Try this one. You’ll have to move forward to about 48:10 to see the part where VP Joe comes out but bonus is the President’s remarks after him are included 🙂
T. Kenny has much love and appreciation for PBO. World Leaders are going to miss him almost as much as we will. Long applause following the comment about the wall.
I’m still discombobulated with time change (early this year?), and the fact that St. Patrick’s day is apparently 2 days early… missed PBO’s remarks. 😦
Did see most of Taoiseach’s gallant speech which warmed my heart — love the St. Patrick’s day festivities, all the Irish brogues and VP beaming like a little boy.
"My name is Joe Biden and I work for Barack Obama." Watch @VP speak at today's St. Patrick's Day Reception: https://t.co/qv9l1YrINK
Remember what POTUS said when asked about it, he said there are three things in life that are certain, taxes, death, and Michelle is not running for any political office.
From one grifter to another. I have never had any respect for either of them at any time. There is no surprise that Joel, who has his entire family on the church payroll while he and his wife live like a royal couple on the backs of the church’s members would come out in support of Trump.
But my mom would probably get blamed for all of society’s ills as she hauled my brother and I on two long bus rides down to the food stamp office once a month to feed us while my father was off on one of his many drug binges. To be honest, some of those people in that group of pictures don’t look well, not trying to make any excuses but some of those people have might have reasons for being on food stamps.
If you listen to right wing conservative Republicans, only free loaders lazy blacks and hispanics are on welfare. Those ho aren’t blinded by race knows the truth.
Little Nate was way off about the MI primary. So I hope he took the time to factor in the open primary effect, the last 48 hrs of aggressive campaigning by the Sanders’ camp, as well as the change in age demographic from 2008 to 2012. If he took the necessary precautions, then these polls are reassuring.
I know – I read his article, and some of the things I mentioned in my post were stuff that he wrote about. So I was just saying that I’m assuming that he factored all those things in the current projections. 🙂
Oh sorry. I read in an earlier article that he had adjusted his predictions, basing them on some different data, but I’m at a loss to recall the details and I haven’t gone looking for it because I’m supposed to be doing my report cards now and it’s bad enough that I’m taking a break with TOD. If I go surfing into the wide, wide internet I will be lost for sure! I will check back later for news of Ohio, etc.
Hey Dudette, I hope all is well. I don’t know what DNC can do about those “open primaries” and the shenanigans RWers pull. Those GOP voters are voting for Bernie as they did in MI.
If nothing else they could have communicated to registered Dems in those states how important it is to make their voice heard for who they want to be the DEM nominee, not fool around trying to screw with the GOP.
It was the shenanigans that the Dems pulled in Michigan that made the difference. Had they all voted for Clinton she would have won, albeit by not much. It sounds like they’re doing it again in Ohio; voting for Kasich in the hope that it will stop Trump. I think it’s foolish. I was asked to vote in the Republican primary for a local candidate in 2008, I think. I was really tempted because the GOP candidate was very good and very moderate. I live in most GOP district so the Democrat probably wouldn’t have won anyway, but I decided not to because I thought I wouldn’t have liked it if Republicans had tried to mess up our primary.
Here’s the thing though. Even if Sanders “wins” those open primary states with all these shenanigans, his margins won’t ever be large enough to surpass HRC’s delegate count. In the closed primaries, HRC usually beats Sanders by double digits, and often, especially in the south, just blows him away.
What I have been noticing is many times after two terms of one party holding the Presidency it swings to the opposite party. I keep hoping that the public is paying close enough attention to what the GOP has done and said to decide that is not in their best interest to change to GOP. However, the media keeps the good news from the public and stresses any possible negative to keep elections competitive. I also have been hearing a majority of the Dem crossover votes in Ohio and IL are due to being tired of the results of Dems being in charge.
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SPEECHES WON’T WORK…IF OUR FALLEN SOCIETY PREFERS FALSE PROMISES FROM THE DONALD…WORDS WON’T MATTER BECAUSE THEY DON’T LISTEN!..THE GREED OVER PEOPLE PARTY WILL NOT CHANGE!
I FORGOT TO MENTION SEEING ARSENIO HALL LAST NIGHT ON THE BET AWARDS…HIS COMMENTS ABOUT PBO LEAVING THE WH WERE FANTASTIC…HOPE YOU ALL CAN FIND THAT CLIP!
PBO’S ELECTION BECAME A SHINING LIGHT ON ‘THE HIDDEN’…SOONER OR LATER THE TRUTH FINDS DAYLIGHT..IT IS TO ME EXTREMELY SHAMEFUL TO SEE THE RACISM THAT STILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL EXISTS IN THIS COUNTRY!
In October 2007 Colonel Davis resigned from his position as Chief Prosecutor. He had made the policy that evidence obtained from the use of waterboarding, which he considered torture, would not be admissible as evidence in the military commissions. By this time, charges were being developed against high-value detainees, some of whom had been waterboarded in the custody of the CIA. Davis was overruled in his policy by his superiors, including William J. Haynes, II, the General Counsel for the Department of Defense.
Davis resigned in protest and transferred to become the Head of the Air Force Judiciary, stating, “The guy who said waterboarding is A-okay I was not going to take orders from. I quit.”[15] He also charged that there was meddling from the Pentagon in cases, and claimed this presented serious conflicts of interest.[16]
Davis said he was denied an end-of-tour medal for his two years at Guantanamo because he resigned and later spoke out about problems in the Pentagon’s Office of Military Commissions. Davis stated about the medal denial, “I tell the truth, and I get labeled as having served dishonorably. I’m very concerned about the chilling effect . . . on the process”.[17] Since his resignation, Davis has frequently spoken out against the Commissions.[18]
In 2008 Davis was called by the defense to testify in the military commission of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s driver, where he repeated his accusations of political interference. He said Pentagon interest in the progress of trials of detainees greatly increased after September 2006, when high-value detainees were transferred from the CIA to Guantanamo.[15]
I live in Florida in a deep red district. In the county that I live, all I have seen are Bernie and Trump signs, even at the polling places. The only Hillary outreach I have seen was two Saturdays ago, when there were supporters on the corner of one of the main drags here.I have not seen a single sign for her, at least in the areas I have travel. My work takes me around town a fair amount. In the last week, Bernie signs have outnumbered all of the candidates combined. The same people that are voting for Bernie are voting for Trump. You would hear them say that Trump is crazy and because Bernie is an Independent, they will vote for him. Democrats are the very minority in this area.
Today, after voting, I wore my I voted sticker on my hand for a while. Then I took it off and put on on my right cheek. Throughout the day, it was like a reminder. People would see me and say, “Oh, I’ve got to go vote.” And I would encourage them to and for those who would listen, I talked about the importance of this election and tried as best as I could to give them a little info on each of the candidates. On the Dem ballot, it was only Hillary, Bernie and O’Malley. At least two of the folks I work with, literally asked who I thought would be the best person to vote for. I gave each one an explanation about the candidates’ plan, always followed by the fact that it was important that President Obama’s policies are continued.
One co-worker stated that all we hear about is Trump and so, there was no way to know who to choose because after PBO she couldn’t trust anyone else. She would vote for him again, if she could. She stated that many of her friends said they were voting for Bernie because they were mad at Hillary for what she did to PBO. This person, however, did not know exactly what Hillary did to PBO. I explained to her some of what happened in 2008. But I also told her that if we wanted to maintain PBO’s legacy, we needed to think about who to vote for. I encouraged to go and vote. I don’t now if she did.
But what I gleaned is that many people have checked out. Many African Americans are mad at Hillary but they do not now anything about Bernie.
At the risk of not counting yard signs like Peggy Noonan, it is looking to me as if Bernie will carry Escambia County. Santa Rosa is next door, but I can’t say.
I hope people get out and vote!! If you made it this far, thanks for reading.
I am hoping that come general election, when we are doing GOTV, many will see the importance, especially when PBO starts stumping for her. But I totally understand what you are saying.
Hello all. Whenever people say they are mad at Hillary because of 2008, remind them that PBO made Hillary his SoS. If he aint mad why are you? She will continue his legacy Bernie will not. In fact Bernie is doing to PBO exactly what HRC did in 2008 but you gonna vote for BS? THATS BS!
May the election gods bring us some good news tonight, like Trump’s made to look like a fool EVERYWHERE. That would give us some hope that people have gone back on their (good) meds!
When we saw this on PBS earlier, my husband said he thinks they are dong it this way to get attention/send a message. Who knows, maybe he’s right, but too often he tends to be quite cynical in these type situations. In this case, I don’t agree with him.
On another topic: DT and the election. PBS did a few minute segment about who his supporters, short interviews with “regular” folks on why they are supporting him. GAG!!! It’s what we’ve heard over and over–his business experience, he’s smart and savy (extra GAG!), they are angry and feel like they’ve been forgotten or left behind, he says’ what he’s thinking with no pretense or the tpical “tells it like it is.” So much proof that so many are gullible, uninformed voters. It is scary!!!!!!!!
In 2008 right after McCain picked Palin I heard women say they were voting for McCain because he chose a woman as a running mate. One woman said that Palin would not push for war because she was a woman with children. Another said her pastor’s wife advised them to vote for McCain/Palin. So many that vote do not look closely into what the candidates say or do, but only in what they themselves believe they stand for. Many just stay with the same party year after year regardless of their platform.
This is going to me a commuter nightmare tomorrow. I wish I could work from home on Wednesday. It’s just unbelievable that they made this decision at 4:45 this evening.
I wish you could too, donna. We said we bet lots of employers will let folks works from home or just tell them to not come in. We lived there for 17 years (Fairfax) so I KNOW what it’s like on a “good” day. Good luck!!!!
GOP media – as crazy as the GOP – hope she laughs in his face if they are ever close enough for that. Watch the 2008 election night – Tweety was raving about the end of racism & the wonders of PBO – that lasted until he discovered that the President didn’t do favors for the press, nor accept that racism was done.
If you were a conspiracy theorist the VP of an opposite party would have a big incentive for something to happen to the President so their party could then hold the presidency. Sounds like a movie script.
I didn’t think with all that crossover voting going on that she had a chance in OH. I don’t want to get my hopes up but crossing my fingers that she can pull it off and get at least 3 out of 4 tonight.
My younger sister (who was never politically involved until Obama-08/-12 and she sure picked a good one then!) just informed me via e-mail that if Bernie doesn’t get the D nomination, she and her “friend Alice” (whom I guess is a guru or something) are voting for Trump vice Hillary.
No idea if she even knows anything about Trump’s shenanigans. She just threw this at me, all of a sudden. I’m also thinking if I asked her why not vote for Hillary, she’d maybe have to go ask her “friend Alice.” ???
Check out @comebackdecade timeline for simple facts about President Obama (or better yet, e-mail your O’sister on Thursday (St. Patrick’s Day) with the video of Taoiseach Kenney’s glowing remarks about PBO today. 🙂
Guess Florida really mattered for Dems tonight. (We’ll work together to convince O’sister to NOT vote for Trump!!!)
To be clear: Bernie Sanders' path looked really remote heading into tonight. But FL on pace to make it next to impossible right now.
I laughed! Thanks, sugar! And I will e-mail her the video. She’s a gigantic Obama supporter, has enjoyed each and every highlight of his two terms (calls me after some of his speeches, etc.). That’s what was so surprising about her “temporary” decision! Temporary until “we” change her mind.
Let her cool down. Show her Trumps dangerous temperament videos that Rachel put together. Show her the lying charts about Trump. His Trump Univ. scandal and other business practices. Let her know that he is the worst of the bunch.
Or vote for PBO and then vote for the person who denied that he was even a citizen of the US. The logic that people are using for voting for that bigot is just baffling to me.
jacquelineoboomer, forgive me for what I am about to say, but what the hell is wrong with these people? If you vote for Donald Trump you are no better then Donald Trump, you are disgusting as Trump. And my question is what the hell do you stand for? Something is wrong with these people.
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I have FB friends that said he held big rallies in FL and was on the airwaves. I’m not sure how many offices he had there but he did campaign there some.
I despise both of them but I think Cruz is more dangerous. Trump has no plan or real agenda and certainly won’t want to do the hard work of being president. Cruz HAS an agenda, and it’s an evil one. He’ll have us in WWIII within months.
It is indeed. I was talking to my principal today, a deeply decent man, who was a Republican, but ‘came out’ to me a couple of weeks ago that he no longer is. (I’m one of the few Dems on the staff and we do talk politics occasionally). He is also really scared, but he is also convinced that Clinton will be the Dem nominee and she will wipe the floor with any GOP candidate in debates in the general. From his lips to God’s ear.
Something for your speculation. I got a call today from a fundraiser for Hillary. Had a fun conversation with him, and I also made a small recurring donation for the next eight months. Even though I’m in a RED state, I’ve got to do my bit. Anyway, we got chatting, he could tell I’m informed and interested, so gave me his take on the Republicans. He thinks they will do all they can to keep Trump from getting enough delegates, the convention will deadlock, they will appoint Mitt Romney nominee, and make John McCain VP nominee…….that I can’t go for, but the Romney thing……..I think the Repub establishment is now desperate enough to try that.
Anyway, thought you all would be interested in that proposition.
Exactly what I thought about Romney when I heard that he was going to do a speech to try and take down Trump earlier this month. The Repugs would move to try for a brokered convention to try and oust the Donald. Not sure that McCain would be a VP pick but it really seems like pigs are flying, right now so nothing can be discounted. And let me add to the speculation that my boss who was a BIG time Romney supporter in 2012 spent most of this afternoon preparing his application to become a delegate at the Repug convention…..
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
H/T to meta for the info on “This is for my Girls’ – previous thread
You can listen to it at this link 🙂
http://hiphop-n-more.com/2016/03/michelle-obama-this-is-for-my-girls-missy-elliott-zendaya-janelle-monae-kelly-clarkson-kelly-rowland/
Bobfr….Thank You.
I just finish listening to the song. 🙂
Wow! That’s GREAT! Hope they do a video to go with it!
Congrats on first, Bobfr!
I. LOVE. IT.
Repeat and Repeat
Congrats, Doc Bobfr on your Au ⭐
I was two post behind. I should have refreshed 😉
Hello, TOD.
Hiya Nena!
GE Dudette, see we’re on the same RidinWithBiden page. 🙂
RidinWithBiden! 🙂
That make me sad. Aretha Franklin’s song just popped into my head
Why can’t I get the picture or sound? just a blank screen.? 😦
Sorry it works for me.
Try this one. You’ll have to move forward to about 48:10 to see the part where VP Joe comes out but bonus is the President’s remarks after him are included 🙂
T. Kenny has much love and appreciation for PBO. World Leaders are going to miss him almost as much as we will. Long applause following the comment about the wall.
GA/GE TODville.
I’m still discombobulated with time change (early this year?), and the fact that St. Patrick’s day is apparently 2 days early… missed PBO’s remarks. 😦
Did see most of Taoiseach’s gallant speech which warmed my heart — love the St. Patrick’s day festivities, all the Irish brogues and VP beaming like a little boy.
Hope to get a link to this…
Scroll up to my reply above to Roberta 😄
LOVE THAT GREEN TIE…HE NEEDS TO WEAR MORE OF THAT COLOR!
“Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke think Hillary Clinton’s running mate should be Michelle Obama.
That would be AWESOME, but MO wouldn’t be interested.
Remember what POTUS said when asked about it, he said there are three things in life that are certain, taxes, death, and Michelle is not running for any political office.
Yep
not only no but heck no
LOL!
Boy my opinion of Joel Osteen have change.
I knew O’l Joel was just a little too slick – now I understand my being leery of him.
I grew up in the church, trust me, some of the those preachers or ministers are as slick as they come.
Me too Don – and till am. I have some family members who love them some O’l Joel and I just don’t.
From one grifter to another. I have never had any respect for either of them at any time. There is no surprise that Joel, who has his entire family on the church payroll while he and his wife live like a royal couple on the backs of the church’s members would come out in support of Trump.
ICYMI: Jeffrey Goldberg on Charlie Rose last night in conversation about The Obama Doctrine.
http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60700194
MIGHTY WHITE AREN’T THEY????
But my mom would probably get blamed for all of society’s ills as she hauled my brother and I on two long bus rides down to the food stamp office once a month to feed us while my father was off on one of his many drug binges. To be honest, some of those people in that group of pictures don’t look well, not trying to make any excuses but some of those people have might have reasons for being on food stamps.
If you listen to right wing conservative Republicans, only free loaders lazy blacks and hispanics are on welfare. Those ho aren’t blinded by race knows the truth.
😀
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
We know for sure this one ain’t true tho’, since it’s been scientifically-proven that babies love PBO!
A bout to fall in the Land of Peeps, is the little one.
Nah, he’s trying to decide which is worse, Trump or Cruz, and his tummy is a little upset.
Positive predictions for tonight from Nate Silver:
I do not trust Bernie Sanders. What is the reason his wife were out there meeting with that sheriff Joe Arpaio.
He’s not giving us any reason to trust him. He’s just admitted he only ran a Democrat for the money and the political operation.
Hope this happens Bill – Nate wasn’t so good last time
Little Nate was way off about the MI primary. So I hope he took the time to factor in the open primary effect, the last 48 hrs of aggressive campaigning by the Sanders’ camp, as well as the change in age demographic from 2008 to 2012. If he took the necessary precautions, then these polls are reassuring.
This is what Chuck says. Whatever.
Everyone was wrong about Michigan for a variety of reasons. He’s been writing about this a lot. Here are his predictions and his reasoning. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/florida-ohio-democratic-primary-preview/
I know – I read his article, and some of the things I mentioned in my post were stuff that he wrote about. So I was just saying that I’m assuming that he factored all those things in the current projections. 🙂
Oh sorry. I read in an earlier article that he had adjusted his predictions, basing them on some different data, but I’m at a loss to recall the details and I haven’t gone looking for it because I’m supposed to be doing my report cards now and it’s bad enough that I’m taking a break with TOD. If I go surfing into the wide, wide internet I will be lost for sure! I will check back later for news of Ohio, etc.
God, I hope so!
Ugh! See, now DNC shouldn’t nipped that shit in the bud when all the crap went down in Michigan. More incompetence!
Hey Dudette, I hope all is well. I don’t know what DNC can do about those “open primaries” and the shenanigans RWers pull. Those GOP voters are voting for Bernie as they did in MI.
If nothing else they could have communicated to registered Dems in those states how important it is to make their voice heard for who they want to be the DEM nominee, not fool around trying to screw with the GOP.
I agree.
It was the shenanigans that the Dems pulled in Michigan that made the difference. Had they all voted for Clinton she would have won, albeit by not much. It sounds like they’re doing it again in Ohio; voting for Kasich in the hope that it will stop Trump. I think it’s foolish. I was asked to vote in the Republican primary for a local candidate in 2008, I think. I was really tempted because the GOP candidate was very good and very moderate. I live in most GOP district so the Democrat probably wouldn’t have won anyway, but I decided not to because I thought I wouldn’t have liked it if Republicans had tried to mess up our primary.
Here’s the thing though. Even if Sanders “wins” those open primary states with all these shenanigans, his margins won’t ever be large enough to surpass HRC’s delegate count. In the closed primaries, HRC usually beats Sanders by double digits, and often, especially in the south, just blows him away.
i wonder if this is legit…that DEMS…or at least registered DEMs are choosing to vote for the GOP because they were always Republican
What I have been noticing is many times after two terms of one party holding the Presidency it swings to the opposite party. I keep hoping that the public is paying close enough attention to what the GOP has done and said to decide that is not in their best interest to change to GOP. However, the media keeps the good news from the public and stresses any possible negative to keep elections competitive. I also have been hearing a majority of the Dem crossover votes in Ohio and IL are due to being tired of the results of Dems being in charge.
I’ve mostly been hearing that here in Michigan anyway, they are trying to mess with Trump.
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OK, this is funny.
So that makes Bernie the magic Caucasian.
LOL!!!!
Pretty much!
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
SPEECHES WON’T WORK…IF OUR FALLEN SOCIETY PREFERS FALSE PROMISES FROM THE DONALD…WORDS WON’T MATTER BECAUSE THEY DON’T LISTEN!..THE GREED OVER PEOPLE PARTY WILL NOT CHANGE!
I agree…they will have to be VOTED OUT!!
HIs speech had better include the Republican party calling President Obama every name but the son of god.
^5
Hope he takes a page from Jon Favs.
I FORGOT TO MENTION SEEING ARSENIO HALL LAST NIGHT ON THE BET AWARDS…HIS COMMENTS ABOUT PBO LEAVING THE WH WERE FANTASTIC…HOPE YOU ALL CAN FIND THAT CLIP!
I posted a tweet with a link to video of his monologue on last night’s thread. I’ll go get the link. It was great!
THANKS DUDETTE…I WAS ROLLIN OVER THAT ONE!
Here ya go!
CAN’T GET MINE TO WORK…KEEPS SKIPPING……………….
YO…WORKING NOW!
I am just glad we are going to have the Obama Foundation, because I swear it is going to be hard to say goodbye.
ICYMI from last night’s broadcast of the BET Honors Award show
Video of MHP’s introduction
His terrific acceptance speech
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS INDEED..I STILL MISS HIM!
Me too!
Yep!
PBO’S ELECTION BECAME A SHINING LIGHT ON ‘THE HIDDEN’…SOONER OR LATER THE TRUTH FINDS DAYLIGHT..IT IS TO ME EXTREMELY SHAMEFUL TO SEE THE RACISM THAT STILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL EXISTS IN THIS COUNTRY!
Hey, has anyone been following this story?
FREE SPEECH IS DEFINITELY NEVER FREE!
Not the details. I know he served as a Chief Prosecutor at Gitmo and something serious happened but I don’t remember what.
From Wiki:
In October 2007 Colonel Davis resigned from his position as Chief Prosecutor. He had made the policy that evidence obtained from the use of waterboarding, which he considered torture, would not be admissible as evidence in the military commissions. By this time, charges were being developed against high-value detainees, some of whom had been waterboarded in the custody of the CIA. Davis was overruled in his policy by his superiors, including William J. Haynes, II, the General Counsel for the Department of Defense.
Davis resigned in protest and transferred to become the Head of the Air Force Judiciary, stating, “The guy who said waterboarding is A-okay I was not going to take orders from. I quit.”[15] He also charged that there was meddling from the Pentagon in cases, and claimed this presented serious conflicts of interest.[16]
Davis said he was denied an end-of-tour medal for his two years at Guantanamo because he resigned and later spoke out about problems in the Pentagon’s Office of Military Commissions. Davis stated about the medal denial, “I tell the truth, and I get labeled as having served dishonorably. I’m very concerned about the chilling effect . . . on the process”.[17] Since his resignation, Davis has frequently spoken out against the Commissions.[18]
In 2008 Davis was called by the defense to testify in the military commission of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s driver, where he repeated his accusations of political interference. He said Pentagon interest in the progress of trials of detainees greatly increased after September 2006, when high-value detainees were transferred from the CIA to Guantanamo.[15]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Davis
GITMO is such a rat’s nest. UGH.
Sure is. Thanks for the info Meta.
HAVE A BLESSED NIGHT EVERYONE…………..DINNER CALLS!
I live in Florida in a deep red district. In the county that I live, all I have seen are Bernie and Trump signs, even at the polling places. The only Hillary outreach I have seen was two Saturdays ago, when there were supporters on the corner of one of the main drags here.I have not seen a single sign for her, at least in the areas I have travel. My work takes me around town a fair amount. In the last week, Bernie signs have outnumbered all of the candidates combined. The same people that are voting for Bernie are voting for Trump. You would hear them say that Trump is crazy and because Bernie is an Independent, they will vote for him. Democrats are the very minority in this area.
Today, after voting, I wore my I voted sticker on my hand for a while. Then I took it off and put on on my right cheek. Throughout the day, it was like a reminder. People would see me and say, “Oh, I’ve got to go vote.” And I would encourage them to and for those who would listen, I talked about the importance of this election and tried as best as I could to give them a little info on each of the candidates. On the Dem ballot, it was only Hillary, Bernie and O’Malley. At least two of the folks I work with, literally asked who I thought would be the best person to vote for. I gave each one an explanation about the candidates’ plan, always followed by the fact that it was important that President Obama’s policies are continued.
One co-worker stated that all we hear about is Trump and so, there was no way to know who to choose because after PBO she couldn’t trust anyone else. She would vote for him again, if she could. She stated that many of her friends said they were voting for Bernie because they were mad at Hillary for what she did to PBO. This person, however, did not know exactly what Hillary did to PBO. I explained to her some of what happened in 2008. But I also told her that if we wanted to maintain PBO’s legacy, we needed to think about who to vote for. I encouraged to go and vote. I don’t now if she did.
But what I gleaned is that many people have checked out. Many African Americans are mad at Hillary but they do not now anything about Bernie.
At the risk of not counting yard signs like Peggy Noonan, it is looking to me as if Bernie will carry Escambia County. Santa Rosa is next door, but I can’t say.
I hope people get out and vote!! If you made it this far, thanks for reading.
i saw your tweet with the sticker on your hand..i loved it…
when folks talk about what Hillary did or said about the President…i remind them that PBO made her his SOS…and that is enough for me
I am hoping that come general election, when we are doing GOTV, many will see the importance, especially when PBO starts stumping for her. But I totally understand what you are saying.
Hello all. Whenever people say they are mad at Hillary because of 2008, remind them that PBO made Hillary his SoS. If he aint mad why are you? She will continue his legacy Bernie will not. In fact Bernie is doing to PBO exactly what HRC did in 2008 but you gonna vote for BS? THATS BS!
May the election gods bring us some good news tonight, like Trump’s made to look like a fool EVERYWHERE. That would give us some hope that people have gone back on their (good) meds!
Hillary seems to be doing well in Florida – although small %
Trump seems to be taking over the GOP
I find this website good for the results
http://www.decisiondeskhq.com/results/2016/primary/dem/president/florida/
Thanks!
Totally agree Jacqueline.
I need music:) An anthem…
😄😘 As you wish!
Dos David Plouffe work with Hillary? I hope so.
“Does”.
No but I think Messina still does.
That is, he runs a Super Pac that supports her.
Thanks. I got him mixed up with Messina.
TPM is starting to report votes now.. so far, FLA for Hillary
Hope that’s right meta – Hillary has dropped from 70% to 66% as the count continues
http://www.decisiondeskhq.com/results/2016/primary/dem/president/florida/
Live Look at Hillary Clinton Watch Party in West Palm Beach, FL:
http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=3 and
http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
That’s a bunch of happy campers, for sure, JER.
🙂
So Putin read The Obama Doctrine!
AHA!
Of course he did!! LOLz.
OK, then!! LOL!!
With 18% reporting, here are the FL numbers so far:
HRC – 66.6%
BS – 31.2%
With 25% reporting:
HRC – 66.0%
BS – 31.8%
When we saw this on PBS earlier, my husband said he thinks they are dong it this way to get attention/send a message. Who knows, maybe he’s right, but too often he tends to be quite cynical in these type situations. In this case, I don’t agree with him.
On another topic: DT and the election. PBS did a few minute segment about who his supporters, short interviews with “regular” folks on why they are supporting him. GAG!!! It’s what we’ve heard over and over–his business experience, he’s smart and savy (extra GAG!), they are angry and feel like they’ve been forgotten or left behind, he says’ what he’s thinking with no pretense or the tpical “tells it like it is.” So much proof that so many are gullible, uninformed voters. It is scary!!!!!!!!
In 2008 right after McCain picked Palin I heard women say they were voting for McCain because he chose a woman as a running mate. One woman said that Palin would not push for war because she was a woman with children. Another said her pastor’s wife advised them to vote for McCain/Palin. So many that vote do not look closely into what the candidates say or do, but only in what they themselves believe they stand for. Many just stay with the same party year after year regardless of their platform.
This is going to me a commuter nightmare tomorrow. I wish I could work from home on Wednesday. It’s just unbelievable that they made this decision at 4:45 this evening.
I wish you could too, donna. We said we bet lots of employers will let folks works from home or just tell them to not come in. We lived there for 17 years (Fairfax) so I KNOW what it’s like on a “good” day. Good luck!!!!
I feel for you Donna. I always tell my daughter that I could never drive in DC. It scares me. 🙂
Reality strikes in a manner that even the chucker is able to notice!!! Thanks JER 🙂
yessssss!!!
Which is why GOP cross overs are voting for Bernie
He he Chuck Todd has finally blocked me
CNN calls Florida for HRC. It’s a blowout!
Great!
yayyyyyyyyyyy…doing the running mannnnnnn…..smilin like a fool…hahahaha
This is great news!
MSNBC:
Florida – Projected R winner – Trump
Florida – Projected D winner – Clinton
Others too close or too early to call.
Poor Rubio… Not!
Exactly!
ABC NEWS PROJECTS TRUMP, CLINTON WILL WIN FLORIDA PRIMARIES, BASED ON VOTE ANALYSIS
I can’t believe that I heard Tweety say that HRC should put Kaisch on her ticket. Is he crazy????
He is nuts.
GOP media – as crazy as the GOP – hope she laughs in his face if they are ever close enough for that. Watch the 2008 election night – Tweety was raving about the end of racism & the wonders of PBO – that lasted until he discovered that the President didn’t do favors for the press, nor accept that racism was done.
In a word: Yes.
If you were a conspiracy theorist the VP of an opposite party would have a big incentive for something to happen to the President so their party could then hold the presidency. Sounds like a movie script.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/primaries/FL
I didn’t think with all that crossover voting going on that she had a chance in OH. I don’t want to get my hopes up but crossing my fingers that she can pull it off and get at least 3 out of 4 tonight.
Same here. I hope so, so that we can get to getting the GOP in a box.
Could be that the dems who crossed were not Hillary supporters. Lots of fingers crossed.
Way to go Hillary!! Thanks Floridians!
how many delegates does she win
Pretty much, YUP.
Come on then.
My younger sister (who was never politically involved until Obama-08/-12 and she sure picked a good one then!) just informed me via e-mail that if Bernie doesn’t get the D nomination, she and her “friend Alice” (whom I guess is a guru or something) are voting for Trump vice Hillary.
OMG.
How can you be For what Bernie is selling and vote for Trump? This is so stupid.
No idea if she even knows anything about Trump’s shenanigans. She just threw this at me, all of a sudden. I’m also thinking if I asked her why not vote for Hillary, she’d maybe have to go ask her “friend Alice.” ???
GE JO’B.
Check out @comebackdecade timeline for simple facts about President Obama (or better yet, e-mail your O’sister on Thursday (St. Patrick’s Day) with the video of Taoiseach Kenney’s glowing remarks about PBO today. 🙂
Guess Florida really mattered for Dems tonight. (We’ll work together to convince O’sister to NOT vote for Trump!!!)
I laughed! Thanks, sugar! And I will e-mail her the video. She’s a gigantic Obama supporter, has enjoyed each and every highlight of his two terms (calls me after some of his speeches, etc.). That’s what was so surprising about her “temporary” decision! Temporary until “we” change her mind.
Let her cool down. Show her Trumps dangerous temperament videos that Rachel put together. Show her the lying charts about Trump. His Trump Univ. scandal and other business practices. Let her know that he is the worst of the bunch.
Hoping beyond hope she just doesn’t know all that about him, and will see the light! Thanks!
Or vote for PBO and then vote for the person who denied that he was even a citizen of the US. The logic that people are using for voting for that bigot is just baffling to me.
she has bought into the Bernie Kool-aid and the lie that Hillary is worse than Trump
I’ll do my part in trying to change her mind, but the Kool-aid must have been laced in this case. OMG.
Folks who have not lived thru Jim Crow..think that they can live thru Jim Crow…esp if the JIM CROW impacts on someone else
Booms, that’s CRAYZEE.
Here, I brought you this: 🍷
jacquelineoboomer, forgive me for what I am about to say, but what the hell is wrong with these people? If you vote for Donald Trump you are no better then Donald Trump, you are disgusting as Trump. And my question is what the hell do you stand for? Something is wrong with these people.
Oh, just talking in general, I’m with you on that.
My views on Trump supporters are the same as your views.
New York Daily News @NYDailyNews 5m5 minutes ago
JUST IN: @realDonaldTrump wins Florida GOP primary, but Ohio race is too close to call http://nydn.us/1pK7w3m
At the very least, I hope the awful Kasich wins Ohio so the awful Trump doesn’t. Just going for a poke in the eye.
😀 😀 😀
Is Rubio suspending his campaign tonight?!?!?
It is sounding so.
Yup, he just said it.
He’s such a boring speaker, I get distracted easy when he starts chirping!
Hillary projected to win in North Carolina!!
MSNBC projects Hillary wins North Carolina.
YAY! Now take Kirk OUT!
I hope she runs a great campaign and sends Kirk home!!!!
She WILL! I bet POTUS will help.
FLOTUS too.
Yay! Proud to say I voted for her!
So glad for Tammy! So glad for Illinois! So glad for the country! Bravo Tammy
I am, too! She’s earned it.
They can’t win fair pf – so they cheat. How very sad for the lady ahead of you – and how many more also didn’t understand??
it is TIME that the DNC deals with this
PBO lost NY, NJ, MA, PA, OH and NM just to name a few and won them all in the general election
Anybody know if Bernie campaigned much in Florida?
I have FB friends that said he held big rallies in FL and was on the airwaves. I’m not sure how many offices he had there but he did campaign there some.
Thanks, DD.
Why is Rubio talking so long?
UGH, this guy.
Yep, Rubio suspends. Bye, bye.
I thought he said earlier today he was going to stay in no matter what! So emo.
That was earlier today. This is tonight. Ha.
What was I thinking? LOLz.
You can’t even win your home state, you had no business running in the first place.
So, does Rubio have a senate seat to return to after November???
I think he declined to run. 🙂
He’s out of a job and his political career is essentially over.
Its not like he needs the money, what with his cousin Tony Montana making good money in Miami I’m sure ole Rubes will be just fine.
I would not say his political career is over since he is a Republican. They come back a lot and run more than once for the Presidency.
I didn’t think he was contesting it – and if he is – presumably he will lose
Steve Schmidt, whose eyes and mouth stare straight ahead while he speaks, just called Rubio a brilliant orator.
I just saw the same thing, it looked like he wanted to cry.
According to Steve Schmidt, Sarah Palin was a brilliant orator. Schnidt is one of those jackasses who isn’t worth listening too.
Or laugh. Can’t tell with him. (Barf.)
When you think about it everything is comparative. Maybe for the Republicans Rubio is a brilliant orator.
So true! 🙂
Today I’m effectively suspending my campaign, I’m not ending it, just suspending it so I can avoid paying my campaign debts.
WOW. What a moment.
Now THAT is a moment for the history books.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS,,,,
BlackLives DO Matter…a lot of struggle went behind that decision…
It’s a small step, but it’s a step. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
It doesn’t matter to me if its Cruz or Trump, Hillary will wipe the floor with the both of them.
Yes, but I don’t want to get that close to Trump. I’ll hope for Cruz, who disgusts me.
I despise both of them but I think Cruz is more dangerous. Trump has no plan or real agenda and certainly won’t want to do the hard work of being president. Cruz HAS an agenda, and it’s an evil one. He’ll have us in WWIII within months.
Frightening, isn’t it?
It is indeed. I was talking to my principal today, a deeply decent man, who was a Republican, but ‘came out’ to me a couple of weeks ago that he no longer is. (I’m one of the few Dems on the staff and we do talk politics occasionally). He is also really scared, but he is also convinced that Clinton will be the Dem nominee and she will wipe the floor with any GOP candidate in debates in the general. From his lips to God’s ear.
I’m with him – and you – on that From his lips to God’s ear part!
I was really glad he let me know he had switched teams. He is waaaaay too awesome of a person to be voting for the other side!
Love it when that happens!
Hillary Clinton will win the North Carolina Democratic primary, her second win of the night so far, CNN projects.
Good, the sooner we can get rid of brother Bernie the better.
I’ve believed it a long while and said it too. I have warm feelings for the Senator from Vermont and wish him well. IN VERMONT.
Yeah, I got warm feelings for him too.
But I’ve never felt the Bern.
Same here.
Oh look, there’s lying Brian Williams looking all smug and delighted with himself.
You mean the Liar Brian Williams.
Agree with you Don. Bernie and his supporters are as crazy as Trump supporters.
OMG now that is a welcome surprise. YES!!!
I am so happy that she won Ohio.
yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooo….dancingggggg in the streetsssssss!!!
OH projected for HRC!!!!!!! Yes. Yes. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss!!
Great!!!!! What happened to votes from Sanders huge crowds???
Probably in queue at CVS for anti-depressant.
Somebody better go check on Brother West, I just hope Hillary gives his ass some inauguration tickets.
Maybe his whole social circle, just to be sure. Ha!
🙂 😆 🙂
Maybe those town halls were a good thing. Really exposed Sanders.
Wanted that seat right behind the Bern. Hmmmm.
IL for hilz yet?
Not yet.
Not called yet. FL, OH, NC
Ok, thanks.
hey sweetness..how’s about a new thread??
done, my lady.
Live Look at Bernie Sanders Watch Party in Phoenix, AZ – http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=2
Too soon?
Kaisch won his home state but what does this mean? He is so far behind in delegates.
New York Daily News @NYDailyNews 2m2 minutes ago
Add winner-take-all Ohio to the list of Democratic primaries @HillaryClinton has won today http://nydn.us/1R1AmCQ
Hooray!
What. A. Night.
Kaisch is a sneaky snake. I hope Dems do not fall for this again. His policies are just like the other Republicans.
new thread.
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/03/15/yet-another-super-tuesday/
Something for your speculation. I got a call today from a fundraiser for Hillary. Had a fun conversation with him, and I also made a small recurring donation for the next eight months. Even though I’m in a RED state, I’ve got to do my bit. Anyway, we got chatting, he could tell I’m informed and interested, so gave me his take on the Republicans. He thinks they will do all they can to keep Trump from getting enough delegates, the convention will deadlock, they will appoint Mitt Romney nominee, and make John McCain VP nominee…….that I can’t go for, but the Romney thing……..I think the Repub establishment is now desperate enough to try that.
Anyway, thought you all would be interested in that proposition.
Exactly what I thought about Romney when I heard that he was going to do a speech to try and take down Trump earlier this month. The Repugs would move to try for a brokered convention to try and oust the Donald. Not sure that McCain would be a VP pick but it really seems like pigs are flying, right now so nothing can be discounted. And let me add to the speculation that my boss who was a BIG time Romney supporter in 2012 spent most of this afternoon preparing his application to become a delegate at the Repug convention…..
Sayyyyyyyyyyyyy it LOUDDDD boys and girls….