Reporters on Twitter re what Pres. Obama is saying at his fundraiser:
Sam Stein:
https://twitter.com/#!/samsteinhpObama went quite campaign-mode during fundraiser tnight, knocking GOP debate audience for cheering non-insured dying and booing gay soldier
"You've got audiences cheering prospect of somebody dying bcse they don't have health care + booing service member... because they're gay"
According to pool report, Obama also directly called out WSJ editorial page and Fox News for spreading ""inadequate information."
Obama "told the donors if they believe in a "fact-based" America, they need to work hard for him." Jake Tapper
https://twitter.com/#!/jaketapperPOTUS at fundraiser hits Perry as "a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change."
More POTUS: "audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health care..."
...and booing a service member in Iraq because they're gay. That's not reflective of who we are..."
"This is a choice about the fundamental direction of our country. 2008 was an important direction. 2012 is a more important election." - I'll try to clean this up - it is from Twitter.
edit to add - I'll keep posting details from twitter:
Lady Gaga's at big $$ Obama fundraiser at Facebook COO Cheryl Sandberg's home wearing a blk dress w/ a scalloped high plunge back. #news
All right - I think we need a photo of Gaga's shoes:
jbendery
WH pool report: "Lady Gaga entered... delicately walking on sky-high heels (she towered over everyone, a good 2 feet taller than POTUS)."
Ha - the pool report on Lady Gaga is causing mass reporter confusion:
Niels Lesniewski
If @ladygaga is about a foot shorter than POTUS, and the hair added 6 inches, then to be 2 feet taller she would need like 2.5 ft. heels?
Meredith Shiner
I'm confused as to how Lady Gaga could be "a good 2 feet taller than POTUS" given that he's like, 6'1" #FunWithPoolReports
Woo Hoo - found an article (they'll be many soon).
OBAMA: 'Don't Compare Me To The Almighty, Compare Me To The Alternative'For the first time this election season, President Barack Obama addressed a potential reelection opponent, using a fundraiser in California to criticize Texas Gov. Rick Perry, albeit not by name.
Obama expressed bewilderment at the state of the Republican party — referring to GOP debate attendees who booed a gay service-member serving in Iraq.
"Some of you here may be folks who actually used to be Republicans but are puzzled by what's happened to that party, are puzzled by what's happening to that party. I mean, has anybody been watching the debates lately? You've got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change," he said, to applause. "It's true. You've got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health care and booing a service member in Iraq because they're gay."
"That's not reflective of who we are," Mr. Obama said. "This is a choice about the fundamental direction of our country. 2008 was an important direction. 2012 is a more important election." Quoting Vice President Joe Biden, Obama effectively laid out his reelection strategy, saying
"Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative.". According to the pool report,
Obama also listed his accomplishments as though a CEO at a shareholders convention.
"I'm back to report to you, my stockholders," he said. Over the past 2.5 years he said he has rescued economy; "decimated" al Qaeda including killing bin Laden; ended don't ask, don't tell; created the consumer protection agency, Lilly Ledbetter; environmental moves like fuel efficiency standards; and by 2013 - "as long as I get a second term" - health care reform will be implemented. Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-calls-out-perry-gop-debate-audiences-2011-9#ixzz1Z1cwO5ts