Game Change, page 375

[MgtPA]

Remember this one from 08?


Game Change p. 375 (the week after McCain selected Palin):

"...When (Valerie) Jarrett informed him of a series of meetings she'd had in New York with frantic Democrats in that first week after the conventions, Obama said "Just tell them to calm down."

A couple of days later, Jarrett received a viral email that pictured Obama staring forward sternly and pointing in the direction of the camera. Above his head were the words "EVERYONE CHILL THE FUCK OUT," and below that, the message "I GOT THIS!" She forwarded it to Obama.

"That's what I was trying to tell you!" Obama replied.

:D

[Fire1]

1. And still holds true, today. n/t

[O is 44]

5. Yeah, but unlike the campaign...

it's just not about Obama, his success depends on his legislative achievements which can only be given to him through congress. If it was just about him then I would gladly chill!

[Fire1]

9. Looked like he handled them pretty good a few days ago. n/t

[O is 44]

11. No argument.....

on that intellectual beating, that in deed was a thing of beauty. My point above was that in the end he still needs congress to pass his legislation to be successful. Seeing how dysfunctional they all are does not give me that chill feeling. If he could do this all on his own I would have no worries.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. cool.

[tridim]

3. I remember that week vividly..

Mostly because I had a 48-hour anxiety attack almost immediately after the Palin selection.

I relaxed after Palin made it crystal clear that she was a dumb-ass. I don't remember specifically, but I bet that image helped too.

[johnaries]

10. The day it was announced, a Dem friend of mine at work was

worried. After less than 30 minutes of Googling, I bet him $50 that by the end of the campaign she would prove more of a liability than an assest.

When he came to pay up, I told him to just donate it to his favorite charity in my name. :)

[bleever]

4. I think a DUer created that. Anyone know for sure?

?

[Poll_Blind]

6. Nah, it originally came from a place called "Political Soup" or something like that.

It's a picture site, like "Picture is unrelated". Anyway, it came from a contributor there. Great pic tho!

PB

[boppers]

12. Punditkitchen...

http://punditkitchen.com/tag/barack-obama/

Or more specifically:

http://punditkitchen.com/2009/01/20/political-pictures-barack-obama-chill-out-got-this/

Captioned by "Barack2thefuture".

[crispini]

7. Bwahahahahahahahaah!

:kick: and r

[Clio the Leo]

8. Haha, from the '08 campaign? How about THREE DAYS AGO!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=161958

and two days before that!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=157344

... the thing belongs in the Smithsonian I tell ya! ;)

[AspenRose]

13. Yes!

So glad he's seen it! :D

I've seen one of Biden saying "chill the fuck out, he's got this" too, but can't find it presently

[burning rain]

14. All that graphic needs is "Yo yo yo yo yo!" before "Everyone chill the fuck out!"

:eyes:

[quantass]

25. LOL...funny, but true.

[Hekate]

30. It's more James Bond the way it is now, and less rapper. But maybe I'm showing my age, eh? nt

[burning rain]

31. Can you really picture a white person being depicted yelling,....

"Everyone chill the fuck out! I got this!" That just doesn't pass the laugh test.

[Hekate]

34. The Obama pic makes me laugh, which is one reason I like it. It's a tension-breaker.

To me, it's like those old movie scenes where all is in crisis and some hysterical woman keeps screaming until the manly hero slaps her across the face and she gasps and is silent so he can get on with being the manly hero and saving everybody's butts (I DO NOT endorse face-slapping -- I refer to a well-known theatrical cliche that has devolved into parody).

IIRC during the campaign leading up to the election, parts of DU were definitely hysterical. Then this pic appeared. It made me laugh out loud, and it cheered me up. I think it cheered a lot of people up.

Oh yes, I can picture a white man doing this -- except for the profanity (which was censored), in all the really old movies it *was* the white man. Past tense, right? But still there on Turner Classic Movies. (Showing my age again.)

This is Obama. This is our President. I really like the guy. And I love this pic. :D

Hekate

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[Sheepshank]

40. Don't see any implication to 'yo' in the heading...not anywhere.

Unlike the very white Sylvester Stallone in Rocky I and II etc. Yo Adrienne. Yo Paulie, yo yo yo all over the place. Don't see anything black in that nor in "Everyone Chill the fuck out..."

[MgtPA]

15. I guess now you can add "I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message"

[Cha]

18. ..

:fistbump::bounce:

[Avalux]

16. How cool he finally saw this! We used it all during the election -

and even now, after a year in office, it rings true. Especially after the past week! :D

[Cha]

17. Yeah, now we know he's seen it too..

it makes even more special:P

Thanks OP!

[asphalt.jungle]

32. finally? the blurb says he saw it in august 2008

valerie forwarded it to him.

[tammywammy]

19. When I read that part of the book

I just smiled. That picture makes me smile.

[Hekate]

20. That warms the cockles of my heart. I love that pic and am glad he saw it and approved

:D

[MgtPA]

21. Just reading that paragraph was more than worth the price of the book for me.

[dkf]

22. I'd be interested to know if MA got the same message or if they realized it was more serious

Do they read their emergencies properly or is everything assumed to be a situation that will be ok.

[Jennicut]

23. I can't believe he has seen that.

Hilarious!

[Lord Helmet]

24. LOL.

k 'n r

[quantass]

26. WOW...i remember this pic started WAAY back....so who here at DU made it...

I remember the first time someone posted it but i cant recall who here made it. S/he really hit the viral vine big time.

[jasmeel]

27. IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs ....

This pic reminds me of this Kipling poem.
IF.....
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling

[greenbird]

37. That's a wonderful poem.

Thanks. :hi:

[quiet.american]

28. Awesome!!!!!! nt

[argonaut]

29. "I'm not interested in being bitch-slapped by John McCain" - Barack Obama

The book is full of awesome Obama quotes!

[Born_A_Truman]

35. Just got the book today...

Got a GC for Amazon.com for Christmas so the other night I ordered three books that came today:

Game Change
Renegade
The Audacity to Win

Lots of good reading ahead!

[davidpdx]

36. If anyone wants to "donate" their book after they read it let me know

I'm stuck in Korea and it's hard to find. I know it's a long shot, but I'll ask anyway.

[LatteLibertine]

38. The biggest dangers to

President Obama are folks who expect him to do it alone, and other Democrats who only care for their careers or short term politics. We need to make it painfully obvious to Washington we support him. The opportunists among the party will fall in line if they perceive enough public support on an issue. The same may often be said about those who only want to "play it safe". Those that undermine the party (and country) at every turn because they are being well compensated by special interests need to be voted out when possible.

It certainly is possible to support President Obama yet work to change some ideas within specific reforms you may not like. Just keep it positive.

[mstinamotorcity]

39. President Obama

you da man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!