Las Vegas Sun: About 11,200 people stood for hours in 90-degree heat Sunday for a chance to see a campaign rally for President Barack Obama (Desert Pines High School, September 30)
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Monday and Tuesday: The President will remain in Henderson, Nevada.
Wednesday: He will travel from Henderson to Denver where he will participate in the first Presidential Debate at the University of Denver. The First Lady will also attend. The President and the First Lady will remain overnight in Denver.
Thursday: PBO will deliver remarks at campaign events in Denver and Columbus, Ohio. He will return to Washington, DC in the evening.
Friday: PBO will deliver remarks at campaign events in Vienna, Virginia and Cleveland, Ohio. He will return to Washington, DC in the evening.
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President Obama goes comedy-book shopping:
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The Las Vegas speech:
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Enthusiasm Gap:
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Charles Pierce: ….. DAVID GREGORY: “The president has said as recently as May of this year that al Qaeda has not had a chance to rebuild, that al Qaeda has been defeated…..”
Every part of this question, from its faulty premise to its phony conclusion, is arrant bullshit. The president never has said that al Qaeda “has not had a chance to rebuild” or that it has been “defeated.” (You will also note that Gregory uses the “challenger said” technique to catapult Willard Romney’s desperate hogwash into respectability….
….. I defy anyone to find even an implication in that passage that would justify Gregory’s question to Plouffe, let alone Gregory’s playing Madame to Willard Romney’s Wayland Flowers …. This is the kind of journalistic malpractice that brought us President George W. Bush and mushroom clouds and aluminum tubes and thousands and thousands of dead people.
More here
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‘The Story of a High Five Told in Three Photos’ (@rchakras)
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Washington Post: On the eve of their first presidential debate, President Obama leads or is at parity with Mitt Romney on virtually every major issue and attribute in what remains a competitive general election, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The new survey also highlights an emerging dynamic: the disparity between the state of the race nationally and in battleground states, where campaigning and advertising by the two candidates have been most intense and where the election will be decided.
Nationally, the race is unmoved from early September, with 49 percent of likely voters saying they would vote for Obama if the election were held today and 47 percent saying they would vote for Romney. Among all registered voters, Obama is up by a slim five percentage points, nearly identical to his margin in a poll two weeks ago.
But 52 percent of likely voters across swing states side with Obama and 41 percent with Romney in the new national poll, paralleling Obama’s advantages in recent Washington Post polls in Florida, Ohio and Virginia.
More here
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Still cracking up at this:
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Mooooooooorning everyone 😉
The Obama Diary 
Good morning lovelies.
Congrats on 1st CK!
It’s a great day to be an Obamabot!
Obama/Biden 2012
Congratulations ck on # 1. Happy Monday! 🙂
Mooooooooooorning CK, morning everyone 😉
Ooh!
Just came back in and was scrolling down slowly, Pamela, and ‘Ooooh’ was my identical out loud reaction BEFORE I saw yours! He looks so sweet, RELAXED and yet PURPOSEFUL there! Sigh, we need to have way more with his nature and character, single and in the right age bracket cloned – The BARACK CLUB.
Here is to the “10 million donors is a done deal”.
GM TOD
First CC are you ill, or did you just take the scenic route?
Good Morning/Afternoon, TODobots! Dia uit, Chips Chica! Morning Ison, thinking of you!
WHERE IS THE TWEET?, Chips. (channeling the where is the beef wendy’s ad from nineties ?
Morning amk! Huh, what tweet?
The 10 mil tweet.
Ah, added! I do be very, very, very, very slow today (shut up).
Ah, the pre-emptive strike. Nope.not gonna work.
On a bender last night, did we ?
Painting the town purple, I was 😆
I knew it.
My pre-emptive strike against morning after ? 2-4 aspirins pre-binge.
Huh, says Mr G&T 😆
No more g&t binges. The ‘pleasure’ of coming back to the home.
wimmin/smh.
So you’re going to be all sober and sensible until your next trip? Sheesh, that’d be a first.
who said anything about being sensible ? sober or not, sensible I ain’t.
It’s not often I agree with your self-assessments, amk.
Yes, I am very humble that way.
And your humility is one of the things I love about you, amk 😆 Although, actually, I can’t think of any other things.
What about my love for wimmin ??? That’s the best part of my face,
Ah yeah, I forgot that lovely part of you!
{{{{{Chipsticks}}}}}
Dating yourself, are you? You haven’t changed a bit! Nice to see all that travel hasn’t widened(sharpened) your horizons(brains).
It’s a gift, vc, that god (or goddess :eyeroll:) bestows only the chosen ones.
Ha!
Oops! Forgot to indicate this was my welcome home tweet to Amk.
😉 No sweat, he recognized himself. Your humility in this area does you credit, Amk. 😆 😆
Good morning all. I really have to stop work when a new post is imminent.
the best part of waking up, is….
You get to brush your teeth ?
Definitely!
TOD in your cup!
Love it!
…realizing you have another day to sing and dance AND unsuccessfully TRY to rile up certain
peoplemin.G’morning Chips, TOD, everyone! Chips could you add to the post the 10 Million donations goal being reached last night 🙂
Oops I see you already did that – nevermind! 🙂
WOOT!!!!
Many, many thanks to all the TODers who stepped up and contributed to our fundraising pages. We appreciate your commitment to our President and our ability to move this country FORWARD.
Morning Hopefruit!!!!! I saw the tweet late – added!!!! Wooooooooooooooooooooot!!!!!
Good morning, TODville. How sweet is that high-5 told in 3 photos? Love this moments as they’re captured for all of us to see.
Gorgeous!
10,000,000 we are fabulous
good morning TOD family, I hope everyone is well. Great job to all on hitting the 10 million donation mark. I would encourage everyone to help push back on the MSM as they attempt to declare Mitt the winner of the upcoming debate. As you may know, Halperin has already declared him the winner. Congrats CK on being first.
Smarmy comment!
BFD Knoller. The implication about PBO spending his own money sucks. That short-armed slug should get a real job………Sorry to start the day this way folks. Good morning anyway!
Gregory’s playing Madame to Willard Romney’s Wayland Flowers
Loving it.
Hell Yes!!!!! This is so freaking cool. We reached 10M donations so now every donation starts the clock all over again. Team Obama rules. A grassroots organization crushing the other side despite their zillionaires and lies.
PBO in Madison, on campus, Thursday. Rain or shine, the place will be ROCKIN’!!!!!!
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20121001/GPG010402/310010237/Obama-campaign-UW-Madison-campus
Oh LAWD…After handing Mitt his smarmy arse on a platter during Wednesday’s debate, PBO will be en fuego.
That picture of the little boy high fiving the President is priceless.
Is it high-5? Anyway it is so cute watching the little boy’s expression.
It is.
Also. Too. Look at the reaction of the white guy in purple (aarrgghh) shirt in the right in all 3 pics.
Brilliant! Great reaction!
OHIO ballot reports are publicly available at the local level for many, but not all, counties. @ningrim is tracking the county level ballot requests here. Sec. of State Husted reports more than 732,000 absentee ballot requests statewide. October 2 is the deadline under Ohio law for Ohio election officials to mail their absentee ballots to domestic civilian voters. However, election officials may send mail ballots in advance of this deadline, and some have begun to do so.
Today’s gonna be good.
How can we start a petition drive to request for David Gregory that repub shill to apologize or be removed for the damn lies (or if you like misquotes) he told against PBO on MTP yesterday dealing with PBO attending a fundraiser (when it was a short rally) during Amb-Chris death and the claim the PBO said that Al Queda “has been eliminated”. Gregory needs to go.
I want to be a part of any petition RanMan, because David Gregory is a disgrace, we know he is a mouth piece for the GOP. Buddies with Karl Roves. Journalists should know the facts.
Gregory does know the facts. He chooses to lie and spin to help Mitt/GOP. This type of stuff has been his M.O. for years. Shilling for the GOP is his job. Glad to see other media types called him out this time.
Yes we can:) http://www.change.org/ Start one…we’ll sign it!
df, thanks I will.
There already is one. It was started yesterday.
http://www.change.org/petitions/nbc-meet-the-press-replace-david-gregory?utm_campaign=friend_inviter_modal&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=339575
Thanks – signed it – we need everyone to pitch in here.
Just a gentle ‘minder. Early voting in Ohio starts tomorrow Oct 2nd, and FLOTUS will be holding a GOTV-type rally in Cincinnati at about 11AM.
http://www.local12.com/mostpopular/story/Ticket-Distribution-Begins-for-Michelle-Obama/CJTVaVtivU6tY_zhj3fKGg.cspx
http://www.forbes.com/sites/giovannirodriguez/2012/09/30/october-surprise-how-the-economy-slipped-away-from-romney/?partner=obtech
Election Day is Already Here
And that, perhaps, is the biggest challenge for Romney. Citizens are already voting. And with “the economy” as a talking point reframed and more evenly driven by the two candidates, it of course favors the Obama campaign that early voting is well underway. In fact, as we noted near the top of this article, early voting was a big topic of discussion among influencers this week. And there are a few reasons for this. First, more than 40 percent of all voters — the highest percentage yet — are expected to take advantage of early voting laws. Second, Ohio, one of the two most important battleground states, opens its polls on Tuesday, just one day before the first presidential debate. Third, the “early voting” meme appears to have emerged as a positive storyline for including stories about voter suppression which, as we noted in an earlier story, were getting surprising scant attention.
For these and other reasons, we expect that getting out the vote (GOTV) — and all its permutations — will become the number one issue in the weeks that remain. Unless of course there’s an October surprise. But maybe the surprise is that “the economy” theme slipped away from Romney. Or the surprise could be that there’s no surprise today that’s big enough to alter an election that’s already underway. Election Day, for many of us, is already here, and we’ve had many months to compare and contrast the candidates.
There will be “news,” of course — some invented, some real — but with so many people already at the polls, it may come too late.
Good morning TOD family from yes, Palm Beach County Florida. After all the news of the GOP voting scandal,I want to relay a day from last week. You all know I register voters here in Florida. I do have my 3rd party organization certificate. I live 3 miles from one of the board of elections offices and pass by it everyday on my way to work.
Last Friday I was turning in a few forms. I have to fill out a form that is attached to my completed forms and then handed to data entry people behind the counter. They are put in the data base immediately then the forms are sent to the main office so cards can be mailed. While waiting in line I noted a problem with the person in front of me while she turned in her forms. The were clipped together and she was told they would have to be sent to the main office before being put into the data base. I am now wondering if this was one of the people they are talking about. I am a true Obamacrat! I still turn in all the forms that are filled out. Yes, even independent and Republican voters. I do believe EVERYONE has the right to have a voice. I am doing this on my own not through OFA. If I register a voter… I turn in their forms the next day! This is unless I get some over the weekend.
way to go Proud… voting IS for all of us.. so thank you for all that you’re doing to insure everyone has a voice.
Thank you for posting, nearly every day, a photograph that makes me happy. Today, it was the series of the little guy gettin’ his high five from the President.
ISM Manufacturing rose to 51.5 from 49.6 last month, beating economists’ consensus expectations of 49.7.
This puts the index back above 50, which indicates expansion in manufacturing activity in September.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/september-ism-2012-10#ixzz283Z64XOt
But, but, but White Sox lost in Chicago…
(Much worse, Manchester United lost in Manchester 😕 )
No, that’s not the worse thing. The worse thing is they lost to ………. ????
This is not bad news. The whole world should be happy. Manchester United lost. MANCHESTER UNITED LOST!!!!!! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Huh, would you look who arrives as soon as I open my (broken) heart.
So that’s the reason you were late this morning, Ms Chips – heart patching surgery! Well you ought to know enough by now not to open the Man U section of the patch so carelessly when in TODville. Blood attracts …… …. I’m told.
One of these days when I’m feeling bold I’m going to dare to ask UTAL what Man U has done to so bring out the …the…the….? in her. Or, do YOU know Chips? LL, Tally & Amk don’t like the team I realize, but UTAL…well…..’I am concerned about [her] mental well-being were Man U to win the football season.
“I am concerned about [her] mental well-being were Man U to win the football season.”
VC, I’m already worried about her mental well-being – but it’ll be wondertastic to see how she copes with United winning the League 😎
/looking right and left and whispering veeery softly/ It is a concern. Don’t mention the winning possibility again for the next 36/37 days as it might push her over the rails; the O-campaign needs her great tweeting and live-blogging skills. Chips, you’ve got to cover your personal Man U pain and try and control yourself, even if you do win one!
menotlikey man u? noey. methinky they sucky.
Soey youey likey sucky? I misunderestimated your previous comments re Man U. Apologies
But but but the WSJ said we are all doomed and QE 3 sucks and…
Ha, I’m sure they do Jovie, I suspect the WSJ is getting a little nervous….
Thank you for the twitterific news Chips.
Iran’s currency, the rial, fell almost 10% on Monday to a record low against the dollar, leaving it with a loss of 25% in one week.
The rial was trading at 32,250 against the dollar at 12:00BST on Monday.
On Sunday, it was worth about 29,720, according to the Iranian currency-tracking website Mazanex.
The fall suggests economic sanctions imposed over its disputed nuclear programme are hitting economic activity ever harder.
The latest slide appears to have been triggered by a government move to supply dollars to importers of certain basic goods at a special rate in an attempt to rein in the currency slide, but the move has had the opposite effect.
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Iran is all but frozen out of the global banking system as a result of largely US-led sanctions designed to discourage what it says is Iran’s attempts to build a nuclear weapon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19786662
smart power, eh ?
LOVE that this is unwinding slowly in this fashion. Bibi can borrow a crying towel from Rusty.
President Obama’s reelection campaign is reloading what it considers a powerful weapon against Republican challenger Mitt Romney: the disgruntled voice of someone who worked with Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts.
Eleven Massachusetts Democrats who overlapped with Romney between 2003 and 2007 will visit nine swing states this week in a foray timed to the first presidential debate on Wednesday in Denver. Since June, the Obama campaign has deployed more than two dozen current and former elected officials from Massachusetts to 11 states, where they have hosted more than 100 events.
The idea, Obama campaign spokesman Michael Czin said, is to make the president’s criticisms of Romney concrete.
http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/10/01/president-obama-campaign-deploying-mass-democrats-stump-swing-states/U8xryrEdnbaCUuqPJGchLM/story.html
That’s gonna leave a very big unable to heal mark! Those who know him best, know him worst.
Good morning TOD, peeking in before off to work.
Amk,
Netanyahoo (spelling) told Fareed Zakaria yesyerday in an interview that there are lots (paraphrase) of other countries trading with them, he’s not concerned about those sanctions.
A warmonger neither knows nor wants any reasons.
Las Vegas Sun has a great write-up of PBO’s campaign rally last night!
HEADLINE: Obama, with a Latin-rock twist, rallies thousands of supporters in Las Vegas
// It was the most star-studded event billing of what has been a busy presidential campaign season in Southern Nevada, and the crowd revealed as much.
About 11,200 people stood for hours in 90-degree heat Sunday for a chance to see a campaign rally for President Barack Obama that also featured world-famous rock band Maná at Desert Pines High School. It was Obama’s eighth trip to the Silver State this year, according to the campaign, and the crowd far surpassed the 8,000 the president drew to Cashman Center in September. //
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/sep/30/antsy-crowds-brave-heat-wait-obama-speak/
Loved the report Hopefruit, but I couldn’t beleve they didn’t mention the rally on their front page – this is the only Nevada paper I could find that did:
I agree Chips. There’s absolutely no reason why the rally shouldn’t have been front-paged. And the Sun tends to be more liberal leaning.
I was surprised Hopefruit, the photos were spectacular and, oooh, papers usually love spectacular front page photos!
Maybe they don’t want to upset Adelsen, the billionnaire. You never know what power he has over people!
Thanks Chips.
Look tight to me. Gotta keep working full blast.
Keep in mind that Realclear politics is conservative and emphasizes polls like Rasmussen and Gallup over left-leaning polls. Their “estimates” are skewed towards Republican.
That is such a clever strategy. I heart my Prez.
I defy anyone to find even an implication in that passage that would justify Gregory’s question to Plouffe, let alone Gregory’s playing Madame to Willard Romney’s Wayland Flowers. (And Gregory could have been tough without being dishonest, and without so clearly wishing for a better horse race in November.) We usually play this feature for laffs, and we’ll get back to that in a moment, but this is not funny. This is the kind of journalistic malpractice that brought us President George W. Bush and mushroom clouds and aluminum tubes and thousands and thousands of dead people. WOW! the last line is what wrong in the USA, The media is running the USA and we need to take our country BACK.
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/#ixzz283edfcxK
Petition to have NBC & MSNBC apologize or remove David Gregory for the deliberate lies told against Obama. https://www.change.org/petitions/nbc-and-msnbc-to-apologize-for-the-deliberate-lies-david-gregory-told-against-obama?share_id=mZQcAUyONB&utm_campaign=twitter_link&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter via @change
Please everyone sign and promote this petition!!!
I read the article…what I can’t find is Plouffe’s response? Can’t someone …like Chris Matthews/Rachel call out the lies of Gregory? Where are the media voices pushes back? I would love President Clinton to have a talk with Gregory and explain to him what our President actually said. Gregory is a disgrace.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho… Love y’all! I’ma going to work now… Will peer through the window when I can! 🙂
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021445132 Tom Brokaw on Morning Joe: “Americans just want their Medicare check.”
Shouldn’t that jerk be telling that to the voucherryanboy?
Brokaw is an idiot. People don’t get a Medicare check. In fact retirees pay into Medicare on a quarterly basis and that’s deducted from their Social Security “check.” Any additional payments for Medicare supplements come out of retiree’s pockets. This is a profound level of ignorance on Brokaw’s part. He’s echoing Willard’s remarks about dependency and handouts. No wonder they’ve trotted him out to speak on every right wing program this season,
🙂
Good Morning TOD Family. This is just a wonderful and joyful day for me to be here and alive to see this day.
First, I want to thank our beautiful Chips for keeping this a beautiful place to come to each day.
I also want to thank all who dug deep to donate to our TOD Family. Your generous hearts will help millions of people all over the country in our coming second term. I felt a beautiful family spirit that shares lovingly, and gives from the heart. So good to be a part of something as huge as re-electing a president.
As Donna stated, get out the candles, meditate in your own private way, pray in your own personal and private way, and fill your space with the best of the best of thoughts as we approach Wed. Be joyful as POB shows us each and every day.
Our goodness within our spirits will surround him with such a good and brilliant energy to move within his space for Wed., plus carry out his duties as president while doing all of his preps for Wed.
So make those phone calls(I am set for today, Tues., and Thurs. I love you all so much. You give my heart joy to be here with you. I am putting Mr. Pain in the freezer today.
I love and respect you, my dear, dear beautiful Chips.((((Hugs 2 U 4 being so beautiful 2 all of us))))))
It’s mutual, HZ. You are loved back.
Excellent, HZ.
Please consider signing this Petition to have NBC & MSNBC apologize or remove David Gregory for the deliberate lies told against Obama. https://www.change.org/petitions/nbc-and-msnbc-to-apologize-for-the-deliberate-lies-david-gregory-told-against-obama?share_id=mZQcAUyONB&utm_campaign=twitter_link&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter via @change
happy to sign, thanks for doing this RanMan.
Done.
The link keeps timing out for me.
Timing out ? What is your browser?
Link is not working.
I just now checked it out. It’s working. What is the message you’re getting ?
Or you could use Ranman’s linky above ?
I tried it in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox… not working. I believe that it times out because it must be very busy.
Sorry about that. Try this and see if it works.
https://www.change.org/petitions/nbc-and-msnbc-to-apologize-for-the-deliberate-lies-david-gregory-told-against-obama#share
Same thing keeps happening. Is it working for you?
Yes, all three – Ranman’s, my tweet’s and the above direct linky. 26 supporters as of now.
You could try cleaning your cache and then retry.
Cleared cache this morning. All other pages loading no problem.
Ok. I am stumped.
Maybe it’s my provider.
I keep getting a meesage that the server where this page is located is not responding.
Close out all browsers, clean your cache (Ccleaner) and then retry.
I did the site is still timing out.
I am sure it’s browser issue or its settings. On firefox, it’s working fine. 36 have signed it so far and many of them are TOD’ers.
I doubt it’s a browser problem since it’s not working with any of my browsers and someone else is having the same problem.
I used both links with Chrome and IE. Not working. Message: could not load the webpage because http://www.change.org took too long to respond and No results found for https://www.change.org/petitions/nbc-and-msnbc-to-apologize-for-the-deliberate-lies-david-gregory-told-against-obama?share_id=mZQcAUyONB&utm_campaign=twitter_link&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter.
Hi JER, that’s a strange one, it’s working for me in Firefox and Safari – does this link make any difference: http://tinyurl.com/8oxdtyq
It does not work. Received this message: ” could not load the webpage because http://www.change.org took too long to respond.” All other links work for me without problem.
Weird. Do you use Firefox at all JER?
I use Chrome and IE.
It’s not working with Firefox for me either. I have Fios, maybe it with them.
Firefox:
The connection has timed out
The server at http://www.change.org is taking too long to respond.
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
Then I blame your anti-virus. Disable for a few minutes and try.
Done
Signed and done, Ranman.
Done.
Yo ho ho O’s!!! What a glorious and great getting up day today on the TOD porch!!!! Thanks Chips for posting my fundraiser page here on your site. I am so pleased and thankful to all of you for helping me out with my fundraiser page. In ’08 my goal was only $200.00. This time I went all out and now my final goal is $2000.00. I’m real close to that and just really wanted to make sure you all know how much your participation means to me. This is more than contributing to the campaign. It brings with it a sense of community among us TODdies.
My political take today is that with the Supreme Court convenes today. They will be hearing some very sensitive cases, Voters Rights, DOMA, Affirmative Action, etc. That is one of the most important reason we need to keep our POTUS in place.
You are so right cookemom. Our O Sista Val, had her FR goal set very low at first, but now she has reached in the 1000’s as well. I think it is really a testament to all of us doing our part and doing whatever we can. A true grassroots campaign vs simply big money from the likes of Koch bros and Adelson. The organization of this campaign is amazing.
do we know who the moderator is on wednesday night- is this Candy Crowley’s night? I fully expect stupid, ignorant questions.. I also expect Romney to break/bend whatever rules are in place & get away with it.. yep I’m cynical 😉 I fully expect disrespect directed at POTUS by the moderators.. and absolutely by Romney.. all his “zingers” will be personal, insulting and freely allowed. Hopefully I’m wrong & we’ll all enjoy a true debate on the issues at hand by two serious men who have our best interests as their goal… but since there will most likely be only One Adult in the room, I won’t be holding my breath.
I have decided not even to watch the debates. The only thing that matters ultimately is to see how the emdia spins it. The fact is, as shown in the past, who the public initially sees as the winner is not always the same as the media sees it. And the media does have the ability to sway public opinion.
All that being said, the only way the debates can makedifference is if PBO makes a major error, which I can’t see him doing.
I have to work Wed night but I am going to DVR the debate. When I come home I am going to read some online comments first lmao and then decide if I actually want to watch or not. I am just afraid that Romney will get away with not answering questions, and then telling lies without rebuttal from the moderator and the MSM will carry the water. They have set the bar low just like they did for Sarah Palin and then called her lousy debate against VP Biden a victory.
In 2008 that was funny as all get out. They were tooting her horn about how great she was and then CBS did a snap poll that said VP Joe had won by a large margin and they had to shift gears. The same thing happened with PBO’s debates with McCain.
I have to disagree, japa 21. I always listen to the President even if I do not like the person interviewing or questioning him. I learn a lot about how to respond, how to avoid getting all tangled up and incoherent in dealing with people who do not share my views and even those who are openly hostile. President Obama has such grace and dignity in responding to even the most ridiculous allegations and insinuations. He always forces his opposites to return to the real issues at hand and holds his own. I have no doubt that he will do well and come across as the honest, thoughtful person that he is.
It is Jim Lehrer(sp) from PBS I believe.
I think it is Jim Leherer… Crowley is doing the town hall debate
Jim Lehrer is the moderator wednesday night and probably the ONLY night with a fair moderator. All the others are GOP tools.
Thank God he’s moderating the FIRST debate. It’s considered as the only possible game-changer for Romney. Romney won’t be helped by a biased moderator. The debate will be fair.
I hope Willard’s “zingers” end up hurting him. His arrogance and bullying will be on display. I too will not be able to watch the debates (I can’t physically watch them.) I will “watch” through the “eyes” of TOD.
sheri, its Jim Leher one of the best in the business. I found out yesterday that the debate Crowley is moderating she can only get questions from the audience both live and social media. Thank God b/c she is a staunch repub shill.
I agree. Lehrer won’t let mittbot get away with bs.
thank you all for your responses.. appreciate all of you 🙂 Yes I agree Leher will be the best we get in terms of fairness. Very glad to know that Crowley is going to be limited by the questions she gets.. look for her ‘tone’ when asking these questions. Anyhoo… I have absolute trust in President Obama’s abilities- he’s there for us, therefore he will be on top & prepared for all the nonsense. So I’ll have his back all the way.
Like your ideas, but I’m not going to be able to pay attention to Crowley’s “tone,” since I’ll be muting every damn thing she spews out of her mouth.
Other than that, happy October, sherijr and TODville!
Ha! good idea 🙂 and happy October back to you.. its my birthday thursday & my grandson’s birthday on friday… so I love October + Halloween 🙂
Happy (early) birthdays to you and your grandson, sherijr! My birthday is one week from yours. Lots of Libras (the best people – Ha!) on this blog! I love Halloween, also, too. 🙂
And, Miss Jacqueline, how about us Taurus people?
Yeah, Miss Barbara, you’re the best friends anybody could ever hope to have in life.
(How’s that?)
🙂
Happy really early Birthday to you Jacqueline.. yes I do believe there are a lot of libras here.. we’ll see how many Oct birthdays we rack up on TOD 🙂
🙂
The problem is Robme will stack the audience in his favor with the help from Crowley. It’s doesn’t matter…just like the Univision interview, Robme will come off like an arsehole.
Just another reminder folks! Tonight at 7PM ET, Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren will have their second debate in race for Senate seat (MA). The not-so-good news is that David Gregory will moderate, but he is on notice, especially after that egregious lie he told on MTP yesterday. Please tune in. The debate will be carried live on CSPAN one TV (and livestreamed on CSPAN.org as well).
http://www.c-span.org/Campaign2012/Events/Sen-Scott-Brown-R-Meets-Elizabeth-Warren-D-in-Mass-Senate-Debate/10737434503/
Also other debates of interest on CSPAN tonight are:
1. Nebraska Senate (Bob Kerrey [D] and Deb Fischer [R]) 3rd and final debate, at 8PM ET, right after the Brown-Warren debate .
2. Live on CSPAN 2 TV will be the VA 7th congressional district (Wayne Powell [D] and Eric Cantor[R]) at 7PM ET.
http://www.c-span.org/Events/Virginia-7th-District-House-Debate/10737434511/
Thanks. Please remind us at the time draws near.
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/252791515057885184
Don’t know how many of you have a 7-11 in your state but, every general election they do a “Coffee Cup Poll”. Blue for PBO and Red for Romney. Here is the link to their website. You can check your state and also possibly your city:
http://www.7-eleven.com/7-Election/NationalResults.aspx
Do remember this is a FUN poll and not factual but, they have predicted the outcome in the last 3 Presidential elections.
To all my TODs, a bit of advice. Start preparing now for the Wednesday debates. Know that if you have MSM issues, that feeling will be magnified during and after the debate. If you are apt to fret, know that you will probably have untold anxiety. If you are quick to react, try to remain calm until the question is at least asked. If you’re like me, and suffer from all of these, then make sure you have your favorite drink, the remote, and a trusted friend nearby. The remote to hit the mute or turn the channel in a nanosecond, the drink to calm your nerves, and the friend to scrape you off the walls. Other than that, do try and have fun. Look for the positive in the questions and answers. Picture Mitt standing there in his magic underwear. Try to emulate PBO, never too high, never too low. Know that PBO got this and no matter the spin, we don’t have to gnash our teeth. We just keep it moving FORWARD!
LOL @ Other than that, do try and have fun.
Nice ad. Nail the fuckers together. Don’t let the downtickets get away from mittbot.
Excellent! This Wisconsinite loves it!
RanMan (@ranman09) (How can we start a petition drive to request for David Gregory that repub shill to apologize or be removed for the damn lies) that call for action, we are to busy blog talking, text talking, that’s what we do best. Some don’t have time to do a petition or call out someone that is lying as a group ( that’s Obama job) Most are here to read, blog talk,text talk, give money, blog talk to death, NO real Action. I tried (petition drive of the media here ) in 2010 before Republicans took the house and it did not get off the ground. I have always said from day one its Obama vs the Media but we love to bash the Republicans who don’t have power the media do. Most of my post is about the media not giving Obama respect as the leader of the free world. If Mitt wins the media wins. We, Obama supporters let him down by not focusing on the real enemy THE MEDIA (P.S.If you are doing action for the Obama in this area this post was not meant for you. If you can find the time to post here you can send a post to the media. Thank RanMan and desertflower I have text Meet the press concern Gregory lies, keep up the good work Yes we can:) http://www.change.org/ Start one…we’ll sign it! Let’s make an impact with our text.
Love that! 🙂
stepping on his tongue. 🙂
Too funny!
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan lamented that media bias pervades the 2012 presidential election coverage.
During an interview on “Fox New Sunday” with host Chris Wallace, Ryan said that he was “used to media bias” because he’s a “conservative first.”
Wallace, who was stern with the vice presidential candidate throughout the interview, asked if Ryan though the mainstream media was “carrying water for Barack Obama.”
“I think it goes without saying that there’s definitely media bias,” Ryan said. “We expected media bias going into this.”
When asked to provide specific examples of biased coverage, Ryan said that he was not going “to go tit for tat or litigate” the issue.
“As a conservative, I’ve long believed and long felt that there’s an inherent media bias. And I think anybody with objectivity would believe that that’s the case,” Ryan said.
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He sounds a little paranoid to me..
Nope. He is lying. That’s one trait this 2012 thugs ticket shares.
Indeed! Projection has become the GOP’s trademark!
Well, he is correct, there is a media bias. Note he didn’t say which way the media was biased. Anybody with objectivity would realize the media was biased in favor of the conservative point of view.
Japa X 2
Follow the money, Bain also has investment with NBC other affiliate E! and not just their weather channel. Bain made a huge financal deal with Ryan Secrest(sp) this year to develop program for the E!
Meant “programs”
When I read things like that, I am seeing the movie the Dead Zone. Surely that isn’t something else to worry about with Romney. It’s no longer just foolish, its getting scary.
Chips, I notice at dem underground this person always reblogs your pics without giving you credit. Does that bother you or should we let that one go by? http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021445466
Thrilled to see them spread around by any genuine PBO supporters, Edwina – and I’ve endless admiration for the PBO supporters who stayed at DU to fight the PUMAs! The only work I do is gathering the pics, but they’re obviously not mine – love to see them on any site run by people who actually care about PBO being re-elected, like so many at DU 😉
That’s my girl.
I’d let it go. No bickering are this point.
sounds right to me
Chips, you are a hoot 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
HellooooOOOOOOOooooo fundraising Queen! Hey, up that target of yours 😉
Ahhhh thanks for the reminder. 😉
https://twitter.com/BorowitzReport/status/252791054313586688
Flippin’ hilarious 😆
love this Borowitz line: “In debate prep, Romney is getting trounced by a variety of opponents, including the Apple personal assistant Siri.”
Woot!
😆
What a sicko!
As part of its ongoing “We Can’t Wait” initiative, the Obama administration is expediting two regional transit projects.
The White House on Monday announced that the Southwest Light Rail Transit line in Minneapolis, Minn. and the Little Italy Rapid Station in Cleveland, Ohio were both approved.
“As part of a Presidential Executive Order issued in March of this year, the Office of Management and Budget is charged with overseeing a government-wide effort to make the permitting and review process for infrastructure projects more efficient and effective, saving time while driving better outcomes for local communities,” the White House said in a statement.
“Investments in infrastructure are putting people back to work in Minnesota and Ohio building and modernizing our transit systems,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in a statement. “The Obama Administration is committed to doing its part to help communities across the country move forward with these critical projects as quickly and efficiently as possible.”
The Obama administration has been running an ongoing program of using executive orders to bypass congressional inaction and gridlock.
And that’s how a smart person uses his EO’s.
Lyin ryan said he’s “used to media bias” because he’s a “conservative first.”
He should try being an American first, that way he could make the USA his priority rather than an ideology.
Now that, Claire, is a zinger and a good one. Thanks.
BAM! Right-on, Claire!
Retweeted, weepin’!
VP Biden at the Pentagon:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=4
OFF-TOPIC News for Adele lovers out there:
Skyfall: Adele confirms James Bond theme song
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19785659
Adele has confirmed she has recorded the theme for the forthcoming James Bond film, Skyfall. She posted a picture of the song credits on her official Twitter page, and says recording the track was “one of the proudest moments of my life”. It comes after months of rumours and other people, aside from Adele, discussing it.
Adele’s photo appears to show the cover page of the sheet music for the Skyfall theme. It lists the composers as A. Adkins, the singer’s full name, and P. Epworth – the producer and co-writer of her hit single Rolling In The Deep. The music has been arranged by Epworth and film composer JAC Redford, whose credits include The Help, The Iron Lady and Wall-E.
Skyfall will be premiered via the singer’s official website at 0.07 BST on Friday 5 October. The same date marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the first James Bond film, Dr. No.
Wow, never imagined her doing the James Bond theme! (Am I alone in not liking Bond films? 😕 )
No, not alone, but I love Adele.
Count me in. Once Sean Connery, and fun, was gone, I was done.
Betsey, I always felt alone in the world …. I didn’t like Connery either, or any JB. Am I weird? (Amk …. stop).
I prefer to think that we’re distinctive, not weird.
Beautifully put, Betsey 😆
‘Yes, Ms Chips.’ /amk asked me to send you this message/
I’m a Bond fan from way back. It’s a guilty pleasure — yes, sexist and even trite. What can I say? I partake in a lot of stuff that’s not necessarily good for me. 🙂
Roger Moore did nothing for me and someone was on drugs when they put in Timothy Dalton (ugh!). I grew up loving Sean Connery back in the day (wooo-wee that man was phoine!). He and Pierce Brosnan were born for that role. They pissed me off when they kicked out Brosnan, but Daniel Craig won me over in his version of Casino Royale.
The Polls look ALL good to me
I’m somewhat of a poll follower (apologies – it’s been inbuilt since McCain introduced Palin) – but in particular the arithmetic of Nate Silver (Ignore his discussion most of the time – unless it relates purely to the numbers).
At the end of the polls yesterday the President had an 85.1% chance of being elected in November with at least 320 electoral votes. This is the highest figure to date.
Rasmussen – the daily pollster who tends to win the accuracy vote the day before an election – has been trending towards the President for the past 2 days, with today being 50-47 for the President. Rasmussen has had the President behind or equal until about 3-4 days ago & is now amazingly coming back to where everyone else is standing. It is a 3 day rolling average so by Friday I have little doubt they will be giving the President a “debate bounce” and be basically in agreement with the rest of the polls.
ALL polls have error rates – from 3-5 points – so whether a poll has the President up by 2 or 5 points the real difference could be -1 to 8. No polls, however, are showing Romney in the lead – the trend is all for the President.
The state polls appear to be showing more strength for the President which is also good news for John McCain (he really does NOT want Mitt to win). State polls are often more accurate than federal ones as they cover a larger number of voters in a smaller geographical area – more chance to hit the best random selection. So although the WAPO poll gives good news for the swing states, the individual state polls are probably more accurate – and are also good news for the swing states – perhaps with a slightly lower margin.
Nice summary, 99ts. Thanks.
Great post 99ts. Thanks for the info.
i>But as the scope of the scandal grows, it appears the Republican National Committee has been left in a bind — with five weeks until Election Day, the party has no Plan B, and has now given up on registering new voters.
How corrupt and inept to boot ? And yet 40% support this party./smh
WHAT? This is getting like a Benny Hill show or something. Morons.
Heh, I lurv Benny Hill shows.
(Meta? Why does this not surprise me?)
Hey, you gonna ‘hope and change’ a simpleton ? 🙂
I’m not sure there’s any hope or possibility of change here, amk. 🙂
egg.sack.lee,
gunnite chips. wifey giving me evil eyes.
(Sensible wifey) Night!
As Jodi Kantor would say, hmmmmmmmm……..
Oooooh Meta, you’ve just picked the perfect theme tune for the GOP:
BINGO, Meta, Chips!
Someone should take video of some of the stupid the RR campaign says/does and put it to this music. It would be THE PERFECT AD!!
Didn’t they get the term “naughty bits” from this show?
Is that where it came from Yardarm? And how, may I ask, do you know this?????
I was a big fan of that show. If it wasn’t that show it had to be Monty Python. Either way I believe it was British in origin.
HEEEEE HAAAAAW!!
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/252823022250115072
“This isn’t going out live is it?” 😆
I can imagine twitter’s response to this! 😆
BTW, CC, I ‘m beginning to think the timing of my retirement from competition has been providential. Ever since you have joined the common folk on Twitter I can’t turn my head without bumping into a mirror image of you. My poor neck is suffering whiplash trying to determine if it’s really you or someone hiding behind you! Congrats on fitting so effortlessly into the neighbourhood. Of course, most people have quickly recognized your talents and humour. Come to think of it, a couple of TODobots have found their ‘natural home’ on Twitter in the last little while – I’m thinking of Dudette, Edwina, 57F….
AWESOME!!!! 😀
Good morning Chips and friends. (at least it is morning for me).I love this Chips. I am actually happy that the Mittens camp let us know that he is memorizing zingers. It loses the effect when he makes the attempt. Does anyone know who will be in the audience, i.e lots of Robney supporters and few Obama supporters?
Excellent, and yet so grotesque. #CannotStomachTheGuy
Updated absentee returns-
IOWA reports 24,304 ballots cast as of Monday morning.
MAINE reports 48 returned ballots as of Monday morning.
NORTH CAROLINA reports 13,500 returned ballots as of Monday morning. (As of Monday morning there are 7 non-reporting counties.)
OHIO 10 counties report 268 returned ballots as of Sunday morning.
SOUTH CAROLINA reports 1,753 returned ballots as of Thursday afternoon.
SOUTH DAKOTA reports 4,790 returned ballots as of Saturday morning.
Good article from Reuters: Why Bankers hate Obama:
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/01/victimized-billionaires/
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/10/01/see-how-president-obama-has-helped-your-state/