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Thank you Pres. Obama & Sec. Kerry. (Original Post) Drunken Irishman Apr 2015 OP
Yes Big Thank You To President Obama & The Hardest Working SOS Ever, John Kerry & Congrats!!! Corey_Baker08 Apr 2015 #1
John Kerry has a pretty amazing legacy behind him. misterhighwasted Apr 2015 #3
John Lennon and John Kerry: Give Peace a Chance. blm Apr 2015 #7
So Accurate Tonight! mylye2222 Apr 2015 #10
... YvonneCa Apr 2015 #19
Post the pic, Y. blm Apr 2015 #25
Wish... YvonneCa Apr 2015 #29
It was a choice for avatar - karynnj Apr 2015 #49
At the time the corpmedia was tasked with protecting Bush. Dan Rather spoke openly blm Apr 2015 #50
K&R Cali_Democrat Apr 2015 #2
diplomacy .... it works Botany Apr 2015 #4
Me too! YvonneCa Apr 2015 #20
Yes indeed ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #5
and let's not forget about the 47 ... napkinz Apr 2015 #6
Spread this around!!! calimary Apr 2015 #8
I prefer to email, maindawg Apr 2015 #9
Excellent! sheshe2 Apr 2015 #32
Excellent compilation. Thanks! AtomicKitten Apr 2015 #34
sadly my first thought is "how can (will) the Republicans fuck it up?" rurallib Apr 2015 #11
Oh I bet they are now... mylye2222 Apr 2015 #12
... YvonneCa Apr 2015 #21
In your face Rethugs...this is historic SummerSnow Apr 2015 #13
Were taking bets here.. SummerSnow Apr 2015 #14
Or... YvonneCa Apr 2015 #22
You're right...they'll probably talk about the Obama girls skirts SummerSnow Apr 2015 #24
... YvonneCa Apr 2015 #26
K&R mcar Apr 2015 #15
K & R Thanks you Mr. President and Secy. Kerry, well done! appalachiablue Apr 2015 #16
I'll drink to that. forest444 Apr 2015 #17
We need Iran on our side mainer Apr 2015 #18
Firstly, it is a very good thing for the US. hifiguy Apr 2015 #23
Yes. I hope this will happen even without the rethug support still_one Apr 2015 #27
K&R BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #28
K & R Scurrilous Apr 2015 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author AtomicKitten Apr 2015 #31
KnR sheshe2 Apr 2015 #33
Very much so madokie Apr 2015 #35
2004: Keynote speaker & Presidential nominee 2015: President & Sec of State on historic breakthrough Cha Apr 2015 #36
Thanks Cha.President Obama lovemydog Apr 2015 #37
You're Welcome, lovemydog.. Somehow I missed that Keynote speech @ the time.. the President Cha Apr 2015 #38
Thanks for the link to the President's statement. lovemydog Apr 2015 #40
Exactly, we need to hear from people who are for this deal and how it will affect their lives.. Cha Apr 2015 #42
:) BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #39
Me too. lovemydog Apr 2015 #41
Yeah, how about that President and SOS, Blanche! Cha Apr 2015 #43
K&R THANK YOU. gholtron Apr 2015 #44
Thanks for know negotiating is better than bombing. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #45
Pics from Iran after the nuclear deal.. Cha Apr 2015 #46
Don't Just Thank Them yellowwoodII Apr 2015 #47
please consider voting for Kerry and Obama in "Times 100" poll MBS Apr 2015 #48

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
3. John Kerry has a pretty amazing legacy behind him.
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 02:34 PM
Apr 2015

Am so proud of him & our President today.
That took some skilled talent to negotiate this deal.

karynnj

(59,500 posts)
49. It was a choice for avatar -
Fri Apr 3, 2015, 11:16 AM
Apr 2015


I bet that John Lennon would be as proud of him as the various musicians, who have always supported him - ranging from the members of Peter, Paul and Mary, James Taylor, Bono, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Carole King to Dave Grohl of Nirvana.

Peter Yarrow and Noel(Paul) and James Taylor played at a 2010 (I think) 25 years in the Senate celebration party for Kerry in Boston. Bono spoke of how Kerry was the first one there to help on AIDS in Africa in the Senate during the Reagan years. Bono gave him a guitar ( http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=273x45212 ) Paul Simon - even years later spoke of having wanted him for President (He said the same even more often for Gore, who used one of his songs), Paul McCartney recently invited JK to a small impromtu sho he did in NYC and in 2004, he added the word Kerry - to a few lines in Let it be - "Let it be, Kerry'' (replacing a repeat of let it be with Ker-er -y) in a benefit concert in California for some charity (not political). Bruce Springsteen was everywhere in 2004, speaking for Kerry before he sang and later used Kerry's famous 1971 words as the basis for a song, Carole King was in Iowa for Kerry in the primaries and she and Teresa were both instrumental in the Idaho caucuses.

The thing that always surprised me is that the media succeeded in painting a very lopsided picture of Kerry. In reality, in addition to the very dignified, serious policy wonk, he is someone who easily made friends with all sorts of fascinating people. Many of them have spoken of him in terms not commonly used for a politician for decades.

blm

(113,037 posts)
50. At the time the corpmedia was tasked with protecting Bush. Dan Rather spoke openly
Fri Apr 3, 2015, 02:48 PM
Apr 2015

of it after he left CBS.

Botany

(70,476 posts)
4. diplomacy .... it works
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 02:38 PM
Apr 2015

di·plo·ma·cy/dəˈplōməsē/
noun
the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.

President Obama ask the critics, "Do you think that this deal based on inspections is better then going back
to what had been done before."

The Iranian leader has issued a fatwa against building a nuclear weapon.

To the treasonous 47

Damn I'm so proud of President Obama and Sec. Kerry.

calimary

(81,179 posts)
8. Spread this around!!!
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 03:55 PM
Apr 2015

Love it - AND it includes phone numbers and twitter addresses.

There are also TOLL FREE Capitol Hill Switchboard numbers in my sig line, and they're still good, too.

rurallib

(62,401 posts)
11. sadly my first thought is "how can (will) the Republicans fuck it up?"
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 04:30 PM
Apr 2015

Is Fox already on hyperplexy? Is the right wing wurlitzer already spewing garbage?

They will get the US nuked just to spite Obama.

 

mylye2222

(2,992 posts)
12. Oh I bet they are now...
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 04:41 PM
Apr 2015

Vrying wolf at Kerry being a trator and mocking Lausannefrench speaking town.... while still struggling to find Switzerland on a map!!!!!

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
14. Were taking bets here..
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 05:04 PM
Apr 2015

will Fox news say this deal was made to distract from Hilary's emails...Bengazi, Bengazi, Bengazi

YvonneCa

(10,117 posts)
22. Or...
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 05:33 PM
Apr 2015

...will they just ignore it and focus on some obscure story to distract their viewers. As usual.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
23. Firstly, it is a very good thing for the US.
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 05:33 PM
Apr 2015

Secondly, and maybe more satisfying, it is a thumb in the eye of Netanyahoo and his Repuke enablers.

BumRushDaShow

(128,699 posts)
28. K&R
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 05:52 PM
Apr 2015

I always wondered why Kerry gave up his safe Senate seat and it seems this (a "legacy&quot is why. I think after trying and trying with the almost-intractable Israel-Palestine issue, Iran seemed like a logical one to try given the opportunities that just opened up - the Shia majority in Iraq in power and the rise of extremist Sunnis causing havoc around the region (despite the fact that most of the Islamic world is Sunni)... Maybe North Korea can be another to try the next time the opportunity presents itself.


The President and I as "class of '79"ers remember the whole hullaboo of the revolution and the Shah and whatnot and it's good to finally see some positive geopolitical changes going on in that part of the world, as the OP's 2 diplomats are slowly dismantling Shrub's bogus "Axis of Evil".

Response to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

madokie

(51,076 posts)
35. Very much so
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 08:37 PM
Apr 2015

What a better world we'd have to live in today if not for the putrid puke republiCONs
Peace is all I ask for

Cha

(297,026 posts)
36. 2004: Keynote speaker & Presidential nominee 2015: President & Sec of State on historic breakthrough
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 08:40 PM
Apr 2015

TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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2004: Keynote speaker & Presidential nominee
2015: Pres & Sec of State, on brink of historic breakthrough

Sweet

7:48 AM - 2 Apr 2015 104 Retweets 59 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/02/progress-11/

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
37. Thanks Cha.President Obama
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 09:02 PM
Apr 2015

burst into my consciousness that night. Thanks in large part to Presidential nominee Senator John Kerry.

Cha

(297,026 posts)
38. You're Welcome, lovemydog.. Somehow I missed that Keynote speech @ the time.. the President
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 09:11 PM
Apr 2015

burst into my consciousness much later.. but, burst he did!


TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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"Iran has met all of its obligations"

And not a shot fired or life lost

#Diplomacy
8:29 AM - 2 Apr 2015 139 Retweets 98 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/02/the-president-makes-a-statement/


lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
40. Thanks for the link to the President's statement.
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 09:21 PM
Apr 2015

This should get more analysis, and what is in the actual deal. They should be interviewing middle-east experts who can talk about its historical significance, what it means for the middle east and our allies and Israelis (not Netanyahu, but the Israeli people), and the world etc.

I'm really tired of reading or hearing republican blowhards reactions. That's all they do - they're republican blowhards, rofl.

I'm reading more about the deal from the bbc news. I can't taking hearing the paid shills talk about it. They are predictable, boring and shrill. Like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Hope you have a good evening Cha. Say hi to the Hawaiian beaches there for me.

Cha

(297,026 posts)
42. Exactly, we need to hear from people who are for this deal and how it will affect their lives..
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 09:34 PM
Apr 2015

not the usual pimps for war..

Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
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President Obama: "The issues at stakes here are bigger than politics. These are matters of war and peace." #IranTalks

8:42 AM - 2 Apr 2015 41 Retweets 9 favorites



http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60627-d103480-Reviews-Polihale_State_Park-Waimea_Kauai_Hawaii.html

Aloha to Polihale Beach from lovemydog!

Cha

(297,026 posts)
46. Pics from Iran after the nuclear deal..
Fri Apr 3, 2015, 12:35 AM
Apr 2015

Reddit Pics @redditpicsbot
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Pictures from Iran after the nuclear deal via /r/pics http://ift.tt/1NEZX2w #pics
11:47 AM - 2 Apr 2015 38 Retweets 10 favorites

That's how it should have been in Iraq in 2003.. if only sanity had prevailed..

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/02/president-obama-speaks-on-the-economy-3/

yellowwoodII

(616 posts)
47. Don't Just Thank Them
Fri Apr 3, 2015, 09:25 AM
Apr 2015

Call your representatives. Especially, here, in Illinois, where Kirk is high on the list of warhawks.

MBS

(9,688 posts)
48. please consider voting for Kerry and Obama in "Times 100" poll
Fri Apr 3, 2015, 10:43 AM
Apr 2015

They really deserve special props for this deal, in addition to everything else they've accomplished.
http://time.com/3747734/time-100-poll/

Hint: you can vote every day, and voting ends April 10.

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