*** HEDZ UP **** President is speaking at George Mason U!

[Raine1967]

whitehouse.gov/live and also on C-span 3!

[Inuca]

1. Thanks for the reminder

watching now

[Clio the Leo]

2. He and crowd are sufficiently fired up....

... I am, however, about to puke. (am sick)

Will try to hit the high points for the cube rats though.

[dave29]

4. do not become a re-puke(er)! Take a break, us cube rats will survive :)

:hi:

[Clio the Leo]

5. lol ..... yeah but if there's ONE thing that will get you amped up...

.... it's The Obama throwin' out some red meat!

And he doesn't have to ask for the "Yes We Cans" today!!! Crowd KEEPS shouting it.

[dave29]

8. woot!

:) feel better

[Clio the Leo]

17. TY. NT

[Spazito]

3. Watching now, thanks for the heads-up! n/t

[jefferson_dem]

6. RT @DavidCornDC: Obama listing all the benefits of #hcr bill "starting this year."

Key point: Dems will be touting immediate benefits from now until Nov.

http://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/statuses/10728072908

[Inuca]

10. They'd better n/t

[Clio the Leo]

12. from NOW until Natoma's COWS come home!

:)

[NYC_SKP]

7. He's on Fire! Pay Attention, you naysayers...

FFS.

[jefferson_dem]

15. There's a confidence I haven't seen since November 2008.

He knows he's got this. Boo-yah!

[Clio the Leo]

18. from him?

See .... I may be whacked in the head but I dont think he's changed at all .... everyone's attitude has. (not directed at you obviously)

[NYC_SKP]

You gotta use the MoJo sparringly or it loses it's magic.

He knows when to use it, when to keep it in check.

"Ted Kennedy knew it was right!"

:applause:

[Clio the Leo]

32. exactly NT

[cilla4progress]

51. Affirmed. This is what I was thinking

as I watch the clips.

You know what's going to be funny: when the REPUBS START TAKING CREDIT FOR HCR, like they did for stimulus fund projects. It's going to be a 180 on Sunday or later after this thing passes.

[Clio the Leo]

9. POTUS: "These tax credits will cost money..." audience member, "that's alright!"

lol and the rest of the crowd laughs.

You can tell it's a room full of Democrats. :)

Obama points out that it IS alright because, unlike the last admin. they're paying for it using money that they're already spending .... spending it more efficiently.

[Inuca]

11. Destroying arguments one by one n/t

[Inuca]

13. "will his presidency be crippled?"

Crowd: NOOOO!

[Clio the Leo]

14. "or will he be the comeback kid!?"

he's making fun of the news programs .... says they're like Sportscenter "everyone's keeping score .... it's 'rock 'em sock 'em Robots!"

[scheming daemons]

16. George Mason isn't even in the NCAA tournament this year!

;-)


Just playing....

[Inuca]

19. "we have waited long enough" n/t

[Clio the Leo]

20. "In just a few days a CENTURY long struggle will CULMINATE in an HISTORIC VOTE!"

.... and NOW I'm CRYING.

(of course that's partly due to the cold medicine, fortunately, the kleenex was handy.)

[Inuca]

25. YOu were not alone

and I do NOT have a cold :hug:

[Clio the Leo]

30. Sometimes it's a blessing to be sick I guess....

.... I was SUPPOSED to be at work right now.

[Inuca]

33. I AM at work :-)

but with no supervision and a very light day work-wise

[Clio the Leo]

35. lol, get back to work! NT

[Clio the Leo]

26. *

[crazylikafox]

21. They're actually covering it in full on CNBC.

After they just spent the last hour trying to destroy the bill. Obama just destroyed all their talking points!

[Clio the Leo]

31. CNBC?

instead of MSNBC?

[crazylikafox]

40. yep, the ultra-right wing financial channel.

I didn't have MSNBC on, so I don't know how they covered it. But ole Larry Kudlow was practically choking on his coffee when Obama's speech ended. He was one of Reagan's economists & chief supply side cheerleader. Hi just threw out one last talking point & cut to commercial. First time I've seen him practically speechless.

[Clio the Leo]

45. wow, sorry I missed that.

I like to record Fox after the big speeches so I can enjoy their reactions to it.

[Raine1967]

22. BECAUSE IT's RIGHT! YES GOBAMA!!!!

I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!

[jefferson_dem]

23. “Aggressively fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.”

Obama invokes words of Teddy Roosevelt.

[Inuca]

29. ANd Teddy Kennedy n/t

[BeyondGeography]

24. A symphonic close

Damn.

[Clio the Leo]

27. ~ CLICK ME!!! ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gngtCwKkxlY&feature=PlayList&p=4B083128AC010C42&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21

[Raine1967]

41. Nice one Clio!

I still have goosebumps! I really Do.
and I too have a cold -- so that is my excuse for the teary eyes. :D

[Clio the Leo]

44. lol ....

.... hopefully we can hold out until the bill passes in case we get fired from being sick too long and lose our insurance. :)

[gblady]

50. thanks, Clio....

got goosebumps and lots of great memories....

[impik]

28. Oh man, what a finish!

[Drunken Irishman]

34. My friend's mom was there! Sooo lucky.

[Clio the Leo]

36. Yeah but we're ALL lucky to be living in these historic days!

[Drunken Irishman]

39. Yeah but I've never seen him live. Had a chance to back in 2007...but skipped it.

Stupid, STUPID of me.

I thought, "well he isn't going to win the nomination...so he'll run again in four/eight years and then I'll go see him."

:eyes:

[Bobbie Jo]

37. That was outstanding!

We're gonna do this. :bounce:

[Clio the Leo]

38. That was one of the more amped up crowds I've seen in a minute...

.... when he went to shake hands, the women were jumping up and down and screaming for him and there was a young man with his arms outstretched as if he wanted to hug him.

Heck, I'm feelin like if I could touch his pants hem it would clear up my sinus passages. (yep, throwing in that Jesus reference just to annoy the haters.)

[Jennicut]

42. Sinus infections! Worst thing ever. I had a terrible one in early Dec.

I begged for antibiotics and they gave them to me (I am a diabetic and infections never leave me unless they are eradicated with drugs). Feel better. Maybe you absorbed the Messiah's power through the tv }( .

[Clio the Leo]

43. Nah, this is just a cold....

.... I was breathing ok until I took the meds my RN mother prescribed to me. But am nauseous and dizzy, that's the worst part.

[Jennicut]

46. Hang in there, drink lots of fluids (or have some soup) and get some rest.

You will need energy for Sunday! You don't want the sinus infection I had. The headaches it produced were the worst ones I have ever had.

[Clio the Leo]

47. I WILL need energy for Sunday....

.... because I have to work. :(

Hate that I'll miss the fun but am HOPING the big signing event will happen on one of my off days next week.

And not to worry, been SUCKING DOWN the OJ (spiked with Sun Drop which is hillbilly Mountain Dew.)

[Jennicut]

48. I am supposed to do something with my Mom that day.

She wants to go shopping for my kids. How can someone say no to that? But we won't discuss healthcare reform, she is a conservative.

I swear we all need to take our computers with us to wherever we are going on Sunday. Or maybe I just need an iphone.

[Clio the Leo]

49. Dont get an iphone....

then you'll become as addicted to it as the rest of us are. :)

[cilla4progress]

52. I'm really enjoying your conversation!

I have limited bandwidth satellite internet and no TV. I don't suppose you know of a way you can clip in just the last 5-10 minutes or so of the GMU speech today? :)

[cilla4progress]

53. Nevermind --

coming in on my Sirius POTUS channel - in full and unedited! (No pics though, I'll have to enjoy online. AT LEAST I get to hear him!)

Don't you love this "tide is turning" feeling? Whippee yipee!!

[Clio the Leo]

54. Here are some pics to tide you over....

http://www.daylife.com/search?q=obama

And I'm jealous ... I dont have a Sirius POTUS channel. (Probably because I dont have Sirius.)

[cilla4progress]

55. Thank you so much, Clio

Very kind of you! I'm getting so, SO excited and jazzed. Could it be that Obama timed it all perfectly (except for the loss of the PO - that really tees me off. They definitely didn't play the "middle" right in my mind....should have had single-payer at the table at the outset - given it legitimacy.)

Anyway, after a period of letdown about BO's lack of participation, I am now really pleased. I hope they learned something, also, about the politics, bipartisanship, etc., in this process. If we come out of it with a decent piece of legislation - which Obama seems to really believe in - it will be a pretty cheap lesson.

Thanks, again!