Text of speech here
A person holds up four fingers for four more years as President Barack Obama speaks at the United Auto Workers conference in Washington, Feb. 28
… with UAW President Bob King
“I keep on hearing these same folks talk about values all the time. You want to talk about values? Hard work: That’s a value. Looking out for one another: That’s a value. The idea that we’re all in it together and I’m my brother’s and sister’s keeper: That’s a value.”
Could I be first???
Winner!!!!
AWAKE NOW.
I thought that would do the trick, Meta
Wow! Mr. President, has he re-written the meaning of that title, or what?
WOW! Thank Chips and good morning to you and the TOD family. What a great picture. And what a wonderful job you do. I am so enamored with President Obama for a zazillion different reasons!!!
I LOVE THIS…PLEASE TRANSFER THIS TO MT. RUSHMORE WHERE IT BELONGS!
That’s where it belongs, Sue!!!!
LOVE that idea!
yes,yes yes!!!
Good day Chips,
Link to full speech – http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Obama-Addresses-UAW-at-Washington-Convention/10737428612/
#PRESSON
Excellent Bob, thank you so much – just added the link to the post.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOo….I HAVE that one!
Looks that way!
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Good Morning, sabreen and Pamela. Hope you all are having a wonderful day.
Thank you Pamelabrown, it’s about to get a lot less wonderful…..
I having a slow, but great day. Thank you for the well wishes.
Good morning from the very sunny Island of Jamaica!
Chips did you by chance see Phylicia Rashad on CNN this morning? She was amazing. She had me screaming that’s right, tell it like it is. Solidad didn’t know what hit her so she just giggled her way through the segment.
Oh, missed that PhillyinJA, will look it up – thank you!
Hey chips I found the video on CNN but that one they cut off the very last part that had me cheering. I would love to find the segment in its entirety.
Here’s the one I found
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/02/28/exp-point-phylicia-rashad.cnn?iref=allsearch
Soledad is yet another disappointment!
Sunny island of Jamaica…? Please have a dip in the Caribbean for me. So jealous….
WOW! I am first!
I wish to MSM would answer the rightwing nut jobs instead of allowing them to run off at the mouth.
The correct answer to the low employment rate is: Tell congress pass the president’s jobs bill…buttheads.
No, I am not first.
Wa post poll has Robney favorability ratings all time low!
LOL!
OH YEAH…MSNBC IS GOING TO RUN PBO THIS MORNING! GOOD NEWS FOR SUE!
#PRESSON
OH WOW…PBO IS VERY PUMPED…I DO BELIEVE HE HAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF HIS EARS!
When you see that passion and clarity about positive stuff, how can those gloom-and-doom Repubs hope to compete?
He is beyond fired up
Are we fired up and ready to go fight for POTUS?
You bet ya!! 1000% you go Mr president I hope Michigan is watching right now.
OMG, WOW, this is THE AWESOME. THUNDEROUS applause for our POTUS. This is a barnburner speech.
Also, love the new tie. Heh.
Gets a little dig in on St. Santorum and education.
meta, he really really really went after Mitt Romney, he didn’t call any names but we know who said “Let Detroit Fail”.
He got digs in on ALL OF THEM. He’s to the point where he doesn’t give a shit anymore — accuse him of ‘campaigning’. Who the hell cares? What have they done? Governed? Hardly.
Whether the TOD family needs it or not, this kind of fire-y passion inspires the American people. For good or ill, they see that as strength and PBO has found just the right chord.
God, I love this President.
The speech was beyond AMAZING. He was on fire and was taking no prisoners! He called out the liars and clowns.
SUPER FANTASTIC…PBO UNCLOGGED MY ARTERIES THIS MORNING…I LOVE TO SEE HIM HAPPY LIKE THAT AND AN EXHUBERANT CROWD THAT LOVES HIM TO PIECES…LIKE I DO! WHAT A WONDERFULLY,ENCOURAGING,HEART PUMPING SPEECH THIS WAS! MADE MY DAY…AGAIN! YOU ARE LOVED MR. PRESIDENT! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Good Morning Sue and TOD Family. Hope all is well this morning Sue. Oh, yes, POB is really pumped this morning. That beautiful voice is ringing all over the nation. Love our President.HZ
GOOD MORNING HZ…HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL TODAY. I AM OK TODAY…SLEPT LIKE A BABY. HAD MY VOTER REG. INDIANA OFA WEB TRAINING LAST NIGHT…AM PRAYING THAT GOD WILL BE WITH ME SO THAT I CAN GET OUT THERE AND REGISTER VOTERS FOR MY PRESIDENT! GREAT SPEECH FROM PBO…PUTS A SPRING IN MY STEP FOR THE DAY! BLESS YOU HZ!
Well everyone, we are definitely getting a dose of what we can expect from our President from now until 6 Nov 2012!!! He is taking no prisoners and the audience is loving it. Policy before politics; Country before Party are not words for this President – he has proven it and they know it!
‘I placed my bet on the American worker’!!!!!
#PRESSON
#PRESSON
I feel sorry for the GOP, it’s like Jordan against a newborn in HORSE.
4 more years…4 more years
Loving this!!!!!!
‘Even by the standards of this town, that’s a load of you know what’!!!!!!!!! He’s kick’n hard!!!!!
Prez is kickin’ ass and taking names.
Yes he did. He was fired up!!!
He is fired up today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
G’day shipmates! Well we awake to another day of rethug b.s. Now the UAW is chanting “4 more years”. It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
G’day Yardarm! This speech – and the crowd’s reaction – is a thing of beeeeeeeeauty!
Aye ma’am it certainly is. Can’t say enough about him.
Just been watching for 5 minutes…this is one of the best political speeches I’ve ever seen….from anybody…
Remember y’all, this year is your last chance EVER to campaign for President Barack Hussein Obama. Let’s give him the House and 60 real votes in the Senate this time. You in?
This is just purely MAGNIFICENT.
OMG, PBO is on fire!!!!
POTUS is bringing the RUCKUS!!
OMG, i have tears in my eyes as he ended his speech! I love PBO so much!
Dow just hit 13,000!!!!
Consumer sentiment is way up!
For those emoprogs and pf’s that keep lookin’ for a spine or a ‘pair’, behold a very large set and a ram-rod straight backbone.
WORD. You know it, yardarm.
Hello!!! Behold the master! Go ahead Yardam! Tell it like it is!
I loved Mr. King’s introduction of the president, and especially that quote of Dr. King about when you really get to know the real measure of a person. You get to know what a person is truly made of not in times of comfort but in times of adversity and crisis. President Obama has faced so many adversities and crises but he has never lost his nerve. He is, as the saying goes, “steady as a rock.”
And you know it.
Oh brother, listening to his UAW speech & the interactions with the audience.. when our guy gets into full on campaign mode- Republicans will stand zero chance of winning anything. NO ONE brings it like he does.
Saw a Santorum campaign rep on MSNBC when I first turned my tv on trying to reinterpret what Santorum said about Education yesterday. Talk about reinterpret! That is definitely what he was doing about what PBO said and even was thinking. No thanks! It won’t work!
PBO just ended his UAW speech and I wonder if he will lose his voice. He was so strong!
This is what Santorum does:
1. Tell a lie or say something completely over the top and ridiculous
2. MSM/blogs go wild with, “WTF?”
3. Santorum does interview where he “clarifies” what he said.
4. Santorum then gets mad that he’s being questioned about things he said. Characterizes it as a “liberal media attack”
5. Rinse and repeat.
‘rinse and repeat’
oh, how i wish the rinsing would work! can’t we just wash this mess down the drain?
Too bad there wasn’t a rope line. PBO would have been smothered with full out LOVE.
OOOH..I WAS HOPING HE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THE LOVE HUGS!
UAW speech wonderful. Game on! PBO on the trail can’t be beat….
So agree—-no one better. He puts on a clinic. That’s the way you do it, boys. PBO is simply the best, better than all the rest—-hey, there oughta be a song…..:)
That was beyond description…..
Just the intro (full speech asap):
Pardon my French, but Game. Set. and fucking Match!
Your French is perfect Don!
Chuck Todd has a sad!
Chuck Todd is a piece of chewed-up grass!
At the front end or back end of the bull ?
LOL!! I was just about to comment that it must be the lump that comes out the bull’s arse.
You know damn good and well it’s the aft end.
Just making sure that toady still a pos.
For sure, fo’ sho!
Did anyone beside me notice that our President was in campaign mood today? He kick those unname GOP candidate behinds. I loved it when he said in five years when he was out of office he was going to buy him one of those cars. Then the crowd started chanting four more years, four more years! America if you think President Obama is going to go down without a fight, well you saw this morning he is not. And I just hope and pray we are ready to fight with him, for him. 4 More Years. OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
I sat there listening to POTUS, and I was “Fired Up and Ready to Go!!!!!!!!!
He’s gonna buy one when he gets out of office? If he were a True American he’d buy one now!
Yeah, I make no sense. Pretend I’m a wingnut. I’d bet money that one of those GOP morons would say that.
He probably would buy one now, gobrooklyn, but he wouldn’t be able to drive it! There’s NO WAY the Secret Service would let him do that, but I think PBO really would like to be able to drive himself some of the time, and Michelle, too! I know I’d miss driving if I were in their place. LOL
You’re right majii, maybe take Michelle and the girls out for a ride, or Michelle out to dinner. But they can wait till 2017, we need them. America needs POTUS and FLOTUS four more years.
More like 2027. He will have SS for another 10 years post presidency (it should be life for life for him but whatever). Then he can drive Michelle around in his American car.
Oh I know he wouldn’t be able to drive it now. I was talking wingnut.
exactly–our pres knows how to play them. the rethug response is, oh yeah, you’ll buy a car in 5 years, but our guy has bought a mustang and and another car, and two caddies, and….
pbo does it again!
Can’t wait to see PBO driving the streets of my town in his Volt.
In five years.
WOW! WOW! WOW! & WOW! PBO just gave an incredibly warm, caring, and powerful speech at the UAW Workers’ Conference.
The GOP is gonna need a bigger boat!
THEIR DECK CHAIRS ARE STILL ON THE TITANIC MY DEAR…GLUB…GLUB!
I can hear the music from Jaws.
FRANKLY…JAWS WOULD PROBABLY SPIT THEM OUT…THEIR MEAT IS SOUR! EWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Ok Chips, work your magic and get that speech up on here PRONTO! Sounds like one that I must hear.
And, of course, shameless blog pimping. My new piece at TPV is up: http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2012/02/if-everyone-goes-to-college-where-will.html. Wherein I examine just why the right wing hates universities.
Oh LL, wasn’t that something? Just posted a few snippets, didn’t get it all, but will add the full speech ASAP!!
Thanks a million for the link to your magnificence, will add it to the next post
Dang I just love him- love his courage, his strength, his humanity. Cannot wait to vote for him.. he could fill that Ford stadium tomorrow, I’d bet on it.
Federal loan guarantees for energy projects have been successful, cost-effective investments
take that Solyndra critics
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/02/federal-loan-guarantees-for-energy.html
Love all the info. You are invaluable!!!
I liked the way that article contrasts the amount of money lost in the Solyndra loan guarantee to the 70 B lost to the oil companies via subsidy from 2002-2008. Keeps it in perspective. You are a treasure, WiW.
TODville I just picked myself up from the floor…The MAN BLEW ME AWAY.
I was clapping, crying, laughing all at the same time. What a magnificent
speech!!! Did someone spike his Wheaties this morning? What a speech,What a MAN.
I love my PRESIDENT!!
And the best part is I was home alone so I could have the TV at the loudest
and cheer him on at the loudest, without any strange “is she ok” looks from
the family
Did I say how much I love my PRESIDENT?
i’m with you hope44! It was stellar!
Last Year, 54 Million Americans Received Free Preventive Services Thanks to Health Care Reform
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/02/last-year-54-million-americans-received.html
And those people and their families will know who it was that made it possible. And will vote accordingly.
5 Key Facts About The Obama Administration’s Corporate Tax Overhaul
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/02/5-key-facts-about-obama-administrations.html
https://twitter.com/#!/woodhouseb/status/174539078841278464
Hay Nora O’Donnell, what POTUS said is the TRUTH.
POTUS doesn’t make up lies about his opponents, like they do about him.
This was the genius of the speech for me — the pivot to what American values are. Strong and proud and passionate. It was the Best a President can Be.
Have I said how much I love this President?
I think Norah O’Donnell is a good reporter, sometimes she overcooks my grits but she is really good. I like her.
Is it me or does everyone on MSNBC seem to have a sad except for Alex Wagner. The speech was a direct kick to the nads of the GOP.
That Robert Traynhorn guy seemed to have a bad sad, tried to throw a bucket of ice water on what he just witnessed, PBO on fire and the overwhelming crowd support. He looked really silly doing it. Wonder what his deal is.
They are thinking of how they are to spin Romney as a formidable opponent. They are also disappointed that no matter how much crap is thrown at him, President Obama always seems to have his back up, his voice strong and his smile wide.
THIS
that no matter how much crap is thrown at him, President Obama always seems to have his back up, his voice strong and his smile wide.
Indeed, “gobrooklyn! Extremely well said!
After the speech, Alex turned to her panel for comments. They all weighed in and Karen Finney said (I paraphrase): “Just play again what the President said. Don’t waste time listening to me. He just said it all.” It was GREAT.
What a difference a decade makes on income inequality
By Steve Benen – Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:05 AM EST.
For much of the Obama era, issues such as income inequality have been deemed largely off limits by the right. The problem, according to many conservatives, isn’t the growing gap between rich and poor, or the emergence of a new Gilded Age, but rather, talking about these issues in public. Maybe, the argument goes, if we ignore the societal dilemma, it’ll just go away.
But it wasn’t too terribly long ago that Republicans felt this was at least a problem worth considering. Our pal James Carter flagged a fascinating item from 2002, written by one of the Republican presidential candidates for an academic journal.
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/28/10529015-what-a-difference-a-decade-makes-on-income-inequality
Cut that for you rikyrah, a bit too long
Now TOD Community if you don’t see the THUNDER COMING This was the preview today.When You get a Cool Headed Pragmatic Man like President Obama started to unleash the Fire And Brimstone You Have HELL ON YOUR HANDS.So all get ready for the Storm is coming and THE GREED OVER PEOPLE PARTY will fall under this Grand Master of Chess on the way to 4 MORE YEARS in The WHITE HOUSE AS OUR LEADER. YES WE CAN DO IT AGAIN
End of speech:
Hot Daymn.
I was so fired up at the end of it, amk, I felt like a human rocket launcher!
I AM fired up and I am a fucking Indian. The guy speaks from his heart, not from his head.
“I AM fired up and I am a fucking Indian.”
I’m in tears here. Seriously!
OMG, what a day!! I don’t care what anybody says, NO ONE can beat this man.
That 3-minute mitt dinging portion was hawt daymn too.
Okay, just don’t try and test this new “super power” of yours.
I’ll remain a grounded rocket gobrooklyn, I promise!
President Obama took us to the mountaintop. He was incredible!!!! I absolutely adore this man. He sound like my dad behind the pulpit. Listening on the radio is so much better. I loved the UAW members responding to him, that was great!!!!! One of his best speeches of his two term Presidency!!!!
Sanctimonious Prick thinks he’s going to win these union workers—hence his robocalls in Michigan. I think this served as a rude awakening from his fevered delusions.
Only with racist hate. That’s all he has.
Michigander here got back from the “voting booth” in time to watch PBO kick a little ass he was great.
At 930 in the morn I was the only one in the precinct voting. Usually I’m fighting several dozen senior
citizens in line. not this time it was eerie. Who did I vote for? HEE HEE HEE!!!
Honoring Unsung Heroes During Black History Month
Among those who visited with President Obama were pioneers in the struggle for racial equality, educators who changed their communities through the classroom, and people who believe that a lifetime serving others is a life well spent.
The honorees were:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/02/28/honoring-unsung-heroes-during-black-history-month?utm_source=022812&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=daily
what a fabulous gesture.
THIS IS SO HEARTWRENCHING…ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE SOLDIER NOT BEING FED WHILE SERVING AT TIMES…EVEN FROM THE RED CROSS. THIS REMINDS ME OF THE RECENT AND UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT WITH THE WORLD WARII VET WHO WAS CARJACKED AND INJURED AND HAD TO CRAWL INTO THE GAS STATION…WHILE PASSERS-BY DID NOTHING TO HELP HIM! THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT…OUR VALUES…THE NEED FOR COMPASSION…TO LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER…THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS TALKIN’ ABOUT! SHAME ON THE IGNORANCE AND THE ARROGANCE IN THIS COUNTRY! HOW IN THE HELL DO THOSE PEOPLE SLEEP AT NIGHT? I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND!
Sue, if only we knew the stories which could be told by older African Americans and what they went through living in this country. I can only imagine what it was like for these people.
Americans now lead the world in arrogance and self confidence(sense of entitlement). Even more so than the Germans or French. Back in the day the term was ‘stuck-up’.
So beautiful. I see my grandmother in the faces of these wonderful people. God bless this unique man for his acknowledgement and for honouring those unsung heroes.
February 27, 2012
Attorney General Holder Names Tony West Third In Command At DOJ
Tony West, who has led the Justice Department’s Civil Division since April 2009, was named today acting associate attorney general.
West, as the third in command at Justice, will replace Thomas Perrelli, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced. Perrelli, who managed the Washington office of Jenner & Block, recently announced his plans to leave DOJ.
Holder today also named Stuart Delery the acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Division. West and Delery were not immediately reached for comment this afternoon.
“Tony and Stuart have served the department with professionalism, integrity and dedication, and both bring a wealth of experience to their new positions,” Holder said in a prepared statement. “I’m confident they will provide invaluable leadership and will play a critical role in furthering the department’s key priorities and fulfilling its traditional missions.”
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2012/02/attorney-general-holder-names-tony-west-third-in-command-at-doj-.html
Tony West is the brother-in-law to California Attorney General Kamala Harris
Who is the first female to hold the office & maybe the next Gov. of CA…
Ooo, now there’s an idea! Kamala Harris for Gov. Me likey.
I saw her on Granholm’s show last night. She was TERRIFIC.
now mitt doesn’t have to worry his hair on fire The voter enthu will douse it in a trice.
He does it EVERYTIME!!! Leaves me in awe! I caught myself chanting 4 more years, I am that fired up and I am sitting in my office (guess I should have closed the door)
so true–unions are the microcosm of the nation, working hard together, watching out for each other, helping out, and staying strong against all foes. when you look back to the years when workers fought and died for the right to collective bargaining, and think how the multinational companies are trying to weaken unions by outsourcing jobs, it’s clear why pbo has stood with the unions and organized labor. not just a democratic value–it’s an american value.
I had to watch it twice! Boy, can that man make you holler!
Yeah, but folks in Michigan do this all the time – both Democrats and Republicans. I think it happens in many states that have open primaries. I don’t know how many Dems will show up to vote for Santorum. But regardless, Romney shouldn’t be in a position where it would even matter. Just goes to show how poorly he’s doing even in his home state.
Hey, effing Mitt didn’t have a problem doing it, and now he’s all huffy. He said he took ‘any opportunity to vote against Clinton or Ted Kennedy and I did it”. And it actually WAS a little dishonest in MA because he had to register as an independent. In MI there are no registered party affiliations and they just ask for the ballot they want (at least that’s what I heard from one of the reporters this morning. If Michiganders say I’m wrong, I’ll accept that).
The video of Chris Matthews talking to Bill Maher , did you hear the wonderful things Matthews said about POTUS and FLOTUS and their family? He even mention FLOTUS work with childhood obesity.Now think back to the interview Matthews did with Alex Witt, and how he trash POTUS and FLOTUS. It seem Matthews has a split personality.
This is what Tweety really believes and he’s a strong Democrat. he says all that batshit crazy stuff for ratings and to rile up the conversation. I,of course, am happier with strong supporters like Rev. Al and Jennifer Granholm. I haven’t watched every minute of every show of hers, but every time I turn it on she does not piss me off. I suggest giving the show some props.
i did watch Chris Mathews yesterday as I wanted to see how he would react to Santorum’s degrading remarks about JFK knowing CM wrote the book and is almost sickeningly touting JFK as our best US President. Chris was really riled up about Santorum’s comments as I suspected he would be.
There’s two tweeties.
wow!
I love the energy of a union audience.
Our president is going to knock this campaign completely out of the park. No wonder there are no decent contenders on the other side to go up against him. I pity the fool who gets that nomination.
Four more years!
November simply cannot come soon enough for me!
From the bizzfeed link above
A reliable GOP source sends along the results of a poll conducted in Michigan last night showing Rick Santorum with a lead in the state among Republicans
From the source:
Santorum- 33%
Romney- 28%
Holy smoley. Much as I despise Sick Rantorum (your magnificent name for him), I will actually need surgery to re-stitch my sides if Willard loses Michigan. I intended going to sleep-land early-ish tonight …. not so sure now.
Time to hit the sheets now. Wifey iis poed. Will catch up tomorrow with the good news.
They’re going to need union janitors to clean up all the blood and guts from the Republican brains exploding……..
I was listening to the radio this morning and several dems who called in and said that they had voted for vile Santorum. Of course Robney will complain that the election wasn’t fair if he loses.
I was in my car with the President’s speech on my droid wishing I was online with all of you during this speech. I was so excited, had this huge smile on my face. What a great speech. This is the man that is saving our country. We will win. We will all be out there working in our states to get him a congress he can work with. Press On!!!!!
Chevrolet at the Geneva Motor Show
New models, exciting concepts and the latest in infotainment technology are the hallmarks of Chevrolet’s presence at the 82nd International Geneva Motor Show, which opens to the public on March 8, 2012.
The major attraction on the Chevrolet stand in Hall 1 is the Cruze station wagon, which will make its world debut. Two youth concept cars – the Code 130R and Tru 140S – make it to European shores for the first time while the future of on-board infotainment will be displayed in the form of Chevrolet MyLink.
http://media.chevroleteurope.com/media/intl/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2012/chevrolet/02_28_chevrolet_geneva_motor_show
Tonight Doesn’t Really Matter
by BooMan
Tue Feb 28th, 2012 at 01:05:45 PM EST
It seems like everyone is trying to create drama. Here’s Matt Dowd, responding to a query from George Stephanopoulos: “What happens if Rick Santorum wins Michigan tonight?”
“If Rick Santorum wins tonight it’s the equivalent of a 9.0 on a Richter scale. I mean it is going to shake Washington, it’s going to shake Republican establishment it’s just going to shake things to their very core,” Dowd told me. “And I think what you’re going to see are the conversations that have been going on behind quiet doors saying we need another candidate in this race.”
I think this is a bit of hyperbole. At the same time, I don’t think it’s wrong exactly. Let me explain. As things look right now, Romney is going to win in Arizona tonight, probably quite comfortably. And he’s either going to win narrowly or lose narrowly in Michigan, which will mean very little either way in terms of delegates awarded. Whether Romney nets a dozen delegates or loses a dozen, it can’t possibly matter much in determining the outcome of the overall race. Except, perhaps, if the outcome of tonight’s elections significantly changes people’s perceptions. But, is that likely to happen?
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/2/28/13545/9708#2
booman sounds confused himself in that piece.
it happens often
I heard if Romney loses he will just call it unfair and voter tampering with Dems crossing over and all will go on. What I have thought about is Ron Paul’s voters merging with Romney as they have become such good friends and giving MR more power in the GE. Seems like a weird team up but the attacks have not gone against Romney from the Paul camp. I also heard that Rand may be offered a spot and that could persuade a father to do things he may not usually consider. I think if Ron Paul endorsed Romney my RP supporting brother could be influenced to vote for Mitt. I don’t know though as Mitt keeps talking like a Neocon which is the total opposite of Paul’s war views. Anyone have thoughts on the Ron Paul Mitt Romney connection?
Chrysler: If you’ll be at #NASCAR races in #Phoenix, our @Dodge Charger Pursuit will pace the field:
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cannot WAIT for the entire speech to be posted, Chips!!
Still no sign of it on YouTube, rikyrah, but the mighty Bobfr gave us the C-Span link:
http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Obama-Addresses-UAW-at-Washington-Convention/10737428612/
i finally got a chance to see the clips–absolutely amazing! pbo is simply the best ever. he just paints those rethugs into the corner and watches them spin. it was beautiful to see the crowd respond to him, and to know those folks are gonna vote!!
Resurgence Of GM’s Design, Led By Ed Welburn, Has Not Gone Unnoticed
Secret service agents flanked both sides of the vehicle. A crowd of reporters snaked behind a rope about 20 feet away. Camera flashes documented every possible angle of the meeting taking place.
It was a strange setting for a private conversation.
But sitting alone inside a 2013 Chevy Malibu, President Obama and Ed Welburn had just that last month during the Washington Auto Show.
The conversation came at the end of a short tour, in which Welburn, the vice president of global design at General Motors, introduced the president to seven of the company’s latest vehicles, a lineup made possible by Obama’s fiscal bailout of the nation’s reeling auto industry only three years ago.
Inside the Malibu, Obama offered Welburn a candid assessment of all that had transpired in the meantime.
“He let me know how proud he was with the work that I do, and I was just like, ‘Wow,’” Welburn said. “At the very last vehicle, he did ask me, he just remarked that the design of GM cars has gotten so much better in the past few years.”
Their meeting was notable for obvious reasons, namely it was a very public connection between the president and a high-ranking auto industry executive at a time the federal auto bailout is under considerable scrutiny.
But it was notable for another reason, one unmentioned by the horde of reporters standing only 20 feet away, and perhaps one unnoticed by Obama and Welburn themselves. On the Jan. 31, the eve of Black History Month, the first African American president was meeting with the first African American to lead design at a car company; Welburn leads the biggest in the world.
http://autos.aol.com/article/ed-welburn-cadillac-interview/
Inspiring article! Thanks for sharing defytheodds!
wonderful moment–thanks for shining a light on this for us.
Thank you, thank you, defytheodds, for sharing this! It’s stories like this that will inspires many of the young people in our AA communities.
He probably said, I’m shaving 7 points off of President Obama’s ratings already, I can’t shave anymore.
This is exactly why I take every single one of these polls with a grain of salt. There not so much a snapshot as a means to push a narrative or agenda. Caveat emptor, folks.
The blue-purple ombre backdrop is so beautiful against Prez. Obama’s skin. It gave him a jazzy vibe. ultra chic
A bit of sociological research:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-0228-greed-20120228,0,5965885.story
I don’t know, I just have a difficult time believing that just because someone is rich they are also ethically challenged. This looks more like someone gathering evidence to promote a theory. It may be that there are a number of people who are rich who also have bad manners and are more motivated by greed. It might be that the greed itself is what motivated them to become wealthy, even using cheating and stealing to become wealthy. Wealth does not equal greed.
The article itself indicates that the correlation isn’t absolute. Here are the final two grafs:
As with all things human, things are a bit more complicated than at first glance.
Sure explains Romney’s actions.
Political AnimalBlog
February 28, 2012 12:20 PM
Pollack on Santorum and the Disabled
By Ed Kilgore
One of the nastiest of Rick Santorum’s recent attacks on his fellow-citizens who do not share his particular religio-cultural affinities is his claim that liberals support prenatal testing in order to make it easier to dispose of people with disabilities. My friend Harold Pollack, a professor of social service administration at the University of Chicago who is extraordinarily knowlegeable about the practical implications of health care policies, responded with a sort of quiet heat in a New York Times op-ed:
“One of the things that you don’t know about ObamaCare,” Mr. Santorum said, is that it requires “free prenatal testing … Why? Because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and, therefore, less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of the disabled in our society.” Mr. Santorum’s comment echoed Sarah Palin’s famous charge during the health care reform debate: “My parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care.”
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_02/pollack_on_santorum_and_the_di035692.php
This from the woman whose husband got a free press pass until he started putting his foot in his mouth! Someone should send her the link showing that our POTUS has gotten the absolute worst press coverage! Clearly she is not ready for the big league!
Oh boo hoo. Ann Romney thinks the media loves President Obama and is mean to her husband. So much so that she might think about kicking some of the press bus.
” At that luncheon, Ann Romney also complains about the media treatment of her husband. “All of us in this room know the media loves Barack Obama. They don’t want anyone who has a chance of defeating him,” she says.
Speaking openly about how it was “getting harder and harder to be cheerful,” she laughingly says, “I am so mad at the press [that] I could just strangle them! And, you know, I think I’ve decided there are going to be some people invited on the bus and some people just aren’t going to be invited on the bus.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292153/ann-romney-takes-media-katrina-trinko
“If you can’t say something nice about the lies my husband tells you, then you can’t say anything about him!”
What a jackass.
Who actually cares what she thinks?
Hey Ann. You can find sympathy in the dictionary between shit and syphllis!
LOL!!!!!!!!
AWESOMESAUCE!!!!!!!!
So tweeting that!
Check the spelling. I don’t have much collitch.
Wow….That is a petty comment.
Welcome to the Big Leagues Ann….You ain’t seen nothin yet…….
I wonder what would happen if First Lady Michelle said this? hmmmmmmmm
Oh Mitt just put those words in Ann’s mouth. If she wants to be real we can show her how much the media loves President Obama. We can show her the disrespect our President has had to put up with. If Michelle can put up with the B.S. her husband has had to go through, and what she has to go through, tell Ann Romney to shout the hell up. Or get her man out of the race. Imagine the crap from the right wingnuts Michelle would be getting if she were complaining like Ann Romney is.
Sorry Ann, no tears from me because your husband is a sorry candidate.
That suppose to be tell Ann Romney to shut the hell up.
When you run for office negative press comes with the territory (though Mittens’ has been nowhere near PBO levels). If Annie and her hubby can’t run with the big dogs then they need to stay on the porch.
Ann Romney is officially on my shit list. She’s whining about the treatment her husband is recieving, oh please. Try having your husband called a terrorist, spineless, war criminal, dick, O’Bomber, etc and that’s just by people who claim to be from your own party. Or how about having people call for the assassination of your family, call your children monkeys or throw smoke bombs on your lawn when your out of the house. Or have someone actually shoot at your window and crack your glass.
Ann Romney you are the epitome of a clueless, privileged white woman.
WORD!!! Preach on Sister.
And then they have the nerve to call FLOTUS an ‘angry black woman’?! Who’s the angry one here?
Amen Jessica. That’s why I said for cry baby Annie Romney to come see us, we could straighten her out. And all her husband has done is lie about the President’s record also.
Bravo! Bravo! Thanks Jessica For speaking TRUTH!
I also saw a clip with Ann Romney saying she was going to do the debates from now on and her husband was going to keep quiet. He was standing next to her with a very meek expression on his face. Then she said something like actually there will be no more debates.
why, of course it’s hard for her to be cheerful. neut gets to be cheerful, and mite has to be resolute. sorry, caddie-ann, but unless you’re interested in an affair…..
how dumb is this old fart?
Stomping feet, whining, and saying NA NA, NA NA NA!!!!!!!!
Can’t stand the heat, baby…get out of the kitchen!
Exactly…entitlement can really cloud people’s judgment, can’t it? Politics is a contact sport, Mrs. Romney. Deal with it.
Remember, folks, this time 4 years ago, Romney was already on the sidelines. The campaign didn’t have to work this hard before and it shows. They are all utterly ill-prepared for this task.
Okay, I just listened to the clip of the introduction for PBO and I was completely cheering/screaming in my livingroom! My toddler son joined along!
yep, and my husband was choked up, wiping away tears. love that your toddler was cheering! the next generation of dem supporters!
I’ve said it for months:
Don’t nobody care about Willard unless his CHECKS CLEAR. If they bounced, nobody would know his name.
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February 28, 2012 10:11 AM
Consultants Feast on Mitt
By Ed Kilgore
As Walter Shapiro explained in the last issue of the Washington Monthly, one of the sources of the corrupting power of money in politics is from within the campaigns themselves, as consultants rip off candidates and then force them to hire other consultants to raise the money to pay them. Some campaigns are more vulnerable to this kind of vampire effect than others. But all the signs are that Mitt Romney’s campaign is a veritable blood bank. Here’s a report today from WaPo’s Dan Eggan:
Although many candidates hire firms created by former staff members, the extent of the Romney campaign’s reliance on such companies is unusual for a major presidential bid, experts say. Many of the firms Romney uses are run by former aides from his 2008 campaign.
The arrangement not only benefits several of those close to the former Massachusetts governor but also makes it harder to determine how he is spending his donors’ money, because salaries and other details about outside operations are kept under wraps. A big chunk of Romney’s outside operation is housed 20 miles north of Boston in an office building in Beverly, Mass., which is listed as the address for four firms doing work for the Romney campaign, disclosure records show.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_02/consultants_feast_on_mitt035684.php
Justice Dept. announces largest healthcare fraud case in history, indicting Dallas area physician for billing Medicare for $375 million for non-existent home healthcare services. Unbelievable, all these fraud cases. Holder and Justice busy getting rid of all these fraudsters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-na-nn-medicare-fraud-20120228,0,4439143.story
I was chanting four more years along with the crowd. Good thing I am alone at home or my folks would be calling the paramedics. I am saving my quarters to send in and I found some old saving bonds that I didn’t know I had. I can’t do a lot but I have to do what I can to see this wonderful man re-elected.
Chips, wonder if other folks are getting this, went to the link for Al Rogers post at DK but can’t see any of the pics. Tried at home and at work with no luck. Says something about bandwidth etc. I’m trying to send it to someone who is “on the fence” about PBO.
Ah, that happened me too Left-Indie when last I visited the post, got the bandwidth message and all the photos had disappeared. I’m clueless about these things, is that an issue at DK? Can it be fixed?
I was getting that the day of the posting. It’s not DK, it’s the site that hosts the photos.
Meagans expert opininon, says dens and pubs have done nothing to move the Dream Act forward!
Agh! Meagan., your Father filibustered it last year.
LOL!
Jimmy Fallon is CRAZY!!
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09:03 AM EST
Jimmy Fallon And Brian Williams ‘Slow Jam’ Super PACs
Super PACs are one the biggest stories of the 2012 cycle so far, and on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night, Fallon and NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams reprised ‘Slow Jam the News’, this time with a soulful telling of President Obama’s recent conversion on the big unlimited donation game.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/jimmy-fallon-brian-williams-slow-jam-super-pacs
Alum Tells Smith College to Quit Admitting Poors
In recent years, Smith College has been making efforts to improve its diversity. But one alum isn’t happy about this. She would like less diversity, please — and she’s written a letter warning Smith about the dire consequences of admitting fewer rich white ladies.
Anne Spurzem, class of ’84, wrote to the Smith College Sophian on Wednesday. Let’s just read the whole letter, shall we?
To the Editor,
I am the president of the Smith Club of Westchester County. I enjoy reading the Sophian online because it helps me stay abreast of developments at the school.
I read your article about [President] Carol [Christ]‘s resignation and it had some interesting statistics. It mentioned the percentage increase in the population of women of color and foreign students. The gist of the article was that one of Carol’s objectives coming into the position was to increase diversity and the article gave statistics that showed that she did.
As someone who has followed admissions for many years, I can tell you how the school is viewed by students in Westchester and Fairfield Counties. First, these counties are some of the wealthiest in the country. The children have parents who are highly educated and accomplished and have high household incomes. The children are programmed from day one to get into Ivy League schools.
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The people who are attending Smith these days are A) lesbians or B) international students who get financial aid or C) low-income women of color who are the first generation in their family to go to college and will go to any school that gives them enough money. Carol emphasizes that this is one of her goals, and so that’s why the school needs more money for scholarships or D) white heterosexual girls who can’t get into Ivy League schools.
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-Anne Spurzem ’84
This is one of those cases where the letter-writer might not actually be aware she’s being awful. I can’t even completely tell what her point is — asides like “you have accomplished a noble social objective” make me think she sort of gets that maybe admitting people who are not white could be a good idea. But then she closes things out with comment about “great art” that implies Smith is consigning itself to a cultural wasteland by letting in Poors. Also, her breakdown of Smith undergrads these days is frankly insulting: many low-income students would probably be surprised to learn that they don’t give a shit where they go to school.
http://jezebel.com/5888032/alum-tells-smith-college-to-quit-admitting-poors
Wow, that just reinforces my argument in my TPV piece.
Ok, go to RCP’s poll tracker: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html. Can you notice the outlier in the polling?
I’m still a little high from this speech. OMFG.
love that bwd! so funny of you to write that, yet wonderful!
A College Paper by Rick Santorum—And What It Says About His Political Evolution
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/101101/rick-santorum-college-liberal-conservative
Texas Medicaid Director: 91 Percent Of Texans Will Have Insurance If State Implements Obamacare |
Texas Republicans are taking a hardline against implementing the exchanges in the Affordable Care Act and currently have “no plans to implement an exchange” in the state.
But during a House Public Health and Insurance Committees hearing yesterday, Billy Millwee, the State Medicad Director told lawmakers that “the percentage of Texans with health insurance will increase to 91 percent – up from 74 percent today – after the national health care law takes effect in 2014.” Texas — which has the highest rate of uninsured Americans — has the most to gain from implementing the law.
think progress
Virginia Senate Approves Modified Ultrasound Bill
The Virginia state Senate on Tuesday approved a contentious ultrasound bill. The Senate voted 21-19 to approve a law that would require abdominal ultrasounds. Earlier, the bill included language that required a transvaginal ultrasound, but the bill was amended. The legislation now goes to Gov. Bob McDonnell’s desk for his signature.
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See ya in court.?
Pretty much.
I feel so fortunate that I have a place to come to and get the latest news/video’s on President Obama. These snippets today have me FIRED UP!
Thanks so much Chipsticks and I am looking forwarding to the whole speech when you get it.
Arrghhhhh, “looking forward to”
Martin’s fill in sucks at his job…..
Thomas Roberts sucks. Once he started pushing gallup I turn off the tv. I miss Martin.
Where is Martin? I turn to see his show and was disappointed he wasn’t there so I turn the tv off.
The republiCONS options are totally scary. With one you’ll lose jobs, with one you’ll lose personal freedom, and with one you’ll go to the moon. Then there’s Mr. McGoo who will turn us loose like chickens in the yard to fend for ourselves.
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/02/28/afternoon-all-40/