I remember when there were pictures of Jesus, John F. & Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. in every home back in 1968 into the 1990’s. None of Bill Clinton from what I remember, but there are pictures of President Barack Obama, Yes We Can, OBAMA/BIDEN, and Obama Family Portraits front and center in every AA DEM home and will be for an eternity. I have the Obama Family portrait on my mantel, Obama/Biden sticker and poster in my office, OBAMACARE bumperstickers and buttons.
Look I’m still going to run to the polls, because it is to darn important, because of what is on the Republican side. The possibility of a President Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Christie, Bush, Carson, ought to get the dead running to vote.
He knows damn well you are right…..it’s just another “rig the system” ploy. Them that control the media controls the message….only we ain’t buying what they control nor their message.
Beautiful, NW! Is there video of this somewhere? I would love to see them in action! I remember seeing Judith Jameson dancing with the Alvin Ailey Company. What a stunning dancer! He created Cry for her.
Hey Nerdy, How can one get a copy of that magnificent painting of our First Family, The Obama’s. Please, do tell. Thanks in advance for honoring this request>>
Anyone with any sense knew that Christie knew what was going on. Knowing what kind of person Chris Christie is, that he is a big loud mouth bully, do you really think those people would come up with that plan all on their own, behind Christie’s back..
My mother raised three daughters as a single mom and never married. We were four females who faced everything together and I think we all turned out pretty well.
My Dad was never the same after WWII, and about a year after he came home, he and my Mom separated. She raised three daughters, as well, by herself. Sounds like both our Moms were good role models for their daughters – meet the challenges, overcome them, and everybody moves forward!
JO’B, you and I have always had a lot in common–names, background, eras. You are, however, the winner and champion when it comes to numbers of grandchildren and great grandchildren!
Thanks for this, PF. I was watching it live earlier today when I had a visitor, which meant that I missed quite a bit. (I also didn’t know it was here when I added the short dance clip below.)
🙂 😀 I think I like most, if not all, choreographed dancing. That’s one thing I could watch non-stop…well, except for ballet, and that I think is because of the music.
I made the mistake of Googling polls and predictions and now I’m having a panic moment about 2016 and preserving PBO’s legacy.
Time for a deep breath, a shower, some dinner and a couple hours of mindless TV watching of NOTHING political.
President Obama is the President TODAY and Michelle is the First Lady. FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS on the now and be grateful (talking to myself here 🙂 )
Cnn poll just now has sanders up by 26… Lol Emerson has sanders by 12 in today’s polls.
I saw it all the way down to 9 yesterday.
The point is, nobody knows who is showing up and who is voting this year…
So the polls are meaningless. Lol lmao
I agree Jojovie. I just watched Rachel interview Hillary. Basically, it was an interview defending Bernie Sanders and his rabid supporters by comparing them to herself and the comments she gets.
Looks like I was on the same page as @mjamal773 when I tweeted this response last month to the idiot who pretty much ignored the current (and best IMO) occupants of the White House.
Bernie Sanders is a white guy. The GOP, the media and many democrats think white guys have the right to rule. Women and black people should not apply.
There is very little debate on policy in this election. The GOP and the media are currently running against PBO and Hillary. This has nothing to do with policy – everything to do with sex and color. Women who vote for Hillary are accused of voting for her because woman – same as black folks who voted for PBO – it was because skin color.
I’m sure this will never end in my lifetime. People are not compared on the content of their character. They are compared by the color of their skin, the sex group they belong to & what they look like.
I can see no reason for voting for an old white guy who has sat in congress for 30 years and got appearance money. Guess he is one step up from Rubio who gets money from his non appearance in the senate.
And to add – there was NEVER any doubt that Ben & Carly were never going to be the GOP nominee. Why they waste their own & others money is beyond understanding.
Usually it’s what they consider doing for “more fame and fortune” – his book tour and possibly future honorary positions, but I’m too sick of her to know what her angle is! Ugh.
99ts, If the Democrats chose Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton they will be guaranteeing a win for the Republicans. For the more than two decades he has served in Congress, Birnie Sanders has always identified himself as an Indepedent Socialist. I seriously doubt that moderate and conservative Democrats will enthusiastically support an avowed Socialist.
He still doesn’t have to face attacks based on who he is from the media, the GOP & some democrats. Personally I’m very pro socialists, have never understood why Americans think it is the worst thing ever. Socialism as per the USSR very very different to real socialism. It is a great way to create and equitable society. (As I see it)
“Eisenhower Elementary teacher Darlene McClendon says her fifth and sixth graders worry they’re dying. Many have rashes, headaches, and stomachaches.
“How do we reassure them? It’s heartbreaking to look in the eyes of a child and have them say ‘I’m scared,’” she said, tearing up as she told her story to Eskelsen García and a room full of MEA leaders gathered for the MEA’s 2016 Bargaining, Public Policy and Professional Development Conference.
It’s hard to know what to say to frightened students, McClendon said, because she worries, too. “My children and grandchildren live in Flint,” she said. ”
That’s what it is, sir. It should be named as such. Snyder is waiting around trying to get everyone else to solve his problems, while the people of flint suffer.
Gov Snyder needs to drink Flint water and bathe in it too. All those that had a hand in doing this to children need to experience what these poor children are doing through. You will pay for this Gov. Snyder, God don’t like ugly….this was pure evil.
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The MEA has established a 501c3 fund for tax-deductible donations. Checks should be made payable to “Classroom Support Fund” with a notation that the donation is for the “Flint Water Crisis.” Checks can be sent to MEA, 1350 Kendale Blvd., East Lansing, MI 48823″
The schools don’t need more wasted right now, but they need money for school supplies and fresh fruits and vegetables for the children.Good high in calcium, iron, and vitamin c may help slow the absorption of lead.
Just stopped by late in the day due to celebrating my seventieth birthday today! Went out to lunch with my brother then on a nice long drive with him down the Coast on a sunny 65 degree day. I have been answering and talking on the phone ever since with my kids and grandkids and other brother in Washington, Nevada and Montana. I also Skyped with my daughter in Munich, Germany. Can you tell I am feeling validated, even though lots older?
Yes, yes, I have no problems with the compliment/complement (both work for me).
Me, i was simply shocked to see you here when I figured you were ‘out of range’ for a few days/weeks (so I could scamper in and out without being tsked upon).
Thanks all for the warm wishes. Over the years I feel like all of you fellow Obama supporters are “real friends that get what is important in life.” Hope we can continue to find one another and be supports for each other, Obama’s policies and our Country’s needs.
Happy Birthday, Obama Gradmama! Welcome to the 70s club! You may be numerically older than last year, but you are still as vibrant and forward looking today. Enjoy and savor every second of your 70th birthday!
OG, Happy Birthday. Glad you such a fun day. I’ve had a couple of years to try on the “70’s” mantle. It kinda fits, so it’s okay. It sure is wonderful to have the love of family at whatever age. So happy to see you’ve been blessed with so many loved ones.
Shades of ’08. Hillary’s supporters are being “trolled” in a nasty way by Bernie’s, according to Bill and Hillary. Thus reminding me of how her ’08 supporters, who became known as PUMAs, acted toward Barack Obama supporters, when she lost the nomination. I’m waiting to hear there’s a “vast left-wing conspiracy,” next. Maybe it’s been said, already.
I really do not respond well to people running for the highest office in the land, who have to whine to get their way or for things to change. Find a way to deal with it. Learn from the master, who just happens to be a fellow Democrat and our current President. For goodness sake, we’re not even through voting in our second state.
Buck the hell up! 🙂 Just another bit of evidence that nobody has had to deal with what PBO has had to deal with, and still he’s achieved so much more than any president in my lifetime. We can’t hope for, let alone expect, another peak experience. But surely the candidates can learn from him, and if they’d just wake up, they’d do better in the election as well as in office.
Aloha Jacqueline! All is well here, though we’re having what we call ‘cold’ weather– 59 at night. That means a blanket on the bed, and in the daytime, socks with my rubber flip flops 🙂 Hope you’re well, too ❤
Good for Rachel. She more or less brought up this topic with Hillary tonight, which I just watched, and called out Hillary supporters for acting in a similarly nasty way as Bernie supporters. Fair’s fair. Works for me.
She kind of had to sidestep but got herself through it. Too tired to think of her exact wording – I’ll try to remember to find you a clip tomorrow. GN.
You are so right, J’OB! You would think that by now, the Clintons would be so politically seasoned to realize that running for President requires the candidate to have a tough skin to fight against false and baseless accusations/attacks.
Does that mean the Donald would have to invade Mexico and take their oil or money to build the wall? That fits his so called ruthless to be feared tough guy image, or would he just sue them?
I’m a grandma but have family pictures rather than those of famous folks in my house. Thus said, my grandma had a picture of QE II in pride of place in her living room. Guess that is the Commonwealth answer to pictures of Presidents 🙂
Under New Hampshire state law, communities with fewer than 100 voters can get permission to open their polls at midnight and close them as soon as all registered voters have cast their ballots.
Sanders won over all four Democratic voters in the tiny town of Dixville, while Kasich sneaked past Donald Trump, 3-2, among Republicans.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
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⭐ No way! Just caught up with all o’ y’all, and here’s our amazing Nerdy with a new thread! Meandering on..
Congrats on first MP.
I remember when there were pictures of Jesus, John F. & Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. in every home back in 1968 into the 1990’s. None of Bill Clinton from what I remember, but there are pictures of President Barack Obama, Yes We Can, OBAMA/BIDEN, and Obama Family Portraits front and center in every AA DEM home and will be for an eternity. I have the Obama Family portrait on my mantel, Obama/Biden sticker and poster in my office, OBAMACARE bumperstickers and buttons.
My “Obama ’08” button will eternally hang from my rearview mirror, no matter who’s elected in 2016.
Me too. I want that bumper sticker that says “Obama 2016 – I just want to piss you off”.
Yes!
http://www.zazzle.com/obama_biden_2016_car_bumper_sticker-128551209073547561
Thanks…. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Look I’m still going to run to the polls, because it is to darn important, because of what is on the Republican side. The possibility of a President Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Christie, Bush, Carson, ought to get the dead running to vote.
I’ll run to the polls too, Bella – in the Primary and the General. I just won’t have the same spring in my step as I did in ’08 and ’12, that’s all 🙂
Well said, bella!
Hello, TOD. This picture should be one every black grandmother’s house! 🙂
BEAUTIFUL!!!! Congrats MP.
Incredibly lovely, how do we order?
I found this link back in November when searching for something VC had requested.
http://www.blackartdepot.com/pages/search-results?q=president%20barack%20obama&p=1
If it doesn’t open, go to blackartdepot.com and then Search for President Obama
Guy says I’m wrong. No, just devious. 🙂
He knows damn well you are right…..it’s just another “rig the system” ploy. Them that control the media controls the message….only we ain’t buying what they control nor their message.
I enjoyed every minute of those performances. They were great.
YASSSSSSSSSSS….thank you NW,,,,BlackGirlMagic…..
Back in the day….1956
Beautiful, NW! Is there video of this somewhere? I would love to see them in action! I remember seeing Judith Jameson dancing with the Alvin Ailey Company. What a stunning dancer! He created Cry for her.
Wonderful photos! Thank you, Nerdy for brightening the day.
Missed that part Nerdy. That is sooooo deep and deliciously subversive what FLOTUS said in that last tweet 🙂
and they do not have to retreat to the slave quarters after they entertained the master…
“Michelle say ‘yeahhh’… I sing that to her sometimes.” 🙂
Congratulations, MP! Great tweets, Nerdy Wonka! We can’t begin to see how far the ripple effects of the Obamas’ mentoring will reach.
Hey Nerdy, How can one get a copy of that magnificent painting of our First Family, The Obama’s. Please, do tell. Thanks in advance for honoring this request>>
Great news, meta. Thank you.
Oh so beautiful! I just love it. Good evening TOD folks.
Ooooweeee! The fecal matter is about to hit those swiftly rotating blades! lmao!
From your lips! I was picturing “the law” coming to retrieve him from the campaign trail, big smile on my face..
Anyone with any sense knew that Christie knew what was going on. Knowing what kind of person Chris Christie is, that he is a big loud mouth bully, do you really think those people would come up with that plan all on their own, behind Christie’s back..
That is a May 2015 story is there and update?
Oh, sorry, jojo. Just saw the header and ran with it. I wish it were true, NOW!
Me too JO’b, me too. I wonder what happened to the guy who Weinstein, he does not look well. I hope he doesn’t mysteriously die before he can testify.
As a single mother back in the day, I very much appreciate that sentiment.
My mother raised three daughters as a single mom and never married. We were four females who faced everything together and I think we all turned out pretty well.
Meant to say Mom was a widow who never remarried.
My Dad was never the same after WWII, and about a year after he came home, he and my Mom separated. She raised three daughters, as well, by herself. Sounds like both our Moms were good role models for their daughters – meet the challenges, overcome them, and everybody moves forward!
JO’B, you and I have always had a lot in common–names, background, eras. You are, however, the winner and champion when it comes to numbers of grandchildren and great grandchildren!
Ha. Yes, I’ve won in those categories before – which is fine with me!
As a son of a single mother I also appreciate that statement.
From back in the day.
Oh thank you PrettyFoot! the whole program! I missed the first part.
MadameSoph, it was wonderful to watch and then listen to FLOTUS speak to those young girls.
it is beautiful
Our First Lady was indescribably insightful and adorable today……(words trail off)… Wow.
Thanks for this, PF. I was watching it live earlier today when I had a visitor, which meant that I missed quite a bit. (I also didn’t know it was here when I added the short dance clip below.)
love Alvin Ailey…they are so awe inspiring
🙂 😀 I think I like most, if not all, choreographed dancing. That’s one thing I could watch non-stop…well, except for ballet, and that I think is because of the music.
What a wonderful performance! Thanks PF for posting it 🙂
I loved the event. It was extraordinary. FLOTUS’ speech was amazing – preparation, opportunity, excellence. And her dress. I love love her dress.
Since we’ve been talking dance (and Ailey) today I am reminded of some clips I haven’t watched in *ages*. Here’s one…
🙂
TRUTH!
Help! Any BT’s around? I have two comments in limbo because I made a typo in my nickname… oops!
Grazie for freeing me!
I made the mistake of Googling polls and predictions and now I’m having a panic moment about 2016 and preserving PBO’s legacy.
Time for a deep breath, a shower, some dinner and a couple hours of mindless TV watching of NOTHING political.
President Obama is the President TODAY and Michelle is the First Lady. FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS on the now and be grateful (talking to myself here 🙂 )
Cnn poll just now has sanders up by 26… Lol Emerson has sanders by 12 in today’s polls.
I saw it all the way down to 9 yesterday.
The point is, nobody knows who is showing up and who is voting this year…
So the polls are meaningless. Lol lmao
I agree Jojovie. I just watched Rachel interview Hillary. Basically, it was an interview defending Bernie Sanders and his rabid supporters by comparing them to herself and the comments she gets.
GE TODville.
Looks like I was on the same page as @mjamal773 when I tweeted this response last month to the idiot who pretty much ignored the current (and best IMO) occupants of the White House.
Need a smile and a smirk? Go peAk.
http://juanitajean.com/some-people/
Bernie Sanders is a white guy. The GOP, the media and many democrats think white guys have the right to rule. Women and black people should not apply.
There is very little debate on policy in this election. The GOP and the media are currently running against PBO and Hillary. This has nothing to do with policy – everything to do with sex and color. Women who vote for Hillary are accused of voting for her because woman – same as black folks who voted for PBO – it was because skin color.
I’m sure this will never end in my lifetime. People are not compared on the content of their character. They are compared by the color of their skin, the sex group they belong to & what they look like.
I can see no reason for voting for an old white guy who has sat in congress for 30 years and got appearance money. Guess he is one step up from Rubio who gets money from his non appearance in the senate.
And to add – there was NEVER any doubt that Ben & Carly were never going to be the GOP nominee. Why they waste their own & others money is beyond understanding.
Usually it’s what they consider doing for “more fame and fortune” – his book tour and possibly future honorary positions, but I’m too sick of her to know what her angle is! Ugh.
99ts, If the Democrats chose Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton they will be guaranteeing a win for the Republicans. For the more than two decades he has served in Congress, Birnie Sanders has always identified himself as an Indepedent Socialist. I seriously doubt that moderate and conservative Democrats will enthusiastically support an avowed Socialist.
He still doesn’t have to face attacks based on who he is from the media, the GOP & some democrats. Personally I’m very pro socialists, have never understood why Americans think it is the worst thing ever. Socialism as per the USSR very very different to real socialism. It is a great way to create and equitable society. (As I see it)
There hasn’t been this much elegance in the White House in 53 years.
Very true. Natural, unassuming, gracious , friendly, welcoming, empowering elegance.
Agree!
A new dimension of the Flint tragedy.
“Eisenhower Elementary teacher Darlene McClendon says her fifth and sixth graders worry they’re dying. Many have rashes, headaches, and stomachaches.
“How do we reassure them? It’s heartbreaking to look in the eyes of a child and have them say ‘I’m scared,’” she said, tearing up as she told her story to Eskelsen García and a room full of MEA leaders gathered for the MEA’s 2016 Bargaining, Public Policy and Professional Development Conference.
It’s hard to know what to say to frightened students, McClendon said, because she worries, too. “My children and grandchildren live in Flint,” she said. ”
http://www.mea.org/nea-president-meets-flint-teachers-crisis-update
Absolutely despicable.
Home grown terrorism!
That’s the absolute TRUTH, Sailor!
That’s what it is, sir. It should be named as such. Snyder is waiting around trying to get everyone else to solve his problems, while the people of flint suffer.
Gov Snyder needs to drink Flint water and bathe in it too. All those that had a hand in doing this to children need to experience what these poor children are doing through. You will pay for this Gov. Snyder, God don’t like ugly….this was pure evil.
I 1000 percent agree with you, jojo. Let the monsters feel what they’ve done.
Watch this amazing gymnast from UCLA
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The MEA has established a 501c3 fund for tax-deductible donations. Checks should be made payable to “Classroom Support Fund” with a notation that the donation is for the “Flint Water Crisis.” Checks can be sent to MEA, 1350 Kendale Blvd., East Lansing, MI 48823″
The schools don’t need more wasted right now, but they need money for school supplies and fresh fruits and vegetables for the children.Good high in calcium, iron, and vitamin c may help slow the absorption of lead.
Thank you.
Just stopped by late in the day due to celebrating my seventieth birthday today! Went out to lunch with my brother then on a nice long drive with him down the Coast on a sunny 65 degree day. I have been answering and talking on the phone ever since with my kids and grandkids and other brother in Washington, Nevada and Montana. I also Skyped with my daughter in Munich, Germany. Can you tell I am feeling validated, even though lots older?
Happy Birthday, Obama Grandmama! I won’t be 70 until October, so you beat me to it! Enjoy every single second of your year, dahling!
I didn’t realize you were such a youngster, JO’B.
🙂
Happy birthday also from Montana. So glad you have had a very special day.
CONGRATULATIONS, OG! Happy, Happy 70th year!
Happy Birthday, OG! You’ve had a fabulous day! May you continue to be Blessed with love, peace, and joy!
Happy Birthday you 70 year old youngsters!!!!!
Congratulations, I’ll be there in a couple of years.
😯 😯
It’s all “complementary”. /smh
Yes, yes, I have no problems with the compliment/complement (both work for me).
Me, i was simply shocked to see you here when I figured you were ‘out of range’ for a few days/weeks (so I could scamper in and out without being tsked upon).
Funny and cute!
Thanks all for the warm wishes. Over the years I feel like all of you fellow Obama supporters are “real friends that get what is important in life.” Hope we can continue to find one another and be supports for each other, Obama’s policies and our Country’s needs.
Happy Birthday, Obama Gradmama! Welcome to the 70s club! You may be numerically older than last year, but you are still as vibrant and forward looking today. Enjoy and savor every second of your 70th birthday!
Happy Birthday, Obama Grandma. Sounds like you a had a great day celebrating your birthday with your family.
OG, Happy Birthday. Glad you such a fun day. I’ve had a couple of years to try on the “70’s” mantle. It kinda fits, so it’s okay. It sure is wonderful to have the love of family at whatever age. So happy to see you’ve been blessed with so many loved ones.
Love it.
😉 JO’B – Am keeping an eye on him from time to time (meaning when I remember).
Yes – I am, too (from afar!).
😀 😀 We’ll likely be able to look more closely once this year (a-hem) is over.
Ha!
Shades of ’08. Hillary’s supporters are being “trolled” in a nasty way by Bernie’s, according to Bill and Hillary. Thus reminding me of how her ’08 supporters, who became known as PUMAs, acted toward Barack Obama supporters, when she lost the nomination. I’m waiting to hear there’s a “vast left-wing conspiracy,” next. Maybe it’s been said, already.
I really do not respond well to people running for the highest office in the land, who have to whine to get their way or for things to change. Find a way to deal with it. Learn from the master, who just happens to be a fellow Democrat and our current President. For goodness sake, we’re not even through voting in our second state.
Whining and near tears? Not a good look. Buck up.
Buck the hell up! 🙂 Just another bit of evidence that nobody has had to deal with what PBO has had to deal with, and still he’s achieved so much more than any president in my lifetime. We can’t hope for, let alone expect, another peak experience. But surely the candidates can learn from him, and if they’d just wake up, they’d do better in the election as well as in office.
Ahhh. So very, very true.
Hope all is well with you, susanne! How’s your weather (dare I ask?)?
Aloha Jacqueline! All is well here, though we’re having what we call ‘cold’ weather– 59 at night. That means a blanket on the bed, and in the daytime, socks with my rubber flip flops 🙂 Hope you’re well, too ❤
One of my best friends lives in Florida, and when she tells me that kind of stuff, I always say “Poor baby.” Enjoy your “cold” weather!
Good for Rachel. She more or less brought up this topic with Hillary tonight, which I just watched, and called out Hillary supporters for acting in a similarly nasty way as Bernie supporters. Fair’s fair. Works for me.
How did Hillary respond?
She kind of had to sidestep but got herself through it. Too tired to think of her exact wording – I’ll try to remember to find you a clip tomorrow. GN.
You are so right, J’OB! You would think that by now, the Clintons would be so politically seasoned to realize that running for President requires the candidate to have a tough skin to fight against false and baseless accusations/attacks.
You would think. But NOOOOOOOOO. Bill is getting on my last nerve. Ha. Gotta get control of myself, I guess. 🙂
Mexican ex-president: No, we won’t pay for Trump’s ‘stupid wall’
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/how-does-mexico-feel-about-trump-wall-218946#ixzz3zdsTNLqW
Well, now that you are (unexpectedly) here, I guess I can sign off.
No, not if go furst. Bye, vc.
Does that mean the Donald would have to invade Mexico and take their oil or money to build the wall? That fits his so called ruthless to be feared tough guy image, or would he just sue them?
Goodnight, TODville. Tomorrow is another day – of the Obama presidency! Yay!
I’m a grandma but have family pictures rather than those of famous folks in my house. Thus said, my grandma had a picture of QE II in pride of place in her living room. Guess that is the Commonwealth answer to pictures of Presidents 🙂
Under New Hampshire state law, communities with fewer than 100 voters can get permission to open their polls at midnight and close them as soon as all registered voters have cast their ballots.
Sanders won over all four Democratic voters in the tiny town of Dixville, while Kasich sneaked past Donald Trump, 3-2, among Republicans.
Thank yooooooooooooooooou Nerdy!!
Moooooooorning everyone!
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/09/early-bird-chat-661/