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Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:05 PM

Oct 2013

So Who Were Those 14 People Standing Behind the President?

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President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the press on the economy, in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 9, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)

On Friday, President Obama laid out his strategy for moving our country forward and reducing our deficit in a balanced way.

Speaking from the East Room of the White House, the President was joined by Vice President Joe Biden – and 14 others stood behind him at the podium.

So who were those 14 people anyway? One was Pam, a school administrator. Another, Sara, is a veteran recovering from open-heart surgery. Barry has six children and Steve is an orthopedic assistant. Estela recently became an American citizen and voted in a U.S. election for the first time on Tuesday.

What they all have in common, however, is an interest in helping find answers to some of the big questions we face as a nation. Whether it’s how to create jobs or how to help responsible homeowners or how to balance investments in our future with cutting our deficit, all of these citizens want to participate in the process of getting things done here in Washington.

Each of them had already taken the first step by speaking out about an issue that mattered to them, responding to requests for input on whitehouse.gov.

The rest..
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/11/13/so-who-were-those-14-people-standing-behind-president

Oouuh.. We got Biden, too..

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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

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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

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Hope you like pizza! Enjoy your stay! CrispyQ Oct 2013 #115

Your back I see. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #120

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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

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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

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Back again? hrmjustin Oct 2013 #138

looks like it gopiscrap Oct 2013 #143

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #139

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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

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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