Fucking Obama, the Fucking Nerve of This Man. I've Fucking Had it.

[NYC_SKP]

Had it, I tells ya!

Look at 'em- buying from a "small book seller", how very "special"....

Obama pops into bookstore, backs small businesses

(caption): President Barack Obama visits Kramerbooks for shopping with his daughters Sasha, and Malia, right, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has pitched in to help small businesses get into the holiday shopping season.

The president took his daughters, Malia and Sasha, along on a shopping run to a bookstore a few blocks from the White House.

He says he made the visit because it's "small business Saturday" and he wanted to support a small business.

The retail industry is encouraging shoppers to patronize mom-and-pop businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It's a counterpoint to Black Friday and the sales and special deals offered by department stores and other large retailers.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45445213

[sarcasmo]

1. No sky being on turkey day and now a bookstore.

Limp balls will say he is getting all uppity.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I'm glad to hear it was sarcasm!

You had me going there for a minute, lol!

Malia has gotten so tall, and so grown-up, for a moment I thought she was Michele!

:P

[Seedersandleechers]

37. That was the first thing I noticed

was how tall Malia is.

[AtomicKitten]

3. I'm outraged. Really.

K&R for some levity!

[Eric J in MN]

4. One of the books he bought is

"Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia."

[hootinholler]

5. Locking

Oh wait. :P

[NYC_SKP]

8. YOU!

I'm gonna short-sheet your bunk in the mod condo ya hoser!

:hi:

[yardwork]

42. Wait. You guys have a condo now?

[struggle4progress]

43. yep. we all sit on the bunks and eat bowlfuls of El Condo Pasta

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

[rpannier]

50. You seem surprised

Where do you think those donations go?

The squirrels that power the servers don't need that much food
And Skinner, Elad and Co. can only visit the Bahamas so many times before they get boring.

I did hear a rumor they're saving up to go to the 2014 World Cup in Rio

[spooked911]

6. more proof that he's a communist/socialist/anarchist

outrageous!

[Swede]

13. You forgot muslin.

[Tarheel_Dem]

26. And Kenyan!

:rofl:

[kag]

40. and cheesecloth...

and silk and corduroy and denim and cotton...

(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

[alp227]

24. You'd be right if he were shopping at City Lights in San Francisco!

[Whisp]

7. I bet those books have SPINE!

:D

[deutsey]

9. Well, there's hope he'll learn from these books, then! n/t

[NYC_SKP]

10. Whope, now you've done it, you've mad him mad.

:hi:

[pnorman]

17. Thanks, I was looking for that photo!

Was that when that asshole shouted at him: "You lie!"?

[deutsey]

36. LOL

[blondie58]

38. too bad he didn't pick up something really relevant

Say by thom Hartman, Greg palast or Matt taibi!

[treestar]

11. People who read that live in the White House

!!!!

Looks like the children is learning!

[frazzled]

12. Funny, I went to his old bookstore today for "Shop Local Saturday"

Dropped some coin at 57th Street Books in Hyde Park, his old bookstore haunt.

[CakeGrrl]

14. Whaaa? You mean he didn't

send his personal shoppers to pepper-spray people at Wal-Mart so they could snatch up a bunch of Xboxes?





:evilgrin:

[Historic NY]

15. Just when you think.........he surprises you. I'd like to keep him around awhile.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

16. He's not like Bush!! HE'S WORSE!!! Kick & Recommended especially for all the ODSers!!

:kick::kick::kick:

[Remember Me]

18. I'm sorry, I'm not all that kicked in about this promotion

First, it's spearheaded by American Express. Not exactly a mom and pop small business itself.

Second, it's ONE fucking day. What about the other 364? Further, it's a wonderful way to pay lip service to our dying main streets and let WalMart off the hook for another whole year or more.

Just a freakin' bandaid, a gimmick, a ruse.

Fooled YOU, didn't he?

[NYC_SKP]

19. I heard it was chase. Doesn't matter to my local mom and pop stores, tho.

And yeah, it's just one day, but that's more than 5,000,000 times the attention it was given last year.

Baby steps, every journey starts with a single step.

I'm glad people are talking about buying local and buying American more than ever before in my life.

So color me happy!!!

:fistbump:

:bounce:

:toast:

[Phlem]

22. This is true.

I'm doing that as much as possible from this Christmas on. Viking, good American Brand for those remodeling they're kitchens.

http://www.madeinusa.org

No More Fucking Trade deals that outsource American Jobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-p

[Phlem]

20. Certainly is getting a lot of mileage around here.

Can't wait till the picture of him holding a bunny is posted here. Eruption I tell ya, of the sheeple kind!!! They will crowd the streets!!! I have a lot of family in small business, not impressed.

-p

[Whisp]

34. yes! he should be shopping for books with his kids...

EVERY FUCKING DAY, to prove....


to prove SOMETHING!


:rofl:

[nolabear]

44. Eighteen posts to turn a positive into a negative.

[lunatica]

21. Hmm... Supporting a small business on Support Small Business Saturday

You'd think he's supporting something or other.

Nah! That's gotta be just a coincidence.

And volunteering to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving? Shit! Just wants to look good.

This is also a bit o sarcasm.

[marlakay]

23. I hope he bought a lot of stuff since

His security probably kicked everyone out of the store...

[Citizen Worker]

25. Yes, he's helping small businesses by negotiating more slave trade agreements that will eventually

put them out of business because their customers will be unemployed. That's really going to help small businesses flourish.

[vaberella]

27. Huh?! n/t

[Ikonoklast]

31. ODS in its terminal phase, makes one babble senselessly.

Sad.

[Phlem]

33. It might be hard for some to follow your logic

But it's clear to me and easy to understand. There's just a lot of rose colored sunglasses on around here that people refuse to take off.

-p

[JoeyT]

35. But look!

It's another insipid photo op to show how much he cares!

Doesn't that totally override policy?

[Skittles]

56. STOP LOOKING BEHIND THE CURTAIN, CW!!

LOOK AT THE PRETTY LOCAL BOOKS!!!

[polichick]

28. While there are a lot of things to be "pissed off and uneasy" about...

(See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2382941&mesg_id=2382941)

...supporting local businesses isn't one of them.

We did the same in our family on Saturday.

Nice pic!

[JoePhilly]

29. Herman Cain just screamed .... "He's a reader, not a leader!!!!!"

[GeorgeGist]

30. Lame ...

PR stunt.

Oh and I'm not being sarcastic. :P:

[NYC_SKP]

32. Actually, I'm intelligent enough, and centered enough, to smell the roses, as it were; be grateful..

...that we have this man in the whitehouse and not any of the dolts that came before him.

I wish the same peace and centered-ness on all who happen upon my OP, your reply, and my reply to your reply!

Peace, baby, and try not to lose your happy place!

:hi:



.

.

[russspeakeasy]

41. I was going to give you a hard time until I saw the pix.

[KoKo]

47. Lovely Post and Pics from a DU Mod who knows how to post...Incredible...and Beautiful

...it makes us all feel...good and whole within our bodies to see this.

:kick:

Although I wonder if the countries we've BOMBED and the "collateral damage" we've done would feel good about this beautiful child...when there are children dead all across the Middle East.

But, then...it's keeping OUR CHILDREN charming and whole that's the TRUTH OF IT...isn't it. The rest are just "Collateral Damage." Not real...with no families and the "uncounted."

[Skittles]

57. LOL

:rofl:

[doccraig67]

39. Beat Fox to the punch

They'll find a way to spin it that way.

[muntrv]

45. ...And he does it in front of his daughters!

[KoKo]

46. It was a truly, lovely Photo Op... thanks for post and pics.

:kick:

[KoKo]

48. Huge K&R for this Wonderful View of the Obama Girls buying Books!

:kick:

[SoapBox]

49. DON'T do that to me!

*rolling my eyes*

I was all set to come in and scream and yell and call you names, etc.

Only to find...the pics and great story. I had previously seen the pic but
was ALL fired up to kick some butt.

...guess I'll have to save my butt kick'n for the Baggers, Haters and FuxNooseChannel.

[KoKo]

51. He does have lovely children. And, that we cannot deny. But...photo ops

do present an interesting circumstance... about Parents and Children and crossing lines into their lives.

Just saying......

[KoKo]

52. K&R...Off to the Greatest Page for You!

[UrbScotty]

53. That takes a lot of 'chitz-pah,' as Michele Bachmann would say!

;-)

[grasswire]

54. that bookstore is owned by friends Cokie Roberts

The owner who just died recently -- like family.

[great white snark]

55. Great to see this, I hope at least a few folks will follow suit and buy from small businesses.

Mom & Pop stores need the help.