**** Heads Up: POTUS Speaks on the Economy, Live 2:10pm EDT! ****

[Clio the Leo]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-speaks-economy-9

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

http://cspan.org/Watch/Media/2010/09/08/HP/R/37869/President+to+lay+out+Stimulus+Plan+Business+Tax+Breaks.aspx

[Clio the Leo]

1. Obama about to serve up a MEAT LOVERS speech...

... RED MEAT that is!!!

Pres Obama has prepared a red meat speech for Ohio that attacks proponents of tax cut for the rich & again calls for middle class tax cuts.

http://twitter.com/bazmaniandevil/status/23935667952

[Clio the Leo]

2. POTUS up now!!!! nt

[jenmito]

3. Kick!

[Clio the Leo]

4. Standing ovation lasted well over a minute...

.... and if that doesn't sound like a long time, do nothing but watch the second hand tick by.

[mzmolly]

5. K and R

:toast:

[Clio the Leo]

6. "We are proud to be Democrats but PROUDER to be Americans!"

"No single party has the monopoly on wisdom."

[Clio the Leo]

7. Discussing the flawed trickle down economic practices of the past.

.... that only benefited the rich.

[Clio the Leo]

8. Employment growth in 2008 was slowest since WWII, slower than this last year. nt

[Clio the Leo]

9. Says he ran for POTUS because he had a different ideal on how our economic system should work...

".... one deeply routed in the American Dream." (didn't say those exact words, but he's telling the story we're all so familiar with about his and Michelle's hard working families.)

[Clio the Leo]

10. Talks about how government programs allowed his family to achieve their dreams...

.... GI bill, college loans, etc.

[democrat_patriot]

11. "Rising tide lifts all boats....

From the CEO to the guy on the assembly line"

[Clio the Leo]

13. beautiful nt

[wizstars]

65. Rising tide also drowns those who cannot swim.

while it lifts all the yachts.

[Clio the Leo]

12. "We cant have a strong economy w/out a strong middle class." nt

[Clio the Leo]

14. "Some GOP leaders decided to sit on the side lines and let Dems to all of the work." nt

[Clio the Leo]

15. "My most important job once taking office was to stop a fin. meltdown from becoming a depression..."

"... and we did that."

[Clio the Leo]

16. "The easiest thing to do is ride fear/anger to election day." nt

[Clio the Leo]

17. "no new ideas from Mr. Boehner, just the same thing we tried before..."

"the same thing that got us into this mess."

[Clio the Leo]

18. "Instead of coming together, they want us to go back to what got us into this mess"

(paraphrased)

[Clio the Leo]

19. "That is NOT the America I know! That is NOT the America I believe in!" nt

[Clio the Leo]

20. we have "a choice between sliding backwards or moving forward." nt

[Clio the Leo]

21. lots of older, white WASPy types seated behind him...

.... and, of course, the folks seated behind him are essentially selected to sit there.

[jenmito]

23. Yup. The message is clear-HE has those supporters, too. n/t

[one_voice]

22. He looks good...

I like it when he takes off the jacket, and tie and rolls up his sleeves. It has that "ready to fight" look. He should have done that today.

I like what he's saying. I hope he keeps punching. And get Biden out there too.

[Clio the Leo]

24. Discussing his proposals including....

.... tax breaks for companies looking to do research/development in the US.

[jenmito]

25. Awww, snap! He just called out "Mr. Boehner"! n/t

[Cha]

30. Yeah, Obama says ...it must seem like "common sense" but

not to boner and his allies.

[jenmito]

36. Yup. That was good. And on Boehner's turf, too!

You, GO, Obama!

[Cha]

26. Thanks Clio..I'm watching now!

:bounce:

[democrat_patriot]

27. Pow right in Boner's face!

Naming him as against job creation.

[Parker CA]

28. Mr. Boehner is getting an ass kicking from POTUS!! nt

[Cha]

32. As well he should and only by pointing out

what boner advocates!~

[Clio the Leo]

29. slams Boehner for calling jobs for teachers/fire fighters "government jobs." nt

[AtomicKitten]

31. Pres Obama is rocking the populist theme. nt

[Clio the Leo]

33. He needs to do this instead of Oval addresses IMO....

..... imagine last week, instead of a desk, he was surrounded by a room full of troops being welcomed home. Prime time.

Awesome.

[Parker CA]

34. Mr. Boehner has said no to infrastructure, and that's bad for America.

[Clio the Leo]

35. "I believe we should make tax cuts for middle class PERMANENT." nt

[Clio the Leo]

37. "Mr. Boehner wants to give a tax cut to the wealthiest 2% of Americans." nt

[Parker CA]

38. We should not hold middle class tax cuts hostage any longer.

[Clio the Leo]

39. "Let me be clear to Mr. Boehner, we should not hold MIDDLE CLASS tax cuts hostage any longer." nt

[uponit7771]

40. TOUCHE` !!!!!!! Great wording, now repeat 1 million times no matter what the subject

[Clio the Leo]

41. "Our jobs bill is bipartisan and paid for but the GOP is blocking it..."

"and they're blocking it ONLY for political reasons."

[Clio the Leo]

42. "Their strategy may get them Congress but it wont get our Country where it needs to go..."

(and for that he gets a standing ovation.)

[flpoljunkie]

43. Did Obama just leave door open to temporary increase in tax cuts for top 2%?

Seems so. And, sadly cognizant of the reality of the Senate Conservadems.

[Clio the Leo]

45. stepped out of the room, what did he say? nt

[flpoljunkie]

56. He said the R's want to make the tax cuts for the top permanent, thereby leaving the door open to

temporary renewal. Probably smart, with the Senate he has--not the Senate we'd like.

[jenmito]

63. He said the Repubs. want to make ALL of the tax cuts permanent, including those for the RICH,

and then he spoke out about why it is WRONG to keep them for the rich.

[ClarkUSA]

47. Nope. He. Didn't. He will not extend those tax cuts "beyond this year"

Check the DU homepage:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4531661

[Clio the Leo]

44. I love how he stands there glaring in the middle of an applause....

... like a genuine American BAD ASS!!!!

[Clio the Leo]

46. Repeats that as long as he's POTUS, social security will not be privatized...

.... which gets all the old folks behind him on their feet. :)

[OwnedByFerrets]

64. Thats great, but not nearly enough....Wont do me or millions others

any good (even if its not privatized) if the age is raised to a rediculous level like 70 OR what we can draw is lowered to poverty level amounts. I want promises that those things wont happen. And NO, my pony would be LOWERING the retirment age to 60.

[Clio the Leo]

48. When Boehner and GOP was in charge, earmarks went UP not down. nt

[Clio the Leo]

49. "You didnt elect me to do what was easy, or to read the polls..."

".... and try to figure out how to keep myself in office ... you elected me to do what was RIGHT!"

(HUGE STANDING ovation!)

[Clio the Leo]

50. "We need to move past asking 'what's in it for me, but what's best for America." nt

[Clio the Leo]

51. Says the great leaders of our time didn't spend their time trying to score points...

.... and playing into people's fears.

[Clio the Leo]

52. Here's my main complaint about Obama....

.... he's VERY hard to Tweet-quote! lol

#LotsOfWords #IMissBush

[uponit7771]

55. +1

[SDuderstadt]

53. Damn....

Obama is on FIRE!

I love it.

[Clio the Leo]

54. Gotta love all of that COLOR behind him, beaming with pride...

.... from light pink to dark brown .... simply GLAD to have this man as President and prob. feeling, like I do, lucky to be alive to witness it.

[Phx_Dem]

57. Clio, you rock the play-by-plays!

Thank you!

:yourock:

[Clio the Leo]

58. Thanky! That was fun!

Some folks go to the beach on VACATION, I like to lay round the house in my PJs, take naps and watch Obama FIRE IT UP on my STAYcation! lol

[Pirate Smile]

59. You've gotten a couple of good ones in the past couple of days. A good week for the staycation.

:D

[Clio the Leo]

61. Well, I missed Monday but I WONT be missing Friday....

.... for the press conference .... should be fun.

[Pirate Smile]

62. I believe it is 11:00 am ET on Friday. Party on!

:party:

[Inuca]

60. Thanks an AWFUL lot for this, Clio

I could not watch. I am sure I'll get at least snippets if not a full replay, but this was GREAT :yourock: