{"id":7404,"date":"2011-09-14T18:11:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T22:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=7404"},"modified":"2011-09-14T18:20:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T22:20:23","slug":"obama-if-you-love-me-youve-got-to-help-me-pass-this-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/09\/obama-if-you-love-me-youve-got-to-help-me-pass-this-bill.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama: &#8216;If you love me, you&#8217;ve got to help me pass this bill&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left\" src=\"https:\/\/photos2.fotosearch.com\/bthumb\/CSP\/CSP177\/k1773146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"136\" \/>Watchwoman<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0I&#8217;m not going to say a word. I think Obama said it all with<em>, &#8220;If you love me, you&#8217;ve got to help me pass this bill.&#8221;<\/em> \u00a0 I mean, what can anyone add to that priceless piece from the nanny mommy in the White House! Meanwhile, I am chortling out loud! \u00a0This is one for the books! \u00a0Now if Clintooooooon, the Chief Executive of Sexual\u00a0Scandal\u00a0and Misconduct, had said, <em>&#8220;If you love me, you&#8217;ve got to help me pass this bill,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0well then, I&#8217;d certainly have had to comment. \u00a0But for Obama, my mouth is mute, my tongue is still. \u00a0Alas, there was a comment left by one using the handle, &#8220;OBAMATHEAGITATOR&#8221;. \u00a0For your amusement, I&#8217;ve included it below. \u00a0It&#8217;s little wonder that in NY the Dem&#8217;s lost a seat they&#8217;ve controlled since 1923 and that they lost another Dem stronghold in Nevada&#8217;s elections yesterday as well. \u00a0With comments like,<em>\u00a0&#8220;If you love me, you&#8217;ve got to help me pass this bill,&#8221;<\/em> the R&#8217;s should do well in November 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=7365\">See yesterday&#8217;s Watchwoman&#8217;s post: &#8220;GOP smells blood in race to fill Weiner seat in N.Y.&#8221; located at http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=7365<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\\<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25ac Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>:~:~:~:~:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 13px;font-weight: normal\">By Alicia M. Cohn<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Obama promoted his jobs bill in North Carolina on Wednesday, the third stop on what White House press secretary Jay Carney has called a &#8220;campaign&#8221; for jobs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Not for the first time, Obama called back to an audience member who shouted &#8220;I love you&#8221; with &#8220;I love you back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>On Wednesday he added, &#8220;But if you love me you&#8217;ve got to help me pass this bill.&#8221;<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Obama administration isn&#8217;t holding back in its full-court campaign to pass the American Jobs Act. Obama&#8217;s speech at North Carolina State University in Raleigh is his third stop, following similar speeches in Virginia and Ohio, and the WhiteHouse.gov website now includes a banner that links to the bill.Obama used a copy of the America&#8217;s Jobs Act as a prop, as he&#8217;s done before, holding it up as he assigned &#8220;homework&#8221; to a crowd composed largely of college students, urging them to contact Congress and push them to pass his bill.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h4>Comment Included&#8230;<br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal\">What a narcissist we have as President. I&#8217;ve never in my entire 51 years ever heard a President or any leader make such a stupid comment. &#8220;If you love me&#8221;. I think I&#8217;ll go puke now. ughhhhhhhhhhhhh\u00a0! Obama is one creepy guy. BY\u00a0OBAMATHEAGITATOR<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 15px;font-weight: bold\">RELATED ARTICLES<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/twitter-room\/other-news\/181413-new-pro-obama-hashtag-backfires-on-twitter\">Pro-Obama hashtag backfires on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/administration\/181575-dnc-pushes-obama-jobs-bill-in-spanish-ad\">Dems push Obama jobs bill in Spanish ad<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, we can,&#8221; he said, a return to his 2008 campaign slogan that brought loud cheers from the audience. Obama added, &#8220;We can pass this thing but we need Congress to do it.&#8221;Obama blasted Republicans in Congress, qualifying &#8220;not all Republicans; there are some who get it,&#8221; for resisting supporting the bill because they are afraid of handing a &#8220;win&#8221; to Obama.&#8221;Give me a win? Give me a break,&#8221; Obama said.&#8221;I get fed up with that kind of game playing and we&#8217;ve been seeing it for too long,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been grappling with a crisis for three years. Instead of getting people to rise up against bipartisanship in the spirit of working together, we&#8217;ve got people who are purposely dividing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>More from The Hill:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/181401-poll-majority-pessimistic-on-obama-jobs-plan\"><strong>\u2666 Poll finds majority pessimistic on Obama job plan<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/obama-rerun\/181347-obamas-2012-reelection-stimulus\"><strong>\u2666 Obama\u2019s 2012 reelection stimulus<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/healthwatch\/taxes-and-fees\/181363-obama-jobs-bill-would-tax-health-benefits-for-wealthy\"><strong>\u2666 Jobs bill would tax health benefits for wealthy<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/181177-white-house-says-obama-would-sign-pieces-of-jobs-package\"><strong>\u2666 White House says Obama would sign pieces of jobs package<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/181519-liberal-dems-fear-obama-payroll-tax-holiday-will-undermine-social-security\"><strong>\u2666 Dems fear payroll-tax holiday undermines Social Security<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/floor-action\/house\/181551-house-approves-bill-opposing-500-billion-debt-ceiling-hike\"><strong>\u2666 House approves resolution opposing debt-ceiling hike<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h4>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/181507-obama-if-you-love-me-youve-got-to-help-me-pass-this-bill\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/181507-obama-if-you-love-me-youve-got-to-help-me-pass-this-bill<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>MORE INFORMATION &#8211; CNN Reports:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Republican Mark Amodei defeated Democrat Kate\u00a0Marshall\u00a0in special election to win\u00a0Nevada\u00a0House seat vacated after a senator&#8217;s admitted affair and resignation.\u00a0Amodei won about 58 percent of the votes to represent Nevada&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House. Marshall garnered 36 percent of the votes.\u00a0Former Sen. John Ensign resigned in May after admitting to having an extramarital affair with a staffer&#8217;s wife. Following the resignation, Republican Gov. Mark Sandoval appointed GOP Rep. Dean Heller to replace Ensign in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>GOP candidate Robert Turner wins special election for House seat vacated by former\u00a0New York\u00a0Rep. Anthony Weiner.\u00a0The GOP captures the solidly Democratic seat for the first time since 1923 and may pose a threat to Democrats heading into the 2012 elections.\u00a0Weiner resigned earlier this year over a sexting scandal he first lied about and later admitted to.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watchwoman:\u00a0I&#8217;m not going to say a word. I think Obama said it all with, &#8220;If you love me, you&#8217;ve got to help me pass this bill.&#8221; \u00a0 I mean, what can anyone add to that priceless piece from the nanny mommy in the White House! Meanwhile, I am chortling out loud! \u00a0This is one for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,701,704,223,463,1121,35,176],"tags":[2816],"class_list":["post-7404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18","category-democrats","category-economics","category-economy","category-elections","category-failed-policies","category-obama","category-recession","tag-weird-if-you-love-me-comment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Obama: &#039;If you love me, you&#039;ve got to help me pass this bill&#039;  - Watchwoman on the Wall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/09\/obama-if-you-love-me-youve-got-to-help-me-pass-this-bill.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obama: &#039;If you love me, you&#039;ve got to help me pass this bill&#039;  - Watchwoman on the Wall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watchwoman:\u00a0I&#8217;m not going to say a word. 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