Pres Obama is giving a barn burner of a populist speech

[Ruby the Liberal]

If only he would approach the jobs situation with as much passion back in DC.

[Ishoutandscream2]

1. Agreed.

recommend.

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. He is killing it!

Called out Boehner in a HUGE way. "The man who thinks he is going to be Speaker" and the party of "No we can't".

Paying for jobs creation by eliminating the tax loophole for offshoring workers.

Man alive - he is firing on all cylinders here.

[lyonn]

3. Best he has given in a long time

I think the guy does work his butt off but, he has so many irons in the fire. He Must Keep this up!

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. I can't wait for that to hit YT so I can watch it again.

[MrsCorleone]

35. YouTube links to all 3 parts inside, in case you haven't already seen it.

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_lKbrF50zU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA4q03qH_4Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1MfzjoyE4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

:hi:

[Ruby the Liberal]

37. Thanks!!

[kentuck]

4. If he can keep this up for the next few weeks....?

The Democrats will keep the House and Senate.

[EC]

5. It was sold out and the grass areas are packed

there's at least 200,000 there....



On edit: I know you can't see it on camera but I was there earlier and it was packed then...I couldn't even get in..so I came home to watch...and it's not a rally it's the annual Laborfest...a festival put on by the unions every year, on the Summerfest grounds...

[lyonn]

8. ALL RIGHT!!!!!!! n/t

[hfojvt]

11. Where is he? In Milkwaukee?

Or the world's only Waunakee?

[one_voice]

7. Damn it...

I missed it. :-( Hubby was watching Flipping Out. Maybe they'll replay.

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. Check the WH site in a few hours

They will likely have the youtube of it up shortly.

This was a don't miss!

[EFerrari]

16. Or the CSPAN video site:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/

[malaise]

31. On CSpan1 now n/t

[thewiseguy]

9. Speeches wont end wars or bring jobs back

[quiet.american]

15. That's why there has been action to accompany the words.

Over 3 million jobs created/saved since he took office, and you can see exactly where by going over to Recovery.gov.

One combat mission ended, the other with a transition date set. All troops out of Iraq by next year; Afghanistan transition will have begun by this time next year (July 2011).

[cliffordu]

17. Please don't post reality based replies here.

Confuses the nitwits, and they are prone to stampede.

[Tarheel_Dem]

24. Thank You. Some can't be bothered to investigate before posting clever snark.

:thumbsup:

[backwoodsbob]

27. over 3 million jobs saved...

I hate that wording.

What combat mission ended?The one with 50k troops in country fighting?Let me know when the last troop is out...including my nephew

[quiet.american]

39. I'm former USAF and have folk still over there, too.

Yes, war is hell. But as former military, I understand the meaning of "mission." Obama got 90,000 of our troops OUT of Iraq, as promised, when he promised it. All troops will be home by the end of next year. There is no magic wand. Does this mean we don't wish we could see the photos of our loved ones out of harm's way today? Of course not.

May God protect your nephew, and my own, until the rest of the mission is completed. I don't like it any more than you do. But Obama said he would do his best to end this travesty responsibly. And from what I can see, that's exactly what he's doing.

[Bozita]

10. Gotta keep singing that same song with the same delivery in every venue possible

[glitch]

38. And keep adding more verses. Program after new program, IDEAS

with programs to back them up, added benefit: emphasize the difference from party of nothing.

Shock and awe, but in a good way.

[EC]

12. yes.. n/t

[sendero]

14. More talk..

... how predictable.

[cliffordu]

18. More hollow snark

How predictable.

[sendero]

19. More cheerleading ...

... for incompetence and malfeasance. Predictable.

[cliffordu]

20. Well...

:rofl:

[Diamonique]

34. Incompetence and malfeasancse?!

I don't know what president you're talking about, but Barack Obama doesn't fall under either of those categories.

Good heavens.

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. +1. nt

[flpoljunkie]

22. Labor Day is considered the kickoff to November elections. Obama's definitely got game now!

[Odin2005]

23. he talks like a populist, acts like a corporatist.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. If so, why does Wall Street now dislike him so much?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/business/31sorkin.html?_r=1&ref=business

[elehhhhna]

26. Hmmm. Must be coming up on an election soon.

[Ruby the Liberal]

28. There is the possibility of getting a jobs bill through the lame duck session.

Slight, but it could still happen.

[LWolf]

29. Speeches are nice.

Actions are better.

We'll see.

[Hekate]

30. Dem Rockettes GOBAMA!

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[Sisaruus]

32. Just went on-line and made a donation to the DNC

And sent them a comment that it was because of his speech today and that he needs to keep it up (and practice what he preaches).

[mr1956]

33. Those calling for action should not blame the President

Call on your Republicant Senators to stop being obstructionists.

372 Bills passed by the House are stalled in the Senate

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/83057-290-bills

[Kat45]

36. Great speech--and it's about time--but I wonder if

he's actually doing all of these things. I hear them talked about in general but never hear about specific things being done (high speed rail, for example). I also wonder if he's going to be able to do the things he's planning, what with the legislature he has to work with. I also have to ask why it took him so long to be talking about these things the way he is. I'm terrified of the Rs gaining control of one or both branches of the legislature, in which case he won't be able to do get any of these great things done. Why didn't he start this earlier in his term? If I'm mistaken and he has been doing this, I apologize, but I certainly haven't heard anything about it.