President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors reception in the East Room of the White House
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Actress and Broadway star Cicely Tyson, conductor Seiji Ozawa, actress and singer Rita Moreno, filmmaker George Lucas, singer-songwriter Carole King
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama receive a standing ovation at the Kennedy Center Honors
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President Barack Obama addresses the country from the Oval Office. He spoke on the terrorism threat to the United States and the recent attack in San Bernardino, California
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Obama just spoke with the voice of reason. Imagine that.
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Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 07, 2025Media and conservatives upset President Obama refuses to send 3,000 plus Americans to die in some god forsaken desert. #ObamaSpeech
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Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 07, 2025****
Fabulous response from Ian. For context, click and view the embedded tweet
Perhaps the President of the United States shouldn't base our national security policy on his approval rating. twitter.com/politicalwire/…
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Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) December 07, 2025So much of Obama's presidency has been about him repeatedly explaining shit to folks. Not much new was said tonight. But he had to say it.
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) December 07, 2025****
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Having lived through the insanity of the post-9/11 era, It is gratifying it is to have a president who refuses to be goaded by terrorists.
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Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) December 07, 2025Tonight, I am thankful that Barack Obama is president.
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Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) December 07, 2025****
I supported Obama in 2008 because I believed he was the candidate most likely to use American military power sparingly. You're welcome.
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Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) December 07, 2025This obsession with whether Obama does or does not describe something as terrorism is by far the stupidest debate in modern US politics
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No matter the post-speech coverage of this speech, there is no better alternative anti-ISIS strategy than what US is currently doing
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Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) December 07, 2025I love it when a politician treats me as an intelligent adult and not a bigoted moron. #ObamaSpeech
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Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) December 07, 2025****
You’re a GEM, Nerdy - thank yooooooooooou!!!!!
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AWesomeee..
Thanks!
Ms Chipsssssss what pic won for January?
Ecco mi!
Benvenuto Bill R! Come va?
Va molto bene. Spero che tutto va bene anche con te.
Marco Rubio truly is a grade-A moron.
Great summary Nerdy!
Have to agree with #Facepalm re Rubio comment. Good Gawd he’s an idiot!
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Rubio is an absolute lightweight who is completely unqualified to understand, let alone handle, the complexity involved in being president. That he’s being seriously considered and pushed by the Republican establishment is evidence of their contempt for this country. The most dangerous being in the world is a stupid US President.
Yes, we witnessed that from 2000 to 2009!
NW, I have been saying for years that Marco Rubio is an unprincipled dimwit that’s 2watts brighter than SPalin. He’s a beltway media creation.
I am deeply disappointed that there will not be another meaningless middle east war. Thanks Obama.
Bringing your tweet over, Linda.
“…new “big” war with a new ‘fancy name'” You called it perfectly!
Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com!
You registered on WordPress.com 6 years ago!
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Shit, I have been here way too long.
Jebsus, it feels like 66 years since you registered
yes, boss.
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I didn’t see the speech tonight because I was invited to go see Spectre with my son and his girlfriend. I’m so glad I can come here and get all caught up. Thanks, Chips and Nerdy!
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I just received an email from PBO regarding his speech. He really knows how to use social media.
Oh - 50, 500, 700K - however many it is, Rubio, yeah I agree we wouldn’t want to inconvenience anybody.
Does this guy even hear what comes out of his mouth? I’d put him on the Please-Fly List, as in please fly away. Now.
Loved this response to Teagan Goddard :-)
O.k dinner time for me! BBL to lurk and catch up.
What folks like Taegan Goddard don’t understand is that some times you do things because it’s the right thing to do, you are not worrying about approval rating.
sorry for duplicates, wrong tweet - can’t seem to do stuff right
Loved your tweet so much I brought it over myself up above :-)
thanks a lot! I had not seen it - just seeing it now
All the tv pundit is concern about is ratings, all the Republican idiots are concern about is starting another war. Sending someone else sons and daughters to die. If they want someone to go to Syria and fight ISIS, why don’t they go? Most Republicans already have weapons, guns, so pack up and go over there. After all G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney is responsible for ISIS.
NW, thanks for the great pics!
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Thanks, Nerdy for the post and your excellent summary in”tweets. It was a great speech from the President. I made the mistake of having NBC on and I wanted to throw something at Chuck Toad.
Michelle looks beautiful!
I muted him so we didn’t have listen to him. He is an a$$.
Smart move!
You’re welcome, Sjterrid.
Thank you, Nerdy:) Chips, feel better:) Night all…see you tomorrow! Thank you, Mr. President….North Star. Values and Moral Compass. xoxox
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Photoshoot at amk’s house…
yeah, more jtp’s. just what amk’s house needs right now. grrrr.
Thanks for tweets Nerdy, and the pictures! SO peaking over shoulder, “How does she do it,(FLOTUS), looks younger and more beautiful every picture I see.” Good job Rubio, keep giving us more to use against you in election campaign, by the way where are you when suppose to be doing your job, hmmmmmm.
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NW, deeply appreciate this post.
Thanks, Judith! :)
Good evening, TOD! Nerdy, thank you so much for this thread!
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thanks so much chips and Nerdy for wall to wall coverage. Media could learn a lesson from both of you on how to cover important events.
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And the media, those cable tv pundits is right on board with the Republicans.
POTUS was magnificent, rational, reasonable, intelligent, etc. As always. I would love to re-tweet so many of the tweets here, but I’ve got a cadre of sillies foaming at the mouth - and at me - on Twitter right now. I’ll let them vent for the next hour or so and not return there for a while. They are wild. And I have teased them, which I usually don’t do. But I’ve been irritated with the bigoted clap-trap…. It is so marvelous to retreat here for sanity.
No doubt most of TODville has gone to bed to ready themselves for another Monday, but for west coasters (and Hawaiians — aloha, Susanne! and those whose day already is Monday…):
PBO is not scheduled to visit San Bernardino, but SoCal *is* on the way to Hawaii…
Bobfr posted his response to @jonfavs original tweet on the previous thread:
LOL.
Thank you, Arapaho. I hope Mr Favreau took the time to read & think about it.
Also ….
good night TOD
#Hope4ALL
Morning everyone! Happy Monday:) China, literally, needs to clean up their act!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35026363
Schools in Beijing are to close and outdoor construction to stop after the Chinese capital issued its first “red alert” over smog levels.
The red alert is the highest possible, and has not been used in the city before, the state-run Xinhua news agency says.
Authorities expect more than three consecutive days of severe smog.
Cars with odd and even number plates will be banned from driving on alternate days.
Current pollution levels in Beijing are actually lower than last week’s, but the red alert has been placed because of levels expected over the coming days.
The order will last from 07:00 local time on Tuesday (23:00 GMT on Monday) until 12:00 on Thursday, when a cold front is expected to arrive and clear the smog.
China’s CCTV news channel reported at the weekend that some parts of Beijing had visibility of only 200m (660 feet).
Morning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/07/early-bird-chat-599/