President Barack Obama smiles as he prepares to answer a question during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House
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Buon Natale a Tutti!
You always beat me, Bill! LOL.
Congrats to our first responders, Bill R and College Kay!
Me.
Hello Bill & CK! You guys going to listen to PBO again?
Hey VC! Listen to him where?
I read that the Steve Harvey interview will be available at 9pm (I’m assuming online), according to his Rep.
In the post – the taped speech.
Appreciate the time for (what I hope will be) the online Steve Harvey. TY
Marriage Licenses are already being issued in Utah….!!!!!!!
Me, I’m keeping my ears open for the Steve Harvey interview. That should be interestingly different.
Did you see Charles Pierce’s title for PBO’s press conference? Go look. Too funny.
Oh yes – everyone has to see that for themselves – I did smile
Go look, where Eve?
Pierce sailor – I haven’t done a direct link to the item – 2nd one on the page – cause the link gives away the title
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/
UT, wild idea to just show our smiling President at that godawful presser! Thank you, wild one! LOVE IT.
I won’t ruin it for those who haven’t seen it, but I cried like a little tiny baby through part of the Steve Harvey interview. Still choked up. In a good way!
And the pictures that include the wedding ring – the WHPC cannot handle that this President reflects the ideal of the “all American” family. I think of that every time I see the wedding ring.
If he wasn’t President – the family could make a fortune in a “reality sit com”
Not sure if you’ve sampled our “reality sitcoms” (think Duck Dynasty), but they are at a much higher level than that! However, I understand totally what you meant! And I loved the pictures, too.
I was probably thinking of non-real sitcoms from the 1960s-80s where happy families were the name of the game. I do think from 2017 onwards this family could make billions through the media – and I hope they do. I also imagine that 99% of billions will go towards helping those people that the GOP wants to bury.
I like living in the age of Obama, (as I loved the age of Mandela) – one of the better things to happen in the 21st century.
So ABC, CBS and NBC carried the Live press conference that POTUS held today. CNBC, MSNBC, AJAM, CNN, various LIVE streaming and perhaps, Fox, FBN, Fusion, etc?
Let Us hope that a few more people were able to get to hear the POTUS totally schooled the overly paid Non-Journos at the WHPC.
hoping
Having read the last 2 threads, I think my computer probably survived the Press Conference because I slept through it.
Many thanks UT for the great tweets (as usual) – that was the best way to hear about it.
Love the pictures above – the President works every single day for the people of the US – shown by the color of his hair.
Thanks, 99ts from Down Under! 😀
Bill R. & CollegeKay were TODable Gold Medalists this evening. Congratulations.
POTUS looked carefree today. Even the most idiotic questions and he just calmly battered the flies away. Lovely pictures UT. Your tweets as usual were awesome.
Thanks, Nena.
amen.
The question from TeaNN’s Brianna was so superficial……What is pres Obama’s New Year’s resolution?
This lady get paid for that kind of question? Pathetic.
That’s why some women reporters never got off the society pages of the newspaper in the old (aka prehistoric Barbara Walters) days. They were expected to ask the superficial questions, and they did. Until some women changed all that.
Everything old is new again, in Washington, D.C. And I gag.
I do think that was a better question than the one’s coming from the Jake Tapper & Co. I would have liked if PBO had replied
“To ban the WHPC from the White House”
I like it! 🙂
Dumb blonds still sell in some quarters.
Ah, yes, they sure do. That’s where the “everything old is new again” entered the room!
Indeed. If not dumb then ultra sexy with only one function.
Sounds like the pretty, blonde, inflatable type, delivered straight to one’s front door. Indeed.
That too. 😆
LMAO. 🙂
Exactly, Nena! And these are the people who have anointed themselves to be the judges of the veracity and competency of President Obama. They are all PATHETIC!
Oops, GETS paid.
There I go again with MY many Typos. 😦
The press conference was held with such a high standard of decorum and protocol, PBO was most gracious with his parting remarks.
…and the press corps heard him exclaim, as AF1 came in sight,
See ya later, all you haters!!! And to all y’all……..go bite!
Nice! I’m surprised “the press corps heard him,” since they’re usually so busy talking among themselves!
More laughs!
23,000,000-22,897,750=102, 250
It looks like we will get to 23,000,000 perhaps, on Christmas day give or take 24 hours 😉
I think I need therapy: I feel left behind with the President away from Washington (:
I was just thinking the same thing! yikes, things do not look bright for me circa 2017 : (
is there a stream to watch PBO and the First Family leave
http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
ty ty,,
YES! Thanks, JER!
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/utah-gay-marriage-ruling-couple-marriage-license
At about 4:15 p.m. ET, the AP wire reported that a federal district judge had declared Utah’s ban on gay marriage to be unconstitutional. Within an hour, one gay couple reported on Twitter that they had gotten married.
Seth Anderson, whose Twitter profile says he lives in Salt Lake City, tweeted the below photo of he and his husband holding up their new marriage license.
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TX, FL, AL, MS, TN, etc……There is no doubt about it……. Change Is Gonna Come as Sam Cooke sang.
Will Smith in 2012 on President Obama and why he’s happy to pay higher taxes.
| Live Now | Awaiting the First Family’s departure from Andrews Air Force Base en route Honolulu, Hawai’i: http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
http://www.ustream.tv/cbsnews
AFI
As usual President Obama, delivered masterfully in that press conference. The @whpresscorps (WHPC) has absolutely devolved into a worthless bunch of unethical, dishonest, pretension snobs. Ed Henry wanted so much to used the word incompetent in his questioning of President Obama.
The predominant white beltway media can not accept the fact that President Obama (A Black Man) is brilliant. So, to mask their shallowness in dealing with President Obama, they colluded in manufacturing a narrative to call President Obama incompetent in unison.
The beltway media has validated their institutionalize racist DNA,
We need a petition set up to demand that the WHPC be more diverse. They tried to get on President Obama’s case about diversity which was an outright lie. I think the WHPC needs to be taken to task about their lack of diversity and also for their lack of brains
They carry water for the GOP – have been doing so since Jan 2009 – there is no “liberal press”, there is no “bi-partisan press” – there is only right wing racist press.
Full Transcript of That Steve Harvey Interview You Missed During President Obama’s Press Conference Transcript 12.20.2013 – http://www.scribd.com/doc/192789408/Steve-HarveyFull-Transcript-of-That-Steve-Harvey-Interview-You-Missed-During-President-Obama-s-Press-Conference-Transcript-12-20-2013
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reid-released-from-hospital-cleared-to-work
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was released from the hospital Friday afternoon, his office announced.
“Senator Reid has been released from the hospital and is back at home with his wife, Landra. As previously stated, he went to the hospital as a precaution,” Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson said in a statement. “The doctors diagnosed him as exhausted, not anything more serious, and have cleared him to go back to work. He spent today resting, talking to family, friends and colleagues, reading the news and discussing Senate business. He appreciates the kind words and thoughts sent by so many, thanks the doctors at George Washington University Hospital for the excellent care he received, and wishes everyone a Happy Holidays.”
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So Thankful that Reid is released from the hospital.
I’m amazed that he continues on under the enormous stress the GOP hands out – all the time. I am younger and could in no way work to keep the senate together as does Sen Reid.
I am home and officially on vacation until next year:) YEA!!!! No tutoring this weekend, either! Even BIGGER deal 🙂 Family time and have to finish decorating the tree…sitting here with only lights on it…..What interesting tidbits did I miss today? Congratulations, UTAH!!!!
And I am here – as I was earlier when you left for the day – about to go out and face the reality of Christmas shopping. Enjoy your evening
love these photos! our president is so extraordinary, and long after all the small-minded contrarians have been forgotten, pbo will shine as an example of how a president conducts himself or herself, and photos like these stand as evidence.
All negative on press conf. tonight on NBC with Lester Holt, Chuck Todd and Kristen Welker reporting. Todd said PBO was “peppered with questions” about his low poll numbers, about his very bad year, that he had the demeanor of the last day before vacation and “I can’t wait to get out of town.” Welker managed to give a negative report on O-care again. And I heard PBO say today they have signed up 2 million, “maybe more”, Welker said 1 million tonight. These reporters are giving a completely misleading and dishonest report to the American people. One sentence stuck with me from the article recommended earlier written by the former WHPC reporter who left Washington and returned to his home state of KY.—–and what a relief that is—–“In Washington, a divided America is good for business.”
They lie for money……
I could never work for or with anyone willing to do that…….
I walked in to my house, my usually calm husband is seething. What? That Chuck Todd he said, is an a-hole. Said Chuck was saying PBO could not wait to get out of town. Poor Chuck and his ilk, they are so lost and uninformed.
Helicopter landing
Here come the helicopters !!!!
What a pleasant sight, to see the First Family board the plane en route to Hawaii!
I Love to watch them board and take off…I amaze myself at how much this fascinates me….hahaha
Drat!!!!!!!!!!!!! I missed it – so pleased they actually get to take a vacation.
😀 All members of the O family presented and accounted for. Have a restful and terrific Holiday, everyone one of you!
what time will they arrive in Hawaii
I’ve probably just been oblivious this whole time, but that overhead shot startled me with what a tiny space the speaker has in that WH press-room. No wonder the jackals are so agitated. Having to be THAT close to greatness, the searing burn of inadequacy and jealously must be pure torment.
You can say that again!
I think I have read before as to how small the Press room is – I love the shots of the photographers taking shots of the President – Pete Souza should produce a book of pictures of the picture takers – that sorry lot who whinge because they can’t take pictures of the President 24 X 7
I thought the same…how small that room is….and PBO is always so kool
hahah…that plane is HUGEEEE… 😀
I didn’t see Bo and Sunny. Were they there?
I did not see them
quarantine laws? IIRR, they left Bo behind when they left last time.
I was thinking Bo and Sunny might have already gotten on the plane earlier.
Someone mentioned years ago and subsequently that Bo did not go with the Obamas to HI in previous years due to a long quarantine period required for dogs.
Wheels up! Safe travels…I can’t wait until they get there and enjoy warm weather, relaxation and the quiet.
Twitter is killing me. They have a countdown as to when the racist woman who is the PR Head of IAC will land. The hashtag is #HasJustineLandedYet. I bet there’s someone on that plane who is capturing her reaction. This is a bad time for her not to have wifi.
https://twitter.com/JustineSacco/status/414052561248075776
Ha!
😆 Olivia Pope looked at her case and said, Justine, you in danger girl.
NOT handled! HARRISON!
No Mary Kastelic, dealing with a bunch of racists old right wing nuts who seem to have lost all common sense is exhausting.
Exactly. I feel really bad for Harry and the others who are trying to do the right thing in an impossible situation!
😆 Twitter is on fire. Racists never prosper.
That picture makes me queasy. For gawdsakes please go sell used cars and leave us the fuck alone.
Hmmmmm….picture of f*cking a-holes is gone now. Hmmmm….
Oh, it’s back now. Too bad….
amk, You can’t leave out Jonathan Karl and that Julie Pace piece of crap.
Peggy Noonan as Aunt Clara….
They look like the mean boys barbershop quartet who all need haircuts. Eek.
Going for the apocalypse now four horsemen motif, ab.
Eek.
And they more than likely dye their hair – pretensions of grandeur
The awful Chuckie now has that balding-crew-cut-hair-transplant-more-hair-on-my-chin-than-on-my-head-come-hither look, no offense to nice guys with the same look!
Barf.
The name says it all to me – in my world NO-ONE, but no-one calls themselves Chuck. Charles, Charlie or Chas – but not Chuck. The picture is mind boggling.
99ts, did you see that upChuck told Chris Matthews that his favorite Beatles song is Helter Skelter, a song about mass murderers?
How many people who are not unhinged would say that?
Didn’t see it – but he has no social graces, no media skills and nothing about him would surprise me.
Could they *be* any paler?
The winter does no favors for white people. They actually start looking ghostly.
You’re missing one plus a female too.
Jake Tapper is out and replaced by the wicked Jon Karl.
So where are the Palin crowd – thought they would be out supporting the white lady – guess they only like old white men
Just back from 2 weeks in Hawaii, Maui, and pleased to report Hawaii is as beautiful, warm, relaxing and refreshing as always. No better place for President Obama to spend the holidays with his family. Now when I got off the plane here in Pacific Northwest it was snowing, beautiful snow on the cedars, but……………….. Have a wonderful refreshing vacation President and family!
All of it sounds lovely!
Go team Obama.
Obamas expected to arrive around midnight. Wonder why they plan their trip for that arrival time. I was reminded today that this is the first xmas trip that PBO’s departure hasn’t been delayed by some crisis. Hope they have a relaxing, fun and problem free stay.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20131220_Obamas_and_first_dogs_on_their_way_to_Hawaii_for_annual_vacation.html?id=236812441
Thankfully.
The MSM is truly, unabashedly making stuff up about PBO.
Last year at this time was so ridiculous, followed by January when GOP Senators filibustered a Republican, Chuck Hagel.
With the national MSM dropping any pretense of fairness, Congressional election results will be heavily dependent on local media. More irrelevance for national MSM, hope all their ratings continue to plummet.
http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii/president-obama-and-family-set-for-vacation-in-hawaii/-/8905354/23578088/-/i7gne5z/-/index.html
Happy to have them coming to Hawaii 🙂
First Family is on TNT right now with Christmas In Washington.
Thanks so much!
So far, I’m liking Sheryl Crow … otherwise, it’s a little slow, even for this old great grandmother! Maybe I should sit back and just go with it!
I did like Hugh Jackman’s jokes too and Sheryl Crow was great.
True, and he’s a little cutie!
missed the live feed of the First Family leaving for vacation – eagerly awaiting the photos and video;
Have a peaceful holiday PBO and First Family – you have served us exceptionally well!!!!!!!
amk, do you mind if I email this to Wolf and Dana Bash.
You are most welcome to do it, ab.
Thank you.
Imagine what his best year would be like!
Like I said earlier on twitter…
They understand fully well. They are deliberate and willfully playing the games and parroting Rightie talking points. It fills the 6 corporate Media’s advertising coffers. The ratings are down…..over 40% for CNN, over 60% for CNBC, over 25% for MSNBC, over 15% for Fox, etc and yet the ad profits get larger.
I hope the First Family have a wonderful Merry Christmas in Hawaii.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/20/a-tweet-or-two-25/