Michelle Obama Attends Democratic National Convention Evening Program
Location: Time Warner Cable Arena
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6
Morning: First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Participate in USO Service Project
Location: Charlotte Convention Center
Details: The First Lady and Dr. Biden will help pack care packages containing comfort items like shampoo, razors and wash cloths for service members returning from overseas deployments who often don’t have access to these types of items on their first nights back in the United States. The service project, organized in cooperation with the USO of North Carolina, is part of the 2012 Democratic National Convention’s commitment to service and active participation in the local community. In March 2012, the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced the “2,012 Hours for DNCC 2012” program, a commitment by the DNCC staff to perform at least 2,012 hours of service before the start of the convention.
11:35 AM EDT: First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Speak at the Women’s Caucus Meeting
Location: Charlotte Convention Center
Evening: First Lady Michelle Obama Attends DNCC Evening Program
Location: Bank of America Stadium
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/02/4780943/public-schedule-for-first-lady.html#storylink=cpy
Thanks so much for this info. I will be at the convention and will try to get to as many of these meeting as possible.
Awesome! Have a great time and please let us know how it’s going. Safe travels.
Happy Labor Day everyone. And cheers to our wonderful Chips! Anyone know why Cousin Henry is at Charlotte2012?
I would assume to see his cousin nominated by the Democratic Party..
Why not? I would imagine he got an invitation! And I’m happy he got a chance to attend. 🙂
There he is!…
Yay, JER! 🙂
https://twitter.com/girlycubfan/status/241639998514937856
Excellent news!! I hope they at least interview you!
I see that Henry has a wicked sense of humor just like his cousin PBO!!
Bah ha ha! Good one Henry! 😀
😆 😆 Cousin Henry I appreciate your sense of humor.
Am I 25th&1st? 🙂
https://twitter.com/scottlamb/status/242395253435428864
HAHA! Of course. I’ve said many many many times..that this “enthusiasm gap” meme is an MSM/GOP LIE.
w00t! 😀
I am diggin, this picture.
I know there are many “West Wing” devotees here, so I wanted to post that the “Complete West Wing” series is today’s Gold Box Deal of the Day on Amazon. $299.98 on sale for $88.99 (70% off)!
Here’s the link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox?ref_=pe_36900_25548770
Wow, that is very tempting. Thanks, maryl1.
I own the whole series, and I suggest anyone who can afford it should own it, too.
My only problem with it: once I start watching it I cannot stop and have to watch the whole thing. Singularly the best television series ever.
Ditto that 57andFemale. It’s completely addictive.
Thanks for the heads up Mary, just went and got mine, what a deal! Didn’t see the show when it aired, I look forward to viewing it on DVD.
Good Morning all. If you wish to watch all the DNC coverage from gavel to gavel, watch it here:
http://www.c-span.org/DNC/
THANKS FOR THE INFO
Morning Chips!
Because you Chips are so much appreciated by so many of us, you have always been in our hearts whether you are actively updating this site or trying to live your daily life.
We know that what you do here is a work of deep love and respect for a kind, smart, hard working, very accomplished but astonishingly under-appreciated human being we are all lucky to call POTUS.
it takes a special level of personal patience and deep creativity to keep so many thousands of diverse people happy and following your perception of these complicated life events.
Yes we are ready to keep on pushing with you holding our hands and all of Our Eyes on the Prize
global, Such beautiful thoughts expressed succinctly and elegantly – just perfect.
{{{{{{GCL}}}}}
You called? 😆 😆 😎
4 More For 44!!! I’M FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!!
GOP Convention, Romney Speech Evoke Lukewarm Reactions
Speech gets lowest ratings of any Gallup has measured since 1996
In their latest book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalism team of Barlett and Steele argue that Washington and Wall Street have dismantled the foundations of America’s middle class through a series of actions over several decades. Chief among those destructive actions, they say,was deregulation of various industries and outsourcing of manufacturing jobs. They discussed the plight of the middle class with Juan Williams. ( Williams does an excellent job….he needs to get off of Fox )
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I saw this last night and it is excellent…( I did not know that Deregulation began under Jimmy Carter )
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Barl
Yes, deregulation started under Carter and ballooned under Reagan and also under Clinton. And of course the Bushes.
I truly wonder how kind history will be to Clinton’s presidency. He could have been the more ‘business-friendly’ President that the public needed from a Democrat (historical context), but he didn’t act much like a Democrat in many ways. The reason the RW media is the behemoth it is is because of Bill Clinton’s telecom bill that deregulated ownership. He was at a juncture where he could have reinstated the anti-trust laws that Reagan ignored, but he didn’t. For all the whining from the emoprogs, by the time PBO became President it was all but impossible to change the direction of that — not with all the battles he had on his plate.
Privatization of many government functions went on steroids under Clinton, and Al Gore was the one charged with overseeing that. God, I wish I could remember the excellent journalism I read about this during the Bush presidency. It was a writer that Al Franken had on his radio show. There is no way I can remember this guy’s name but I’ll try to find it. This writer made the case that turning over government functions to a profit sector was the beginning of dismantlement of the government that we need: companies don’t look for civil servants who serve the people, but attract an entirely different type of employee; and the tentacles of that have led to complete undermining of the function of government.
So, yes, Carter started some of it, Reagan put it on steroids (as did the Bushes, of course). But it was Bill Clinton who could have struck a sensible balance and he chose not to.
Yet Clinton is depicted by the holier than thou progressives as being more liberal than Obama.
I am so glad to be back… Dottie
Hi!
Hi! Welcome Back! 🙂
Morning all!!! Looking forward to seeing great coverage of the DNC2012 here! I’ll be on the road all week, but hope everyone has a FANTASTIC time here!:-D
PB ‘on the road all week’? Oh dear, little niece has another pink bunny to look forward to – does she have one dressed in an Obama snuggie yet? Just kidding, have a productive and safe week, and try not to miss any of the DNC celebrations. 😉
I’m bringing this excerpt from a comment posted yesterday by anotherslyfox. It’s very important for this week’s events.
// “Ok, so the 2012 Republican National Committee has ended. The Republican nominees for President and Vice President have been chosen. Now, in the words of Ann Romney, “It’s our turn” This week, the Democrats have their turn to rebuke and debunk the cesspool of lies and distortions that the Republicans have put out in the U.S.
This time, our focus should not be on the Democratic speeches. We know that they will be fact based, cogent, eloquent and opulent. We know that former President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama will be the great speakers which will make the Republicans look like the cavalcade of the best of Ringling Bros, Barnum, and Bailey. Our focus should be on the U.S. Press Corps, because some tricky crap is coming. …
…This week, Barack Obama will lay out a real case of what has happened, what needs to happen, and what would happen if Romney were elected. The media, however, will try and turn their cameras from the festive gallantry inside, and try to find chaos outside.
The Republicans, along with the Professional Left and the Press itself, will try to highlight disappointment to the highest this week. They know the Republican convention was an outright failure, barely pushing up the approvals of the Republicans, so they will highlight the deficiencies of the Democrats tenfold. Whereas the Ron Paul supporters at the convention and their treatment were basically suppressed by our media, expect the Ratfucking contingent of the Professional left, and their golden child, Occupy to be amplified.
Expect that any and every word of the convention speakers along with the President and Vice President’s words to be analyzed and parsed for any readings of misstatement or if any word is different from what Mitt Romney actually or the Republicans “actually” said. Even if they actually did say it, expect the media to start the, “Well, this is what he actually meant.” Phase of it all. They always do.
I’m telling you, they will do all they can to make this narrative stick and find anything to tag as an equivalent to the GOP Convention mishaps and plain bad judgment calls. They will try and downgrade every single barnburner Democratic speech the way they are trying to upgrade every single Republican drizzle speech. It’s going to be tough and sickening, but I have the greatest hope that we will not only stick it out, but we will KILL their narrative. ” //
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/09/02/chat-away-59/#comment-473620
I agree with anotherslyfox because it is extremely important that we keep this in mind when listening to the punditry this week more so than at any other time. We MUST NOT allow their vapid, disingenuous, and biased “analysis” to deflate us. Our Twitter brigade will be ready to counter any BS spin, and we will help Chips, and the other genuine pro-PBO bloggers out there to mount the most effective pushback that the MSM has ever had to deal with.
Now, ONWARD and FORWARD!! Let’s go get President Obama and VP Biden re-elected!!! #PRESSON
It’s so hard to ignore that the MSM is predisposed towards negative framing…even to the point of predicting it. Not that I intend to let them taint our week of festivities in my mind/eyes.
Vcprez – just about EVERY report on President Obama and the DNC convention will be framed from a negative angle. I just posted a relevant excerpt above from another TODer’s comment yesterday.
Thanks for drawing that to my attention, Hf, as I had missed it previously! However, 😆 I’m happy to see that I had unconsciously fallen into my role. 😉
Very well said, AnotherSlyFox, and very clear! WE. CAN. DO. THIS. TOD media team! Let’s push back with force, facts, and with CLASS, DIRECTED SEVERELY AND DIRECTLY at the media where deserved.
I’m almost tempted to suggest that TODobots put a hiatus on Dem criticisms for the entire week (even if we feel it’s merited – they lie; we can delay criticism) and just concentrate on calling out negative or lying pundits, AND ON PRAISING DEM EFFORTS! My suggestion is that whatever we ADDRESS DIRECTLY TO DEMOCRATS this week BE PRAISE elements. CAN WE? Only for the week? Think of it as another type of donation – not monetary sure, but maybe almost as effective this week.
Okay, there! I suggested it. …..Just saying……strongly…:grin: :grin; Some TODobots can be so pushy! 😉
“I’m almost tempted to suggest that TODobots put a hiatus on Dem criticisms for the entire week”
This is an EXCELLENT idea vc!!! We do not want to give the MSM any fodder. They troll liberal/pro-PBO sites for narratives, and we don’t want to enable them in this nonsense.
Ta, Hf. 😀 Not just on site here though, but also those of us who phone / TWITTER / facebook / E-MAIL / whatever.
Let’s LET THE MSM DO THEIR dirty NEGATIVE WORK ALL BY THEMSELVES while WE TRY TO BALANCE THE SCALE to the best of our abilities. It would be nice if when we push back we try not to repeat their evil memes but instead reword them to fit the truth. Although we may not be as powerful as the MSM, we have the ability to make some impact. Remember how quickly the RNC empty chair business took legs?
Let’s do it, TODobots!
/Okay, WHERE are my pompoms?/
/shake right/ LET’S DO IT!
/shake left/ LET’S DO IT!
/wiggle the waist around/ LET’S LET THE MEDIA HEAR IT!
/right/ YEAH!
/left/ YEAH!
/right/ YEAH!
/jump(or do the splits) while spreading both arms/ GOOOO, TODobots!
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Pamela?…pant, huff! Pamela, you there? huff, gasp, pant – Can you give me a hand, please? Don’t…know…what…I was…thinking…
I agree.
Great reply vcprez – just look at the photos above – so many positive people – only reason folks won’t vote is because the GOP is doing all in its power to make it difficult and/or impossible.
bravo Vick – the one that gets me mad, is so stupid and now seems to be robotically repeated by every dumb journalist is the ‘are you better off than you were 4 years ago’. DUH! If you count the fact that the financial industry is no longer in melt down mode, jobs are being added as opposed to losing close to 800,000 per month, 401k/s have bounced back, the markets are way up, the auto industry is going gangbusters, Al qaida is nearly kaput – with OBL gone, Iraq is done, troops are starting to come home from Afghanistan and manufacturing, new energy source production is up then OBVIOUSLY things are better. I HATE the way they speak about what happened as a ‘typical’ recession. I’m no economist but even I know that it takes at least 10 years to come right back from a financial crisis. So, sorry for the rant but YES let’s all push back when we hear these dumb, lazy questions. I’d like to hear the assholes ask Republicans (principally lyin’ Ryan) just once about the responsibility he and his buddies bear in Congress for obstructing JOBS bills while the country is in crisis and how many points that contributed to the UE rate.
A twitter member suggests that the media needs to ask why the GOP hasn’t voted on the American Jobs Act, and I agree that’s a more relevant question that goes beautifully with ‘are you better off?’
It’s a question that is designed to get a negative response. It doesn’t matter how it was answered either way they would have attacked the answer. Didn’t the whole media take the President’s remarks about the private sector out of context, and use it to say how many people were still suffering.
I agree Vicky, let’s not attack dems this week. We should focus on the message that we are moving together forward as a country.
That’s such complete BS! They are basing their entire narrative on some article showing that if non-voters vote en masse for Pres.Obama he can win in a landslide. He can win w/o those folks, he has before. These aren’t disaffected people who voted in 2008 but won’t vote for him now. Totally different and they should stop selling it as such.
The point is, the RW votes and our side does not vote in sufficient numbers to make this the no-brainer it should be. ALL of the RW votes — people who lean in our direction stay home at a higher percentage. It’s disgusting and I don’t have a problem having that discussion.
Now, when that morphs into all of those non-voters being ‘disappointed’ PBO voters, that’s b.s. They don’t vote no matter what. And never have their way of life been more at risk than this election.
Because this time the RW means it. they will do everything they say they will do, if given the chance.
Good morning Chips and welcome back! I was depressed to think that you wouldn’t be leading the convention festivities from the get go so it’s wonderful to see you back in fighting top form. Totally off topic, I understand that it’s traditional to chant ‘4 more years’ but I miss the ol’
O-BA-MA chant. Love the story about about the spontaneous ‘ready to go chant’ breaking out at the baggage claim. Krugman has a brilliant column today on the lies of RR. I can’t link to it B/C I don’t have a NYT account but a very good read and hight recommend it.
Do you mean this one?
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/everybody-does-it/
It’s called ‘Rosie Ruiz Republicans’
Thanks, got it. It’s definitely a good one!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/opinion/krugman-rosie-ruiz-republicans.html
thanks so much for the link. krugman is lethal in this one, hitting so many of the salient issues.
here’s just one: should journalists call the myth/lyin team out for lying, if maybe they’re just asserting incorrect facts? krugman doesn’t fall into that non-issue. he just says,
‘And does suggesting that Mr. Ryan is delusional rather than dishonest actually make the situation any better? ‘
bam!
You are absolutely right Susanne about the Krugman article. Thanks Susan and Cluny for sharing it.
Oops!
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/242611144928411648
Happy Labor Day Everyone.Welcome back Miss Chips, good to see you.
Yup, this morning on NPR stories about the OWS protests, 100 square block security zone with even (shock) bike helmets considereed contraband and about business owners worried about loss of business,
Does NPR have a website? I would like to check to see whether they focused on protests as well during the RNC convention.
here’s a link to an article posted there this morning.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/09/03/160497158/now-its-our-turn-the-democratic-national-convention-kicks-off-in-charlotte
Thanks susan 🙂
I hope he doesn’t say something else dumb and stupid! STOP READING YOUR OWN PRESS, SIR!!!! You ain’t that good, average in my opinion if that.
GM, what did Gov O’Malley say?
He gave the GOP camp a sound bite by saying we are not better off than we were 4 years ago. The dumbass.
Reminded me of that bigmouth Booker 🙄
Gooooood Mooooooorrrrnnnnniingg OOOOOO’s!!!!!! Hey, hey, what do you say? Another great getting up morning today!! In honor of Janes Taylor performing at the Dem convention in North Carolina. Here’s my tribute to both of them.
Well, as you can see, I”m having problems embedding the video of James Taylor singing Carolina on My MInd. So here’s the link instead. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Gic6B-B6rpg
This sometimes works for me, hope it will embed
Thanks Susan, how’d you do that? Did you change the embed setting before copying the embed code?
I have a MAC, use Firefox and just paste in the URL from YouTube. Most welcome Cookemom!
Thanks Susan. The Mac may be the difference. I’ll keep trying to figure it out. I have a PC, but I use Firefox as well.
cookemom,
the http:// cannot be in the link. That is what hangs it up ? Are you getting that directly from youtube , because I don’t see the http:// in the youtube address bar…
Linda I go on Utube then click on share, then click on embed. After that an already highlighted series of html stuff shows up. I copy that and try to paste it on other sites like this one. There are some choices I could make on the embed like ‘use old format’, http, etc. I have no idea if I should change those settings so I leave them alone or I guess and hope a=I get it to work through trial and error. I’ll keep trying with your suggestion that http is not in the address bar.
Goooooood West Coast Morning Chipsticks and TOD family!
WHOO HOOOO, I have the day off from Laboring – YEA!
Chipsticks, I have been with you from the beginning and I know in your heart of hearts that you can’t walk away from us, so take strength from us and keep on keeping on. We’ve come to far to turn back or stop now.
I’m hosting a Watch Party this Thursday and I’m so excited at the amount of people who have RSVP’d in just 2 days! OMG!!!!!
FORWARD!
Happy Labor Day to all workers everywhere!
Thank you members of Unions and Labor Movement for making it possible to celebrate the working person and yes to enable my otherwise sore body to take a day off to try and rejuvinate
he Romney campaign indicated in a press release that the Republicans would “bracket” the convention with a new emphasis on the question: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
Thanks Gov O’Malley!
Romney got NO convention bump. Remember when they were predicting 10 points? Hilarious.
I’m no analyst but even I knew that was bullshit. If he didn’t get it from his VP choice, he wasn’t going to get it at the convention.
But chuck todd told me that Romney was supposed to OWN August?
Who beside me is sick of these so call journalists like Chuck Todd.
He’s a bigger idiot than I thought!
Morning and Happy Labor Day!! Workers of ALL stripes make this country run!
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/biden-paul-ryan-walked-away-from-deficit-commission/
Joe is going to KICK HIS ASS! 🙂
Looking even better today:
Nate Silver has President Obama’s electoral vote at 307.8 up 9.8 since Aug. 26. Romney is at 230.2 down 9.8 since Aug. 26.
President Obama’s chance of winning is 74.5% up 5.1% since Aug. 26. Romney’s chance of winning is 25.5% down 5.1% since Aug. 26.
I am gonna keep working and talking to get close to 90% 🙂 I want this to be a blow out, so one one can say the election was stolen or blame it on another organization.
HOTEL OWNER THRILLED BY OBAMA STAY
President Obama is spending Sunday night at the Toledo Hilton.
The hotel’s owner Grace Kellogg was at Toledo Express Sunday night to welcome Obama as he stepped off Air Force One.
She says having the President stay at her hotel is surreal.
“So excited… I’m sixty-two years old. I never dreamed in my life when I came to this country that I can see the president stay in my hotel. It’s a dream of my life.”
That’s good!….
Especially THIS President! Yeah! 🙂
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/242613236430692352
Glad to hear him using the vouchercare term… it’s a huge turn off to voters.
hey good morining everyone! Hope everyone is getting today off! I am – we are having a cook out at our house today and then on the 6th we’re hosting a watch party – should be fun!
have a great day everybody 🙂
Remember when Andrea Mitchell and even Lawrence O’Donnell were trying to tell us that Romney’s acceptance speech was “excellent?” Well, voters no longer need pundiots to tell them what to think. They’re quite capable of using their own judgment, thank you very much.
According to right-leaning Gallup, Voters rated Romney’s speech among the lowest since Bob dole in ’96.
Hahahahaahahaha……the pundits need to know that voters know BS when they hear it; no matter how much the pundits try to polish it up and make it shine.
we’re not the only ones looking at these pundits, thinking, those guys are idiots.
I know we’re all very savvy here about the media and the BS they pull to cover for repubs & to sabotage POTUS & anything dem… so with that in mind here is the beginning of the bs headlines on our convention : (Yahoo) “Democrats In North Carolina Cobble Convention Crowd Together Bit By Bit”
I read the first couple of lines… which consists of how Dems are supposedly busing folks in from SC black churches.. and college students from around NC. THIS is the crap we need to be prepared for.
Oh & Good Monday Morning TOD… and thank YOU Unions 🙂
The difference is, this convention welcomes people who are not delegates. It’s not the closed little country club that the RNC was.
Yahoo is a cess pit.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/03/1127202/-25-Reasons-Why-We-are-Better-Off-Today-than-Four-Years-Ago
I know:)
In the Fall of 2008, Bush was running around—“ahhh, ahhhh, America’s going bankrupt.“ Ben Bernake was sweating like he just ran a marathon, McCain yelling “incoming, incoming, git off my lawn” – OBL making videos while Americans were dodging bullets in Iraq.
America was the laughing stock of the world with shoes being thrown at the president. Stock market crashing, banks failing while Paul Ryan was borrowing the money from China that he’s railing about now.
And then, in steps the hated Kenya, Communist, Socialist, Muslim and look at what he’s done in four years…people:
1. Saved the banks
2. Brought the stock market from 6,500K to 13,000K
3. Saved GM
4. Repealed DADT
5. Ordered a Mini Dream Act
6. Created 4.3 million jobs
7. 27- straight months of private-sector job growth
8. Passed Healthcare
9. Ended the war in Iraq
10. Drawing down from Afghanistan
11. Doubled the Number of Border Security Agents
12. Appointed First Hispanic Justice
13. Restored America’s Standing in the world
14. Dealt effectively with the BP Oil Spill
15. Dealt effectively with the Pirate Crisis
16. Dealt effectively with H1N1
17. Kept America Safe
18. Passed Financial Reform
19. Passed a Credit-Card Bill of Rights
20. Passed Equal Pay for Women
21. Nearly Wiped out Al Qaeda
22. Killed OBL
23. Added Eight-yeas of solvency to Medicare
24. Quit smoking
25. And got a dog
All of this was done with a republican opposition to every single thing he tried to do.
So yes, not only are we better off now, we’ll be even better four years from now with Obama’s leadership!!!
Nice DF! Tweeting
Thanks, alice! GM:)
Great find, this should be tweeted everywhere.
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/242630253594431488
desertflower – you are on the ball this morning!
Thanks, df – tweeted.
Don’t forget, lowered taxes for the middle class and small businesses.
really, i think o’malley did us a favor–possibly encouraged by the smartest guy in the room? the ‘are you better off’ question helps folks internalize all that pbo has done, and consider his work on that basis–does this help me? did it help me that he killed bin laden? of course! did it help me that he saved gm? sure? what about the vets–am i better off because he’s making sure the vets are supported and cared for? hmmm, well yes, because we’re all in this together. ohhhhh…
i’d just want to add that the work flotus has done has been hugely important, too. the kid’s health initiatives have made a difference, and will continue to produce benefits for many years to come.
You will see this tweet throughout the day …
Despite UNRELENTING GOP OPPOSITION – Yes, we are better off today because of #PresObama http://tinyurl.com/d65gs4h
please note the packaging of recipients in each tweet … e.g., 😉
#ADollarADayToOFA
Spot on!
THIS!!!
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/qare-americans-better-off-today-than-they-were-four-years-agoq-the-questron-that-exposes-incompetent-reporters
While the source is not clear, someone developed a simple way to identify incompetent news reporters. If you hear a reporter ask people in President Obama’s administration, ideally in a belligerent tone, “are the American people better off than they were four years ago?,”the reporter is trying to tell you that they are not qualified to do their job.
The reason we know that the questioners are incompetent reporters is that this is a pointless question. Suppose your house is on fire and the firefighters race to the scene. They set up their hoses and start spraying water on the blaze as quickly as possible. After the fire is put out, the courageous news reporter on the scene asks the chief firefighter, “is the house in better shape than when you got here?”
wow–great analogy.
Jeff Bridges is rocking out at DNC 2012!
I was thinking we should develop a theme and list of what the GOP has done to sabotage the economy so we could not say we were better off. It could be detailed including which bills they blocked and how many times blocked like the American Jobs Act. It could show their stalling and blocking efforts that ended in the downgraded financial ratings and Simpson Bowles report they then tried to blame on Obama. The many empty appointments and judges appointments needing approval that were anonymously blocked. The historic statistically high number of filabusters in the Senate and on and on. It could be simplified yet inclusive of all obstructive efforts to try to be sure the economy was not better off. It could be listed like the one showing why we are better off.
Stephanie Cutter@stefcutter
To the over 3 million Americans who own a part of this campaign: Thank you. http://OFA.BO/zRWPEU
http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/three-million-people
This is what REAL journalism looks like!
http://billmoyers.com/2012/08/30/money-in-politics-where-is-the-outrage/
We are nearing the culmination of a cunning and fanatical drive to dismantle the political institutions, the legal and statutory canons, and the intellectual and cultural frameworks that were slowly and painstakingly built over decades to protect everyday citizens from the excesses of private power. The “city on the hill” has become a fortress of privilege, guarded by a hired political class and safely separated from the economic pressures that are upending the household stability, family dynamics, social mobility, and civic life of everyday Americans.
Socrates said to understand a thing, you must first name it. As in Athens then, so in America now: The name for what’s happening to our political system is corruption — a deep, systemic corruption.
How did we get here?
Let’s begin with the judicial legerdemain of nine black-robed magicians on the Supreme Court back in the l880s breathing life into an artificial creation called “the corporation.” An entity with no body, soul, sense, or mortality was endowed with all the rights of a living, breathing “person” under the Constitution. Closer to our own time, the Supreme Court of 1976 in Buckley vs. Valeo gutted a fair elections law passed by a Congress that could no longer ignore the stench of Watergate. The Court ruled that wealthy individuals could spend unlimited amounts of their own fortunes to get themselves elected to office, and that anyone could pour dollars by the hundreds of thousands into the war chests of political action committees to pay for “issue ads,” clearly favoring one side in a political race, so long as a specific candidate or party was not named.
Money, the justices declared in another burst of invention, was simply a form of speech.
There’s More…..
I wish Moyers was moderating one of the debates.
Me too
I agree!
Hmmm how did this sneak by? Florida changed from light pink to light blue on Nate’s graph? 🙂 I swear it was light pink just a day or two ago. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
PBO up one in FL
PBO is up by 4 pts as per the PPP poll. The realclear politics average which is right-leaning and owned by Steve Forbes has him up by one pt. It’s also useful to remember that PBO decisively won FL in 2008 by a 3-pt margin, and at this time in 2008, John McCain was LEADING in FL.
Something’s stirring in the air! 😉
And Pennsylvania in SOLID BLUE!! Woooo Hooooo! Even with all of the voter ID shenanigans. I’m still skeptical though. STILL WORKING HARD to get people registered with the right ID.
Ok I just posted a comment on his blog (still in moderation) asking Nate that if he shows Florida in light blue the electoral votes for POTUS is 332 not 307. ?! And Romney would then be down to 206. So we will see – all other light blue are in Obama’s column so I don’t know why he didn’t add Florida.
Here’s how you can do your own counter on this elecoral vote interactive map. Just click on a state and it will change from blue to red or vice versa and update the tally. http://www.270towin.com/
This stupid meme by the msm and GOP as to whether we’re better off. It’s simple: Yes We Are.
Love Smartypants:)
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2012/09/president-obama-changing-game.html
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I bought two shirts last month, one is the shirt with the US map with “there are no red states, there are no blues states…” It is a beautiful colorful shirt 🙂
I don’t see the shirt you mentioned . 😦
You’re right, I looked & can’t find it either… it was one that won the design contest they held,. maybe it was a limited run?? I’m sorry, because its a lovely shirt…. I wore it all over my right wing town a couple of days ago 🙂
Just want to report on the way the OWS protest was reported on the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia — The protestors want more bank reform and more attention to the environment. No anti-Obama message at all. If that’s all they’ve got, it’s no big deal.
Fair enough.
On CSPANs Washington Journal’s call–in show, they talked about how the local newspapers are covering the OWS in Charlotte as more of a parade than a protest. I think the national news outlets are going for the tabloid reporting style on this. My question is did OWS protest the RNC convention, or did Isaac send them packing? I didn’t hear any newscasts about them.
My political take today is that while I do try to stay neutral on the MSM coverage of political stuffs, I do have one observation. It seems they are highlighting the Repubs ‘Are You Better Off’ meme. They are asking that question of Dem guests, advancing the Repub narrative, instead of asking about what the Dem narrative will be this week. I do object to the pundits who are trying to put their Dem guests on the defensive based on the Repub attempts to discredit the Dem agenda. This week they should be asking those Dem guests about the Dem plans to go FORWARD.
I still will not let them get me bent out of shape though. They are doing the job as it’s been defined by the corporate news industry. I’m able to separate that from the reality of what we need to do, regardless of the punditry. We gotta GOTV. Our votes trumps any money they spend and anything they have to say.
cookemom – I heard a bit of coverage of OWS yesterday on CNN. Yes, they were at the RNC convention with a lot more people than headed to Charlotte. Their numbers dropped from “thousands” in Tampa to “hundreds” at the Dem convention – one of the OWS New York organizers said they lost a lot of the group between the cities because people couldn’t afford to travel to NC. The signs I saw were not anti-Obama but anti-Bank of America and Wall Street, and the group marched outside of B of A in Charlotte – also heard there were only a couple of arrests yesterday among the OWSers. Hope that’s all we hear about them this week.
When we respond to the negative press, we have to try to do so without repeating the negative statement.
media trying to cause trouble.
blah !
There’s an easy fix for that…NC needs to vote for PBO, he needs to win handily with majorities in BOTH Houses, and we can seriously address the issues of unions and workers in America. If they have an issue with “Right to work” states (and they should)…then they should work on electing the man that thinks workers deserve to be at the bargaining table…..not the guy that wants to ship their jobs overseas so HE can make more money. I really don’t want to hear this BS…they know what they need to do…
Sorry, I meant to post it with my reply and that didn’t show up. Most union people understand their choices and are for him. Living in what is now a state wit 100% Republican government, and belonging to a public employee union, the choice is clear.
For some reason this didn’t show my reply which was: “Union people are behind President Obama 100%!
Funny how the media also kept quite about the GOP Delegate fight and dirty trick played in Tampa…….the media is in the tank for the GOP. They didn’t even want to report the bad behavior of GOP Delegates against the AA camerawomen.
Good morning everyone, and thanks for these wonderful photos and videos, Ms Chips!
http://www.barackobama.com/education-calculator?source=ssn_20120902_FL_TW_EDUCATION_CALCULATOR_OTHER&utm_medium=tw&utm_source=ssn_fl&utm_campaign=ssn_20120902_FL_TW_EDUCATION_CALCULATOR_OTHER
Compare college loans…and see what you can afford…..of course there is Romney’s solution included…have your parents pay….
Hellooooooooooooooo everyone, just checking: did anyone have trouble logging in today? Overseasgranny let me know she can’t get to the log-in page, it’s just not showing up, so she’s unable to comment. You know me: clueless. Did anyone else have similar problems before logging in?
No…I think I’m ALWAYS logged in:) I just go to theobamadiary.com and up it comes, ready to comment!
Ah, okay DF, thank you!
You’re welcome:)
No problems for me.
Thanks Claire.
No problems here today, Ms Chips… in fact it was easier than ever to open the post, and get to the comments.
me too, and thanks chips for making this a place i want to visit every day 🙂
Good Morning Chips! I had no problems.
no problems here Chipsticks!
no problems here either.
No problems for me either. I repeat what df said. 🙂
Yes, I stay logged in. It’s in my FAVORITES list!!!
Good Morning Chips…(Thank you for the email)…..sometimes I will accidently uncheck my Google plus at the time of the screen because it’s next to my refresh button, when I don’t get the log in button, I make sure my Google plus is working.
Easiest way to log in isto click on the Like. Or the upper right of the comment box.
Good Day Chip. . . nice to “see” you again! Remember, we have your back just as we have the President’s back.
Love you and Thank you for all you do.
Thanks a million Marlz, all’s good, forward we go!
No probs for me. Welcome back Chips. We love you!!!!!
I wanted to post this here again…this is a MUST READ/PASS… Excellent article
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/stuck-in-a-room-with-mitt-romney/Content?oid=14623016
Dear Chips, thanks you for really outdoing yourself with these beautiful pictures today. You are the best!
I hadn’t seen this picture of PBO before and I love it!
Let’s all remember this as we hear about defense cuts….http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/30/13570869-gop-denounces-gop-defense-cuts?lite
Whatever it is – it is PERFECT because it tells the truth about Romney. Off to tweet!
The Warrioress is back. Life may resume. Welcome back, Chips.
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/242646629444878337
He’s the best!
I’m proud of James Taylor.
THIS……..
YES!!
The President is getting ready to speak in Toledo – Crowd is FIRED UP & Ready to GO!!!
http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Something is going on live
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2n&tag=watchnow
HEADS UP!!!!!!
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2n&tag=watchnow
Happy Labor Day Everyone!!
VP Joe currently is speaking live in Detroit and he is fired up! http://www.wxyz.com/subindex/news/news_livestream2
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/09/03/parade/
Dear MS Chips. I had to let you know how happy I am to see you posting today. The thought of losing you even for just a few days was very unsettling. Thank you does not begin to tell you how much I appreciate what you do for me and I am sure there are a lot of others who feel the same way.
I’m playing catch up on the posts. I’m so excited you are back. We were all sending positive energy and prayers towards you. My schedule is super busy between work, school, and preparing for a state exam. I will not be able to volunteer like 2008 but I will do my part; and also donate as much as I can. I’m fired up and ready to go. The whole world is counting on us. Obama/Biden 2012!!!