@TheObamaDiary: Gauntlet thrown. Whatchu got? => Obama Hugs!!! http://t.co/gKQPcr4nkb
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
Hugger-in-Chief by @SmartyPants -> http://t.co/u73C2ynGnx pic.twitter.com/bogYLOD6ge
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
Okay @Smartypants60, that post is annoyingly, outrageously exceptional, but….. 🎈🎉 💥 ——> pic.twitter.com/wWJ2D3W0QT
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary One down…twenty to go 😉 pic.twitter.com/e9A2TW3RDk
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 🏆 -> pic.twitter.com/v5IEFm4X3p
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary Yep – that’s definitely one of my favorites. So’s this one. pic.twitter.com/fvtHvWXNTl
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Okay, I concede, that’s a gem, but: 🌟 —> pic.twitter.com/Ab9XNZihBL
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 That was a completely misplaced comma – delete comma after ‘concede’, this war has only just begun.
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary OK. You got me with #’s there. But I’ll counter with an overdose of adorable. pic.twitter.com/QPU9ymgvT2
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Drat, one of the greatest. But….. 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 -> pic.twitter.com/06jxakkJ46
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary But… pic.twitter.com/BsH6gsj5aP
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Yeah, yeah, iconic ……. but: 👌-> Born to Hug: pic.twitter.com/Z732QSDbJE
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary Who needs celebrities when you get a Lifts-me-off-my-feet hug! pic.twitter.com/MvUKGkVZaC
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Oh, okay, not bad. But…… Presidential-Vice Presidential 🐻-hug –> pic.twitter.com/HZiPTpz0JJ
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary Yeah, yeah. But nothing beats a Daddy/First Daughter hug. pic.twitter.com/FB6M7rKQOF
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Hmm, fair enough, although not far behind…. 🐶 -> pic.twitter.com/5ED9UCbaTd
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary Yeah, but knee hugs from a cutie-pie are the BEST! pic.twitter.com/0wUbrmG7M4
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Huh, going for the knee hugs, are ya? How about….. 🍼 -> pic.twitter.com/eUtbWYzpzb
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary Oh yeah, we’re goin’ there… pic.twitter.com/ravzH6PidJ
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Very, very lovely …. and sorry about this ….. but: 🐣 -> pic.twitter.com/J6vH4SVw0L
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary Too sweet for words. But…enthusiasm counts. pic.twitter.com/YPiOkgr8Xx
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Alright, that’s not bad, but….. x 2⃣ —> pic.twitter.com/F30NMkI8a6
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary Love the little ones. But how bout a the BIGGEST SMILE?! pic.twitter.com/WwhZsAyCDd
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Grr, you’re raising the bar Smarty. But…. 🎓 -> pic.twitter.com/S5jm4YLh9K
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary As I said, quality counts. The bear hug it is!!! pic.twitter.com/3HFVQ8OSc3
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Gorgeous. But… 🙋 -> pic.twitter.com/sPvTPj3Fll
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary Beautiful. But this one comes specially from our consoler-in-chief. pic.twitter.com/znTGa6rSMs
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
@Smartypants60 Okay, that’s beautiful, but his most compassionate Consoler-in-Chief moment *ever* 🎻 –> pic.twitter.com/WIiyUw28Ml
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 13, 2014
@TheObamaDiary You might have won the day with that one 😉 But there will be no dry eyes after this one pic.twitter.com/US0SIFxrT7
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
Please think carefully before you vote, this is important. Thanks.
@TheObamaDiary Regardless of your poll skewering, we can’t let a hug-off end w/out the hug heard round the world. pic.twitter.com/Q3qnDvNMqF
— Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) September 13, 2014
🙄 Some people just can’t handle democracy #ThePollsDon’tLie
The Obama Diary 
Hugs
Congrats GGail!
Hahaha! thanks LP 🙂
😆 LP? You’re bonkers!!!!!
Hilarious!
Congrats Gail 🙂
Well done Chips 🙂
Thanks Bob 🙂
Chips & Nancy had big fun 😀 😀
GGoooooooooooooooalGaaaaaail!!!
Chiiips!!!!! GOOOOAAAAL 😀
I knew it was coming!
Hugs-O-Rama 😀
I sure hope Maddow sees all of these and more.
I hope she takes back her words on air!
I voted for Chipsticks!!! 🙂 🙂
Well, I voted for the other Chips 😀 😀 😀
You are fair and square!
😉
So did I!!!
I did too, GGail, because I thought that “the other chips” was an error in posting. I assumed that it was originally intended to represent Smartypants because there is absolutely no way our supremely ethical Chipstics would dare rig a poll like that. Unless, of course, she is looking for a six figures income job in the U.S. mainstream media.
I am happy that you are able to “SEE” and appreciate TRUTH telling from a dedicated admirer of Chipsticks.
Wait. How did Mitt Romney end up in there? 🙂
That day, the Mister could have certainly used a big hug. (I believe it was the debate where he was schooled about bayonet and horses).
Ohhhhh…..’Please proceed, Governor. Lmao. Thanks! 🙂
The Mittens pic(YUK) was the reason I voted for the other Chipsticks instead of Chipsticks.
😆
LOL!! Brilliant.
Maddow needs to taken to the WOODSHED for that FOOLISHNESS1
Chips & Nancy sure can stir up something!!!
I love this! All of us are winners because his heart and his arms are there to enfold a nation and a world.
So very true CEB!
Beautifully said, CEB!
And who is Rachel Maddow to judge anyway? She’s been on MSNBC for 6+ years and I haven’t seen her hug a single damn soul. Does that mean she’s not a hugger? And why should that be of any importance to anyone? Her job is not to hug, it’s to host a political talk show…
It’s just that she spends a lot of time arguing that this President is NOT liked. It’s as if she has some stake in turning people against him. Maybe that IS her job too.
I’ve noticed that tendency among certain Liberal left…to claim that PBO is “not popular” or “not liked” etc…
It’s a very subtle variation on the “he can’t relate to real AmuRKKKANS” uttered by the RW…
I’ve noticed the same thing too, HF2! I always urge people I know, who have bought into the MSM meme that President Obama is “not popular,” to check out THE OBAMA DIARY. I was 15 when Dwight (IKE) Eisenhower finished his second term and JFK began his presidency. I just don’t remember any other President who was more comfortable in interacting with children, young people, ordinary people, old people, celebrities and foreign leaders than President Obama.
Good Afternoon TODVille!
If I may add my 2 cents to the discussion, in the early days of the Obamas at the WH, they were both widely criticized for hugging people. Michelle with her bare arms all around everyone all the time, and PBO for hugging men! The media spent an insane amount of time that could have been used to discuss the merits of the stimulus on such a trivial matter. After 6 years, now the tune has changed that PBO was not hugger? Huh???
Well said NCLB! For the Obamas, it’s heads you lose and tails you lose! Thank god for sites like TOD, there is no away they will falsify the record completely.
The hug is what we see; the love that makes each of these hugs so meaningful is the fact that President Obama truly loves people.
Before you vote – check the rule book. We have clear standards for what qualifies as a “hug.” Ms. Chips is docked points for failing to consistently meet those standards and I am unanimously (with a vote of one…from me) declared winner!!!!
{{{{{HUGS Nancy}}}}} 😀
🙄
Where is the little soccer fan giving the finger when you need him? I voted for the first Chips cause the 2nd Chips was losing…..go with a winner folks. 🙂
😆 Thank you for your support Jojo!!!!
I hope you were not intimidated by the overpowering seeing eyes of “the first Chips.”
Um, Chips…that’s NOT the international sign for HUGS 😯
😆 I actually chose it because it was pointing up at Smarty, but on reflection, not what I wanted at all!!!!
ROFL!
Don’t make me red card both of you. Now HUG IT OUT BITCHES!!! 😀 😀 😀
You got my vote, Nancy 🙂
Hey good look’n …. 🙂
I wish they would show this in the Media and stop lying about his approval. This POTUS is LOVED…all across this nation and it seems like they really hate to show it. The degree they go to to give the impression he is hated is disgusting. Especially when there is ample evidence to the contrary.
What would happen if the women of TOD got near President Obama
…..also what may cause a nuclear meltdown
Oooh..I would’ve loved to be standing right there at that defining moment….
Oh Baby!!!
Seven Hells! I may faint. SO MUCH HANDSOME SEXY HAWTNESS in one frame. oooh la la!!
I LOVE this Jonathan Swift quote, and how true it is! Whenever I look at those who are against him, I realize that they are truly a “confederacy of dunces.”
Donna, this has always been my favorite of all your twits. It’s perfect.
I ❤ it too
Donna, you have such amazing tweets. I love this one!
Wow! That’s beautiful and profound.
Great tweet, Donna! The Jonathan Swift quote is absolutely spot-on!
Another of my favorites:
Ecstatic to see these adorable/wonderful #HugWars tweets when I logged in today.
But stunned to see why — did @Maddow actually say that PBO cannot hug????
WTH???
Do not understand this at all — sorry, behind here as usual, but cannot figure out why she would say something that is obviously NOT true. Makes no sense to me.
R-money only has sons, and I’m sure Miss Ann controlled them until they were school-aged — at that time R-money was able to roughhouse with them, but he is painfully clueless on how to hug or show any degree of tenderness.
Clue me in, TODville!
Thanx.
To add another element to this little discussion…….has Rachel Maddow been asleep when PBO has been speaking and people just yell: “We love you!” and he answers: “Love you back!” I have never heard this kind of spontaneous expression of affection to ANY OTHER President!!!
The equivalent of a giant group hug. WTH is her problem? Not enough to legit talk about?
Yes Indeed, Carolyn! Like you, “I have never heard this kind of spontaneous expression of affection to ANY OTHER President!!!” And I am almost 69 years old.
I never expected the supposedly smart Rachel Maddow to embrace Karl Rove’s tactics of attacking the strength of the people you dislike/oppose. President Obama is so comfortable among regular folks. Rove and his fellow Republicans know that this is one of President Obama’s strengths and they’ve done everything to try to undermine it. Along the way, the MSM have been the GOP’s greatest enablers. Somehow, the man who chose to forego lucrative careers in the corporate world, and instead focused on working to help the displaced workers find jobs, is the one who is now labelled as an aloof elitist. The media purposely ignores all the spontaneous expression of love that President Obama receives from ordinary people, both in this country and abroad. I was hopping that Chipsticks would include that lovely, iconic and powerful “HUG” President Obama received from a young student/students in Australia.
I have achieved a breakthrough!
My regular Saturday patron, Keith, who quails too much at what pundits say, is coming over to my way of thinking and being a pundit-free zone. I’ve been working on this for YEARS. Finally bearing some fruit.
Congratulations, LL! I recently had a friend finally declare that CNN seemed to have “lost their objectivity”…
So I see Chipsticks has rigged the voting and probably had Danny voting repeatedly for the past few hours too. Smartypants, I’m afraid she has no sense of shame either. 🙂
Yes, I just voted, and it’s neck and neck.
58 votes for TheObamaDiary
57 votes for or TheObamaDiary
LOL.
Did no one here see @Maddow last night or whenever this happened?
arapaho, it’s 71/69 now 🙂
This has got to be one of my favorite posts ever! I’m bookmarking this for future use, whenever I’m blue, this will pick me right up!
Thanks, Madame Chips!
🙂 I hope you voted Tally??
True.
After my Saturday morning errands, am staying home all weekend.
Too hot for Hades out there now.
Tally!!! I’m so glad that I landed on First on this post – it’s awesome!!!! So full of love and plenty of HUGS!!!!
Yes Indeed! I grew up admiring the first legend. I never imagined that I would live longer enough to see the other legend.
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OOooooo, wish I could be there! Best wishes for Tally!!
It is an annual performance no one in SoCal should miss…I will be there.
Thanks meta!!!
I can’t wait Tally!
YAAAAY!!!!
Donna has a great one:
To which I add:
Oh, one of the most beautiful ever!
She’s a real gem. I just love her. And so does POTUS!!
One amazingly fabulous thing about President Obama is that all of us and every child, celebrity and sane person WANTS to hug him. For some magical reason, he has always had the ability to make people feel that he knows them and cares about them that he and we are part of the same family. I was trying to think of any president that would elicit that kind of feeling and I drew a blank. The idea of hugging Johnson, Nixon, or any of the Bushes makes me gag and I was always suspicious of the Clinton faux ‘sincerity.’ President Obama is the real thing, authentic to the core, and he touches our hearts. Next up, has to be Michelle Obama hugs.
jackieg, I hear you!
Totally agree!
Maddow is just jealous, she hasn’t got a hug yet, teenager pout coming from her.
Anyone know the story of those coins?
“So the residents of Luhansk & Donetsk who have been waiting for humanitarian aid and been without water and electricity for over a month now, just received:
Command and staff vehicles (CSV) P-142, designed to provide command and control for armies and organizational coordination of radio command. Well done, Putin, well done! That should feed thousands….”
Good Evening TODable TOD!
Coming from the man who vetted Sarah Palin.
Oh just like you vetted your VP pick insane McCain?
😀 Lovely memory lane pictures, but a twitter hugs war? smh
And didn’t David Cameron say No Bombing of the ISIL by the Brits? Hmm? ISIL still went ahead and beheaded their Citizen.
Only way ISIL will be stopped is by doing exactly what President Obama is orchestrating – degrade and destroy. Anyone entertaining the notion of negotiating with them should spend some time negotiating with a viper.
To Hug or Not To Hug……that is the question?
War or Not……that is ISIL?
In 6 yrs, 24/7 before this Nation and the world……If Dr Rachel Maddow thinks that she was being Smart on Thursday’s Segment bashing pres Obama………What Rachel Maddow ended up doing was…..show How STUPID she made of herself. It was the equivalent of her Mock Oval Address speech she made in 2009/2010. Ms. Maddow failed miserably.
Her Thursday show….I must confess, I heard a bit, but Never watched rendered her Smartness totally useless. If she was being Honest……which she was Not……she should have mentioned the Coup d’etat on Jan 20th, 2009 by 19 GOPers at a Steak House in DC as the nation burned financially. The various statements of wanting a Waterloo by Jim DeMint, to see him fail by Rusbo, the number one Goal by McConnell in Oct 2010 to make the president a one termer, Michele Bachmann’s various accusatory ill informed statements, the many times this POTUS invited the GOP to the WH….including the Super Bowl in 2009…….Bitherism, etc, etc, etc.
Rachel made an arse of herself by LYING 1001%. To attack the Person of Pres Barack H. Obama is NOT hard. But it is also the duty of others to ask why so much attention to the EMOTION and Person of this president? Those who are doing it have Nothing else to complain about policy-wise so the act out Childishly, Racially and Wickedly. The problem in these cases are theirs. Unfortunately, with Malice, those who have the Medium of information are damaging these United States of America from Within.
The hug wars are great!! If Maddow really did say that then I hope everyone tweets their great pictures to her. @Maddow Thanks for the hug wars!!
Then this happened……McCain, I am sure will be making rounds no doubt, this Sunday, 9-14-14, Talk-A-Ton shows.
Chips, I am sending a virtual hug to you, Nerdy, the other BTs, and your regulars…thank you for all that you do every day. What a wonderful lift your spirits post. We are so blessed to have such a warm, affectionate, and caring CIC…I am thankful for him every day!
Unfortunately, these things almost always……ends tragically.
Hug-off. Brilliant. These are the pics we love to see.
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/13/the-week-in-toons-9/
Good Day Todders…
I am late to Maddow news..Stopped watching her..
her latest r/w’s talking points doesn’t match in what she reported a few days prior…to the “hugging” incident…
There are some times when Maddow and the others doesn’t deserve the attention that is given them.
This kind of remind me of the pictures were the media were talking about how the little kids were not impress with meeting the President Obama. Like a 1,2, or 3 year old is going to know who the President is and be impressed.
Don’t mean to brag, but I personally have been hugged twice and kissed once by President Obama. Oh yes indeed.
Wow, that is very special!!!!
😀 Lucky you!!
tug of wars about hugs ? happens only with bt
It’s Saturday!
So democracy dies on Saturdays? #riggedpolls/smh
Completely – Sunday to Friday is plenty.
ISIS loses if our moderate Arab-Muslim partners can unite and make this a civil war within Islam — a civil war in which America is the air force for the Sunnis and Shiites of decency versus those of barbarism. ISIS wins if it can make this America’s war with Sunni Islam — a war where America is the Shiite/Alawite air force against Sunnis in Iraq and Syria. ISIS will use every bit of its Twitter/Facebook network to try to depict it as the latter, and draw more recruits.
We keep making this story about us, about Obama, about what we do. But it is not about us. It is about them and who they want to be. It’s about a pluralistic region that lacks pluralism and needs to learn how to coexist. It’s the 21st century. It’s about time.
Now, I need a hug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
{{{{Jacq!}}}}
{{{theo67!}}}