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ORLANDO, Fla. – Declaring "we are going to get this done," an emotional Michelle Obama rallied a central Florida crowd Monday night, telling supporters on the eve of the election that it's "all on the line" Tuesday.
"Your president is nowhere near satisfied," she said, making the pitch for a second term for her husband, President Barack Obama.
The first lady has maintained a busy schedule visiting key swing states since the Democrats' national convention in Charlotte, N.C., in September.
Here in an Orlando park, she made her final solo campaign appearance of the 2012 cycle.
"Together, slowly but surely, we have been pulling ourselves out of that hole that we started in," Obama said, casting her husband's first term in office as a difficult but productive road to economic recovery.
Though she didn't mention Republican nominee Mitt Romney, she warned against moving backward, touting her husband's overhaul of the health care system and regulation of the financial industry.
The campaign estimated the crowd at 2,600. The decision to hold the first lady's final rally here in Central Florida is no doubt tied to the campaign's strategy to win the state's 29 electoral votes.
Both the Obama and Romney campaigns have poured tens of millions into advertising in the Sunshine State, hoping to win the so-called "I-4 corridor," a key part of the Florida puzzle.
Obama was joined on stage Monday by Sen. Bill Nelson and Puerto Rican-born performer Ricky Martin.
Nelson, who is leading in polls against his Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, made a pitch for support in Spanish.
Almost 4.5 million people in Florida have already cast ballots, taking advantage of early and absentee voting opportunities here. The latest data from the Florida Secretary of State's office shows that Democrats have cast 1,915,630 votes – giving them a lead against Republicans, who have cast 1,747,977 votes.
But Michelle Obama warned that the president needs every vote he can get.
"Don't let anybody push you out of line," the first lady said, telling those who haven't voted yet to get to the polls early. "Don't let any delays deter you."
Michelle Obama was scheduled to appear later Monday with her husband in Des Moines, Iowa.
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"Don't let anybody push you out of line"?
Gimme a break. Where does that nonsensical melodrama come from, anyway?
Mike: I dunno, maybe it come from Florida's draconian election law, passed after Rick Scott's election as Governor. It quite deliberately makes get-out-the-vote drives effectively illegal. In their ever-cynical way, the GOP are figuring that anemic voter turnouts favor them.
Republicans trying to stop illegal immigrants from voting, those jerks.
Lets get down on our knees and hope we don't get fooled again...............
I'm an Independent and I voted for President Obama. In fact I made sure I voted for every Democrat.
The Republican party is now the party of crazy.... too bad the good ones all quit
LIE: I’ll be good to women. War on Women under Romney and Teapals: 1000 anti-abortion bills. Curtailing contraceptives, R.Mo Todd Akins thrashing rape victims, VA. Gov “ultrasound” McDonnell forcing devices in women needing abortions, Rush Limbaugh calling student Sandra Fluke a “xxxx.” R.IN Richard Mourdock: pregnancy from rape, “a gift from God.” Romney will change the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade. Even mentioning abortion might land you in jail. VOTE FOR ME ALL YA INNOCENT SOULS.
Women want jobs. Romney will create an economy where jobs will be produced unimpeded by central government largesse.
tea party true the vote is harassing voters in line in florida. they have their own data bases and are accusing voters of being felons and making them cast provisional ballots. typical repub bullies. they stopped the naacp from giving water to everyone in line. if they are found to be falsely accusing the voters in line they face one year prision terms. guess they don't care.
Yes the odds of a black in line to vote in FL is only 1/4! And we don't allow those folks to vote in Florida. States like Mich. have to allow them or Detroit could not even have an election:)
obamaaiswhining: Is this a premonition? Are you psychic? or maybe irrational.
So has the voting lines started in Florida? are the polls open? Not only do some people beleive everything they read but everything they make up in their own head.
More race baiting.
I guess she wasn't talking about white people being pushed out of line by the new black panthers in Michigan.
The one they declined to prosecute because racism can only be white on black.
You have to stop spreading truth on the msnbc website. The libs here can't process facts. It gets in the way of their opinion.
I guess there is a baby sitter shortage; look at all the whiners on the boards tonight. And they brought the mental midgets calling the first lady names as back up; how quaint. I suppose it will only get worse as the night and tomorrow continue up until tomorrow night. My question is will we finally get some peace and quite for a few hours if Obama wins. I hope so because Newsvine's servers could use a goddamn break.
if Obama wins????? BAHAHAHAHA
The only mental midget on this board is you.
Mouchelle , you problem in FL is that 23% of your black vote is convicted felons. Fla. doesn't allow those folks to have a ballot or a gun!
Obama
Yo Momma!
U Nose
Dis Brotha
Gots TO GO!!
dats rite:)
I guess Michelle Obama will file for divorce in Feb 2013
YEEEEHAWWWW!!! ROMNEY in a landslide!!! Despite the LIB TARD attacks on Romney and Ryan's character America is going to pull through....the LIES, EMPTY RHETORIC and Obama and Chuckles incompetence is coming to an end...hallelujah brother!!!! Stephanie Cutter and the other B*&&th are going to go back to hoarding cats.....YEEEEHAWWW....party on GARTH!!!! BARRY/BIDEN/BIG BIRD 2012 - NO, next time.....HA HA HA!!!!!
No more spread the wealth!!!! get this slick talker, Obama, out of the office!!!
Send him back to working the streets in Chi-town. Perhaps he can talk their murder rate down?
WOW! The Corporate Government of the United States has already manipulated the election and they will make sure Romney wins by fixing the election. The Republicans have stopped at nothing to get rid of Obama.
You will thank them later. And Obama has done it to himself.
thnk them for what??? FOr putting us in the DEPRESSION that they so wanted us to b in by there actions and policies, in the first place....NO THANK U!!!!! U and ur private sector businessman deserve each other, hope he doesn't start issuing out pink slips....u know it never starts on the top floors loser
STOP the impending Civil War-Vote Romney&Ryan.
Or let the civil war happen; this country needs a good cleaning.
Sean the herd has not been culled here in a longtime....................
hot daddy your so right there are many brain dead here tonite
Michelle and Obama are providing nothing but fear as their primary tactic for 4 more years. 'don't let anybody push you out of line.' Who is she referring to? Is it the same people that Obama wants revenge for? The emperor has no clothes but the media is using photoshop to keep him dressed.
What's that - my president is nowhere near satisfied? News flash, Queen Michelle - it's not my job to satisfy him; it's his job to satisfy me and the other 350 million Americans that he represents. However, as always, America's first royal family has it backwards. Oh, and if you don't want anyone to be pushed out of line, then keep the NAACP and the Black Panthers in their cages where they belong and away from polling locations, and we won't have a problem.
Michele Obama is a lying classless dirty ghetto pig. She reminds me of the characters from George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Righties got their asses kicked....AGAIN.
By the Wookie?
The Republicans have obstructed, been involved in voter fraud through their hired professional vote fraud guy, have lied about Obama's record and have done everything to crash our economy. Want to talk about the Jeep lie?
Union thugs, Black Panthers, voting dead, illegals, "absentee ballots", voting "moveouts", "can't vote our black felons with those damnable picture ID laws" they be suppressing our vote!!
Here you're Jeep Lie
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-21/fiat-says-china-may-build-all-jeep-models-as-suv-demand-climbs.html
Ohhh for god's sake! Please tell me you are not that ignorant.
REALITY CHECK FOR REPUBICANS:
Republicans want to believe in their party's lies while this country is being scoured of its wealth by the 1%. Just to clarify AYN RAND was an ATHEIST who PAUL RYAN worshipped and swore allegiance to... until he came under scrutiny by national media... the usual FLIP-FLOP FLIP-FLOP of the ROBney/LyinRyan ticket... but, be warned they absolutely WILL voucherize Medicare and run it into bankruptcy by 2016; they WILL ban
contraception and abortion so if anyone has a 12-year old daughter who is RAPED, Paul Ryan believes it is just another form of conception" so plan on keeping the rapist's baby. Woman who want to use contraception could go to JAIL for breaking the law - doctors could go to JAIL for breaking the law. R&R believe woman are NOT entitled to equal pay for equal work that a man does. Romney wants to throw $2 TRILLION at the military without explaining how to pay for it or what it's for (it's for profits, baby). A HUGE tax break for the wealthy even BIGGER than what Bush did - Bush gave typical Americans $0, $300 or $600, but gave millionaires $165,000 on the average. DADT will be reinstated with the military and the "small" government Republicans will BAN gay marriage in a national amendment. PUBLIC education will continue to be gutted by Republicans while they divert PUBLIC funds to PRIVATE charter schools which DO NOT produce significantly better education.
The federal government has been SHRINKING since Obama took office even though Republicans continuously LIE that he is growing government. ROBney promised to eliminate "unnecessary" programs like PBS to offset borrowing from China. Although ROBney did invest in an appliance factory in China after praising the basement bargain pay rates of 39 CENTS PER DAY. Yes, what a savings!! And, after gutting companies for all their assets and leaving the employees without their pensions or healthcare... oh, Romney's a job creator... IN CHINA! In one instance the Federal Government guarantee program for pensions kicked in to cover for the ROBney robbery of all assets and the American taxpayer paid out $44 MILLION. That's what we need in the White House... Yeah, right!!
Ryan voted for 91% of the BUSH era spending spree and NEVER mentioned the deficit... until Obama took office. Ryan and a small group of leading Republicans met and pledged to JUST SAY NO to EVERYTHING Obama tried to do to make him appear not to be a productive president. Clinton was filibustered his entire eight years, but OBAMA has been filibustered to a NEW RECORD HIGH - in four years.
Just a little FYI:
Obama WAS born in Hawaii and even if he was born in Siberia, he is still an American citizen since his mother is from KANSAS - got that, Dorothy? NOBODY has asked ROBney for his birth certificate and since his grandfather evaded American law (Romney tradition) by leaving the country to keep FIVE WIVES, how
do we know Romney isn't Mexican? Where's HIS birth certificate? Where are HIS school records??
ALL Republican presidential hopefuls agreed Romney could change his position on ANY issue with a breeze. Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Rick Perry said “ya can’t trust him.” Newt Gingrich called him a LIAR. Willard said he supported a woman’s right to choose in 1994, but was saying he is “pro-life” in 2007. Willard REFUSED to release his tax returns in 1994 when he ran for senator; in 2002 for governor; and, now as he runs for president. WHAT IS HE HIDING? Did he take advantage of the IRS amnesty program which allowed people who DID NOT REPORT overseas accounts (i.e. Cayman Islands, Switzerland) where they hid money and avoided taxes? Why are all the financial records for the 2002 Olympics “missing?” Why have Mitt and Paul been “UNAVAILABLE” for all national news reporters for the last three weeks? WHY ALL THE MYSTERY, if Mitt’s plans are going to launch 12 million new jobs??
The non-partisan office responsible for job projections stated that 12 million jobs are on the horizon REGARDLESS of who is president… but, doesn’t that mean that Obama’s efforts are finally paying off? Or, are we going to be told Mitt and the now VERY cooperative Republican congress suddenly passed LOTS of jobs bills?
Obama created more jobs in LESS THAN four years than Bush did in EIGHT YEARS! OK, all you clever right wingnuts - google your black little hearts out and get over your FAUX NOOSE channel LIES! Funny, us
progressives and liberals don't start name calling and getting nasty til you bring it on - and there's WAY more of us. Sorry if educated, intelligent people intimidate you. Learn to read and look up the facts instead of listening to birdbrains like Hannity, Rush and Bill O'Reilly! Come out of your bubble and join the real world. I've been watching these elections since Kennedy and I've seen Tricky Dick (Nixon) and Mr. Teflon (Reagan), Read My Lips (Daddy Bush) and "Mission Accomplished" (Bush Jr.). What a racket the Republican party's been running since I was a kid. TAX BREAKS will get JOB CREATORS to INVEST and CREATE NEW JOBS...
PUH-LEEZ!
16 TRILLION dollars.
No human in the history of mankind has flushed other people's money faster than Barack Hussein.
Harry-3603195====You spent a lot of time for nothing. Do you actually think people will read the short story that you typed? So your an Obama person and you must agree with everything he has done in failure. Obama-Care being the biggest mistake this country has ever made against the will of the the American People, the majority at that. You have been scammed and if Obama Policies stay in place they will bankrupt this country. We can not afford the entitlement we in place right now. So to make that better we got Obama-Care, another huge entitlement plan that we can not afford. Forget the policies get yourself a calculator.
The "First Baby-Mama" has spoken.
The choice is clear, Do you want a businessman who has generated billions, or a jackass who has WASTED TRILLIONS. just try and push me out of line BITCH.
kat315===That's a simple way to put it. Romney is the better choice.
Tomorrow I will vote Republican, not because Mitt thrills me, but Obama and the rest of the Democrat establishment scare me. As a white male I know I am hated by Michelle, and most likely by Barack. All the trappings of mainstream culture are rejected and in their place we get entitlement, self pity, and race bullying. A foul mouthed rapper is the Obama's idea of high culture; I shudder to think of what the next four years may bring- since I sign my checks on the front, rather than the back.
Amen.
It is tragic, that only 150 years after so many hard-working middle-class conservative Republicans (like President Abraham Lincoln) laid down their very lives to free the blacks from their rich elitist pseudo-intellectual liberal Democrat slave owners, that the Democrat party has managed to trick so many blacks into once again becoming enslaved by the Democrat party. And all they had to do to pull it off, was to put a half-black guy as the front man, hoping that people were too stupid to realize that he was a Harvard-educated millionaire attorney and lifetime career politician.
LBJ moved the working blacks onto the government plantation called "housing projects" during the 60's and effectively took them out of mainstream America. Blacks sold out to clever Democrat whites.
It has been the way of Democrats for as long as they've infested our great nation.
Nazi Democrat eugenicist Margaret Sanger founded "Planned Parenthood" as a way to control the black population, and after 230 years, blacks still only make up 12% of the general population.
And the Democrat's out-of-control "entitlement" programs have emasculated the black man, by devaluing him to the point that he is utterly worthless- the family no longer has any need for him.
Uncle Sugar be HEad of Household in black families-Utter confusion is "father's day in ghetto"!
the democrats and libs have utterly destroyed the black community and culture in america....why do blacks support the asswipe obama?...he hasn't done shiat for the black community and only kisses their asses when he wants their votes......if i were black i would be insulted by the douchebag obama's pandering....
There may be voters who have memories short enough to not remember some of the racist atrocities committed by the militant arm of the Democrat party, the Ku Klux Klan, but I do.
From the time of KKK Democrat Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest, until today, they have remained true to their racist agenda.