Jack & Jill Politics

Colindres: Obama A "Little Black Man"

The U.S. ambassador to Honduras has objected strongly to the foreign minister for the de facto Honduran government, Enrique Ortez Colindres, calling President Obama a "little black man who knows nothing," reports the Daily Kos.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/colind...

Levi says Palin quit for the money, and while he was living with them, she talked about how nice the money would be. If it's true? Heh.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_us...

wonder how the almost ex son in law will affect Sarah's bid for the presidency..I make no mistake her sick ego thinks she can succeed to be the President. Oh geez it hurts your head to think about it.

God forbid, we have to thank a great hero, John McCain, for blistering our country with this sickness...Sarah Palin.

One would think that a guy like McCain would care more about our country than his mealy assed ego. Guess I got that one wrong BIG TIME.

I am totally convinced she quit for money.

This is what reasonable and intelligent people think of the Obama girls...and I say Amen.
Angelar

America's Littlest Diplomats: Sasha and Malia Obama's Summer Vacation
Obama Girls Stay Busy With International Travel and Public Service
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8045589...

""They're great travelers. Sasha was walking down one of the halls of the Kremlin," he said in an interview with ABC News. "She had her trench coat on, had her pockets in her trench coat. We called her 'Agent 99.' She just looked like she knew where she was going. I thought she was going to pull out her shoe phone."

"Camp Obama is not cheap. Like any guest of the president, his girls fly for free on Air Force One. But the Obamas pay for every extra room, meal and souvenir.

"It's expensive to travel overseas," said ABC News' Ann Compton. "Hotels have to be high class. They eat in better places. First families, when they do shell out from their own pocket, find international travel really pricey."


But that front row seat to history is priceless."

catch this one

http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=1i1zk7

MLK was a Republican?????

hell no

co-sign big time

Ahh, the "The Party of Lincoln!!!" meme. You know, at first I thought that the people who pushed that were just trying to bullshit people, but now I'm beginning to believe that they really do think black people should vote for Republicans because Lincoln "freed the slaves" and the Southern segregationists of 40+ years ago were Democrats.

New Plan for paying for health care (from the NYT):

"Senators were also considering a plan to apply the Medicare payroll tax of 1.45 percent to non-wage income like dividends and capital gains."

UH OH - there goes my retirement money.

How so?

Malia Obama...is a ghetto whore

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/9/7517...

Yes, wearing a Peace Sign T-shirt and shorts makes you a ghetto whore...but being the local party girl that got knocked up at 17 makes you a poster child for Christian purity.

Malia and Sasha are already are becoming very sophisticated and refined young ladies of the world. In fact, the world is their oyster from here on out. These ignorant asses at jeeper freepers are jealous of that. They know that no matter how much they flail and yell and send their kids to the local young kkk camp their kids will always be backwoods never rans tatooed from head to toe. Love to see these idiots twitch their lives away. Most of them have two chins also.

And remember always, Malia and Sasha will always be treated like first class if not royalty...the freeper younguns...well just use your imagination.

Its why I have posted here that the children of politicians should be off limits.

Yes and no.

No, if the child is under 18 years old and has nothing to do with the parents' drama. Examples include Chelsea Clinton, Bridget McCain, The Obama Girls, Willow, Trig and Piper Palin.

Maybe, if the child is doing something that directly contradicts the parent politician's positions and value statements. Examples would include Bristol and Track Palin and the Bush Twins. Don't lecture about bad kids doing drugs and having sex when yours are too. Don't lecture about how X class of people need to tighten up and act right when your kids are breaking the law and acting an ass.

Yes, if the child is over 18 and inserting themselves into the situation. Examples include Bristol Palin and Meghan McCain. Bristol can't come and give Greta Van Sustern and People magazine interviews and not expect any comments to be made about her because she's Sarah Palin's daughter. If Bristol or Sarah feels that way, then Bristol needs to stay her ass out of the media. If Meghan McCain goes on chat shows and says something stupid, she should expect to be smacked down, not treated with kid gloves because she's John McCain's daughter.

Town,

I went to FreeRepublic to see the ugliness written but I couldn't finish reading.
It was too much. I couldn't take it.

This is an 11 year old girl. My Lord, they are pure demons over there.

They are sexually excited by Malia. I'm not trying to be nasty or disrespectful towards the girl, but all of the sexually charged comments (she's a whore, when's her first abortion, when is she going to start having sex etc) just tells me they are stimulated by this 11 year old girl and they need to release it. That shows how sick they are by projecting their sexual thoughts and fantasies on an 11 year old girl.

What else could it be? Where else could those remarks come from?

The nasty f-ing demons!

we've been discussing it since the afternoon, Town.

I just....I wouldn't put it Front Page.

Those people are ridiculous.

As someone here says every once in a while...they are who we thought they were.

Ah...does the Senate GOP realize how stupid this is?

Senate Republicans Calling New Haven Firefighters As Witnesses For Sotomayor Hearings

What exactly will these firefighters testify to? How can they give testimony on Judge Sotomayor's JUDICIAL JUDGEMENT. If Karma is truly a bitch, then this will so backfire on GOP.

I have never watched a confirmation hearing...EVER!!! Not even the Clarence Thomas "pubes on a coke can" hearing. But I damn sure thinking about watching this one.

I heard about this on xm radio POTUS channel today. The firefighters lawyers won't allow them to give interviews prior to their testimony. This is another avenue of attack on President Obama. The more things the Republicans succeed at in bringing on negativity against the president is all they care about. This has nothing to do with Sotomayor personally and remember that. The Republican party will make hay any way they can and they think Sotomayor is one way to do it.

Its called political payback for all the shyt that the democrats pulled with Bork and Thomas.

Did the dems call plantiffs in a case that Bork or Thomas presided over?

It means chinking away at Obama's popularity in every policy possible, whether it his judicial nominations, health care, economic policy, foreign policy, etc.

So as part of the Ghana trip, the President and Mrs Obama are supposed to visit the Ghana Cape Coat Castle

The Cape Coast Castle was built for trade in timber and gold, but it's now most known for it's later use in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. As were a number of other Ghanaian Slave Castles.

I read on some news org site, that Gibbs said that if the weather is too bad, then the President will not be able to go the the Castle. I hope the weather holds up, and the MSM actually takes the time to educate the viewers of the significance of the First African-American President visiting such a site. It would also be pretty significant if Michelle Obama is also there since she unlike Obama can trace her lineage to slaves ancestry.

Oh I forgot to say- that the records they kept showed how many enslaved people went to various islands. For me it was crucial to witness the number of Africans sent to Puerto Rico and the Canary Islands.

I've been there and at Elmina right across from it. Most POWERFUL experience of my life. The records they kept. The size of the rooms. The door of no return. You can FEEL the pain. It is such an important trip.

FYI this is the site where the indie film Sankofa (from the 90s) was filmed.

News Alert
8:25 PM EDT Thursday, July 9, 2009

AIG Prepares to Pay New Round of Bonuses
American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars in bonuses this month to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor.


For more information, visit washingtonpost.com

They better pay those bonuses to the US Treasury, so we can use them for the cost of healthcare.

BTW, I posted earlier about Sen Coburn saying he couldn't discuss what he said to Sen Ensign because of "Doctor-Patient confidentiality" or "Spiritual guide" (he's a deacon ya'll!

Well Coburn is a damm OB/GYN!!!!

Last time I looked Ensign wasn't pregnant, and doesn't have a vagina.!!

and he's a "deacon" in some secret Christian cabal like sect who thinks the political leaders like him are "chosen" and don't have to follow the rules us lesser mortals do. This is the same religious group Hillary attached herself to....I hope she has decided this is not good for her future attempt at the presidency which I am convinced she will try for once again.

"deacon" in some secret Christian cabal like sect

That description is so damn funny to me! that is hilarious! ROFLMAO!

This stuff just writes itself......my goodness....they are a walking punchline.

Where'd you look at?

LOL!!!!! I know what you meant.

BTW, I'm a she, and if I was Sanford's or Ensign's wives, after what I'd do to them, they would need a Gyno

Only I think the Sanford and Ensign women are the real Stepford wives.

His wiki page said he's had a career in obstetrics and has delivered more than 4,000 babies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Coburn#Early_l...

No that was for Lamh talking about the 'lasttime he looked' I wannted to know WHERE he looked at, to know whether Ensign had a va-jay jay.

Where dat "bad chair"?

GreenLady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dayum.............................*dead*

STRAIGHT.TO.THE.CORNER. IN.THE.BAD.CHAIR!!!!

African view: Shipshape for Obama?

We in Ghana are going to have our "Obama Moment" later this week.

Forget that talk about Ghana being the second country in Africa President Obama is visiting. We know better. That Egypt stopover does not count as a trip to Africa. He did not go there with his wife; he is coming here with Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha.

And he will be going to Cape Coast, which has been given a well-deserved makeover.

He did not sleep in Cairo and it was obvious he was using the city only as a backdrop to make a speech to the Arab world.

True, he is making a big speech here in our parliament aimed at Africa, but this is different.

He is coming to Ghana because, to borrow the words of his spokesperson: "Ghana is a truly admirable example of a place where governance is getting stronger, a thriving democracy."

Their words, not mine.

Jealous pride

We are the envy of the whole continent and as for our cousins the Nigerians, this is the ultimate humiliation.

They will never be able to live this one down.

Then there is Kenya and I ought to tread gently for there might be some raw emotions here, since there are blood claims.

So we sympathise with our Kenyan brothers and sisters, but as the White House sees it, Kenya, like Nigeria simply doesn't make the good governance grade.

The trip to Ghana is intentional. It is worth quoting The White House on Ghana again:

"An extraordinarily close election, decided ultimately by about 40,000 votes, the country remained peaceful, power was transferred peacefully, and they continue to pursue a development agenda and bolster the rule of law."

The Americans probably are aware many in Africa have wondered aloud that a sitting government could not find 40,000 votes to stay in power.

With such enthusiastic endorsement, it is not surprising that the government here is over the moon and is milking the Obama magic for all it is worth.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8138641.stm

Anyone see this - my sister just told me about it. She's pissed. They had just watched a couple of programs on Emmett Till, so I think that's why it caught her attention so quick.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832393/ns/us_news...

Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dumping some in a weeded area and double-stacking others in existing graves, in an elaborate scheme to resell the plots, authorities said Thursday. All four were charged with felonies.

I heard about it on the TJMS. Cybill said her father was buried there for decades, and she had to see what the hell was going on with her "daddy"

Now for me, here's the thing... since New Orleans is below sea level, we have mostly above ground cemetaries, mainly mauseleoms(sp) that house family members and such. For the few below ground cemetaries, unless you buy a family plot, but there is probably a good chance that you will be buried "on top", or "above" someone else.

In fact, I think that you actually have some family plots that are the same way.

I just saw it on the news...I heard it on the radio on the way home. This is so sick and twisted.

Did anyone else know that Jermaine Jackson had 8 kids, that he married his brother's Randy second ex-wife a year after their divorce. And that Randy spent a month in jail for spousal abouse after he divorced his first wife before marrying the one that turned around and married Jermaine?

Jermaine was something else. He was married to Hazel, had 3 kids with her, and another one on the side during the marriage name Dawn, then he hooks up with this Maldnoado women, and she has a baby 4 mos younger than his youngest son with Hazel. Him and Hazel divorce, and he hooks up with Randy's 2nd ex-wife and they have 2 sons, which means Randy's twins with this Alejandro woman are brother/sister vs. 1st cousins, since they all have the same momma. He then goes to Bahrain marries another woman before he divorces Alejandro.
The last wife, so far, is of Afgahan descent.

I was like DAYUM Jermaine, why you even get married..he has had outside kids everytime he is married...and no one even seems to know the name of the babymomma of Dawn during the Gordy marriage, which also had the babymomma Maldonado before Gordy finally divorced him.

And...Jermaine's last son with Randy's ex, is named JerMajesty.

See what I mean about the next singing group going to be the RoyalJacksons.

The only folks that have remained married are Rebbie and Marlon...all the rest are divorcees.

But Jermaine! Eight kids...marrying your brother's ex. bet those were some helluva family gatherings!!

Excuse me, but Jermaine was getting it on with Randy's girl before Randy ever married her. He has no money and the exwife is trying to sue for money from the Arab woman that he is involved with. Jermaine has been something else for a long, long time. I have been waiting to hear music from Tito's boys. They have been a trio for a while and Rebie's son as well. There's got to be some of the kids from that family to continue that music legacy.

I loved this song! His women might have too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQtxVT39fSc

Ya know...sadly....I cant even fake like I find this unbelievable. I went to school with children from...well....let me put it this way: 2 sisters, lived next door to each other, 1 man....8 kids in one house, 9 kids in the other. I played at the wedding of one of the daughters - let's just say it was interesting.

Wow...damn so the sisters kids, were all brothers/sisters....daYUM!!!

Yep! And they were all like within the same ages so its not like one sister had the first 8 and the other had the last 9....they were all mixed in.

Sick...I just can't blame the man...I blame the sisters for sharing.

Yes i knew all about Jermaines dallying LOL
he just couldn't keep it in his pants
well he's supposed to be a strict Muslim now
so i hope he's learned some discipline

Sure, he was married to his present Muslim wife for 4 years while still marrried to Alejandro!! Two wives simultaneously. Him and MsAfghan were in Bahrain.

He never married Maldonado even though she stayed with him and had a second child.

I understand they were all living in the family compound that Michael owned before he moved/built Neverland. Imagine him, Randy, Maldonado and they kids plus the rest of the family...How the HELL you marry your brothers EX???!!
Jermaine is a siiiiiick puppy. but you know what in the Jackson movie..it is only Jermaine they show with the groupie in the room, and Michael/Marlon under the bed listening.

Jermiaine developed some horrible sexual habits of mulitple partners and nothing else satisfied him.

What do they do to Muslims in Dubai when they committ adultery?

i wonder did he get that habit from Joseph?
i heard about Joseph and Jermaine and Jackie sharing groupies during the J-5 dAYS
after Joseph was finished with them
he would hand them off to Jermaine and Jackie
and sometimes they would be in the same hotel room
now if thats true that sh-t is just wrong

That Marlon is STILL a looker.

And here's one of the reasons why they looked so good during the memorial service....

yeah that told that on the news. I think they say that Marlon and his family live in the compound and he stocks shelves at the market.

I knew they were ultra chic....niiiiiiiiice.

Like I said before, Janet is the one... How thoughtful. What a wonderful gesture to her family. Like she said, to you he was an icon, to her, that was her brother.

And who among us, having to bury a close family member, hasn't asked the question -- "What am I going to wear?"

I could just hear Janet saying 'Don't worry about it, I GOT this.'

I STILL remember what I wore to my sweet momma's funeral. And my daddy's too.

I. Love. Janet.

That. Is. All.

Chile! I will have to go all Benita Buttrell over some Miss Jackson...I LOVES me some Janet! Nobody bets not talk about her!

you have to wonder though why with all his brothers and sisters, and especially Rebie who has been a mother and wife whose husband has done well; Michael wouldn't have chosen one of his own family as guardian should something happen to his mother, instead of Diana Ross. I mean, I know he knew things that none of us would know but it seems strange.

Ah!

You AIN'T lying, Wordsmith!

I saw him! Yum Yum :)

I knew about Jermaine!

Uh Uh Uh!

Well I was very surprised to read that tawdry tale. I just can't imagine a man going with his brothers exGF let alone marrying his exwife, that your brother has a set of twins with? Lawd.

I do not know how the Jackson clan survived that.

I had to go on the net to find a pic of this women to see if she was dropdeadgorgeous..she must have had a goldenpavillonanddiamonds at the top of her thighs.

LMAO @ goldenpavillonanddiamonds the top of her thighs!

Stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ctfu!!..she must've been Sunshine..and now she has nothing but Jacksons for babies...wonder if they have any talent with all that sunshine beaming down on them!

BWA HA HA HA HA HA

I'm telling GreenLady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another article about the Ghana trip:

Obama’s visit electrifies Ghana

And you better believe that Ghana is going to lay out the carpet and do their thing for this President.

From DailyKos:

Obama daughter wears t-shirt, Freepers call her ghetto trash
by TheHalfrican [Subscribe]
Share this on Twitter - Obama daughter wears t-shirt, Freepers call her ghetto trash Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 03:14:19 PM PDT


If you want for the blood pressure to rise, just click on the link.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/9/751767/-...

Malia and Sasha are already are becoming very sophisticated and refined young ladies of the world. In fact, the world is their oyster from here on out. These ignorant asses at jeeper freepers are jealous of that. They know that no matter how much they flail and yell and send their kids to the local young kkk camp their kids will always be backwoods never rans tatooed from head to toe. Love to see these idiots twitch their lives away. Most of them have two chins also.

Ok, now it's ON. These muthafuckas are messing with the First Daughter.

Oh, Hell Nah!!! JJPers I've ordered a few cases; help yourselves to a few cans.

http://www.wayodd.com/can-of-whoop-ass/v/5029/

I couldn't take reading the entire thread @ FreeRepublic. It was just too much!

Me neither. I do not need to get that upset.

White folks are begging for an ass whoopin' before this month is out.

I know that's right. These folks really don't know what they're in for.

They really are.....they really really are.

Okay!

When does the Africa leg of the trip start? I'm more excited by this than anything else (althougth, I'm looking for the Papal visit too)

CWelcome to OBamako: Africa Awaits Obama's Return

Hamid Diarra is not a man who hides his passions — and these days one consuming love inspires him as he drives his taxi through the clogged streets of Mali's capital. He's crazy about Barack Obama.

During the final stretch of the presidential election last fall — when Diarra's fantasy of an African American in the White House began to seem probable — he downloaded a new ringtone onto his phone, of Obama chanting "Yes we can! Yes we can!" As the election results rolled in, Diarra joined the celebrations on Bamako's streets, and changed his ringtone again, to Obama's victory song by Stevie Wonder, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered," which he has kept ever since. His taxi's dashboard is decorated with stickers of Obama's face. And during the hours he spends chugging through Bamako's streets, he has created his own jingles, which he belts out — windows rolled down, fist pumping the air to the rhythm — with a grin on his face: "O-bama! O-bama! Nôtre frère! Nôtre ami!"

Read the whole article here: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1...

Now this is some (to quote Michael Baisden) "frackle nackle bull..." Doctor/Patient privilege my ass. What the hell kind doctor is Coburn anyway?

Coburn Denies That He Urged Ensign To Pay "Restitution" For Affair

Doug Hampton's (the husband of Ensign's mistress) allegation that Sen. Tom Coburn urged his friend Sen. John Ensign to pay "restitution" money to the Hamptons on account of Ensign's affair with Hampton's wife. And now Coburn is denying the claim.

Roll Call reports:


Coburn repeatedly denied allegations that he urged Ensign to pay Doug Hampton, the husband of his mistress Cynthia, millions in hush money following a confrontation with Hampton. "I categorically deny everything he said," Coburn said.

Coburn also said he won't reveal -- even as part of a Senate ethics probe or legal proceeding -- what he told Ensign during the now-famous February 2008 confrontation over the affair, because he was acting in his capacity as a doctor and a deacon.

Said Coburn:


I was counseling him as a physician and as an ordained deacon. ... That is privileged communication that I will never reveal to anybody. Not to the Ethics Committee, not to a court of law, not to anybody.

When asked how he got involved, Coburn said: "Ya'll don't know about all the

Wow, this was some kinda gift!!! Can you say hush money? it seems to me that the GOP has got to get rid of either Sanford or Ensign. Looks like Sanford ain't going anywhere. My money is on Ensign, unless Ensign's people can put the drop on Sanford. Of course James Carville (who knew all along bout Clinton and Monica I bet) and Alex Castellanos (sp...repub strategist) say he can survive because Nevada is home to Las Vegas, and ya know what happens in Vegas... Still I gotta think that Nevadians are damn tired of people assuming that just cause of Las Vegas, that Nevadians is "looser on moral values" than other states.

Ensign Still Bringing Dirty Laundry Home To Be Washed

It looks like John Ensign's sexual dignity -- which hasn't been high lately -- has plunged to new depths. His lawyer has just released a remarkable statement saying that Ensign's parents paid the Hamptons $96,000 after the 51-year-old senator told his Mom and Dad about the affair.

The senator's father, Mike Ensign, is a casino mogul who sold his shares in the Mandalay Group for around $300 million earlier this decade.

The statement is a response to Doug Hampton's claim that Ensign paid a severance package of over $25,000 to Cindy Hampton when she left his political committee -- which would be a felony violation of campaign finance law if he wasn't reimbursed. A good government group called today for a criminal probe into the matter.

I just saw this. His parents paid off his HO.

don't ya love those family values...LOL

Interesting. I wonder if his parents are as devout Christians as Ensign tries to sound like. If so, they would have felt compassion. Particularly, as the Ensigns/Hamptons were neighbors and long standing friends AND...all of the Hamptons were on Sen Ensigns payroll. So, they were all unemployed after Ensign let them all go due to the affair.

no he didn't

he really had the nerve to get his parents to pay his woman
damn them repubs know they are something else

now if i decided to step out on my husband
could i get my parents to pay my side man?

Hell No
can you imagine how bad my parents
would tell me about my azz

"Hell No
can you imagine how bad my parents
would tell me about my azz"

I was thinking the same thing... parents paying off the outside woman for their grown-ass, 240 year-old son?
That's too deep for me...

Girl,

You bet not even think it....they might read your mind! LMAO!

Tell me? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA My sweet mama woulda whipped my azz all the way out her house... LOLOL

another contribution to Racist Thursdays:

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/conserva...

So..it turns out "The Freak"(Michael Jackson) wasn't such a freak after all.

His dermatologist said he had Lupus. The umbrellas, sensitivity to the sun, the wheelchair, joint and muscle pains, hair loss, psychosis, seizures, pain with deep breathing.. Heart disease is also a complication of Lupus.

It could be he was medicating himself to deal with the painful symptoms...and it became an addiction. They're saying he was completely bald...so I guess that was a wig...he had the hair long to partially cover his face...probably as additional protection from the sun.

If he did have an active condition..then he must have felt like crap most days. I noticed that MJ seemed to slow down in his dance movements...they were far less precise, with floppy wrists, and wobbly knees. I thought it was just age...well, maybe not.

Funny how he never defended himself, no matter what the rumours said....

"Funny how he never defended himself, no matter what the rumours said..."

What good would it have done, people like you wouldn't have believed him anyway...

"Funny how he never defended himself, no matter what the rumours said....

Micahel was wise to save his ENERGY, becaue Lupus zaps the energy. Had he fought back the lies and inuendos, he probably would have died sooner.

I've taken care of plenty of patients with Lupus... mainly females. It can be and etremely debilitating disease.

Yes it is Spirit!

I have a cousin that was diagnosed @ 30 years old. Extremely debilitating.

You right Spirit, not to mention.

Can't no one defend themselves from the tabloid media frenzy...they lie.

I think that it is because Lupus is an invisible disability. Because people don't see obvious signs there is a desire to look at the sufferer as being overly dramatic or faking their condition. Furthermore feeling good one day does not mean feeling good everyday and there is often little respect for limitations. When I found out he had Lupus it put so much of his so-called strange behavior into context. If people were more aware of invisible disabilities and how difficult they are to live with perhaps they would not be so quick to judge.

Well said, womanist.

Add to all of that, if you have zero pigment from vitilago, I suppose skin cancer is a serious threat. It must have hurt very much to have people say you wanted to be white, when you had vitilago. It must have hurt to have people say you're gay like an accusation, when you're not..and to never defend yourself.

It makes me very sad for him.

Perez on Beyonce and Tina's talk about family, class and the Jackson's:

What kind of shit talk is this?????

They must have all been smoking some crazy shit that day!

Well...that sums it right up...

News Alert
6:13 PM EDT Thursday, July 9, 2009
Sen. Roland Burris Won't Seek Reelection
Appointed Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) will not seek reelection in 2010, according to a Democratic strategist, a decision that was all-but-certain given his ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com

After all the bullshit he went through fighting to get the seat and now he won't run. Geez did he just want to have the title of Senator for awhile; was that his deal.

Yep don't you remember his crazy tombstone. Now he can officially add State Senator to it.

That would be US Senator! ...and you are absolutely right, he built a monument to his own achievements in death. That is chutzpah!

Well when you only can raise $845....

I saw it. Someone on another blog already posted it.

What man won't look at a woman's behind. *Sigh*

I saw it over at free republic. The comments are disgusting.

I'm with WRB. He was not oogling. I really do think PBO is way to smart for this kind of foolishness.

He knows the cameras and th world are watching his every move.

I'm with WRB. He was not oogling. I really do think PBO is way to smart for this kind of foolishness.

He knows the cameras and th world are watching his every move.


You're so right, Spirit! PBO is a gentleman indeed!

Obama was not oogling,. Ever, the gentleman, he was looking to see if the woman was going to need help because the step is very high.

He only has eyes for Michelle.

PBO: "Do fries go with that shake?"

In the words of Dana...

Stop That! LMAO!

Howe soon before repub use this pic to say Obama had a roving eye like Bill Clinton.

Honestly, I can actually see this as a headline the Star tabloid...

Adding more fuel to the fire. Berlusconi and Sarkozy were especially enjoying the view.

Hah she actually got Harper to display a little color in his face. What was running through his dirty mind I wonder.

Don't know for sure if he was checking out her butt or this pic was caught mid turn.

I think he got busted ain't no shame in it though.

Blue Dogs aren't the only ones drawing lines in the sand on healthcare:

A leading progressive in the House of Representatives said on Wednesday that she felt reassured that the White House would not pursue health care reform that tied a public plan to worsening economic triggers.

In an interview with the Huffington Post, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) said that Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel might have been floating a "trial balloon" when he told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week that a trigger option could be a compromise approach to health care reform. Judging by his interaction with progressives in the House of Representatives in the subsequent hours, she added, it seems that the administration has taken the proposal off the table.

"The president wasn't talking about a trigger," said Woolsey. And when Emanuel floated the idea, she said, "the balloon blew up. He got to the Democratic caucus and he heard loud and clear that that is not what we wanted. And he definitely heard it from myself and the progressives, very clearly, that we're talking about a robust public option."

The co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, Woolsey said that when Emanuel came to meet House Democrats on Tuesday evening -- hours after his interview with the Journal was published -- he did not receive a warm reception.

"He was on the defensive because he got there and he had to explain that what the president really wants is a robust public plan," said Woolsey.

The California Democrat said that she has whipped the progressive caucus in the House and concluded that more than 60 of its members would vote against a health care reform plan that had a public option tied to economic triggers. It is a line in the sand that she and others expressed to Emanuel when he met with his former House Democrats.

"Fortunately, when [Emanuel] left, we knew that he was not going to be out working for a trigger," said Woolsey. "He didn't make excuses," she added. "We [the progressive caucus] have already compromised. More than 90 percent of the progressive caucus would vote today for a single payer system. And so for us to compromise and get behind a really good strong public plan, I mean that's as far as we're going. And I started with that and he said, 'Lynn I know that.' He knows that we're very serious about this."
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Good job Progressive Democrats, keep it up because the conservadems are trying to block.