President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron participate in a news conference at the G7 summit in Brussels, Belgium
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The GOP and media keep trying to drag him down with lies, but he brushes off their slurs, holds his head high, keeps working to make life better for all, and keeps staying on top
Carol, over the course of the last few days posts, how many have you come in First?
One of my few pleasures is seeing who was lucky enough to land on First and to see the joy it brings the lucky person – especially when it’s different people or people who have not been First before.
Winning inspired more by President Barack Hussein Obama! ❤ ❤ ❤ Also I sent a tweet to Ms de Rothschild telling her we only have one president at a time. Clinton is former Pres. Clinton. Do you think Ms de Rothschild will follow me now on twitter. Bets anyone? LOL!
I think I’ve stopped trying to keep up with posts, CarolMae. Too stressful! 😉 You won’t believe the number of times I have 2 or 3 posts, plus my twitter notification, open as I flip from one to the other while I’m refreshing one, answering on the other, and listening to a video on the third. No wonder I don’t always grasp what exactly is happening! 😀
Love that caption: “The GOP and media keep trying to drag him down with lies, but he brushes off their slurs, holds his head high, keeps working to make life better for all, and keeps staying on top.”
Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto · 20m
Breaking – Afghan security official: #Bergdahl kidnapped by #Taliban after walked off base in 2009, he resisted, beaten, uniform removed
Facial Hair, Patriotism and the Enemy in American History
By Juan Cole
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Media Matters for America put together a collage of Fox Cable News commentators smearing the father of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl as having a Taliban-like beard and maybe even being a Taliban sympathizer. Thanks to MM4A for the Laura Ingram clip in which she says that if he weren’t so light-skinned he could be a terrorist. You always knew that American racists, frustrated by the Civil Rights movement and unable so easily to use racial slurs in public, had adopted ‘terrorist’ as a dog whistle. But to have it so explicitly stated!
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The Fox love for the “Duck Dynasty” in contrast to the Bergdahl beard was first pointed out by the wittiest man in America, Jon Stewart, on The Daily Show.
Chris Matthews accused Phil Donahue in 2002/2003 of being the Blame America 1st.
Matthews is a bigot. His comments since Monday are exhibit 101. He never served in the Army, nor any of his kids. Yet he is an expert on this? Perhaps he should be called BLAME POW Sgt Bergdahl 1st crowd.
Once the war in Afghanistan is over…..GITMO will have to close, period. That is why these righties and the Media are going bonkers, Bananas, Ape…..If I can be crude.
Anybody I saw out there, mainly draft dodgers, get an email from me. Graham in military BUT was state side writing wills for the men and women going off to combat, getting killed or maimed. Not impressed Lindsey.
I read in one of the comments on the orange site this am that Feinstein stated the POW looked undernourished not malnourished..I wish I could find a quote somewhere
She’s an embarrassment. We need to put up her with kind of b.s. from swing or red states. From CA, it’s no excuse (although Even Boxer can climb all over herself to be ‘outraged’ about something like ACORN).
She is an asshole trying to cover her ass. Can’t admit she was wrong and PBO was right. Also trying to sound tough and manly. May also be trying to help HRC who really stepped in it yesterday.
Helping HRC must be the real reason. Make no mistake about it, a portion of the democratic caucus are taking their orders from Bill and Hillary. Have done so from the last six years.
Ha good one ! It will be a sight to see them slowly walking back some of their most offensive comments WITHOUT apologizing for having jumped on the right wing bandwagon.
Not just reporters – for me Hillary fits into this MO too. From what I’ve seen she rarely takes a position with conviction BEFORE she checks the way the wind is blowing. Hardly a way to inspire (my) confidence.
It is very likely that when the jobs numbers are released tomorrow morning, we will learn that the total number of jobs in the U.S. labor market surpassed its pre-recession peak. I predict you will see many headlines along the lines of “U.S. Employment at All-Time High.”
It is difficult to exaggerate how not a big deal this is. Total employment is almost always rising, as the figure below shows. An all-time high of something that is almost always rising is just not that interesting.
Furthermore, it is an utterly meaningless benchmark economically. Because the working-age population (and with it, the potential labor force) is growing all the time, we should have added millions of jobs over the last six-plus years just to hold steady. That means that when we get back to the prerecession employment level, there will still be a huge gap in the labor market. We currently have a gap in the labor market of 7.1 million jobs. When the numbers are released on Friday, that gap will likely drop to 7.0 million. We are far, far from healthy labor market conditions.
She is correct on all counts. Of course, the reach all time high mark would have been hit long ago if not for the GOP not trying to actively sabotage the economy.
“I predict you will see many headlines along the lines of “U.S. Employment at All-Time High.”
Nope, I don’t think we will see many such headlines. The media rarely frames economic news under this President that way – usually these positive frames are found on pro-Obama blogs and websites, and tweets from individuals who support PBO/DEMS. Meanwhile, I’m not exactly sure what this person’s point is – that we shouldn’t celebrate the HUGE economic improvement that this President has seen (while holding the GOP accountable?)
The two things are not mutually exclusive. We CAN and SHOULD celebrate the increase in job creation, while pointing out the GOP’s malfeasance in creating more jobs/economic growth. We don’t have to be depressed or demoralized about the strides we’ve made in order to be realistic that there is room for improvement. Nena I’m not sure what your take from this piece is – but this screams “CONCERN TROLL” at me.
She throws this out there but does not give any reasons or place the blame where it rightfully belongs. All she’s interested in is trying to pre-emptively keep people deflated about a potentially positive jobs report.
Yes, hf. TROLL TROLL TROLL No news can ever be good in troll kingdom.
If a democrat wins they say the turnout was low.
If a repub loses they make believe they won anyway
We can defeat this by declaring PBO a Winner in every way we can. Should be easy because it is the truth.
You and I will make sure it happens. He doesn’t stand a chance in 2016. The only way he won in 2010 was due to a strong Green Party turnout, a weak opponent in Alex and the media still putting out that he is a moderate. He has lost any right to that mantle.
Of course, post stroke, I don’t know if he will even run. If he doesn’t, watch for Lisa Madigan.
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is the perfect illustration of the GOP’s effort to “get” President Obama. Like Captain Ahab, the GOP will plunge to ever dangerous depths to get Moby Dick, and they will finally go down on the ship they presently find themselves on.
How refreshing it must be to foreign country leaders to communicate with an intelligent, compassionate leader of USA, President Obama, all seem to be relaxed, smiling. Then there is Dubya’s buddy, Poot, Poot, but he doesn’t count as anything, match made in heaven.
“You imagine if we would have waited for, taken the chance of leaks over a 30-day period. I will tell you what I know, and I made a judgment on this too, that would seriously imperil us ever getting him out,” he said.
Good Day Tods:-)
Stopping by to give my “Thanks” to Nerdy Wonka..You’re a treasure to witness..your live tweets give a clear vision as if, I was actually there…..
We love you…..(hugs) to Chips and Danny…
Thank you…..
(((Hugs))) Hello DF.. I changed it when PBO went to Africa, this was one my fav. When I log on with WP, I have this one..with Twitter it shows my face..
Hope all is well dear one:-)
Well..you made an EXCELLENT choice, if you don’t mind me saying so! Fabulous man in every way: mind, body, spirit. All is fine, though please keep my aging dog in your thoughts…love and hugs to you:)
I read about your dog the other day..(silently) He has been included in my daily prayers… No doubt he lived a wonderful life having you DF..wish i could ease your pain, I can only pray for comfort and ease in the transition. I, and many others are here for you.
Much Love
He’s been tweeting about food all day long…first he talked about a burger joint in France…then it was lunch, then dinner…now Hollande/Putin’s late supper.
Until John McCain gets down on his knees and apologizes to veterans and serving members for being against their best interests – because – black President – He does not deserve to live on this planet let alone speak for Veterans care.
Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Johnnie McC only recently got his name attached to this to divert attention from *his* lack of action re the recent veteran’s issues in his state. Now he has something to point to when next the subject comes up! I honestly see this ….. this….. ahm… ‘vet’ as a selfish, no-honour, no-account opportunist. Always irks me when media points out how ‘honourable’ he was during the 2008 elections because he corrected the little old bigot in his audience. He only did it because some had started to remark on the untrammeled hatred being spewed by GOP crowds with any pushback by the ‘leaders’.
“What Republicans say will happen now: Terrorists will be emboldened to take more Americans hostage in order to secure prisoner transfers.
Why that’s bullshiat:the US has engaged in prisoner swaps long into and before the cold war and terrorists are already well accustomed to this tactic. Additionally, everyone knows that American POWs/hostages make good collateral, no matter what you’re getting in return. That’s why North Korea does the thing it does as often as it does.
What will really happen now: Next time an American solider gets captured, his captors will tell him that the opposition party in America will call him a traitor and a bad solider if the President tries to rescue him, and so the President won’t rescue him for fear of creating a political incident. The POW will remember Bergdahl. In time he’ll come to believe that nobody is coming for him, and that his country has left him to die because he’s politically inconvenient. He may lose hope because of this if he wouldn’t have lost hope otherwise, and will do so more quickly if he would have lost hope anyway.
This is the legacy the un-American dickbags in the Republican Party are leaving for the men and women in Uniform that we send off to war now and in the future.”
NW, thank you sooooo much for the “happy” pictures of President Obama. I truly admire that he doesn’t get bogged down in the muck, but continues to rise above it and continue on to positive conclusions.
Random thought…..Putin has to be seething that he’s excluded from the big guys at the G7! He used to strut around the G8 meetings like the banty rooster he is. A tete a tete with Francois Hollande won’t make up for being away from the Summit.
Yes! President Obama got it like that….. Regardless of hate..He keeps moving forward, his Faith, his family and all the love from billions around the world….(TODS) gives him all the power he needs.
“No weapon that is formed against HIM shall prosper”
Mr. President keep doing yo thing!
There's only 1 Leader that can flip -800K Job loss 2 create +9Mil. Save Economy, Insure +12Mil ppl. & flip G8 to G-7 pic.twitter.com/Nq8hZoH2xu
No question PBO is loved and admired globally.. reason why Media doesn’t show his foreign trips..It will crash their GOP narrative/agenda.
Thank God for TODS..
Notice how they released a bunch of anti-Obama polls right as PBO was concluding his fantastic presser with UK’s PM David Cameron earlier today. The timing of those polls was so glaringly transparent…it’s not enough to simply black out his coverage, they now have to post toxic GOP propaganda (AKA polls) to compete with whatever little coverage he’s getting.
I know…you can always tell when PBO is winning..He gets them scrambling for anything to stick with “bogus scandals” leaving them in the dust, Media included:
He won on everything: From Economy to ObamaCare to War on Terror, OBL, Auto Industry, Markets, Housing, Iran, ending 2 wars on and on..and is about to win with Russia…
Fell sorry for those on the wrong side of history!
Seeing what the McDaniel campaign has done – without losing votes – highlights the absolute lack of investigative journalism today. Any “reporters” still standing are too busy attacking a POW to look at the reality of such people getting into political office. Frightening that the freedom of the press has truly become freedom to LIE.
PBO is indeed ‘Winning Every Day’ for the American people….and the world. If the U.S. could, in 2016, stumble upon one more leader with ½ his bent, his focus and his determination, the world would very definitely be put on a much stabler path for the long term.
They pretty much have shown that they can’t be trusted to keep a secret or not share a confidence until an appropriate time….so for all this talk of honor and who’s a traitor to the country….they are showing themselves for who they are. Politics over people.
Bowe Bergdahl witnessed a careless manslaughter in 2009. The killing of a child.
And then that killing was covered up by the officers in his Army unit: no report to Army Inspector General, no unit prosecution, no detention or reduction in pay grade, no punishment whatsoever for the MRAP driver who crushed the child.
Call them “wogs.” Call them “towel heads.” Talk of putting boots up their asses. Their lives don’t matter. And that after General McChrystal committed U.S. forces to defending these villagers, first priority.
“I am ashamed to even be american. The horror of the self-righteous arrogance that they thrive in. It is all revolting.”
— Bowe Bergdahl
Bowe Bergdahl was raised as a devout Christian, a Calvinist, a follower of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Son of Mary, Lord of Lords, Messiah, Wonderful. As a Christian he refused to accept hateful delusions.
His last email to his parents made clear that his U.S. Army unit suffered a failure of leadership. This failure extended to support for an aggressive hatred of the local Afghan people.
It is all becoming clearer now…PBO did right by this man…
Interesting that this Josh Korder that’s speaking out against BB signed an agreement NOT to talk about BB…Gee, how’s THAT workin’ out??!!
And that he (Korder) got a “less than honorable ” discharge from the Army.
A broken record, I know – but much of the documented information came from a Rolling Stone piece by Michael Hastings in 2012. Not one person in the current msm bothered to vet these guys at all.
There’s a military report that refutes a good deal of the bile coming from the unhinged RW and the lazy whiny left. No journalism left anymore. None.
The most severe type of military administrative discharge is the Other Than Honorable Conditions. Some examples of actions that could lead to an Other Than Honorable Discharge include security violations, use of violence, conviction by a civilian court with a sentence including prison time, or being found guilty of adultery in a divorce hearing (this list is not a definitive list; these are only examples). In most cases, veterans who receive an Other Than Honorable Discharge cannot re-enlist in the Armed Forces or reserves, except under very rare circumstances. Veteran’s benefits are not usually available to those discharged through this type of discharge.
McCain: Those Accusing Me Of Bergdahl Flip-Flop Are ‘Lying’
In a statement released before his appearance on CNN, McCain’s communications director, Brian Rogers, accused the Obama administration of twisting his words.
“The Obama Administration is obviously having a difficult time defending this deal, and is desperate to discredit its critics on both sides of the aisle. But that doesn’t give the White House and their allies license to distort and selectively quote Senator McCain’s words,” Rogers said.
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Who in the Administration said anything about McBitter ?
MSNBC has been calling McBitter out on all of his flip flop,s and now he is trying to blame the Obama administration? . He and Mitt Romney are noted for lies and flip flops.
And the media lets him do it – because the RW hack media. No mention in that article that it is the MEDIA calling out McCain (one very small part of the media) – because – blame the administration for anything that any person ever says.
TPM just repeats what it reads elsewhere – what the GOP wants people to read.
Thought this was interesting—-that the official report on Bergdahl differs from what some of his fellow soldiers are saying. And I was not aware that he had wandered off before—at his training post in Ca. and at least one other time from his post in Afghanistan——and had always returned. He was said to be the “free spirit” type and always talking about wanting to see how far he could go——or wanted to go somewhere to see the sunset. And there is no mention of leaving any note, no one knows for sure if he intended to leave permanently etc. The hired gun soldiers who are going on every TV show to smear him seem to just be repeating rumors—–about an overheard phone call, about other soldiers killed in the search for him (blaming every combat death in an active war zone on this), and many discrepancies where what once was true is no longer reported as true. I think so many rumors are being spread, no one yet knows any confirmed facts.
And think it’s interesting that the news media only reports on congress people who were dissatisfied with last night’s briefing, always mentioning the few familiar Dem names——when there are many who had the opposite view. Strange, eh?
” According to the military report, Bergdahl was never called out or disciplined for wandering off, making it likely that he would continue doing so.”
I read that he had wondered off one more than one occasion….now this ragtag team of Army misfits wants to use something against him that he had done before and never got in trouble for…because it’s a convenient ruse? I want to know what this platoon did over there.
Hillary’s proud that she refused to say anything critical of Sarah Palin? That’s how she’s distancing herself from the Obama admin.? Wow. I would be ashamed of that admission, that lack of judgment. El dumbo gordo!
Hillary is toast. She will be defeated in the dem primary. She is completely politically tone deaf. She seems to be centering her campaign on voters who will never vote for her. Last I checked Palin is not very popular with dems. She really may be mentally ill.
What a lousy explanation. Campaign Obama knew that the McCain camp My goodness, slowly but surely we are watching the demonstration of a hard fact: Hillary Clinton has been loyal to President Obama only as long as it suited her needs.
I have to say that at the end of her term as SoS, when she was interviewed on 60 minutes in a joint interview with the President, I watched very closely for the body language. While President Obama was warm and expressed real friendship towards her, she was more restrained and I just got the feeling that in the case of Hillary, the friendship was a bit “staged”. I’m sorry and maybe I shouldn’t say this but for some years now I’ve been convinced that the Clintons haven’t changed their opinion of the President; they have some sort of contempt and are convinced that they are far superior to him. I’ve been convinced that they’ve worked behind the scenes for years to keep the caucus from developing too much loyalty or admiration towards the president. In cocktail parties, political gatherings, etc… always commiserating on the supposed “mistakes” of the President, never letting anybody forget that they, the Clintons, would have done better. Always seeding doubts about his competency, either in domestic and foreign policy. Now they’re doubling down on their quest for control of the democratic party, making very clear to every democratic official that they’ll watch who is loyal to them.
Heck, there are rumors that they don’t want democrats to win big in 2014 so Barack Obama won’t be able to achieve anything more and by 2016, americans disgusted by republican obstructionism will vote democrat en masse and they, the Clintons, will return to the White House with a big democratic majority in Congress.
I’m not saying they won’t do good things for americans if they get back into the White HOuse. But their first priority is always themselves and their political power.
I’m aware that republicans will play lots of games to divide democrats , maybe leak false info on Hillary dissing the president for example. But there is TRUTH in the fact that the Clintons are not such big fans of the president and won’t hesitate to hurt him personally or politically if it helps their quest for power. It’s a well known fact that the Clintons are very self-centered.
I will be grateful if their victory means a total humiliation of the GOP. But in terms of character, courage and vision, they don’t compare to the President. By a long shot. The Clintons are traditional political animals. Very good ones. Barack Obama is a statesman of impeccable character.
I don’t believe anything that says PO would ask another person (man or woman) to slam a another woman regardless of how stupid that said woman was. Not his style. I call bullshit on this one.
PBO said NOTHING about Palin other than slamming the media for attacking her children – he was a major reason that she wasn’t called out for being a very poor mother of a very mixed up family – while claiming to be the world’s best ever parent.
Clinton rewriting history – why am I not surprised
Good afternoon 57andfemale,
Happy Thursday to you!
How is Miss Pearl doing? I remember that you received a call from your husband during your posting a few days back. I hope that everything is fine with her.
She’s fine. Took a few days but her tummy’s back to normal. Had a lot of clean-up to do! She wiped out every dog bed, the rug, the sofa. Mr. 57 claimed to have cleaned it up – a……. no.
She’s eating again, wagging her tail, barking at the people walking on the street. She never was lethargic or looked sick, just tummy issues.
Just so We all remember that in 2002…..Saxby Chambliss, Rove and Co ran political ads, morphing sen Max Cleveland face to OBL and other terrorists. Sen Cleveland was and is a Vet from ‘Nam who left 3 limbs there. That is how despicable Chambliss is and sooner or later, Karma will pay this ungrateful GA idiot a visit and soon I hope.
The Obama Diary 
Howdy! 🙂
Bring another gold medal for CarolMae! ⭐
Thank you. I do love ❤ gold as jewelry. 😉
Thank you NCLB. 🙂
Hiya! You’re #1!
Thank you Sabreen the Queen! 😉 ❤
It’s fun!
Carol, over the course of the last few days posts, how many have you come in First?
One of my few pleasures is seeing who was lucky enough to land on First and to see the joy it brings the lucky person – especially when it’s different people or people who have not been First before.
Know what I mean?
Five, but who’s counting? 😉
Winning inspired by Charlie Sheen. ❤
NW, please tell me how you capture text as a pic? Do you use pages or Word or something else? Thanks.
This is why like buttons on FB are so nice.
I would like to use the stronger wording, but this is EFF’ING AWESOME!! (short answer: No. He wasn’t.)
Sabreen60, oh how I wish McCain can see that? If American didn’t keep a promise to bring their soldiers back, McCain would still be in Vietnam.
I LOVE that! Please make it go viral and also right to McLame’s office!
NW, Beautiful post to brighten my afternoon. Thank you.
Thanks, NCLB.
Winning inspired more by President Barack Hussein Obama! ❤ ❤ ❤ Also I sent a tweet to Ms de Rothschild telling her we only have one president at a time. Clinton is former Pres. Clinton. Do you think Ms de Rothschild will follow me now on twitter. Bets anyone? LOL!
What did she say?
I’ll go get the tweet and post it.
Don’t do this much, hope it works. . .
It worked! I did it! 😉
🙂 🙂 It surely did, and I like your response to Lady(said with a sneer).
Are sneering at me or her or the way I said it? I was be snarly. . . 😉
Sneering at the ‘Lady’. I think if I ever had to use it, I’d use it as her first NAME. What else could it be on this side of the world?
😉
I didn’t know she was a lady. Her first name is Lynn.
You are behind, but then I’ve skipped several.
I think I’ve stopped trying to keep up with posts, CarolMae. Too stressful! 😉 You won’t believe the number of times I have 2 or 3 posts, plus my twitter notification, open as I flip from one to the other while I’m refreshing one, answering on the other, and listening to a video on the third. No wonder I don’t always grasp what exactly is happening! 😀
I have so many tabs open but I won’t even try to do two things at once until I hear the chime telling me it’s TOD. 😉
Love that caption: “The GOP and media keep trying to drag him down with lies, but he brushes off their slurs, holds his head high, keeps working to make life better for all, and keeps staying on top.”
Thanks NW 🙂
Thanks, HF.
THAT’S OUR ENERGIZER BUNNY PBO….AND WE ALL LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
never gets old. I was thinking it and you posted it Linda.
Our Winning President
I love this LInda. thanks for posting
I love my job. That is all.
Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto · 20m
Breaking – Afghan security official: #Bergdahl kidnapped by #Taliban after walked off base in 2009, he resisted, beaten, uniform removed
What about the video of him in uniform ? I did notice that is had no name tag on it and the US Army was also missing.
Uniform was removed by those who beat him up….the Taliban… is what this CNNer is tweeting.
Another Au ⭐ for CarolMaeWY
Fantastic Thread. Wow!
Attacks on Joe’s dead Intern fair game too ?
Go get him, don’t tweet, wish I did. Can not listen to that arrogant POS
Facial Hair, Patriotism and the Enemy in American History
By Juan Cole
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Media Matters for America put together a collage of Fox Cable News commentators smearing the father of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl as having a Taliban-like beard and maybe even being a Taliban sympathizer. Thanks to MM4A for the Laura Ingram clip in which she says that if he weren’t so light-skinned he could be a terrorist. You always knew that American racists, frustrated by the Civil Rights movement and unable so easily to use racial slurs in public, had adopted ‘terrorist’ as a dog whistle. But to have it so explicitly stated!
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The Fox love for the “Duck Dynasty” in contrast to the Bergdahl beard was first pointed out by the wittiest man in America, Jon Stewart, on The Daily Show.
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http://www.juancole.com/2014/06/patriotism-american-history.html
Isn’t this beard nonsense a retread of the terrorist fist bump idiocy of 2008?
Chris Matthews accused Phil Donahue in 2002/2003 of being the Blame America 1st.
Matthews is a bigot. His comments since Monday are exhibit 101. He never served in the Army, nor any of his kids. Yet he is an expert on this? Perhaps he should be called BLAME POW Sgt Bergdahl 1st crowd.
Matthews is easily influenced…..
you damn right Bill R. That is a question that should be asked over and over again.
Once the war in Afghanistan is over…..GITMO will have to close, period. That is why these righties and the Media are going bonkers, Bananas, Ape…..If I can be crude.
Pigs. Are. Flying. I am posting and retweeting Chuck Todd:
We want names……give us their names…..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Linda pls do not let this go, it is important the American know who they are!
..American people
Yet they rushed out on Camera to spew their nonsense……Graham, Chambliss, etc.
Anybody I saw out there, mainly draft dodgers, get an email from me. Graham in military BUT was state side writing wills for the men and women going off to combat, getting killed or maimed. Not impressed Lindsey.
I read in one of the comments on the orange site this am that Feinstein stated the POW looked undernourished not malnourished..I wish I could find a quote somewhere
Is she a Doctor ? Or is she just so full of herself she thinks she can determine that by watching a video ?
She’s an embarrassment. We need to put up her with kind of b.s. from swing or red states. From CA, it’s no excuse (although Even Boxer can climb all over herself to be ‘outraged’ about something like ACORN).
Looks can be deceiving. How does she know what is going on inside of this young man’s body?
She is an asshole trying to cover her ass. Can’t admit she was wrong and PBO was right. Also trying to sound tough and manly. May also be trying to help HRC who really stepped in it yesterday.
Helping HRC must be the real reason. Make no mistake about it, a portion of the democratic caucus are taking their orders from Bill and Hillary. Have done so from the last six years.
Using lies against PBO to “win” an election doesn’t work. Bill and Hillary should have learned that lesson a long, long time ago.
Lose Lips Feinstein, sent her an email too.
Amazing how certain reporters love to pretend they’re on the side of the truth AFTER the truth has been revealed…
Ha good one ! It will be a sight to see them slowly walking back some of their most offensive comments WITHOUT apologizing for having jumped on the right wing bandwagon.
Wash. Rince. Repeat.
Yup…Exhibit A-1: Ezra Klein and the ACA.
Not just reporters – for me Hillary fits into this MO too. From what I’ve seen she rarely takes a position with conviction BEFORE she checks the way the wind is blowing. Hardly a way to inspire (my) confidence.
Tee-off time was calling….
It’s all politic, even with the weak knee Dems. They don’t like that the black guy went over them, the Republicans don’t like the black guy.
http://www.epi.org/blog/watch-jobs-day-time-high-indicator-rising/
It is very likely that when the jobs numbers are released tomorrow morning, we will learn that the total number of jobs in the U.S. labor market surpassed its pre-recession peak. I predict you will see many headlines along the lines of “U.S. Employment at All-Time High.”
It is difficult to exaggerate how not a big deal this is. Total employment is almost always rising, as the figure below shows. An all-time high of something that is almost always rising is just not that interesting.
Furthermore, it is an utterly meaningless benchmark economically. Because the working-age population (and with it, the potential labor force) is growing all the time, we should have added millions of jobs over the last six-plus years just to hold steady. That means that when we get back to the prerecession employment level, there will still be a huge gap in the labor market. We currently have a gap in the labor market of 7.1 million jobs. When the numbers are released on Friday, that gap will likely drop to 7.0 million. We are far, far from healthy labor market conditions.
– See more at: http://www.epi.org/blog/watch-jobs-day-time-high-indicator-rising/#sthash.V8LgN8q5.s5FuwEfD.dpuf
She is correct on all counts. Of course, the reach all time high mark would have been hit long ago if not for the GOP not trying to actively sabotage the economy.
Indeed Japa.
“I predict you will see many headlines along the lines of “U.S. Employment at All-Time High.”
Nope, I don’t think we will see many such headlines. The media rarely frames economic news under this President that way – usually these positive frames are found on pro-Obama blogs and websites, and tweets from individuals who support PBO/DEMS. Meanwhile, I’m not exactly sure what this person’s point is – that we shouldn’t celebrate the HUGE economic improvement that this President has seen (while holding the GOP accountable?)
The two things are not mutually exclusive. We CAN and SHOULD celebrate the increase in job creation, while pointing out the GOP’s malfeasance in creating more jobs/economic growth. We don’t have to be depressed or demoralized about the strides we’ve made in order to be realistic that there is room for improvement. Nena I’m not sure what your take from this piece is – but this screams “CONCERN TROLL” at me.
She throws this out there but does not give any reasons or place the blame where it rightfully belongs. All she’s interested in is trying to pre-emptively keep people deflated about a potentially positive jobs report.
Yes, hf. TROLL TROLL TROLL No news can ever be good in troll kingdom.
If a democrat wins they say the turnout was low.
If a repub loses they make believe they won anyway
We can defeat this by declaring PBO a Winner in every way we can. Should be easy because it is the truth.
Here are the NO votes for Sylvia Burwell.
Ayotte (R-NH)
Blunt (R-MO)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cruz (R-TX)
Heller (R-NV)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kirk (R-IL)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
IL HAS to get rid of Mark Kirk!
who you tellin’.
You and I will make sure it happens. He doesn’t stand a chance in 2016. The only way he won in 2010 was due to a strong Green Party turnout, a weak opponent in Alex and the media still putting out that he is a moderate. He has lost any right to that mantle.
Of course, post stroke, I don’t know if he will even run. If he doesn’t, watch for Lisa Madigan.
He is slick about a few votes that are ‘moderate’ and he’s going to try to ride that to victory. IL has to be reminded of his REAL record.
The freeloading, little twit. I hate him.
How old are Lisa’s children? That’s her priority. She can be Senator or Governor at any time she decides she wants to be.
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is the perfect illustration of the GOP’s effort to “get” President Obama. Like Captain Ahab, the GOP will plunge to ever dangerous depths to get Moby Dick, and they will finally go down on the ship they presently find themselves on.
Great analogy.
How refreshing it must be to foreign country leaders to communicate with an intelligent, compassionate leader of USA, President Obama, all seem to be relaxed, smiling. Then there is Dubya’s buddy, Poot, Poot, but he doesn’t count as anything, match made in heaven.
Chuck Todd @chucktodd · 1h
WH just announced that the First Lady will speak at the Maya Angelou memorial service on Sat in Winston Salem.
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was wondering if POTUS or FLOTUS would make Maya Angelou memorial service.
Good to see FLOTUS will be there, they both thought alot of Maya.
Chuck Hagel in a bbc interiew today:
“You imagine if we would have waited for, taken the chance of leaks over a 30-day period. I will tell you what I know, and I made a judgment on this too, that would seriously imperil us ever getting him out,” he said.
He speaks from his experience as a Senator…….
Good Day Tods:-)
Stopping by to give my “Thanks” to Nerdy Wonka..You’re a treasure to witness..your live tweets give a clear vision as if, I was actually there…..
We love you…..(hugs) to Chips and Danny…
Thank you…..
You changed your avatar! When did that happen? Hello to beautiful kasai:)
(((Hugs))) Hello DF.. I changed it when PBO went to Africa, this was one my fav. When I log on with WP, I have this one..with Twitter it shows my face..
Hope all is well dear one:-)
Well..you made an EXCELLENT choice, if you don’t mind me saying so! Fabulous man in every way: mind, body, spirit. All is fine, though please keep my aging dog in your thoughts…love and hugs to you:)
I read about your dog the other day..(silently) He has been included in my daily prayers… No doubt he lived a wonderful life having you DF..wish i could ease your pain, I can only pray for comfort and ease in the transition. I, and many others are here for you.
Much Love
Thanks so much, Kasai.
hmmm….that must be tough for you Mark…..
Which menu will you tweet out first ?
He’s been tweeting about food all day long…first he talked about a burger joint in France…then it was lunch, then dinner…now Hollande/Putin’s late supper.
Sens. Bernie Sanders, John McCain Announce Bipartisan Deal On Veterans Care Bill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/veterans-care-bill_n_5454599.html
Some good ideas in there, but I would add an amendment that our Veterans must have hiring priority in the development of the stated projects!
Until John McCain gets down on his knees and apologizes to veterans and serving members for being against their best interests – because – black President – He does not deserve to live on this planet let alone speak for Veterans care.
Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Johnnie McC only recently got his name attached to this to divert attention from *his* lack of action re the recent veteran’s issues in his state. Now he has something to point to when next the subject comes up! I honestly see this ….. this….. ahm… ‘vet’ as a selfish, no-honour, no-account opportunist. Always irks me when media points out how ‘honourable’ he was during the 2008 elections because he corrected the little old bigot in his audience. He only did it because some had started to remark on the untrammeled hatred being spewed by GOP crowds with any pushback by the ‘leaders’.
A comment I stumbled on:
“What Republicans say will happen now: Terrorists will be emboldened to take more Americans hostage in order to secure prisoner transfers.
Why that’s bullshiat:the US has engaged in prisoner swaps long into and before the cold war and terrorists are already well accustomed to this tactic. Additionally, everyone knows that American POWs/hostages make good collateral, no matter what you’re getting in return. That’s why North Korea does the thing it does as often as it does.
What will really happen now: Next time an American solider gets captured, his captors will tell him that the opposition party in America will call him a traitor and a bad solider if the President tries to rescue him, and so the President won’t rescue him for fear of creating a political incident. The POW will remember Bergdahl. In time he’ll come to believe that nobody is coming for him, and that his country has left him to die because he’s politically inconvenient. He may lose hope because of this if he wouldn’t have lost hope otherwise, and will do so more quickly if he would have lost hope anyway.
This is the legacy the un-American dickbags in the Republican Party are leaving for the men and women in Uniform that we send off to war now and in the future.”
Excellent comment. Thanks for sharing
They are destroying this country. Every last one of them.
NW, thank you sooooo much for the “happy” pictures of President Obama. I truly admire that he doesn’t get bogged down in the muck, but continues to rise above it and continue on to positive conclusions.
An attitude in life that I aspire to each day.
State Department Daily Briefing – 6/05/2014
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Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of international issues.
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http://www.c-span.org/video/?319803-1/state-department-briefing
Random thought…..Putin has to be seething that he’s excluded from the big guys at the G7! He used to strut around the G8 meetings like the banty rooster he is. A tete a tete with Francois Hollande won’t make up for being away from the Summit.
Yes! President Obama got it like that….. Regardless of hate..He keeps moving forward, his Faith, his family and all the love from billions around the world….(TODS) gives him all the power he needs.
“No weapon that is formed against HIM shall prosper”
Mr. President keep doing yo thing!
I love that the Black Man leads and the White guys follow……
No question PBO is loved and admired globally.. reason why Media doesn’t show his foreign trips..It will crash their GOP narrative/agenda.
Thank God for TODS..
Notice how they released a bunch of anti-Obama polls right as PBO was concluding his fantastic presser with UK’s PM David Cameron earlier today. The timing of those polls was so glaringly transparent…it’s not enough to simply black out his coverage, they now have to post toxic GOP propaganda (AKA polls) to compete with whatever little coverage he’s getting.
I know…you can always tell when PBO is winning..He gets them scrambling for anything to stick with “bogus scandals” leaving them in the dust, Media included:
He won on everything: From Economy to ObamaCare to War on Terror, OBL, Auto Industry, Markets, Housing, Iran, ending 2 wars on and on..and is about to win with Russia…
Fell sorry for those on the wrong side of history!
*Feel
That’s the problem Linda here in America, the Republicans and some Dems don’t want the black guy to lead them.
How dare he as commander in chief he bring home an POW without asking their permission..
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LINDA….ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! IT’S CERTAINLY ABOUT TIME!
McDaniel Staffer’s Facebook Posts Correlate With Courthouse Caper Timeline
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-brewster-race-come-down-to-hinds-county–2
oops
Seeing what the McDaniel campaign has done – without losing votes – highlights the absolute lack of investigative journalism today. Any “reporters” still standing are too busy attacking a POW to look at the reality of such people getting into political office. Frightening that the freedom of the press has truly become freedom to LIE.
Thank you much, Ms Nerdy W!
PBO is indeed ‘Winning Every Day’ for the American people….and the world. If the U.S. could, in 2016, stumble upon one more leader with ½ his bent, his focus and his determination, the world would very definitely be put on a much stabler path for the long term.
Very nice. No better person to deliver a eulogy for Maya Angelou than FLOTUS.
😦 getting my tissues ready…
Same here.
Me too.
2 Beautiful Elegant Ladies…So Glad Michelle is being giving the honor.
They pretty much have shown that they can’t be trusted to keep a secret or not share a confidence until an appropriate time….so for all this talk of honor and who’s a traitor to the country….they are showing themselves for who they are. Politics over people.
Indeed, indeed….when the facts and the truth are on your side….
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/05/1304279/-Bowe-Bergdahl-We-Don-t-Even-Care-About-Running-Their-Children-Down-in-the-Dirt-Streets
Bowe Bergdahl witnessed a careless manslaughter in 2009. The killing of a child.
And then that killing was covered up by the officers in his Army unit: no report to Army Inspector General, no unit prosecution, no detention or reduction in pay grade, no punishment whatsoever for the MRAP driver who crushed the child.
Call them “wogs.” Call them “towel heads.” Talk of putting boots up their asses. Their lives don’t matter. And that after General McChrystal committed U.S. forces to defending these villagers, first priority.
“I am ashamed to even be american. The horror of the self-righteous arrogance that they thrive in. It is all revolting.”
— Bowe Bergdahl
Bowe Bergdahl was raised as a devout Christian, a Calvinist, a follower of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Son of Mary, Lord of Lords, Messiah, Wonderful. As a Christian he refused to accept hateful delusions.
His last email to his parents made clear that his U.S. Army unit suffered a failure of leadership. This failure extended to support for an aggressive hatred of the local Afghan people.
It is all becoming clearer now…PBO did right by this man…
That”s the reason why they are coming out against Bergdahl, maybe he has something to tell.
You may be right about that.
Interesting that this Josh Korder that’s speaking out against BB signed an agreement NOT to talk about BB…Gee, how’s THAT workin’ out??!!
And that he (Korder) got a “less than honorable ” discharge from the Army.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/06/02/mn-solider-speaks-out-against-freed-pow-bowe-bergdahl/
This unit was completely unhinged, under-manned, undisciplined.
Correct, and from what I’m seeing, the ONLY ONE with any morals and valor….was BB.
A broken record, I know – but much of the documented information came from a Rolling Stone piece by Michael Hastings in 2012. Not one person in the current msm bothered to vet these guys at all.
There’s a military report that refutes a good deal of the bile coming from the unhinged RW and the lazy whiny left. No journalism left anymore. None.
We were saying yesterday how similar all this seemed to the Lara Logan Benghazi hit job. Carbon copy.
Yup.
He is probably collecting $ for his legal funds..it’s all nicely coming together
This type of discharge:
The most severe type of military administrative discharge is the Other Than Honorable Conditions. Some examples of actions that could lead to an Other Than Honorable Discharge include security violations, use of violence, conviction by a civilian court with a sentence including prison time, or being found guilty of adultery in a divorce hearing (this list is not a definitive list; these are only examples). In most cases, veterans who receive an Other Than Honorable Discharge cannot re-enlist in the Armed Forces or reserves, except under very rare circumstances. Veteran’s benefits are not usually available to those discharged through this type of discharge.
There is way more here that meets the eye…
I wonder when CNN and MSNBC will start we reporting on this?
HA! Debra made a funny:)
Oh yeah.
McCain: Those Accusing Me Of Bergdahl Flip-Flop Are ‘Lying’
In a statement released before his appearance on CNN, McCain’s communications director, Brian Rogers, accused the Obama administration of twisting his words.
“The Obama Administration is obviously having a difficult time defending this deal, and is desperate to discredit its critics on both sides of the aisle. But that doesn’t give the White House and their allies license to distort and selectively quote Senator McCain’s words,” Rogers said.
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Who in the Administration said anything about McBitter ?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mccain-bergdahl-flip-flop-lying
Can someone Tweet this to that senile, old coot!
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mccains-reversals-bowe-bergdahl
MSNBC has been calling McBitter out on all of his flip flop,s and now he is trying to blame the Obama administration? . He and Mitt Romney are noted for lies and flip flops.
And the media lets him do it – because the RW hack media. No mention in that article that it is the MEDIA calling out McCain (one very small part of the media) – because – blame the administration for anything that any person ever says.
TPM just repeats what it reads elsewhere – what the GOP wants people to read.
I really hope karma kicks that runt’s ass soon. Maybe he and Miss Lindsay (the new ambiguously gay duo) will get caught in a sex scandal.
Me too Eric! maybe even a threesome with Ayotte
Gee, Layla, thanks for THAT image.
Thought this was interesting—-that the official report on Bergdahl differs from what some of his fellow soldiers are saying. And I was not aware that he had wandered off before—at his training post in Ca. and at least one other time from his post in Afghanistan——and had always returned. He was said to be the “free spirit” type and always talking about wanting to see how far he could go——or wanted to go somewhere to see the sunset. And there is no mention of leaving any note, no one knows for sure if he intended to leave permanently etc. The hired gun soldiers who are going on every TV show to smear him seem to just be repeating rumors—–about an overheard phone call, about other soldiers killed in the search for him (blaming every combat death in an active war zone on this), and many discrepancies where what once was true is no longer reported as true. I think so many rumors are being spread, no one yet knows any confirmed facts.
And think it’s interesting that the news media only reports on congress people who were dissatisfied with last night’s briefing, always mentioning the few familiar Dem names——when there are many who had the opposite view. Strange, eh?
Meant to post this link
http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2014/06/report-bergdahl-wandered-off-before-and-he-returned.html
” According to the military report, Bergdahl was never called out or disciplined for wandering off, making it likely that he would continue doing so.”
I read that he had wondered off one more than one occasion….now this ragtag team of Army misfits wants to use something against him that he had done before and never got in trouble for…because it’s a convenient ruse? I want to know what this platoon did over there.
imagine that. 🙂
e-mail to Jake Tapper :
Hey Jake……
Looks like you jumped the shark with your main man Korder.
He was issued a ” Less than Honorable ” discharge……..maybe his $$$ begging is for a defense fund.
Is he the one that ran over the Afghan little girl with the MRAP that Bowe Bergdahl told about ?
oh those silly facts are always getting in the way of the narrative…….tsk tsk.
Seriously! Maybe since he’s not eligible for VA/ gov help….he’s hoping for a movie/book deal? Maybe GG will swing in and rescue HIM, too!
Good afternoon Linda,
Hope you’re having a great day.
It’s time for Dr. Maddow to start “her investigation” into this and it wide open.
correction; and blow it wide open
Ohhhh Depends not only for people with bladder control problems…
I love the source on this fake bombshell——-a “purported eyewitness account” and “acquired by FOXNews. Now that’s solid, real believable. NOT!
Hillary’s proud that she refused to say anything critical of Sarah Palin? That’s how she’s distancing herself from the Obama admin.? Wow. I would be ashamed of that admission, that lack of judgment. El dumbo gordo!
Maybe Carl Rove was right
Hi dotster3,
Is this from an interview recently?
From her new book.
I do not remember any ” dismissive statement ”
What is she blabbing about ?
I just saw Brian Schweitzer on Ed pretty much dissing her for being to close to wall street.
Hillary is toast. She will be defeated in the dem primary. She is completely politically tone deaf. She seems to be centering her campaign on voters who will never vote for her. Last I checked Palin is not very popular with dems. She really may be mentally ill.
What a lousy explanation. Campaign Obama knew that the McCain camp My goodness, slowly but surely we are watching the demonstration of a hard fact: Hillary Clinton has been loyal to President Obama only as long as it suited her needs.
I have to say that at the end of her term as SoS, when she was interviewed on 60 minutes in a joint interview with the President, I watched very closely for the body language. While President Obama was warm and expressed real friendship towards her, she was more restrained and I just got the feeling that in the case of Hillary, the friendship was a bit “staged”. I’m sorry and maybe I shouldn’t say this but for some years now I’ve been convinced that the Clintons haven’t changed their opinion of the President; they have some sort of contempt and are convinced that they are far superior to him. I’ve been convinced that they’ve worked behind the scenes for years to keep the caucus from developing too much loyalty or admiration towards the president. In cocktail parties, political gatherings, etc… always commiserating on the supposed “mistakes” of the President, never letting anybody forget that they, the Clintons, would have done better. Always seeding doubts about his competency, either in domestic and foreign policy. Now they’re doubling down on their quest for control of the democratic party, making very clear to every democratic official that they’ll watch who is loyal to them.
Heck, there are rumors that they don’t want democrats to win big in 2014 so Barack Obama won’t be able to achieve anything more and by 2016, americans disgusted by republican obstructionism will vote democrat en masse and they, the Clintons, will return to the White House with a big democratic majority in Congress.
I’m not saying they won’t do good things for americans if they get back into the White HOuse. But their first priority is always themselves and their political power.
I’m aware that republicans will play lots of games to divide democrats , maybe leak false info on Hillary dissing the president for example. But there is TRUTH in the fact that the Clintons are not such big fans of the president and won’t hesitate to hurt him personally or politically if it helps their quest for power. It’s a well known fact that the Clintons are very self-centered.
I will be grateful if their victory means a total humiliation of the GOP. But in terms of character, courage and vision, they don’t compare to the President. By a long shot. The Clintons are traditional political animals. Very good ones. Barack Obama is a statesman of impeccable character.
I don’t believe anything that says PO would ask another person (man or woman) to slam a another woman regardless of how stupid that said woman was. Not his style. I call bullshit on this one.
The implication is that PBO’s campaign issued a dismissive statement about Palin based solely on her gender. HELL NO.
PBO said NOTHING about Palin other than slamming the media for attacking her children – he was a major reason that she wasn’t called out for being a very poor mother of a very mixed up family – while claiming to be the world’s best ever parent.
Clinton rewriting history – why am I not surprised
Boom!
Loose Lips Sink Ships crowd. Retire already, Saxby! One less big mouth to worry about. Yes…Exhibit A
Exactly why GOP cannot be TRUSTED.
Good afternoon 57andfemale,
Happy Thursday to you!
How is Miss Pearl doing? I remember that you received a call from your husband during your posting a few days back. I hope that everything is fine with her.
She’s fine. Took a few days but her tummy’s back to normal. Had a lot of clean-up to do! She wiped out every dog bed, the rug, the sofa. Mr. 57 claimed to have cleaned it up – a……. no.
She’s eating again, wagging her tail, barking at the people walking on the street. She never was lethargic or looked sick, just tummy issues.
Thanks for asking, Cindy.
How’s everything with you?
Just so We all remember that in 2002…..Saxby Chambliss, Rove and Co ran political ads, morphing sen Max Cleveland face to OBL and other terrorists. Sen Cleveland was and is a Vet from ‘Nam who left 3 limbs there. That is how despicable Chambliss is and sooner or later, Karma will pay this ungrateful GA idiot a visit and soon I hope.
there are days, Nena, when I’m impatient for the karma to get going. Which isn’t very karma-ish of me.
Chat on!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/05/dispatches-europe/