"We Were Strangers Once, Too"Gracias Presidente Obama~Edit for shot via vid at the 15th Latin Grammy

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President Obama speaks via video broadcast during the 15th annual Latin Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena

Muchas Gracias President Obama!

[Cha]

1. Kick for the Families!

[Cha]

2. KICKKICKKICK

[jaysunb]

3. K & R (for families) :) n/t

[Cha]

4. Gracias, jay for Kicking(4Fams).. I had to leave for a few minutes but I'm back!

[jaysunb]

7. que son muy bienvenidos, mi amiga.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025846818

[Cha]

8. awww Mahalo, amigo!

[TexasTowelie]

5. K&R.

Great photos.

[Cha]

6. Gracias TexasT! Wonderful photos Depicting what this is all about! 4Fams!

[Kath1]

9. Beautiful post, Cha!

Thank you so much, President Obama, for doing the right thing!

Those graphics say it all. This is a wonderful thing for our fellow human beings!

[Cha]

10. Gracias, Kath! 4Fams!

Our President

[Kath1]

14. OUR PRESIDENT.....

Stood up for families tonight!

ALL of us who support him deserve to be proud!!!!



BEAUTIFUL!!!

[Cha]

15. WOW, you get the best pics! For this and for XLKeystone! Gracias Kath..

That is Beautiful!

[Kath1]

16. YOU tought me how to post graphics, Cha!

Remember?

What an excellent week! Keystone XL loses and families win!!!!!

[Cha]

18. Of course I remember! My student has done Well!

What a week for real!


President Obama speaks via video broadcast during the 15th annual Latin Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena

[Kath1]

20. Awesome week!

[Cha]

21. Brilliant, Kath! Mucas Gracias! Smiles Outside the WH tonight..

[Kath1]

26. I'm Thrilled!!!

KICK!
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[Cha]

11. KICK

[Cha]

12. K4FAms!!

[sheshe2]

13. Kicking

I already reced. Thank you MR President.

Thanks Cha~

[Cha]

17. Gracias, she.. I just edited with a shot of our Pres via video @ 15th Annual Grammy Awards!

[Cha]

19. SMILES Outside the White House Tonight!

[Kath1]

23. Love it!

Love it! Love it! Love it!

THIS is why I am proud to be a Democrat!

Our President, tonight, said HELL NO to racism and YES to families!

And, yes, he sort of gave the finger to all the racist haters and the GOP.

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[Cha]

27. These faces make me all verklempt, Kath! In Denver.. my home city..

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Oh my, look at these faces: Ana Temu and others watch President's #ImmigrationAction address in Denver, Colorado.
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[Spazito]

22. I loved not only what President Obama said tonight...

I loved how he said it, clear, unequivocal and committed. He laid it down and put it to the republicans. Watching Rachel earlier and seeing the repub pundits seething, knowing they know they are impotent, the President has both the law and precedence behind him, was quite a tell, imo.

[Cha]

24. I look forward to that, Spazito.. been too busy to take 10/15.. but, I will before my night is over!

Obama's the boss.. deal cons.

Gracias Spazito

[Spazito]

29. De nada, Cha...

I took a break from the coverage shortly after the President's address, listening to pundits deconstruct a speech that needed no deconstruction was irritating so I cooked a nice dinner and watched something else.

[Cha]

30. I hear that.. I will watch on the Vid posted in OP and Beam with other kindred

Spirits!

[Kath1]

28. I loved what he said and how he said it!

Rachel's show was excellent tonight!
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[Spazito]

31. Hola Kath1!

Both you and Cha post wonderful pics, I enjoy them very much!

"No human being is illegal", so true, so powerful.

I am very, very happy for the families who have lived in fear for years but no longer, they will not be torn away from their children, they can stay a family.

[Kath1]

41. Right On!

I'll bet this beautiful and intelligent woman is smiling tonight!



Thanks, Eva, for all of your contributions in 2012 which made this possible!

[spanone]

25. k&r....

[Cha]

33. Gracias spanone!

[Aristus]

32. As always, proud of our President.

Well done, sir.

[Cha]

34. Veritably beaming tonight, Aristus! Gracias!

[LawDeeDah]

35. Brings tears to my eyes, knowing how many people will be so much happier

because of this.

Thankyou, Mr. President, as always you are The Awesome and you too, Cha, for posting this.

[Cha]

38. Me, too, LawDeeDah.. especially this pic from Denver, my hometown..

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Oh my, look at these faces: Ana Temu and others watch President's #ImmigrationAction address in Denver, Colorado.
4:35 PM - 20 Nov 2014 67 Retweets 45 favorites

You're So Welcome..

[calimary]

46. I love the face on that young woman at the right. Such a sweet little face.

You can see the yearning in her face. And it looks as though she finally dares to allow herself to hope. Gets me choked up, frankly.

[Cha]

47. Seeing his pic is when I totally choked, calimary.. ooops, it's coming back again.

[adigal]

68. And feel safer, too. And be able to become taxpayers, and help this country

officially.

[Cha]

36. People Outside WH Chanting..

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Group outside White House chanting: "Obama. Amigo. El Pueblo esta contigo." Translation: "Obama. Friend. The public is with you."
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[calimary]

44. Just plain ol' LOVE THIS, Cha!

The looks on their faces. They've waited so long. Yearned for help for so long. Thank you, Mr. President! You did good.

[Cha]

45. I'm feelin' the love too, calimary! I forgot the pic that goes with this post but it's in there now

[calimary]

49. I swear, Cha, that poor man needs this, too. As much as they need what he did for them tonight.

I feel so bad for President Obama. The astounding piles of shit he's had to wade through to get anything done for ANYBODY in America who isn't already well-heeled and well-situated and in need of NO help whatsoever because they're already doing just fine for themselves. The shit they've thrown at him. The abuse he's had to take. The fuckers and idiots and bastards and utter traitors he's had to tolerate and try to work through, in spite of. Man, if anybody's going straight up to Heaven when they die, I think it'll be him. The suffering and persecution he's endured by some of the lowest low-life assholes and cretins and human shit-bags on the planet - he's already done enough Purgatory time here on earth to provide free passes Upstairs to 100-dozen sinners. Or, let's get biblical - "70 times seven."

So glad he's getting this validation and gratitude and all this goodness flowing back to him from the Latino and compassionate-human-being community! Shit - during this past election season, everyone who dumped on him from the bad guys to all those backstabbers in his own camp who turned on him - you couldn't count that high! It just infuriated me and made me feel deeply ashamed. SHAME ON THEM ALL!!!!! HE'S gonna go to Heaven when he dies. The First Lady, too, because you know she's suffered right along with him and yet she too has shown such grace and class. As for the rest of 'em, I dunno... I find that I'm feeling almost glad that the Dems - who turned their backs on him or denounced him or played up how they disagreed with him or didn't support him - lost.

Interesting thought I just had, too, Cha. I'm wondering if this nonstop persecution machine - as a matter of fact maybe we oughta start calling it "The Professional Persecution Machine" - might not have an unanticipated backspin. What if it starts turning President Obama into a sympathetic character, as it begins to occur to more Americans that this is a good man being, well, PERSECUTED. I mean, Enough Already!! Get off his back and stop trying to muck up the works! Stop picking on the guy - he's trying to help people and help them make their lives better!!! Perhaps it soon becomes clear (and sinks in) that the GOP is just a big bunch of babies. Spoiled sports. Malcontents. Snot-nosed brats. Adult-size FIVE-year-olds. Tantrum throwing adult-size five-year-olds at that. My Millennial-age son quipped at random the other day, with eyeballs rolling - "so what are they gonna do, impeach the guy? It's like that's all they do. Impeach Democratic presidents."

BINGO! Man, if THAT starts getting around, the CONS are sunk. They're fucked. The wrong demographic may be recognizing what selfish, racist, sore-loserman, tiresome, petulant piss-ants they are. They'll be on the other side of the White House fence for a generation or more. Not that we can take that for granted, though!!!

[Cha]

51. Or the Profiteering Persecution Machine.. haters gonna hate, calimary.. the rw big lie hate machine

only gives them what most of them want, imo.. but, maybe just maybe.. more than a few will wake up and see the light through their hazy blinders.

"so what are they gonna do, impeach the guy? It's like that's all they do. Impeach Democratic presidents."

Your son sounds like mine.. savvy. Smart.


Righteous Rant, mary!

[calimary]

91. Hug you!

[Hulk]

37. Bummer for the Dreamers...

..but maybe the compassionate repuKKKes will work it in. It is such a shame that they have to suffer needlessly. I'm sure the repuKKKes will try to convince the Dreamers that "it's ALL President Obama's fault". They are so good with twisting the message.

[Cha]

40. Dreamers are hugging, though, Hulk..

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DREAMers hugging and crying over Obama's #immigrationaction speech
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[Cha]

39. KICK!

[Cha]

42. New York City Weighs In!.. #A New Day

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[freshwest]

43. My president does the right thing, again! It's a habit with him.

[Cha]

48. And, he does it so Eloquently, freshwest! In Denver.. my hometown..

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Oh my, look at these faces: Ana Temu and others watch President's #ImmigrationAction address in Denver, Colorado.
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[Kath1]

50. Somewhere, THIS lady has to be smiling!

[Cha]

52. Still Smiling.. Even More Than We Are, Kath!

Sorry your pic isn't coming up for me.. just a little x.

[Kath1]

59. Whoops! Sorry!

THIS Lady!

[Cha]

61. Is that Teri Hatcher? :)

[Kath1]

62. LOL!

She must be proud and happy today!

Love her beautiful, confident smile in this picture!

[Cha]

53. K4Fams!

[pinboy3niner]

54. Helen F. Chavez, widow of Cesar Chavez, has a petition thanking President Obama

I posted the petition in another thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5847497

Great speech, great night! Thanks, Cha.

[Cha]

56. There's so much good stuff, pinboy! I was going to post an email I got from Helen Chavez in

in this thread, too.. that's right!

"Please join me in thanking the President for keeping his promise by letting hardworking, taxpaying undocumented immigrants temporarily stay in the country they sustain with their sweat and sacrifice."

[malaise]

55. That he spoke on the same night as the Latin Grammys

was one hell of a coup

[Cha]

57. Si, senora!

[livetohike]

58. Thank you Cha! Proud to be an American that has a President with empathy.

[Cha]

60. Feels so good! Just the antidote our Country needs after the

midterms!

You're Welcome, livetohike

[Kath1]

63. Amen to that, sister!

I'm feeling MUCH better!

[Skidmore]

64. A most excellent turning point toward compassion, I hope.

And compassion is needed on so many fronts now. The other thing that is desparately needed is a Congress that represents the people and does its job. The amount of heavy lifting this one man has done throughout the past six years has been phenomenal. Think how much quicker this could have been done and how much more could have been accomplished with a legislature less concerned with endless campaigns and willing to work. Well done, Mr. President.

[Cha]

66. Well said, Skidmore.."The amount of heavy lifting this one man has done throughout the past six year

has been phenomenal"

If only he had more help.. I was hoping for it so much with the Midterms.. but, alas it was not to be. We could have an amazing Country right now if more people had bothered to vote(2010&2014) and vote for the people who would actually do a service for our country.. and our Planet.

[Kath1]

65. VIVA OBAMA!

[Cha]

70. Gotta love that savvy woman..

Sarah Jessica!

[adigal]

67. Our President did a great and brave thing

And as a benefit, he stuck his finger right into the Republicans' eyes.

[Cha]

69. It's the right thing to do.. as he said.. The Immigration System has been broken for a long time..

and somebody needs to start doing something about it.

mahalo adigal~

[Cha]

71. K4Fams

[Gothmog]

72. That quote really moved me

I was driving home with my youngest listing to MSNBC on Sirus and I was very impressed with President Obama's speech. That quote was perfect for this speech

[Cha]

74. Getting down to the heart of the matter, Gothmog..glad you got to hear while you were driving home..

with your youngest.

[Gothmog]

75. Work has been crazy lately which is a good thing

I love Sirius because I get to listen to MSNBC while driving.

Both my daughter and I were moved by this quote. It was perfect for this speech

[pinboy3niner]

73. Meanwhile, Mitt is still wondering why his Hispanic outreach didn't work...

[Cha]

76. Oh yeah, remember that! Something about mitt having temper tantrum on Univision.. anyway

this was back in 2012.. but, it's seems timeless..

The GOP’s Hispanic Nightmare

Republicans’ minority outreach problems go way, way beyond immigration.

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/11/latino_vote_2012_opposition_to_immigration_doesn_t_explain_romney_s_crushing.html

And, it looks like the teabaggers are only digging a deeper abyss between them and Latinos..

[LeftInTX]

88. ROFL

It was truly a great moment in pandering

[flamingdem]

77. So nice to see this in the morning!

Gracias Cha!!!!

[Cha]

78. Por nada, flamingdem~

At the Latin Grammys!

[napkinz]

79. to borrow a phrase ...

It's MORNING IN AMERICA!


great post Cha!

[Cha]

80. Gracias, napkinz.. It's Morning in America but I han't been to sleep yet!

[napkinz]

86. when you wake up you'll learn that the GOP just announced they are suing the president again

over the ACA

here we go again

[Cha]

81. Viva Obama.. still holds true in 2014..

…

[Cha]

82. Jerry Brown Tweet on the President Immigration Reform..

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Tonight, in the face of Washington gridlock, the president stepped up for hard-working families across America: http://bit.ly/1r2oaFj
3:35 PM - 20 Nov 2014 256 Retweets 195 favorites

[Cha]

83. Mayor Bill de Blasio tweet.. he stands with President Obama!

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New York City stands with President @BarackObama. We'll do all we can to ensure the success of his plan. http://on.nyc.gov/1t948ts
3:58 PM - 20 Nov 2014 404 Retweets 327 favorites

[azmom]

84. Gracias, presidente Obama

We are so happy. There will be celebrations all weekend long.

[Cha]

85. I am so Happy for you, azmom!

[Cha]

87. Kick

[LeftInTX]

89. Sooo happy for sooo many families!!

Welcome to America!
¡Bienvenidos a los Estados Unidos!

[Cha]

90. 1/2 of America cares, LeftInTX!

[Cha]

92. ..

[Cha]

93. K

[Voice for Peace]

94. WOW! I hadn't realized he was part of the show.

HA HA HA stupid evildoers

[Cha]

95. The Latin Grammy Show! yeah, they didn't mind breaking in for 15 minutes, VFP.. whereas

the basic networks wouldn't hear of it.

Here's Bernie on that..

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on President Barack Obama’s proposal to protect millions of immigrants in the United States. He also commented on the refusal of major television networks to broadcast the president’s prime-time speech:

“I’m a strong supporter of immigration reform and of the need to provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants. I support President Obama’s action to help working families stay together. I think everyone agrees that the current immigration system is broken. The Senate passed an immigration reform bill more than a year ago but House Republicans refused to even consider it. They have left the president with little choice but to act on his own.

“It is incomprehensible that the major television networks have said they will not broadcast the president’s speech tonight. People can be for immigration reform or against it, but clearly we need an intelligent, informed debate. Unless the networks change their plans, they will be doing a disservice to the American people and failing in their obligation to serve the public good.”

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