Text of speech here
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….. with CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), civil rights activist Rev. Joseph E. Lowry and CBC Foundation Chairman Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
George Foreman
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr
24
Sep
11
“the future rewards those who press on … i’m going to press on”
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Hopefully this shuts the CBC up with their ranting and raving about how PBO supposedly is not paying attention to the struggles that black America faces, but I won’t be holding my breath.
No don’t hold your breath…because the CBC seem to be the “bad kind of crazy”!
Now ain’t that the truth. He put them In their place realllllllllllllllll smoothly. Hot Dang! Don’t mess with Prez. I like It:D
Sorry to sneak this in here but….
Chipsticks, I think that’s Rev. Al w/ Cuba not Charlie Rangel.
So sorry GB, I just copied and pasted the captions without checking them – thank you SO much for the correction
No prob.
This is an awesome presentation on EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. Go Lisa, Go Lisa. An outstanding public servant doing exemplary work for the American people.
We’re a “GOOD KIND OF CRAZY.”
I have to pinch myself sometimes. I can’t believe I am lucky enough to be living in the age of President Obama. It is just remarkable to witness the most brilliant politician of our time.
Ladyhawke, that is how I feel everyday that I have been given grace to wake up and see this great President work like no other in my lifetime. I feel an honor that makes me weep with joy and blessings each day of my life. I worked so hard to teach students that this could happen to them, if they studied hard, listened to me and others, and to keep working for something better each day. I pray that they are watching and doing what so many of them had the ability to accomplish the same great things in life. What a joy to see him as our President.HZ
I’m going to be 50 next June, and in my politically-active life I can never recall a President of the United States that has been more concerned with the trials and tribulations of the average American. Never. Not even close. Not close for African-Americans, not close for struggling White middle-class people, not close for immigrants, not close for poor Whites, poor Blacks, poor Latinos, poor Asians. This man is the greatest voice for people on the “outside,” EVER, in American history. Having lived in Illinois when he was emerging as a political force, I knew this all along. Glad the rest of the country can experience it now.
Your words are true. i’m still in IL and i got over20 years on you. His biggest problem is his from his own. Hide and watch!
I am with you, 100%, Ladyhawke! Just to be provincial, I am just so grateful that President Obama, and his incredible family were the first to represent the Black community in the presidency. I too count my self lucky for having lived to witness two incredible events that I never imagined will take place in my life time: First, the ending of Apartheid in SA, followed by the election of that other Black giant, Nelson Mandela, as the first Black President of SA. Second, the election of President Obama, who is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant politicians this country has ever had. Small and petty people can complain all they want, for me I am lucky to be able to witness greatness. I am sure that even those who hate him must privately concede his brilliance.
Michelle looks great!!
FLOTUS is Smoking HOTTTTTTTT!!!!!
Always
I’ve said it before and I will say it again, as Tina Turner sang, she’s simply the best, better than all the rest. FLOTUS is the Best!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, FLOTUS is FIERCE :nod: !!!!!
LORD, LORD, LORD, MY LORD…no wonder the President was fired up tonight…FLOTUS was SMOKING HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!
President Obama got a brain, he got a heart and he got us, but BABY more importantly he got MICHELLE OBAMA. I love, love love IT!!!!!!!!!
WOW Michelle is ….SMOKING……….!!!!!!!
FLOTUS IS SMASHING ONCE AGAIN!!!!
…..ready to here my President speak!!!!! 
Okay, this sounds mean-spirited and bad but….. I wish there had been a better way for PBO to spend his Saturday night. First because he’s always so busy it would have been cool for him to have the night off. Secondly, because he’s wasting his valuable time of all corrupt people….the CBC.
ps- Miche looks banging!!!!
Is it just me or does the event seem not that well organized. PBO deserves better.
Michelle looks AMAZING.
It’s not just you. It totally feels/looks/sounds like Amateur Hour at the CBC and that bland introduction was ridiculous.
I’ve heard mic checks in the church basement sound more exciting. That was so sorry..and yes, disrespectful. I can’t believe the CBC has the nerve to hem and haw and then when it’s time to show up for the world they act like they’re doing HIM a favor instead of the other way around.
Seriously! It seems like they have all these top tier guests but have no idea how to pay proper RESPECT.
No matter, PBO is talking about what’s important, at last. HE IS THE MAN.
No, It’s not you. It’s not well organized
First off no one here is a ‘tea bagger’. Secondly if you listened to POTUS’s entire speech then you will note that he not only addressed the concerns of the CBC, but also addressed how he has responded to those issues over these 3 years of his administration. My question is what has Maxine Waters done? How does getting up all over teevee bashing POTUS HELP the CBC’s cause? How does getting on tv attacking the President’s Jobs bill help Black folks across this nation? What is her bill? What is her solution? Is she on your tv attacking the GOP members of Congress? Her co-workers? POTUS has SOLID accomplishments that have helped the entire country- which includes black folks and the freaking tea baggers, he however does not have the ability to turn back time, nor the ability to fix whats been broken for a multitude of years in a mere 3 years.. but he has implemented ways to stem the bleeding and is trying dang hard to create solutions to very long term issues in this country. So I’d like to know why is it that he has to ask a room full of grown ups to get on board? Why is it that every damn thing he attempts to do to HELP is met with a reason for one or another ‘supporter’ to find their face on tv attacking him? What the hell good does that do the black community exactly? Why isn’t Maxine Waters ‘unleashing’ her fire on the GOP? Why isn’t Maxine Waters and Tavis Smiley and Cornel West ‘unleashing’ on the multiple obstacles in POTUS’s way- In OUR WAY? Why isn’t every single unemployed person in this country being made aware of whats in the jobs plan by their Reps? Why aren’t these reps asking their constituencies to CALL The GOP members.. why isn’t Waters, et al up in arms about John Boehner? Its just too dang easy to stand in the Chorus and whine on teevvee that POTUS is the bad guy.. when theres a whole bloody congress acting like their hands are tied, acting like their job is to complain to the President on national tv. B effing S.
“The danger is that when Blacks see the President hobnobbing with whites and feeling their pain, they don’t see him doing the same in their community. All we get is a “shut up” and quit complaining. Come November, a lot will just not show up to the ballot box and we’ll see if Jews, gays and the professional left can get the President re-elected.”
This is not remotely a danger. Not by a long shot.
Black people know this is the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. They knew before he was elected and afterward that this economy would take a long time to turn around. They knew that he would face unprecedented resistance. Black people know that the economic downturn has hit black people disproportionately since the beginning of time and did not think that electing a black President would translate into near-full employment among black people overnight.
The fact is all of the items that the President listed have helped black people but I would remind you that these employment trends have been in place for as long as the CBC has. What have they done for black people lately at the local level for the constituents they represent? Holding a job fair in 2011 that yielded few jobs is not exactly a Marshall Plan to put black people back to work.
The answer is not in bashing the CBC and it certainly isn’t useful at all for the CBC to bash the most powerful person with so far the best plan to put a lot of people to work. jobs are the answer. Period.
The private sector is sitting on $2.05 trillion dollars that they acquired under a decade of favorable tax rates. They are in the midst of a capital strike and refusing to hire until, they claim, there is more certainty from Washington and the market. There is no more certainty to provide. The debt ceiling matter is settled. That is certain. The House is in GOP control. That is certain. Taxes are as low as the were under Eisenhower. That is certain.
There is only so much the President and the CBC can do when you have a powerful economic segment of the population willing to crush the rest of the country until they extract every concession they can.
Neither the CBC, nor the President are the bad guys here. Corporations in the midst of a capital strike are. So it does no good for the CBC to aim their acerbic rhetoric at the President and he is right to say ‘back up, we’re in the middle of a once-in-generation, near-Depression and I’m not the one holding jobs hostage. Get real, get off me and get to work. Bashing me is not the work that needs to be done to get black people hired.’
The prez got a haircut.
i noticed the Presidential hair cut and I really liked it
Okay. Michelle looks HOT. She is wearing that dress. Lawdhammercy! Goodgooglygoo
!!!
Oh yeah, PBO looks fine too. That tux is perfect. But lawwwwd don’t hurt ‘em Michelle!
Goodgooglygoo, sounds like Grady Lol
can anyone tell me what Mich is wearing?
beautiful black dress, floor length. from the waist down, it’s sparkly and the top looks like a cardigan with 3/4 sleeves. Can’t make out the top, but she looks tall, slender and gorgeous! Oh and her hair is down!
thanks a bunch Lisa
It looked like she was wearing that corset type thing too, I know I’ve seen it before at another black-tie event.
Yep
….and it has a cummerbund type thing around the waist that is tucking her in all the right places. The view from the side was
A great dress Fred? She looks great and god forgive me but I ‘ll keep my old man away from her b/c she is hot!
“god forgive me but I ‘ll keep my old man away from her b/c she is hot!”
Michelle is wearing a long sleeve black fitted top, with a semi fitted floor length black glittery skirt.
Also you can tell she’s fit, because her body is smoking in the outfit
She’s been doing pilates for awhile and is looking very svelte these days. PBO, too!
“we’re a good kind of crazy because no matter how hard things gets, we keep the faith, we keep fighting, we keep persevering.”——- Hear that Backstabber Maxine? Keep the faith and keep fighting. Stop backbiting.
Maxine wants anything to distract from her ethics issues, and you know the saying about those in glass houses not throwing stones!
i really liked that line about : “we are the good kind of crazy, we keep the faith, we keep perservering”
Got that right
I missed FLOTUS but she always looks stunning. PBO looks cute as hell.. as usual.
I missed the President’s intro and FLOTUS…I hope there will be pictures.
Heads up: For those who have problems viewing the event on the whitehouse website; C-SPAN One is showing it live.
That’s where I am; thanks!
Am watching Cspan
Looks like President Obama is making it a point to explain to Maxine “Hurumph” Waters EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING TO HELP THE AA COMMUNITY. I hope Maxine is taking notes.
I NEED YOU WITH ME CBC……I’m talking to you Maxine. Pass the American Jobs Act. Stop complaining about it.
Thanks!
“We should always go by the premise; I am my brothers keeper; I am my sisters keeper. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER!” – PBO.
I need you with me. Y’all hear that, Maxine and Cleaver?
Tell it Mr. President. Back stabbers & corrupt Maxine and Cleaver won’t tell it.
Ughh.. I missed FLMO but PBO looks great. And they aren’t the good kind of crazy PBO, they are just plain ol’ crazy.
Obama/Biden2012
Tell it to THEM Mr. President!
Is the applause somewhat muted? Or maybe the microphones just aren’t picking it up that well?
microphones are picking the applause us too well
He’s telling the truth to the dingos.
lol.. dingos~
you are killing me with the dingos
Preach it Sir, they forgot already what you have already done.
“Ask that engineering college student in an HBCU who thought he might have to leave school; if that extra pell grant isn’t working out for him now.” – PBO
“Because of healthcare 1 million young people now have health insurance.” – PBO.
Tell em Mr. President! You and your administration did all this good.
He’s done a WEALTH of good. So many don’t realize. More than any other President in my lifetime.
MESSAGE FOR CBC= HELP ME; DON’T FIGHT AGAINST ME, MOFOS. (my emphasis) HELP PBO PASS THE DAMN JOB BILL!!!!
It will help ALL AMERICANS.
As i watched PBO and thought about the venom that came from the CBC, the actions by the CBC, Smiley, West, et.al. These were fo foretold by Black leaders all the way back to 1915. PBO’s election has somehow or other compromised certain individuals in the CBC.
So to get your mojo back, you attack the perceived cause of it’s lost.
“We must realize that our greatest enemies are not those on the outside, but those in our midst. When we recognize the enemies on the outside, and do not allow them to pass. Then we have those on the inside working with us to destroy us, without our knowing”—–MARCUS GARVEY
“When I think about all of the hell I go through from my own people. I’m fighting for you everyday of my life. My life is on the line, and a bunch of silly Negros want to go and fight me. Why don’t you go and fight the enemy”—–MINISTER FARRAKHAN
These two men didn’t know each other but they knew the Waters,Smileys,and Wests of their time. Their message was the same,PUSH ON!
Thanks for sharing these quotes. They reminded me of what Dr. John Henrik Clarke, a great historian, and one of my heroes, said when Black folks in the 70′s and early 80′s were fighting over socialism, nationalism, and integration. He said that Black folks have been out of power for so long that they really didn’t know what to do once they got close to the “promised land” of power. Instead of unifying and confidently assuming power, the would get to the door of the “promised land” of power and then start arguing “whether to cross with the right foot or the left foot.” Here we are with a brilliant Black President, the first in history, who is doing all he can to turn around this horrible economy he inherited, while at the same he is facing the most vicious opposition that has ever been faced by any other president, and the only response from members of CBC, and privileged people like West and Smiley, can come up with is to say that President Obama is not doing enough? instead of “picking up the mop” to help clean up the mess he inherited, all they can do is complain about how he is not cleaning up the mess quick enough. By the way, these people were there when the mess was created by Bush and the Republicans. Yet we saw no Smiley/West “poverty bus tours,” or constant t.v. appearances by CBC members blasting President Bush and the Republican congress.
True but it’s interesting to note that Marcus Garvey was circa 1915. This tells me that quite a few AA will have to be dragged, kicking and screaming into this century.
And these things benefit lots of poor black people.
Exactly……stupid ass, corrupt ass, dumb ass Maxine better take it and shove it up her ***
lawd P….
PBO: “I need you with me.”
That starts with AJA.
I’ve got the pens all ready. I need you to help start that.
Off topic, but FUNNY
Acronym for Limbaugh’s Institute for Advanced Republican Studies is “LIARS”
funny but unsurprising.
So appropriate. Just goes to show you how smart Limpballs is….NOT!
The acronym fits perfectly!
I need your help … we have to do more to put people to work right now …
I know we won’t get where we need to go, if we don’t travel down this road together … I need you with me!
POTUS now promoting the AJA and telling the CBC they need his help in getting it passed.
Loud cheers for the AJA!!! Good. That’s what CBC should be focusing on. Not petty in fighting. Idiots.
POTUS is sooooo smart! His speech is tailored specifically for the CBC. “I need you with me” PRICELESS!!!!!
I am so loving this. He’s my hero.
…and mine too! What a man…what a man!
I thought so too GG!!!! As soon as he said ” I need you with me” I was like:BANG!!!!! This is for you Maxine and all the other haters!
caught that direct reference to the congressional backstabbers and I loved it
Yep, tailored especially for CBC. He ripped them firmly, but smoothly. And I think I like It
As my mama would say,”he ripped them in a nice nasty way”. And I think I like It, too
Mr President remind them ALL of what YOU have done NOT Smiley;West;Waters and Cleaver
I want to do the post card “thing”…so, after purchasing post cards from the post office, what do I do?
Send each and everyone one to the your representative in the House and Senate with a message saying “PASS THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT”
“For once, Fight for the Middle Class as hard as you fight for Wall Street, Millionaires and Billionaires”
THANX!!! I was fired up before that smack down the Prez gave the CBC, but now I am fired up and ready to go!!!!!!!!!
PBO refers to teapugs as “this other crowd comes into congress.”
LOL, did he say crowd!!!
He did!!
GO POTUS GO!!!!!!
PBO is fricking RILED UP!!!!!!!!!!
LOL Yep; he is setting the negroes straight, who are all kinds of snakes in the grass, going around him and disrespecting his admin and accomplishments. SCHOOL THE FOOLS
Ametia, please you are cracking me up with this “setting the negroes straight,”
THIS
TELL.IT!!
Yeah, he did, he shouldn’t have had to do that, but he’s gotta do what he’s gotta do, and really, he did It well
The old timers should know better than anyone the struggles and hardships of black folks. it has never been easy and I know my folks never sat around complaining about what somebody else was or was not doing. No PBO should not have to roll up in the joint and deliver a message to the CBC, a group that has been in existence for decades. But they have been living in a time warp and bubble of corruption and black privilege. They have become LACKIDASICAL, and the Black President had to ask them to put on their marching boots, stop complaining, and do their fucking jobs.
Call banked today in the state of Florida…we have over 11,000 active volunteers. The college democrats are very active this coming election. I will tell you that after volunteering in 2007-08….we did NOT have this kind of organization this early. I remember being one of maybe 30 volunteers in two counties…Broward and Palm Beach. This state will NOT elect another Republican in 2012.
SS and Medicare have strong support. No drilling off our beaches or in the Everglades is also huge.
Florida is Fired up and Ready to Go! I had one mom that asked if she could bring her children as young as 9 to call, canvass and register voters. Education is a huge priority to the parents here. Rick Scott has killed education in this state. Broward is now going to have to break the Constitution on class size in order to function this year and next.
Proudmemberofglobalzero, thanks so much. Where do you live in Florida? Last time around because of my job I couldn’t volunteer for PBO. This year, I am ready to go.
I live in Pensacola. I need to get hooked up here to begin helping out.
I live in Delray Beach now. That is in Palm Beach County….I moved from Hollywood in Broward County.
Put your Zip Code in here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_simple
It will tell you what you can do to help. You can also host an event.
Thank you in advance for all your help
Thank you proudmemberof globalzero for all of your work for all of us. Also thank you africa for making a hook up even with you starting your new job and all that comes with it. Thank you so much.HZ
Go Sue, love ya girl!!!!!
“this other crowd” lawd have mercy;he is feeling the spirit
he is hitting them hard right about now
“whatup”
Yep, we heard it, lol!!!!!
My President! Go ahead & talk bs about him.. he’ll just come over and drink your milkshake
I love it when he preaches. You go Barack. Blow the roof off that place. Bring it on home.
Bottom line CBC, you need to stop with the circular firing squad.
PBO is just too smart and cute by half.
What happened. I don’t know sir, don’t ask me.
LOL.
I too dont know what happened. Okay I know what happened: the American people elected a black man as President and this is what happened to those who used to love infrastructure projects
PBO– “Yall use to like to build roads. What happen??”
I LOL’ed at that. Give it to ‘em, Mr. Pres!
POTUS making excellent use of the bully pulpit once again… now will the professional left quit bitching about how he isn’t using the bully pulpit?
Oh sh**t, hE’S SLAPPING THE PODIUM AND THE RIGHT HAND IS POINTING BACKWARDS.
the spirit I tell you
I love how he slapppppppppped the podium….HJA!!
My President is not playing! Go ‘head Sir…tell it to the CBC. Let them hear it!!
THE GLOVES ARE OFF. This is absolutely exhilarating. I am crazy about this man.
“…the good kind of crazy!”
A good kind of crazy!
Beat all their tails Mr. President–the CBC and the Repubs, LOL, I love it. This is good. hahahahaha.
“Now this other crowd came into Congress … ”
Go after those Republicans, Mr. President!
Also noticed that – although this sounds like his new bus tour speech – he is specifically mentioning: HBCUs, Harlem, black farmers, 100,000 black-owned businesses, 20 million African-American workers, etc.
I think it’s pitch perfect.
No he didn’t go there.
PBO said that Repug reverse tax discrimination i.e.: Poor folks need to pay more taxes, is “bad crazy”
Ha ha “that’s bat crazy”!!! PBO has blogspeak down pat
KNOCK IT OUT!!!!
I am loving, loving how he is setting the CBC straight on his accomplishments for AAs.
This was a thing a beauty. I can barely contain myself.
Gone witcha bad self, lol.
“Our theory” vs. “Their theory”. I love how he’s calling it like it is.
I love my President. That’s all I have to say at this moment.
Move over, because I love him, too.
Me three.
Oh hell, ALL OF US is loving this man right about now…that was the best speech I have heard in a long time. They said he was weak…LORD HAVE MERCY, if that is weak, they don’t want to see him “grow a pair” (as that ET lookin’ Carville said). They better check themselves because they are about to weak themselves! HA!!!!
Me four!
YES.WE.CAN…DO.(Much)More, Together!
YES.WE.CAN, Again…Obama/Biden 2012!
Tucking in their girls in the White House. What an amazing image??? Powerful.
I was just about to type how that gave me chills!
Me too carla. Something came over me when he said that.
Every time I think of them in the White House … a picture comes into my mind of who built the freakin’ White House … and I just want to start bawling my eyes out!
jacquelineoboomer, now Is that a thought to hang over you or what?? I hear you loud and clear. Lord how we got over, ummmmmmm
Maxine you heard that? “I listen to y’all”
noted that call out
He’s got their number. NOW.
Doris, I think he has the entire phonebook of these snakes, and he rang some cellphones and sent blackberrys on fire tonight..HZ
I know it gets hard….. I know, cause I’ve listened to some of y’all”
chuckle from the crowd. Hope Maxine chokes on the wine and hypocrisy.
Yep.
I love when he said that. It’s like “Maxine, I’m looking at you; you backstabber.”
Am in tears
“Easy’s never be promised to us”
oh yes. easy has never been promised to us
Mr President please hit on Smiley;West for yapping and doing nothing without naming them;trust them they’ll know
“You can’t stop”
“I never promised easy”…PBO is on fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no PBO didn’t promise easy. he repeatedly told us change would be hard and that he needed us to work with him to make the changes we need and believe in
We never stop. Yes sir.
Take a switvh to the CBC, and EDUCATE these folks. WE KNOW HARD, WE KNOW GOOD KIND OF CRAZY.
There is absolutely NO REASON that every single person in the CBC is not doing everything in their power to help President Obama. The fact that we have had Waters and Cleaver and others stabbing him in the back is just infuriating. He is our champion and theirs. It’s time for the CBC to cut the crap and rally behind President Obama. He is being brutally honest with them. Who’s side are they on???
AMEN! You are absolutely right, Ladyhawke! Time for CBC to tell us whose side they are on. How come Senator Barbara Boxer, here in California, can send out a petition asking us to support the President’s AJB, but we hear absolutely nothing from Maxine Waters and the CBC? Is Maxine Waters urging his constituents to call, fax, e-mail, twitt, and write to members of Congress to urge them to pass the Jobs bill? If members of CBC are so concerned about Jobs why aren’t they out there mobilizing the AA community to pressure Congress to pass the President’s Jobs Bill? Instead, they are out there asking AA community to “unleash” them to attack President Obama. What’s wrong with this picture?
We will won’t stop. We’ll never stop.
Preacher Obama, give me an Amen
Amen.
Hallelujah
amen
Preach it Mr. President!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh damn he is feeling it
PRESS ON!!!!
OHHHHH, HE’S PREACHING!!!!!!
Passing the church fans: http://www.alleewillis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/church-fans_6058.jpg
OOOOOOOO gurl – pass me a fan!!!!! I done kicked off my slippers!
Lol, lol, funny
I just saved that image. It is powerful.
Mark Knoller is once again being a jerk tweeting this:
“Pres. Obama using speech to CBC Foundation dinner to make another pitch for his jobs bill proposals.”
I told him “SO? They invited him, not you.”
WOW!!!!
Chips can you please delete my post about Knoller if you get a chance – I don’t want it to spoil such an inspirational thread!!!!!
No, no, no Chips, leave it up. Goooooooo Hope!!!!!!!
Fork that fat piece of shiznit Mark Knoller, he’s just trolling for attention!!!
That’s okay, hopefruit..I wasn’t going to read it but I did and loved your comeback to him!~ Thanks!
OH MY DAMN!!!!
“Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes’
that included all those whinners in the ivory towers and ithe PL in the blogsphere
He actually slammed the podium!
I tells ya, The Spirit moooooooved him
I felt that! When he slammed the podium I gave a big whooooooooooooooooooop!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
i loveeeeeeeee d….he slammmmmmed the POdiumk…HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
STOP COMPLAINING, CBC; AND PRESS ON! AMEN, MR.PRESIDENT!
DOUBLE AMEN! Do members of CBC not realize the forces that have been mobilized — from day one of Obama’s presidency — by the right wingers, the MSM, and the so called progressives, to ensure that this first Black president is deemed a failure? How come the vast majority of Black people, unlike SOME members of CBC, are able see through the racist games being played by the forces arrayed against this President?
the vast majority of Black people, unlike SOME members of CBC, are able see through the racist games being played by the forces arrayed against this President…
but see i think they do know..better than most…..in my opinion….they have been co-opted…however as co-opted as they maybe…they need the Black Community and progressive community to vote for them….so they had better get on board…..
I don’t know abiut you, CBC…but I’m gone to press on…stop crying, stop complaining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!o
PREACH……….
STOP COMPLAINING….
TALK OFF YOUR BEDROOM SLIPPERS PUT ON YOUR MARCHING BOOTS. WE GOT WORK TO DO. I’m talking to you Maxine.
“i’M GONNA PRESS ON….I’M NOT GONNA FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF….STOP COMPLAININ….STOP GRUMBLIN….STOP CRYIN….TAKE OFF YOUR BEDROOM SLIPPERS….WE’VE GOT WORK TO DO!”
PREEEAAAAAACH!!!!!!!!!
PRESS ON! He hit the podium! Take off your bedroom slippers!
I don’t know about you CBC, but I’m gonna PRESS ON!!!
THAT Brothers & Sisters was Our President – Press your ass on people & quityerbitchin!!
WHAT AN AAWESOME SPEECH…DAMN…THATG IS ONE BADDDDDDDDDDDD….MAMMER JAMMER…..OOOOOOOOOOOOOO WEEEEEE
HOLY SHIT, PBO WENT OFF!!!!
GOD DANM IT.
OH SHIT!!!!!!!!!!! i THINK PBO JUST KICKED MAXINE’S ASS!!!!!!!!!!
lisa, I can’t stop laughing at your comment. too funny…..
She needed it…..and the rest of the CBC, so called Dems, and PL’s too!
O.kay so he slap the podium but no finger flipping..
He SLAMMED that podium!!
But No finger flipping. He was fired up.
*slapped.
The Crybaby Caucus (AKA CBC) do need to quit crying and complaining and press on.
President Obama was UNLEASHED tonight.
Wow, he told them to stop complaining and whining. I love it.
Ouch, ouch, ouch. That gotta hurt. Bitch slapped, left and right.
And leave a mark!!!
Absolutely true.
Stop complaining like some of you in this room:) Did you all hear him say that!!!
desertflower, I heard that and I agree with what he said totally.
He called them out! THEY all know EXACTLY who he was referring to.
Hooooooollllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. SHUT THE F**k UP. Woooooooowwwwwyyyyyyyy.
I hope Tavis and Cornell was there to hear this.
Oh snap! Preach PBO, Preach.
Those last ~ 2 mins will absolutely be played and played again, millions and millions of times, over the next year and decades.
Any person doubting the courage and determination of this President are in a coma or already dead.
Yes.WE.MUST. … DO.More.Together!
LOL, YEAH BABY!!!!!
I agree Bob. Thank goodness I recorded it. Off to play it again
We just have to make it go viral some how. It’s just too awesome.
Since the joint session of congress and the introduction of the American Jobs Act, President Obama has turned a fire hose on the GOP. He has been mopping the floor with them. They can’t catch their breath.
He gave them a detailed plan for the AJA and deficit reduction. He provided amazing supporting documentation on the whitehouse.gov website. He has gotten positive feedback from experts, governors, mayors, and the business community. He took the AJA on the road to Richmond Virgiana, Columbus Ohio, Raleigh North Carolina, Cincinnati Ohio. He has been in their face for weeks now and calling them out by name.
The best part is that he is on the right side of the issue. The American people are overwhelmingly with him on what he wants to do. The Republican Party looks like petty little children. All they have is NO REGULATIONS, NO TAXES. That’s it. They got nothin to offer the American people.
“Any person doubting the courage and determination of this President are in a coma or already dead.”
SPEAK THE TRUTH, Bobfr! I hope everyone hears you loud and clear. I’ve never doubted the courage, intelligence, and determination of this President. He proves me right all the time.
I’m loving more and more that 42 and 44 played golf today. The photos will be like a smack in the face to Rs, and also will show the PUMAs that there’s a new guy in town! And the President name-dropped his golf partner Bill Clinton’s name, for extra measure.
PBO mentioned that the people in the room have a heart! That progress for us has come slowly! We’ve had faith, that good kind of crazy that says you can’t stop marching! Even when it looks like there’s no way, you find a way, you can’t stop. We know the rightness of our cause.
Well, he just summarized the sameness between those who fought the good fight for civil rights, like John Lewis, and himself – since he fights everybody in the whole country, it seems, just to do his good work as President!
“I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself!” And he just told the CBC to stop crying, and press on!
How do you spell Hallelujah? I loved his speech!
Damn, if I didn’t almost jump off this bed to go put on some boots! He was on fire! And he had that ‘y’all done messed w/me long enough” look in his eyes when he walked off!.
Hallelujah!
LMBO!!
Obama/Biden2012
Hahahaha. For realz. i love that he walked off with that intense look in his eyes; like don’t EVER f*king mess with me.
PBO is DONE with the BULLSHIT!!
DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, Meta! He is done with BS! And so should we. As he said in his nomination acceptance speech, ENOUGH is ENOUGH! No more envy driven childish games. We’ve got work to do! All of us.
How ya like me now CBC?? President Obama has spoken. He was in their face with the truth. That was a powerful dressing down of the CBC. They had it coming.
PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA… SAID, HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW (in so many words) and walked off. My mama always said you can show folks better than you can tell…President Obama not only showed them, but he TOLD THEM. Can he get an amen!?!?!
WORD!!
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hallelujah!
AMENNNNNNNNNNNNNNN,,,,,AND AND A HELLLLLL YEAHHHH!!!
WOW WOW WOW WHAT A SPEECH!!!! Did anyone notice PBO hit the podium at the end? He seemed so frustrated!!! I hope Waters and her friends her the President loud and clear….stop sitting on their lazy asses and help this man move the country forward!!! I love PBO and this is the most fired up I’ve seen him in a long time. We’re behind you Mr President. I don’t know if it was me alone but I shed a few tears looking at this speech……I feel for PBO. They are really out to get him…give the man a break dammit!!!
NAWWWWWWWWW…….P ….MY FRIEND….THERE ARE NO TEARS…HERE…ONLY PRIDE AND EXHILERATION….JOY…YEAHHHHHHHH
Okay. That ending was FRICKING OUTSTANDING!!! he basically said: ‘Shut the hell up with the pissing and moaning and do your mofoing jobs, fools!!! Get it together! You are either with me or on your own but either way, Ima still do my thing, Ima still fight, Ima still do my absolute best for this country. So step off.’
YES HE DID, YES HE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE DID JUST THAT. Yes, he did!!!!
I love how everybody is translating the President’s last two minutes of the speech into the x-rated version – I’m sure that he would have used the words if he could have gotten away with it! The slam of the podium embodied that intent.
DAMN!!! YALL SEE MY PRESIDENT SLAP THE SIDE OF THE PODIUM WHEN HE WAS FINISHED!! He made my night!!
Mine too… it was entirely beautiful – the whole dang speech & the podium whack was f a b u l o u s !
I can’t wait to watch the repeat on c-span later tonight. My God, my God…that man was was brillant tonight
He slammed the PODIUM and flipped the Finger with his hand in his pocket, ok the last one I made it up
hahahahhahahhahahahhahhahahahhahahhahahahahhaha!!!! You are so funny Me4.
——- but i seriously wouldn’t be surprised if it were true 
I was wondering if I missed something:)
All that’s left of Maxine after PBO’s speech tonight: http://www.fotosearch.com/CSP389/k3895378/
This was PRICELESS!!!!
Ametia…you ain’t right!! That is too funny:-)
OMG!
Ametia, you’re killing me. Please have mercy on us. Hilarious…..
Ametia, Please be kind! Maxine was not always like this. She is just going through some tough times with her ethical issues. It’s a shame that she chose to hide her troubles by attacking the President.
So, er…hey there…Maxine.., er…what say you now?
she can’t say nothin’. she’s still trying to dislodge PBO’s foot from her gullet.
HAHAHAHA!!! And still trying to retrieve that ugly wig he done snatched from her (as someone on Twitter said)!
http://www.fotosearch.com/CSP389/k3895378/
Hahahahahahaha. LMAO.
I have to tweet this with an accompanying sarcastic message.
hey look everybody! Ametia finally found where PBO kicked Maxine Backstabbing Waters’ nasty wig. Either that or it crawled away in shame after PBO’s stern talking to!
ps- Love PBO! He got all het up!!! hehehehehehe
Bwahahhahahahahahaha I saw the wig tweet. LMAO
you are being too kind Lisa
Cleaver better not be a fool here~
I just reran my dvr 3 times to catch those last 2 minutes. when he slapped the podium…WOW!
If I were physically – not just virtually – near any of you, I’d be high-five-ing and hugging each and every one of you who gets it – right now!
I’m going to re-watch those last few minutes again and again. Guess he told you, CBC!
I send you a virtual high five and hug Jacqueline
Love ya!
*high five*
Oh my goodness. I love when he slaps the podium. Yes sir.
Collegekay, I love that also. I about fell off of my bed when he did that. Here you go Maxine. Take that!HZ
Man, that was a brutal smackdown of the CBC’s behavior. Called them OUT on their useless crying and complaining..
yes, President Obama told them that for marginalized people to move foward, he needs these jealous people in and out of the CBC to join him in the fight rather than attack him. I like how PBO told them that he hears them complaining and he does not have time for such nonsense
AND HE DID IT TO THEIR FACES!!!!!! Prez O. walks in, stands before them all and says what needs to be said! God, I LOVE this leader! .Anything my President has to say to you, he is man enough to say it to your face, SO THERE!!!!
{{{President Obama}}} I love the honesty and integrity of THIS PRESIDENT! Oh, I’m late to the party but the music is still so sweet that I’m dancing on the couch. I watched the ending three times before I started to write. That’s a whole lot of emotion the President was packing there tonight. I sure hope some of the complainers have enough ….. left to feel ashamed of themselves. Oh, I’m still floating – got to continue reading the thread. Sorry for bursting in here, but I couldn’t hold it in any longer. I LOVE, LOVE,LOVE this President!!!! 
“AND HE DID IT TO THEIR FACES!!!!!! Prez O. walks in, stands before them all and says what needs to be said!”
Well said, vcprezofan2. Truth be told, this is not the first time this President, who is falsely accused of not having courage, has done this. He did it to the Republicans when they invited him to address their Congressional Caucus. Any one notice they’ve never invited him back? He did it again when he slammed Paul Ryan’s misguided effort to privatize SS and to replace Medicare with vouchers. He did that when Ryan was sitting there right in front of him. Unlike the cowards who attack him behind his back when they appear on television, President Obama never backbites any one. When he has something to say to his adversaries he says it to their faces. Like you, “I love the honesty and integrity of THIS PRESIDENT!”
It was the perfect time and place for him to do it. I salute President Obama’s mother. She undoubtedly had some Ma’Dea in her.
Rev. Lowery is just adorable. I love him. He’s so cute.
I don’t post often, but the ending of that speech had me in tears and hollering at the tv saying, “Press ON”. I believe him! I know he is a politician, but I believe that he actually means what he says. He let them all know that it’s time out for all the pettiness. I hate that black folks have this “crab in a barrel” syndrome. Why they feel the need to down the President, I will never know. But, I am going to take head from my president and PRESS ON. I know he is fighting for me and I am going to fight for him. PRESS ON everybody!!! Obama/Biden 2012
You got it LadyTNT. TNT, you go girl!!!!!!!
That’s it!!!!
PRESS ON!!!
Ooopsie made a poopsie! That’s supposed to be “heed”. Blame it on the NyQuil and adrenaline!
Well, LadyTNT, you were not alone. I am a sixty plus old man and I was almost in tears! The sincerity of President Obama really shone through his speech. Here is a man who is trying to use all his political skills, in the most hostile environment I’ve seen in my lifetime, and yet all he hears from Black members of Congress, and self important people like West, Smiley and so called media pundits, is some more piling on. I’ve listened to almost all the President’s speeches and he is always very focused on his mission. Yes, I am just as determined as ever to “PRESS ON.” I wish all selfish, and self important people, who crave attention will wake up and realize what’s at stake: We must re-elect President Obama if we want to see this country continue to progress.
Yes, as President Obama said: “stop the whinning!!!! I do not have time to feel sorry for my self, …. I have to keep pressing on”
Do you hear that Obama-doubters, haters and eternal complainers (I am looking at you Tavis Smiley, Cornell West, Maxine Walters, James Carville, CBC and other democratic backstabbers in and out of congress, Obama=haters from the left anf right wing)????
I felt like I was in church listening to my pastor. We know what hard times is, we’ve faced them all our life, but we as a people got through not because we went running to the white man ( Maxine Waters, Tavis Smiley, Corney West) and turn on each other, but we held together to keep fighting on, pressing on. There are stumbling blocks in President Obama’s way and instead of attacking the stumbling blocks , Waters and others decides to go after the President. Waters and the rest of the CBC know dam well what the T- Republicans are up too. They are the enemy, and we ought to be fighting against them, not going after the President. Bless you Mr. President and First Lady Michelle. We here still support you 100%.
Chips…if you can put this MUST SEE CBC speech up here for those that didn’t see it…I would watch this again, and again! He kicked some serious backside tonight…with passion and fire in his belly.Slapped that podium like it was a Republicans’ ass… It’s about fairness,and giving back to the country that helped get you where you are….I loved ALL of it! The man is the best there is. I LOVE HIM.
Our4thEstate Bobfr
@CBC Gonna stop your whining now and get to work supporting our great #PresidentObama? You better. #YesWEMUSTDOMORETOGETHER
Our4thEstate Bobfr
The last 2 min of #PresidentObama speech is inspirational of the highest quality. #YesWEMUSTDOMORETOGETHER
BWD
theonlyadult BWD
@davidaxelrod Take the final 2 minutes from the CBC speech and just keep playing them. Damn, that was some serious preaching.
Yes.We.Can. … DO.More.Together!
He always slaps the podium when he’s feeling it. But tonight he really smacked that podium.
I LOVE this speech. It’s a preview of the campaign. It’s his time to tell us what he really feels, outside the confines of protocol and what is expected. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VINTAGE CAMPAIGN.
I’M IN.
I”M IN too!
I’M IN, three!
YES.WE.CAN…DO.(Much)More, Together!
YES.WE.CAN, Again…Obama/Biden 2012!
Me too; Obama2012. Let’s get this brilliant, hardworking, strong….young man re-elected y’all.
I almost fell out of my chair when he SLAMMED the podium!!!!!! U GO PBO!!!!
Lemme just say – Courage, that is what our President oozes, absolute courage. No one can FEAR him into anything, no one can play him. He gets whats going on, and he’s got his priorities (and OURS) so straight. He is the most clear eyed human being I’ve ever wittnessed in my life.
>>>>> He is the most clear eyed human being I’ve ever wittnessed in my life.<<<<<
^^^^THIS. He's never scared, never unaware, never naive. He has a complete and total understanding of human nature and he knows HIMSELF. So many people never know themselves. You can tell he's done the hard, inner work. He's been through the fire. That's why he's unshakable. That's what drives his enemies mad.
Unshakable indeed.
No sir…he ain’t scared! I was worried about him going there tonight (with the cryin, whinnin and complainin lately)…but he handled his business!!
Absolutely well said, Sherijr! We must find away to reach the masses of people to communicate your message. I really wish the vast majority of Americans had access to TOD, and other pragamatic progressive sites. I am sick and tired of the filtered, and distorted, message of the President that is transmitted by the MSM, the right wingers, and the self indulgent PL! It’s really amazing to see how people are transformed once they hear the President directly without the MSM filters!
He slapped the podium, y’all. Yes he did.
he damn near knocked it over.
mmmhmm… right along with Maxine waters wig.
ROFL!!
LOL. I bet she will think twice the next time she open her mouth.
Ya’ll is bad!!!!!
LMAO
He tole em – “yes, I’ve heard you” BOOM!
BWA HA HA Yes, he has ALL THE HATERS numbers and it ain’t Colt 45 either. Get to steppin’ and do your MOFO JOBS, Bey-otches!
How does he go from the story about his parents and Michelle to Bitch slapping the CBC’s As*. This man is like a chameleon.
Now I want to see Maxine Waters take her behind back on MSNBC and complain about President Obama after getting served this big can of WHOOP ASS. I certainly hope girlfriend got the message. Time to cut the crap Max. You heard it from the horses mouth.
Good Lord,,,,,My President left me speechless.
Love Love Love this Man!!!!
WOW !!! WOW !!! Barack Obama is just too much tonight. I had to get up outta my seat and say “GO HEAD, GO HEAD , TELL UM, TELL UM!!!” I had to kick off my bedroom slippers!!!! He got LOUD, too – AIN’T NOTHIN’ WEAK ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT!!!!!
YESSSSS! TAKE THEM DAMN SLIPPERS OFF! SHAKE OFF THE DUST AND QUIT YOUR BITCHIN’!!!! I felt like I was in church! Hubby and I were like “Cmon Prez!!!!. Prez don’t want to hear no snot-nosed whining! Get off your asses and get to work. Our civil right fore fathers endured the unspeakable to get us to where we are now! We don’t have to endure anything nearly as horrifiic as they did, so grow a couple and get to work!
I LOVE MY PRESIDENT!!! HE IS A GROWN ASS MAN!!!!
Dakota, yours is the best comment of the whole week! Thank you.
Thanks Tien Le. I am so stoked right now!
Absolutely spot-on Dakota! Nothing more to add!
THISSS!!!!
Sorry, very poorly staged.
yes it is. to say the president of the united states was attending this event the cbc should be ashamed at they way this thing is running.
Cold water. Meta, I love you. I’m a bay area girl also. Why?
He was going off tonight. I’m so proud of him. “I’ve listen to some of yall” Mmmhmm… And he brought his right to your face. I can’t wait for this video to post.
I’m so proud of him.(did I already say that??)
Obama/BIden2012
The CBC messed with the bull (PBO) and got the horns, that’s gotta HURT!!!!
boom chaka-lacka….quack quack !!!!
OMG, too damn funny! Haha, now that made me truly laugh out loud. I have no idea how an ole white hippie chick from Orange County (CA) ended up on the right side of things, but so glad I did. Hope my grandson was watching in San Diego. No shit, he looks like a younger PBO. Girls go crazy. He was with us on election night when I couldn’t stop crying and hugged me just like PBO would do. Hey, a girl can wish.
Missed Michelle, but knowing our awesome Chips, she’ll be all over it. ((((hugs to her and all)))).
And let’s Press On. Yes indeed.
I’m SO glad he didn’t do the receiving line he usually does. Not after that finale! Just walk off the stage, leavin’ them stunned, that’s how you do it!
Agree 100%. And I can’t stop playing those last few minutes on my DVR! Stop me Stop me!
Anybody else think Michelle gave him that line “Take off your bedroom slippers … “
“Take off your bedroom slippers…” because y’all been sleeping all these years…y’all haven’t done nothing and you got the nerve to complain, cry, and moan NOW…I don’t think so, get off your asses, “take off your bebroom slippers…” and get busy!
It’s no more than some of them deserve.
The equivalent of “you’re going to bitch about the food on the table, you can go to bed without eating”.
Yep! I can’t stop laughing!
him slapping the podium in my estimation was his version of dropping the mic after a major burn! hehehe. I kept visualizing him dropping the mic and saying ” and WHAT bitches?” then dusting off his shoulder and swaggering out!!! I was jumping up and down like I was high off X!!!!
Hahahaha so true Lisa. So true.
ala Sexual chocolate!!!LOL
thats what I thought. no time to make nice shaking the hands of the backstabbing snakes
Yep. He just waved and walked. Perfection!!!
Yes.WE.Can. … DO.More.Together!
Well it will be interesting to see how the cbc responds to this.
Our4thEstate Bobfr
#PresidentObama @ the #CBC the full video cs.pn/qvVPwS #YesWEMUSTDOMORETOGETHER
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301747-1
Spread it far and wide and for those with the appropriate tools, please do capture those last ~ 2 mins and make it go ‘viral’ like nothing before in the YouTube experience
Yes.WE.Can. … DO.More.Together!
So the very important last few min of his inspirational speech just happen to have been excluded from the current version on the CSPAN website = http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301747-1
Hope the WH or some other source makes those moments available.
Yes.WE.Can. … DO.More.Together!
What! Does your version show the last few minutes?
I hope you’ve seen the new video clip Chipsticks has posted, jacqueline, especially the last ~ 2 min of his speech.
Yes.WE.Can. … DO.More.Together!
Yea…what’s with that? I clicked on your link to watch it again, and it cut off before the end. Maybe they don’t want the world to see the barn burner ending? It’s bound to be somewhere…you’re right Bobfr….those last couple minutes need to go viral…no doubt about it:)
It’s the clip up top that says 7:04
I just looked at the end of the video on C-Span. Unless, he came back, there doesn’t seem to be anything missing.
BTW, I did purchase the DVD from the web site.
Yep, I sent a strongly worded email to C-SPAN about the truncated speech. I used the contact link at the bottom of the video page. Folks send them a note if you can.
Oh wow, guys! Look at how PBO has lost his base! Look how all those black folks are quickly making their ways up to him with hands outstretched just itching to tell him what a traitor he is to black folks and the democratic party. Whoa……. sucks to be PBO right now.
Keep em coming Chips. I could watch this a thousand times.
Honestly, this might just be my GO-TO video at all times. Incredible energy, he hit all the right point. Emotion but also CLARITY.
I am with you, Meta! The President was clear, energetic, passionate and, as always, fearless in telling the Truth! Nothing he said tonight was not true about the long term experience of Black people, the dire circumstances currently facing black people in particular, and the entire country as a whole, and, the programs he has implemented, and is trying to implement to ease the suffering, in the face of the most vicious opposition, aided and abated by the MSM, the PL media and the right wing media. Once again, I feel vindicated for my passionate support of this President!
have a good evening and night TOD family and may GOD watch over the POTUS and FLOTUS as they fly off to California;Denver and wherever they are headed tonight and the following days.May GOD protect;bless;guide;love and open doors to nothing but success;courage;health;energy and focus
Is FLOTUS going with him? I thought she would be remaining home.
I figured out there’s a field of grass near the Golden Gate Bridge where Marine One lands when he flies into SF, instead of trying to drive from the SF airport. It’s an open field right on the water. It’s kind of hard to navigate but I might try to find it tomorrow, if possible.
Meta, I hope that you will be able to see him land. Have a beautiful time.HZ
Good night Fred. Peace and Blessing to you.
Have a restfull night Fred, and thanks for all the very informative links.
Good night and God bless you Fred.
Good night to you Fred. Have a restful night. Thanks for all that you do with Chips to make this such a wonderful and beautiful place for all of us. Get some rest. Love you back also.HZ
President Obama is simply amazing!!!
Mr. President virtually channeled Samuel Jackson from Pulp Fiction, “SAY WHAT AGAIN MUHHHHFUCKA, SAY WHAT AGAIN!!! DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?!!!!”, especially those last two minutes.
Now the Crybaby Caucus needs to shut the f up about how the President isn’t using the bully pulpit, isn’t doing enough, they need to QUIT CRYING AND QUIT COMPLAINING!!!!!!
Pulp Fiction and Samuel Jackson was badass and PBO virtually channeling that scene was f*king awesome!
When the “Obama” movie comes out, this speech has GOT to be part of it….
I can’t wait for the video. I will be sending it to everyone on my email list. This is epic. Totally awesome smack down of the CBC. And a call to action. Thank you President Obama. You are an inspiration to us all.
It really is amazing and exasperating when you think about it. Black people have come through slavery, lynching, Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Katrina and more, and you have black members of Congress going on tv and bitching and whining about the first black president of the United States.
These crybabies have been sitting in Congress collecting government money and perks for term after term, on their cushy behinds. They saw the teabaggers come into Congress and they must have known they were bringing trouble, and they must have known that the teabagging movement is basically a racist, radical movement born out of a backlash to the election of Barack Obama.
So what do they do when the teabaggers start carrying out their slash and destroy mission? Do they come up with a strategy? Do they come up with a vision? Do they even stay strong in silent support? NO! They feed right into the enemies’ hands and run right to the cameras like weak, silly cowards. Harriet, WEB, Booker and Martin couldn’t have saved them — they would have run to massa.
They are so used to not having to WORK in Congress and collecting the crumbs thrown their way, that having to actually justify their record is driving them to bitch and moan and take it out on PBO. Just lost. Blind leading the blind. And they’ll probably still be whining come next week. They don’t know any other way. The only way to change it is to replace them with fresher, hungrier, smarter people. People who are ready to fight.
Get on board, or get out the way!
you nailed it all PJ… I don’t expect them to get quiet.. I suspect they’ll be right back on tv next week whining. But POTUS let it be known he ain’t playing around with anyone.. he’s got work to do, grab a mop & help or get outta the way.
ENCORE: “Get on board, or get out the way!
They are so used to not having to WORK in Congress and collecting the crumbs thrown their way, that having to actually justify their record is driving them to bitch and moan and take it out on PBO. Just lost.
tell it
tell it
Too right – and when the GOP started launching their attack on voting rights and unions, why didn’t they spend their energy calling them out, and encouraging people to register as quickly as they could? They have done more damage by demoralizing the minority populations, lying to them that the President has done nothing for them. And now, they do bus tours demanding that the President use specific words, like that’s going to counteract the effects of their own destructive actions. They needed a smackdown. And they got it.
@PJ Yes These house negroes want to stay on the congressional PLANTATION. Harriet Tubman would have taken them out in a heartbeat; if they pulled this shit back in the day.
Holy shit! Ametia you slay me with your wit. *FLATLINES*….
Preach it…..so true. They act like all was fine in the AA community until PBO came to town. AA unemployment has always been twice that of whites, when we were losing good jobs, the CBC did nothing, they cheered on Bill Clinton when he took away many of the safety nets for the poor, when unions were being attached they stood by and did nothing. When GWB attacked education, they stood by and did nothing. Now they want to go on “Poverty Tours” in the AA community like it’s something new. Bunch of hypocrites. They better not ask me for any money. Thank God Al Sharpton is a voice in the media that will support this president.
SPEAK TRUTH, PJ! It’s really amazing to see these members of Congress who clearly know the complexity of the structure of American government behave like this. Why are they all of a sudden joining the teabageers, the privileged holier than thou PL progressives, racist right wing Radio, and the shameless MSM that caters to Republicans, in pilling on President Obama? Do they really think the President can wave a magic wand to force Congress to enact legislations that will instantly end unemployment in the AA communities? Why not mobilize the AA community to put pressure on Congress and the MS media?
Very inspiring comments.
It sounded like PBO said to the CBC, “There were people like some of you who were the reason that we stayed in slavery so long.”.
It was very hurtful to me to hear some of the comments made by the CBC about President Obama.
Anyone from the emoprogs community who is not on board after hearing this speech is just a lost cause.
BWA HA HA HA PBO to CBC
This has been building in him for months as he watched these back stabbing clucks go from cable show to cable show to bash him.
I’m recalling that video where he said that he will give people the benefit of doubt, but when they take that kindness for weakness “He will crush them”!
Okay, at the end when the announcement came that the ‘President will stay with us but we have 2 more presentations….There will be time to press flesh’ REALLY??!?? I’m thinking…F….those presentations!!! There ain’t NOTHING left to be said. Why make the President wait??? He’s got shit to do. They have shit to do. We ALL have shit to do. Amateurs…. If I were Michelle, I’d say, ‘nah, come on baby we going home, my feet hurt and I need my back rubbed…’
LMAO!
I was thinking that too. How are you gonna have two more presentations after the POTUS speaks?!?! I’m sure they were very deserving people, but damn if they should follow the Prez. Dummies!
Reminds me of every poorly planned awards ceremony in a church basement I have ever attended in my life. All they needed was pound cake and red punch. SMDH.
Knowing our peoples – I bet they did have some pound cake and red punch! LOL!!!!!
@GGail girl, you know it, and the napkins are piled high for the greasy fried chicken..
hahahhahhahahhahahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahahhahahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahhahahhahhahahahhahahhahahhahahhahhahhahhahahahahhahahahhahahhahaha!!!!!! I’m laughing so hard because that’s such an apt description of what’s likely happening and because I too am eating “greasy fried chicken.” hahahahhahahahhahahhahahhahahahhahahhahahahha!!! You two are so funny
I’m hollering at ‘nah, come on baby we going home, my feet hurt and I need my back rubbed…’
POTUS is usually the LAST speaker. TOP BILLING.
Vintage PBO:. He doesn’t cower, he doesn’t go behind your back on TV to talk about you. He will tell it to your face. Ask Paul Ryan!!
Hear that, CBC?
Hey dear friend I was gone earlier when you made that fantastic announcement. Congratulations and I wish you much success with your new job.
Thanks, Donna!!
Hey, Africa! I am one of your secret admirers. Being here in California, I always come to the meeting way too late!. Congratulations on your new job. I will miss your regular thoughtful commentaries, but I am absolutely convinced that what ever you are involved in you will still be engaged in doing the best you can to make life better for your fellow human beings. You really epitomize the high caliber of the people who support President Obama.
All the best in your new job!
that is truly one of things I admire most about him – he tells you
TO YOUR FACE
what he thinks of you.
Me too. That quality of his resonates with me every time! Part of why I admire him for it is that he is never vindictive, just truthful. Truthful in a way that, if you are honest and willing to grow, you can fix the problem.
VIDEO PLEASE! I want to catch the last 2 minutes that everyone is raving about!
I love that just hit that podium and then decided to just leave. I am glad he did not shake hands after that speech. Hear me, now think on that! And walk off and get ready for your trip tonigh, Mr. President. Loved it.HZ
Actually he shook hands at the end of the entire program along with Michelle.
He & Michelle did the receiving line after the program ended. The CBC still had an award to present to John Lewis, then they concluded with all the award recipients on stage. After that POTUS & FLOTUS went down a flight of stairs and began shaking hands.
Oh really….I was wondering why he left without doing the receiving line,because CSPAN cut off that part. Where can I find this footage?
Ah. Thanks GGail, I’d assumed his fiery beat down was the end of it all!
It should have been the icing on the cake, but noooooo, the CBC…….. (you fill in the blanks)
And of course Arianna HuffnFluff has NOTHING about this can of whoopass PBO has served on her blog. She has threads about Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, birthers, and of course a negative hit thread on PBO involving his poll numbers.
And these professional left chuckleheads wonder why PBO doesn’t give them the time of day, because they spend too much time crying and complaining about him to warrant their attention.
PBO needs to continue to use the bully pulpit to not only smack down the Republicans, but also these clowns on the professional left. If they cry and bitch, TOO BAD!!!!! Reverend Al has plenty of Kleenex he can send them to wipe their crocodile tears with.
QUIT CRYING, QUIT COMPLAINING, AND PRESS ON!!!!
It’s not even under her “Black Voices” section?
Nope, but there was this thread about FLOTUS, albeit in the lower middle right of the page:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/20/michelle-obama-un-general-assembly-2011_n_971721.html?ir=Black%20Voices
The contempt and jealousy that Arianna and the other professional left have for this President is obvious. Whenever PBO uses the bully pulpit, there’s NOTHING about it on these professional left blogs. But whenever he’s in the Oval Office working, there’s always a thread with a big negative headline about how PBO has lost his base, how he’s a sellout, or whatever snake oil the professional left want to peddle.
While PBO was speaking primarily to the CBC for their crying and whining, he was also speaking to the professional left for their crying and whining. That’s also why I suspect that Arianna has NOTHING about this speech PBO gave to the CBC: she’s way too thin skinned.
You don’t mess with Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
He will hit you back with the facts. Tired of the BS.
What is so baffling about the CBC crybabies is that their success is tied to President Obama’s success. So exactly what is the point and how is it helpful for them to be going off the reservation and attacking THIS PRESIDENT.?
The CNC couldn’t get arrested in the George W. Bush administration. They were non entities. What do they think will happen with a Romney or Perry administration? So we get the first black president and the CBC thinks he should have special programs just for the AA community. Apparently, they were not listening to the speech he gave the night he was elected. He said he was going to president for all Americans, even those who did not vote for him.
I can imagine that voice of Maxine Waters on Morning Joke running her mouth.
They’ve been drinking too much of the Tavis Smiley and Cornell West koolaid.
No they been living high on the hog, and not giving a shi!t about anyone but themselves. Now they wanna play they concerned
Exactly, Ladyhawke. +1
This is the mistake people always make : they invite him to their lair hoping to intimidate and get him to cower or apologize….remember how he cleaned the GOP clock at their congressional summit last year.
Maxine Waters and Cleaver have been feeling smug all the while they’ve been on their PhD (pull-him-down) missions across the cable networks….but PBO slapped that smugness of their faces and kicked their negro behinds back to reality tonight!. Was he FIRED UP!!??.
He was hyped,speaking from somewhere so deep that you could hear it in his voice and facial expressions…and he had to slap that lectern at the end for good measure…the equivalent of dropping the mic and walking away!.
I think he was pained that he had to come to CBC of all places to school them on all the achievements of his administration as they affect the AA community specifically,because they should know better.
The best part of the speech was the last 2 minutes….gonna see it again tonight!. The most poignant for me was the ….”I’m not gonna feel sorry for myself..” : …” stop crying, stop complaining….take of your bedroom slippers and put on your marching shoes…” Just brilliant!!!
Excellent synopsis, Uche. He is incredibly brilliant.
Bedroom slippers off, marching boots on – marching to victory in 2012 – I’m fired up and ready to go – OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Who’s gonna beat my President??? NO ONE NO HOW!!!!
Thanks Uche, for telling it like it is! You clearly expressed what I feel. President Obama has never been reluctant to tell the truth to his adversaries! He does it with grace, but no one can mistake his take down message. After what he did to the GOP’s Senate/House Congressional gathering, they never dared to invite him back! BWD was right! President Obama consistently acts as the only “Adult In The Room.”
Haven’t seen any of the video, but from all y’alls descriptions, I immediately thought of this:
and this:
We’re so lucky to be alive during this time and view this First Family in action.
I just love the fact that President Obama was out golfing today with President Clinton knowing that he was going to be kicking some CBC ass tonight.
Let’s not forgot that this is the guy who took Bin Laden out.
Here’s the full speech on C-Span.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301747-1
Any pictures of the President and First Lady as they were introduce.
I missed the opening too. I’m glad Chips added the ending because that is not on the CSPAN video. This has been a fantastic Saturday night!!
Thanks for the pictures . FLOTUS, looks GREAT!!!! She is the best.
Does anybody know why C-SPAN stopped the speech mid-stream here? It’s missing the finale.
Just added video of the end of speech to the post J.
Thanks Ms. Chips, you are always way ahead of us.
We do try and help though, lol!!
Thank you Chipsticks!
Yes.WE.Can. … DO.More.Together!
THANK YOU, Chips!!
Thank you!
Thanks Chips!
Yep, I was wondering that too, but Chips ending has it. Dummies.
C-Span is infuriating–I slapped by screen and screamed. Thank God Chips put up the last few minutes. I’m floored, overwhelmed and just plain bowled over by this wonderful man. Everybody else–the media, the silly PLs, the whining CBCers– look like pygmies next to him.
Just added video of the end of the speech to the post. Yep, I like this fella.
I think we’ll keep him, he just might go places
4 more years. 4 more years. 4 more years.
“Yep, I like this fella” (you said it Chipsticks!!!!)
And once again, thank you for providing this outlet for us to share our pride and joy in this President!
Thanks, Chips! Even better the 2nd round!
I like this fella, too…
seriously guys. I don’t know where people come from with all this “PBO is weak, blah, blah, blah.” PBO is never hesitant to take the fight straight to the homes of his enemies/ backstabbers. Look at how PBO did that debate with the Repugs where it was just him and a mic on stage in front of all the repugs? Look how he demolished that creepy twerp Paul Ryan right to his face! Look what he did to the CBC?! He just served them their own booties for dessert!!! How can he be weak when he never hesitates to take the fight right where it belongs? Asses!!!
Look how he demolished that creepy twerp Paul Ryan right to his face!
I guess I missed this…details please.
Oh. It was when Paul Ryan brought out his deficit reduction plan that basically called for the end of Medicare, Medicaid and SS as we know them. PBO invited The Twerp to a speech he was giving at Washington University ( I could be wrong about the locale) and basically ripped Widdle Paulie’s plan to shreads!!! It was fricking hilarious because Widdle Paulie accepted the invitation thinking he had backed PBO in a corner and PBO was gonna be all conciliatory and accepting. Imagine his great shock when PBO called out the Repugs plan to demolish our social compact with the middle class?! and there began PBO’s populous message about the nature and the promise of the social compact. In the speech he was like: “why should we ask the elderly to pay $6400 more in order from people like me to get a $200,000 in tax break?!” PBO tore the Gross Old Pricks the heck up with that speech.
gah!!! *shreds* !!!!
Oh, and the icing was when told Paulie point blank as he sat there in the front row that “there is nothing serious or courageous about this plan” (re: Ryan’s vouchercare)
The professional left are projecting their weaknesses onto PBO. The professional left (Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Michael Moore, Tavis Smiley, Cornell West, Ed Shultz, Glenn Greenwald, Jane Hamsher, Adam Greene, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Cenk Uygar, Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich) are so damned weak at getting THEIR message out and they want to blame THAT on PBO. They do NOT take their case to the American people, they just rant and rave and collect million dollar paychecks… no different from the propagandists on Fox!
LOL you have the whole list of emoprogs. Thanks!
Bravo, Nintedowii10! You really captured the main culprits who talk big but have nothing to show! There are other names I might have included, but I would rather defer to your brilliant selection. So, TRUTH OR DARE: Who among the people you listed is courageous and strong enough to challenge President Obama? I say to all the people you listed: Step right up folks! Show us your courage in challenging the weak President Obama. Please don’t tell us that you are looking for another candidate. If you are so certain that you know what needs to be done, and how to go about accomplishing the pure progressive agenda you advocate, then it’s time to step up and show us how it’s done. Otherwise, your relentless attacks on President Obama is cowardly. It’s patently obvious that your attacks on President Obama have absolutely nothing to do with improving the conditions of the oppressed. Rather, they seem to be aimed at creating deep divisions within the Democratic party. It is no secret a deeply divided Democratic party would certainly guarantee the election of a right wing teabag-Republican. If that’s you goal, then have the guts to say so!
Just saw a photo of FLOTUS from tonight and the woman is amazing. Just beautiful. They look so good together dressed in black but then again they look good together anyway.
Do you have a link, I missed it.
Am waiting to see FLOTUS’s pictures, can you provide a link please!!!!
http://www.newscom.com/nc/wmark/Newscom-rtrlfour808842?inputPath=/db/RTR/rtrlfour/docs/808/842.thm&fname=rtrlfour808842
HERE’S THE LINK
http://www.newscom.com/nc/wmark/Newscom-afplivefour060274?inputPath=/db/AFP/afplivefour/docs/060/274.thm&fname=afplivefour060274
Man oh man, just beautiful. Stunning. Beyond words.
Me agree.
good grief just watched it again, even better the second time… man the last couple of minutes are so bad ass there are no words left to describe it.
Am watching it for the 9th time. The last 2 minutes are a keeper. Yes Sir.
Yes there are…A Grown Ass Man!!! LOL!
Geez! Almost 400 comments…Wow..,our President sure got us FIRED UP!!!!!
No FIRED UP tonight hope, we were UNLEASHED. That’s the word of the Night.
You’re absolutely right Me4! Here’s a tweet from Rev Al.
“Leaving CBC Dinner, the President made a great speech. I told him it was a grand slam.”
Thank you hope, Rev Al has the President’s ear.
I love Rev. Al!
Ugh @ Don Lemon. Said it sounded like a campaign speech and in the same breath admitting he didn’t even hear the whole thing? Uhm. The only thing CNN played was the bit about passing the jobs bill so of COURSE, it’s what we’ve all heard, you dumb ass. Sheila Jackson Lee repeating the same talking points, but I noticed she didn’t say a damn thing about PBO calling the CBC out. C’mon sista, let’s keep it real here. YOU peeps are part of the reason why he was so fired up tonite.
Don Lemon is a sad gay, black Republican. Sad on so many levels. I wonder whether he had anything to say about the GOP nasty debate on Thursday night.
It’s sad….very sad.
This is why I ignore all of the talking heads except for Reverend Al: all they want to do is hear the sound of their own voices.
Reverend Al is the only talking head who is real and actually gets it. I hope he ends up sending Kleenex to these crybabies like he said he would, because they need it to wipe their crocodile tears with. They cry just as much as Orange Boner does!
I make it a point to watch segments on “The Last Word”. Mr. O’Donnell doesn’t get caught up in bad mad-mouthing President Obama. In fact, during the Debt Ceiling debate, he was perhaps, the only person to have PBO’s back.
How original. How dismissive..how Borrrrrr-ing.
Yeah, a campaign to WIN For THE FUTURE ..against jackals.
The most glamorous couple in the world
http://www.daylife.com/photo/00eCbgJ2iA2qV
Wow, thanks Donna, she was gorgeous and of course we know he is fine. That dress is stunning.
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! They look FABULOUS! I ADORE what Michelle is wearing.I need that:)
Work it, O’s!! They are one baaaaad couple!
YAAAAASSSSS! Look at Michelle…That dress is giving me life! Flyest couple on the planet
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Arianna Huffington: For Voters to Believe Obama’s Second Term Will Bring About Change, He Needs to Acknowledge What Needs to Change in Himself
“While Obama’s ideas about the changes the system needs in his second term are welcome and necessary, there is another kind of change he needs to talk about if he is to be believed. He needs to make clear the changes he intends to make in himself.”
WHAT… THE… HELL?!!! Changes in himself? President Obama should be happy being who he is, and shouldn’t change to impress the likes of Arianna HuffnFluff.
And this is why the professional left are so DAMNED WEAK at getting their message across, they focus on character and NOT substance. I swear, President Obama should do a meeting in front of these professional left just like he did the CBC and bitch slap sense into them like he did this evening at the CBC, but they’d rant and rave about him attacking them… BOO FRICKEN HOO!!!!
Just so you are aware, Arianna is a Republican. I don’t even think she makes that a secret anymore. Anything she says about the President is agenda-driven to make him look as bad as possible.
I’ve been aware she is a Republican… she did praise Gary Johnson, or Jon Huntsman… heck maybe both of them!!!
I’d love nothing more than for PBO to be able to smack the smugness off the faces of these professional left Repubs-in-Dem clothing just as he did the CBC tonight and publicly shame them. I’ve had it with their crap of calling him weak, a sellout, a Republican, even a Teabagger in some instances.
Ariana needs to take a long long long vacation (10 or more years) in the far corner of the globe with her loverboy Mankini. The better off this country would be with the two of them gone.
She couldn’t get her husband elected Calif Governor, so he came out of the closet, she became a Democrat/Progressive, so now I guess she’s looking for a new husband and has turned Repub again ( or always was). AOL is losing money on buying huff n puff so she won’t be around much longer.
I totally agree with you. The more she speaks, the more it seems that in reality she has NEVER quit the republican party.. Arianna claims to fight “for the people” but if you look at her life style, her choices, the way she conducts business, the way she treats her employees, and people in general…..She doesn’t LIVE the values she claims to believe in.
She’s friends with Newt, with Darrell Issa, ( one of the worst crooks in Congress!!!!) . Her vendetta against Sumners and Geitner was so over the top that’s when I began to SERIOUSLY wonder WHO she was working for, or with…She has given a platform to some of the worst propagandists of the republican theology. And when President Obama seems to get back some momentum, right on cue she comes in quickly and tries to undermine him. The signs are becoming really obvious.
And she likes Huntsman ???!!!!! A candidate who approves of Paul Ryan’s economic ideas ??!!!! Ha !! Mrs “oh the poor and the middle class are getting screwed” likes Huntsman ??? Now if it doesn’t prove she’s no democrat, nothing will.
For the record, I have these suspicions only about Arianna. I think Cenk, Ed, Markos and others are simply ego-driven, authoritian in their thinking, and very poor listeners.
Which is why I don’t give her site a single click!
Ariania needs to go fuck herself liked she’s fucked everyone else.
This President is more than any of us deserves. He has much he could feel sorry for himself about but he just shakes it off – rolls up his sleeves and keeps on going. He is so ready for his next 4 years and all I can say is we are gonna see CHANGE like we can not believe. He is scary good and we don’t deserve him but I am glad we have him!!!!! I am ready and I will fight for this man all the way !!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Yep, look out repugs, he’s coming to get cha!!!!!!!
PBO does what he preaches……HE PRESSES ON. He gets discouraged, but presses on, they try to knock him down, he presses on, they try to stop him at every turn, but he presses on. I am so glad we have his back. I am pressing on to get him re-elected.
In HuffPo terminology, Fanned and faved.
Thanks for the claification on the receiving line.HZ
In January 2007 I got an email from this guy announcing his Presidential exploratory committee. Had my wallet out before I finished reading the email. Have never doubted this guy from Day -1.
SAME HERE…I TRUSTED HIM FROM THE FIRST DAY I HEARD HIM SPEAK…HE LIT SOMETHING GOOD INSIDE ME…AND THE FLAME IS STILL BURNING…I NEVER HAVE FELT THIS WAY ABOUT A PRESIDENT…AND I AM NO GROUPIE…I JUST BELIEVE HE IS THE MAN AMERICA AND THE WORLD NEEDS FOR THESE COMPLEX TIMES. HE IS INDEED A RIGHTEOUS MAN!!!!
STRENGTH AND HONOR, MR.PRESIDENT!!!!
My goodness! I laid down to take a nap for a couple of hours not knowing that President Obama was going to speak tonight and I wake up to my cell phone blowing up with messages about President Obama’s speech. This speech only confirms what I’ve been thinking for a long time. President Obama had to keep his cool and try to get as much done as possible i.e. heath care, consumer protection bill, black farmers bill, student loan bill, DADT, and many other bills passed. Now he’s able to go on the attack the way he wants to. Unfortunately the CBC didn’t understand what his strategy was, now they do.
Michelle, Michelle, Michelle my sweetheart you look exquisite tonight. Wow. Wow wow. Beautiful and Breath taking. I love you Michelle.
Listen to the end of that speech people – forget the fashion, it just doesn’t matter – spectacular and uplifting: FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!!
LOL, we heard it. You really likey the end Ms. Chips. We will probably listen it a gazillion times tonight, lol. We feel ya!
Here, here! Just clicked for my 3rd listen of the night! THIS is what the whole nation needs to hear. A message for the moment. Not who just won a damn straw poll, but of a President who fights for his countrymen and women. C’mon have we EVER had a leader with this much passion and determination in the face of such adversity? Do I even need to ask?
That was absolutely phenomenal. He’s really in fighting mode and not taking any guff from anybody!! LOVE this man.
Chipsticks, I sent you an email begging you to PLEEZE email the video with the last 7 mins that you have posted. PLEEEEEEZEEEEE.
Chipsticks was UNLEASHED by the last part of the speech. I hear ya, ms Chips, it was beyond spectacular.
OH WOW! Thanks for posting the last part of the speech. Whoa. It was basically this:
or like this
Oh. Mah. Gawd. I’ve never seen this before!! Can’t stop laughing!!
He bullies the pulpit…he doesn’t need a whimpy, rhetorical “bully pulpit!”
or this
I don’t care how many times I see this, it never ceases to make me laugh!! PBO rocks and I would love it if he could actually do this!!
I have been gone. Thanks everyone for the great commentary. Can’t wait to watch the speech. Our President is the best!
But, but, but…Ricky Perry has never lost an election!1!! MUHAHAHA!
He’s only ever run in total teebagger country. Hilarious.
Hold on! Wait a minute! I just saw the speech. Did my eyes deceive me, did not President Obama just pimp slap the podium?
Your eyes didn’t deceive you, he slapped the podium. Wasn’t that unPresidential, lol. That’s what he’s going to do to the repugs. The CBC got theirs tonight.
Yes.He.Did.
Yes he did!!!!!!!!! He was like “Fuck! I done talk don’t let me have to lecture yall asses again!!!!!”
He was PISSED! He told Tavis to shut his face.
And he told Corny to shut his fly trap.
Those last few minutes were a THANG of beauty. PBO’s had ENOUGH from these people who been in power for donkey years and now they want him to come here and fix the messes some help create.
I love how he smacked the podium. I thinking they all just got spanked!
Don’t like Jesse Jackson….look at him looking at PBO like “this negro is living my dream!”
The Obamas always seem to amaze the crowd…..look at everyone trying to get a touch
bwaaah @ ‘this negro is living my dream’.
I’m telling you, if this speech —this very direct, ‘no need to read between the lines’–speech doesn’t corral the caucus together as a united front behind this President, then they need to have their cards revoked. Seriously. They act like all this unemployment and AA strife is brand new.
You all have been hilarious tonight. I will sleep with a smile on my face remembering some of the lines I have read here tonight.
>>>>”this negro is living my dream!”<<<<
Our4thEstate Bobfr
@repcleaver @MaxineWaters Are you going to march with @PresidentObama or are you going to continue attacking him? We are all watching.
Yes.WE.Can. … DO.More.Together
I don’t know, I have a feeling she’s going to keep on wearing her bedroom slippers.
LOL!!!!
Pitch perfect, Bobfr! I really need to hurry up and learn about twitting. You guys do it so well!
Bravo, Bravo….he is tiyyyyyaaarrrrdddd of the BS. When he hit that podium, he was signaling his frustration and excitement for the cause. He is da man, truth on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne….. he got the truth on his side. I swear he could lead me to a desert telling me it was beachfront property ;o) Yayyyyyy, for that speech, what the CBC needed.
Hey Chipsticks, isn’t that Rev Al with Cuba Gooding Jr?
Did you see Jessie Jackson? Where were Waters hiding at?
Anniebella, my husband is head of a NAACP chapter. He has been at the conference since it started on Wednesday and he said that he had not seen Waters, Smiley or West the entire time that he has been there.
Bunch of no good cowards….too scared to face the President. I can understand smelly and corncob…but ms watershed should of been there to take her lumps.
COS, I guess who ever is paying West and Smiley salary wouldn’t allow them to attend. As far as Waters, she knew the President were going to go after her nonsense, so she didn’t want to attend, plus she knew the crowd would be with the President. A loud mouth coward.
yep
Yep, GGail. I think that’s Rev. Al.
Ok y’all, this man, his lovely wife and his bright young children need to keep the same address for 4 more years, that’s all there is to it. Ain’t no way in hell that what we’re witnessing is gonna be done in vain. We need to have this man’s back 100000% or so help me God.
Carla, for the sake of this country and it’s people, we need to re-elect this President. I agree with everything you said Carla.
To the whining crybaby caucus (black, white or green) I hope they heard the President LOUD and CLEAR. Stop crying and whining and get to work. Half of the folks who have been in Congress 20, 30 40 years have been bringing home a paycheck and doing little for it. For those stupid people in the Professional Left and their minions, I hope they finally understand why the President HAD to attempt compromise when he entered office. He couldn’t come in with guns blazing. NOW he can say in all honesty how he ATTEMPTED time and time again to work with, compromise with the opposition, only to be rebuked at every turn. NOW the gloves are all the way off and the President WILL CONTINUE TO WORK. He is the SAME President he’s always been. It’s the clueless people who haven’t understood his strategy/
Is it possible to download the last clip? If not, can you email it to us. I really want to share it with some folks who need a wake-up call.
I just purchased the DVR from C-Span.
To The Twitter Brigade.
The Sunday Shows gasbags need to be hammered with the facts tomorrow that the Republican Party is yet again holding the country hostage because they want to KILL JOBS in order fund FEMA. The media needs to be held to account for reporting the facts. The GOP has had THREE HOSTAGE TAKING BITES at the apple since taking the majority in the house. The budget, the debt limit and now the CR is their last gasp. But the media is shielding the GOP obstruction from the public. This is an outrage. They need to be exposed. Tell the media to do their job. Stop carrying water for the GOP and TELL THE TRUTH.
REPUBLICANS KICK THEIR OBSTRUCTION INTO FULL THROTTLE IN ORDER TO PREVENT JOB CREATION
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Media pundits and commentators are unwilling to accuse Republicans of sabotage or criminal hostage-taking, but this author is not. Republicans have deliberately sabotaged the economy to portray the Obama Administration as ineffective and in the process are destroying what is left of the economy. There is not one instance of Republicans doing anything that will have a positive effect on the economy, but they have done everything to kill jobs. Their Draconian spending cuts and deficit reduction schemes will never create one job and are responsible for millions of Americans losing their jobs. When Democrats sought to restrict outsourcing of American jobs, Republicans blocked the legislation, and they blocked tax incentives for small businesses that hired new employees. The Republicans are undoubtedly making every attempt to send the economy into a full-scale depression by keeping Americans poor and unemployed while raising middle-class’s taxes and giving them to the wealthiest Americans.
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http://www.politicususa.com/en/gop-job-obstruction
I agree ladyhawke. And I bet there’s going to be dead silence on the fiasco that was Thursday night’s GOP debate. I’m tired of hearing these Sunday Republican shows with their nonstop Obama-bashing and no facts, objective reports or real solutions,
Thanks for the heads up on the article! Will email/tweet.
A little ‘blast from the past’
“I do get angry but it tends to be a controlled anger. … I tend to be very steady, but, what I don’t do, and I think this will also be confirmed, is .. I don’t like people trying to take advantage of that. … This is why, if you watch any of my political interactions, I’m always best as a counter-puncher. You know, if somebody comes at me, I will knock em out. If not, then I will try to understand their point of view, and that actually serves me well. I give people the benefit of the doubt, I try to understand their point of view. If I perceive that people are trying to take advantage of that, then I will crush them (laughter) .. That was just a joke… sort of, kind of ..” (laughter)
http://youtu.be/ZC8C_JH2eQc
I’d say my President did some crushing tonight !!
He sure did….and as reported by others Maxine’s wig was apart of that crush
“If I perceive that people are trying to take advantage of that, then I will crush them…That was a joke…sort, kind of..”
Good call, Bklynsam. The President did indeed CRUSH them tonite. No joke.
At the end of his speech and with a quick flick of his wrist, President Obama’s slap on the podium was a signal to all of us that know the deal. Those of you that don’t know what that slap signified are lost. You don’t learn that slap in school, or on the playground, or anywhere that hasn’t known struggle. There was only one place for President Obama to deliver that podium slap for full effectiveness, and trust me that slap was heard in every barbershop, church, nail salon and laundry mat.
You’re on point; Don. My late father used to deliver the slap on the dinning room table at family meetings. We knew what time it was. straighten up and fly right. SURE YOU RIGHT. LMAO
you are so right…which is why I’ve watched it about a dozen times. he’s telling folks what time it is.
Yes…there are those of us who know what that “slap” meant…and yes, “that slpa was heard in every barbershop, church, nail salon and laundry mat” and might I add, every kitchen, living room, front porch and back yard. But then that “look”…. “and don’t let me have to tell you again…I’m through talkin’….”
I hate to ask Chips but can that last clip be put on Youtube so I can share it. I don’t know how to share it from video press.
BREAKING: We have word from Maxine Waters’ wig: “He didn’t have to snatch me. The President didn’t have to snatch me.”
Developing….
Ya’ll is bad. Just bad, lol. Lawd, my stomach hurts!!!!
“The force of his powerful words just BLEW me off of Maxine’s head…..but I’m okay, I’m okay.
“As soon as I find my bobby pins and catch my breath, I’ll be alright. Maxine? Where are you girl?!?!”
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!
CLASSIC…CANNOT….STOP….LAUGHING… 1 Adam 12, 1 Adam 12…Maxine Water’s wig is busted…I repeat…
You are going to have to pay for my keyboard, PJ. I took a gulp of water just as I came upon this and spat it out. Whoo Lord!!
OMG, that podium slap just had me lol. Yes, Mr. President, slap some sense into those whiners. This was fun to watch, Potus sure on fire. Hehehe. And Don, you are right. It was heard in every barbershop, church, nail salon and laundry mat. Lol.
This is how I feel after hearing PBO speak.
That’s my jam right there…..lisa. Singing at the top of my voice @ 11:10 pm “Let’s Fly ayyy!”. I’m jamming…..:D
Shocks wrong post…meant to reply to lisa. Yuck not a Young Jeezy fan but it’s lil positive.
C-SPAN ONE is re-airing the speech now! Woot! Woot!
Early heads up. SNL airs at 11:30. Looking forward to it.
New one?
President Obama slapped that podium, then probably went home and tucked the girls into bed. So many of the whiners are simply jealous of how much more successful this man is than they are…in every aspect of life. Amazing!
The President is now heading out west. May the Good Lord be with him and keep him safe. I wonder what Michelle said to him after that speech.
Wow. Thanks everybody for the commentary – WHAT A GREAT SPEECH!!!! Thanks Chips especially for posting the last 7 minutes I watched the vid from bob’s tweet and it stopped right at the part that all of you guys were talking about that I really wanted to see! Ack!. What a relief to me that he’s our President.
Hope the black voters see the stark difference between this man and their corrupt black congress critters and smack them down resoundingly, come 2012.
Um, where is PBO looking in that pic with him following Michelle?
Hmm…he’s looking at…
Thank you Chips for bringing us PBO’s amazing and firey speech slapping down the CBC…..and thanks for providing a place where we can come and support the president, learn what he is doing for our country because the republican msm won’t report it, and where we can support one another.
Good night TOD family, see you tomorrow.
My pleasure JoJo, love ya
Where is Sue in M? It’s not like her not to be at this great party?
I know. I’ve been wondering where she’s at too.
New thread here:
http://theobamadiary.com/2011/09/24/take-off-your-bedroom-slippers-put-on-your-marching-shoes/
Loved, loved, loved this speech. President Obama was on fire! The whining, complaining, backstabbing CBC needed to hear this speech.
We’re going to press on… Yes We Did and We Don’t Quit!
This picture of him walking of stage says it all! He wasn’t playing!!
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/088hfRr1s41AU/610x.jpg
Wow, that was incredible! FIRED UP! Loved the podium slap!
BTW, Michelle is absolutely breathtaking once again.
m, I agree with you 1,000,000 percent. Good night everyone. God Bless and keep you all safe. Specially our President and First Lady, and their lovely family.
I came to the party late, but thanks Chips for the videos. PBO basically told the CBC to STFU and get to work. I loved it. When he slapped the lectern at the end, it was like, “Take that you backstabbers, I’m done with you!” Does anyone know if Maxine and her wig were there? As I have often said, I do not know why people keep trying to mess with him, and why is it that after all this time they still do not know that he will take them down if they keep at it? From cardinals at Notre Dame, to Paul Ryan, to Donald Trump; from a room full of republicans at their own summit to Osama bin Laden, he has faced them down in their own territory and destroyed them. Each time that he vanquished his enemies, he immediately pressed on to the work at hand. He crushed them as effortlessly as he crushed that fly. This is a formidable man. The CBC should have known better. Well, they got told and everyone will soon know about it.
525 plus comments at 1am? The Obama Diary is ON FIRE!!!!! Woooo HOOOO!!!!! Just like President Obama!! And Mrs. Obama is FIERCE tonight! I mean, WOW, she is smart AND she looks fabulous!!!
And in the group pic with Obama and Michelle and the members of the CBC, did anyone else notice how Barack is watching J. Lowry holding Michelle? He looks like he is about to go put and end to all that bizness LOLOLOL
Hey lexusv, I noticed that too. I thought it was funny. I showed the picture to my husband last night and told him how it looked like The Ole Reverend was channeling old man Fred Sanford and just trying to remember the ’60s . . .
The President likes and respects Rev. Lowry, but he knows when and how to protect his lady–though I don’t that he thought Rev. Lowry meant any harm. 
And we already know that our “good friends” Jeremiah Wright, Tavis Smiley, and Cornel West were not in attendance! I like the sound of that!! I just loves The First Couple! They rock!
Looks like the President has lost the AA support. (snark) I watched the speech on C-Span last night and the President was awesome. He told them to shut up and get to work to pass this jobs bill. He was awesome as usual.
I love this man, our wonderfully brilliant President!
OBAMA 2012 – DONATE and PRESS ON!
Oops forgot to give a shout out to our absolutely GORGEOUS and elegant flotus!!