Barack Obama
Related: About this forumUpdate: Vid of 3rd gen intro of PBO/Tours The Ford Stamping Plant in Liberty, MO..gets "mobbed" :)
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President Obama is mobbed by enthusiastic Ford employees while in a Ford F-150
Supporters watch President Barack Obama speak at the Ford Kansas City Stamping Plant Liberty
A crowd listens as President Obama emphasizes the importance of raising the debt ceiling to allow the government to pay its bills
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/20/the-president-tours-the-ford-stamping-plant/
Republicans trying to mess with me, Obama tells crowd at Missouri auto plant
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Obama at times sought to belittle GOP lawmakers. The most basic constitutional duty Congress has is to pass a budget, said the president, a former constitutional law lecturer. Thats Congress 101.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-trying-to-mess-with-me-obama-tells-crowd-at-missouri-auto-plant/2013/09/20/bec53dce-2218-11e3-a358-1144dee636dd_story.html
"..sought to belittle"? PBO doesn't have to seek anything.. the gop just are "little".
[font color=blue]BOG[/font]
coldmountain
(802 posts)Think about that when you go out car shopping. When you buy a Japanese brand car built in a non-union factory, you're giving your hard earned money to the enemy.
Cha
(305,412 posts)OutNow
(882 posts)My new Chrysler 200S is a UAW-built car. I see more Fords and Chevys on the road all the time. That's a good thing.
coldmountain
(802 posts)Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)I imagine that even when he is out of office in 2017 it will still be difficult for him to drive and the secret service will still be doing the drivin'.
Cha
(305,412 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)presidents only get 10 years of Secret Service protection. Personally, I think the change is BS
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)Bill's notorious behind the wheel. I used to know his first campaign manager from Arkansas, and the stories he had to tell... and he's not the only one. I hope Bill lets Hillary drive instead.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I love him!!!
Cha
(305,412 posts)the gop hell in Missouri.
sheshe2
(87,491 posts)Just got home~
I will watch the vid later, however~
We bet on the American worker we bet on you and today that bet has paid off, Obama said as he addressed roughly 1,000 Ford employees and other guests. Americas auto industry has come roaring back.
Obama toured the cavernous facility, where huge machines were humming, pressing sheets of metal into hoods and doors for F-150 trucks. The plant is growing significantly, from 2,500 workers in May to an expected 4,500 next year, according to statistics provided by the White House.
Thanks Cha!
Cha
(305,412 posts)Such good news.. no wonder they were "mobbing" Obama!
We can always count on you to mine the gold~
BOG
sheshe2
(87,491 posts)Just like Obamacare will do for this Nations People.
Sweet Cha~ and thanks.
michigandem58
(1,044 posts)Thanks Cha!
Cha
(305,412 posts)FSogol
(46,525 posts)Keep up the good work, Mr. President.
Cha
(305,412 posts)"mobbing" Obama!
Thank you for the great news, FSogol!
sheshe2
(87,491 posts)Cha
(305,412 posts)Another mob..
Botany
(72,481 posts)... people like him and he gets the job done. So they have to gerrymander districts, suppress the vote,
and lie 24/7 to keep their power.
Cha
(305,412 posts)h/t babylonsistah~ on facebook
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Cha
(305,412 posts)because somehow I found it on a post of hers on facebook. I just got started there so don't know all that I'm doing.
I didn't want to post if she was going to or already had. I'll PM her and ask.
Oh, and I agree, grant..thanks.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Rick Synder (R-Kochroach) has folded, along with Corbett in PA, and other state governors on the ACA:
Republican Governor Rick Snyder Signs Medicaid Expansion Bill For Michigan
September 16, 2013
By Anomaly
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) signed legislation Monday to expand the states Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, TPM reports...
Expect Tea Party heads to explode. Yay!
Snyder said, A healthier Michigan is an important part of our states continued comeback. Today, were reaching out to nearly a half-million Michiganders with a message that help is there for them and their families to lead healthier, more productive lives. And this innovative approach will make our recovering economy stronger, too, saving money for taxpayers and job providers.
Talking Points Memo reports, Michigan is one of a handful of Republican-controlled states to agree to the expansion; most have resisted. Snyder actively pushed for the expansion, but the bill was nearly derailed by opposed GOP lawmakers, as TPM chronicled last month.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michigan-governor-signs-medicaid-expansion-bill
http://freakoutnation.com/2013/09/16/republican-governor-rick-snyder-signs-medicaid-expansion-bill-for-michigan/
I mean, is going on?
The GOP House is going to shut down the federal government if a deal isn't cut by September 30th, a unilateral one, that is, and the money to run things and send out payments will end by October 15th, by some reports.
Sounds like Halloween is coming early with Boehner playing the part of serial killer Freddie Kruger.
Millions of Americans are wondering if their pension checks will arrive, state governments who have accepted the ACA and all of that must be worried, Kochroaches are lining up to be POTUS in 2016, and some DUers are seemingly in favor of a final chance to impeach Obama - if he doesn't allow the shut down and delays anything.
I think they got the year on the Apocalypse wrong!
BTW, I loved, loved, loved those photos! And the folks there need to all GOTV in 2014 to clean these RWNJs out of a job.
Love Fords, always have. Proud to see them doing well, making communities whole again anywhere..
Cha
(305,412 posts)me think that.. even those repub govs couldn't be happy with the teabaggers in Congress holding Obamacare hostage against our Nation's shutdown.
h/t babylonsistah on facebook~
Yes, pics are telling us that people in America love our President .. for good reason. He helped save their jobs and the economy that bush tried to destroy. And, the current crop in congress are trying to do again.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)--snip--
My name is Jason. I turned 35 less than a week ago. My first job was maintenance work at a public pool when I was 17. I worked 40-hours a week while I was in college. Ive never gone longer than six months without employment in my life and I just spent the last three years in the military, one of which consisted of a combat tour of Afghanistan.
Oh, and Im now on food stamps. Since June, as a matter of fact.
Why am I on food stamps?
The same reason everyone on food stamps is on food stamps: because I would very much enjoy not starving.
I mean, if thats okay with you:
Mr. or Mrs. Republican congressman.
Mr. or Mrs. Conservative commentator.
Mr. or Mrs. welfare queen letter-to-the-editor author.
Mr. or Mrs. fiscal conservative, reason-based libertarian.
I do apologize for burdening you on the checkout line with real-life images of American-style poverty. I know you probably believe the only true starving people in the world have flies buzzing around their eyes while they wallow away, near-lifeless in gutters.
Hate to burst the bubble, but those people dont live in this country.
I do. And millions like me. Millions of people in poverty who fall into three categories.
Lets call them the lucky category, since conservatives seem to think people on welfare have hit some sort of jackpot:
Those living paycheck to paycheck? Theyre a little lucky.
Those living unemployment check to unemployment check? Theyre a little luckier.
Those living 2nd of the month to 2nd of the month? *ding* Weve hit the jackpot!
The 2nd of the month being the time when funds gets electronically deposited onto the EBT card, for those whove never been fortunate enough to hit that $175/month Powerball.
I fall into the latter two categories. But Ive known people recently - soldiers in the Army who were in the first and third. They were off fighting in Afghanistan while their wives were at home, buying food at the on-post commissary with food stamps.
And nobody bats an eye there, because its not uncommon in the military.
Its not uncommon nor is it shameful. It might be shameful how little service-members are paid, but thats a separate issue.
The fact remains anyone at a certain income level can find it difficult from time to time to pay for everything. And when youre poor you learn to make sacrifices. Food shouldnt be one of them.
The whole concept is un-American. People living here, in the greatest country on Earth, with the most abundant resources, should be forced to go hungry because of the intellectual notion of fiscal conservatism and the ideological notion of self-reliance.
Are you fucking kidding me?
I didnt risk my life in Afghanistan so I could come back and watch people go hungry in America. I certainly didnt risk it so *I* could come back and go hungry.
http://thesterlingroad.com/2013/09/19/my-name-is-jason-im-a-35-yr-old-white-male-combat-veteran-and-im-on-food-stamps/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023699016
I'm going to add it to the thread, and BOG members may want to go and put in a good word there. Jason is someone who 'gets it.'
Cha
(305,412 posts)doesn't make them. She "shares" them.
Gopers would claim that the military personnel as well as the soldiers don't fight and therefore they could not be entitled to food stamps because they are LAZY.
But alas, Gopers' constituents, quite a few, are on some form of government assistance, including, but not limited to, food stamps. Are they lazy as well. One goper rep quoted a bible verse - something to do with if you don't work you don't eat. Please rep bring those cuts to your district and leave ours alone.
President spoke the truth and the goper can't handle the truth.
sheshe2
(87,491 posts)questionseverything
(10,148 posts)saving the auto industry and the base of our manufacturing was necessary and important
i drive a chevy and hubby drives a gmc
Cha
(305,412 posts)introducing Pres Obama and she gets a !
You gotta see this.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,583 posts)He has a comedians perfect timing.
He makes me grin when he speaks.
Granted, I'm not a big fan of everything he's done and I'm not a fan of the fact that he hasn't done certain things....
But I think the world of Barack Obama.
The first President in my life that is younger than I am!
(Older than him by 2 years and 2 months)
Cha
(305,412 posts)a youngster!