Consistent is what POTUS is. Steady as Michelle has said many times.
Since it was pres Obama that asked for SoS Clinton to be with him on this interview…..once again proves how this pres is Comfortable with his own skin. In Dec of 2010, pres Obama invited Bill Clinton to a presser….then took a couple of questions and handed Bill Clinton to the WHPC and left to be at a party his wife was having for either the troops of WH Staffers. Many in the media tried to make a big deal of it…..but this pres ignored them and did it again at a presser in a building in DC with Bill Clinton in 2011 or 2012. DC/NY Journos have No clue who pres Obama is. So they speculate and sell him short. But later to be caught with their mouths wide open wondering what went over their heads.
POTUS wanted to thank SoS HRC and also show that he has her back after the insults she has taken since she was hurt and had suffered concussion.
One hundred, even two hundred years from now the name of PBO will be known around the world as one of the greatest presidents in the history of the US. President Clinton will be a footnote.
No!! you’re such a multi tasker…I can just see your kitchen..your laptap..and everything else in proper place…But if you need help..I am ready and willing:-)
Phewwwwwwww!!! 17 Million cupcakes…can you slow it down a bit..I may have to call in sick tomorrow to do all this baking:-) but you know you worth it…
You’ve captured 17M hearts…Let the celebration begin..We don’t have to wait til tomorrow do we?
Hey vicki—–there’s the Gap tshirt on Michelle that you mentioned earlier today!—–the one I was so impressed that you remembered from this interview, the one with the pearl buttons on the shoulder, the memory aided by the fact that you had that t shirt in every color in your very own closet and because you were so pleased to see that a future first lady shared your excellent taste.
Dotster, I just watched that interview again and my heart leapt up. i love this family and I am so grateful that we have all gotten to watch the girls as they are growing up.
POTUS and FLOTUS are real and I think that’s why their appeal endures. Authentic and we can relate to them. I doubt there is a single item in Laura’s or Hillary’s closet that I would want to own.
I am so excited to see PBO tonight. (Which makes this night no different from pretty much every night.)
No matter what the MSM/GOP/corporate overlords want We have President Obama’s back .
I think that pres Obama has had more interviews with Steve Croft……long interviews than any other Journo. That is something. He is allowed to finish his thoughts.
Steve Croft acts as a journalist. He is interested in allowing his viewers to witness who President Obama is in reality. Croft doesn’t seem to be pre-occupied, like many in the WH press corp, in peddling Republican talking points.
.@TheFix .@jaketapper – Hey, look. DC beltway twits agreeing with each other on twitter. What a coupla fucking disgraces for journalism.— (@amk4obama) January 27, 2013
It has been reported FOX was paying the Tundra Twit a million a year. Wonder what they are paying Kucinich? He would probably say anything for the FOX money.
Not a Million, I will bet my home on it. Kucinich was looking for air attention……remember he has a law suit and settled for undisclosed sum. Plus his Lucrative pension. DK is not hurting for cash. He just wants Air Time to bash Pres Obama.
I am watching a PBS special about RFK; they are at the part when he to the crowd about the assassination of MLK. Bobby was killed two months later. I was 13 when all of this happened and it has followed me for all of my life. John Lewis is narrates part of the special as well. In all,of the horror of this time, it was RFK’s greatest moment. His words filled our hearts.
Just a couple of days before the inaugural festivities, The New York Times published some superb investigative reporting by the team of Eric Lipton and Kevin Sack, and their revelations were hard to forget, even at a time of celebration.
The story told us of a pharmaceutical giant called Amgen and three senators so close to it they might be entries on its balance sheet: Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic Senator Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and that powerful committee’s ranking Republican, Orrin Hatch. A trio of perpetrators who treat the United States Treasury as if it were a cash-and-carry annex of corporate America.
The Times story described how Amgen got a huge hidden gift from unnamed members of Congress and their staffers. They slipped an eleventh hour loophole into the New Year’s Eve deal that kept the government from going over the fiscal cliff. When the sun rose in the morning, there it was, a richly embroidered loophole for Amgen that will cost taxpayers a cool half a billion dollars.
I’ve lost a lot of friends tonight GGail, and it really hurts that no one accepts I was trying to type ….. what did I say again? ….. Finland. The lack of trust is startling.
Chips, you forging a new frontier. It’s called The Outer Limits. Maybe we can secure you a place in the Olympics. BTW, I can see my apartment from here way out there on the tip. Water everywhere. Slurp.
On that day….on the vid….it was Clinton that reached out her hands.
There was again in some European gathering where the Chinese were cooking up a storm. It was POTUS who called on SoS and they charged in and disrupted the Chinese games and came away with what they wanted…..that was in 2009 or 2010.
Did I read a report that SOS said that with that “China Gate Crash” the two sealed their bond because from then on, that moment clarified to both that they were on one Team (Team USA) against the Chinese Team
Oh Chips, thank you for the video. Even though I knew of Barack Obama, I didn’t watch much TV. So I didn’t see this interview. I did see him make his announcement because I wanted him to be President. The Iraq war was my huge reason. Thanks to the poster that pointed out Michelle’s blouse in the interview. I’m terrible at names. I do remember Eric Alterman on what was the MSNBC.org. giving me a heads up about his running. Now I need to watch Michele’s video. They look so young and Malia hasn’t really changed except for maturing. Damn the GOP for making things so hard for them. Neither PBO or Michelle have changed their personalities.
That comment from that 60 Minutes “dude” just betrays how ignorant some of these people in the media really are. Anyone who’s had their eyes open these past four years would never say something so ridiculously false.
thanks chips!
of course, being a senior citizen, i wrote all these down on a little scrap of paper, which i’ll have to find my glasses to find the paper to read the paper, so i may not be using them much, but hey! carpe diem!
No space for all:
Green monster= : mrgreen :
Unhappy= : (
The reason your eye roll didn’t show up right is because you didn’t put a space between the word ‘advance’ and if the word isn’t a part of the emoticon, always put spaces. If the word is a part of the emoticon, there is no space.
Ps- Chips has the website that shows the range of emoticons. I can’t remember how to get the link. sorry.
“That is quintessential Obama…building a coalition led to effective change rather than “huge blowback that might have set back the cause for a long time.” Blowback from a direct attack actually empowers the opposition whereas focusing your efforts on building strong coalitions for change not only ensures your success – it is also likely to destroy your opponent in the long run. That’s exactly what we mean by conciliatory rhetoric as ruthless strategy.”
The body language in this @60Minutes interview is very telling. Relaxed. Respect. Hard earned but quite evident.— Michele Norris (@michele_norris) January 28, 2013
exactly. all this noise about 2016 is just an attempt to make pbo a lame duck president from the first day of his second term. it’s undercutting his mandate and his momentum.
yes, i know, we need to be sure there’s a good dem in place when pbo is through, but right now it’s time for pbo to get to the business he was elected for.
Exactly! It’s as though now he’s been reelected he’s irrelevant. In my charitable moments I think some of it is people addicted to the excitement of the election losing sight of the fact that it’s important to shift over to actual governance.
agreed. i do understand how we got caught up in the excitement of the election. there’s a tendency to look to the next one, and certainly 2014 deserves our attention. but the presidency is a settled matter, for the next four years. i’m just cynical enough to think there are some who deliberately gloss over the importance of those years, in an attempt to disempower pbo.
Everything President Obama is saying is what I heard him say back in June 2008 before Hillary Clinton departed the primary race. #respect— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) January 28, 2013
Okay, so, the way the President was looking over directly at Hillary with that sweet look of friendship … tears started squirtin’ out of my eyes. Love that man. She ain’t bad, either.
The stupid comment by the goofy interviewer that one of the most “difficult” days Hillary spent was during the five hours of “grilling” before the Senate and House committees last week was … well … stupid.
But it could always have been worse, so there’s gotta be a reason why President Obama picks him to be interviewed by – I think this is the third time, perhaps? (I personally don’t know what the reason is – maybe so PBO can show he’s not afraid of any so-called big bad wolf.)
Steve Croft interviewed Sen Obama very early on in 2007 before he was even considered as a possibility. They have an understanding. They always get the questions beforehand and know what’s coming.
Denis McDonough will score as Obama WH CoS. He is generous to all but owned by none. He's blunt, strategic, focused on the goal, patient— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) January 28, 2013
President Obama and Sec. Clinton … Great interview (other than slight GOP talking points).
Just thinking, I have never watched Bush and his cohorts in these types of interviews…have no idea how they did…!
Another good tweet from Donna. (Quick note on Roger Simon. He sometimes shows the maturity of a gnat. And sometimes sounds like he wouldn’t know his ass from a crater in the moon. I feel better, after writing that, thank you very much, and please excuse me. Now, Roger, everybody calls him Mr. President, he’s the President. It’s called due deference, goofball. He calls everybody by their first name except, perhaps, when he adds “Sheriff” in front of Joe’s. Goofball.) Okay, back to the Ode to Joy that was in my head just after watching the glorious side of that interview, which would be President Obama and Hillary.
I don’t appreciate folks on Twitter insinuating that there is something sexual going on between PBO and HCR. Can’t two adults have a friendship and professional working relationship without injecting some other motives? Have some respect for the individuals, their marriages and families.
That’s not even the point. Regardless of who President Obama is married to, you don’t inject an extramarital affair when there isn’t even a hint of that. Neither Hillary nor PBO have shown any interest in each other in that way.
That has nothing to do with it. I have no idea who would insinuate such a preposterous thing. People with warped minds, small minds—–gross people, in my opinion.
Excuse me while I clean the diet coke off my screen……just spit a whole mouthful out…who on earth are you following that could even imagine that picture……..
They’re raging mad with ENVY…..people are envious of what they don’t have, can’t have or will never have. It is that simple. And those with that kind of thoughts are usually emotional stagnant and their relationships with many, are severely inadequate. I have not seen the show. I taped it. I was hoping some here would share a tiny bit……but it looks like many are keeping Mute out of respect for those in CA…west coasters? OK….I get it. I will not ask nor beg for more information.
No..retweeted stuff. Some of it was RT’d into my timeline by folks who disagreed with the original tweeters. They showed the original tweet to express disapproval.
hopefruit2, if it is true that Hillary and POTUS’s supporters are tweeting such B.S. it shows that POTUS and Hillary have some idiots for supporters too. We don’t even need to waste our time with such talk as that, and people who spread things like that is dam idiots.
Enough said !!!!!! These people have taken something nice and tried to turn it into something ugly. I respect the job Hillary did as S.O.S and the President does also.
This was such a beautiful interview. Respect and love. Grown-ups working together for common goals.
Steve Kroft is just another GOP dope spouting their talking points. Don’t these idiots ever listen to themselves? How small they all look, petty, jealous. Yuck.
Click from 60 Minutes now to watch my Knicks hopefully winning a home game.
The 60 minutes interview was nice. I witness respect and friendship and the President was saying thank you for all your outstanding work S.O.S Clinton.
Oh, she feels like a semi hit her, but better than yesterday. She’s taking it easy and watching L&O SVU marathon on USA. Tonight it’ll be a menu of yummy Cuban picadillo, made with ground turkey instead of ground beef.
You know Jacqueline, there’s a way on WordPress of blocking particular words – I’m now considering blocking ‘Librarian’, ‘Menu’, ‘food’, ‘delicious’, ‘picadillo’ and ‘yummy’.
An amazing team and beautiful friendship, for sure.
No one should ever be proud of being told they are incorrigible, to say the least. For a President of the United States, who happens to be a very generous of spirit person, to call you incorrigible is a blight on your personality, writ certain.
BTW @60Minutes The President was being generous when he called you incorrigible though being labeled such is hardly an honor. cc @whitehouse— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) January 28, 2013
The camaraderie between Pres. Obama and SoS Clinton was enjoyable to watch. The way they joked with each other and cracked up was fun. The behind the scenes look at how Pres. Obama convinced her to be his SoS and how she finally agreed. How Pres. Obama told her she had to go out and represent his policies and make America better in the eyes of the world because he had huge domestic issues to deal with – cough cough, the economy – and how they click so much that sometimes they don’t even have to use words was fantastic to watch.
I liked the respect they gave each other and how SoS Clinton said they might have disagreements but when Pres. Obama makes the decisions she stands by him because he is her president. It was also interesting to learn that they got over the heat of 08 fairly quickly. HA! Take that moronic pundits.
UT, the link you shared contained a very segment of the interview. From the segment I viewed I wholeheartedly agree with your take on it. Earlier on I praised Steve Kroft for the 2007 and 2009 interviews he did with the Obama. Today though I was a bit disappointed. Kroft seemed to be resorting to the typical MSM style of interviewing, which focuses on creating sensational headlines. I am glad that both the President and SoS refused to play his game.
“Kroft seemed to be resorting to the typical MSM style of interviewing, which focuses on creating sensational headlines. I am glad that both the President and SoS refused to play his game.”
Couldn’t agree more nathkatun7, he’s done some great interviews with PBO over the years, but for much of this I thought he was just like all the rest. He could surely see how relaxed and open PBO and HRC were, he could have probed so much more about their relationships since 2007 through to now, would have been so more interesting that him parroting classic MSM/GOP nonsense – which we get every day any way.
Hillary said something important in response to one question Kroft asked…..don’t remember exactly which one, but it concerned their working together after running against each other, and she said “We’re both professionals.” That’s it in a nutshell, something that some people will never understand. One big agreement they had which I thought said a lot, was that it was harder for their staffs to get over the race than it was for them, and harder for their spouses. They each agreed the individual who’s immediately doing the running or working doesn’t waste time listening to or reading most of what’s said about them, they just get on with the job. I think that’s when Hillary said: “We’re both professionals.” She gave an interesting example of Bill….when he was doing the debating, he was having a good time; when she was doing the debating, he was a nervous wreck. The president and Hillary have an excellent working relationship, one that has grown and developed over the past four years. They, obviously, have put everything behind them and done the work of the country. Too bad some small minded people can’t grow up.
Exactly everything that you said. Now more people will know what most of us here have known for a long time about the relationship between these two. The photo that reflects the true nature of their relationship early in the first term was the one taken that show her reaching out to embrace him when the ACA passed.
Ceb – I agree with you. That photo was one of my favorites. It was like she was going to reach out and hold his face in her hands, a lovely thought. And both of them meant the expressions of joint celebration.
I agree that it was a great interview, a couple of toughies thrown in there at the end—-dumb toughies, I might add—-but that’s to be expected and those kind of questions always give President Obama a chance to shine, to make the interviewer’s questions appear small and an opportunity for Obama to set the record straight. Our POTUS and SOS forged a successful working relationship, and I believe them when they say that there is a great mutual trust and friendship there too.
I’d rather think about President Obama’s fabulous interview, but this struck, pun intended, me funny on a couple of levels. It’s like: Gotta run, but fuck youse:
Okay that made me laugh hard. These “goldilocks journalists” the bed is ALWAYS either too hard or too soft. For the American people, PBO at the helm has always been JUST RIGHT.
For those criticizing Steve Kroft, he asked about Hilary’s major foreign policy accomplishment, not PBO’s i.e. to Hilary’s name as opposed to the broader BO foreign policy accomplishment. That’s part of the reason BO mentioned that Hilary and the folks at State helped with the military stuffs.
Wrong clip. That was a different question regarding the whole idea of “leading from bheing” and not wanting to get involved with new conflicts. That questions is not about PBO’s accomplishment in foreign. It would be nothing short of foolish to questions PBO’s accomplishment on foreign policy, and I am sure Steve Kroft is not that foolish.
I like Kroft, generally, but ‘quoting’ the GOP to question whether PBO’s team had achieved anything of note in foreign policy was cringeworthy and ridiculous. Not one of his finer moments.
Kroft made a stupid comment that PBO didn’t have one signature –my word, paraphrased– foreign policy achievement and PBO started talking about Iraq, etc. then there was another question about so called leading from behind. The video is up, you can go re-watch it for verification.
Exactly, Chipsticks! The question about there being no notable foreign policy accomplishments (despite the high marks from the public) was specifically addressed to the President. I am totally perplexed at what Who This wrote in defense of Kroft.
Hillary Clinton doesn’t set foreign policy. The President sets foreign policy. To even imply, as the President sits there, that Hillary did anything on her own that wasn’t first sanctioned by President Obama is offensive – and I’m sure Steve Kroft knows that. The entire team reports to President Obama.
Sorry, Who This, but Steve Kroft specifically asked the President a question challenging the President’s accomplishments in foreign policy! Kroft even suggested that the high marks that the President received from the general public on foreign policy did not square with his lack of notable accomplishments. Go back and check it out!
So how comes the president was the one to answer the question? And why would he ask Hillary that question? I didn’t know Hillary was president? Kroft asked PBO the question, not Hillary since he’s where the buck stops and starts with foreign policy.
MT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Shadowy "Democrat LGBT" group attacking Hagel uses media group used by RNC, McCain 08, NRCC, RGA. bzfd.it/X5nhxc— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) January 28, 2013
President Obama…Is one GOOD MAN…with everything that HRC supporters (Puma) threw at him in 08 (still do)..including Bill Clinton, playing the race card in the south…telling Bill Moyers “Obama is a risk” or he lives in a fantasy world. President Obama never ever said anything against them personally….and it was so easy for him to “let go” and let his rivals in to lead our nation..Picking Hilary was such a great symbol of unit for the “Love of Country” Our President is the ultimate Patriot in my eyes..and forever will. His heart is filled with goodness, grace, humility..like I’ve never witness from a politician…He leads..and walk with faith….He Truly Is A GOOD…GOOD Man.
May you blessings be a million folds Sir!.
Viva Obama!!!!
Renowned French footballer Lillian Thuram marches in Paris for same-sex marriage. First the Denver Nugget’s player with his two moms, and now M. Thuram. Times they are a-changin’.
You might be thinking of the Abdullah brothers one a Viking other a Cardinal they took the year off to travel to Mecca for Hajj. There is also Victor Aembadejo for the Ravens and Cris Kluwee the punter for the VIkings who are vocal supporters of SS marriage. http://deadspin.com/5941348/
Yup. BBC went to town with this. It still puzzles me how many voters in many countries still fall for rwnj’s despite their blatant and repeated failings.
David Axelrod is now advising Mario Monti, a candidate for the premiership in Italy, and his involvement has drawn a rather strange attack ad.
The ad, plastered across the top of the Italian Democratic Party’s web site, compares Axelrod to Guns ‘N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose.
The quote on the ad from Monti’s Democratic opponent Pier Luigi Bersani, roughly translated, says: A guru recommended to Monti to attack opponents. But the guru, sooner or later, they leave and Italy’s problems remain.
Eat your heart out David Axelrod, the Italian Opposition Party is coming for you. Duck for Cover immediately http://t.co/X5URC5p6— The lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) January 28, 2013
watched 60Minutes interview with POTUS & SOS. I liked it (okay I am baised). Loved the warmth & respect of two brilliant minds who understand that they have to put national interest above personal goals.
I am very greatiful that two very smart and personally accomplished human beings chose to share their lives with us all and valued public service so highly that they run to office instead of running to the most highly paid job.
this country and the whole world is so lucky that PBO & SOS HRC chose public service!
Know your enemy, prepare for a State House to State House, House Seat to House Seat, Senate Seat to Senate Seat all out battle to preserve the Republic in Nov 2014 …
Dear @JonCarsonOFA We know ALEC, NRA, the Kochs & other Birchers & plutocrats are gerrymandering & suppressing. They are the Enemy of 2014.— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) January 28, 2013
GOP voter suppression & egregious gerrymandering are the result of Ds not voting in 2010. NEVER AGAIN. We Must Win Big in 2014. #UniteBlue— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) January 28, 2013
Without taking any credit at all away from HRC whom I very much respect, I just can’t see how anyone can come in close contact with Barack Obama and not love him ( and I don’t mean in the way those Tweeter do)
Will be watching!
What happened to my avatar?
Oh, I changed my email.
Hiya Carol, you signed in with a different email address, that’s why you got stuck in pending! Freed!
Thank you, I realized that. Wanted to match my name here and on twitter. I am proud to be from Wyoming even though we have so many rethugs.
No problem Carol!! Use whatever name and email you want and I’ll ‘approve’ the comment so it goes through every time after that.
It took me quite awhile to change, so I doubt I’ll try that again.
Congratulations, carolmaewy!
Thanks.
Happy Sunday!
I will be watching tonight.
Good evening all
Oh my, I think I’m #1 on the chat away! What good fortune!
How ya like me now?
Always have liked you. Remember, I’m a sucker for a real sail.
Aw shucks. Is it time for music yet?
It’s always time Yardarm!
Aye, aye Admiral. Hoist the mainsail and trim the jib.
Okay Shipmate, I’ll trim the jib – once I Google it to find out what it is.
Ha! It’s that ‘small’ sail in the front.
Sorry I didn’t spell out sailor.
Not a problem. Music at #83.
I have a feeling…that 60 Minutes will break record in CBS rating history:-) I can’t wait.
Thank you Chips:-)
I am tapping it….so that I can watch later….speeding through it by not being bothered with ads and stuff that doesn’t matter.
Just what I do. Can not take those ads about the beaches in LA, MS, & FL, etc.
Consistent is what POTUS is. Steady as Michelle has said many times.
Since it was pres Obama that asked for SoS Clinton to be with him on this interview…..once again proves how this pres is Comfortable with his own skin. In Dec of 2010, pres Obama invited Bill Clinton to a presser….then took a couple of questions and handed Bill Clinton to the WHPC and left to be at a party his wife was having for either the troops of WH Staffers. Many in the media tried to make a big deal of it…..but this pres ignored them and did it again at a presser in a building in DC with Bill Clinton in 2011 or 2012. DC/NY Journos have No clue who pres Obama is. So they speculate and sell him short. But later to be caught with their mouths wide open wondering what went over their heads.
POTUS wanted to thank SoS HRC and also show that he has her back after the insults she has taken since she was hurt and had suffered concussion.
One hundred, even two hundred years from now the name of PBO will be known around the world as one of the greatest presidents in the history of the US. President Clinton will be a footnote.
So.Very.True.
Yes, yes it will!
Couldn’t agree more, Bill.
Great comment, Nena!
Ahhh…..memories. I’ll be watching for sure.
Before Feb 2013…..This site will top 17M Hits……Wow……Nice going Chips. I sincerely Salute You, dear lady.
Hip, hip, hip……….
Hooray. Hip 
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Hooray 
17 million thanks yous Nena!!!
YOu make me feel like dancing……Party? Cake for this milestone? Please
Baking as we speak, Nena!!
Uh,…..
I heard that.
Silly iPad! I meant YuM…. (I think…..didn’t I?)
Ah, okay Pamela, I know these typos can happen. Phew!
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LOL @ Baking as we speak….you’re too funny…hehehehe
but for sure we will be dancing with joy
Kasai, are you laughing at my baking????????
No!! you’re such a multi tasker…I can just see your kitchen..your laptap..and everything else in proper place…But if you need help..I am ready and willing:-)
Do I need help?!?! Yes! I want 17 million cupcakes by morning, you hear??
Thanks Kasai!
Phewwwwwwww!!! 17 Million cupcakes…can you slow it down a bit..I may have to call in sick tomorrow to do all this baking:-) but you know you worth it…
You’ve captured 17M hearts…Let the celebration begin..We don’t have to wait til tomorrow do we?
Thank you…..my taste buds are getting ready
For she’s a jolly good fellow! And so say all of us! {{{{{Chipsticks}}}}}
Where do you see the stats?
Hey vicki—–there’s the Gap tshirt on Michelle that you mentioned earlier today!—–the one I was so impressed that you remembered from this interview, the one with the pearl buttons on the shoulder, the memory aided by the fact that you had that t shirt in every color in your very own closet and because you were so pleased to see that a future first lady shared your excellent taste.
Dotster, I just watched that interview again and my heart leapt up. i love this family and I am so grateful that we have all gotten to watch the girls as they are growing up.
POTUS and FLOTUS are real and I think that’s why their appeal endures. Authentic and we can relate to them. I doubt there is a single item in Laura’s or Hillary’s closet that I would want to own.
I am so excited to see PBO tonight. (Which makes this night no different from pretty much every night.)
No matter what the MSM/GOP/corporate overlords want We have President Obama’s back .
I am with you on that—-wholeheartedly.
I will be watching also
I think that pres Obama has had more interviews with Steve Croft……long interviews than any other Journo. That is something. He is allowed to finish his thoughts.
Steve Croft acts as a journalist. He is interested in allowing his viewers to witness who President Obama is in reality. Croft doesn’t seem to be pre-occupied, like many in the WH press corp, in peddling Republican talking points.
Agreed.
Pitiful twats.
Of course, he did. All dkos dahlings invariably do.
Oh good grief. Thanks Hopefruit.
It has been reported FOX was paying the Tundra Twit a million a year. Wonder what they are paying Kucinich? He would probably say anything for the FOX money.
Tundra Twit never fails to crack me up!!
Not a Million, I will bet my home on it. Kucinich was looking for air attention……remember he has a law suit and settled for undisclosed sum. Plus his Lucrative pension. DK is not hurting for cash. He just wants Air Time to bash Pres Obama.
What was his lawsuit about? I had forgotten all about it.
Wasn’t it the lawsuit about him breaking a tooth on a sandwich in the Congressional cafeteria, or something?
I remember a lawsuit, but can’t remember anything else. Have to go to google.
Yep….that some how messed up his bite or something and he had major dental work…..yep.
A sweet little article from the NY Times Style section today on our awesome VPOTUS and how much he is enjoying the vice presidency:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/style/a-biden-moment.html?ref=style&_r=0
A little bit of snark, but worth the read.
Ahhhh…to be a friend of the Obamas.
I am watching a PBS special about RFK; they are at the part when he to the crowd about the assassination of MLK. Bobby was killed two months later. I was 13 when all of this happened and it has followed me for all of my life. John Lewis is narrates part of the special as well. In all,of the horror of this time, it was RFK’s greatest moment. His words filled our hearts.
Yes, they did. Forever.
Repost from the end of last thread.
Just a couple of days before the inaugural festivities, The New York Times published some superb investigative reporting by the team of Eric Lipton and Kevin Sack, and their revelations were hard to forget, even at a time of celebration.
The story told us of a pharmaceutical giant called Amgen and three senators so close to it they might be entries on its balance sheet: Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic Senator Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and that powerful committee’s ranking Republican, Orrin Hatch. A trio of perpetrators who treat the United States Treasury as if it were a cash-and-carry annex of corporate America.
The Times story described how Amgen got a huge hidden gift from unnamed members of Congress and their staffers. They slipped an eleventh hour loophole into the New Year’s Eve deal that kept the government from going over the fiscal cliff. When the sun rose in the morning, there it was, a richly embroidered loophole for Amgen that will cost taxpayers a cool half a billion dollars.
http://billmoyers.com/2013/01/25/on-inauguration-day-thoughts-of-corporate-foul-play/
McConnell, Baucus and Hatch ….. how many times do these names show up in disgusting reports like this?? It’s just infuriating.
Thank you Sonjia.
A word of warning to non-US TODers – no illegal watching of 60 Minutes on dodgy links like:
http://ufreetv.com/cbs.html
http://freetvall.com/video/556X935HHMWS/CBS
Do you hear me?
Does that mean those sites are ads free?
No idea Nena, I wouldn’t dare click the links.
LOL! I’m watching on TV, not on the ‘net.
(It’s just for people who live in foreign places like India, Jamaica and California)
Whoa!!! I live in California by way of Africa…LOL!
Ah, that was just a typo Kasai, I meant to say Belgium. Honest.
Ok…I will be right here watching > 2 of the most admired people in the world:-) Only problem we west-coaster are always late for everything:-(
hmmmm…. that standing invitation to Casa de LL can get pulled darned quickly, Chips!
California? foreign???? Chipsticks!!!!
Did you type that just to get a rise out of me? I was happily lurking (a rarity) and here you go!!@@!!@@@@@
Chips, you have clearly never been to California. Or maybe just not the parts that matter.
Chipsticks – you have crushed your California TODers – CRUSHED us! Calling Calif “foreign” is worst than calling us the “Left Coast”!
Now I suggest that you bake us a 17M cake just for California!!!!!
I’ve lost a lot of friends tonight GGail, and it really hurts that no one accepts I was trying to type ….. what did I say again? ….. Finland. The lack of trust is startling.
Only kidding Meta!!!! Ish.
people live in that desert called california ? why ?
isn’t it your bedtime amk?
It’s quarter to eight ante meridiem. It was way past bed time when I was still tweeting about those bw twits.
Oi, I’m in enough trouble!!!!! Ssssssh!
Oh lord…..
hurry up 60 minutes west coast feed!
I totally don’t live in a desert.
so you say.
Ah, we know that Meta, just kidding. How was the traffic today?
Great!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Bay_aerial_view.jpg
For those reluctant to click the link:
Chips, you forging a new frontier. It’s called The Outer Limits. Maybe we can secure you a place in the Olympics. BTW, I can see my apartment from here way out there on the tip. Water everywhere. Slurp.
Only if you agree to buy the first round at Ollie’s in Moneygall. Think about it!
Deal!!!!
We have been so busy cleaning up water, I haven’t had time to be online – but my favorites hear you.
Ugh 99ts, more flooding??
Indeed. And I spy Geithner smiling in the back…
You’ve got to check out this lady’s gown…
Oh my, where was that?
The Inaugural Ball
They were having a good time!
She has No shoes on too…..Love it. The shirt is just Fantastic.
They were having a good time, but they were not good dancers.
Love the video of POTUS and FLOTUS interview on 60 Minutes.
LMAO!
Best tweet ever on Charlie Todd…….the rigtie mole…toad…
POTUS and SoS on 60 Minutes now.
Yup. Watching. My DVR is also set.
On that day….on the vid….it was Clinton that reached out her hands.
There was again in some European gathering where the Chinese were cooking up a storm. It was POTUS who called on SoS and they charged in and disrupted the Chinese games and came away with what they wanted…..that was in 2009 or 2010.
I loved that China gate-crash – they were like two bosses!
Did I read a report that SOS said that with that “China Gate Crash” the two sealed their bond because from then on, that moment clarified to both that they were on one Team (Team USA) against the Chinese Team
Didn’t see that Linda, but sounds right. Similar to what HRC said here, about working together because they both love their country:
My President has gorgeous smile!
Wonderful to see our beloved POTUS and SOS together !!!
Oh Chips, thank you for the video. Even though I knew of Barack Obama, I didn’t watch much TV. So I didn’t see this interview. I did see him make his announcement because I wanted him to be President. The Iraq war was my huge reason. Thanks to the poster that pointed out Michelle’s blouse in the interview. I’m terrible at names. I do remember Eric Alterman on what was the MSNBC.org. giving me a heads up about his running. Now I need to watch Michele’s video. They look so young and Malia hasn’t really changed except for maturing. Damn the GOP for making things so hard for them. Neither PBO or Michelle have changed their personalities.
Wow….I loved that song. I was beginning to grow out a tad—-pole.
You are a tease.
OH MY GOD this is the best 60 minutes interview ever. Those two look like the best of friends. So sweet.
Loving it Squarepeg!
The mutual admiration is heartwarming!
Smartypants raising a good point:
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/01/conservatives-offend-brown-people.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FlpjFg+%28Smartypants%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
That 60 Mintues dude said PBO has no one big foreign policy success……..um. Ask Osama.
That comment from that 60 Minutes “dude” just betrays how ignorant some of these people in the media really are. Anyone who’s had their eyes open these past four years would never say something so ridiculously false.
Ignorant? Maybe.
Paid to spread demeaning ideas about PBO? DEFINITELY????
Absolutely!
The opening of Burma is a major success.
Now Lisa….how doe you get that surprised smiley face? Please share.
Do..oops.
It’s an eye roll. So here goes, : roll : ——without the spacing. So colon, the word roll, the colon. NO SPACE BETWEEN!!!
Thanks what about the green monster one? And the unhappy one?
Thanks in advance:roll:
It didn’t work. Try again,:roll:
Got it Lisa…….Thanks
hi nena!
yeah!
Here you go Nena:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/smilies/
Thanks 17 Million Times {{{{{{CHIPS}}}}}}
thanks chips!
carpe diem! 
of course, being a senior citizen, i wrote all these down on a little scrap of paper, which i’ll have to find my glasses to find the paper to read the paper, so i may not be using them much, but hey!
“i wrote all these down on a little scrap of paper, which i’ll have to find my glasses to find the paper to read the paper”
I should NOT laugh Susanne ….. but:
8)
okay, okay, let’s see now…..
No space for all:
if the word isn’t a part of the emoticon, always put spaces. If the word is a part of the emoticon, there is no space.
sorry.
Green monster= : mrgreen :
Unhappy= : (
The reason your eye roll didn’t show up right is because you didn’t put a space between the word ‘advance’ and
Ps- Chips has the website that shows the range of emoticons. I can’t remember how to get the link.
Thank You Lisa…..I got all now. I appreciate your tutorial.
I got it all now…..oops…I am always typing slower than my thoughts. Sorry.
You misunderstood the question. I don’t want to repost, so please see my comments below.
What question? What are you talking about?
Another Smartypants; this one’s even better. Subtlety is difficult to deal with and President Obama is subtle.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/01/building-coalition-vs-destroying-enemy.html
“That is quintessential Obama…building a coalition led to effective change rather than “huge blowback that might have set back the cause for a long time.” Blowback from a direct attack actually empowers the opposition whereas focusing your efforts on building strong coalitions for change not only ensures your success – it is also likely to destroy your opponent in the long run. That’s exactly what we mean by conciliatory rhetoric as ruthless strategy.”
Somebody smack Steve Kroft for me, please.
I’ll take that. (But it could be worse.)
Ooooh, Hillary didn’t rule out 2016….
Hmmmmmm! lol
Now, Chips, you heard what she said ‘I’m still SOS – I can’t even be hearing these questions’
exactly. all this noise about 2016 is just an attempt to make pbo a lame duck president from the first day of his second term. it’s undercutting his mandate and his momentum.
yes, i know, we need to be sure there’s a good dem in place when pbo is through, but right now it’s time for pbo to get to the business he was elected for.
Exactly! It’s as though now he’s been reelected he’s irrelevant. In my charitable moments I think some of it is people addicted to the excitement of the election losing sight of the fact that it’s important to shift over to actual governance.
agreed. i do understand how we got caught up in the excitement of the election. there’s a tendency to look to the next one, and certainly 2014 deserves our attention. but the presidency is a settled matter, for the next four years. i’m just cynical enough to think there are some who deliberately gloss over the importance of those years, in an attempt to disempower pbo.
I agree.
I’m loving this interview. I wish they had the whole hour!
Me too CK, don’t want it to end!
Libya and SOS Clintons health discussion is up next on 60 minutes.
Commercial break. PBO and Hillary are so good together in this interview. The respect and real friendship between them is easy to see.
Good for Donna.
Okay, so, the way the President was looking over directly at Hillary with that sweet look of friendship … tears started squirtin’ out of my eyes. Love that man. She ain’t bad, either.
OK NO DISCUSSION of 60 Minutes until after the West Coast get to watch:) Set my DVR and will watch….
Didn’t realize – I was commenting from the bottom up and just saw your post!
Ok Ok, desertflower. (Lynn stuffs hands in pockets, hangs head, wanders away pouting and mumbling…”No fun!”)
Have to try the eye roll
I’ll have to learn how to do that, carolmaewy. I suck at pouting, but I’m a great mumbler !
Sorry.
The stupid comment by the goofy interviewer that one of the most “difficult” days Hillary spent was during the five hours of “grilling” before the Senate and House committees last week was … well … stupid.
That’s Kroft in a nutshell. :/
But it could always have been worse, so there’s gotta be a reason why President Obama picks him to be interviewed by – I think this is the third time, perhaps? (I personally don’t know what the reason is – maybe so PBO can show he’s not afraid of any so-called big bad wolf.)
I don’t know either. He sucks.
Steve Croft interviewed Sen Obama very early on in 2007 before he was even considered as a possibility. They have an understanding. They always get the questions beforehand and know what’s coming.
And what color is your underwear Madam Secretary? Sheesh.
He probably asked that, but it got edited out. Oh, and, also, too: What does Bill think of the bifocals, Madam Secretary? Sheesh.
Whatevah!
Kroft asking Hillary if she feels guilty for Benghazi. WTF?!!!
Sounds pretty much like all of President Obama’s choices and, I might add, President Obama. I love his choices!
President Obama and Sec. Clinton … Great interview (other than slight GOP talking points).
Just thinking, I have never watched Bush and his cohorts in these types of interviews…have no idea how they did…!
Flip, can’t believe it’s over already, was loving it!
Another good tweet from Donna. (Quick note on Roger Simon. He sometimes shows the maturity of a gnat. And sometimes sounds like he wouldn’t know his ass from a crater in the moon. I feel better, after writing that, thank you very much, and please excuse me. Now, Roger, everybody calls him Mr. President, he’s the President. It’s called due deference, goofball. He calls everybody by their first name except, perhaps, when he adds “Sheriff” in front of Joe’s. Goofball.) Okay, back to the Ode to Joy that was in my head just after watching the glorious side of that interview, which would be President Obama and Hillary.
I don’t appreciate folks on Twitter insinuating that there is something sexual going on between PBO and HCR. Can’t two adults have a friendship and professional working relationship without injecting some other motives? Have some respect for the individuals, their marriages and families.
WHAAAAAAT?!
not knocking Hillary, but HAVE THEY SEEN MICHELLE OBAMA?!!!!!!!
That’s not even the point. Regardless of who President Obama is married to, you don’t inject an extramarital affair when there isn’t even a hint of that. Neither Hillary nor PBO have shown any interest in each other in that way.
That’s true. It’s probably just right wing idiots throwing that shade. They have nothing else to complain about so they’re slinging mud.
No, actually it’s people who are supporters of both PBO & HCR tweeting this.
Gross.
Not real supporters, or any kind of “supporters” I would be proud to claim. People need to get out of the basement, literally and figuratively.
Egg. xact. lee…..as Our Amk would say……LOL.
That has nothing to do with it. I have no idea who would insinuate such a preposterous thing. People with warped minds, small minds—–gross people, in my opinion.
You’re kidding, surely? Oh my goodness.
Excuse me while I clean the diet coke off my screen……just spit a whole mouthful out…who on earth are you following that could even imagine that picture……..
They’re raging mad with ENVY…..people are envious of what they don’t have, can’t have or will never have. It is that simple. And those with that kind of thoughts are usually emotional stagnant and their relationships with many, are severely inadequate. I have not seen the show. I taped it. I was hoping some here would share a tiny bit……but it looks like many are keeping Mute out of respect for those in CA…west coasters? OK….I get it. I will not ask nor beg for more information.
It’s PBO supporters tweeting that – but I still don’t care for the insinuation.
Who in the world??? Clean up your twitterverse. That’s grounds for banishment.
No..retweeted stuff. Some of it was RT’d into my timeline by folks who disagreed with the original tweeters. They showed the original tweet to express disapproval.
hopefruit2, if it is true that Hillary and POTUS’s supporters are tweeting such B.S. it shows that POTUS and Hillary have some idiots for supporters too. We don’t even need to waste our time with such talk as that, and people who spread things like that is dam idiots.
Enough said !!!!!! These people have taken something nice and tried to turn it into something ugly. I respect the job Hillary did as S.O.S and the President does also.
Fantastic interview with Pres. Obama and SoS Clinton. The respect, admiration, and respect between them was a delight to watch.
Loved every moment of it UT, I just wish it was longer. The mutual respect and affection was a joy, two amazing people.
Yes, this interview should have been the entire hour!
Bump them ‘booty’s.
you know he died right?
Yeah but the music lives on.
Yardarm something tells me that back in the day, you got down to this song many a time….
Are two elephants heavy?
Excellent interview.
This was such a beautiful interview. Respect and love. Grown-ups working together for common goals.
Steve Kroft is just another GOP dope spouting their talking points. Don’t these idiots ever listen to themselves? How small they all look, petty, jealous. Yuck.
Click from 60 Minutes now to watch my Knicks hopefully winning a home game.
Link to 60 Minutes interview: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139839n
Thank you Miss Chips – that’s the one I need
I really enjoyed the interview. They seemed so comfortable with each other.
I totally agree! For some reason, I’m very, very happy about that.
The 60 minutes interview was nice. I witness respect and friendship and the President was saying thank you for all your outstanding work S.O.S Clinton.
I feel like anyone trying to imply more than that is stupid.
60 Minutes has already posted the interview so you West Coasters catch up now because we all want to talk about it and you guys are holding us back.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139839n
You Easterners with your early shows and your skinny jeans and your rock music…
LL, any more news on your wife? I hope all’s okay?
Oh, she feels like a semi hit her, but better than yesterday. She’s taking it easy and watching L&O SVU marathon on USA.
Tonight it’ll be a menu of yummy Cuban picadillo, made with ground turkey instead of ground beef.
(1) Thrilled to hear she’s doing better
(2) Hate you
Chips – Keep it real. (That was so smooth and funny – your progression from good twin to evil twin! You’re a role model!)
You know Jacqueline, there’s a way on WordPress of blocking particular words – I’m now considering blocking ‘Librarian’, ‘Menu’, ‘food’, ‘delicious’, ‘picadillo’ and ‘yummy’.
Good choices. I’m a goddess, but not domestically, since I don’t cook, so works doubly for me.
Can you see me? (Ha!)
Noooooooooooo!!
An amazing team and beautiful friendship, for sure.
No one should ever be proud of being told they are incorrigible, to say the least. For a President of the United States, who happens to be a very generous of spirit person, to call you incorrigible is a blight on your personality, writ certain.
#FORWARD
The camaraderie between Pres. Obama and SoS Clinton was enjoyable to watch. The way they joked with each other and cracked up was fun. The behind the scenes look at how Pres. Obama convinced her to be his SoS and how she finally agreed. How Pres. Obama told her she had to go out and represent his policies and make America better in the eyes of the world because he had huge domestic issues to deal with – cough cough, the economy – and how they click so much that sometimes they don’t even have to use words was fantastic to watch.
I liked the respect they gave each other and how SoS Clinton said they might have disagreements but when Pres. Obama makes the decisions she stands by him because he is her president. It was also interesting to learn that they got over the heat of 08 fairly quickly. HA! Take that moronic pundits.
All around great interview to watch.
It is always harder for followers than the main people at the top.
Remember the PUMAs…..many have issues still even today.
UT, the link you shared contained a very segment of the interview. From the segment I viewed I wholeheartedly agree with your take on it. Earlier on I praised Steve Kroft for the 2007 and 2009 interviews he did with the Obama. Today though I was a bit disappointed. Kroft seemed to be resorting to the typical MSM style of interviewing, which focuses on creating sensational headlines. I am glad that both the President and SoS refused to play his game.
“Kroft seemed to be resorting to the typical MSM style of interviewing, which focuses on creating sensational headlines. I am glad that both the President and SoS refused to play his game.”
Couldn’t agree more nathkatun7, he’s done some great interviews with PBO over the years, but for much of this I thought he was just like all the rest. He could surely see how relaxed and open PBO and HRC were, he could have probed so much more about their relationships since 2007 through to now, would have been so more interesting that him parroting classic MSM/GOP nonsense – which we get every day any way.
Hillary said something important in response to one question Kroft asked…..don’t remember exactly which one, but it concerned their working together after running against each other, and she said “We’re both professionals.” That’s it in a nutshell, something that some people will never understand. One big agreement they had which I thought said a lot, was that it was harder for their staffs to get over the race than it was for them, and harder for their spouses. They each agreed the individual who’s immediately doing the running or working doesn’t waste time listening to or reading most of what’s said about them, they just get on with the job. I think that’s when Hillary said: “We’re both professionals.” She gave an interesting example of Bill….when he was doing the debating, he was having a good time; when she was doing the debating, he was a nervous wreck. The president and Hillary have an excellent working relationship, one that has grown and developed over the past four years. They, obviously, have put everything behind them and done the work of the country. Too bad some small minded people can’t grow up.
Exactly everything that you said. Now more people will know what most of us here have known for a long time about the relationship between these two. The photo that reflects the true nature of their relationship early in the first term was the one taken that show her reaching out to embrace him when the ACA passed.
Ceb – I agree with you. That photo was one of my favorites. It was like she was going to reach out and hold his face in her hands, a lovely thought. And both of them meant the expressions of joint celebration.
I agree that it was a great interview, a couple of toughies thrown in there at the end—-dumb toughies, I might add—-but that’s to be expected and those kind of questions always give President Obama a chance to shine, to make the interviewer’s questions appear small and an opportunity for Obama to set the record straight. Our POTUS and SOS forged a successful working relationship, and I believe them when they say that there is a great mutual trust and friendship there too.
I’d rather think about President Obama’s fabulous interview, but this struck, pun intended, me funny on a couple of levels. It’s like: Gotta run, but fuck youse:
Okay that made me laugh hard. These “goldilocks journalists” the bed is ALWAYS either too hard or too soft. For the American people, PBO at the helm has always been JUST RIGHT.
Half an hour to Downton Abbey. I keep pulling for something good to happen for Edith.
Oh, I saw that episode already Carolyn, I cried so hard when she skateboarded over the cliff. Just the saddest thing.
yes, you’ve created a monster–as long as i can find the little paper…
Skateboarders among the gentry?! No wonder the empire fell.
Edith (RIP) was ahead of her time LL, this was her when she was 12:
After that it was a slippery slope, mirroring the Empire’s trajectory.
It wasn’t so much the broken bones (37) and the splenectomy, as the brain damage. Cried buckets.
For those criticizing Steve Kroft, he asked about Hilary’s major foreign policy accomplishment, not PBO’s i.e. to Hilary’s name as opposed to the broader BO foreign policy accomplishment. That’s part of the reason BO mentioned that Hilary and the folks at State helped with the military stuffs.
Not so Who This, he asked about the accomplishments of the “team”, ie the whole admin’s:
Wrong clip. That was a different question regarding the whole idea of “leading from bheing” and not wanting to get involved with new conflicts. That questions is not about PBO’s accomplishment in foreign. It would be nothing short of foolish to questions PBO’s accomplishment on foreign policy, and I am sure Steve Kroft is not that foolish.
I like Kroft, generally, but ‘quoting’ the GOP to question whether PBO’s team had achieved anything of note in foreign policy was cringeworthy and ridiculous. Not one of his finer moments.
Kroft made a stupid comment that PBO didn’t have one signature –my word, paraphrased– foreign policy achievement and PBO started talking about Iraq, etc. then there was another question about so called leading from behind. The video is up, you can go re-watch it for verification.
Exactly, Chipsticks! The question about there being no notable foreign policy accomplishments (despite the high marks from the public) was specifically addressed to the President. I am totally perplexed at what Who This wrote in defense of Kroft.
Exactly!
Hillary Clinton doesn’t set foreign policy. The President sets foreign policy. To even imply, as the President sits there, that Hillary did anything on her own that wasn’t first sanctioned by President Obama is offensive – and I’m sure Steve Kroft knows that. The entire team reports to President Obama.
theo67, That’s not giving President Obama the respect he deserve.
Sorry, Who This, but Steve Kroft specifically asked the President a question challenging the President’s accomplishments in foreign policy! Kroft even suggested that the high marks that the President received from the general public on foreign policy did not square with his lack of notable accomplishments. Go back and check it out!
So how comes the president was the one to answer the question? And why would he ask Hillary that question? I didn’t know Hillary was president? Kroft asked PBO the question, not Hillary since he’s where the buck stops and starts with foreign policy.
i’m still a big fan of texts from hillary. today seems a good day to air a few:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m27rynOXO11rt7gleo1_500.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22oatIobm1rt7gleo1_500.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1zjxfGe4V1rt7gleo1_500.jpg
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/4/5/14/enhanced-buzz-7148-1333651412-51.jpg
I thought I read that this was David Koch’s handywork…
President Obama…Is one GOOD MAN…with everything that HRC supporters (Puma) threw at him in 08 (still do)..including Bill Clinton, playing the race card in the south…telling Bill Moyers “Obama is a risk” or he lives in a fantasy world. President Obama never ever said anything against them personally….and it was so easy for him to “let go” and let his rivals in to lead our nation..Picking Hilary was such a great symbol of unit for the “Love of Country” Our President is the ultimate Patriot in my eyes..and forever will. His heart is filled with goodness, grace, humility..like I’ve never witness from a politician…He leads..and walk with faith….He Truly Is A GOOD…GOOD Man.
May you blessings be a million folds Sir!.
Viva Obama!!!!
No one can Keep a Great Man down……Mother Nature is never Fooled…….They tried and failed. Then the 32 Billionaires and their $6B…..and they Failed.
Oh Yeah……Man proposes…….but God, Karma, Nature, Destiny, Fate, Providence, Etc disposes.
Sorry, I am blubbering away…LOL! Dang! I haven’t seen 60 minutes yet:-):-)
Chipsticks and East Coasters, I’m gonna go away till after I’ve had a chance to see 60 Minutes West Coast time
chat away……
Man, 200+ dead at a Brazilian night club from a fire. One of many reasons my clubbing days are long over.
Utterly horrific, all after a musician let off fireworks on stage. No words.
That happened in the States about a decade ago. I forget the band; it was some 70′s/80′s band.
White Snake. Rhode Island. I remember that well…I was living in CT at the time
I heard that on the 6:30pm nightly news about the 200 reported dead in night club fire in Brazil. How terrible.
Renowned French footballer Lillian Thuram marches in Paris for same-sex marriage. First the Denver Nugget’s player with his two moms, and now M. Thuram. Times they are a-changin’.
Thuram’s a legend, has never been afraid to speak his mind, especially on racism. Love the fella.
Don’t forget the two NFL players. One a Viking and the other might be a Raven.
You might be thinking of the Abdullah brothers one a Viking other a Cardinal they took the year off to travel to Mecca for Hajj. There is also Victor Aembadejo for the Ravens and Cris Kluwee the punter for the VIkings who are vocal supporters of SS marriage. http://deadspin.com/5941348/
Yes, I knew the Viking guy, couldn’t remember name and guessed at the second guy. The Viking guy I knew. He’s funny.
Italy, if you re-elect Silvio Berlusconi, you deserve everything you get. Today he said that aside from the racial laws, Mussolini wasn’t so bad.
Yup. BBC went to town with this. It still puzzles me how many voters in many countries still fall for rwnj’s despite their blatant and repeated failings.
David Axelrod is working on Monti’s campaign so there might be hope for Italy?
The center-left Democratic Party is leading in the polling. Hopefully they and Monti will be able to form a coalition.
Italian opposition is attacking Axelrod comparing him to Axel Rose!!!! http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/italian-attack-ad-compares-axelrod-to-axl-rose.html
Ah, you beat me to it LP, just posted a comment about it!
It was a group effort Chipsticks, the force was with us. Yoda would be proud!
Wow, that’s what Axl Rose looks like now?
Bizarro stuff (from GOPolitico):
David Axelrod is now advising Mario Monti, a candidate for the premiership in Italy, and his involvement has drawn a rather strange attack ad.
The ad, plastered across the top of the Italian Democratic Party’s web site, compares Axelrod to Guns ‘N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose.
The quote on the ad from Monti’s Democratic opponent Pier Luigi Bersani, roughly translated, says: A guru recommended to Monti to attack opponents. But the guru, sooner or later, they leave and Italy’s problems remain.
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That’s Axl Rose on the right???
O…….kay.
watched 60Minutes interview with POTUS & SOS. I liked it (okay I am baised). Loved the warmth & respect of two brilliant minds who understand that they have to put national interest above personal goals.
I am very greatiful that two very smart and personally accomplished human beings chose to share their lives with us all and valued public service so highly that they run to office instead of running to the most highly paid job.
this country and the whole world is so lucky that PBO & SOS HRC chose public service!
Know your enemy, prepare for a State House to State House, House Seat to House Seat, Senate Seat to Senate Seat all out battle to preserve the Republic in Nov 2014 …
Yes We Can
Yowza.
Oh my!!!!!!!
That looks like Chester, PA, Oct 28, 2008. I WAS THERE!
Hey Hopefruit2…thanks for posting again…
Without taking any credit at all away from HRC whom I very much respect, I just can’t see how anyone can come in close contact with Barack Obama and not love him ( and I don’t mean in the way those Tweeter do)
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/01/27/what-a-trip/
yo