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Yikes, we need more BTs - if anyone is interested, please, please, please let me know (even just for Chat Away posts)!
Gotta run again, see ya in a bit.
I left something earlier that you could use.
OH NO…NAUGHTY MATTTTTT PBO MAGAZINE..DON’T SPILL ON THE TIE! TIME…JUST WHEN I HAVE TO FRY UP SOME BURGERS….FIRE IT UP!…PICKLES,MUSTARD AND ONION PLEASE! DON’T SPILL ON THE TIE!…BBL……………..
Congratulations, Sue!
Another awesome magazine cover!
Thanks Ladyhawke. I love how the Obama crew points out that there really isn’t any comparison to between the Obama Campaign and the Sanders Campaign. They have two very distinctly different goals.
Damn… I need to get a copy of Popular Science (for the articles, of course :-) )! Does it come in poster size?
Yep. just what I was thinking. The PBO article was great. But the pic - GOT ME IN MY FEELS :)
:-) :-) :-)
More than 20 Hispanic celebrities — including “Law & Order’s” Benjamin Bratt, comedian George Lopez and “Avatar” actress Zoe Saldana — are slamming the entire GOP presidential field for “capitalizing on negative stereotypes and inaccurate information about our community.”
In an open letter addressed to “the Latino community” and released Thursday by the liberal advocacy organization People for the American Way, the Hollywood stars write, “In this year’s 2016 Republican presidential primary, the candidates crossed a line.”
“In trying to win the nomination, every one of the leading candidates dug themselves into a deep hole pandering to the anti-immigrant base of the Republican Party that idolizes Donald Trump.”…“We must not, though, let Trump’s xenophobia overshadow the extreme policies being pushed by every single one of the GOP’s leading presidential candidates.”
The President departs San Jose, California en route Los Angeles, California. Click here ► ► http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/President-Barack-Obama-California-Visit-Ellen-DeGeneres-John-Legend-Fundraiser-DNC-368452811.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_BAYBrand
Just like when Occupy refused to let him speak. Petulant children.
It’s getting really ugly and that scoundrel Shaun King (who adores Bernie) is leading the pack.
One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. These little boys are unsophisticated, as is their St. Bernie.
LOLd to this response from these Bubble Genius people to Joy Reid’s tweet. Their timeline is pretty funny. They tweeted out another pic of a random 60s dude with glasses with the hashtag #alsonotbernie :-) I bookmarked their website so I can check out their soap later.
Whoa! Be still my heart!!
It was very warm here today, like spring. I hope POTUS enjoyed the weather!
Hey good-lookin’
Shaun King seems to have a lot of detractors online, whats his deal?
I wish I had the words to describe Bernie Sanders in a way that I could describe Hillary or Bill Clinton, at least with the Clintons all of their machinations made sense to me whether I disagreed with them or not, I still understood them. But with Bernie Sanders there is no there, there. Sanders is surface deep, beyond the calls for revolution and his almost Captain Ahab zeal to go after the big banks he is a politician incapable of serious and deep contemplation. After President Obama’s speech in Springfield yesterday it only solidified for me what I already knew in that he is a very deep thinker. Only a deep thinker could stand before a rapt audience and give you chapter and verse on the idiosyncrasies of past Presidents. For me personally I get joy from President Obama when is professorial.
For me personally I get joy from President Obama when is professorial.
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me too…i could listen for quite a while
Perfect, Don. I read a comprehensive article earlier today. It is eerie and terrifying that Bernie has not changed a syllable or a thought in 50 years. No growth, no depth, no introspection, and worse, no curiosity. He would be a terrible POTUS. He is, I have come to realize, à Marxist in the worst sense.
GA TODville.
Been away for most of the day, but for those who have 45 minutes to set aside, this truly is a must-see interview.
It was so touching to see what deep affection PBO has for his former state senate colleagues (posted this on Early Bird thread, before I had a chance to view the video — wish I had the skills to break the video down into manageable chunks, instead of a 45-minute long video).
See tweet for what PBO has to say about his legacy (something Obots already know):
The portion of the video that talks about how PBO is treated because he is Black begins at around the 28-minute mark. The former state senator who brought this up (sitting between PBO and Christi Parsons) said this about PBO being African American: “When I talk to Republicans, that’s all they talk about; and I say ‘Get over it.'” PBO laughed heartily and said “I have.” ;)
Here’s the transcript:
Here’s something else that TODville knows to be true as well:
Article is worth viewing as it provides a better glimpse of what PBO said in Christi’s interview:
For instance (don’t know why Christi said “complain,” because PBO was simply stating a fact).
“After he first entered the White House in 2009, he said, ‘I would invite a number of Republican senators… to come over to the White House for movies or some other events.’
But increasingly, he complained, “it was hard for them to do it without getting in trouble’ with others in the GOP.
Baby’s teeny fingers holding on to PBO’s thumb….and so intently checking him out.
Baby TO POTUS: “WOW, YOU ARE AWESOME.”
The baby is thinking…I’m mesmerized by the sound of your voice Mr. President
Definitely seems to be content being held by POTUS.
children and babies know…
GE Chips, TODville.
This sequence of pics of this adorable infants belongs in the “infants with President Obama” Hall of Fame (PBO’s tenderness with babies cannot be matched).
Tweet of the day :-)!
Actually, if the baby was wearing horn rimmed glasses they would say “BERNIE WAS THERE!”
This is so funny and so sad at the same time. Trying to find evidence that Bernie was a significant presence in the civil rights events that John Lewis helped lead is, well, very strange. The pushback against Lewis cannot be more damaging to their campaign efforts. Why don’t they see that?
I know, right? What kind of shoot yourself in the foot strategy is it to do all of this PBO and John Lewis bashing on your way into the SC Primary?!? Aside from being all kinds of wrong from a moral and historical perspective, it’s several levels of stupid from a political perspective.
Well that didn’t take long, President Obama hasn’t even taken the first family’s picture off the wall to pack up for the Obama’s eventual move and already my brothers and sisters in politics are showing their asses for all to see. What is utterly fascinating and sad is the zeal at which they are trying to maneuver themselves to capture whatever crumbs Hillary and Bernie is willing to throw their way. If only they manufactured this same zeal to help President Obama. I got so much to say about all of this shit, when I get my thoughts together I’ll say what I have to say.
Don’t let the media convince you on this one.
Oh, ok.
Welcome.
But that’s how they thought about President Obama, until he was actually elected, wasn’t it? Maybe Clinton has a better take on the situation, having served within the administration, but from what I hear, Sanders thinks things will be different and THIS time all the fanatic supporters will come through for him. And I think it will be the same thing. He won’t be able to deliver on anything soon enough if at all, and they will be ‘disappointed’ with him and leave him flat. But he won’t have the skills to handle it that PBO did.
BOOM
This!
Next thing you know, BernieBros will be insisting that it was Bernie that invited King to speak at the march on Washington.
Close :mad:
“For a candidate who garnered 92 percent of New Hampshire Democratic voters who said the most important trait for a candidate was that he or she be “honest,” the least his campaign could do is remove that photo from its Tumblr feed and stop physically placing him where he existed only in spirit.”
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Thanks JER. Your announcement and my arrival are right on time with PBO :-)
:)
Really ….
Bob, you’re good!!!
Thank you NCLB :)
PBO is so cool. Someone should do a Shaft remake with Barack as John Shaft :-)
Currently it’s 82 degrees F in the Los Angeles area. It’s 86 out here where I work & live
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He should not have been given a gun and a badge in the first place!
Hoping, praying, visualizing peace and healing…
Bernie supporters are nasty punks, I do not care for them, I don’t think all are like that, but enough of them are. What has me piss, their response to Rep. John Lewis comment today, this man risk his life, thrown in jail, almost beaten to death. One comment was how she had lost some respect for Rep. Lewis. My response back to her, I have lost respect for Sen. Sanders for his bashing of President Obama, if you listen to Bernie Sanders, President Obama haven’t accomplish a darn thing.
And I’m darn fed up with this Progressive or not Progressive. Sound like those crazy ass Conservatives.
Likewise. He can stop pretending now that he is a Democrat. He’s unmasked. He’s been sniping all along at the President and the Dem party. Quote: ” Dem and GOP have no difference.Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.” His surrogates have no standing to even mention the name of John Lewis. They have only hurt themselves today.
“He can stop pretending now that he is a Democrat. He’s unmasked.”
Exactly, Bill! Bernie Sanders has run as an independent socialist for more than 30 years. Now all of sudden he wants to run as a Democratic presidential candidate, but at the same time, he is running against a sitting Democratic President as well as most policies backed by Democrats.
Some Bernie guy called me a troll because I got mad at his John Lewis bashing. It was nasty.
It’s vicious. People I have respected for years, I cannot talk to on twitter. It’s awful
It sure is. I don’t even understand how anyone who disses PBO thinks that Dems who approve of him in the 90%, would be ok with that.
and their treatment of John Lewis leaves me speechless and in tears, quite frankly. He should not be subjected to that, not anymore.
What the Senator from Vermont fails to realize is that until you have an engaged citizenry, one that remains involved all the time and not only during presidential primaries or elections, his statement will be a pipe dream. Because he sees large crowds at his rallies, he believes that these followers will be there all the time should he win the presidency.
He seems to forget that people revert to their everyday routines after elections and expect their elected officials to deliver on their promises no matter how hard the other party makes it for them. He underestimates that the left especially has the bad habit at sitting out critical mid-term elections.
He probably thinks that once anointed to the WH, he will speak and things will move.
Thank you! I volunteered with OFA during the ACA roll out and did an outreach event at the local community college. I didn’t see anyone there from any “Sanders coalition”!
No. When it was clear there would be NO Public Option or Medicare for all, they all gave up, stopped voting and took their toys and sat out the rest of the elections. Complained that nobody on wall street went to jail (could never tell us what crime they committed to land them in jail), the Thom Hartman’s of the world KNEW the laws were changed because Bill Clinton signed to end Glass-Segal (not that George Bush and the GOP House/Senate would not have passed it anyway.
But NOW they’re ready to give Bernie all the time he needs. Now they’re all “It can’t be done overnight!”
They’re ready to give him a pass for not getting anything done. Hypocrites.
“The Best Decision I Could Have Made”: Stories from 2008 Campaign Veterans
Yesterday, President Obama returned to Springfield, Illinois, where he began his political career and launched his historic candidacy for President.
In his speech, the President talked about building on the vision he laid out for our country nine years ago, one where we reclaim the meaning of citizenship and restore our sense of common purpose:
“Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what’s needed to be done. Today we are called once more — and it is time for our generation to answer that call. For that is our unyielding faith — that in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.” — Barack Obama, February 9, 2025
Read the stories of some of the staffers who answered that call nine years ago — and still serve beside President Obama in the White House today.
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View story at Medium.com
So what are they looking at? Reminds me of that picture of Potus holding a baby surrounded by a group of people and *they* are the only ones with eyes gazing heavenward. :)
This one:
Currently
“After everything John Lewis endured, do the Bernie folks really think their tweets bother him?”
EX…ACT….LY!
WHOA.
GQ squared.
Meta, please move to the Naughty Mat!!
:)
I fell and I can’t get up!
WILL DO
getting crowded :)
I retweeted. Then i had to add a reply because there’s just too much goodness right there.
Imma say it…..he is DELICIOUS !
From: Nakamura, David [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2025 04:24 PM
To: Gabriel, Brian; Allen, Jessica
Subject: Travel pool 10/land in Burbank
Marine One landed just before 4 pm near Burbank and Potus moved quickly to his limo. Motorcade pulled up at Warner Bros. studios for Potus taping of the Ellen show at 4:10 pm. Pool did not see Potus enter theater; pool is holding backstage where we can hear a dance party going on ahead of taping with booming bass beats, with audience members dancing. The remarks during taping are embargoed until the studio is expected to release highlights between 9 and 10 pm Pacific time tonight (Thursday) however we will have a quick photos spray mid-taping to report on.
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SOS Kerry is a great man. Check his TL for more.
IN_DEED he is, meta!!!
I’d vote for her for President.
Me too, in a heart beat!!
Great, Great tweet from Congressman John Dingell! John Lewis is one f the courageous people I know. He put his life on the line in what we then called the “Black Freedom Movement.”
I had to leave this here.
I wrote here a few days ago that the weeks between the NH vote and SC vote clarifies a lot about many people as they strive to derail the opposing candidate;
as PBO would say it is #SillySeason;
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Meta, President Obama is responsible for my face aching AND for any additional wrinkles that I *may* have amassed in the last 7 years. I always find myself grinning whenever he’s interacting with babies, toddlers, youth, or in any venue where he’s not addressing a serious subject. The major *problem* for me is that my face seems to act on its own without any direct direction from my brain. ;) ;)
I hear you! He’s a magnet!
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/11/the-presidents-day-84/
The “holier than thou purity progressives” who are now attacking Congressman John Lewis aught to be ashamed of themselves. Being a social media “Revolutionary” requires no life threatening sacrifices. Rep. Lewis put his life on the line, for more than a decade in the struggle for freedom. Having been jailed for more than 40 times, and being severely beaten , the least we could is show him some respect.
For real! ^5