Then I guess my dad was merely a prop when he (Reply #168)

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Tue Oct 22, 2013, 07:48 AM

FailureToCommunicate (13,370 posts)

168. Then I guess my dad was merely a prop when he

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was behind four Presidents in his support for civil rights legislation...starting with Truman (for wounded war vets)

I think you are just plain wrong on this one.

Perhaps you're over thinking it, or like to be contrary...

People that work hard for an issue, or are deeply affected by it, are often the ones surrounding the President at speeches
or signings.

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189 replies	Author	Time	Post
GOOD CATCH MR. PRESIDENT! Obama Catches Fainting Woman During White House Speech! (Video) [View all]	Coyotl	Oct 2013	OP
I saw that--very smoothly done! nt	MADem	Oct 2013	#1
That's great. Like the time someone fainted in audience, and he said, "you have to eat."	Hoyt	Oct 2013	#2
This happens at press conferences from time to time.	NutmegYankee	Oct 2013	#81
How soon we forget	rocktivity	Oct 2013	#3
LOL. Bush was worst than boring. Nonethless, send the kid a paycheck.	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#36
And to think, the worst I ever wished on Bush	IrishAyes	Oct 2013	#91
The only credit I ever gave bush in his 8 years is that fucker could duck a shoe pretty good.	Hassin Bin Sober	Oct 2013	#152
You can't imagine how much I wished I could've thrown a shoe at him	IrishAyes	Oct 2013	#159
Hate to say it, but I was quite impressed when he ducked that shoe so adeptly. Of course,	Dark n Stormy Knight	Oct 2013	#162
He was used to ducking flying objects from his wife	fasttense	Oct 2013	#167
Both shoes, remember?	brush	Oct 2013	#173
It comes from a lifetime...	awoke_in_2003	Oct 2013	#180
Hee Hee! nt	brush	Oct 2013	#181
I did forget! Yeah, he must have had practice one way or another.	Dark n Stormy Knight	Oct 2013	#187
The story behind that video was incredible	flygal	Oct 2013	#39
Remember the the three day hyper-spin put out for that incident? " He was just tired, not bored."	Mnemosyne	Oct 2013	#141
Remember the Bush Boooo'ed viral video. On YouTube it was breaking world records on April 1.	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#174
I saw that too, while it was developing!	cilla4progress	Oct 2013	#4
Something like that happened to me at a concert	rocktivity	Oct 2013	#9
What did you do? Faint or get out of there?	CrispyQ	Oct 2013	#103
I'm wondering the same thing.	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#109
You can tell she was really trying to hang on...	Phentex	Oct 2013	#17
You are right, she is diabetic.	RedSpartan	Oct 2013	#25
I too	coldbeer	Oct 2013	#31
She looks pregnant, and that can send your systems a bit out of whack!	Hekate	Oct 2013	#33
exactly what i thought...	nashville_brook	Oct 2013	#43
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#107
Aw, that's just awesome.	Laelth	Oct 2013	#5
chivalry, and good situational awareness!	nashville_brook	Oct 2013	#42
Ikr? How can he be giving a speech, yet tuned in to the people behind him!? I have done my	Dark n Stormy Knight	Oct 2013	#163
He can see the responses of the people in front of him. They were watching her faint.	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#172
Many politicians would not even notice that!	Dark n Stormy Knight	Oct 2013	#186
Perfectly said!	JNelson6563	Oct 2013	#171
Cue Right Wing "false flag" talk in 3,2,1.....nt	Tommy_Carcetti	Oct 2013	#6
She's being interviewed on CNN right now by phone	pinboy3niner	Oct 2013	#7
Watched it live	malaise	Oct 2013	#11
I know malaise.. like he has eyes in the back of	Cha	Oct 2013	#59
+1!	sheshe2	Oct 2013	#65
So true! He has an amazing sensitivity to people.	SunSeeker	Oct 2013	#112
He does have daughters. Parents have to have eyes in the back of their heads.	Tigress DEM	Oct 2013	#157
That's what I was thinking of when I wrote it.. not on	Cha	Oct 2013	#158
DON'T ever stand with your legs locked back, cuts off blood flow REALLY fast. Learned in Boy Scouts	uponit7771	Oct 2013	#8
That's the first thing I thought as well...	Javaman	Oct 2013	#35
That's what they told the legally blind lady who got stuck on the bridge when it started to raise.	IrishAyes	Oct 2013	#95
I learned that in the military...	Callmecrazy	Oct 2013	#144
You can learn a lot in the military. ...	spin	Oct 2013	#182
I agree...	Callmecrazy	Oct 2013	#183
I was fortunate as I enlisted in the Air Force during the Vietnam era. ...	spin	Oct 2013	#184
I'm not surprised. He has ninja-reflexes, as he showed when he caught the fly	Tanuki	Oct 2013	#10
LOVE this one!	calimary	Oct 2013	#28
Who said anything about 'dry'?	IrishAyes	Oct 2013	#97
Lol.. I had just thought of that when I	Cha	Oct 2013	#62
Time for some Karate Kid Fly Catching	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#114
"You beginner luck"! RoFL! People are so	Cha	Oct 2013	#124
What you didn't see...	Jeff In Milwaukee	Oct 2013	#12
Heh heh	pinboy3niner	Oct 2013	#14
Yeah, if you have to have a fainting spell that was definitely the	Cha	Oct 2013	#63
and then he passed out pie and milkshakes for everyone.	BlancheSplanchnik	Oct 2013	#52
..and brought those m-fers donuts.	louis-t	Oct 2013	#58
LOl.. These donuts?	Cha	Oct 2013	#67
I LOVE THIS	Jeff In Milwaukee	Oct 2013	#68
You're Welcome, Jeff! Glad to share	Cha	Oct 2013	#83
I love this man.	louis-t	Oct 2013	#73
I know.. it was brilliant, louis. lol :)	Cha	Oct 2013	#84
That is the man I voted for!	Southside	Oct 2013	#13
I'm sure it was all staged	nobodyspecial	Oct 2013	#15
That will be the leading Fox story tonight, I bet.	randome	Oct 2013	#27
They will say it was Obama's fault.	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#38
Wait. Wait. It can get worse than volcanic eruptions and staged faintings.	randome	Oct 2013	#40
Thanks Obama!	Cha	Oct 2013	#69
How did he realize someone was in trouble behind him?	My Pet Goat	Oct 2013	#16
Must have been.	avaistheone1	Oct 2013	#18
He may have also caught the other woman moving in his peripheral vision.	charlie and algernon	Oct 2013	#19
Wow, I just read her tweet that she was pregnant...	My Pet Goat	Oct 2013	#24
The fainter looked like she was breathing heavily, too. Maybe that tipped him off.	randome	Oct 2013	#30
Or audio	Thav	Oct 2013	#55
Either that or he may have heard them talking behind him, which normally wouldnt happen	7962	Oct 2013	#169
Lucky for her she wasn't standing behind President Romney making a speech.	red dog 1	Oct 2013	#20
Nah, it would have been all military people behind bush.	louis-t	Oct 2013	#77
Or photoshopped military people.	Hassin Bin Sober	Oct 2013	#153
I guess I do feel sorry for Boehner and other repubs	cilla4progress	Oct 2013	#21
lol! nt	ecstatic	Oct 2013	#23
Don't ever lock your knees when standing	ecstatic	Oct 2013	#22
One of my daughters is in school choir. She fainted once when not following that rule.	randome	Oct 2013	#26
"This happens when I talk too long... "	Whisp	Oct 2013	#29
That was EXACTLY the right thing to say.	Laelth	Oct 2013	#37
I know, huh?	Cha	Oct 2013	#70
yup! and he made sure to give somebody else the credit	Botany	Oct 2013	#101
Poor woman. I'm sure she's embarrased.	Laffy Kat	Oct 2013	#32
she's been a good sport about it	Liberal_in_LA	Oct 2013	#188
No worries the TP/GOPers will say it was staged while the corporate media agrees	Iliyah	Oct 2013	#34
I read the first few comments on the video	Lordquinton	Oct 2013	#61
Does he have eyes in the back of his head? nt	No Vested Interest	Oct 2013	#41
The use of people as backdrop to speeches is unfortunate.	mahannah	Oct 2013	#44
No, it's NOT.. they're there for a very important Reason.	Cha	Oct 2013	#74
They are there as props for a speech.	mahannah	Oct 2013	#80
You call them "props" .. I call them people who are there to support POTUS.	Cha	Oct 2013	#82
President Obama has a great presence. Most powerful, I think, when he is alone on the stage.	mahannah	Oct 2013	#86
And I think he's at his best when he's off script, especially when he's interacting with the People.	CrispyQ	Oct 2013	#106
What one may see as stagecraft, another may see as tradition.	LanternWaste	Oct 2013	#87
We need to move beyond tradition.	mahannah	Oct 2013	#90
I like this tradition. I think every politician should stand in front of the people his law helps.	SunSeeker	Oct 2013	#126
This "tradition" is outdated. We need to address real issues, not photo opportunities.	mahannah	Oct 2013	#132
Demostrating who a law helps will never be outdated. nt	SunSeeker	Oct 2013	#149
Then cancel Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then see how folks feel about	TeamPooka	Oct 2013	#129
+1	FailureToCommunicate	Oct 2013	#170
They want to be there, so it is fortunate for them.	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#119
What did you have to say about Junior's use of a battleship, fighter jet, and troops?	Hekate	Oct 2013	#150
At least they're not school children forced to be there to fill the seats.	Dark n Stormy Knight	Oct 2013	#164
Then I guess my dad was merely a prop when he	FailureToCommunicate	Oct 2013	#168
+1, FTC! I didn't find civil rights people but ..	Cha	Oct 2013	#185
pResident Bush helping someone out who is feeling tipsy	mockmonkey	Oct 2013	#45
ROFL!	pinboy3niner	Oct 2013	#46
LOL!!! What a perfect comparison. nt	rivegauche	Oct 2013	#64
LOL	skeewee08	Oct 2013	#78
BAWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!	Rex	Oct 2013	#104
Bob Dole stage fall - YouTube	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#108
I remember seeing that over and over	mockmonkey	Oct 2013	#111
+1	uponit7771	Oct 2013	#161
Bless her heart, she was clearly fighting it.	Skeeter Barnes	Oct 2013	#47
Cool dude	Aldo Leopold	Oct 2013	#48
rec 50! he clearly knew this person wasn't well or heard or saw something before his reaching out	Divine Discontent	Oct 2013	#49
He's a kind man.	blue neen	Oct 2013	#50
Obamacare:	TexasTowelie	Oct 2013	#51
Case in	Cha	Oct 2013	#75
what a laff that the YouTube ad banner is a teapuke.com "vote now!!1!" idiocy.	BlancheSplanchnik	Oct 2013	#53
"I gotcha... ...You're OK." Through his acts, he actually saves many people, every day.	NYC_SKP	Oct 2013	#54
That's the wannabe baller in our Prez.	liberalmuse	Oct 2013	#56
You got that, 'pubs?	liberalmuse	Oct 2013	#57
Poor lady	MissNostalgia	Oct 2013	#60
Is there anything this man DOESN'T do well?	ffr	Oct 2013	#66
"There you go, you're okay, I'm right here. I got you."	savalez	Oct 2013	#71
IT doesn't surprise me...	yuiyoshida	Oct 2013	#72
I sometimes forget my President is a superhero. n/t	vaberella	Oct 2013	#123
And has his own action figure!	yuiyoshida	Oct 2013	#128
I had forgotten about this!	Brigid	Oct 2013	#133
Now that was amazing!	sheshe2	Oct 2013	#76
Wasn't it, she! I've just been cracking up	Cha	Oct 2013	#79
Pregnant + diabetic + close to Obama = feeling faint	Nonhlanhla	Oct 2013	#85
"Super senses".. That nails it, Nonhlanhla!	Cha	Oct 2013	#89
And bionic ears, of course!	Nonhlanhla	Oct 2013	#92
Of course! Rofl!	Cha	Oct 2013	#98
Wider range Pic of Karmel Allison and the President, Coyotl	Cha	Oct 2013	#88
I love the man's awareness of his surroundings!	Rex	Oct 2013	#93
Thank you for that, Rex. It said a lot to me, too..	Cha	Oct 2013	#99
It is the reason he is always one step ahead of the GOP.	Rex	Oct 2013	#100
Imagine that.	IrishAyes	Oct 2013	#94
Freeper responses LOL	Nonhlanhla	Oct 2013	#96
Oh crap, it is another sign of the ends times	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#105
I was just about to post "CLEARLY a plant!! CLEARLY staged!"	underpants	Oct 2013	#118
MIHOP or LIHOP?	dreamnightwind	Oct 2013	#165
"This happens when I talk to long."	CrispyQ	Oct 2013	#102
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#110
Hope you like pizza! Enjoy your stay!	CrispyQ	Oct 2013	#115
Your back I see.	hrmjustin	Oct 2013	#120
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#125
She is also in one of her moods.	hrmjustin	Oct 2013	#127
AndThenTheresMaude!	William769	Oct 2013	#130
She does come up with winners.	hrmjustin	Oct 2013	#131
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#113
I got the impression that he heard someone asking her if she was okay	underpants	Oct 2013	#116
Adios!	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#122
And he does it all with self-deprecating humor so the woman is not embarrassed.	SunSeeker	Oct 2013	#117
Had it been GWB	90-percent	Oct 2013	#121
had it been Putin:	dreamnightwind	Oct 2013	#166
Good job Mr. President!	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#134
K&R...Thanks Coyoti for posting.	red dog 1	Oct 2013	#135
aw, she is trying so hard to hang in there	Skittles	Oct 2013	#136
yes I agree	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#147
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#137
Back again?	hrmjustin	Oct 2013	#138
looks like it	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#143
Welcome to DU	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#139
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#140
That was quick. Tombstoned twice in one thread! A new record.	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#145
Yeah how about, just doesn't learn	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#146
LOL	Cali_Democrat	Oct 2013	#148
We had a thread a while back in which she was banned 8 times.	cyberswede	Oct 2013	#151
How do you come up with 8 names?	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#154
OMG - don't give her any ideas!	cyberswede	Oct 2013	#155
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#176
Back again! Get a new hobby. Read a book or something.	hrmjustin	Oct 2013	#177
Ok, now THAT is funny. nt	cyberswede	Oct 2013	#178
Well, you are right about something.....	Curmudgeoness	Oct 2013	#142
BENGHAZI!	Tree-Hugger	Oct 2013	#156
thats cool	tillikum	Oct 2013	#160
Boink	Scurrilous	Oct 2013	#175
Very observant. I can't believe he noticed that.	bravenak	Oct 2013	#179
"It's Time to Stop Rooting for Its Failure"...	Cha	Oct 2013	#189

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