Obama To Women At Barnard: ‘I Will Be Right There With You’

[Lakhota]

Obama 294; Romney 170: 2012 Presidential Electoral Map | Huffington Post 2012 Election Dashboard (Updated: Monday, May 14 1:33 pm ET)

 

[syrenn]

it'd be cool to have potus as commencement speaker.

even one you don't like.

And i am very sure it was just that "coolness" that had them cheering......

i would venture that maybe 3% of any commencement class is paying any attention to their commencement speaker.

I would venture you are correct......

 

[Sherry]

President Obama is playing chess; wingnuts are playing checkers (poorly).

yeah, he's there for the poor oppressed women of barnard.



he's going to take up a collection for the waifs at mt holyoke and smith next.

A smart political move on his part. ONe of his better ones.

Now if he just goes on Ellen....

Yes, exactly what he needs...to appear even more contrived.

 

[Lakhota]

Obama has two young daughters, and I'm sure he genuinely feels strongly about women's issues.

 

[tinydancer]

I liked the part of his commencement speech where he warned the young ladies not to believe the media. He's actually blaming the media. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttt!!

" (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama pointed a finger at the news media today when he gave the commencement address at all-female Barnard College in New York City, attributing some of the blame for what he described as a lack of faith in American institutions on news reports that focus on “sensationalism” and “scandal” and carry “a message that change isn’t possible."



Unreal. You just can't make his speeches up these days. His speechwriters have to be stoned out big time.

Obama to Graduates: Don

 

[syrenn]

Obama has two young daughters, and I'm sure he genuinely feels strongly about women's issues.

Actually i am sure his daughters will have zero issues with anything....ever. They will after all be the top 1% of the 1%.


So that is not a valid point.

 

[Lakhota]

Another great woman supports President Obama - Betty White.

Betty White Endorses President Obama for Re-Election - The Hollywood Reporter

 

[Listening]

Obama 294; Romney 170: 2012 Presidential Electoral Map | Huffington Post 2012 Election Dashboard (Updated: Monday, May 14 1:33 pm ET)

HufPo ???



Real Clear had him at 270 to 170....now it is 253 to 170. It won't be long. There are 115 toss up votes and Romney could easily win all of them.

 

[del]

Another great woman supports President Obama - Betty White.

Betty White Endorses President Obama for Re-Election - The Hollywood Reporter

well, shit, we might as well all go home, then.

 

[Amelia]

Obama To Women At Barnard: ‘I Will Be Right There With You’

Will he put on his comfortable shoes and march with us?

 

[BDBoop]

Obama 294; Romney 170: 2012 Presidential Electoral Map | Huffington Post 2012 Election Dashboard (Updated: Monday, May 14 1:33 pm ET)

Why are Romney's so low? How is this even computed, six months before the election.

No. I've never understood the concept of the electoral college.

 

[Lakhota]

Obama To Women At Barnard: ‘I Will Be Right There With You’

Will he put on his comfortable shoes and march with us?

Yeah, that pissed off many of us on the left. However, it's quite possible that the Secret Service would not even allow it considering all the death threats Obama receives.

Since Mr Obama took office, the rate of threats against the president has increased 400 percent from the 3,000 a year or so under President George W. Bush, according to Ronald Kessler, author of In the President's Secret Service.

Barack Obama faces 30 death threats a day, stretching US Secret Service - Telegraph

 

[BDBoop]

That was 2009. Maybe they've dropped.

 

[candycorn]

By Kyle Leighton

NEW YORK — On a gray day in New York City, about 600 young women gathered under tents to receive their diplomas from Barnard College, the all-female liberal arts school affiliated with Columbia University, and to hear from President Barack Obama.

And they certainly let him know they heard him — giving him multiple standing ovations and breaking into cheers and applause throughout his speech.

In a speech laced with presidential politics, President Obama told the graduates about his efforts to change the American landscape for young women. “If you’re willing to do your part now, if you’re willing to reach up and close that gap between what America is and what America should be, I want you to know that I will be right there with you,” he told the crowd.

The event was, in a way, on home turf for Obama. The crowd was frenzied from the moment Obama took the stage, and welcomed him with a standing ovation.

More: Obama To Women At Barnard: ‘I Will Be Right There With You’ | TPM2012

Fantastic move by the Obama campaign. I'm surprised there isn't a whole thread devoted to how much the trip to Barnard cost. I guess they tried that already and failed. So now they are attacking his sexuality; same thing there, attacking his nationality and religion failed earlier.

You really have to wonder how Republicans can look at themselves in the mirror at some point don't you?

 

[Lakhota]

That was 2009. Maybe they've dropped.

That may be true, but his "comfortable shoes" comment was made in November 2007.

 

[BDBoop]

Fuck it. I'm talking about death threats, and not giving a shit about comfortable shoes.

Must be time for me to go read a book.

 

[Unkotare]

I've never understood the concept of the electoral college.

No surprise there.

 

[syrenn]

Another great woman supports President Obama - Betty White.

Betty White Endorses President Obama for Re-Election - The Hollywood Reporter

well, shit, we might as well all go home, then.

I wonder if she will ask him if hes been neutered.....

 

[Unkotare]

Must be time for me to go read a book.

Always time for a first.

 

[Lakhota]

Fuck it. I'm talking about death threats, and not giving a shit about comfortable shoes.

Must be time for me to go read a book.

Well, smartass, maybe you need to reread post #52 to understand the context of my comment...