Obama tweets support for Walker opponent on recall eve

[Ellipsis]

It's Election Day in Wisconsin tomorrow, and I'm standing by Tom Barrett. He'd make an outstanding governor. -bo
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 4, 2012

[spanone]

1. k&r...

[NightWatcher]

2. Wow, a tweet. I hope he didnt wear himself out

I think he should have gotten behind Barrett and tried to start a little momentum going into November, but a tweet is something, right?

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Never underestimate the power of a tweet

[Ellipsis]

5. it's safe

Personally I never wanted Obama to get into the mix here. Wisconsin needs to do this. The last few days have truly painted the GOP tactics for what they are. Unfortunately commercials have gotten in the way of content beyond the point of distraction.

i think turnout will surprise people. We'll find out tomorrow.

[obliviously]

7. I think you are right.

This was not your run of the mill tweet, caps, punctuation, proper grammar!
I expect record turnout from this alone.

[JDPriestly]

11. What hubris! Wisconsin needs to do this.

That's the way it might appear from Wisconsin, but out here on the West Coast where teachers and other public employees, many too old to get another job but too young for Social Security, have been put out to pasture for what feels like an eternity, Wisconsin was our hope for justice.

And Obama did not support Wisconsin's struggle -- not nearly enough.

If Wisconsin does not recall Walker and if, therefore, Walker succeeds in stopping meaningful union representation, workers across the nation will suffer.

Once you enter into a political battle, you have to win because if you don't, your losses increase. It's much tougher to recoup your gains after a loss.

Obama should have listened much more to his base after he took office. Had he done so, he would not have had such a tea-bagger Congress to deal with.

I like Obama, but he sure has made his share of mistakes. I attribute them to his lack of experience. He almost makes up with it due to his keen feel for strategy and timing. But he needs much more experience.

[obliviously]

12. You miss the sheer gravity of his effort.

Barack stops, puts the burger down on the plate and wipes the ketchup from his upper lip. He then says wait, I must send a support tweet for what's his name in that mid central state.
Now that is one caring helluvah guy, I don't care what anyone says!

[Marr]

13. This ought to really shut-up the "comfortable shoes" crowd.

If I'd realized a whole Tweet was on the way, I never would've doubted him.

[Son of Gob]

24. Keep up the good work!

[Ellipsis]

20. bite me...

My name is not Wisconsin... if you think you understand the complexity of what's going on in Wisconsin enlighten me.


I've watched you boneheads argue about Obama and have not said word one.

Take it or leave it for what it's worth. Obama would not help.



I post the tweet just for you to be able to complain about it. Let you... get it out. Therapy.

[obliviously]

21. Bite you, could I just send a nice tweet?

[Ellipsis]

22. Bwaahhhhh...

Nicely done.

But I wasn't talking to you though feel free to pile on. Feel better?

[obliviously]

23. Oh cheer up

What did you expect him to do, skip a vacation?

[Ellipsis]

25. We have a few openings yet in the primal scream 101 class. Feel free to sign up in The Lounge.

That one... not even a rim shot.

[Son of Gob]

26. Way to expose yourself, Genius.

[obliviously]

28. I'm sure you would think that if they came for your job next! NT

[Ellipsis]

30. Here. Make some phone calls. Be useful. You're just being disruptive.

http://democracyforamerica.com/activities/780?akid=2017.412000.iQZHWB&rd=1&t=3

[obliviously]

33. Naw, I'm going to tweet like the wind!

[Ellipsis]

35. Ah I see, you agree you are disruptive. Well, there you are then.

[Son of Gob]

32. Obama taking a vacation cost you your job?

The only people I've ever seen make a vacation joke at Obama's expense are right wing assholes.

[Ellipsis]

34. Carry on.

I'm off this subthread

[Honeycombe8]

29. A sitting President can NOT get involved in a state's recall election.

If you notice, the tweet is in support of Barrett, not in favor of the recall.

If Obama got involved, it would become a national issue, and that's all anyone would ask him about, talk about. That sounds good for Wisconsin, but it's not. And it's not good for the country or the sitting President's agenda to deal with national problems.

The most any sitting President will do in a state's election process is to endorse, which is what Obama's tweet does. Anything more than that, and he's meddling in state government affairs.

When Davis was recalled in CA, you didn't hear Bush make statements about it, although I'm sure he was tickled pink about it and would have wanted to help get Davis recalled. But it was none of his business and outside the parameter of a sitting President's range of duties.

Politically it matters to a sitting President. But legally and ethically, it is none of the President's business that a state's citizens are trying to recall its governor.

[Ellipsis]

42. Well said

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JJzWgqQkrZ8/TbiU4NMf-5I/AAAAAAAAAek/NFUfC8B7d6o/s1600/Iris+Rare+Edition+042711+%252817%2529.jpg

[cthulu2016]

3. Sure to turn the tide

[obliviously]

6. Now this is the kind of support that moves mountains.

Seriously he can't lose, a tweet is going that extra mile!

[JDPriestly]

8. How nice of him. Really sweet. Too bad he didn't do that in the beginning.

[Marr]

14. Imagine if he'd twat months ago.

[Cali_Democrat]

15. LOL

Is that past tense for tweet?

[Marr]

16. I like to think so.

[derby378]

9. Too little, too late?

Dems are supposed to stick together.

[Poll_Blind]

10. Too late to add a new chapter to this year's printing of Profiles in Courage?

PB

[bigtree]

17. the administration is reportedly providing a quiet use of resources for Barrett

I'm glad they didn't let the Walker camp goad them into making a presidential appearance in WI. Notice that the only official there asking for a visit was Walker.

Power to Wisconsin voters!! Unite!

[Logical]

50. Sources? Links?

[Zanzoobar]

18. Now, that's some good ol' fashioned 'lectioneering!

[GeorgeGist]

19. Words escape me ...

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[L. Coyote]

43. Tweet, sweet tweet

A new utterance for the English language works every time.

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44. .

[greytdemocrat]

27. Tweet Truth to Power!!!! n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

31. I bet one of his aides snuck his Blackberry out of the room and did it.

[AtomicKitten]

36. Good for him and putting all 60 OFA WI offices to work exclusively on the recall.

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38. Facts, must you bring in facts...

Actually ...didn't know that .

[AtomicKitten]

39. It's all about GOTV now.

[Ellipsis]

40. The games afoot. Turnout may be equal to if not above 08 numbers.

[NorthCarolina]

37. A Tweet??? I must have missed it.

Thanks for posting...I guess.

[Ellipsis]

41. There might be some modest sarcasm to the post.

[Jamaal510]

45. To many DUers on here, this tweet doesn't seem like much,

but it at least shows that Barrett has the president's support without him getting overly involved in the recall. And as mentioned previously on this thread, * wasn't too vocal when Gray Davis was recalled here in CA even though he probably supported it. Besides, Obama has a country and a campaign of his own to run.

[lonestarnot]

46. :)

[Karmadillo]

47. Fired up! Ready to go!

Well, not ready to go, apparently, but fired up. Kind of.

[Poll_Blind]

48. Maybe not "fired up" so much as "placed in the microwave for 8 seconds."

PB

[Karmadillo]

49. Should the tweeting have started earlier? Maybe five or ten a week?