President 'All About Me' Makes It All About Him

Via Politico, President Selfie rallies support for Hillary:

An angry Obama puts himself on the ballot

The president delivers a rip-roaring speech to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner.

The NY Times puts it differently:

Obama Sees ‘Personal Insult’ if Blacks Don’t Rally for Hillary Clinton

By Amy Chozick and Julie Jirschfeld Davis   Sept 18  2016

With Democratic leaders increasingly worried about a lack of passion for Hillary Clinton among young black voters, President Obama is rolling out a new and more personal campaign message: “It’s about me.”

The president told African-Americans this weekend he would consider it a “personal insult” if they did not vote for Mrs. Clinton, implicitly putting his name on the line as his former secretary of state struggles to replicate the coalition that delivered him victories in 2008 and 2012.

Isn't suggesting that Hillarity! can't get this done without a man's help like, sexist, or mansplaining, or something? Libs! Who can keep up?

Donna Brazile, no mansplainer she, conforms to gender stereotypes by botching a sports metaphor:

“That speech went beyond the room. It went beyond the moment,” said Donna Brazile, the interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. “That was the president essentially saying, ‘Don’t leave it on the field.’”

Say what? "Don't leave it on the field" might be advice you give to an absent-minded eight year old who is constantly losing his (or her!) baseball mitt. In the heat of athletic competition the conventional exhortation is to deliver a maximum effort by leaving everything on the field. Sort of like, well, a manager telling a pitcher to give the team one more inning and empty the tank (a car and gasoline metaphor, for the Uber-addicted among us).

Now to be fair, a less common meaning of "leave it on the field" is to leave the past in the past - you lost, the refs were dreadful, your opponents cheated, the field was muddy, but it's over so move on. Tomorrow is another day!

So maybe Ms. Brazile meant that Obama's supporters should not leave "it" (The election? Obama's legacy?) on the field because the game is not over. That is a pretty subtle reminder.

Comments

[hrtshpdbox]

First, hah!

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

a speech where he mocked the jayvees, as they struck in three places, that day,

http://www.thewrap.com/hollywood-panics-over-hillary-behind-the-scenes-at-emmy-parties/

he might need to add more cowbell,

[jimmyk]

Only because I had the decency to make an announcement on the old thread.

[Thomas Collins]

Obama has decent overall approval ratings, and I'm sure he's still over the top in AA approval. So this makes sense. It will also help The Hill with of pallor guilty coastal gentries of all genders, male, female, ze/cis and otherwise.

[hrtshpdbox]

Only because I had the decency to make an announcement on the old thread.

Indecency is my stock in trade.

[henry]

He put himself on the UN Chief ballot too.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

he should stick to the links, one of these days he'll hit a ball or two,

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

clearly he is 'we weed up' a trick only the huntress was able to pull off in the beginning,

[clarice]

jimmyk, just in case your prediction about Hillary in the debates doesn't come to pass we might start a contest to see what excuse she comes up with to skip the debates.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

spur replacement is a tedious and timeconsuming thing, clarice,

[DebinNC]

Did BOzo interrupt his hob-nobbing in NY and self-glorifying in DC to make a statement about the jihadi bombings in NYC and slashings in MN? The White House site shows nothing.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

oh, well that makes it different,

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/778211196797390848

are there any special spices you need in turkey,

[Appalled (Alt-Moderate)]

So, what did Harry Reid have to say about Trump's taxes? Anything he would care repeat in a venue where Trump could sue him?

Seriously, I would enjoy THAT lawsuit. The discovery alone would be a joy...

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

deplorable buccaneer morgan,

Maybe she's in the same place as the Orlando shooter's wife.

Maybe they have a camp for jihadi wives over there.

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

http://www.thecitizensaudit.com/2016/09/19/money-laundering-david-brock/

Posted this at end of last thread, but thought some of you might like to see it.

Interesting and seemingly accurate research.

[DebinNC]

Hillary was at Temple Univ yesterday and is supposed to be in Orlando tomorrow. Hard to believe she'd keep up appearances of quasi-health this week, then duck out of the debate next week. ... Meanwhile, the First Gentleman wannabee bids adieu to their golden goose.

[James D]

So maybe Ms. Brazile meant that Obama's supporters should not leave "it" (The election? Obama's legacy?) on the field because the game is not over

It's probably a fool's game to try and divine what Brazile meant, but I suspect she was trying to say that they SHOULD "leave it all on the field" - give all their energy, all their effort, and hold nothing back in their effort to win.

[Porchlight]

he should stick to the links, one of these days he'll hit a ball or two,

“I heard he wants to stay under par while we are under water,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, who met the candidate at the church.

“He will never be under par,” Trump cracked.

Burn

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

All heads of hydra, but one can't tell what they actually do,

http://truthfeed.com/breaking-leftist-mission-control-identified-14-dem-organizations-housed-at-one-dc-address/23283/

[James D]

I wanted to repost Janet's fantastic post from the end of the last threat - it deserves to be seen again:

Kennedy, Bush, Clinton...those are exactly the people regular Americans are SICK OF.

We are sick of the idea that their opinion matters more than any other person's opinion.

Which Kennedy is she anyway...the addict, the one that left a woman to die, the one accused of rape, the one that attacked a nurse, the one driving while on Ambien, the one that wrecked the car at the U.S. Capitol, the one with the sex diary, the one photographed in the nude?

[Porchlight]

A Democrat mangles a sports metaphor, must be a day ending in y

[MAM]

I don't trust Larry Sabato but it still makes my stomach sink when I read his depressing article. Trump needs to keep the momentum and it's so difficult with the #nevertrumpers and the Media full force against him. Really - adding the word "racial" before his profiling comment is disgraceful;any decent journalist should be horrified. It's sickening.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

sabato is the one who 'recovered' a memory about george allen, a week before the 2006 election, he's what you scrape off your shoe, mam.

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/296789-gop-chair-demands-interview-with-clinton-it-aides-after-reddit-posts

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

so much garbage, the fbi's techs couldn't detect the deleted headers from the syste,

[maryrose]

Sabato with a glum face was forced to admit this morning on Fox and Friends that many swing states are tied and that a victory in Ohio and Iowa for Trump looks promising MAM.
I really feel the flop sweat and desperation coming off of the Dems.
They are finally realizing that their candidate is a loser.
Of course we have known this since Iggy pronounced her unable to win the presidency over a year ago.

[maryrose]

Reddit will do them in.
Don't these so called computer geeks know we can trace them and their actions.
Maybe they need a college degree to learn how life works.
You don't get a diploma without effort and accountability.
No trophies for incomplete or poor work.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

MM's 10:59 link looks quite serious for Brock and his cronies if the Trump DOJ looks into it.
Contrary to the headline it looks like blatant self dealing and embezzlement rather than money laundering.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

I did detect a ring in the background of the tape, he was too stoned through the lecture no doubt, unless he's the ringer, like mohammed salameh,

https://twitter.com/MaxAbrahms/status/778238588567818240

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

he stayed a way from a memorial of the mexican elvis, because they would pelt him with fruit,

https://twitter.com/MarkSKrikorian/status/778211253160407040

[Beasts of England]

A new thread? Someone must have paid their Premium Membership dues...

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

well it wasn't going to be anything important,

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/09/obama-late-un-address-world-leaders-forced-skip-ahead-next-speech/

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwhfu0j-_Lg

Live link, Trump rally, High Point, NC.

Listed as starting at 12 noon.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

come on, can't we have a mulligan,

http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/09/get-on-same-planet-brzezinski-berates-republican-for-raising-hillarys-failed-russian-reset/

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

Alternate live stream, as sound seems to be going in and out on the first.

Place looks packed and lots of young people with smiles, not the glum hostages at Hillary events.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa9SlOxffrk

[Dave (in MA)]

Someone please tell me this is real.

[maryrose]

She is Kathleen Kennedy Townsend former away of Maryland.
She ran for governor .
I heard her speak in person one time not my choice.

[maryrose]

Should be Attorney General

[Deplorablejim]

I want to bring my Happy Birthday wish for James D over from the dead thread. Hope your cake doesn't DIAF.

Does this new thread mean we'll get 5 more new threads today? I wouldn't complain. There is certainly enough going on to warrant them.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

well that would be a change of pace,

https://nypost.com/2016/09/20/trump-pledges-support-to-egyptian-president-if-elected/

[clarice]

Kiss the dem gay vote away:http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/19/exclusive-clinton-foundation-aids-program-distributed-watered-down-drugs-to-third-world-countries/

[Deplorablejim]

If 404 had stayed at a Trump hotel he would have gotten his wake up call on time.

[Sandy--Make America Deplorable Again--Daze]

This is all over the web, perhaps too long for some; MOST STRONGLY recommended in case you have not read:

From: Colonel Jeffrey Powers USMC-ret stryk25@sbcglobal.net
Date: September 13, 2016 at 9:57:58 PM EDT
Subject: To the NFL commissioner

Commissioner,
I’ve been a season pass holder at Yankee Stadium, Yale Bowl and Giants Stadium.
I missed the ‘90-‘91 season because I was with a battalion of Marines in Desert Storm. 14 of my wonderful Marines returned home with the American Flag draped across their lifeless bodies. My last conversation with one of them, Sgt Garrett Mongrella, was about how our Giants were going to the Super Bowl. He never got to see it.
Many friends, Marines, and Special Forces Soldiers who worked with or for me through the years returned home with the American Flag draped over their coffins.
Now I watch multi-millionaire athletes who never did anything in their lives but play a game, disrespect what brave Americans fought and died for. They are essentially spitting in the faces and on the graves of real men, men who have actually done something for this country beside playing with a ball and believing they’re something special! They’re not! My Marines and Soldiers were!
You are complicit in this!
You’ll fine players for large and small infractions but you lack the moral courage and respect for our nation and the fallen to put an immediate stop to this.
Yes, I know, it’s their 1st Amendment right to behave in such a despicable manner. What would happen if they came out and disrespected you or the refs publicly?

I observed a player getting a personal foul for twerking in the end zone after scoring. I guess that’s much worse than disrespecting the flag and our National Anthem. Hmmmmm, isn’t it his 1st Amendment right to express himself like an idiot in the end zone?
Why is taunting not allowed yet taunting America is OK? You fine players for wearing 9-11 commemorative shoes yet you allow scum on the sidelines to sit, kneel or pump their pathetic fist in the air. They are so deprived with their multi-million dollar contracts for playing a freaking game! You condone it all by your refusal to act. You’re just as bad and disgusting as they are. I hope Americans boycott any sponsor who supports that rabble you call the NFL. I hope they turn off the TV when any team that allowed this disrespect to occur, without consequence, on the sidelines. I applaud those who have not.

Legends and heroes do NOT wear shoulder pads. They wear body armor and carry rifles.
They make minimum wage and spend months and years away from their families. They don’t do it for an hour on Sunday. They do it 24/7 often with lead, not footballs, coming in their direction. They watch their brothers carted off in pieces not on a gurney to get their knee iced. They don’t even have ice! Many don’t have legs or arms.
Some wear blue and risk their lives daily on the streets of America. They wear fire helmets and go upstairs into the fire rather than down to safety. On 9-11, hundreds vanished. They are the heroes.

I hope that your high paid protesting pretty boys and you look in that mirror when you shave tomorrow and see what you really are, legends in your own minds. You need to hit the road and take those worms with you!
Time to change the channel.

Col Jeffrey A Powers USMC-(ret)

[Old Lurker]

She was also Lt Gov and pushed for MD to do single payer healthcare before Obama came along.

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

While we are waiting (or at least I am waiting - lol) for the rally to start, Sundance on the Conservative Treehouse has put together a timeline concerning the server and the email deletions. He's done a good job of describing what happened when and why the information uncovered on Reddit was so important:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/09/20/day-2-hillarys-i-t-guy-paul-combetta-aka-stonetear-the-reddit-and-the-timeline/

[Old Lurker]

Before I go read it MM, I assume there is absolutely no evidence of intent, right?

[Sandy--Make America Deplorable Again--Daze]

Nobody tell BoE about those young Co-eds sitting behind the podium...

oops.

[Joan]

I LOVE this blog:

"Donna Brazile, no mansplainer she, conforms to gender stereotypes by botching a sports metaphor:

“That speech went beyond the room. It went beyond the moment,” said Donna Brazile, the interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. “That was the president essentially saying, ‘Don’t leave it on the field.’”

Say what? "Don't leave it on the field" might be advice you give to an absent-minded eight year old who is constantly losing his (or her!) baseball mitt."

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/778253417424756736?lang=en

Tie in Maine!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

If a Brangelina split in the woods and no one heard it, would anyone care?

[Porchlight]

Place looks packed and lots of young people with smiles, not the glum hostages at Hillary events.

This is so important. MAM and others who are worried, remember, Hillary can't get more than a couple of hundred college students to walk across the quad on a beautiful fall day. Trump has been drawing thousands from all walks of life to see him practically every day for months, waiting for hours in the cold, wet, and heat. He goes back to some of the same areas over and over and still draws.

He looks happy, his supporters look happy. Hill looks miserable and about to drop dead and her supporters pout. Nobody can talk about anything but Trump, Trump, Trump. Extreme high energy vs. extreme low energy.

It is almost like 2008 with Trump in the Obama spot, only this time with full frontal attacks on him and his family every day from all directions, instead of the glowing coverage that surrounded Obama.

With the opposition Trump has, it's a miracle he wins any poll at all....and yet.

[Sandy--Make America Deplorable Again--Daze]

High Point University today's venue

Wolf Blitzer 2017 commencement speaker. Oh well.

Currently just over 5K watching

[maryrose]

Sheryl Attkinsson also has an excellent timeline which breaks it all down.
Devastating to Hillary and company.
Brock is in some serious doo-doo.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

should have stayed on the links,

http://thehill.com/news/administration/296802-obama-jabs-trump-in-final-un-address

[Porchlight]

Happy birthday, James D! Hoping this one is extra-special. :)

[Man Tran]

Per Clarice's challenge, MrsMT suggests that Hitlery won't make the debate because Chelsea has an extreme case of toe fungus and granny has to babysit.

HB James. My dad would have been 110 today.

[DebinNC]

High Point, NC used to be called "The Furniture Maker for the World". Then in the 90s work was outsourced, mainly to China, and thousands of jobs were lost. Many companies like Lazy Boy and many others were sold and quality plummeted. Brands that survived that once meant "well-made with quality materials" more often than not don't anymore.

[Sandy--Make America Deplorable Again--Daze]

Six Thousand plus now tuned in to RSBN

[Porchlight]

Very sad to see the American furniture industry in such decline. I collect Drexel Declaration. Great quality and design, yet affordable. I really want to make a trip to see some of those NC towns one day.

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/778245939328942080?lang=en

Trump 44, Clinton 43

I think he will win North Carolina.

[Sandy--Make America Deplorable Again--Daze]

SEVEN Thousand + now watching...

Noiw with "Crowd Cam™ "

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Victor Davis Hanson with
a devastating answer to his nitwit NRO nevertrump colleagues.

[MAM]

I appreciate the optimism here at JOM. Living in Massachusetts and working in Higher Ed makes it tough. Yet, my tailor, a lovely Italian woman who still has a distinct accent, told me last weekend that she is voting for Trump, her first non-democrat vote. She has never ever discussed politics with me. She came to the U.S. 45 years ago and is now a widow. She told me that Trump will "keep her safe." At least there are two of us here who are not totally crazy!!

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

Deb,

That is so true. I used to sell brands like Thomasville when I worked for a furniture store. The buyers would go to High Point every year.

Back in the 90's we noticed a marked decline and we started seeing a lot of imports flood the market. My particular favorite was the rattan sets imported from China which had not been properly cured nor stored during shipment, so the joints shrank and legs fell off. Our store took a big loss on that merchandise.

Ashley furniture, a big chain here in Indiana, sells almost exclusively Chinese stuff.

[DebinNC]

BOzo loved to visit the Greensboro-Raleigh-Winston Salem-Durham "research triangle" area replete with "historically black colleges" and lib-infested stalwarts like Duke. Seemed like he visited that area as much as any other, except CA and other prime golf spots. He hardly ever came south to Charlotte, much less High Point.

[Beasts of England]

President Mom Jeans took a swipe at Trump during his UN speech? I'll never grow tired of laughing at that little boy's insecurities. :)

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

Happy Birthday JamesD.

[DebinNC]

MM, I think Smith Brothers in Berne, Indiana is among the few still making quality American made sofas.

[Sandy--Make America Deplorable Again--Daze]

9K

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

deb,

Yes. When I went to work for that store I learned "8-way hand tied, hardwood frames" as the hallmark of a good, American-made sofa.

More and more the cheaper construction pieces hit the market. A classmate of mine ran a furniture store for years carrying many fine brands. He threw in the towel and retired about 5 years ago. People couldn't afford the nice stuff and he didn't want to deal with the imports.

[Porchlight]

The Maine poll seems like a big deal. Trump +5 in CD-2. Obama won it by 8.5.

Still behind in CD-1, though.

[DebinNC]

Love for Trump to win Maine because of "the revenge of denied snowmobilers" vote.

[lyle]

Happy B-day, James D!

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/ivanka-trump-visit-dc-capitol-hill-228399

[Porchlight]

Steyn: "The more Muslims you have, the more terrorism you have"

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/09/20/mark-steyn-the-more-muslims-you-have-the-more-terrorism-you-have/

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

James D,

Am late but wish you a very happy birthday.

You and Captain Hate are my two favorite ranters!

[DebinNC]

Guessing those bright, happy faces behind the podium are students at High Point U? What a contrast to those miserable Temple U props slouched, seemingly against their will, behind Hillary yesterday.

[Porchlight]

This is definitely the way to excite your voters.

Low Energy Hillary: Presidential Election ‘Downright Depressing’

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/19/low-energy-hillary-presidential-election-downright-depressing/

[Sandy--Make America Deplorable Again--Daze]

10,000+ watching now

[Sandy--Make America Deplorable Again--Daze]

errr

make that 11,000+ watching now.

[Old Lurker]

HB, JD

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

surprised the Hillary campaign wouldn't have provided some free pizza and some free merch for the students. The Zero campaign did all that and more during his campaigns.

[James D]

Thanks fot the b-day wishes!

[rse]

Beasts-when I went to scotus update a few months ago that the soros-funded ACS put on with coca cola u law dean speaking (he had clerked for stevens), he assumed that if hillary won the reps might approve merrick in lame duck session just in case she put up someone further to the left.

Now we have the Reps wanting him precisely because he is seen as to the left of who trump might put up. Truly these [insert expletive of choice] want to rule and see that as the 21st century purpose of passing legislation.

[Porchlight]

rich, also bringing in popular bands to play for free.

[rse]

Happy birthday James D.

[Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom)]

DebinNC - Those Temple students *did* look like hostages, didn't they?

[Matt - deplore me if you must]

All the best, JD!

So the Chelsea bomber's dear papa called the FBI 2 years ago and they did bupkis. I really don't know what they could have done unless he was texting back and forth to Raqqa.

But they could have issued him a stern warning or sent s strongly worded letter. The NYT has gone silent on Obama, Hillary, Cuomo and Di Blasio. I sure hope that people heard the idiocy coming out of their mouths.

You can say it. I think you can. Is-lam-ist rad-i-cal.

And the WaPo is now comparing Trump to Hitler.

I have a horrible feeling that we are going to experience another major attack before the election. The Islamists are reading our headlines and looking for maximum terror impact.

[Fundamentally Deplorable Barbara]

He looks happy, his supporters look happy. Hill looks miserable and about to drop dead and her supporters pout. Nobody can talk about anything but Trump, Trump, Trump. Extreme high energy vs. extreme low energy.

Porchlight,

What I've noticed about Trump is that his speeches are so positive now. He laid the groundwork about what is wrong early in the campaign; his speeches of late have been very up beat about what he will do to Make America Great Again. It reminds me of Ronald Reagan's campaign in 1980.

Clinton's brief speeches are loaded with negative comments about Trump. That's early campaign stuff. She has to give the voters a reason to vote FOR her, and so far she hasn't been able to do that. At first, her speeches were along the lines of, "I'm a woman. It's my turn," theme. Now, they're all about, "You can't vote for that man hasn't got the temperament to be president." Coming from a person with her reputation, that won't sell.

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

>>>rich, also bringing in popular bands to play for free.

Posted by: Porchlight | September 20, 2016 at 12:36 PM<<<

that too. 40 thousand at a Portland rally ... oh the Decemberists were playing.

it really isn't that difficult to have an enthusiastic crowd at a college campus.

[jimmyk]

Shameless.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2016/09/20/cnn-defends-adding-racial-trump-profiling-comments-insists-they

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

>>>Posted by: Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom) | September 20, 2016 at 12:39 PM<<<

the still I saw, it looked like a hostage photo ... talk about bad optics.

[DebinNC]

Anything that happens pre-election that adds to the perception that things in America are bad and getting worse only helps Trump. Hillary's main appeal to her base is not only to keep doing what BOzo's been doing, but crank his devastating mo up to hyper-speed.

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

Posted by: Matt - deplore me if you must | September 20, 2016 at 12:40 PM -

the FBI had investigated the Orlando terrorist and closed the file, so I suppose it is par for the course.

[James D]

And the WaPo is now comparing Trump to Hitler.

Also in today's WaPo:

Jen Rubin - "The GOP has become a pity party for white males"

Katrina Vanden Heuvel - "Edward Snowden is a perfect candidate for a Presidential pardon"

Eugene Robinson - "A vote for Trump is a vote for climate catastrophe"

Dana Milbank - "How Trump winks at political violence"

The editors - "After this weekend's attacks, Clinton acted like a leader. Trump did not"

[Marlene,Wicked Deplorable]

Yes,Sabato has ME-2 leaning Republican!
Rush is talking about Reddit.

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

Boy, do we need Guliani and Sheriff Clark to go in and clean house. I wonder how many good FBI agents have left and how many Obama shills have been hired.

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

or as I suspect, the FBI and NYPD had a pretty good idea who it was in the minutes after the bomb went off.

[Beasts of England]

Exactly right, rse. And while I could have tempered my f-bombs this morning, I just get tired of the Uniparty 'Failure Theater'.

[Jack is Deplorable! (And Irredeemable)]

Happy Birthday James D.

Sandy,

I posted that letter last week on the other thread. After Goodell received it he then acknowledged the players right to not stand. Some good it did.

Lets not forget the San Bernadino "black widow". That's 3 now. You can throw in the Tsarnev's mother who is just as wicked.

They are the trainers.