President Barack Obama high fives a rider after signaling the start of the Wounded Warrior Ride, on the South Lawn of the White House. The ride is held to help raise awareness of our nations heroes who battle the physical and psychological damages of war
Talking about the results of the crime bill of the ’90s on African Americans, Hillary added, “I want white people to recognize … there is systemic racism … ”
Now she’s talking! I very, very much like the fact that she is pivoting from “I understand how African Americans feel” (which she doesn’t) over to putting the onus on the fact that white Americans need to take action on crushing the systemic racism in so many areas of our every day life, whether it be the criminal justice system or whatever. Hope to God she continues that.
Hillary sometimes slips in some foreign policy matters in the middle of her answers. CNN’s collective minds can’t stretch beyond our borders. Maybe that’ll change before the debate ends. (Maybe not.)
Just turned on the debate. Am late. Sounds like Bernie’s crowd is in the house, maybe more of his there or are they just rowdier! How has it gone so far? Was watching Cruz interviewed by Chuck Todd earlier. CT let Cruz get away with several lies, even the old Carly Fiorino lie. Chuck makes a little noise like he objects, doesn’t speak up and lets Lying Ted finish all his lies.
IMHO HRC hit her stride this debate. She was ready, armed with truth to effectively counter Sanders’ aggression and sarcasm.
Clinton's whole raison d'etre, in one sentence: "It's easy to diagnose the problem. It’s harder to do something about the problem."
— Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) April 15, 2025
She also said something to the effect that he’s all talk and no action, pointing out that his bills haven’t been enacted.
She brought up pro-choice (something not mentioned in 8 previous debates).
Good source to catch up is @cnnpolitics.
And finally, the first I’ve heard whites take responsibility for racism (unlike Bernie’s spox who thought having Barack Obama apologize for slavery would be a good idea — WTH?).
Clinton says white people need to acknowledge systemic racism.
So so so sorry everyone, especially Nerdy, for going AWOL, will *definitely* be back posting tomorrow so Nerdy can finally have a break - can never ever thank her enough. My mother’s doing okay, it’s been a tough couple of weeks, an emotional meltdown or two along the way, but we’re getting there. Thank you all for your lovely messages, you’re the best of friends, and again, thank you Nerdy and all the BTs who took over. Love ya to bits.
Love you madly Chips. And as a proud member of the “Why Isn’t He Holding The Handrail” club, I am sending love and hugs to Mom. I hope she is feeling better and on the mend. LH
You and your mother have been on our minds, Chips, wishing you the very best. Thanks for checking in. NW and the BTs have been their usual fabulous selves. Please take it easy. XOXO
Mom in three places in last two weeks, the battle to ask these institutions to actually care about the well-being of an elderly person has been soul-destroying. Don’t even know where to start, it’s been crushing.
It kills me to admit it because you are you ……. the only person who has been truly kind to my Ma the last two weeks has been ……. a male Indian nurse. I almost asked him today if he knew Amk, but I was too afraid he’d say yes.
Thanks Mister, you’re a half decent human being Only half, though. The boy’s doing good, although a bit pissed off because his new harness arrived yesterday and even though it has luxurious padded bits and makes him look like Mr Universe, he stares at me like I’m killing him when I’m putting it on. Has it made walking him less painful? Of course not.
His new super fab harness has a front and back clip. Front is for ‘hard to handle dogs’. So I tried the back clip, telling him that I trusted him to walk gently. In time the scars on my dragged-all-the-way-to-the-river-nose/face will heal.
That sends a chill - and in all my times with older family in care the worst treatment has come from the up to date, super modern, care home where they had all the right facilities & so few staff the residents were ignored for hours on end. I have seen some wonderful places and do so hope you are both coming back to where you need to be. So much love being sent your way. So much you have been missed.
So, so good to hear you’re more than hanging there. Mum-Chips is going to make it through, we’re all sending love to you and her, thru the universe, and the TOD Universe, which is just simply magnificent! xox P.S. Tell Mum-Chips to listen to you and all who will help her heal. If she gets all stubborn-like, just let her know TODers will park in her space and … well, you know your TOD family. We’ll just debate her to wellness!
So glad to hear it’s getting better. We’ve been thru this with both set of parents. It’s never easy, but you do it with and the support of family and friends. Know that we here at the TOD family sends you our thoughts, prayers, strength and love.
So wonderful to see you here - sometimes the emotional breakdowns are far worse than the medical issues - being loved and wanted and cared for is a great remedy. As we get older and get ill it sometimes seems just to hard to start all over on the recovery side of things, but mostly we seem to come around & do what we have to do. Many hugs and hopes to your Mom - may you both be recovering in every possible way.
Nerdy has been wonderful with the posts - but it is a delight when you are both around - cannot imagine the internets without you.
So good to hear from you Chips! Absolutely no need to feel sorry for taking time to take care of your Mom. Sending you and your lovely Mom lots of love. Praying that she is feeling much better is on the road to complete recovery.
Bernie is leading the raucous supporters. What is that saying about the leaders set the tone? His supporters are just plain rude, not good at being respectful listeners.
I certainly do not mean this in any way as a mock of people who happen to have disabilities, trust me.
But did you ever see those SNL (I believe) skits where someone is making a speech, and there’s a box on the screen for people who are hearing impaired, and - instead of using ASL - some guy in the screen box yells out everything the speaker’s saying?
That’s what Bernie reminds me of (the screamer) … and people criticize Hillary’s “tone” and voice level (not “ladylike,” I guess). I do like that tonight she seems to be getting calmer the more Bernie gets agitated. Hope that continues - it’s a great way to disarm people (and children, I might add).
In the beginning of her campaign this time around, Hillary was standing more on her own record and not mentioning President Obama as much - and the fact she was HIS Secretary of State. She learned early on that wasn’t gonna fully work. (It’s not like we’re back in the days when Gore didn’t want to mention he would continue Bill’s work.) She gradually switched over to (1) giving President Obama credit, and (2) reminding folks she helped him achieve his foreign policy agenda. Yes, she is mentioning him more now, which is working from my perch.
Hey Jacq! This is so good to hear. I got turned off the election stuff because of how they were disrespecting President Obama. If Hillary has woken up, then I’ll support her.
To make most overarching changes in this country that are for the better, you can’t go from “zero to 60” the first week. It’s always a long haul, and then we sit around, pat ourselves on the back, and say “Why didn’t we do that earlier?”
Drives us crazy, yes, and I get wanting to move things along more quickly, but not with our governmental system of checks and balances.
Great comment, J’OB! The political system bequeathed to us by the “founding fathers” was perfectly designed to prevent instant revolutionary changes. The great FDR found that out in his first two years on office when the U.S. Supreme Court nullified many of his early New Deal programs. JFK also talked about finding out about the limits of Presidential power. President Obama has always talked about how change would not be easy and would require steady and persistent hard work and struggle. A presidential candidate who promises instant revolution, once he/she is elected president, is clearly fooling his gullible supporters.
Good question, AMK! It’s, however, sometimes not that easy for a candidate to remember everything during one debate! What is so disgusting is the incompetence of our so called journalists. They are the ones who should be asking hard questions and exposing lies and hypocrisy of those runnining for office, including the presidency!
This is an unfortunate symptom of the incompetence of those who surround her. Hopefully, she’ll pick up more competent people when she gets to the general. This is what doomed her in 2008.
I followed the debate on twitter. From what I can tell Hillary did fine. And in the area of optics, Bernie appealed to the haters, Hillary to the sensible and the rational. Bernie did nothing to make a dent in her lead in NY. And with his comments about the “Deep South” he inevitably turned off AA voters.
Thanks Bill. I couldn’t watch or listen and followed some on Twitter but get so mad at the Bernie folks I have to walk away. So appreciate your follow up.
I know I am going to sound like a broken record, but Iam puzzled why no body has asked Bernie Sanders about his caucus wins in states that are not in the “Deep South,” but which are almost 100% guaranteed to vote Republican during the General elections. Here are the state caucuses (not even primaries) that Bernie won that have not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964: Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. Here are Southern States that Hillary won that have been won by Democratic presidential Candidates since 1964: Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. As a matter of fact, in 2008, President Obama won three Southern States: Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. He also came very close to winning Georgia. Yet, he lost miserably in Idaho, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming-the states that Bernie sanders is so proud to have won in caucuses. Even if Bernie was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, there is ZERO chance that he would the Republican stronghold states of Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming. And now that he has dissed and dismissed Black voters in Southern states, there is Zero chance that he would win Florida, Virginia, or North Carolina. Without winning at least one of those states, Bernie has ZERO chance of winning the presidency!
There was a time when I really “personally” liked Gov. Andrew Cuomo … not so much, any more. But he’s a Democrat, so we’re like blood brothers, I guess! And he has done some good things for the people of his state.
Chips, my heart is with you as you navigate the mysterious landscape of elder care. Been there with my mother, and many friends. The tricky part is discerning the difference between mom’s hating the idea of being placed, and her hating an actual place itself. If there’s a loving AMK there, you may take that as a sign.❤
Been there also. My mom with Alzheimer’s. I tried caring for her at home 24/7 for three months until I crashed and burned. She got psychotic and paranoid, I got her on meds, but it wasn’t enough. Eventually she needed Memory Care and I was able to get her on Medicaid and into a wonderful facility. The last three years of her life were her most peaceful and tranquil.
White House.gov
Moi?
Si, moi.
Thank you Nerdy!
Thanks NW.
WOW look at those numbers…we really have been saved by PBO…..
Thank you for making these pics available as tweets. You are awesome!
Talking about the results of the crime bill of the ’90s on African Americans, Hillary added, “I want white people to recognize … there is systemic racism … ”
Now she’s talking! I very, very much like the fact that she is pivoting from “I understand how African Americans feel” (which she doesn’t) over to putting the onus on the fact that white Americans need to take action on crushing the systemic racism in so many areas of our every day life, whether it be the criminal justice system or whatever. Hope to God she continues that.
Stop commiserating. Start leading!
Same questions are being asked at every debate. When are they going to ask foreign policy questions?
Hillary sometimes slips in some foreign policy matters in the middle of her answers. CNN’s collective minds can’t stretch beyond our borders. Maybe that’ll change before the debate ends. (Maybe not.)
Just turned on the debate. Am late. Sounds like Bernie’s crowd is in the house, maybe more of his there or are they just rowdier! How has it gone so far? Was watching Cruz interviewed by Chuck Todd earlier. CT let Cruz get away with several lies, even the old Carly Fiorino lie. Chuck makes a little noise like he objects, doesn’t speak up and lets Lying Ted finish all his lies.
Hello. We are visiting our daughter so I am lurking when I can. Just stopping by to get an update on the debate. Any info will be appreciated.
GE/GM TMG.
IMHO HRC hit her stride this debate. She was ready, armed with truth to effectively counter Sanders’ aggression and sarcasm.
She also said something to the effect that he’s all talk and no action, pointing out that his bills haven’t been enacted.
She brought up pro-choice (something not mentioned in 8 previous debates).
Good source to catch up is @cnnpolitics.
And finally, the first I’ve heard whites take responsibility for racism (unlike Bernie’s spox who thought having Barack Obama apologize for slavery would be a good idea — WTH?).
So so so sorry everyone, especially Nerdy, for going AWOL, will *definitely* be back posting tomorrow so Nerdy can finally have a break - can never ever thank her enough. My mother’s doing okay, it’s been a tough couple of weeks, an emotional meltdown or two along the way, but we’re getting there. Thank you all for your lovely messages, you’re the best of friends, and again, thank you Nerdy and all the BTs who took over. Love ya to bits.
Love you madly Chips. And as a proud member of the “Why Isn’t He Holding The Handrail” club, I am sending love and hugs to Mom. I hope she is feeling better and on the mend. LH
“as a proud member of the “Why Isn’t He Holding The Handrail” club….”
Laughing, so loudly. Thank you LadyHawke ❤️
You and your mother have been on our minds, Chips, wishing you the very best. Thanks for checking in. NW and the BTs have been their usual fabulous selves. Please take it easy. XOXO
Thank you {{Meta}}
Aw, Chips, we missed you. So glad your mom’s doing okay and making progress. Nerdy, LP, AMK and all who chipped in have been magnificent.
Don’t go calling Amk magnificent, Jackie, you know the consequences will be unbearable
Thank you.
heh !!!!!!!!!!
That does it, the price just went up by ten x. 1000 bucks from here onward.
mom moving around?
Mom in three places in last two weeks, the battle to ask these institutions to actually care about the well-being of an elderly person has been soul-destroying. Don’t even know where to start, it’s been crushing.
That’s too bad. I thought the ireesh had a good healthcare system? Or nhs screwing it up there also?
It kills me to admit it because you are you ……. the only person who has been truly kind to my Ma the last two weeks has been ……. a male Indian nurse. I almost asked him today if he knew Amk, but I was too afraid he’d say yes.
must be one of my innumerable cousins.
so didja finally settle her in or not?
I was afraid to look at the badge on his uniform in case it said ‘Amk’s cousin’.
He lifted my Ma up the other day. She said, ‘Oooooh, your hands are cold’.
He said,’yes, but my heart is warm’.
It is too - I adore that man
toldja amklan has a way with words.
Wishing your mom all the best. How is the boy doing? Being a nuisance as usual?
Thanks Mister, you’re a half decent human being
Only half, though. The boy’s doing good, although a bit pissed off because his new harness arrived yesterday and even though it has luxurious padded bits and makes him look like Mr Universe, he stares at me like I’m killing him when I’m putting it on. Has it made walking him less painful? Of course not.
harness no. eleventeen? will ya evah lurn?
His new super fab harness has a front and back clip. Front is for ‘hard to handle dogs’. So I tried the back clip, telling him that I trusted him to walk gently. In time the scars on my dragged-all-the-way-to-the-river-nose/face will heal.
Ms Chips, I’ve been holding this for you….
https://obamadiary.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/2014-04-24t171631z_808984298_gm1ea4p03ew01_rtrmadp_3_usa.jpg?w=423&h=325
and this for your Ma for days now…
Hang in there, you, Mama Chips and the family. We are holding you up in thoughts and prayers and are hopeful a happy solution will occur soon.
Love ya VC, thank you.
Love you too, old girl! For always. {{{{CC}}}}
OMG, that’s heartbreaking. My heart goes out to you both.
That sends a chill - and in all my times with older family in care the worst treatment has come from the up to date, super modern, care home where they had all the right facilities & so few staff the residents were ignored for hours on end. I have seen some wonderful places and do so hope you are both coming back to where you need to be. So much love being sent your way. So much you have been missed.
Speaking of 1000 bucks, I keep checking the mailbox but…no puppy. What gives?? I demand a puppy! A recount! A Refund!
last time I checked, I got a dozen
ducksbucks from ya. Not even close. just.like.bernie.We love you back, Chips, and Mom!
Blessings to you and your Mum. Change is hard. Hope she continues to do well.
Ms Chipsssssssssssss…good to see you…how is your mom
{{{{Prettyfoot}}}} She’s doing better, PF, a long way to go, but things looking way more hopeful than a week ago.
that is good to hear…Continued Blessings to you and your Mom
So, so good to hear you’re more than hanging there. Mum-Chips is going to make it through, we’re all sending love to you and her, thru the universe, and the TOD Universe, which is just simply magnificent! xox P.S. Tell Mum-Chips to listen to you and all who will help her heal. If she gets all stubborn-like, just let her know TODers will park in her space and … well, you know your TOD family. We’ll just debate her to wellness!
YOU ARE IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
Good to hear, Chips! Stay strong.
🙏🙆👏👋💓
Chips! So glad your mom is doing better, but sorry about all you are having to go through navigating the care facilities.
Our thoughts are with you and your mom and Danny from everyone at my house >^..^<
So glad to hear it’s getting better. We’ve been thru this with both set of parents. It’s never easy, but you do it with and the support of family and friends. Know that we here at the TOD family sends you our thoughts, prayers, strength and love.
So wonderful to see you here - sometimes the emotional breakdowns are far worse than the medical issues - being loved and wanted and cared for is a great remedy. As we get older and get ill it sometimes seems just to hard to start all over on the recovery side of things, but mostly we seem to come around & do what we have to do. Many hugs and hopes to your Mom - may you both be recovering in every possible way.
Nerdy has been wonderful with the posts - but it is a delight when you are both around - cannot imagine the internets without you.
So wish I could DO more to help you and your mother, {{{{ Chips }}}}
I feel that same way, Bob. What Chips has inspired - right???!!!
So good to hear from you Chips! Absolutely no need to feel sorry for taking time to take care of your Mom. Sending you and your lovely Mom lots of love. Praying that she is feeling much better is on the road to complete recovery.
Love to you both {{{{{ Chipsadoodle and Mamadoodle }}}}}
The more I see of Sanders the more I do not like him. I am not feeling the Burn.
Bernie is leading the raucous supporters. What is that saying about the leaders set the tone? His supporters are just plain rude, not good at being respectful listeners.
GE OG.
Sanders just said “doo doo” twice in two consecutive sentences.
I am in stitches, couldn’t help but guffaw.
I certainly do not mean this in any way as a mock of people who happen to have disabilities, trust me.
But did you ever see those SNL (I believe) skits where someone is making a speech, and there’s a box on the screen for people who are hearing impaired, and - instead of using ASL - some guy in the screen box yells out everything the speaker’s saying?
That’s what Bernie reminds me of (the screamer) … and people criticize Hillary’s “tone” and voice level (not “ladylike,” I guess). I do like that tonight she seems to be getting calmer the more Bernie gets agitated. Hope that continues - it’s a great way to disarm people (and children, I might add).
Bernie has only one volume. LOUD!
BTW, Garrett’s character was waaay cooler than Bernie.
That’s it, all right! Ha.
In the beginning of her campaign this time around, Hillary was standing more on her own record and not mentioning President Obama as much - and the fact she was HIS Secretary of State. She learned early on that wasn’t gonna fully work. (It’s not like we’re back in the days when Gore didn’t want to mention he would continue Bill’s work.) She gradually switched over to (1) giving President Obama credit, and (2) reminding folks she helped him achieve his foreign policy agenda. Yes, she is mentioning him more now, which is working from my perch.
Hey Jacq! This is so good to hear. I got turned off the election stuff because of how they were disrespecting President Obama. If Hillary has woken up, then I’ll support her.
I know what you mean! She’s going on and on about him now. Works for me!
To make most overarching changes in this country that are for the better, you can’t go from “zero to 60” the first week. It’s always a long haul, and then we sit around, pat ourselves on the back, and say “Why didn’t we do that earlier?”
Drives us crazy, yes, and I get wanting to move things along more quickly, but not with our governmental system of checks and balances.
Great comment, J’OB! The political system bequeathed to us by the “founding fathers” was perfectly designed to prevent instant revolutionary changes. The great FDR found that out in his first two years on office when the U.S. Supreme Court nullified many of his early New Deal programs. JFK also talked about finding out about the limits of Presidential power. President Obama has always talked about how change would not be easy and would require steady and persistent hard work and struggle. A presidential candidate who promises instant revolution, once he/she is elected president, is clearly fooling his gullible supporters.
Thank you Ladyhawke for sharing this tweet. Melissa McEwan question deserves an answer fro Bernie and his loyal supporters.
GE TODville.
Hope you’re enjoying tonight’s Dem debate — HRC is on her game IMHO.
Unfortunately CNN is letting Sanders skate by:
ok, teann does what teann does the best, the wilfully incompetent, corrupt journalism.
but what prevented hillz from pointing out these bs facts?
Good question, AMK! It’s, however, sometimes not that easy for a candidate to remember everything during one debate! What is so disgusting is the incompetence of our so called journalists. They are the ones who should be asking hard questions and exposing lies and hypocrisy of those runnining for office, including the presidency!
Ha. All the President’s Men, so to speak, are at it again!
The Czech Republic is poised to change its name to “Czechia” to make it easier for companies and sports teams to use it on products and clothing.
The country will retain its full name but Czechia will become the official short geographic name, as “France” is to “The French Republic”.
If approved by parliament, the name will be lodged with the United Nations.
Along with Slovakia, the Czech Republic was established when Czechoslovakia broke in two in 1993.
Some of the country’s best-known exports, including its Pilsner Urquell beer and ice hockey team, currently use the word “Czech”.
But “Czech” is an adjective and cannot properly be used as a name for the country.
Some have criticised “Czechia” as ugly, or too similar to “Chechnya”, the semi-autonomous Russian republic.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36048186
I would have gone with czechers.
just wish she had organised the effing caucuses more efficiently and not allowed this traitor to win them all.
This is an unfortunate symptom of the incompetence of those who surround her. Hopefully, she’ll pick up more competent people when she gets to the general. This is what doomed her in 2008.
Wow - Dan Pfeiffer saying this is clearly choosing sides. Appropriately…
Once again Sanders goes on record opposing the choice of the President for Scotus
I love Hillary’s facial expression
How is the debate?
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I kinda feel like I need a wet compress on my forehead after this “damn debate,” as Bernie would say. Ha!
Or maybe it’s the wine.
It’s definitely the wine. I’ll join you… *clink*
Ha. Good to “see” you, theo67!
Good to see you too, Jacq! I started a new job and time just seemed to slip by. Glad to see some familiar faces here, holding down the fort.
Hope all is well.
All’s well, thanks - and, again, good to see you “hang out”!!!! Congrats on the new job.
UGH
I followed the debate on twitter. From what I can tell Hillary did fine. And in the area of optics, Bernie appealed to the haters, Hillary to the sensible and the rational. Bernie did nothing to make a dent in her lead in NY. And with his comments about the “Deep South” he inevitably turned off AA voters.
Thanks Bill. I couldn’t watch or listen and followed some on Twitter but get so mad at the Bernie folks I have to walk away. So appreciate your follow up.
I know I am going to sound like a broken record, but Iam puzzled why no body has asked Bernie Sanders about his caucus wins in states that are not in the “Deep South,” but which are almost 100% guaranteed to vote Republican during the General elections. Here are the state caucuses (not even primaries) that Bernie won that have not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964: Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. Here are Southern States that Hillary won that have been won by Democratic presidential Candidates since 1964: Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. As a matter of fact, in 2008, President Obama won three Southern States: Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. He also came very close to winning Georgia. Yet, he lost miserably in Idaho, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming-the states that Bernie sanders is so proud to have won in caucuses. Even if Bernie was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, there is ZERO chance that he would the Republican stronghold states of Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming. And now that he has dissed and dismissed Black voters in Southern states, there is Zero chance that he would win Florida, Virginia, or North Carolina. Without winning at least one of those states, Bernie has ZERO chance of winning the presidency!
There was a time when I really “personally” liked Gov. Andrew Cuomo … not so much, any more. But he’s a Democrat, so we’re like blood brothers, I guess! And he has done some good things for the people of his state.
Good night TOD ….
#TrustBarack
#CharBerned ain’t appealing ….
Not sure why I just thought to myself “Me Nancy, You Jane” but here ya go - two treasures got together in D.C. today, ICYMI!
Just had to share these before departing for the evening …
Chips, my heart is with you as you navigate the mysterious landscape of elder care. Been there with my mother, and many friends. The tricky part is discerning the difference between mom’s hating the idea of being placed, and her hating an actual place itself. If there’s a loving AMK there, you may take that as a sign.❤
Been there also. My mom with Alzheimer’s. I tried caring for her at home 24/7 for three months until I crashed and burned. She got psychotic and paranoid, I got her on meds, but it wasn’t enough. Eventually she needed Memory Care and I was able to get her on Medicaid and into a wonderful facility. The last three years of her life were her most peaceful and tranquil.
Goodnight, gang of Obamabots! Have a better day tomorrow, Chips!