HEADS UP-Facebook Town Hall with President Obama

[jenmito]

Starts at 4:45pm ET but there is a "countdown" to it right now where they are discussing it: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live
It will be shown on C-Span, too. And online here: http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-to-Hold-Facebook-Town-Hall/10737421002-1/ and here: http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

[vroomvroom]

1. PASS. Im guessing more Left Campaign Talk. Its his right-leaning Actions afterward that scare me.

[jenmito]

2. His right-leaning actions like getting DADT repealed and not enforcing DOMA anymore? n/t

[phleshdef]

4. The same people like you, who don't listen to his reasoning, who turn right around...

...and complain that he isn't saying the things you want to hear, except he is saying them, but you can't adjust your anemic attention span enough to listen.

You have no right debating or complaining about policy if you aren't willing to hear his side of things. None.

[vaberella]

7. Don't come later saying Obama didn't fight. It's when people ignore what he says that happens.

I'm tired of it. Then when I mentioned these townhalls, meetings, discussions that are NEVER aired on the MSM or talked about in articles---about his position. They act surprised.

[patrice]

10. Lots of apparently unqualified assumptions in that description. You need to demonstrate

that you know enough more about everything that is going on that you can counter-pose specific facts relative to the factual basis of his decisions and show us how he could have done better.

Granted there have been mistakes, mistakes that I characterize as being largely due to expectations that more of the PRIVATE decision makers who control us and him would offer more for the good of "our" country. They didn't, but him pretending that they don't have their hands around our throats wouldn't make that any better. It could in fact make them worse. The real questions now are about how strong they REALLY are, or whether a lot of the harm they imply they can do is fake or not. Someone has to try to figure out if they aren't coming up with the jobs because they actually CAN'T (i.e. they have hurt themselves ((and us)) so bad that they are in danger of going under new FOREIGN ownership) or because they don't want to. Barack Obama is the man doing that particular job right now. Deal with it.

[patrice]

15. P.S. The first fact I'd like your expertise on is: the size, composition, & ownership of the

Derivative Crash of 2008.

Thanks, I look forward to your reply.

[jefferson_dem]

21. Oh, whatever.

Whine. Whine. Whine.

[AtomicKitten]

3. Thanks. He just left SF about five minutes ago.

k&r

:hi:

[jenmito]

5. Good.

Thanks for the K&R.

:hi:

[handmade34]

26. drove into town about then

lots of police and sirens... must have been him??

[young but wise]

6. K&R.

Thanks.

[vaberella]

8. Thanks Jen. I'm logged on and ready to go. n/t

[Armstead]

9. That music is driving me nuts

I feel like I'm trapped in the intro to a PBS news program or something

[jenmito]

11. Then turn down the volume 'til you see him. n/t

[Armstead]

13. I'm doing other things at the same time

Can't watch the screen.

I just wish they'd put on a Mozart symphony or something.

[jenmito]

14. Mozart doesn't seem to fit the Facebook forum. n/t

[patrice]

12. K&R

[FrenchieCat]

16. Facebook Mark Zuckerberg just introduced the President!

......

[vaberella]

17. OMG---My President is so attractive. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

20. lol FOCUS!!!!

:spank:

[Tx4obama]

18. And here's a MSNBC LIve Stream link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42682356#42682356

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. Thank You!

:hi:

[Clio the Leo]

22. MC Hammer is in the audience.....

.... why? 'cause he's too legit to quit. (Why else?)

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0411/2_legit_2_speak_40c787f5-5745-4692-bf44-59de78f2a37f.html

[vaberella]

23. So cool. n/t

[vaberella]

24. I LOVE my President. n/t

[wysingm]

25. Me too

[jenmito]

27. If anyone missed it, you can watch it here:

http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-to-Hold-Facebook-Town-Hall/10737421002-1/