U.S. President Barack Obama kicked off his 2012 re-election bid with a DNC fundraiser rally at the Grand Ballroom of the Navy Pier in Chicago last night.
In a sobering statement that sets the tone of his re-election bid, Obama conceded to the well-heeled crowd, “Some of the excitement is not going to be there.”
Obama was referring to the polls that reflect a declining support of his base: the millions of kool aid drinkers — mostly disillusioned blacks — who hosted Obama on their shoulders and carried him to a historic victory as the first biracial president of the United States in 2008.
Chicago Bulls star guard Derrick Rose, 22, attended the rally. And Grammy Award-winner Colbie Caillat performed. As Rose took the stage, the crowd chanted “MVP, MVP.”
Rose, the favorite for the 2011 MVP trophy, cracked jokes, saying he was sorry to see Obama running again because “the Bulls need a starting two-guard.”
The well-to-do audience paid upwards of $100 to the legal maximum of $35,800 for their tickets. There were reports that the kickoff rally netted Obama another $2 million for his already swollen campaign coffers.
Meanwhile, in an effort to humanize Mr. Obama and soften his public image, the White House released candid photos taken by Obama’s personal photographer over the past 2 years. The photos portray Obama as a doting father and statesman at work and at play.
(Photos by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
#ObamaFor2012
“Obama was referring to the polls that reflect a declining support of his base: the millions of kool aid drinkers — mostly disillusioned blacks ”
African Americans ONLY make up about 12% of the American population and on top of that NOT ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS VOTED FOR OBAMA!
I know a few who didn’t. So his supporters were all races, not just blacks. Ugh!
Awwwww that pic of him and the baby is just adorable.
it!
Mr. BluPhi I am assuming you’re a Sigma? If so hey frat!
and Sandra you are so hi-larious in the morning and isn’t it ironic you have Donald Trump on an ad. I guess it’s good PR cause he say’s he has good relationship with ‘THE BLACKS’ smh …
but really tea
NO way Obama could fix in 4yrs what took bumbling bush 8yrs to F up.
#Obama2012
derrick rose could get the business from every angle.
Good Morning!!
@M3z wasssupppppppppppppppp…not sure if you’re soro or frat…but waddup blu and white.
And if Donald Trump even gets elected as a candidate, Im moving to Jupiter.
President Obama will be re-elected. To anyone who does not like it, too bad. You have options. Option #1, if you were not born in the USA, Delta is ready when you are!
So now Obama knows black folks and is willing to be photographed with black folks after he threw Van Jones and Shirley Sherrod under the bus last year.
Oh well typical politician.
@ Mr. BluPhi I’m ZPhiB! and I’m moving right along with you if he gets elected. ..LOL
I’m open to listening and considering other candidates from both parties. I don’t think there are any democrats considering running for their ticket other than Obama though. I’m not going to automatically vote for him. I will say this, Obama needs to do something substantial THIS year because it’s going to be UGA-LY during the next election season.
If you thought it was bad back in 2008, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Obama is right, there won’t be as much excitement this time around BUT I know that he did turn the job market around. I remember when there were hundreds of thousands of people getting laid off every month for months. Now we are steadily adding more jobs and less people are filing for unemployment. The unemployment rate is still high but it has been improving over time. There is no such thing as an overnight miracle in the arena of politics.
Shoot McDonalds is having a hiring blitz on the 19th.
It’s a job.
RoderickXYZ says:
Shirley Sherrod under the bus last year.
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Yes, all the black folks voted and all of them voted for Obama.
Girl, plz. Did you vote? I’m sure it was for McCain and Palin with her oh so brilliant self. “I can see Russia from my house”. Or are you one of those ppl that complain about things but didn’t even vote? Either way, child boo. Get off my President!!! Are you jealous that he has a beautiful wife? 
LOL! Auntie… Cut a brotha some slack…
@ blu
i’m praying for teachers today.
my mom said HISD is letting everyone know today if they still have their job for next year. she said they fired this brand new teacher, fresh out of college last year so now all the teachers are on pins & needles. sigh..
I don’t know why they always attack black people for voting for Obama.
America is 13% Black people
You can easily cut that in half by how many are children and how many Black men are in prison or have felonies that don’t allow them to vote or don’t know the proper cahnnels to be able to vote.
You can probably cut that in half again if you account for people that are apathetic and don’t vote at all.
Even after all of that, all Blacks are not a hive mind that only vote Democratic.
In my opinion when politicians still pretend to cater to Black people it’s just pr because if you were to get the yt vote and the Hispanic vote, it wouldn’t matter what Black folk voted for………..
On another note: TGIF! :yep:
bnatural says:
RoderickXYZ says:
Shirley Sherrod under the bus last year.
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How did Obama throw her under the bus?
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Here is what’s funny,
If he was as unpopular as Sandy says…where is all his campaign money coming from? WE KNOOOOW most black folks can’t afford 35,000 for a ticket…CHIIIT that hundard is steep!
TEAMOBAMA!
If most black ppl always support any black person that runs, wouldn’t Jesse Jackson’s azz have gotten more than 87 votes when he ran?
@ wUT WHATS UP WHERE YOU BEEN AT?
@ Alex you cant believe everything these self hating Racist write
Good Morning All!!!
TGIF but a bish is real ti-red!! Staying out to 2:30am and having to clock in at 6:45am is for the birds.
I’m too old for that shyt!!
“after he threw Van Jones and Shirley Sherrod under the bus last year.”
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Que???? Now we all know Obama was out voted on whether to keep Jones or not. And being in politics, you know ppl will dig up dirt, and twist your words around. The Repubs wanted Jones out.
As far as Shirley Sherrod…really??
I can’t wait to vote for Obama again!!!!!….and BTW
:newbie:….. good morning
@ Alex miss me with all that dont you work AT HOME?
@AL….my male bff
I do but it’s not THAT free. They can monitor everything we do. Can tell how long I have gone without actually working.
@ al
you and that damn coffee icon..
Like I said before, a white persons vote for another white person, and thats ok. No one says “they just voted for him because he’s white” and no one refers to them as “diet coke drinkers” (I dont know not one white person that doesn’t drink diet coke)
But a black persons vote for Obama, and they are kool-aid drinkers blinded by the his skin tone. Cmon son….
President Obama is as good, if not better, than every president I’ve seen in my life time. Esp considering that he came in after Bush…
@DERRICK ROSE
“Rose, the favorite for the 2011 MVP trophy, cracked jokes, saying he was sorry to see Obama running again because ‘the Bulls need a starting two-guard.'”
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Way to throw Keith Bogans (the Bulls CURRENTstarting two guard) under the bus. Michelle prolly the better baller anyway.
@AWESOME ARSENAL
“I don’t know why they always attack black people for voting for Obama.”
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Me either.. WHEN TWICE AS MANY FOLK VOTED AGAINST HIM BECAUSE HE’S BLACK! Why they ain’t being called to task??????
Ok POTUS … and good to see D Rose in a suit & tie
@ blu
please see comment #16. thanks.
Mr.BluPhi says:
#ObamaFor2012
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Are you serious? How am I “twisting stuff around” by simply reporting what he said?
ALBOY!!!
New position, new responsibilities n chit… How have you been?
@Man
I’m sure you’re being extremely conservative by saying twice as much. That’s why I didn’t add any specific numbers in my post.
kingstonn says:
derrick rose could get the business from every angle.
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I’m guessing that you’re a man?
sandra you know im not a man!
bnatural says:
How did Obama throw her under the bus?
RatchetFree says:
Mr.BluPhi says:
Que???? Now we all know Obama was out voted on whether to keep Jones or not. And being in politics, you know ppl will dig up dirt, and twist your words around. The Repubs wanted Jones out.
As far as Shirley Sherrod…really??
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Didn’t Shirley Sherrod state that she was called from the White House TWICE and told to resign?
The White House didn’t even give her a chance to get off the road.
As for Phi Blue Obama is the motherfugging president and he can overrule anyone and everyone and since Jones is from Chicago I believe that Obama picked him as his green energy czar so the White House could have at least allowed Jones to be interviewed about his comments since they were taken out of context.
My big problem with Shirley Sherrod was that Faux News said boo and the White House went in full defensive mode and dumped her without even asking her side of the story.
RoderickXYZ says:
So now Obama knows black folks and is willing to be photographed with black folks after he threw Van Jones and Shirley Sherrod under the bus last year.
Oh well typical politician.
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Mr.BluPhi says:
Like I said before, a white persons vote for another white person, and thats ok. No one says “they just voted for him because he’s white” and no one refers to them as “diet coke drinkers” (I dont know not one white person that doesn’t drink diet coke)
But a black persons vote for Obama, and they are kool-aid drinkers blinded by the his skin tone. Cmon son….
President Obama is as good, if not better, than every president I’ve seen in my life time. Esp considering that he came in after Bush…
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Yessir!!!!
So every call that goes to the White House gets answered by President Obama?
@ Kingston
you know I be trying to use it in emails and err thang 
@ Alex Oh Okay
Man, I just don’t care™ says:
@AWESOME ARSENAL
“I don’t know why they always attack black people for voting for Obama.”
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Me either.. WHEN TWICE AS MANY FOLK VOTED AGAINST HIM BECAUSE HE’S BLACK! Why they ain’t being called to task??????
“We don’t understand the question?”
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A mirror is a muddafukka!!!You pose the same question to them and they give you this look and answer..
RatchetFree says:
So every call that goes to the White House gets answered by President Obama?
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OH Yeahhhh! And after 5 he’s the janitor and night watchman…
kingstonn says:
@ blu
i’m praying for teachers today.
my mom said HISD is letting everyone know today if they still have their job for next year. she said they fired this brand new teacher, fresh out of college last year so now all the teachers are on pins & needles. sigh.
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Yeah I heard….Im in Aldine. And my principal told us this morning that Aldine is cutting about 500 jobs next year. SMH….but they keep saying “you’re math, so you don’t have anything to worry about”….but I dunno
@WUT lmfaoooooooooooooooooo
You would think by now that most people would have some semblance of how politics work. For the most part the POTUS is a figure head. He really can’t get anything passed or done without the House and Senate. And if you have a Republican House and Senate who can’t stand the Democratic President not much can get done. Politics is all about compromise. You can have all the ideas and goals in the world but if people don’t vote for Senators and Representatives that have his back all the ideas and goals is for nought.
RoderickXYZ says:
Didn’t Shirley Sherrod state that she was called from the White House TWICE and told to resign?
The White House didn’t even give her a chance to get off the road.
As for Phi Blue Obama is the motherfugging president and he can overrule anyone and everyone and since Jones is from Chicago I believe that Obama picked him as his green energy czar so the White House could have at least allowed Jones to be interviewed about his comments since they were taken out of context.
My big problem with Shirley Sherrod was that Faux News said boo and the White House went in full defensive mode and dumped her without even asking her side of the story.
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Tisk tisk, if I remember correctly, she worked for the Department of Agriculture and they forced her to resign.
I do not remember hearing or reading about President Obama himself or any of his staff members urging her to resign or throwing her under the bus.
RoderickXYZ says:
RoderickXYZ says:
So now Obama knows black folks and is willing to be photographed with black folks after he threw Van Jones and Shirley Sherrod under the bus last year.
Oh well typical politician.
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Sandra Rose says:
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@SANDRA
“Meanwhile, in an effort to humanize Mr. Obama and soften his public image, the White House released candid photos taken by Obama’s personal photographer over the past 2 years. The photos portray Obama as a doting father and statesman at work and at play.”
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In other words the photos are an accurate portrayl of Obama.
MAN exactly
@ blu
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Yeah I heard….Im in Aldine. And my principal told us this morning that Aldine is cutting about 500 jobs next year. SMH….but they keep saying “you’re math, so you don’t have anything to worry about”….but I dunno
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That’s because they know your going to bust up in the principal’s office and say “THIS CHIT AIN’T ADDING UP!!!”
@ NaijaGal says:
You would think by now that most people would have some semblance of how politics work. For the most part the POTUS is a figure head. He really can’t get anything passed or done without the House and Senate. And if you have a Republican House and Senate who can’t stand the Democratic President not much can get done. Politics is all about compromise. You can have all the ideas and goals in the world but if people don’t vote for Senators and Representatives that have his back all the ideas and goals is for nought.
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bnatural says:
Tisk tisk, if I remember correctly, she worked for the Department of Agriculture and they forced her to resign. I do not remember hearing or reading about President Obama himself or any of his staff members urging her to resign or throwing her under the bus.
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Are you calling Shirley Sherrod a liar?
When it came out that the video was bogus the Secretary of Agriculture took the fall and said that it was his call but regardless Obama is the head of the Executive Branch and he’s ultimately Shirley Sherrod’s boss and her firing was pure cowardice.
Mr.BluPhi says:
Like I said before, a white persons vote for another white person, and thats ok. No one says “they just voted for him because he’s white” and no one refers to them as “diet coke drinkers” (I dont know not one white person that doesn’t drink diet coke)
But a black persons vote for Obama, and they are kool-aid drinkers blinded by the his skin tone. Cmon son….
Sandra I NEVER seen you throwing this much shade towards Bush…..
bnatural says:
Tisk tisk, if I remember correctly, she worked for the Department of Agriculture and they forced her to resign. I do not remember hearing or reading about President Obama himself or any of his staff members urging her to resign or throwing her under the bus.
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RoderickXYZ says:
Are you calling Shirley Sherrod a liar?
When it came out that the video was bogus the Secretary of Agriculture took the fall and said that it was his call but regardless Obama is the head of the Executive Branch and he’s ultimately Shirley Sherrod’s boss and her firing was pure cowardice.
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Don’t waste your keystrokes, Rod. Kool aid drinkers have selective memories. Of course they don’t remember that it was Obama’s man who called Sherrod FROM THE WHITE HOUSE and ordered her to pull over and tender her resignation OVER THE PHONE so as not to taint Obama’s image. Then when it came out that the video had been doctored, the White House issued an apology and offered Sherrod another gov’t. job, which she refused.
Why is that baby giving Obama the “side yeye”.
“eye”