New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Has Died
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Monday, March 05, 2012
Obama's Schedule March 6
Times are eastern.
10:00 AM
Obama receives the daily briefing.
12:00 PM
Biden meets with Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1:15 PM
Obama holds a news conference in the press briefing room. Live stream
2:45 PM
Biden and Lobo deliver statements to the press.
5:30 PM
Obama attends a campaign event at The Jefferson Hotel in Washington.
7:10 PM
Obama meets with members of the Business Roundtable at the Newseum.
Obama's Press Conference March 6
Ann Romney Doesn't Consider Herself Wealthy
If I had a sliver of what the Romneys had, I'd be well off. Looks like Mitt and Ann make a pretty good pair. Neither understands the plight of the working class in this country.
See Mitt Romney say that he's FOR healthcare mandates before he was against them.
Romney Sucking Up to Tennessee Memorizes Davy Crockett
New poll out today says people view republicans as corrosive and Obama's benefiting. Mitt's suck up isn't corrosive, but it is awkward and kind of weird.
Romney's Bain Capital, which has funded his runs for office, also partly owns the company that syndicates Rush Limbaugh, who's now making excuses to his listeners as to why he apologized. Rush's apologies are meaningless because he says bigoted and hateful things on a daily basis. What does he call women the doesn't like? FemiNazis:
Obama's Schedule March 5
| 9:30 AM |
The President meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press
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| 10:45 AM |
The President meets with Prime Minister Netanyahu
Oval Office
Pool Spray at the Top
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| 12:00 PM |
The President attends an expanded lunch meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu
State Dining Room
Closed Press
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| 3:45 PM |
The President meets with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
Oval Office
Closed Press
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| 4:45 PM |
The President meets with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
Oval Office
Closed Press
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Sunday, March 04, 2012
Super Tuesday Meet the Press 2012
David Gregory lets Newt vomit all over the place. I don't think Gregory had a choice. Furthermore, it's clear that none of the republicans actually listened to Sandra Fluke's testimony.
Re: Rush Limbaugh's apology, I don't think anyone was looking for an apology. Since he's one of the nastiest people on the planet, people were looking for him to be fired. Limbaugh's comments were just one of many in his career, based on a daily dose of fear mongering and hate.
Oh look, republicans are getting scared of their big fat mess, Eric Cantor endorses Mitt Romney. It's looking more like Romney is the GOP's sacrificial lamb, the one they sent out to lose to Obama. No qualified republicans got in the race because they didn't want to be the one to lose to Obama. Let's get Mitt.
Surprisingly, Cantor's smugness level appears to have decreased a notch or two.
Cantor says Obama is "hostile" to fossil fuels. When republicans say that, people need to keep in mind republicans are brought to you by the oil and gas industry.
Besides, it's not true that Obama is hostile to fossil fuels. Fact is, domestic oil production is UP under Obama. Environmentalists will tell you they wish the Obama administration was hostile to fossil fuels. Obama's no dummy. He knows we need bridge fuels. He also knows that we need to develop alternative energies at a faster pace.
Obama Speaks at AIPAC
Obama said he will present Shimon Peres with the Presidential Medal of Freedom this spring.
Obama made it clear that the US will always support Israel.
He also said "Iran's leaders still have the opportunity to make the right decision." The only way to solve this problem is for Iran to forsake nuclear weapons. "Given their history, there is no guarantee they will make the right choice," he said.
"As President and Commander in Chief, I have a deeply held preference for peace over war." He said "I will only use force when the time and circumstances demand it."
Everyone prefers to resolve the problem diplomatically, he said. "Having said that, Iran's leaders should have no doubt about the resolve of the United States, just as they should not doubt Israel's sovereign right to make its own decisions about what is required to meet its security needs."
He said all the talk of war lately has only helped Iran. "Over the last few weeks, such talk has only benefited the Iranian government, by driving up the price of oil, which they depend on to fund their nuclear program. For the sake of Israel’s security, America’s security, and the peace and security of the world, now is not the time for bluster." Meanwhile, Mitt Romney is blustering and setting his hair afire.
Transcript of Obama's speech.
Saturday, March 03, 2012
Prejudiced Ohio Evangelicals May Not Vote Romney
Evangelicals, for some reason, don't like Mormons. It's interesting to watch republicans, with so much bigotry toward this and that, hate on each other. It's even more fascinating to watch people, who call themselves religious, show prejudice toward other groups of people not like them.
Obama's Weekly Address March 3
Obama uses a chart for the first time, I believe, in his weekly address.
Friday, March 02, 2012
Romney Picked Taxpayer Pockets to Save Olympics
This old video shows that Romney didn't use his business skills to put on the Olympic games, he ransacked every department of government for free money. In a way, I guess he did use his business skills, seeing as many businesses seek out welfare from governments, such as incentives to build something or incentives to stay in a city.
Romney's Automaker Managed Bankruptcy Pipe Dream
US auto sales are growing at the fastest pace in four years.
Obama Calls Sandra Fluke
If you missed Sandra Fluke's testimony, you can watch it in full here. She was quite remarkable.
During the White House press briefing, Jake Tapper asked why Obama called Fluke:
Obama on How Republicans Worsen Iran Situation
This interview in the Atlantic is a must read.
The president was most animated when talking about the chaotic arms race he fears would break out if Iran acquired a nuclear weapon, and he seemed most frustrated when talking about what he sees as a deliberate campaign by Republicans to convince American Jews that he is anti-Israel. "Every single commitment I have made to the state of Israel and its security, I have kept," he told me. "Why is it that despite me never failing to support Israel on every single problem that they've had over the last three years, that there are still questions about that?"
We have ourselves a prime example of cheap republicans. From today's WSJ, which wrongly says Obama's "toughened" his rhetoric on Iran. Obama's words on Iran have been consistent. It's just that now they've been captured in one single, extensive interview:
On a day when President Barack Obama toughened his rhetoric on Iran in an interview with The Atlantic, Mr. Romney accused the president of being too cozy with unfriendly nations, calling it “foreign policy by friendship. “He has a view that America will have a stronger foreign policy if they just get to know him better,” Mr. Romney said. “You know, I like friends but I recognize there’s some people that don’t like us very much.”Here's more from the Atlantic's interview with Obama on Iran and his relationship with Israel's Netanyahu.
GOLDBERG: Are you friends? Do you talk about things other than business? PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know, the truth of the matter is, both of us have so much on our plates that there's not always a lot of time to have discussions beyond business. Having said that, what I think is absolutely true is that the prime minister and I come out of different political traditions. This is one of the few times in the history of U.S.-Israeli relations where you have a government from the right in Israel at the same time you have a center-left government in the United States, and so I think what happens then is that a lot of political interpretations of our relationship get projected onto this. But one thing that I have found in working with Prime Minister Netanyahu is that we can be very frank with each other, very blunt with each other, very honest with each other. For the most part, when we have differences, they are tactical and not strategic. Our objectives are a secure United States, a secure Israel, peace, the capacity for our kids to grow up in safety and security and not have to worry about bombs going off, and being able to promote business and economic growth and commerce. We have a common vision about where we want to go. At any given moment -- as is true, frankly, with my relationship with every other foreign leader -- there's not going to be perfect alignment of how we achieve these objectives.
Jeffrey Goldberg, who interviewed Obama for the Atlantic, talks to Andrea Mitchell:
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