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Kadie's JournalPresident Obama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Secretary Clinton, and Bo in the Oval Office - pic
President Barack Obama and Burmese Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi pet Bo, the Obama family dog, at the conclusion of their meeting in the Oval Office, Sept. 19, 2012. Attendees included Danny Russel, Senior Director for Asian Affairs, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama with David Letterman - White House Photo of the Day Sept. 18th - pic
President Barack Obama reacts to a photograph during an interview with David Letterman during a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, N.Y., Sept. 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama at a town hall hosted by Univision - pics
U.S. President Barack Obama and co-anchor Maria Elena Salinas (L) takes part in a town hall hosted by Univision at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 20, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
President Obama with David Letterman On Romney’s 47 Percent: Not Many ‘Think They’re Victims’ -pics
Seated with talk show host David Letterman, U.S. President Barack Obama makes an appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City September 18, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)
Sep 18, 2012 6:41pm
Obama to Letterman On Romney’s 47 Percent: Not Many ‘Think They’re Victims’
In his first response to Mitt Romney’s comments that 47 percent of voters believe “they are victims” and would cast their ballots for the president “no matter what,” Obama said “if you want to be president you’ve got to work for everybody, not just for some.”
“I don’t know what he was referring to,” the president told David Letterman in an interview on CBS’ Late Show. “But I can tell you this. When I won in 2008, 47% of the American people voted for John McCain. They didn’t vote for me. What I said on election night was even though you didn’t vote for me, I hear your voices and I’m going as work as hard as I can to be your president.”
“One of the things I’ve learned as President is you represent the entire country. And when I meet Republicans as I’m traveling around the country, they are hardworking family people who care deeply about this country. And my expectation is if you want to be president you’ve got to work for everybody, not just for some.”
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The president adamantly denied Romney’s assertion. “There are not a lot of people out there who think they’re victims,” he told Letterman, according to pool reports. “There are not a lot of people who think they’re entitled to something.”
“What I think people want to make sure of, though, is you’re not writing off a big chunk of the country,” the president said. “This is a big country… And people disagree a lot, but one thing I’ve never tried to do, and I think none of us can do in public office, is suggest that because someone doesn’t agree with me that they’re victims or they’re unpatriotic.”
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/obama-on-romney-videos-not-many-think-theyre-victims/
You People, Those People, We The People - pic
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“Values voters” get their values challenged at D.C. summit
September 15, 2012 at 7:15 AM
“Values voters” get their values challenged at D.C. summit
Posted by Will Mari
Washington, D.C. — In the still-mild twilight of a September evening, Felipe Matos and about a half-dozen gay and lesbian activists from around the country held up a large brown-paper sign. It read “Your ‘values’ are killing us.”
They carried large poster-pictures of young people they say have committed suicide in response to bullying stemming from their sexual orientation.
Chants of, “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Republicans have got to go!” echoed along the busy road.
Passersby, some of them from the Values Voter Summit being held across the street, wore looks that alternated between deep, angry frowns and slight smiles. Some shouted snarky comments at the protesters, who responded in kind. The occasional car honked a horn, but the mood was somewhere between ambivalent and tense.
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http://blogs.seattletimes.com/uwelectioneye/2012/09/15/values-voters-summit/
GetEQUAL protesters chant outside of the Values Voter Summit in Wash., D.C., on Friday evening, Sept. 14, 2012 (Will Mari / UW Election Eye)
Felipe Matos, 26, holds up a picture of a young man he says committed suicide as a result of anti-gay bullying outside of the Values Voters Summit in Wash., D.C. on Friday evening, Sept. 14, 2012 (Will Mari / UW Election Eye).
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GOP touts opposition to marriage equality at anti-gay summit
September 15, 2012
By Chris Johnson on September 15, 2012
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Outside the hotel after the first day of conference, a group of LGBT protesters affiliated with the group GetEQUAL demonstrated against the conference over its anti-gay message.
In addition to a banner reading, “Your Values Are Killing Us,” protesters held up photos of gay youths who died in recent years in incidents related to their sexual orientation: Lawrence King, a gay California who was shot at age 15; Justin Aaberg, a gay Minnesota youth who killed himself at age 15; and Seth Walsh, a gay California youth who killed himself at age 13.
Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez, a gay Tampa, Fla., resident and national field director for GetEQUAL, said protesters intended to demonstrates that the “values” espoused at the conference are responsible for the death of gay youths across the country.
“We’re opposed to all of the anti-LGBT equality beliefs that they have, including that in therapy and other things that not only hurt us, but really drive our youth to suicide,” Sousa-Rodriguez said.
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/09/15/gop-touts-opposition-to-marriage-equality-at-anti-gay-summit/
Ashley Judd: Why I Support President Obama - OFA North Carolina
Published on Sep 14, 2012 by BarackObamadotcom
Get involved in North Carolina: http://OFA.BO/SxMs6U
Ashley Judd shares why she supports President Obama and some of the changes he's implemented since he took office. Some of these changes have resulted in:
-Women having 1.3 million more jobs in the private sector.
-400,000 teachers, health care workers, and nurses have been able to keep their jobs. -Two-thirds of the new additional Pell Grant recipients have been women.
As she shares:
"If you haven't already: register to vote, cast your vote, and be a part of maintaining change and progress for our beloved country."
President Obama, Chaplain Colonel J. Wesley Smith, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - pic
President Barack Obama, followed by Chaplain Colonel J. Wesley Smith and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, walks towards the podium during the transfer of remains ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Sept. 14, 2012, marking the return to the United States of the remains of the four Americans killed this week in Benghazi, Libya. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama in Virginia - September 13th - pics
Michelle Obama in Richmond—Spetember 13th
Photo by Han Nguyen for Obama for America
Michelle Obama in Fredericksburg—September 13th
Photo by Han Nguyen for Obama for America
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