Official President Obama AFL-CIO address comment thread

[givemebackmycountry]

In front of the AFL-CIO.
MSNBC will carry in full.
No prison docs (at least right now).

Hilda Solis is speaking now, the President is up next.

[Peacetrain]

1. AFSCME here and I will be listening..

[polichick]

2. Got it on...

:popcorn:

[Catshrink]

3. How dare he interrupt Lockdown?

I was so looking forward to a marathon Lockdown today. Damn that socialist fascist commie Muslin!

[inna]

13. what's with MSNBC prison shows on weekends anyway??

i just don't get it. to me, that stuff is absolutely unwatchable, is anyone really interested in that crap?? some bizarre programming choices there, how do they even get any sort of ratings with that garbage? :shrug:

[Catshrink]

17. They used to do endless perp catching

you know, the ones where the creeps make dates online with teenage girls then show up to have sex with them. Surprise! It was a decoy and they guy gets nailed on TeeVee. Those were at least mildly entertaining -- and gratifying to see the creeps caught and arrested. One was a rabbi who worked with kids. Disclaimer -- I only watched a couple of shows when I was cleaning house. I hate that kind of stuff.

[Bozita]

4. Thanks for the heads-up.

[Uzybone]

5. thanks, I was watching Oudin get her ass kicked so far

[jenmito]

6. C-Span carrying it, too. n/t

[Peacetrain]

7. He is up!!!

[ChiciB1]

8. I Have Some Thoughts, But My TV Is Off! n/t

[Buzz Clik]

9. Do you think he'll list his failures in the health care debate?

:sarcasm: :sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:

[grantcart]

10. should now retitle your thread - Official President Obama AFL-CIO address comment thread"

[polichick]

11. Good idea - this will be an interesting speech! nt

[givemebackmycountry]

12. Done-

Thanks

[jenmito]

14. K&R

[Thrill]

15. He's energized. Vacation has done him well!!

[jenmito]

16. He's fired up & ready to go!

[Cha]

22. As it does anybody!

:patriot: Reading to see what Prez says ..I don't have msnbc.

[Peacetrain]

18. Give them hell Barack.. give them hell!

Selective amnesia is right

[OneGrassRoot]

19. Damn, can you summarize what that comment was about?

I'm tuned in now.

:)

Thanks.

[Peacetrain]

20. The President said.. People have selective amnesia about where we were 7

months ago..

Including the fact we were losing 700,000 jobs a month..

Growth in manufacturing now.

[Cha]

24. Exactly..so many forget..and it's not just

the insanewingers.

[Peacetrain]

27. So true.. so true

[OneGrassRoot]

30. Thank you both. :) n/t

[flamingdem]

21. He's hot today ! Let's hope that means he got his mojo back nt

[Parker CA]

He's definitely fired up and ready to go today. I have a feeling this week will be vintage Obama.

[grantcart]

23. The crowd is really into it

[msans]

28. Yes

He's Back

[bleever]

25. He's showing some FDR-style fire.

[polichick]

29. Yeah - he sounds good. nt

[jenmito]

26. Oh no! He used the phrase, "my friends"!

It just sounded funny coming from him.:D

[msans]

31. Wow

o:

i'm gonna have something to say to our children

work hard,



on health:


i have alot to say wed.

[TomCADem]

32. K&R - Great Address So Far...On CNN

[Omaha Steve]

33. Just got home from marching in the Labor Day Parade

K&R for the post!

[Parker CA]

34. WOW!! He's killing it!! "I have a question for all those people (that are against this reform). What

are you going to do? What's your solution? They don't have one."

He looks rested, energized, and ready to beat the hell out of these lying, distorting, no-no-no opponents to health care.

FIRED UP!!! READY TO GO!!! YES WE CAN!!

[drm604]

35. Continues to believe in a public option!

:)

[chimpymustgo]

49. Did he say, " I support a public option"?

[drm604]

63. I don't have an exact quote.

But he said something to the effect that he continues to believe that a public option will help to contain prices.

[pdxmom]

36. This is the Obama I voted for. He needs to carry this over into Wed. speech. N/T

[Parker CA]

40. No doubt! This is the man who I had the faith in to really change things and make a difference!!

He's got some amazing energy and focus right now.

[HamdenRice]

37. KNOCKING ANOTHER ONE OUT OF THE PARK!!! NT

[givemebackmycountry]

38. Health care -

"Got to save my voice for Wednesday night, want you all to tune in"

"You've heard all the lies, I've got a question for all you folks? What's YOUR plan? What's YOUR solution? You don't have one!"

[flamingdem]

39. The old Obama is baaaack and on fire nt

[SeattleGirl]

I've really missed him. Glad he's back! n/t

[nolabear]

41. Help me parse this. What's he telegraphing?

This is rich with implication, but I'd like to hear what people are getting from it before the talking heads take over.

[polichick]

42. He used the expression "health insurance reform"...

Dean said this weekend that if we're not going to have a public option we should just call it "health insurance reform" - which is needed too. Not sure what to make of the prez' use of those words.

[grantcart]

"I still like the Public Option in that market to give people the option and drive down costs"

Politico: The President walks away from the public option.

[flamingdem]

50. But he did mention the insurance exchanges first nt

[polichick]

51. Has Politico already said that?? nt

[grantcart]

52. no he wanted a preview

[polichick]

55. Oh - I thought you might be reading responses somewhere. nt

[grantcart]

65. Chuck Todd beat Politico to it.

[polichick]

68. I think he'd like to have the public option, but he's not banking on it...

He also used the expression "health insurance reform" more than once. imo he's leaving room for a number of things to happen.

[Jackeens]

43. Love it, he looks angry as ****!

[msans]

45. Yes

Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama!


Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama!

Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama!

[Jackeens]

67. LOL, hello again!

;-)

[HamdenRice]

44. ROFLMAO: You start getting into a funk ... that negative place (ie described DU's doomers!) nt

[Peacetrain]

46. I heard that..

:rofl:

[msans]

47. yes

fired up story

[flamingdem]

53. heh heh !! nt

[grantcart]

48. Some things are worth fighting for

[eleny]

54. This is the Obama I recognize

Comfortable and fired up and firing up the crowd.

[jefferson_dem]

56. Prez off script telling his famous "fired up" story.

Word is staff got him all fired up behind scenes which may explain the xtra swagger ...

- Chuck Todd on Twitter

[jenmito]

61. The only thing is he said "Greenwood" instead of "Greenville" a few times. I'm glad

Chuck Todd didn't mention it.

[Born_A_Truman]

66. Greenwood is where the story happened....

http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/video/obama_fired_up_ready_to_go/

I love this story!!

[jenmito]

71. OK then-he corrected himself. When he began the story he said "Greenville" was the place. n/t

[lunatica]

57. Fired up!

Yeah! Let's get fired up!

[SeattleGirl]

58. Ready to go!

[erinlough]

60. FIRED UP!

[drm604]

59. FIRED UP!

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[Tippy]

62. Fired up...and Ready to go.........n/t

[HamdenRice]

64. David Corn -- hope you are reading this -- you are an asshole & idiot

Wet noodles can't get "fired up" and therefore you have to interpret Obama's words to mean the exact opposite of what they obviously mean.

[pot luck]

69. I know.

Obama didn't say what they wanted him to say (giving up the public option) so they use FauxNews-style body language reading to propagate the rumor that the PO is dead.

[HamdenRice]

70. Body language is all he has -- what a crock of shit! nt

[chimpymustgo]

72. David Corn is NOT an asshole. He's been in the trenches fighting for the people FOREVER.

It's sickening the way folks throw our hardest fighters under the bus. Sickening.

[polichick]

73. True - Corn was looking at the words behind the upbeat tone...

...and also noted that the public option sentence wasn't Obama's most enthusiastic moment ~ at the same time, like the rest of us, he's hoping the p.o. will be in the bill.