President Barack Obama greets an attendee after signing his invitation during the September 11th Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Va., Sept. 11 (Pete Souza)
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That is so precious …
Top ten again.
Woot Yardarm!!
😯 . Just kidding! ; ) Seems your ship is coming in to port at more reasonable times. Good for you.
You bet. There are some rough seas out here.
I’ve been told it’s better to stay close to shore when the seas are rough, so it feels good to hear from an expert that my info was correct. I can’t wait for the O’boat to pull into harbour safely on the 6th! That’s the only boat deck on which I won’t hesitate to dance.
Close but not too close. Your ship might be pushed aground. One must stay in deep water to maintain steerage. 😉
My dear Yardarm, you can bet your last dollar staying close to shore in my jargon means being nowhere near the boat! Yeah, I remember your once telling me I’m a great big coward just because I truthfully said you won’t get me on board even for Mitt’s $10,000, Remember?
Yup. Chicken!
😛 😛 Well, YA, you gotta admit chickens do have their roles to play. 😀
KFC anyone?
See! A worthy role, though with a little less oil please.
Ooooo! Naughty mat time for you.
😳 🙄
New Obama TV Ad – Decision
Congrats Martz.
Yay Marlz!
Thank you so much for the humble recognition on gaining first place on this wonderful blog!
😆 Clap! Clap! Clap! Good speech, Marlz. Being on top Iin TODville is indeed an honour. 😆
Congrats from 36000 ft, marjgra 🙂
On the way home!!!
#FORWARD
Thank you Bobfr and safe travel.
So, the meetings are all over……..for now! You’s gots good stamina, my friend. Sending respect and smooth travel wishes your way. 😆
I’ll take third
I’m wondering…. wouldn’t it be a good idea to say this in an ad, or at least in a debate? I don’t know if people would believe it, but at least it would counter the fear mongering of R/R on the deficit.
In the top 20. I cannot believe I am missed every campaign event this week and I did not see the debate last night. Have so much catching up to do this weekend.
Happy top 20 finish, Jackie! Are you now ‘free’ from work for the weekend so that you can TRY to catch up? I’ve stopped trying to catch up when I’ve been away because it means I fall behind on the current thread. So, instead I run around feeling like I haven’t a real clue of what’s happening – very offsetting!
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Pundits should seriously all rot in hell for treating our livelihoods and our children’s futures like an American Idol competition. It is not a game, you morons!! Who cares whose teeth are whiter??
Seriously, wanna bet they ll have Joan Rivers next to give us the all important fashion police expertise? Altho, she’d probably have more brains than those glorified bulls@#$itters, and funnier to boot!
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Good rant.
I sent you a DM on Twitter 🙂
I agree Melissa. Excellent rant!
Can anyone explain how these polling firms make up likely voters?
All of a sudden the emphasis is on likely voters and not registered voters.
If anyone can help I would be grateful for the info.
They ask questions about voting history and how important you think voting is etc. My understanding is that polling firms use their own formulas for deciding who is a likely voter.
Thanks agifford.
but the problem with polling likely voters is that it does not include “first time voters” because they do not have a voting record…and we know that Team Obama…have registered many new voters…BoooooooM!
Yep, and we have the numbers with the registered voters over likely voters if we GOTV 🙂
Indeed!!!!
Top 15! ?
plus a few more 😉 Hi ya, P!
This made my night! I was jumping and giving VP Biden high fives!
Just some perspective.
The MSM is trying to get as much mileage possible from the debate last week to help Romney. So now the latest narrative is his crowds which at most are 9-10K according to AP are “surging” Mind you, we heard nary a peep from AP on any of Obama’s crowds, and we know they would never use the word “surging” to describe Obama’s crowds.
But the MSM seems to conveniently forget that John McCain and Sarah Palin easily got crowds of 20K+ in 2008. And they LOST the election. Here are a few examples of Palin’s enthusiastic crowds in 2008.
1. Palin rally at Lady Lake FL (Sept 21, 08) – Estimated crowd size of 60K
2. Palin at a rally in Jacksonville FL (Oct 8, 2008)
3. Palin/McCain rally in Fairfax VA (Sept 10, 2008) crowd est = 10’s of thousands
4. Another Palin rally in Indiana – Look at how enthusiastic the supporters are (This was in mid Oct, well after she had made serious gaffes in the media.)
I can’t watch Palin again – I. just. can’t. do. it.
Ooops. I didn’t realize those videos would show up on the page like this. But I totally hear you theo. Just wanted to make a point concerning the MSM and their sudden interest in Romney’s crowd size which pale in comparison to 2008’s losing team in the last week or two.
All presidents should be held to the same standard. I wonder when Romney will be holding Bush accountable for a warning he received and ignored that led to a terrorist attack on the same date in history? Although, Romney’s facts aren’t actually correct. President Obama did not directly receive and ignore a security-related request in Benghazi. Once again, Romney’s talking before he’s got his facts straight.
Good op-ed from Frank Schaeffer:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/romney-abortion-evangelic_b_1961309.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=117240,b=facebook#sb=952631,b=facebook
Even Bloomberg takes Jack Welch to task-
Jack Welch, Donald trump, Rick Santelli, Joe Scarborough can go suck on their ……collective…..D_i_c_ks.
Consumer confidence index came out today at 83.1%…..Most in over 4 yrs. Yet the DOW was lower all week? The Wall Street guys trying so hard to help Romney out? In spite of them, This pres and the great Karma wont let these obstructionists.
I think the MSM is truly frightened as to what PBO will do on Tuesday’s debate, and they saw a preview of that last night with VP Biden and Ryan. So now they’re in overdrive trying to build some “momentum” for Romney by milking last week’s debate and the slew of questionable polling that followed in the past week.
I hope this backfires on them. It’ll make us work harder!
I think you’re right and I think the people need to come out collectively against the media, especially the MSNBC. Lately it’s all been the right but I hardly hear us progressives/democrats do exactly that. Instead we spend too much time reacting to the media and complaining about their partisan crap. It’s time to fight back in a big way!
Yessir Mr. President Obama, Sir I like the way you laid your hand on that young man’s head. Give him some of your power. Nice, very nice indeed.
https://twitter.com/ladyblue49/status/256883378408796160
Microsoft or Google had a poll too where VP Biden won also. NBC focus group also, VP Biden won too. That makes it 4 of 5 if the TeaNN fraudulent one is included.
Chips, the caption of this picture should be “HOPE”.
“IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY” ” It’S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT”
Looks like a good sized crowd for Bill Clinton’s appearance for Christie Vilsack in Sioux City, Ia., hoping to unseat whackjob, tea partier, birther Steve King. Watched his appearance in Indy earlier today for Senate candidate Joe Doughterty, hoping to win over whackjob tea partier somebody Moudock. Clinton was excellent—–glad he’s out there campaigning in these critical races.
http://twitter.yfrog.com/g0e4dtej
At a debate or something, that hater, King, had notes written on his palm. Hardball showed a clip as I walked in. I didn’t get if it was a debate with Mrs. Vilsack.
#PRESSON
I’m back! Will have a new post soon-ish. Hope everyone’s in mighty fine form?
Happy Friday evening Chips!!!!
And a highly happy Friday evening to you Bob!!!
‘highly happy’ 😀 😀
Yep, glass of red wine, cursing along, broken clouds, and the Cascades popping up here and there 🙂
^^^ cruising along^^^^ 😀 😀
Chips is going to be insufferable as her play husband Wayne Rooney captained England to a 5-0 thumping of San Marino. I’ll be drinking early tonight.
😎 (But thank you for not mentioning Ireland’s little, um, set-back against Germany 😳 )
I loved Wayne’s statement released earlier that he was much more mature than when he entered the league as a “young lad”. Translation: I’ll stay away from the prozzies while the wife is pregnant.
And yes, poor Ireland. That was a hell of a blitzkrieg the Germans put on them.
But, Race has nothing to do with it. Any one who thinks so, sees so or hears so is just Insane…..the right says.
But, but, but a picture is worth a THOUSAND words, right?
McCain/Palin rally all over. This is despicable, and I know this bozo is one of the 47% who will vote against his own interest because of his racist hate. What a creep.
And this was NOT in the South. Reading Malcolm X in the mid 1990s. I remembered where he said that he respected the Southern racists for they told you where they stood and disliked the Northern racists for they pretend while stabbing one in the back….paraphrasing.
That on that bastard back says it all. While in no way will I say that all Republicans are racists, but I will say that alot, I mean alot of them are. And that is there only reason for supporting Mitt Romney. They know Romney is a bold face liar, but they don’t care, he’s a white bold face liar. What ashame.
Busted! The only thing missing on the guy’s attire is a white hooded robe. Pretty soon, we may see crosses being burned in front of houses occupied by the President’s supporters.
Not sure if I like that one… As much as I dislike the SOB I think it goes a little too far.
OMG Chips, this cartoon is right on. 🙂
I thought it was creepy.
very.
I honestly don’t like this idea of pres Obama going to the Daily show on Oct 18, 2012. Jon Stewart can be funny, but his treatment and the disrespect of pres Obama in 2010, I found a tad distressful.
Have to agree Nena, I wasn’t happy at all when I read this, I just don’t see the point in doing it after Stewart’s treatment of PBO last time.
I already called Chicago, Chips when I read it to register my objections. I know that pres Obama can handle himself. But why even give the Toad that platform, statue and a chance to go rogue just days before the Nov election? That was my hearty felt objections that I pleaded for them to consider.
I don’t watch that show but I have to agree based on just what I read about Jon Stewart and from the clips I’ve seen of his show. And I don’t think his disrespect is limited to 2010. I can’t stand his smug attitude and I think he’s just far too cynical for this country to be hanging on his every word.
It’ll be two days after #PBO relegates #UnhingedMitt to a 3 week accelerating downward spiral of historic defeat. He knows how foolish and disrespectful Stewart has been and is. Jon will not be a happy camper when #PBO finishes with him.
Just an opinion, of course.
#PRESSON
He should go on Colbert
Do you guys think that the President and his people know who says what about him. I am not in favor of going on Stewart, but I think the President can and will do just find.
Why drinking so much water? Could it be a dry throat from lying so much. I imagine the first place Ryan went is to the bathroom.
I hope Ryan went to confession after the debate.
Dems are nice—-at the outdoor Clinton rally for Christie Vilsack in Iowa, a local reporter noted that “some guy is handing out coats from his car to complete strangers”.
Yep. Try that at a Republic rally and he’d get beat down, spit on and called a “commie.”
President Obama’s Accomplishments for Native Americans
Are you in? http://OFA.BO/DLnzBr
President Obama has fought for Native American communities to increase opportunities for tribes and individual tribal members. The President has respected and worked hard to strengthen our government-to-government relationships. This administration also recognizes our history together and acknowledges the unique heritage of Native peoples that includes you in the dreams that we all share.
Native Americans? Wow where is Scott Brown at to give them a birther DNA test, the Brownie gangman style? Not a joking matter I fully know that, but the disdain that I now have for that Scott Brown now. is just immeasurable.
Thanks for this, Dudette. So much good has come of this.
Good news!
OMG! Darryl Issa, Governor Brian Schweitzer and Ben Afleck on the Bill Maher Show.
I trust The Gov of MT. Ben Afleck…not much and Issa, Not at all.
The next debate is a Townhall, so the President can’t really hit back and be aggressive.
He does, however, excel in Townhalls.
Also, Michelle will be in Ohio on Monday and the President will be there on Wed. Presumably, to shore up his votes, as R&R have been camping out there for 1 week.
They seem to think it all boils down to Ohio.
Look at their schedule? It’s mostly Ohio.
God, I cannot stand Anderson Cooper with his sophmoric tweets. So his audience is “oooh gotta watch to lurn me some stuff”.
51.4 million watched the VP debate-
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/10/12/vice-presidential-debate-ratings_n_1962145.html?utm_hp_ref=media
That’s a whole lot for a VP debate…
jovie looks like cspan viewers are not included in totals!
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/10/12/catching-up-27/
Have you guys seen this? Congratulations Romney, you’ve gotten the vote of racists.
It’s the last day to register to vote in NC AND I GOT ONE REGISTERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..and WILL follow up and make sure she votes…BOTH debates convinced her so PBO must not have done as bad a job as was thought……that might not be much of an accomplishment for most of you but it was for me….If every person who votes for PBO got 1 person registered and voting or changed 1 person’s mind to vote for PBO….can you even imagine the blowout………now on to the topic at hand…..I LOVE ME SOME JOEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…….I want them to bring in JB, Bill Clinton, and Chris VanHollen to debate camp…….Teach PBO to roll eyes, laugh, snort, throw his hands in air, be rude,be mean, obnoxious, get his teeth bleached, and every other thing the AH’s are saying…..IT WAS STU[PENDOUS!!!!!!….I know, I know, it’s not in PBO’s DNA to be anything but polite…..But I do want this Angry Black Man crap dropped from his DNA…..what I want is an Angry President Man….who should be angry at the direction these men are trying to take this country….and any woman who would vote for Romney has got to be an insane dumb as rocks racist……and there is nothing anyone can say to change my mind about that.
Just want to say “Thank you” to those brave tweeters who have to endure some of the most hate-filled responses I’ve seen. These (paid?) trolls seem to have really amped it up recently. I hate seeing these responses when I click on a tweet, and I’m sure the senders hate receiving them. Condolences to all.
Here’s a some cheery tweets for y’all:
“After several days of big, loud rallies in OH and NC, today’s VA event seemed a bit flat. Romney tired perhaps and crowd less rowdy”
“This new Obama ad signals a tougher message on Romney and the economy from here on out”
“US government ran budget surplus of $75 billion in September, Treasury Department reports”
The economy is undeniably improving. Here’s an article about home prices from today’s local newspaper (front page banner news):
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/oct/12/county-home-sales-prices-rise-in-september/
Arapaho415, it’s funny you should mention the hate-filled trolls – I tweeted earlier about this, I got a whole pile of tweets attacking VP Biden and defending Ryan, along with the usual RWNJ bile. Almost all of the accounts were brand new, presumably set up since last night. Methinks there’s a rather desperate Romney/Ryan effort going on to create a more ‘supportive’ presence on Twitter, especially to try to change the narrative after the crushing of Ryan by VP Biden.
I just wonder how big the enlargement of that photo of the young boy with the President will be, if the parents get a copy made for their home! I know if it were my kid, the photo would be covering one whole wall. How very touching.