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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:55 PM Jan 2015

***BOG POST**Just got this email from the President...

Tonight I'm going to stand before Congress, and let's be honest: Some of the people in the new majority disagree with you and me on the issues we care about.

Well...(my name)...I'm going to let our record speak for itself: We've had 58 straight months of job growth, the number of uninsured Americans is at an all-time low, and we've taken important steps forward on curbing climate change and reforming our immigration system. We've made some amazing progress. With your help, we're only going to make more this year.

If we're going to keep making things happen -- if we are serious about making higher education an option for all of our young people, about creating better-paying jobs, and if we want to keep fighting to raise the minimum wage, I need supporters like you, who won't quit, standing by my side and making your voice heard. This is a group effort, (my name), and each of us has a role to play. So if you're committed to sticking with me this year, add your name and let Congress know that we still have the thing that matters most -- a great team:

http://my.democrats.org/State-of-the-Union

It's the hard work of Americans like you that allows us to keep moving forward, so I hope you'll stick with me.

Thanks for everything,

Barack Obama

P.S. -- One last thing before I head over to the Capitol: You can follow along tonight starting at 9:00 p.m. ET at WhiteHouse.gov. I hope you'll tune in.




A couple thoughts...

First, our President is so diplomatic. "Some of the people in the new majority disagree with us." Geez. He's handling this much better than I would, if I were in his shoes. This President is such a class act!

Second...for a President who is supposedly so "unpopular" and even despised or dismissed by members of his own party, Obama surely has a remarkable list of accomplishments-especially since considering the State of the Union (pun intended!) that his awful Republican predecessor left office.

What say you, fellow Obama supporters?

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***BOG POST**Just got this email from the President... (Original Post) YoungDemCA Jan 2015 OP
That letter to Americans babylonsister Jan 2015 #1
I'll stick with President Obama. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #2
Received that e-mail this morning. classof56 Jan 2015 #3
Yes, the President is having some remarkable accomplishmenst.. and as Paul Krugnam says.. Cha Jan 2015 #4
I was in bed, sick with a cold listening to my President mountain grammy Jan 2015 #5
Two days later and I'm still on Cloud Nine. IrishAyes Jan 2015 #6

babylonsister

(171,585 posts)
1. That letter to Americans
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:14 PM
Jan 2015

from the President alerting them to the SOTU tonight is all over FB! I don't know how to post it here


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https://scontent-a-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9 250252_10153151578609238_3695186564898964676_n.jpg



I have to get up at 3am and I'm watching it, looking forward to what our Prez has to say!



classof56

(5,376 posts)
3. Received that e-mail this morning.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:11 PM
Jan 2015

Happy to say I signed the "I'm In" pledge. Go, Mister President. Could not appreciate you more!

Starts in 50 minutes West Coast time. Yes!!

mountain grammy

(27,236 posts)
5. I was in bed, sick with a cold listening to my President
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 07:59 PM
Jan 2015

make a great SOTU speech. I'm much better today. Thanks Obama!

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
6. Two days later and I'm still on Cloud Nine.
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 08:22 PM
Jan 2015

Especially the remark, I won both of those!

Go, Mr. President! Give 'em hell.

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