Thursday, May 24, 2012
think-progress:

obamaeatingburgers:

Obama chews with his mouth closed. You should too.

Single-serving tumblr of the day also teaches table manners.

I love the Internet.

think-progress:

obamaeatingburgers:

Obama chews with his mouth closed. You should too.

Single-serving tumblr of the day also teaches table manners.

I love the Internet.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
If your main argument for how to grow the economy is “I knew how to make a lot of money for investors,” then you’re missing what this job is about. Barack Obama, in response to a reporter’s question about his campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital record. Nailed it, sir. Nailed it.

(Source: CNN)

Friday, May 11, 2012

Obama told the crowd that his famed “Hope” poster from the 2008 campaign was based on a photograph of Obama sitting next to Clooney when Obama was a U.S. senator. Clooney had been in Washington advocating on behalf of Darfur.

“This is the first time that George Clooney has ever been photo-shopped out of a picture,” Obama said. “Never happened before, never happen again.”

President Obama poking fun at George Clooney during their Thursday night fundraiser at Clooney’s house. I love that our president acknowledges the ungodly beauty of The Clooney.
newyorker:

Next week’s cover, up online now. Get the story from the artist who created it.

Great cover.

newyorker:

Next week’s cover, up online now. Get the story from the artist who created it.

Great cover.

Saturday, May 5, 2012
The private sector grew faster in the first three years of the Obama administration than it did in three of the previous five administrations.

The New York Times explains that private sector growth is not the source of sluggish job gains in the U.S. The problem is in the public sector: government jobs have been cut at local, state, and federal levels.

So the next time you hear the phrase “big government,” know two things: (1) It’s a lie, and (2) Some government cuts are part of the problem.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Evidence real life is like The West Wing, part 3

tea-and-mango-juice:

Barack Obama slow jamming the news? 

Basically CJ doing the jackal. 

Image Source (thedoctorinthewhitehouse)

STOP. I can’t. Just marry me already, The West Wing.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

think-progress:

latenightjimmy:

Slow Jam The News with President Barack Obama!


This is so so good.

We can’t decide our favorite part. The POTUS with the Mostest? 

Oohhhhmmmmyyygoodddddddd.

Monday, April 16, 2012
thenewrepublic:

Will more prominent, respected conservatives come out of the woodwork to defend Obamacare’s constitutionality? This is the fifth.
“The individual health mandate surely passes constitutional muster under settled judicial principles. The Constitution’s Commerce Clause grants Congress the authority “to regulate commerce … among the several States.” The Court’s precedents establish without question that Congress may regulate intrastate economic activities that Congress (not the Court) reasonably concludes have a substantial effect on interstate commerce. The existence of such congressional authority is especially clear when the challenged provision itself is part of a comprehensive legislative scheme that regulates interstate commerce.”
- Henry Paul Monaghan, A Conservative Law Professor on the Obvious Constitutionality of Obamacare
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress

thenewrepublic:

Will more prominent, respected conservatives come out of the woodwork to defend Obamacare’s constitutionality? This is the fifth.

“The individual health mandate surely passes constitutional muster under settled judicial principles. The Constitution’s Commerce Clause grants Congress the authority “to regulate commerce … among the several States.” The Court’s precedents establish without question that Congress may regulate intrastate economic activities that Congress (not the Court) reasonably concludes have a substantial effect on interstate commerce. The existence of such congressional authority is especially clear when the challenged provision itself is part of a comprehensive legislative scheme that regulates interstate commerce.”

- Henry Paul Monaghan, A Conservative Law Professor on the Obvious Constitutionality of Obamacare

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress

Saturday, April 14, 2012
barackobama:

ihopebarackobama:

I hope Barack Obama originally adopts a dog just to make his daughters happy but ends up kind of falling in love with the fluffy thing.

Happy third anniversary, Bo.

Awwwww. Yay Bo!

barackobama:

ihopebarackobama:

I hope Barack Obama originally adopts a dog just to make his daughters happy but ends up kind of falling in love with the fluffy thing.

Happy third anniversary, Bo.

Awwwww. Yay Bo!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Monday, April 9, 2012
think-progress:

huffpostpolitics:

Thanks, The Atlantic!

President Obama roared his terrible roar…

Well, this is instant gold.

think-progress:

huffpostpolitics:

Thanks, The Atlantic!

President Obama roared his terrible roar…

Well, this is instant gold.

Friday, April 6, 2012
Women are over half this country and its workforce — not to mention 80 percent of my household, if you count my mother-in-law. And I always count my mother-in-law. President Barack Obama speaking at The White House Forum on Women and the Economy. Always count your mother-in-law, folks.

(Source: politico.com)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
barackobama:

RealNichelle:
Taken 2/29/12 in the Oval Office - Live Long & Prosper!
Someone emailed this to us with the subject line: “Tumblr worthy?” Yes. We would say so.

Practically crying because nerd president + classy actress/civil rights champion = the most epic Resolute Desk photo op imaginable.

Geeking out in the Oval Office for the win.

barackobama:

RealNichelle:

Taken 2/29/12 in the Oval Office - Live Long & Prosper!

Someone emailed this to us with the subject line: “Tumblr worthy?” Yes. We would say so.

Practically crying because nerd president + classy actress/civil rights champion = the most epic Resolute Desk photo op imaginable. Geeking out in the Oval Office for the win.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
barackobama:

peterfeld:

The Republicans are going to feel pretty stupid for spending the last three years fusing “Obama” and “care” in the public mind.

As David Axelrod put it the other day:
“Can you imagine if the opposition called Social Security ‘Roosevelt Security’? Or if Medicare was ‘LBJ-Care’? Seriously, have these guys ever heard of the long view?”

Amen to this!

barackobama:

peterfeld:

The Republicans are going to feel pretty stupid for spending the last three years fusing “Obama” and “care” in the public mind.

As David Axelrod put it the other day:

“Can you imagine if the opposition called Social Security ‘Roosevelt Security’? Or if Medicare was ‘LBJ-Care’? Seriously, have these guys ever heard of the long view?”

Amen to this!

Sunday, March 25, 2012
Why do you have to go all the way to Korea to get a driver’s license? It must be something about that birth certificate. Rick Perry, joking in response to news that President Obama was visiting the Korean DMZ (demilitarized zone), during his speech at the Gridiron Club. (Obama would have been at the event but had to skip it for his Korea trip.) Perry actually had a number of great lines during his speech, “including jabs at Bush’s smarts, Romney’s faith and Santorum’s far-right credentials.”