Please tell me this is a joke. RT @MattCover: Abe Lincoln is Obama's "Homeboy from Illinois."
— Sarah (@mamaswati) July 10, 2012
Sadly, no. He said that.
Did President Obama really just call Abraham Lincoln his "homeboy from Illinois"??
— Christine Delargy (@CADelargy) July 10, 2012
As he begins Iowa speech, Pres Obama notes man in audience dressed as Abe Lincoln: "my homeboy from Illinois," he announces.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 10, 2012
His account also tweeted out a photo of “his homeboy” today.
Bipartisanship: http://t.co/DeEvsmfJ
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 10, 2012
We are only surprised that he didn’t further insert himself into President Lincoln’s biography.
That was the opening to his speech on middle-class tax cuts (while he is refusing to extend the Bush tax cuts) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, today.
We’ll be live-tweeting the President’s speech on @Obama2012—follow along for the latest.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 10, 2012
As always, his speech is all about him.
POTUS on Iowa in 2008: "This is a state that gave me a chance when nobody else would."
— All On The Line (@allontheline) July 10, 2012
President Obama: "I'm betting that you will be as fired up as you were in 2008, because you know the stakes."
— All On The Line (@allontheline) July 10, 2012
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"What's at stake is two very different visions for our country."—President Obama
— All On The Line (@allontheline) July 10, 2012
You got that right. And we don’t care for your vision.
“No matter what the national media was saying, no matter how far down we were in the polls, I’d come here to Iowa and I’d feel hopeful.”
— All On The Line (@allontheline) July 10, 2012
Oh, well. As long as he feels hopeful. As for everyone else: “How’s that hope and change working for you?”
Twitchy will monitor President Obama’s speech and update accordingly.
Update:
"A strong middle class is what we are fighting for" @BarackObama in Iowa."That's what I've been fighting for for last 3 1/2 years.."applause
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) July 10, 2012
President Obama: “All we ask is for our hard work to pay off; for our responsibility to be rewarded.”
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 10, 2012
Demands to be rewarded! Everyone is “entitled,” you see.
President Obama: “I’m running because after a decade of war, it’s time to do some nation building here at home.”
— All On The Line (@allontheline) July 10, 2012
POTUS: “Our vision of a strong middle class is what we're fighting for.”
— All On The Line (@allontheline) July 10, 2012
Again, champ, that vision has shown itself to be an epic fail. Time for some corrective surgery!
All. About. Him.
POTUS: “Through every one of my campaigns, what’s given me hope is you. Your ability to cut through the nonsense and identify what's true.”
— All On The Line (@allontheline) July 10, 2012
Post-Obama music today: U2's "Even Better Than The Real Thing." Lyric: "Give me one more chance and you'll be satisfied"
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) July 10, 2012
“You can still make change happen. You can still inspire each other. Because you still inspire me.”—President Obama
— All On The Line (@allontheline) July 10, 2012
Whew! You haven’t disappointed him … yet … America! The hubris. It burns.