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Woooot!
Duuuuuuudette!!
Hiya Queen!
Circling back to congratulate you, Dudette!
Go Joe.
Happy Birthday to your son, amk!!
Thanks Bob.
Hey Happy Birthday to Son-Unit!!! 😀🎉
Thanks MM. It’s a bittersweet day.
Happy Birthday to your son.
Thank you, o44.
Congrats Dudette :)
TY Chips!! I had just posted the link on the previous thread :D
#LetsRollJoe …. Please please please …………………..
Thanks Bob!
Vroom! Vroom!
My heart is beating fast
On pins and needles, here they COME!!!
OMG.
Here we go. fingers crossed.
Oh no!!!
Congrats Dudette on First <3
amk, Happy Birthday to your son and happy Durga Puja to you & yours. The family display in your home is festive and beautiful.
Thanks GG.
Well, America and the world is screwed ……. bbl ………………
are not is ……………
Oh so sad. I don’t know what I’ll do now :-(
Bummer.
Dang! 😫
hope hillary is listening.
Democrats should not only defend and protect the Obama Admin’s record, they should RUN on it.
Hello TOD……I just heard.
I must confess that I am not surprised. I thought as much from day one.
Not caring at this moment about thinking or feeling rationale - America needed Joe to run dammit!!!!!
Yup. He has served his people well for a long time.
Would have given anything to see him become President, but almost relieved he won’t be part of that 2016 rat race.
It’s a big, big downer alright, but I sure appreciate where he is coming from.
Yup 2016 is gonna be an ugly race and so in a way, we should all be relieved that he is not forced to participate in the ugliness.
Perfect :-)
They were chomping at the bit to tear him to shreds: Hillary, Bernie and the GOP. They were combing over every vote, every utterance. He is, hands down, the best man in America to be the next POTUS. We would have loved Jill as First Lady.
It is now up to us to hammer Sanders and Clinton on running on PBO’s legacy. Let’s get to work.
I agree with you Chips. I was listening to the progressive shows on Free Speech this morning, and they were upset because VP Biden said that the Republicans are not our enemy. Now they will have to regroup and focus their attention on someone else.
GM TOD. Just logged in and turned on m tv and heard the news about our beloved Joe. I am heartbroken. I hope the media will leave him alone.
did he already say yes or no?? just tuned in. omg
A definite no, sherijr :-(
am crying listening to him… the one person that needs to run. I know he’s going to continue to be a force for the good in this country. Broken hearted on this though to be honest.
Damn, he’s not running because of timetable to launch successful campaign. :(
Hate American politics and all it is beholding to right now.
I better start buying East Coast winter clothing in preparation for my relocation up North in a couple of years.
{{{{GGail}}}} :-)
Hey sweetie - make room for me, I’ll be in your neck of the woods (or parts thereof) real soon :D
I just developed a headache
It’s a real blow to our hopes to have someone who is more deserving and loyal to PB, will fight not to let the GOP turn back 8yrs of a successful administration.
And one who would be loyal to the everyday American. America has suffered a great loss that we will feel come January 2017
His voice will carry a lot of weight. While the preference is Joe Biden running for President, I respect his and his family’s decision. At least he won’t be restricted by many of the shackles of candidacy. He hadn’t even said he was running and his words and actions were being scrutinized and picked apart. Can you imagine how much worse it would be if he *were* running?!?!?!
Given the silence of leadership in the DNC, his voice will fill a void and hopefully influence Democrats during the 2016 election season in ways that DWS, et al are not.
I’m sure the media is disappointed that they will not be able to dramatize the “battle” between VP Biden and HRC that they had been anticipating.
The second saddest thing is there is a ticker under the news headline.
PBO is looking at VP Joe with so much love and respect.
yes, such a gaze of support and care from him.
I know. Makes me wanna cry.
Me to Dudette. Sigh!
Am feeling very sad. VP Biden has given so much to our country, but selfishly I wanted him to step into the arena one more time, so that I could with all my heart and soul support the democratic candidate.I can only wish Joe and his family well.
WOW!
This hurts a little.
Truly
well damnity damn. Heartbroken. But I tell ya, anyone who doesn’t run on this President and VP’s successes may not get my democratic vote. Tired of that BS. If we can’t have Joe, then by God whoever we get had better smarten up and embrace this wonderful successful administration.
Vice President Joe Biden has been a wonderful VP, partner for President Obama, and the country. I thank him for his years of service, for always standing up for President Obama’s great record of accomplishments, and for never forgetting those who don’t have millions of dollars behind their names.
I wish him all the best.
Hell yeah! She’s really just incompetent as DNC head in my opinion.
Now, THAT’S a great suggestion!
V.P. Biden told everyone to run on President Obama’s record.
Congrats Dudette on your solid Gold :star:
Now, back to the future ;) OK now back to catching up from last Evening.
Thanks Nena!
Guess, there go the two of the honest pols. I sure have lost the interest already in the rat race #2016.
me too amk
Well, amk & TOD community, I’ll be looking around the country for local folk - US & State Legislature, Governors, etc., whom I might be compelled to provide time & $$. As to 8 Nov 2016, whomever the D is they’ll get my vote, but that’s it.
I meant what I stated above. It’s back to banker buddy, chicken hawks in the White House cuz the choice is gonna be two totally narcissistic folk with bad hair, a propensity to bully and lie no matter the topic, at the top of the ticket next year.
When VP Biden stated the ‘timetable’ parameter he indicted the US political process in the most profoundly negative way.
It was a ‘timetable’ that SCOTUS leveraged as a distraction to install ILLEGALY!! GWB. And, moments ago I experienced the same sense of horror for Americans & humanity that I felt the day of their decision.
btw, it’s the very same sense of horror I felt the day RFK was assassinated - the instant I heard that news on my car radio I knew America was going to suffer enormously because Nixon would inevitably become President months later.
I don’t believe in miracles, but if I did I’d know that it’s gonna take one to keep America & humanity from suffering gravely after 20 Jan 2017.
For now, I’ll do whatever I can to support President Obama and VP Biden until they leave office …………………..
Thanks Bob, for I can now put a name to the feeling that washed over me - that of horror!
This is me!
I’ll be more interested and involved in my local elections than I will in the General election. I’ll vote my party.
agreed.
“How’s about lunch it’s on me”.
:-)
Oops, my smiley is in moderation. Typo in my email address ‘cuz I really haz a sad.
:-)
I LOVE this man!
Wake me up November 1, 2016. The current candidates we have running on the Dem side are blah.
I feel the same way, I’m heart broken. Hillary was only embracing POTUS while she thought Joe B. was running, now she will start running from PBO.
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Yea, they will run on it if it polls well.
Thank you VP Biden. So sad at this point! Why cant O’Malley step up??? Really really really no not care for Hillary Clinton!
A country which wants to ignore the former and accepts the later deserves what is coming to it.
Simmer down! They just unwrapped her tiara!
I.am.so.sad.right.now. :(
Great tweet.
This!!!
I’m saddened, heartbroken. VP gave a great speech. LOVE him.
Beautiful statement from VP Joe. Joe has had a serious impact on the primary already with his standing with the President and I believe in the year ahead he will have an impact on the presidential race, especially on the Democrats in keeping them honest in support of the Obama legacy. He will no doubt endorse, with President Obama, the Democratic nominee and work hard for their election, as will I. It is vital for the preservation of the great accomplishments of President Obama and the good of our country and the world, especially the cause of social justice and world peace. In his statement Joe gave us a preview of the coming year and his energized work for causes like curing cancer and other issues.
Nicely said Bill~
One of the great photos of PBO presidency. Speaks volumes about their comradeship and mutual trust.
I am so sad. Just googled that insensitive remark Bill Clinton made the President about coffee and carrying bags to Kennedy. I will never forget that or forgive him. He is just wanting to get back in the White House to run after interns again. If she had moved out of the White house and started her own agenda when that fiasco happened I maybe would support her.
I won’t forget it either, misspat.
I cried. I will remove every Clinton backer from my twitter feed. Not a dime going to her and I know I should vote Democratic but if I do I will hold my nose while doing it.
With Canada’s new Prime Minister voted in and the US about to implode come Nov., 2016, I think I have my road map planned out now.
Thanks Joe, Hello Canada <3
This is a huge loss for our country. No sugar-coating seems appropriate to me right now.
Putting aside my disappointment, I love me some Joe Biden and I totally respect his decision. God Bles you and your family VP Joe.
Uncle Joe is famous in India too. We have never cared about any veeps before.
i like that, amk….i did not realize how much it meant to me for him to run…sigh
While I am sad for the country, I respect his decision and wish him and his family happiness, healing, and peace. Our Joey has been a warrior in the good fight for a long time and we are so blessed to be a witness to possibly his most shining years as partner and VP for PBO. I will try not to feat for our country’s future and to live in faith that the work of the Obama administration will not be in vain, but will be expanded upon to the betterment of the U S and the world.
For the dems that are in the race, I will only say that I hope one will prevail (anyone, except for maybe Webb) is better than any repug (ugh!) running. On the more personal front, the almost painful hope, fear and anxiety that I had when PBO was running in 2008;2012 that had my stomach in knots and my beating faster is a thing of the past. It is now objectivity, practicality and back to the way things have always been in American politics (sigh).
Except for the beginning, this looked like it was written as a speech for a campaign launch.
This is heartbreaking. It’s not about he and his family being ready. It’s because he doesn’t have, realistically, the time to organize a serious run.
What a speech. He would have won the nomination.
What I hope is that every person who has laughed at Biden in the past just shut the F*** up and FINALLY GIVES HIM THE RESPECT HE DESERVES. He has it all; knowledge, empathy, pragmatism, charisma, gravitas.
The Colbert interview was remarkably revealing. I just got a sense after watching it that the chances of his running were getting slimmer and slimmer.
My heart will need a lot of healing
So very sad but not surprised. He was in an impossible situation with the timing of this second tragedy in his life. Love him for everything he has done.
Don’t know if you saw it, but Andrea Mitchell was gearing up to attack PBO for standing with JB, against Hilary Clinton. That is, if Biden had announced he was running.
Joe’s announcement left egg on her face.
Will this woman never tire of looking for something damaging on PBO?
No she won’t. It appears that Brian Williams and Steve Kornacki have that same need.
good for joe, bad for the country. i was hopeful he’d run but my rational side kept telling me he won’t.
hillary will not win the general national election. she’s a horrific campaigner. barring some miracle candidate still or major clinton implosion/dropout, we’ll have a republican president next. come to think of it, even the 5% chance she can pull it off, we’ll still have a republican president based upon her voting record and everything she and her husband have done over the years. then of course, when in office (not going to happen though) there will be all kinds of scandals with her team and bill that democrats will get further decimated nationally, just as what happened last time the clintons controlled the party and brought us dumbya bush.
when she announced she was running again, i knew it was over. cannot believe we’re still having to deal with the clintons and bushes after all these years. might have to stop at the liquor store on the way home today.
Never say never. Horrific is a little over the top.
Horrific is perfect…it is what it is!
I’m saddened and disappointed by VP Biden’s announcement. But it was ultimately his decision to make, and he has served this country better than anyone could ask of a Vice President. He will leave office on a high note - with his decency and integrity intact. I hope his words today resonated with the current crop of Dem candidates, their campaign strategists, funders and supporters. I will re-iterate in my own words the summary of his wise advice:
“Don’t you dare run a campaign that attempts to erase PBO’s legacy; don’t you dare try to “distance” yourself from him, and pretend that the last 8 years didn’t happen or were inadequate or a failure; Don’t you dare think that you can win an election by trying to court the bigotry or anti-Obama emprog vote and throwing our current POTUS under the bus in the process.”
Hopefruit2, I don’t think the Clinton junta can stop themselves from trying to run away from President Obama.
Then they better be prepared to spend movie nights and vacation days with Alison Grimes.
““Don’t you dare run a campaign that attempts to erase PBO’s legacy; don’t you dare try to “distance�? yourself from him, and pretend that the last 8 years didn’t happen or were inadequate or a failure”
You listening Hillary?
Devastated
Yes he is - as are you Nancy Smash!
Our poet Jacqueline will be very disappointed today. She is his biggest fan.
Feeling crushed but not shocked. Will always be Ridin’ With Biden and his lovely family. Back to OFA issues work: Obamacare enrollment fair publicity, gun sense legislation, climate action, minimum wage hike, immigration reform, ending mass incarceration, justice and opportunity for all. Someone else can step up and run the local Dem for President campaign. I will pitch in and GOTV, but my heart isn’t in it like 2008 and 2012.
This is just perfect Judith!
:)
Judith - that’s beautiful <3
:)
Love VPJoe and agree that he can be a great voice for the Dem candidate. I honour and respect his decision.
It would have been nice for DWS to ask us to sign the “Thank you” for VP Biden without the fundraiser donation.
She doesn’t do anything without asking for money.
Maybe if she did her job, supported our POTUS, we’d be more willing to give.
I think we all have been spoiled by the last 9 years since 2006. I blame the kenyan, his family, uncle joe and his family. It’s all their fault.
AMK, we’re going to need your sense of humor and perspective to get through the next year. This is a difficult day.
It is a difficult day. Though my head said his window was closing and his family circumstances will make it really, really hard for him, my heart said go for it, uncle joe. The most honest pols in my lifetime and I have been following and have been disgusted with politics and politicians for a long, long time. Pity that a majority of americans didn’t and don’t appreciate what they had and what they have. As they say in my part of the desert, the value of shadow will be realized only when you walk in the hot sun.
I agree amk. And as punishment, we should sentence them to 4 more years!!!
why only 4 more years? :)
I’m sad that VP Biden won’t run, but it’s hard to put in words how incredibly great he is…
I am trying hard not to sink into despair over VPBiden’s announcement. It’s a blow to the heart and a punch to the gut. But I will follow the model set by President Obama in the year ahead. He will want us to support the Democratic candidates for Senate and the Democratic nominee because he knows how much is at stake with the Supreme Court, the economy, climate change, gun violence, racial justice and other issues critical to our future as a country. He knows there will be hope with a Democrat and nothing but disaster with a Republican and he will leave no stone unturned, no donor untapped, no voter unreached to help the D nominee. President Obama will need our help and because I love and support him, I will do no less than give my full, unqualified support to the nominee.
Well said, Jackie!
That’s my feeling exactly, JG.
A wise Choice ;) !
See the outpouring of love, respect, admiration and support for our beloved VP? When did you ever see this country rally around a VP like this?
Bush 41, Quayle, Gore or Cheney? NOPE.
I am so…I’ve balled my eyes out. I’m worried for the country and the world. I had so hoped he would decide to run. I guess a big part is the money thing? Anyway I have nothing but respect for VP Biden. I agree with what someone up above said. It would have made a heck of a campaign speech, and god I wish he was running it.
I have so many issues with other dems-top to bottom-trust, trust, trust, belief in their ability to stand up for the little American people, and to stand up for what is right.
It’s just real hard right now to have any kind of hope in what 2016 will bring. I wanted to participate in this election cycle with passion, and optimism, and now…I try not to shudder.
How do we fight for the agenda that we want- against our own party. I know I have to try. I wish I could be stronger now, cause WE must prevail in this people!
Thank you President Obama, and VP Biden for all your service.
And bullseye free jackets.
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TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday publicly endorsed for the first time the July nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers, state news agencies reported. But the provisional endorsement was accompanied by a warning that Tehran expected all sanctions to be lifted or it would walk away from the deal.
The support of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is the final step in an approval process involving the Supreme National Security Council, the Iranian Parliament and the Guardian Council. Iran can now begin carrying out the measures outlined in the agreement, including dismantling thousands of centrifuges used for enrichment and downsizing a heavy water plant so that it can no longer produce plutonium.
The endorsement was included in a letter addressed to President Hassan Rouhani that included accusations against the United States, Iran’s longtime enemy, and pointed out several flaws in the deal, state television reported.
So very sad at this news. I send big hugs of condolence to all TODers. What a huge hole I feel in the world at this moment. So I will sulk and pout and stomp my feet and take to my bed and sob for the rest of today. And then I must get back on my feet and get to work, as President Obama, and Vice President Biden, would want me to do.
Like several of you have mentioned, I will turn my energies to the local and state races. I believe on Monday that 30-40 Democratic candidates went to D.C. to meet with Democratic legislators and others about gearing up their campaigns against Republican incumbents in the House and Senate. We should check into who these Democrats were and support their runs for office.
For instance, New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan (D) is running against Senator Kelly Ayotte (R), one of McConnell’s right hand people. And Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) is running against Senator Rob Portman (R), another of McConnell’s henchmen. Let’s work to win these two seats, and more, for Democrats, and undercut the power of the Republicans in both houses.
And I’m sure there are other races for Governor of various states, that could swing things in our favor if we got the Democratic candidates elected. Anything we can do at the state levels to get in people, at all levels, who would work to restore voting rights to all those who have been disenfranchised during the last decade.
Much to do along these lines, but for a few hours here I need to have a full blown pity party. bbfn
Here’ what Bernie said
He has no warmth at all, does he?
And damn, I got mad: the BernieBots saying that Biden stole Bernie’s ideas!
I shot back: Bernie is not the only one with progressive ideas. If he’d supported PBO’s long list of progressive policies, maybe we’d be a whole lot farther along.
I’m having a whole lot of trouble with Bernie.
From Josh Marshall at TPM (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/biden-won-t-run):
Absent a catastrophic collapse of the Clinton campaign, it was hard for me to see where a Biden campaign wasn’t a high teens, low twenties run, running respectably but never able to move into a dominant position. And rather than collapsing, Hillary appears to be rebounding.
That’s a ‘what the hell’ run. At his age, with his recent family losses and with the respect and admiration he’s built in seven years of the vice presidency, as the President’s most loyal and sage advisor, a ‘what the hell’ run does not make sense. I’m bummed not to see him run. And I’m bummed Joe Biden will never be President. But this was the right decision.
Here’s what Hillary said:
Here’s what Martin said:
THAT’s how you make a statement. I tweeted O’Malley’s statement to Bernie - maybe he’ll learn something about looking human.
VPBiden was and will always be the greatest VP in my lifetime. He is a decent man, and I am so grateful that he has always had President Obama’s back as president and wonderful friendship as a true friend. The best to VP Biden and his beautiful family.HZ
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I am so disappointed that he isn’t running, but so wish he was.
Meanwhile, the country still needs governing as My Rep points out
I’m saddened and sorry that VP Biden decided not to run, but I’m not really that surprised. Thank you for your service. You are a great Vice President, the best we ever had. Thank you also for putting the other Dems on notice, that they better run on the President’s record.
The last two days were terrible with all the speculation from the media. I don’t think Joe Biden would want his family to see him torn apart by the media.