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Amen
Stand and salute!!!!
Thank you for posting that, Chips!!!
To accompany it, I’ve just begun sending this missive to various folk …
So true!! BTW, thanks Chips for all of the photos.
Various others have received the missive ….
#PRESSON
I am so feeling that Romney hit a Raw nerve with his 47% hateful nonsense.
I don’t think there is anything Robney can say to turn this around. People will remember in the voting booth.
A young single mom I am friends with on FB posted today that Romney/Ryan would not be getting her vote. She went on to say that she had done her own intensive research and no way could she vote for them.
Nena & COS … yep, #47Percent has stuck not like superglue but like a branding iron on the consciousness of Americans.
Yep he sure did. It’s bleeding into the mainstream. People work hard and don’t like being told by a conscienceless scumbag that they are freeloaders and victims who always demand healthcare, food, and housing from the government.
This!
Spot on!
5th goodnight all…..
Blessings on the young sailor. I hope he doesn’t get in trouble for this.
Agree, Mary. My one concern is that he is in uniform, but as a Petty Officer, he knows the drill and must have decided it was worth the risk. As a former Navy Officer, I salute him.
I’m with you on that Lootenant. Like I keep telling folks that it doesn’t pay to mess with ‘swabbies’.
Hey sailor! Welcome back! đ
Hey Dudette! Wassup? Tks for the holla. đ
Me too. that was my first thought as I read his comments.
has any of the major press reported on the fact that mittbot and miss ann have been spending massive amounts of time in california over the last week or so? in fact, miss ann was coming to california once again when her plane caught fire and they made an emergency landing a couple days ago, and mittbot is there right now, and of course sticking his foot in his mouth even at a private fundraiser where he insults the entire state. president obama is leading by roughly 30% in california.
âthe newsâ was making a big deal about president obama going to wisconsin this weekend and portraying it as a negative for americaâs president, yet i havenât seen a single ânews reportâ mention how weird it is that the rmoneyâs have been avoiding swing states in favor of a state where theyâre losing by 30%, to fundraise. mittbot (and the entire modern-day republican party) is so incredibly pathetic.
They were in California to check on the construction of the car elevator at their home in La Jolla.
Don, that is so funny. Fighting flu-like symptoms for three days now. I really needed that laugh.
I enjoyed FLOTUS’ speech so much. I am going to watch it again .
CK, take care of yourself, walking pneumonia is not to be taken lightly. Get plenty of rest.
Thank you, Chips for all the wonderful pictures today. It kept me positive.
Good night everyone. Sweet sleep.
It’s hard work campaigning – not to mention getting people to go to a rally – Mitt & Ann need to rest.
Could the GOP have a big problem with GOTV? Mitt is not generating any enthusiasm – and I haven’t seen much about Ryan recently – where is he supposed to be campaigning?
I hope he has NO designs to run for GOV of CA……we already got rid of one millionaire trying to buy elections. May that’s what Prop 32 is all about, to take away the Unions ability to fundraise against the GOP big money…..NO on 32..YES on 30.
I salute you, Sailor! Spot on.
Petty Officer Millen, let met salute you for your service and wisdom. Thank you.
Evening peeps.
Popping in to share this comment on TPM, re Obama field offices compared to Romney field offices.
The GOP thought that the iffy economy and “the black guy just not cutting it” would be enough to waltz in, along with CU money. But people still blame the GOP for the economy, and the black guy is actually quite awesome. And the CU money has proven to be ineffective at best.
Now, my stomach is a bit icky, so I return to doing not much of anything.
The GOP ground game is being run separately to Romney’s office. It is a larger version of how they mobilised for the WI Scott recall.
I think that the fact that they waited until what seems to be the last minute may not allow them to do as much as OFA has done. At this point, they’re playing catch up.
Hi LL,
Btw, in an earlier thread I urged everyone to be sure they read your fine TPV essay – one of your best.
Thank you!!
#FORWARD
THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO STEAL IT. ANYTHING. DON’T STOP FIGHTING!!!!!!!!! (I know the all caps thing is annoying đ )
So true, We can not become complacent. Fight On!
It does seem like…….dare I say….. “The disgusting asshole that NO ONE liked to begin with CAN’T EVEN RUN HIS OWN CAMPAIGN” might be catching on!!! BUT………..A lot of folks do not pay attention. ^SIGH^
And what about those who will vote against their own best interests because PBO is black? It is just so sad.
Betsy, I don’t think there is any complacency at all with manyof us who support the President. Just today, at one of a very small OFA field office here in San Diego, CA., about 25-30 people showed up on saturday to make phone calls to voters in the the battle state of Colorado. What impressed me the most is that they were people of all ages, races and genders. I constantly hear that Romney’s biggest constituency are older white males. However, at the OFA office I go to in San Diego, there are many older white males who are enthusiastically volunteering to work on behalf of the President’s campaign.
Exactly, nath. This is happening throughout all of America. And, the big difference is the Kochs are ONLY about $ and our massive team is about ‘the march’ that First Lady Obama so eloquently described during her remarks to the CBC, earlier Saturday evening.
We will prevail.
#OutPerform1936
Yes We Can
Yes Indeed! Bobfr! I really sense a renewed effort by many people to transcend the manufactured divisions that President Obama has been running against for all his life. Right now the main stumbling bloc is the large segment of corporate media that is so caught up with pushing false equivalences and manufactured sensationalism. Thankfully, all you twitter warriors and blogs like TOD are fighting back and spreading the truth.
That is great, especially since I have heard San Diego tends to trend Republican. Great news!
These Republicans will do anything to steal this election, they have already shown that. And we can’t act like this is in the bag, we have to keep registering people and then get them to the polls.
SNL does a great job with the “undecided voter”——exactly how I think of these no info dumb bunnies too
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snl-lets-us-in-on-the-concerns-of-undecided-voters/
laughing so hard here!!… this is perfect, and so true!
OMG that is so good because it is so true!
The skit is freaking hilarious because it is so true. Swing voters, undecideds and independents annoy the crap out of me because the MSM treats them as though they are the Holy Grail instead of the low information ignorant voters they truly are.
Tampons made by old white men— SNL
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/introducing-g-o-b-the-first-tampons-designed-by-the-men-of-the-gop/
And, be sure not to miss Leona Ann_toinette Romney on SNL …
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/on-snl-ann-romney-shares-advice-for-her-husbands-gop-critics/
mercy, it’s good to have snl back!
leona was great. If only queen ann is this human …. đ
This snl pc mocking pox news morning stupid show is also good.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snl-mocks-fox-friends-for-romneys-comments-and-on-air-corrections/
Let’s not forget #Stericycle …. one of many reasons Prince & Princess Romney are hiding their tax returns (especially years 1999 – 2002, as well as, for other reasons the really yummy 2009)
Time for some rest …
Yes We Can
LOVE THIS!!
Are you busy doing your show? How did it go?
http://prospect.org/article/talking-themselves
A couple of years ago, bloggers had a discussion about “epistemic closure,” the tendency of many on the right to barricade themselves within a self-reinforcing informational bunker. The danger is that you wind up with a skewed view not only of the facts but of what other people believe as well. This can be deadly for a campaign, whose goal, after all, is to persuade people, some of whom don’t already see the world as they do. And it sure seems like Romney and his people are falling prey to it. The temptation is strong, because everyone who works on the campaign is a partisan who was probably getting much of their information from partisan news sources before they got there.
So when Romney comes out and says triumphantly “I don’t believe in redistribution!” he probably thinks voters will respond with, “Me neither, Mitt! Screw those freeloaders! Viva job creators!” But the more likely response among people who aren’t already committed Republicans is that once again, this rich guy who disdains everyone who isn’t as rich as him is saying, “I got mine, Jack, and the rest of you can go to hell.” In other words, he’s not countering the attacks the Democrats are making on him, he’s reinforcing them.
Unfortunately, what Rombe and all the GOP are saying, I got mine, Jack, and I want MORE…..More government tax cuts, more government bailouts, and more government redistribution to the RICH…..and the low informational swing voters don’t think and vote emotionally for what feels good and whats familiar.
http://juanitajean.com/2012/09/22/worth-a-thousand-words-2/ Good grief…:)
I thought this comment to the above was priceless… Thanks for the link, DF
LynnN says:
September 22, 2012 at 11:15 pm
I wonder what heâll do when he decides itâs time to pander to women.
that was my favorite, too! i can just picture him in a prairie bonnet (unfortunately).
OK this is going to date me, but I was thinking Queen for a Day! Imagine the crown he’d choose.
hey, i remember that show! but if he really wanted to pander to women, he’d skip his charitable donations to the mormon church, and give all that money to planned parenthood, and medical research, and after school programs, and civil rights organizations, and community child care centers, and meals on wheels, and on and on. write a big check, myth; then shut up and go away! that will impress women.
Well said!
from the sunday edition of the tampa newspaper online:
‘ A new Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll finds 48 percent of likely Florida voters backing Obama, 47 percent supporting Romney, 1 percent with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and just 4 percent undecided.
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Obama’s lead with independents grew 6 percentage points while the number of undecided voters dropped 3 points.
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More ominous signs for Romney: He trails Obama, 49 percent to 45 percent, in Tampa Bay, the battleground region that typically decides statewide elections, and he trails Obama by 11 percentage points statewide among independent voters. ‘
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/barack-obama-mitt-romney-essentially-tied-in-florida-new-timesheraldbay/1252518
Freaking awesome.
New Florida poll, the President only up 1-
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/barack-obama-mitt-romney-essentially-tied-in-florida-new-timesheraldbay/1252518
That is because of Ryan lying his ass off about Medicare and ACA. Just like I said earlier. Seniors are buying what Lyin Ryan is telling them. See?
Did you also see that his lead with independents grew 6 points and the number of undecideds dropped 3 points? Did you also see that in Tampa Bay, a very crucial battleground region Romney trails Pres. Obama, 49%-45% and also trails Pres. Obama statewide by 11 points among independent voters? Stop panicking Jovie. Everything isn’t a hair on fire moment. Did you not watch the clips of Ryan at AARP and the audience (who are members of AARP) booing him and walking out en masse? Did you not hear the interviews they gave afterwards that show a lot of them know about Romney-Ryan’s lies about Medicare, Social Security and ObamaCare?
The crowds Ryan normally speaks to in Florida are republican seniors who are congregated in retirement homes that are already known to cater to people of that political ideology. They were already going to vote Romney-Ryan. They do not represent the entire older voters in Florida. Florida was always going to be close from the get go but the trends have been positive for Pres. Obama. Focus on that.
I am focusing on Seniors! That is what we have been told to focus on, here in Florida. Sorry, I didn’t clarify my remarks, afterall, I am part of the ground game down here, and know what’s going on. Do you?
I will continue to register Voters today, as I have another event with my sister.
While you hangout on twitter!
Lol!
Oh please can your supercilious smug crap. You spew nonsense and I call out your nonsense and then you throw a tantrum. đ
And Btw- it’s to early in the morning to get into a fight with the Twitter brigade….
So, I will see you guys later! I have to go open the Office at OFA, get things going for the Morning, OFA regional Director will be here, I dint have as much time to FIGHT on the blogs as I used to.
Sorry about that…
First lady Michelle Obama likened citizens flexing the right to vote to the marches, sit-ins and struggles of the civil rights movement in a speech before the Congressional Black Caucus.
“We cannot let anyone discourage us from casting our ballots. We cannot let anyone make us feel unwelcome in the voting booth. It is up to us to make sure that in every election, every voice is heard and every vote is counted,” Obama said in Saturday remarks.
Recalling the struggles of the civil rights movement, Obama said that it was imperative for ordinary citizens to flex their right to vote.
“This is the march of our time — marching door to door, registering people to vote. Marching everyone you know to the polls every single election,” the first lady said. “This is the sit-in of our day — sitting in a phone bank, sitting in your living room, calling everyone you know â your friends, your neighbors, that nephew you havenât seen in a while, that classmate you havenât spoken to in years âmaking sure they all know how to register, where to vote — every year, in every election.”
“This is the movement of our era — protecting that fundamental right not just for this election, but for the next generation and generations to come,” Obama said. “Because in the end, itâs not just about who wins, or who loses, or who we vote for on Election Day. Itâs about who we are as Americans. Itâs about the democracy we want to leave for our kids and grandkids.”
“Itâs about doing everything we can to carry on the legacy that is our inheritance not just as African Americans, but as Americans — as citizens of the greatest country on Earth,” Obama said.
Obama also bemoaned the level of apathy in the the country at large.
“How many of us have asked someone whether theyâre going to vote, and they say, no, Iâm too busy — and besides, I voted last time; or, nah, itâs not like my vote is going to make a difference? See, after so many folks sacrificed so much so that we could make our voices heard, too many of us still choose not to participate,” she said.
Romney says of his Wife being ok after an Emergency landing, on a DC-9:
I don’t know why the windows don’t open on an Airplane, to get oxygen on the Aircraft?
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What? Well, that joke fell flat, nobody laughed!
Then, he said it should be an unsmiling flight.
To which, the CNN anchor thought was extremely funny…
WTF?
In smoking flight! Damn I phone!
Plain advises Robney to go Rogue.
Ummm… Go Rogue from his OWN Campaign??? Really?
Now, that is brilliant.
(CNN) â When GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan cruise through Ohio on a bus tour this week, Democrats will be close behind on a bus of their own.
The Democratic National Committee announced their competing tour on Saturday as Ryan prepares to kick off the three-day swing in Lima, Ohio on Monday.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/22/democrats-to-launch-competing-ohio-bus-tour/
Good Morning Everyone.
This was great! Thanks so much!
That is wonderful….thank you
Spooky Donna, I just posted that in Rise and Shine!!! Thank you!
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/09/23/rise-and-shine-305/
Morning everyone đ
Great minds think alike Chips. đ You’re welcome.
I PRAY ALWAYS FOR THE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE OF PBO…TODAY I DID NOT…AND SADLY DID NOT GO TO MY CHURCH. I HAD TO TAKE A REST FROM THE DIVISIVE LANGUAGE THERE…NOT FROM OUR PASTOR…HE KNOWS BETTER…BUT OTHERS. SO TODAY I KEPT MY ANGER AT HOME TO TAKE A BREATHER BEFORE I BLOW AN UGLY WIND ACROSS THOSE PEWS. I DIDN’T LIE ABOUT THE SORE THROAT AND DON’T WANT TO SPREAD IT TO OTHERS…BUT, I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF THE REFERENCE TO ‘COMMUNISTS’ BY FEAR MONGERING PEOPLE WHO FRANKLY HAVE NO IDEA WHO JESUS CHRIST REALLY IS. THAT’S MY PIECE FOR PEACE FOR THE DAY!
Bless you and stay strong.
“……..I blow an ugly wind across those pews.” I’d like to see and hear that!!!!!