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And by the way, the statistics are from the non-partisan Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Graph: Job growth during Obama Administration – May 2012
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Graph showing job growth during the Obama Administration. Statistics from Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The red bars indicate President Bush’s last months. The blue indicates the initial job losses during Obama’s first months in office before his policies could make an impact.
After one year of stopping the bleeding, we moved into positive territory. We’ve actually seen over two years of positive private sector job growth.
Remember – Mitt Romney says this is the wrong direction. So instead of job growth, is he saying he wants to go in the other direction and LOSE more jobs???
President Obama teases David Beckham about his age and underwear line
President Obama welcomed the L.A. Galaxy pro soccer team to the White House today and singled out David Beckham about his age, as well as his fashion sense, Politico reports.
“Half his teammates could be his kids,” said Obama, adding, “It is a rare man who can be that tough on the field and also have his own line of underwear. David Beckham is that man.”
As much as I like seeing Beckham semi-naked, I have to say I like seeing him here in a suit and tie. Really highlights what a handsome man he is.
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President Obama on The View
President Barack Obama, appearing on ABC’s “The View,” spoke about his position on gay marriage and how he views the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act.
“Congress is clearly on notice that I think it’s a bad idea,” Obama said regarding DOMA during “The View” interview, which was recorded Monday morning.
Later in the day, at a New York City fundraising event hosted by Ricky Martin, Obama said he believes marriage equality “strengthens families,” and said the 2012 election would be about values — including “repealing DOMA.”
It’s been said that this election is going to be about values, and I absolutely agree. It’s about the economic values we have, about the values that I believe are what makes America so special — the idea that everybody gets a fair shot, everybody does their fair share, everybody plays by the same set of rules.
So everything we do — from Wall Street reform, making sure that banks aren’t taking risks with other people’s money that taxpayers may have to end up bailing out later, to repealing DOMA, to getting the DREAM Act passed, to investing in our schools, to rebuilding manufacturing in America — all of these things are designed to make sure that we’re restoring middle-class security for all those folks out there that are struggling for their small portion of the American Dream.
During the The View, Elizabeth Hasselbeck questioned President Obama about whether there were any real differences between the President’s position and Mitt Romney. He answered:
Audra McDonald supports President Obama on marriage equality
Four time Tony Award winning singer and actress Audra McDonald tells why she supports President Obama’s announcement of his support for the freedom to marry.
Audra is nominated for a Tony for her role in the Broadway smash “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.”
Poll: 62% of Americans support same-sex unions
A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that 62 percent of Americans support recognizing same-sex relationships via either full marriage equality or civil unions. That number jumped to 70 percent when asked of those aged 18-44 across parties. Independent voters back marriage equality and civil unions by a robust 62 percent.
A Gallup poll released late last week also showed that a considerable majority of independents strongly backed President Obama’s support for marriage equality.
Despite the growing public support for marriage equality, Mitt Romney continues to buck the will of the majority of Americans – supporting neither marriage equality nor civil unions. That position puts him further to the right on LGBT equality than even former President George W. Bush, who did support civil unions.
Learn more about Mitt Romney’s anti-LGBT positions.
Andrew Sullivan on President Obama’s Support For Marriage Equality
Andrew Sullivan, whose Newsweek article “The First Gay President” is getting a lot of attention as much for its text as its cover image, appeared on The Chris Matthews Show on Sunday and offered an emotional account of what Obama’s announcement meant to him.
Said Sullivan:
It’s hugely important and to tell you the truth, I didn’t realize how important it would be until it happened. Beforehand, I was kind of steeled. I was like, ‘I don’t care, he’s going to disappoint us again.’ And then I sat down and watched our president tell me that I am his equal, that I’m no longer outside, I’m fully part of this family and to hear the president who is in some ways a father figure speak to that, the tears came down like with many people in our families, to be included.
I never understood the power of a president’s words until that day, really. I thought, all that matters is the states and the Congress and the Defense of Marriage Act and I had all this in my head and suddenly this man saying, ‘I’m with you, I get it, you’re like me, I’m like you, there is nothing between us, we are the same people and we are equal human beings and I want to treat you the way you treat me.’ That — that was overwhelming. That’s all I can say. I was at a loss for words.
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Gallup poll results on President Obama’s support of gay marriage
From Gallup: A majority of Americans, 60%, say President Barack Obama’s newly announced support for same-sex marriage will make no difference to their vote. Twice as many say it will make them less likely to vote for Obama as say more likely, though roughly half of the “less likely” group are Republicans who probably would not support Obama anyway.
• 13% say the President’s support for marriage equality makes them more likely to vote for him
• 26% say the President’s support for marriage equality makes them less likely to vote for him
• 60% say he President’s support for marriage equality makes no difference in how they plan to vote
The results are based on a May 10 USA Today/Gallup poll conducted in response to Obama’s May 9 announcement that he supports legalizing gay marriage. Obama is the first president to publicly support gay marriage while in office.
The poll finds 51% of Americans approving of his position, essentially matching the 50% of Americans who support gay marriage in general, and similar to his 49% overall job approval rating.