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It's been a GREAT week thus far for the President. I'm hoping next week his lead continues to grow in the polls and that he does well in the debates!
Farewell Stench & Gilligan!!!
Obama/Biden 2012!
*WOW* It's that time again already?
I can't wait for next week, we're getting down to the wire and the President has hit his stride!
Many thanks to Mark & Domenico for giving us political junkies this little sandbox to play in!
Can't wait to get over to the Dew Drop Inn, we have much celebrating & catching up to do...
Clara my dear, wait until you see the birthday cake we have for you! ;o)
Shout out to the Ryder Cup going on in my backyard! Predictions are it will infuse $103 million into my local economy!
My neighbors are making a boatload off of parking fees!
Feisty, your middlename is BUBBLEGUM today! Holy hannah but the gremlins have their eyes on you!
I've attached a little read for you as you're waiting for others to arrive ...
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mitt-romneys-real-agenda-20120928
Smart neighbors!
Okay, with apologies to John Sebastian for the slight re-write, #F1 on the old DDI jukebox this Friday goes out to our favorite redhead:
"Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out.
Welcome back, to that same old place that you laughed about.
Well the names have all changed since you hung around (all those re-regs!)
But those dreams have remained and they've turned around (love them poll numbers!)
Who'd have thought they'd lead ya
(who'd have thought they'd lead ya)
Back here where we need ya!
(back here where we need ya)
Yeah they tease her a lot, cause she's got 'em on the spot.
Welcome back.....
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!"
Mitt to be demolished.
During the debates, Mitt will impatiently look at his watch, as Bush Sr did in 1992 ... for a different reason this time, because Mitt wants to get out of the debate as soon as he can ..so he can outsource more jobs to make more obscene profits. To Mitt, action (outsourcing) is more important than talking (debates about which direction to go).
Hi all - I'm really looking forward to the debates but I'm also being cautious. Mitt knows this is his do or die time and I truly believe he'll be well prepared. He just needs to do his usual misstatement and it's all over.
I have complete faith in President Obama's abilities but I don't want to be overly optomistic. Just cannot wait for 11/7/2012!
Obama/Biden 2012
It has been a good, good week for Team Obama. Poor Mitt has had a horrible, awful, very bad month. We know it's been good for President Obama by the wild and crazy things the conservatives have been posting. You can always tell when things aren't great on their side, they toss out all the old, failed nonsense to see if it sticks this time.
Looking forward to the debate Wednesday. I am confident President Obama will do well but will not underestimate Romney. Romney should do fine, too; he spent a week after his convention practicing and memorizing his lines.
Thanks to Mark, Domenico and the FR staff for another great week of political fun. First Read is still the best place for politics.
Time to head over to the DDI to celebrate CLARA's birthday. Looks like the party is getting started already.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Did you guys see this?
Romney's 47% video has been viewed 2 million times more than his RNC convention speech on you tube. Check this out -
http://theobamadiary.com/
If you want to just take a moment to get away from it all before October arrives and the final push from us all for the re-election of our president -
To all you music lovers out there, these have to be the most intriguing opening lines to any song ever recorded.
On a morning from a Bogart movie, in a country where they turn back time. You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime.
Wow.
Al Stewart said he wanted the lyrics to this song to be an updated version of lovers Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. And as great a story teller Stewart is with his haunting lyrics in Year of the Cat, check out the musicians on this video. Their work on this song is stunning - simply stunning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM7LR46zrQU
David Axelrod wrote in a campaign letter to us:
Robert Kennedy said something during that time that struck me as simple and profound - "The future," he said, "is not a gift. It is an achievement."
That's something President Obama understands and it's why we're working so hard to see him re-elected.
It would help if we had more Senators and Congresspeople working side by side with him on our behalf for a better future.
Now is the time to do it.
Excellent article Layton. Everyone should read that. Here's an except:
Nice reminder Pat in Boston!
As long as George Clooney is jumping out of the cake, I will be thrilled!
Thank you all SO very much for the birthday wishes. I am in the deep throes of this upgrade and won't be coming up for air until pretty much the 7th of November (to gloat, briefly) and the 12th of November to bask!
Thanks to our wonderful hosts for putting the fodder out there for discussion and to everyone else for playing along!
Clara - did NOT know about George. Packing up my desk as we "speak."
Seriously, hope your birthday has been and is still OUTSTANDING!!!!!
Obama/Biden 2012
JoAnne, I concur. Welcome Back redhead.
Perfect!
Layton,
I do seem to have a BUBBLEGUM bulls-eye on my back! lol Thanks for the link, Imma gonna check it out!
JoAnne darling!
I don't know whether to laugh or cry! That was AWESOME!
Presidential deabtes?
Mitt was born and raised for this moment -
Mitt was born with a silver 'foot in the mouth' - perfect for Mitt in debates.
Clara -- Happy Birthday! Cheers to you! Sorry to hear you're bogged down in work. Your humor and intellect will be missed.
Mark, Domenico and to all at First Read - Thanks for all your hard work getting the latest to us in the political arena. These days it must be hard to keep up. Cheers to you all!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
Mitt will have a hard time during upcoming debates ... because as people always say - in critical moments of debates, 'gloves are off' - which is to say 'Mitt is off' - Mitt is off! You can't do well when you are 'OFF.'
What can turn Mitt on? outsourcing? money? or just his wife?
I can't believe the pundits who are underestimating President Obama in the debates.
Four years ago, one of the candidates on the stage was relatively new to the game, raw and inexperienced.
The same is true this year, but it's not Barack Obama.
He may have to study a few facts, since they seem to keep changing every day. But he doesn't have to study to be Presidential. He has lived it.
Happy birthday to Clara and welcome back to Feisty.
I'm going to pretend I don't know what song Joanne is parodying.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone.
Obama will do anything to win an election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio
... apparently so will you.
Oh this has been a week mostly good. Happy Birthday Clara and Feisty so good to have you back.
will be over to join you shortly. Mark, Domenico and all the FR crew.....thanks for keeping us to date on all the happenings in the political world.
I'm hearing there are now 8 counties in Fl with dubious voter registrations turned in by by election officials.
This Republican owned company the RNC hired to do voter registration all around the company and now have dismissed is crying foul and the owner claiming he's a victim!!! In 2004, he owned a similar company and had to close it down because of registration irregularities one being any Dem who registered were never turned in, just shredded.
The irony of this latest attempt at voter fraud is lost on many.
REGISTER AND VOTE, IF YOU DO NOT VOTE, YOU ARE FULFILLING SOMEONE ELSE'S AGENDA.
To Clara:
Here's looking at you kid (as I raise my glass of wine to you).
Happy happy birthday.
.
There you go again... :)
Hi, Feisty...You Go Girl.
what a dolt!!!
Just remember that Senator Kerry was judged to win all three debates in 2004, and it didn't really matter.
The first debate will have twice the viewership of the next two, unless the incumbent has a "Gerald Ford" moment...so the challenger must make his case then. If the challenger has a "Rick Perry" moment in the first debate, well...
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To those of you who resort to the oh so grown up practice of using nicknames like
"Odumbo" or "@!$%#t Robme"
Be advised that in addition to the fact that you sabotage any actual salient point you may have been attempting to make, that I can no longer read your comments after relegating you and your comments to the "Ignore" bin...
Thank you and enjoy the weekend...
I don't think the debates are going to matter as much as people think. Unless...
Most of us have already made up our minds.
Dangerfield, good point. Have a great weekend. Yeeeeeeeeehaaaawwwww, as Howard Dean would say!
Welcome back, Feisty! I'll change my avatar as soon as I get to a not-work computer. My work computer doesn't like the improvements to newsvine's profile changing system! Till then, I'm proud to be feisty!
Thanks Ames!
Your support means more than you can imagine!
A little Friday fun...lots of political satire in here (admittedly it's mostly hitting my side). But the Simpsons can make anything funny dangit!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArC7XarwnWI
Have a great weekend all!!
(Mark and Domenico...thanks for bringing back the Boiler Room)
(Dangerfield...well said)
Okay, here's my all-time favorite political debate!
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/bush-clinton-perot-debate-cold-opening/1357830/
Nothing is better than Wallace Shawn as "Stuart Best" (Any Beatles fans catch the allusion?)
http://www.tv.com/shows/murphy-brown/the-best-and-not-so-brightest-35653/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0-FWweJLRc
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Yes, it has been a great week for the country. WE found out again just what a loser, and jellyfish this so-called president really is. As for the attack in Libya, eveyone with a iphone knew that this was a terror attack while it was going on. Odumbo is still waiting for someone on his red soup-can, and string communication system. He still don't know it was a terrorist attack! Samual jackson has a Odumbo campaign video on line that might get the Odumbo lovers out of their coma. Watch it
I thought more Republicans would have turned on Romney this week given his anemic showing. Perhaps they're waiting for the first debate. But then, what if Romney does 'passably well'? Will Republicans wait until the second debate before turning on him?
So look for some Republican candidates to come out and say ahead of the debates that unless Romney can seriously damage the President, they're going to run on their own. Translation: drop dead Mitt.
In a typical WTF Romney moment, he was campaigning in Pennsylvania today...Philadelphia no less....they're not running any commercials in PA but that's where he spent the day with only 39 days left and him behind in Florida now!!! You can see why the GOP is soiling its collective underwear; but, we must not get cocky! It's time to start telling everyone you know....VOTE!!!!!!!
Fancy This---I think Romney will do well in the debates. He has canned answers he has memorized and he will just spit them back at the moderators.
And ONLY talk about what's important to HIM
The GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" has NO clue of how to debate out in public. He has NO idea that being a Political "Flip-Flopper" with NO ideas of his own is a recipe for failure. The GOP/RNC "Romulian" does NOT remember what he says, and he denies that he said anything. The GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" has NO policies of his own on Foreign Policy because, "Chump-Change-Cheney" will be running his policies. One wonders if the GOP/RNC "Romulian" will want to bet the President during the debates??
Latest news flash****Odumbo has put in a application at one of the local pepper plants, there in Washington. He wants to fill the job of picking fly-crap out of the pepper before they put it in the can. He will need the job after the dim-wit is booted out after the election. Maybe he can get his litter a job in there also! Fly-crap for a crappy president. Totally useless!
Lets see how many lies and fairy tales Barry will tell.
Hello. I've been following you guys here on this page for years but just recently decieded to sign in. I am a strong supporter of our President and I am very confident he will win again. I'm doing my part by getting as many people as possible to vote.
Hey, willdp2, welcome to the fray! I dearly wish I could be out there getting out the vote, too - it was one of the greatest times of my life back in 2008. Keep up the good work and let your voice be heard!
willdp2,
It took me months too before I ever posted on FR.
Glad you are here.
I also am making sure everyone I talk to is registered to vote.
And I will be volunteering to get out the vote on election day too.
Obama/Biden2012
wildp2, a very warm welcome to you and we hope you enjoy the adventure that is First Read! Don't be shy, just jump right in, we will help you all we can. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask, someone will answer you promptly.
So glad you are supporting our President! Complacency is our enemy now!
Happy posting!
willdp2,
Welcome to First Read. I started reading in Jan 08 and started posting comments that July.
This is politics and it is required that you have thickskin, mouth guard and helmet preferred to survive.
Shoulder pads and shin guards don't hurt either!
Welcome aboard willdp2!
News this SAt morning..
obama killed NASA , did not honor Hero Neil Armstrong; made the USA astronauts hitch a ride in the back of a Russkie bus---and now that bus has broken down!! A very sad day for Russians and Americans. They were already bankrupt and with $$16 Trillion in debt and falling credit BOZOhussen has wrecked the economy and looted the Treasury!!
Clint Eastwood said it best...We the people hire obama to do a job--the empty chair, $$ 8 Billion tax bill for vacations-- you have failed , now WE will fire you and get someone else to do the job!! This craziness in DC must stop!!!
Maybe you should have had Trump as your candidate.... He likes to fire people....oops! So does Romney.
Shhhh..... show some respect...the Repugnants are speaking about our President. Really?........ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........
I would like some of you Democrats to explain why you can stand behind a man that lies and tells half truths.. He is right now lying about the middle east.. He knew, He knew and sent that man to his death.. How can you vote for him? He went to Vegas while 4 Americans lay dead.. He didnt talk with Israel when he was here. The phone is not the same thing. I understand that he hates Israel but he is the President and should talk to the leaders of other nations. How can you vote for a man who lies to his troops.. He is taking away alot of their benefits and ret.. He lies about medicare.. I know i am a nurse and Obamacare is already costing much more than he ever though. DONT LIE.. YOU know it is true.. He wants seniors to have less care and it will cost them more.. DONT LIE... You are not AMERICAN IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS MAN HUSSEIN HITLER OBAMA
Where are all the stories about the congress even the dems questioning what he knew in Lybia.. WHERE.. The media is awful quiet.. You are all bought and paid for by Obama. You are not journalist.. You are puppets.. You only write what he allows.. I FEEL SAD FOR YOU..
Yeah! Now the 99% American People will get to see just how OUT OF TOUCH & ignorant exlax ETCH-A-SKETCH really is! He's already proven his STUPIDITY, now we get to see his BLATANT CORRUPTION shine right through his face!
President Obama, show him what a MAN & GENTLEMAN is, even though he is incapable of understanding; at least he'll get to see it! SOCK IT TO HIM! HE DESERVES every bit of your wrath because of his lies & twisting words! He's absolutely USELESS to the 99% American People and they SEE HIM FOR WHAT HE REALLY IS! And, that is NOTHING MORE THAN A corrupt Republican corporate MONARCHY political puppet!
Parry and thrust! It will be so interesting to see if Splitt-witt-Mitt Robme can deflect certain questions about what his Party stands for these days. As the pronounced leader of the Party; I would love to hear him weigh in on recent developments regarding the cheating the GOP is now engaged in. Of course he will swear he knew NOTHING but I won't buy into that! As head of the Party, he is responsible for EVERYTHING they do; that's what he said about Pres Obama, wasn't it? Now; let him answer for his Party; in full!
The GOP LIE eaters and denying dunces, keep decrying that Pres Obama is the one with NO RECORD TO RUN ON...WTF are they talking about? The POTUS has an excellent record because he alone is not responsible for the economy in total. We pay Congress just as we pay the elected president, whomever that person may be. No way Congress gets a pass and the POTUS doesn't! I ain't that stupid! It must be a joint effort and if Congress causes obstructions to keep the POTUS from being able to function; am I suppose to simply ignore what they did? I WILL NOT! They were suppose to help him over the past four years. They were suppose to give him ideas if they had any to offer. They were suppose to counsel him and agree on some issues; at least a few; at least those issues that THEY have always voted in favor of prior to this admn! John Boehner said out of his own mouth that he "got everything he wanted" when he and the President negotiated on certain issues. So then, the President obviously did try his best to work with the Resuckicans but when their turn came to do a little giving; they handed him stone! THAT was apparently their way of cooperation; to NOT cooperate one bit! I am pissed at those in Congress who hurt this nation's people for the sake of personal gain or racist attitudes if it be that!
This session of Congress, in particular, the right-leaning House, has held America hostage over the past four years and caused this country's credit rating to be harmed among other nations of the world and they did it for one simple reason; they wanted Pres Obama to appear incompetent and unable to fix the economy. Please; let Boehner, McConnell and Eric Cantor know that you are not as dumb as they hope you are!!!
Obama/Biden 2012...DAMN STRAIGHT!
Right on...
Here in Florida, when the RNC could not find much voter fraud (except in Miami-Dade, where it is an honored tradition) to justify their Voter ID/Supression laws, they went out and hired someone to do it.
Cheers to the Okaloosa County Elections Supervisor (a Republican) who called this outfit out, for registering dead people.
PS, In 2000, the Palm Beach County "Butterfly Ballot" was our Supervisor's attempt to get larger print to make it easier for the older people (like me) to read it. "Let no good deed go unpunished.", Ambrose Bierce.
Polls have been know to be totally WRONG! Over confidence loses elections,Get out and VOTE and help anyone who needs assistance in doing so,PLEASE.
44- 4- 4 more years!