I came on and I saw Leave a Comment. My fingers were shaking as I was typing. Thanks. I hope that I will be rewarded with a great Foto of the Fearsome Four……POTUS, FLOTUS, VPOTUS and Dr. Jill Brown.
Howdy, Cousin Henry!! We are working every day to re-elect our beloved President, so please plan another party!! It will be close but we will WIN. Give our best to everyone in Moneygall!!
So good to hear from you cousin Henry. Keep the good thoughts coming our way. We will bring a WIN for sure on Nov. 6,2012. Get out your celebration smile. Tell everyone hello for us.
I just came in from an phonebanking. Good spirits doing great things. Keep moving on to get POB re-elect.HZ
Hi Henry! Thanks for checking in! It’s great hearing from you!
We’re all excited and working hard to keep your awesome cousin in the Big Chair, moving America and the World forward. Hugs to you and all the supporters in Moneygall.
Hi Henry, I took a trip to Ireland 2 years ago. It was fantastic. My maiden name is McCarthy and my Mom also has Irish roots. Yet my great grandfather married an Native American which is really different since his Dad’s trip from Ireland to here was paid by the US Army to fight Indians. Talk about inner turmoil! Your Country is beautiful!
2nd attempt successful ——(altho they were still having computer probs)——I voted for President Barack Obama for POTUS today!—-so did mr. dotster——2 more votes in the can in non-critical Illinois—-but still—–great satisfaction touching that little circle next to his name—–I said “Yahoo!” as I was doing it too—–other olds in the room looked at me like I was goofy—–probably couldn’t imagine anyone being that excited about her vote——I just smiled and waved back at them. Mr. dotster was kindof embarrassed (he knew someone there) but he’s mostly used to it by now—-not really surprised by my joyful outburst.
Our tradition, too. Being Episcopalians in Mormon Utah where everyone meets each other at his or her Mormon church, it’s the only way to meet our neighbors. We are always alert, listening for the sirens to go off when we click on the straight democratic ticket.
So true. I wish people would stop calling them pro-life and call them pro-fetus or anti-choice instead. Once the child is born, he/she is on their own as far as these Rightwingers are concerned. Just look at their policies.
Just a local report from NC. My uncle, and my ex parents in law went to vote today. Yes I said ex parents in law lol but we have a cordial relationship. I encouraged all three to go vote today and gave them their location. They reported quite a bit of activity and a long line. I am amazed because like I said more people who I know in NC are early voting “earlier” and more enthusiastically then they did in 2008. One of my friends works at the voting location in NC and just put on her page that people need to come out and vote.
Really like PBO’s final rally speech–it’s tight, covers everything he needs to address and contains some humor. Sharp contrast with the little bit of Mitbot’s I saw on Bashir today where he’s trying to convince folks of his “surge”. Hah! Demver is what a surge looks like! Forward!
I watched the Iowa and Denver speeches: he’s changing them up. They are getting tighter and cover all the bases. Can’t imagine why anyone would give two seconds to that fraud Romney.
Chipsticks – THANK YOU for setting up that live Denver rally as you did. I’ve never before been able to watch on my iPad, but I was able to watch the rally without any glitches at all. My Prez was on fire – and the crowd loved him.
Ok, I’ve been in a meeting all day, and I just got back to my desk to find out that Chump’s big “bombshell” was in effect to try to bribe the President of the United States to prove he’s who he says he is. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!? Here’s a deal, Donald: I’ll donate $500 to the charity of your choice if you let me tug on that ferret you wear on your head.
Why do people give him a platform? Do you know of any other President who has been subjected to such derision? So President Obama in Rightwing World is too dumb to get into a prestigious university?
And yet I got more than a few RWNJ’s incensed at my tweet on Monday suggesting that Romney’s voters hate the black guy more than they actually like Romney. Odd.
Hi all – just waking up here in Australia and reading all the news. Re Gloria Allred – this will be like a red rag to a bull for all those women who have been screwed over in divorce negotiations by their husbands. It doesn’t matter if its been for millions or for half of the family car any woman who has been taken advantage of like that (and there are many – including I’m sure Republicans) will be steaming. I think its a big deal and hope it gets lots more traction. Big hugs to all who are working so hard yo GOTV – wish I was there and able to help. Thanks too Chips fpr the heroic work you do on this magnificent site.
Looks like someone put on brakes in a skid and backed up over that big ole funny shaped head of his and if that’s what you call hair got tangled up in it What a jerk!
President Obama says he never expected to have a big lead in the race against Mitt Romney, but that he has an edge in truth-telling.
“You guys have some short memories. Folks in your business were writing me off a year ago, saying there was no way I would win,” Obama said Wednesday in an interview with NBC News’s Brian Williams conducted at the start of the president’s two-day, eight-state campaign swing, in response to a question about why the president doesn’t have a bigger lead. “So, you know, these things go in ebbs and flows.”
“The one thing I’ve tried always to be is just steady in terms of what I believe in, who I’m fighting for,” he said. “I think that one of the qualities I bring to bear in this campaign is people see what did I say I was going to do in 2008 and what have I delivered. And they can have some confidence that the things I say, I mean.”
I remember very well when the media kept saying that President Obama was going to have a hard time winning because of the economy and unemployment rate. They’ve always tried to underestimate him.
Finally caught up after a day away. Can I just say that I LOVE the diversity of all the women and men who have introduced PBO in his various campaign speeches (of which I’ve watched nearly all).
Thanks for all the news, tweets, links and videos Chips et al
Mr. Blondgrrl & I voted straight dem ticket in September here in Wisconsin via absentee ballot – we are celebrating our 40th anniversary on a hiking trip to Nepal and Tibet. That’s the good news; the bad news is we are going to be so remote we might not find out about the election for several days. Keep up the great work TODers – thanks Chips for this great site. Luckily for us we will be traveling with fellow Dems so we will all be trying to get the election news. I have high hopes that Wisconsin is going to go all the way for the President and that we will also elect Tammy Baldwin to the Senate. Leaving on Friday so only a few more hours of TOD to carry me though for several weeks. #Forward2012
Oh wow blondegrrl, what a gorgeous trip to look forward to! Advance congratulations on your wedding anniversary, and have a completely wonderful trip. Love to Mr blondegrrl!
My husband and I have voted in a rural township – about a half-hour’s drive from Eau Claire. The RNC is hitting our area hard. We get at least two calls from them a day, which we don’t answer. Today they left a message providing the street address of our rural town hall and an encouragement to vote early, along with a message about how President Obama has devastated the economy. So now they’re doing some very targeted calls.
The GOP are really putting money out there in Wisconsin – I’m in a reliably red area near Eagle River, but even so the Dem campaign headquarters here is thriving. Lots of GOP commercials on TV, many more than DEM.
#TrustBarack I LOVE this hashtag Bob is using. I don’t tweet but hope all those who do will keep this up the next 13 days. It ties in perfectly with PBO’s closing argument. And perhaps those of us who don’t tweet can throw out ideas to go with the hashtag to keep this going. I’ll be happy to start if anyone wants to tweet it:-)
#TrustBarack because he cares for our Troops and Veterans.
When I heard him transition from #ROMNESIA to Trust it just seemed natural to try to have that ‘Trust’ captured in something terse … at least #TrustBarack is a start 🙂
Don’t know if anyone has posted this here already. It was in my Inbox…from Dr. Maya Angelou 🙂
I am not writing to you as a black voter, or a woman voter, or as a voter who is over 70 years old and six feet tall. I am writing to you as a representative of this great country — as an American.
It is your job to vote. It is your responsibility, your right, and your privilege. You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich.
But remember this: In an election, every voice is equally powerful — don’t underestimate your vote. Voting is the great equalizer.
Voting has already begun in some states that President Obama needs to win. So please use this handy tool to make sure your friends in those key states know where to cast their ballot. You will be doing them a great favor.
As a country, we can scarcely perceive the magnitude of our progress.
My grandmother and my uncle experienced circumstances that would break your heart. When they went to vote, they were asked impossible questions like, “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” When they couldn’t answer, they couldn’t vote.
I once debated with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. about whether an African American would ever be elected president. He believed it would happen within the next 40 years at the time — I believed it would never happen within my lifetime.
I have never been happier to have been proven wrong.
And since President Barack Obama’s historic election, we’ve moved forward in courageous and beautiful ways. More students can afford college, and more families have access to affordable health insurance. Women have greater opportunities to get equal pay for equal work.
Yet as Rev. King wrote, “All progress is precarious.”
So don’t sit on the sidelines. Don’t hesitate. Don’t have any regrets. Vote.
Go, rise up, and let your friends and family in early vote states know where they can vote today. We must make our voices heard:
Thanks, DF, for sharing Dr. Maya Angelou’s powerful e-mail. I received the same e-mail and forwarded it to friends and family members. I was 19 years (almost 20) when the Voting Rights Act was signed in to law in 1965. I distinctly remember stories told by older black people about the hardships they endured trying to vote. I also remember people who lost their lives in the struggle to regain the right to vote that had supposedly been guaranteed by both the 14th (1868) and the 15th (1870) Amendments. I also studied the long history of women’s struggle to gain the right to vote that culminated in the passage of the19th Amendment (1920). And, the fact that 18 years old men could be drafted and sent to wars while they were denied the right to vote led to the movement that gave us the 26th Amendment (1971). Thus young people, who were deemed old enough to go fight and die for the country, finally won the right to participate in selecting leaders who would make decisions to send them to war. To be honest, I have no respect for people who denigrate voting but still continue to complain about how terrible the system is.
DF, thank you for the wonderful Maya Angelo post (I love and admire her so much)
Nathkatun7, thank you so much for sharing your piece of history. I am so moved by it. All of what you wrote I experienced through watching the “Eyes On The Prize” series.
The MSM is atrocious. How loud will @JakeTapper and @ChuckTodd blow those dog whistles in the next 2 weeks?
Jake:
“POTUS generally draws bigger crowds than Romney, but Obama’08 consistently drew bigger crowds than Obama’12. Denver today – 16k. 2008- 100k”
POTUS generally draws bigger crowds than Romney, but Obama'08 consistently drew bigger crowds than Obama'12. Denver today – 16k. 2008- 100k
My response:
@jaketapper What is your larger point? 2008: the first African American major party nominee vs. an incumbent president? cc: @jeffersonobama
@jaketapper What is your larger point? 2008: the first African American major party nominee vs. an incumbent president? cc: @jeffersonobama
I think the SS and safety have a lot to do with smaller crowds this year. The usual suspects are brim full of racial epithets and obviously know President Obama is going to win – their only response is to stir up the wingnuts. Selecting smaller venues makes it possible for the SS to do their job.
Just watched the first part of the Brian Williams interview and you could just tell that Pres. Obama was thinking, “Brian Williams, you are a dumb ass.”
POTUS: "You guys have some short memories. Folks in your business were writing me off a year ago, saying there was no way I would win." #NBC
President Obama on Wednesday made an “off the record” stop for lunch at Antonella’s Pizzeria in Davenport, Iowa, joined by three local women who are longtime campaign volunteers; all were precinct captains in 2007. The President’s visit to the city was the first stop on the 48-hour America Forward! “campaign marathon,” and followed a rally with a crowd of about 3,500 at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. (Above: A photo of the President at lunch, tweeted by the Campaign)
The President sat with his guests at a table covered with a red-and white checked cloth in the middle of the dimly-lit restaurant. He enjoyed a ten-inch “The Works” pizza ($12), with sausage, pepperoni, onion, mushroom and green peppers–and left off the ham that is standard on the dish, according to Gitana “Coco” Sierra, the very excited waitress who served the Eater in Chief. He also had the house salad–the “Insalate,” which is greens with tomatoes ($12) and an iced tea ($1.50) and water that he “barely touched.”
The President ate all but two of the slices in his 8-slice pie, and left “a fabulous” tip after lunch, Sierra said. She declined to say how much, but said the President paid the bill in cash. He also tried to calm his over-the-moon server, who is 32 and has worked at the eatery since June.
“I was very, very nervous, and extremely excited,” Sierra said. “I am a big supporter of Obama, so that made it even worse.”
My name is Mike McCready, and I play guitar in Pearl Jam. I also have Crohn’s Disease, a chronic, life-threatening condition—and twice in recent years I’ve been denied by insurance for treatment my doctor said I needed.
That’s why I am such a big supporter of ObamaCare—and why on Election Day I will only vote for candidates who support it.
Just think—if someone like me has trouble getting the coverage I need, what’s it like for everyone else? Will you take the pledge too?
Click here to sign the petition to vote for candidates who support ObamaCare.
With the resources that come from being in a successful rock band, I’ve been able to fight back and get the coverage I need. But not everyone is so lucky.
I think about all the kids I’ve met with Crohn’s and other chronic illnesses and I know that without ObamaCare many of them will not receive the health care they need.
Some candidates say they want to repeal ObamaCare but would still protect folks with pre-existing conditions. Don’t count on it. We had to fight for years to get these protections. If they go away now, it will be virtually impossible to get them back.
Click here to pledge to vote only for candidates who support Obamacare—and then urge your friends to sign as well.
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Under ObamaCare, every American will have the right to appeal to an Independent Review Organization that can overturn their insurer’s decision. Insurance companies will no longer have the final word.
Election Day is in just two weeks. Please pledge to vote to ensure that all Americans receive access to health care coverage and then send this email to your friends and urge them to sign as well.
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The Obama Diary 
Go Pres Obama.
…and go Nena! Congrats on First!!
Thank you Dudette9t9.
I came on and I saw Leave a Comment. My fingers were shaking as I was typing. Thanks. I hope that I will be rewarded with a great Foto of the Fearsome Four……POTUS, FLOTUS, VPOTUS and Dr. Jill Brown.
I hope Ms. Chipsticks would make my day.
My heart flutters when I see “Leave a Comment”, too. It’s silly, but fun! 🙂
You’re too funny, Nena. Have to LOL at the “My fingers were shaking as I was typing”.
Wait until Chip starts giving cash to the first poster!
I was being honest. My fingers were shaking.
Oh my God….Dr. Jill Biden. I have no idea why or how I had Brown written.
You see, my fingers were Not the Only things shaking……My Brains were too. I am sorry.
Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeena!!!!
Thank you very much, dear Lady. You are simply the VERY, very Best. Thank you.
CBS and CNN streams up for PBO.
Time Poll has pres Obama 49% and Romnesia at 44% in OH.
top ten?
This is brilliant!
So now the top 10 counts? Score!
Eric Boehlert @EricBoehlert
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the Fox New Bubble: number of “Benghazi”/”Libya” mentions today: 85. number of “Mourdock”/”rape” mentions today: 0
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Poor Boehlert. There’s no way I would subject myself to Faux News.
Time Magazine poll shows Pres. Obama up in Ohio over Romney 49%-44%. Early voting is working for us. Our ground game is great.
AND PBO up 60-30 with those who have already voted. 20% have voted. Amongst those yet to vote, the candidates are tied at 45. Great ground game!!!
http://swampland.time.com/2012/10/24/time-poll-obama-leads-by-5-in-ohio/
I’m so bummed at the enthusiasm gap, aren’t you?
Wow!!!!!!!
That enthusiasm gap is so sad. There can’t be more than 20 people there. 🙂
Looks like 13, if you ask me. It’s the camera angle…
I was there. They said 16,000. Seemed like more.
I was being snarky… 🙂
I knew. I was just bragging about being there!
And you have every right to brag! 🙂
Yeah, what’s a couple of zeroes to the MSM anyway?
Ain’t that pretty?
But, but but Chuck Todd told me that people aren’t walking over broken glass…
POTUS on CSPAN one (TV) 4:55
Yeah well just wait til the convention. You’ll see a SURGE!
After the 1st debate you’ll see a Romney surge!!
Our ground game is freaking AMAZING and the pundits know it.
You are one Fierce Twitter Warrior UT. You totally Rock.
You, Bobfr, LL, Dudette, Lisa, VC, Chipsticks, BWD, Collegekay, etc…..13 days to go and you all are simply the very best…..Amk…..and all.
Thank you all. Thank you all.
Keep up the good work you guys!!! Watching closely here in Moneygall
Howdy, Cousin Henry!! We are working every day to re-elect our beloved President, so please plan another party!! It will be close but we will WIN. Give our best to everyone in Moneygall!!
Hey Henry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great to hear from you! We’re gonna bring it home for your cousin — BELIEVE THAT!
Send good thoughts, Henry! The whole world is holding its breath on this one!
Hi Cousin Henry! Keep thinking good thoughts: we will prevail! Celebrate in January!
Cousin Henry! Thanks for the good thoughts! We are Warriors for the President! Love to everyone in Moneygall!
So good to hear from you cousin Henry. Keep the good thoughts coming our way. We will bring a WIN for sure on Nov. 6,2012. Get out your celebration smile. Tell everyone hello for us.
I just came in from an phonebanking. Good spirits doing great things. Keep moving on to get POB re-elect.HZ
Hi Henry! Thanks for checking in! It’s great hearing from you!
We’re all excited and working hard to keep your awesome cousin in the Big Chair, moving America and the World forward. Hugs to you and all the supporters in Moneygall.
Hey Henry – how was that event a few weeks ago. You were a judge right?
Hi Henry, I took a trip to Ireland 2 years ago. It was fantastic. My maiden name is McCarthy and my Mom also has Irish roots. Yet my great grandfather married an Native American which is really different since his Dad’s trip from Ireland to here was paid by the US Army to fight Indians. Talk about inner turmoil! Your Country is beautiful!
A very belated hello Henry, only saw your comment now! Great to hear from you, hope all’s good – huge thanks for dropping in.
2nd attempt successful ——(altho they were still having computer probs)——I voted for President Barack Obama for POTUS today!—-so did mr. dotster——2 more votes in the can in non-critical Illinois—-but still—–great satisfaction touching that little circle next to his name—–I said “Yahoo!” as I was doing it too—–other olds in the room looked at me like I was goofy—–probably couldn’t imagine anyone being that excited about her vote——I just smiled and waved back at them. Mr. dotster was kindof embarrassed (he knew someone there) but he’s mostly used to it by now—-not really surprised by my joyful outburst.
Congrats! We haven’t heard anything about voting problems in my Chi-town neck of the woods.
I’m still going to vote on election day. Just my tradition, Mr. 57 and me.
Our tradition, too. Being Episcopalians in Mormon Utah where everyone meets each other at his or her Mormon church, it’s the only way to meet our neighbors. We are always alert, listening for the sirens to go off when we click on the straight democratic ticket.
Yay!
Yippee!
So true. I wish people would stop calling them pro-life and call them pro-fetus or anti-choice instead. Once the child is born, he/she is on their own as far as these Rightwingers are concerned. Just look at their policies.
I’m tryin’ to tell ya!
Just a local report from NC. My uncle, and my ex parents in law went to vote today. Yes I said ex parents in law lol but we have a cordial relationship. I encouraged all three to go vote today and gave them their location. They reported quite a bit of activity and a long line. I am amazed because like I said more people who I know in NC are early voting “earlier” and more enthusiastically then they did in 2008. One of my friends works at the voting location in NC and just put on her page that people need to come out and vote.
Yay. Would be nice if NC went for President Obama again. Fingers and toes are crossed.
Worms in the same can!
Did you just finish watching Martin Bishir? Yeah…..D’Souza loves them Blonde.
I like brunettes myself.
My heavens, yardarm, you were and are a handsome man!
Thank you.
Really like PBO’s final rally speech–it’s tight, covers everything he needs to address and contains some humor. Sharp contrast with the little bit of Mitbot’s I saw on Bashir today where he’s trying to convince folks of his “surge”. Hah! Demver is what a surge looks like! Forward!
I watched the Iowa and Denver speeches: he’s changing them up. They are getting tighter and cover all the bases. Can’t imagine why anyone would give two seconds to that fraud Romney.
Chipsticks – THANK YOU for setting up that live Denver rally as you did. I’ve never before been able to watch on my iPad, but I was able to watch the rally without any glitches at all. My Prez was on fire – and the crowd loved him.
We’re going to make it happen!
Ok, I’ve been in a meeting all day, and I just got back to my desk to find out that Chump’s big “bombshell” was in effect to try to bribe the President of the United States to prove he’s who he says he is. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!? Here’s a deal, Donald: I’ll donate $500 to the charity of your choice if you let me tug on that ferret you wear on your head.
LOL! And I would provide matching funds to your wager LL!
Why do people give him a platform? Do you know of any other President who has been subjected to such derision? So President Obama in Rightwing World is too dumb to get into a prestigious university?
I hate these people.
And yet I got more than a few RWNJ’s incensed at my tweet on Monday suggesting that Romney’s voters hate the black guy more than they actually like Romney. Odd.
Fckers hate the truth.
I would yank on something else. Hard! Sorry, but that is what I think of him. He is missing the lime light.
Hi all – just waking up here in Australia and reading all the news. Re Gloria Allred – this will be like a red rag to a bull for all those women who have been screwed over in divorce negotiations by their husbands. It doesn’t matter if its been for millions or for half of the family car any woman who has been taken advantage of like that (and there are many – including I’m sure Republicans) will be steaming. I think its a big deal and hope it gets lots more traction. Big hugs to all who are working so hard yo GOTV – wish I was there and able to help. Thanks too Chips fpr the heroic work you do on this magnificent site.
RANDI RHODES HOMEWORK
http://www.randirhodes.com/pages/homework.html?feed=364336&article=10520518
That’s right!
Hubby still turns on CNN (he watches all the stations) and I get on him about it. But this should block CNN from our TV forever:
CNN used to be world class. How the mighty have fallen. Haven’t watched in years and obviously, I’m not missing anything.
Twitter’s hilarious reaction to Trump’s “announcement” http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/fullpage/donald-trump-twitter-laughingstock-17554385
Awww…Grandpa Joe.
No…no…no. It’s not Grandpa Joe. It’s sexy, kick ass, coolest dude on the planet, VP Joe Biden.
LOVE it!!!!!! Thank you UT!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepin”!!!! 😆
And yet, my heart wasn’t in it. He’s such a buffoon.
He asked for it LL, he deserves all the ridicule he’s getting.
Looks like someone put on brakes in a skid and backed up over that big ole funny shaped head of his and if that’s what you call hair got tangled up in it What a jerk!
This is how we win. We multiply our votes…
Off to OFA to phonebank!
President Obama says he never expected to have a big lead in the race against Mitt Romney, but that he has an edge in truth-telling.
“You guys have some short memories. Folks in your business were writing me off a year ago, saying there was no way I would win,” Obama said Wednesday in an interview with NBC News’s Brian Williams conducted at the start of the president’s two-day, eight-state campaign swing, in response to a question about why the president doesn’t have a bigger lead. “So, you know, these things go in ebbs and flows.”
“The one thing I’ve tried always to be is just steady in terms of what I believe in, who I’m fighting for,” he said. “I think that one of the qualities I bring to bear in this campaign is people see what did I say I was going to do in 2008 and what have I delivered. And they can have some confidence that the things I say, I mean.”
I remember very well when the media kept saying that President Obama was going to have a hard time winning because of the economy and unemployment rate. They’ve always tried to underestimate him.
Finally caught up after a day away. Can I just say that I LOVE the diversity of all the women and men who have introduced PBO in his various campaign speeches (of which I’ve watched nearly all).
Thanks for all the news, tweets, links and videos Chips et al
Mr. Blondgrrl & I voted straight dem ticket in September here in Wisconsin via absentee ballot – we are celebrating our 40th anniversary on a hiking trip to Nepal and Tibet. That’s the good news; the bad news is we are going to be so remote we might not find out about the election for several days. Keep up the great work TODers – thanks Chips for this great site. Luckily for us we will be traveling with fellow Dems so we will all be trying to get the election news. I have high hopes that Wisconsin is going to go all the way for the President and that we will also elect Tammy Baldwin to the Senate. Leaving on Friday so only a few more hours of TOD to carry me though for several weeks. #Forward2012
Enjoy your hiking trip. Sounds very exciting. Don’t worry. By the time you hear the news, it will be that President Obama won!
Oh wow blondegrrl, what a gorgeous trip to look forward to! Advance congratulations on your wedding anniversary, and have a completely wonderful trip. Love to Mr blondegrrl!
My husband and I have voted in a rural township – about a half-hour’s drive from Eau Claire. The RNC is hitting our area hard. We get at least two calls from them a day, which we don’t answer. Today they left a message providing the street address of our rural town hall and an encouragement to vote early, along with a message about how President Obama has devastated the economy. So now they’re doing some very targeted calls.
The GOP are really putting money out there in Wisconsin – I’m in a reliably red area near Eagle River, but even so the Dem campaign headquarters here is thriving. Lots of GOP commercials on TV, many more than DEM.
#TrustBarack I LOVE this hashtag Bob is using. I don’t tweet but hope all those who do will keep this up the next 13 days. It ties in perfectly with PBO’s closing argument. And perhaps those of us who don’t tweet can throw out ideas to go with the hashtag to keep this going. I’ll be happy to start if anyone wants to tweet it:-)
#TrustBarack because he cares for our Troops and Veterans.
Thanks friend … as requested 🙂
When I heard him transition from #ROMNESIA to Trust it just seemed natural to try to have that ‘Trust’ captured in something terse … at least #TrustBarack is a start 🙂
It is a perfect transition isn’t it. Thanks Bob! Please keep it going.
Katy Perry is mad Hot!
Handsome Treasure! 🙂
Look who’s on Mourdock’s FB page…..
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/10/24/photoh-look-whos-still-on-richard-mourdocks-facebook-page-god-must-have-willed-it/
VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My my my. Perfect ad.
16,000 in Denver, Colorado
Woo-Hoo!
Let me guess? You Girls want to do this to your nails now?
No not me, but to each her own!! 🙂
Not my thing, but good on anyone who’s into it.
Amazing stuff RIGHT NOW on Brad Friedman’s show on e-vote hacking: http://kpfk.org/listen-live.html
More great Colorado photos
http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/10/24/photos-obama-rally-at-denvers-city-park/#name here
Don’t know if anyone has posted this here already. It was in my Inbox…from Dr. Maya Angelou 🙂
I am not writing to you as a black voter, or a woman voter, or as a voter who is over 70 years old and six feet tall. I am writing to you as a representative of this great country — as an American.
It is your job to vote. It is your responsibility, your right, and your privilege. You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich.
But remember this: In an election, every voice is equally powerful — don’t underestimate your vote. Voting is the great equalizer.
Voting has already begun in some states that President Obama needs to win. So please use this handy tool to make sure your friends in those key states know where to cast their ballot. You will be doing them a great favor.
As a country, we can scarcely perceive the magnitude of our progress.
My grandmother and my uncle experienced circumstances that would break your heart. When they went to vote, they were asked impossible questions like, “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” When they couldn’t answer, they couldn’t vote.
I once debated with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. about whether an African American would ever be elected president. He believed it would happen within the next 40 years at the time — I believed it would never happen within my lifetime.
I have never been happier to have been proven wrong.
And since President Barack Obama’s historic election, we’ve moved forward in courageous and beautiful ways. More students can afford college, and more families have access to affordable health insurance. Women have greater opportunities to get equal pay for equal work.
Yet as Rev. King wrote, “All progress is precarious.”
So don’t sit on the sidelines. Don’t hesitate. Don’t have any regrets. Vote.
Go, rise up, and let your friends and family in early vote states know where they can vote today. We must make our voices heard:
http://my.barackobama.com/Help-Your-Friends-Vote-Early
Your vote is not only important. It’s imperative.
Thank you,
Dr. Maya Angelou
P.S. — Not on Facebook? Send your friends to vote.barackobama.com — don’t let technology get in the way of your incredible duty to our democracy.
Thanks, DF, for sharing Dr. Maya Angelou’s powerful e-mail. I received the same e-mail and forwarded it to friends and family members. I was 19 years (almost 20) when the Voting Rights Act was signed in to law in 1965. I distinctly remember stories told by older black people about the hardships they endured trying to vote. I also remember people who lost their lives in the struggle to regain the right to vote that had supposedly been guaranteed by both the 14th (1868) and the 15th (1870) Amendments. I also studied the long history of women’s struggle to gain the right to vote that culminated in the passage of the19th Amendment (1920). And, the fact that 18 years old men could be drafted and sent to wars while they were denied the right to vote led to the movement that gave us the 26th Amendment (1971). Thus young people, who were deemed old enough to go fight and die for the country, finally won the right to participate in selecting leaders who would make decisions to send them to war. To be honest, I have no respect for people who denigrate voting but still continue to complain about how terrible the system is.
Great post, nathkatun.
DF, thank you for the wonderful Maya Angelo post (I love and admire her so much)
Nathkatun7, thank you so much for sharing your piece of history. I am so moved by it. All of what you wrote I experienced through watching the “Eyes On The Prize” series.
Oh dear – looks like Romney is very good at something:
http://agonist.org/rigged-elections-for-romney/#more-95831
The MSM is atrocious. How loud will @JakeTapper and @ChuckTodd blow those dog whistles in the next 2 weeks?
Jake:
“POTUS generally draws bigger crowds than Romney, but Obama’08 consistently drew bigger crowds than Obama’12. Denver today – 16k. 2008- 100k”
“yes, obvs the 2008 event was on a sunday and this is tuesday. larger point stands, and no one on Obama campaign disputes that.”
My response:
@jaketapper What is your larger point? 2008: the first African American major party nominee vs. an incumbent president? cc: @jeffersonobama
Um, wasn’t the 100K Denver thing in 2008 the actual Democratic Convention?
I think the SS and safety have a lot to do with smaller crowds this year. The usual suspects are brim full of racial epithets and obviously know President Obama is going to win – their only response is to stir up the wingnuts. Selecting smaller venues makes it possible for the SS to do their job.
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/10/24/a-photo-or-two-davenport-to-denver/
Just watched the first part of the Brian Williams interview and you could just tell that Pres. Obama was thinking, “Brian Williams, you are a dumb ass.”
President Obama on Wednesday made an “off the record” stop for lunch at Antonella’s Pizzeria in Davenport, Iowa, joined by three local women who are longtime campaign volunteers; all were precinct captains in 2007. The President’s visit to the city was the first stop on the 48-hour America Forward! “campaign marathon,” and followed a rally with a crowd of about 3,500 at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. (Above: A photo of the President at lunch, tweeted by the Campaign)
The President sat with his guests at a table covered with a red-and white checked cloth in the middle of the dimly-lit restaurant. He enjoyed a ten-inch “The Works” pizza ($12), with sausage, pepperoni, onion, mushroom and green peppers–and left off the ham that is standard on the dish, according to Gitana “Coco” Sierra, the very excited waitress who served the Eater in Chief. He also had the house salad–the “Insalate,” which is greens with tomatoes ($12) and an iced tea ($1.50) and water that he “barely touched.”
The President ate all but two of the slices in his 8-slice pie, and left “a fabulous” tip after lunch, Sierra said. She declined to say how much, but said the President paid the bill in cash. He also tried to calm his over-the-moon server, who is 32 and has worked at the eatery since June.
“I was very, very nervous, and extremely excited,” Sierra said. “I am a big supporter of Obama, so that made it even worse.”
http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2012/10/president-obama-leaves-fabulous-tip.html?m=1
Another Inbox treat:)
My name is Mike McCready, and I play guitar in Pearl Jam. I also have Crohn’s Disease, a chronic, life-threatening condition—and twice in recent years I’ve been denied by insurance for treatment my doctor said I needed.
That’s why I am such a big supporter of ObamaCare—and why on Election Day I will only vote for candidates who support it.
Just think—if someone like me has trouble getting the coverage I need, what’s it like for everyone else? Will you take the pledge too?
Click here to sign the petition to vote for candidates who support ObamaCare.
With the resources that come from being in a successful rock band, I’ve been able to fight back and get the coverage I need. But not everyone is so lucky.
I think about all the kids I’ve met with Crohn’s and other chronic illnesses and I know that without ObamaCare many of them will not receive the health care they need.
Some candidates say they want to repeal ObamaCare but would still protect folks with pre-existing conditions. Don’t count on it. We had to fight for years to get these protections. If they go away now, it will be virtually impossible to get them back.
Click here to pledge to vote only for candidates who support Obamacare—and then urge your friends to sign as well.
Beginning January 1, 2014, ObamaCare will prevent insurance companies from denying health insurance to people with pre-existing conditions.
ObamaCare also expands our right to appeal insurance company denials for payment or coverage. Because of this process, an external review board was able to overturn denials from my insurance company for life-supporting treatments of my disease on two occasions.
Under ObamaCare, every American will have the right to appeal to an Independent Review Organization that can overturn their insurer’s decision. Insurance companies will no longer have the final word.
Election Day is in just two weeks. Please pledge to vote to ensure that all Americans receive access to health care coverage and then send this email to your friends and urge them to sign as well.
Click here to pledge to vote only for candidates who support Obamacare.
Thanks!
–Mike McCready, Pearl Jam guitarist