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Carolyn:
Also remember how that picture became one of the biggest jokes and travesties of his term. Maybe a short term positive, but after a month, people knew that was a lie. Part of his downfall later, I think.
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Cindy:
Happy Friday Carolyn,
I am so convinced that the main reason, the repukes and MSM want a picture of President Obama at the border, is to place it next to Bush “real” Katrina moment (Bush in plane looking down on those who were suffering), and run with some eye catching headline;
Bush/Obama Katrina moment and they both did nothing.
Of course they would photoshop the picture by inserting crying babies and mothers at the border with the President standing there.
They want to redeem Bush by comparing the President to him; hoping that a picture of President Obama at the border would destroy him.
“AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN” and they are losing their minds because they can’t manipulate him to do it.
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Lovepolitics2008:
“They want to redeem Bush”… THIS.
There’s no question that republicans are never able to deal with not being in power. The minute a democrat ascends to the Oval Office, they begin the campaign to destroy him. Democrats, who are more mature politically, and are not authoritarians, don’t do the same.
But in the case of Barack Obama, we’ve seen the resentment and the hate reach new levels. Race is a factor of course. But another one is that republicans have been SO HUMILIATED by the Bush presidency, they want Bush’s successor to be humiliated to. To leave office with approval numbers as low as Bush’s numbers were. Just so they can comfort themselves in the fact that it’s not just republican presidents who can be rejected by the population.
I’ll go further. I wonder if unconsciously, the pundit class wants the same thing. Let me explain…
They’re so obsessed by the political game, they seem to be totally uninterested by policies and their effects on the american people. They have big salaries and don’t need any help; they absolutely don’t CARE about what happens to people. So the fact that Barack Obama is working to help people DOESN’T IMPRESS them at all. The fact that Barack Obama is working to repair the damage of the Bush years DOESN’T IMPRESS them at all. Since they don’t care, the integrity, empathy, hard work of this president doesn’t generate in them positive sentiments. They judge him, SOLELY, on the way he plays the political game and on the way he interacts with them, the “media stars”. They would like him if he was friendly towards them, if he flattered their egos, if he made them feel important.
So the media class doesn’t like the president. And since they want interesting “narratives”, since they’re entertained by watching a politician’s numbers go up and down, I can’t help feel that deep down inside, they wish they’ll be able to tell the story of a rock-star politician who ascended to the Presidency after an historical, exciting campaign… but left office with as low approval numbers as his republican predecessor.
(And of course, let’s not forget JEALOUSY. They don’t want to feel inferior to this very brilliant president who is , on top of everything, a better WRITER than all of them.)
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Cindy:
You nailed it Lovepolitics2008,
The other side to this ugliness, the raw side of this hate; truth be told – to have a “black man” running this country has rocked their world.
What they are operating from, is the premise of; “Let’s put this N______ in his place.” Nothing else would spew this kind of hatred, than an African American rising to the “TOP.” That is why we have continually heard the words; uppity, arrogant, who does he think he is, cocky etc.
Their behavior reminds me of the scene from Malcolm X, when Malcolm and the people were waiting outside of the hospital, after the police had beaten a black man. When they received word that he was going to live, the Police Chief said; this is too much power for one man to have.
They lost their ruling power to President Obama – so sue him to put him in his place. HA!
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The Obama Diary 
Nerdy–our fearless fighter– I would like to have a t shirt with those words-“-truths do not cease to exist because they are ignored”– written on the front and back. With the added phrase, Vote Democratic 2014.
YES! With a list of TRUTHS from this President’s terms:)
Now that would be powerful.
CONGRATS ON 1ST jackiegrumbacher!
You’re # 1!!!! – ENJOY!
It’s a rare, rare thing indeed, Cindy. Only happens when everyone else is asleep at the wheel.
I would wear such a shirt with pride! Congrats on 1st, Jackie!
Congrats on 1st Jackie. Indeed, that would be an exceptional T-shirt!!
NW, thank you for featuring the discussion that Cindy, Lovepolitics had in response to Carolyn’s comment!! Well done
hey!
TY, Nerdy> Now off to read…
Wow….NW is on Fire on TGIF.
🍸 🍸 🍸
Now I can go and Read the News 😉
Thank you Nerdy.
Excellent post – thanks NW 🙂 I like the TODers’ comments of great insight and truth being front-paged!
I just logged on to say this, too.
Great to see the essays of Cindy, Carolyn and Lovepolitics front-paged. We sure have some smart commenters, here!!!
So true! Way to go JackieG!
And NerdyW, thank you!
I’ve just read the entire post, Nerdy, and I do like this little bit of variety in featuring more than one comment today. One of the refreshing aspects of TOD is the effort you and Chips Chica put into ensuring **our** blog 😉 😉 is never stagnant. We regular souls here *know* we are fortunate to have the joy of having consistent elements mixed with timely, sometimes unexpected, bits of ‘creativity’, all wrapped around the positive progress Pres. O and his Admin are making. I ❤ that about the village, and from my ❤ to yours and all the other active village ❤ s – Thank You!
Twice today!!! If I had a mantra this would be it.
Indeed. As Bobfr always says: #TrustBarack
O MY GOSH!
That’s ME!! That’s our conversation from Early Bird.
I am speechless…..
Thank you Nerdy Wonka!
🙂 Be careful what you say, eh Cindy?
NSATODBTs may be listening.: )
Kudos to LovePolitics and Cindy for exposing the underbelly of the beast. The GOP and their media arm will keep on trying to destroy this president–they will never stop hating him or trying to disparage his astonishing achievements, but they will fail. Not only have they exposed themselves in all their blatant bigotry, but they have underestimated, once again the strength, intelligence and fearlessness that is Barack Obama. When you do not know who you’re fighting, you cannot win. They are outclassed and outmaneuvered and they can’t see it.
YASSSSS!!!!
7-11-14
Josh “The Voice” Earnest at the WH presser
The man schooled the DC WHPC. He does it without batting an eye 😉
Presser begins at 17:78 mins in
Nena20409, thank you for watching and posting this everyday. I so admire you for listening to the WHPC. Thank goodness for our Press Sec!
You are welcome mtmarilyn 😉
I have watched and or recorded these briefings since the Clinton Days. C-SPAN used to carry them Live or replayed them later when Congress was in session. Now they Live Stream it.
Again thank you!!! Know that your efforts are greatly appreciated here at TOD, even tho we don’t thank you often enough. This is also a thank you to all here. I hope everyone knows how much they are appreciated!!!!!
Lovepolitics2008 great post…..
The press was also complicit in the Cheering 24/7 to the run to the Iraq war.
They also impose their bigotry of Lower and twisted unattainable Higher expectations on pres Obama. This leads to unfair blame, unfair coverage, double, triple standard assigned to president Obama, comparisons that are of the same contrast, Sole concentration and obsession of negative story while dismissive of any wrong by the GOPers/opposition no matter how egregious or injurious to the public at large.
For Example
Rev Wright. Religion. Birtherism. Assigning Scandals where Never materialized……Fast and Furious. Solyndra. IRA. Benghazi. BP. Etc.
Sedition!!!!
And now Chris Hayes is reporting that “Patriot” groups are going to the Texas border to “help” out the Federal Border Agents.
So much truth, eloquently stated.
To add to NWs POWERFUL Post….
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2014/7/9/sarah-palin-targets-moocher-brown-people-in-screed-calling-for-impeachment
Beneath all the false rhetoric about debt, deficit, government control and everything else, there has always been one, and only one, reason for the existence of the Tea Party: race. What has often been lost, however, is that it is not simply Barack Obama’s race that has driven the Tea Party nuts (although it certainly has), it’s the ethnic makeup of the diverse coalition Obama was able to build twice to decimate the two great white horses (essentially literally) that the Republican party put up against him.
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Not new News to me and TODers…The Obama Team said so then.
Poor Japan….they have had it tough since the March earthquakes and Tsunami in 2011.
Cyclone/Typhoon just days ago. Nuclear meltdown in 2012.
Now another earthquake.
Thank you, NW for posting these enlightening comments from Carolyn, Cindy, LovePolitics2008.
So much truth here. All these comments hit the nail on the head, but LovePolitics2008 distilled the essence of WHY the MSM is in bed with the GOP.
Its pretty apparent that jealousy is a factor these (mostly white elite males) “journalists” got to where they are by being the smartest (quippiest, fastest, whatever) guy in the room, and resent the fact that President Obama is at least 5 moves ahead of them.
But what burns the most is what LovePolitics2008 said: a President who is “a better WRITER than all of them.”
Wish there was some way to require that all of worst offenders (David “GOP Shill” Gregory, upChuck “I flip people off on camera” Todd, Jon “Benghazi” Karl, Jake “the Snake” Tapper and Mark “the President is a dick” Halperin) respond to these comments.
You go, TOD, and kudos to NW for posting!
Rick Scott is Not right…..how is this a winning political ad for him?
This is so juvenile.
I pray we get rid of Scott in November. He has nothing to run on.
Can Congress Impeach an Attorney General??
“At least, that is, when it comes to targeting the president. National Review’s Joel Gehrke published a piece yesterday noting that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and several House Republicans are “building a case for impeaching Attorney General Eric Holder,” and by some measures, they’re “getting more traction with that idea than impeaching the president himself.”
Hi prettyfoot58 and HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU!
These people are filled with hate to the bone.
They are setting the stage for an uprising; stoking a fight with President Obama and the Attorney General is their way of saying, get the blacks out of here. This is going to be ugly.
hello Cindy found this piece from 2007 in the NYT…
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/opinion/03bowman.html?_r=0
IF Alberto Gonzales will not resign, Congress should impeach him. Article II of the Constitution grants Congress the power to impeach “the president, the vice president and all civil officers of the United States.” The phrase “civil officers” includes the members of the cabinet (one of whom, Secretary of War William Belknap, was impeached in 1876).
Thank you prettyfoot58!
Can we now agree that race is the main reason for Republican attacks on President Obama, and now AG Holder?
HAPPY FRIDAY nathkatun7!!!
“Can we now agree that race is the main reason” – YES WE CAN!
I knew it was all about the color of POTUS and AG Holder’s skin years ago, when the disrespect ,ugliness, hatred started.
Wow…VP Biden has Just Said it…….Oh my Goodness.
WOW!!!! I have been packing for my trip, came back to TOD, and NW…..guess what I found…..this beautiful front page. Thank you for front paging these important analyses!!! Also LOVE your caption: “Truths do not cease to exist because they are ignored”. Powerful. Love the juxtaposition of JFK’s quote, MLK’s, and the pictures. You are a literary and graphic gem.
I said I was packing. I will be away for about eleven days. I’m taking a trip with my sister…..actually, she and I are going along with her husband’s choir on a tour to Prague, Vienna, Salzburg and Munich. I will see some wonderful places and get to be with my sister. She lives in California, so our times together are rare, and as we are now past the three score and ten mark, we want to make precious memories together. My husband isn’t going. His heart condition which is well monitored and regulated by his pacemaker, makes him too uncomfortable to attempt a European trip. He said the absolutely worst part are the airports. So, he will be here with our precious little poodle, and be happy and well!
Have a great trip. Sounds wonderful—–interesting and beautiful cities on the itinerary. Will miss your smart commentary—-unless you get a chance to sneak in from time to time. Would love to hear about your trip highlights. Have fun with your sis!
Have a wonderful trip Carolyn, it’s so nice to spend time with your sister; 3 of my sisters lives in California, and the distance keeps us apart way too long.
Sorry to hear that your husband will not be able to join you, hopefully your husband and Chanel will not destroy the house : )
Be safe and have “LOTS” of FUN – ENJOY!!!
Thanks for your good wishes, and Cindy….you remembered my dog’s name! Wow!!!! She” is, of course, far superior to many human beings 🙂
I read a book by a Canadian vet who characterized different dog breeds. I loved what he said about poodles: “All poodles act as if they won first place in the lottery of life.”
Funny, but because she is here, I have a larger degree of comfort going than I would if she wasn’t here with him.
Our four legged babies are our family members, so I try to remember the names of the precious family members who brings so much joy.
Mr.Carolyn is in good paws : )
Carolyn,
Have a most wonderful time with your sister!
carolyn, I always look forward to your great comments here. You are the voice of reason!
Have a great trip!
Thanks, Carolyn. Wishing you and your sister a wonderful trip and wishing your husband and poodle a happy hilarious time with each other.
Have a wonderful time, Carolyn, and you’re so right about making memories while you can. Stay safe and enjoy every moment.
Taking a break from my day off to share this with my fellow Californians.
We know what we have to do. #FORWARD!
Californian TOD’er and their families brace for an deluge of NO on 45 ads…..I can’t wait.
That photo says a lot. Mutual love and appreciation.
But, but, but dotster3, POTUS is aloof, distant, not connecting with people, hates retail politics, etc, etc 😉
“I don’t know about you, but – when the history books are written – I want to be remembered as someone who saw that this crisis is about the lives and deaths of particular human beings…and was willing to open the door.”
Welp, I guess this has been amended:
Secretary Hilary Clinton really said that? I would find that hard to believe. That wouldn’t be a smart thing to say since there is a legal process that must be enforced and the children are entitled to due process before they can be sent back. I’m sure Secretary Clinton, who is a lawyer, knows this quite well.
She said this:
“We have to send a clear message. Just because your child gets across the border, that doesn’t mean the child gets to stay. So we don’t want to send a message that is contrary to our laws or will encourage more children to make that dangerous journey.”
“They should be sent back.”
http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2014/06/19/hillary-clinton-border-kids-send-back/10885883/
Hillary should become a Republican.
What a wonderful post. We have the smartest, most compassionate, and understanding community her at TOD. This is what America really is. We are America.
Cosign!
THANKS to Nena for providing a link to today’s WHPB with Josh. I just finished watching and he’s truly magnificent.
🙂
^5
Josh was fabulous today. His response to Count von Knoller about ‘photo ops’ was pitch perfect.
Now this could get really awful for him…..
I feel for him. I hope he is not detained or worse, deported. He has lived here since age 12.
Nena20409,
This is serious, just read the article because I remembered him from being on Dr. Maddow’s show, and it appears that he is in trouble.
Not looking good.
I know he feels for those kids and that caring drove him down there…..but why complicate matters? He said on Bill Maher’s show two weeks ago….Here I am and I am not hiding from anyone. I can be arrested or picked up. Then he laughed nervously. Well, in this case, tempting fate/faith, maybe,…….. not very smart.
Wow! not smart indeed.
I wonder what’s going on with him. He was dogging President Obama this week on twitter and now he goes where he knows he could be in trouble with immigration? I hope he’s not grandstanding for publicity and martyr hood. He has a lot to lose.
Mocking the President has a price; we reap what we sow.
When one plants the seeds of good, bad, indifference or ugly, the harvest has to come up. The tongue is as sharp as a two edge sword, it’s dangerous to use it recklessly.
Dan Choi learned this lesson the hard way. Going on the corporate media to attack the one individual who is very much your ally is the most foolish thing to do and almost always backfires. Meanwhile, the media frauds who egged you on are no where to be found when you are in trouble.
Don’t be surprised if he calls on President Obama for help.
Oh, I think you may have called it.
This is getting creepy hf I posted my remark at 8:25 and then scrolled down to read the rest of this thread and there we are again in mindmeld.
We’re on the same wavelength here! LOL…used to happen with me and meta at one time – where we would post the same tweets within seconds of each other. 🙂 🙂
Dan Choi?
Surprise 😯 Surprise…..Politico must get to the Bottom of American Muslims 72% Love of pres Barack Hussein Obama….Wowowowow…..Why oh Why?
Pathetically predictable……
Please open with caution, if you must.
Enough money to repair some broken bridges. Or help Detroit. Or help the kids at the Border. Or help Chicago with the many shootings. Etc.
Love Them!
Bc of this , the T baggers will want to close all of CDC not fix problem.
Novak Djokovic has tied the knots.
Wimbledon, wins his 7th Final as a pro. A Baby on the way and now a Wife 😉 Congrats.
Was here a West Wing Week today? Can’t find it! HELP!
I found a vimeo version here:
I hope the WH posts it because it’s a really good one!!
HAPPY FRIDAY MR.BOBFR!
Excellent read and I love this;
But among all of Barack Obama’s political skills his detractors fear, his ability to counterpunch is the most devastating. haha : )
Have a BEAUTIFUL EVENING!
Wow…..anchovies seen off CA coast. Not oil spills.
Guess Who !
America’s Dumbest Congressman compares migrant children to D-Day invasion, demands ‘ships of war’
in our case more than twice as many just in recent months, more than twice as many than invaded France on D-Day with a doubling of that coming en route, on their way here now
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/11/1313337/-America-s-Dumbest-Congressmen-compares-migrant-children-to-D-Day-invasion-demands-ships-of-war
BTW… 130-150k invading France on D-Day…
I wonder were are the decent Republicans? All of them are not Tea Party folks. Where are the ones who will stand up and say yes I disagree with this President on just about everything, but there comes a time when we have to reach across the idle to solve a crisis and this is that time when Democrats and Republicans must sit down and work together to get this crisis solve. Is there any Republicans with the guts to do that? I think I know the answer to that. There isn’t any to stand up because most if not all of the Republicans are just like the Tea KKK Party.
There are Republicans that say Democrats and Republicans must sit down and work together it’s the media and the teabaggers who are preventing the sane republicans from doing the right thing. They have to work in lock step or get a primary replacement. I heard this caller say he was glad that the Republicans were “slowing” down the president. The radio host asked why he did not complain about GWB’s signing statements or starting two wars or his tax cuts for the wealthy etc. He claimed he did not know Bush did more signing statements. I call BULL. It is not the first time that I have heard a Republican say it was OK they did not enact many bills and maybe they should just not work the rest of the year until after the election. I asked what about taking care of the countries business? There are a lot republicans that are OK with the behavior of their party representatives as long as it does not affect them personally….they would only blame PBO anyway.
I’m really starting to love this man. He has a deep well of compassion and common sense. BRAVO.
Meta, did you say “starting”?
I would vote for him in a heartbeat. This man has character and he cares.
HRC never had my vote because she is a woman. That is just NOT enough to win my vote and the though of her husband in the WH makes me sick all over again.
How is everyone Friday going?
I am going back to catch up. I spent the whole day in mid-town NYC with friends visiting. I am worn out. They have had enough and ready to go back home. I have so much more planned for them to see. They will not be back for a long while. I just need a nap and shower and then I am ready to go. They think that we are in for tonight. They are so wrong……after the sun goes down we have a dinner party on the roof. Bless their hearts…..then we are up early for a scenic ride up the Hudson River to a friend’s home for a BBQ.
Have a great weekend everyone!
I love our President and First Lady pic sharing the podium.
They still touch, kiss, show affection in public. It warms my heart to see that respect and love.
I know who my guide will be when I get to NY : )
HAPPY FRIDAY LDS!
Enjoy your friends, be safe and have a ton of fun.
Have a great weekend, LDS!!
I hope he runs for President! I would definitely support him over Hillary Clinton.
I really love being an observer here to the beautiful, enlightening and thoughtful conversations and having it put together so beautifully by Nerdy.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/07/11/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-4/
NW, I’m blushing… for you quoting me in your post. Thank you to carolyn and others for your comments. It’s an honor to be part of this community. And, as someone who posts only occasionally, I just want all of you to know how much I appreciate reading so many interesting comments each and every day.