tommy | The Obama Diary

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Today (All Times Eastern):

9:05 AM: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama depart the White House en route Joint Base Andrews

9:20: Depart Joint Base Andrews

11:15: Arrive in Orlando, Fla.

12:0: President Obama delivers remarks at the Disabled American Veterans National Convention in Orlando. He will be introduced by the First Lady.

1:05: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama depart Orlando

3:30: Arrive Cape Cod, Mass.

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President Obama walks out of the East Room after holding a news conference, August 9

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No, Snowden isn't a whistleblower. If he was, he'd have made use of the protections Pres. Obama put in place for WB. thepeoplesview.net/2013/08/presid…
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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) August 10, 2013

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The People’s View: President Obama Slays Edward Snowden’s “Whistleblower” Myth

The president also hit the nail on the head on head when he called out the canonization of a traitor (Edward Snowden), by pointing out the fact that he and not Edward Snowden had called for a review of the surveillance programs and their transparency – and that Snowden’s only contribution to that process was to disrupt it and hurt the actual debate by generating heat rather than light, as well as the fact that it was the president that provided safeguards for whistleblowers within the intelligence community.

If Edward Snowden actually believed himself to be a whistleblower acting in the interest of his country rather than for the political benefit of himself and the global attention whores like Glenn Greenwald, he would have noticed that President Obama has, since taking office, been the strongest advocate for whistleblowers that has ever occupied the oval office. He took pains to stop agency retaliations against whistleblowers. Just a few examples

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@PPact

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RT and help me spread the word! On Oct. 1, 30 million w/out health insurance can signup for affordable quality care: https://t.co/DDwz6oF9t8

— Kathleen Sebelius (@Sebelius) August 9, 2013

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You have to check out Tommy’s timeline from last night. 140 characters never looked and felt so good

YES! The solution here is to give POTUS a congress that will fix this bullshit, not fuck us in the midterms with this "WORSE THAN BUSH" shit
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Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) August 10, 2013

You can *have* my phone number. I type "What" in google, it knows I'm about to ask "the fuck is the name of that cartoon about the shark?"
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Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) August 10, 2013

He's an authentic coward. MT @ritaag: Snowden is a phony coward. In 09, he called for the execution of NYT reporters who published leaks
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Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) August 10, 2013

More here

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Cape Cod…..

2009:

…. touring the Gay Head lighthouse in Aquinnah while on vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, Aug. 27, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

… with lighthouse keeper Joan LeLacheur

….. with his young niece, Savita, Martha’s Vineyard, Aug. 25, 2009 (Pete Souza)

….. during a round of golf at Farm Neck golf course, Martha’s Vineyard, Aug. 24, 2009 (Pete Souza)

….. waving to an onlooker while playing golf, Martha’s Vineyard, Aug. 24, 2009 (Pete Souza)

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2010:

Pete Souza: “On vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, the President was golfing at the Vineyard Golf Club. I switched my digital camera to the black-and-white setting to capture the ominous clouds.” Aug. 22, 2010