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The board of the Mine Workers Union shows its wisdom in taking this affirmative step at this time. They will promote Obama through the GE, because he offers the best chance to protect and secure their industry and personal interests better than the Republicans. Smart move. Dems Unite!

Obama has played by the rules and not tried to change the rules. Hillary is the one trying to lie, cheat, and steal the nomination from Obama. Hillary has almost NO EXPERIENCE unless you count the few years she shared a bed with Bill. If Bill did not cheat on Hillary, she never would have won the senate seat and she and Bill would just be a stain on our history like Monica's dress. Bill and Hillary are the dirtiest politicians in American History. I cant believe that everyone has forgotten all the dirty, cheating, lying games they played while in the White House. With this kind of memory, Bush will be compared to George Washington in a few years.

The Democrats always lose to the Republicans because:
the Democrats–
1. have the highest number of uneducated voters in this nation

2. never learn from the past mistakes of their leaders; they like to recycle them

3. believe in "dynasty"

4. simply want to "fight"

5. never learn the defination of what "IS" is

Obama DO NOT name Hillary for your VP we not going to let her, we going to save her for next time. I hope you going to lose in general election because campaign for divide is not unite, other thing is your wife
very hate Hillary so how she going to be your VP? Even you get nominee
or not we not going to vote for you, we might stay home or go vote for John
McCain is better because McCain is not Bush third term.....McCain is McCain him self.

All these people posting hate comments, pretending to be dems. Real dems will not vote for Mccain. The exit polls taken from racist people who said they will vote for Mccain, those are republicans posing as dems. You cannot fool us, only the media because they needs news. How came Clinton is now slipping in the general Dem polls nation wide. It is because real dems have switched to Obama preparing for GE.

Same repubs are on these blogs posing as dems. Us dems don't hate each other, we just like different candidate for now.

I work hard for Obama!

YEAH!

Obama! Have a beer with me!

Actually, it was a good thing for the union to hold off on their endorsement until after KY and WV voted in their primaries. Hillary ws going to win these states easily and the story would have been that Barack couldn't win the states even with their endorsement. This way, it is a non-issue and Barack can count on their help and support in the general election.

Thank you United Mine Workers of America! We appreciate your hard work. You have endorsed a person of integrity & decency.

To all Hillary Clinton woman supporters: You do not speak for me. I would love to see a woman president in my lifetime, but Hillary Clinton is not the one.

What the Dems have never understood, but the Repubs have understood well, is that people vote for WHO they think a candidate is, not WHAT their position papers say. To a particular (small) group of people, the rootless, academic persona that Osama projects is appealing. To the vast majority of voters he appears to be shallow, narcissistic, and alien. Landslide loss for Zerorama!

All those backers haven't help Obama much up to this point.What has Obama won, tiny Caucus's, what a joke. He gets his delegates, the majority in Caucus's, and Texas that he did not even win. Hmmm I don't suppose McCain is going to share the delegates with Obama win McCain win the State. Obama will be a big loser in Nov. If not Hillary I will vote for McCain. I will not change my mind in Nov. and will vote against anyone on my ballot that supported Obama. I live in a swing State that Obama LOST.

for the the people who are dumb / crazy or just cant get it it's over for hillery

JJ-Orlando,

You also forgot, it's "coal" not "cole" and "duh" not "duah".

Enjoy the ride, it ends 11/4/08. No one is required to vote for some, just because their party was to cowardly to back the best person for the job. bye bye barry

Sorry Hillary08 but you've got your facts wrong. This is a primary not a general election. The DNC and RNC can, without one vote being cast, put up the candidate of their choice. Each political party can select, elect, or draw straws to choose their nominee. Get over yourself. You just aren't that important.

Thanks, Kevin. Don't let them tell you what to do!!!

WAY TO GO OBAMA KEEP IT UP EVERYDAY YOU BRING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO THEIR SENSES GO OBAMA !!!!!!!

still undecided:)

Obama is the real deal supporting unions.

What on earth is up with these people coming a day late and dollar short? As the old saying goes.

But thanks anyway!!!!!

Where is Susan?????????????

Welcome!

Let's get behind Obama as soon as possible. Clinton cannot, and should not win the nomination.

Her negative attacks on Obama were unwarrented, short-sighted, and inaccurate. If Clinton had the people who are running her campaign strategy for the last three weeks from the start, may be she would be in a better position now.

As it is, she needs to bow out gracefully, and let the Dems concentrate on general election fight against McBush.

OBAMA GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND I TELL YOU ONE THING THE MORE PEOPLE ATTACK YOU,THE STRONGER YOU GET AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED AS A COMMANDER IN CHIEF.WAY TO GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HERE IN HOUSTON TEXAS MEXICANS LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If McCain wins in November it wont be because Republicans wanted him to Win but because Democrats wanted Obama to lose

Even if the Pope would to endorse Obama he would not get my vote.
You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. We know who you are and we will not have
you as our president. We love our country too much to turn it over to
the left wing radicals and the Hollywood elite.

McCain 08...Jeb Bush 2012.

I agree Hillary 08: Someone needs to tell BO that he'll never be Prez.

Go Obama ii is about time for this country to come together....YES, YOU CAN DO IT!

My union leadership also endorsed Obama...too bad the rank and file don't feel the same way!!! Don't celebrate too much Obama backers, it's just the union leadership, we the dues paying members will be voting McCain in November.

How ironic, since the Democrats clearly hate big labor. Why else would the Democratic-controlled Congress continue to allow our country to be overrun by illegal immigrants in order to depress labor wage rates!

As expected, people who supported Hillary are now shifting to Obama because they know she wont be the nominee and that John McCain will only make their situation worse.

JJ...COAL....got it? Not COLE...

LOL !!

All you WOMEN that wont vote for Obama becuase clinton lost. Please keep in mind that a 71 year old caucasian republican will not be waving the flag for womens rights, while Obama has been a supporter of womens causes from the beginning of his political career.

If you women stay home OR vote McCain... the destrcution of roe v wade WILL BE YOUR FAULT and no one elses

To All Those Who Claim They Will Vote For McCain or Write-In Hillary:

No, you're not racist or uneducated, just plain STUPID. Fortunately, this is a free country and you can vote for whoever you want to. However, just because you can vote for whoever you want to doesn't mean that you can't also make a very bad decision. You are free to be a MORON and waste your vote that millions have sacrificed and died for. Choosing McCain over Obama or trying to write in Hillary because Hillary is losing, even though Obama's policies are more in line with Hillary's, is a CHILDISH, FOOLISH decision any way you look at it. I don't care how smart you think you are, or how much money you have, or how much you "just can't stomach Obama". Voting AGAINST any candidate out of spite is SELFISH, WRONG and UN-AMERICAN. The best thing you can do is stay home. To do otherwise would be an ABUSE of the American Democratic process.

Everyone is too busy pointing out the splinter in other people's eyes to notice the log in his own. Grow up people! Yes, there are women who are just voting for Hillary to see a woman Pres. Yes, there are Blacks voting for Obama just to see a Black Pres. Yes, there are people voting for a candidate just to make sure the other one is not elected. These people are ignorant and foolish and few and far between. Just 'cause a woman votes for Hillary doesn't mean she is sexist. Just 'cause Whites don't vote for Obama doesn't mean they are racist. Just 'cause Blacks vote for Obama, it doesn't mean they are racist. A true Obama supporter would realize this. If you truly beleive in his message, YOU should stop "slicing and dicing" and accept that people just might not like your candidate or want him for Pres.

ALL ABOARD THE OBAMA TRAIN. DON'T BE LEFT OUT, BE PART OF A POSITIVE CHANGE. DON'T BE AFRAID, WE STILL HAVE ROOM FOR ALL AND ALL ARE WELCOME ON OBAMA'S TRAIN; REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS, LIBERTARIANS, ALL.

News for Obama. The union is not the workers. Unions no longe control their workers like they used to in the past.
Congratulations Democrats you have chosen the one candidate that will take you down the road of defeat.

How does it feel to win the nomination and lose the election, again.

John Syndey McCain, The President of the American People. God Bless America and Save us from the Islamic Jihadist.

"Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?"

OBAMA '08!!!

Ben from NY–on your post regarding her closing the gap in delegates.......please,please please explain to me what Hillary's experience is? I do have a brain....but fail to see how living in the governor's mansion and watching her husband chase tail and living in the white house and watching her husband chanse tail amounts to experience....we've long since decided that her dodging bullets in Bosnia does not count as experience since it was a fabrication. What experience does she have? She has less elected position experience than he does...please since you obviously have a brain, explain to us all what her experience is??? Also, since she is so much a person of action and not just words, what action has she taken to get her 'gas tax holiday gimmick' set into law? What has she done other than tell the hard working uneducated people that is her broad support that she wants to do that for them. They, unfortunately believe her, and as the polls indicated that was instrumental to roughly 57% of the people in KY but she has done nothing–taken no action-to implement that. Where is her experience...where, when she has a chance to prove she's more than mere words–is her action to get that in place. Please brainiac...explain that to us all.

This shows that even though Obama was not their top choice, when it comes to McCain versus Obama the union understands what many other Clinton supporters do not.

Sure you can stay home or vote McCain out of your "bitterness", but what good does that do?

Would you vote for Bush again if he was up for re-election knowing the harm he would do just out of anger that Clinton lost? Do you really want us to stay in Iraq and lose more soliders because you are that petty?

Come on, CNN! Why won't you post this?

Hey, before y'all go callin' Kentucky voters a bunch of racists, consider this: Obama is only half black. That means that Kentucky voters are only half racist! YEEEE-HAWWW!

Seriously, go look at the county-by-county results for Kentucky and pay attention to the margin of victory by Clinton in each of the counties. As you get towards the back-woods counties in the eastern part of the state, Clinton wins by 80% or more. As you get towards the more industrialized parts of the state (like Louisville) the race is much tighter. This is not due to a large African American population. This is due to an educational gap. People in larger cities follow the news much closer than those in rural areas. They are exposed to more racially diverse conditions and are much less prejudiced. I'm not saying that rural voters are dumber. They're just more ignorant to the world around them. And ignorance breeds prejudice. Those are just the facts.

How is Hilary going to spin this .She has always some arguments to put up with the fact that Obama is almost there...Even more shameful is this new atempt to create deaper split caling frustrated women ( for who not hat reason ) to fight for her, and conect their pain with her .So manipulative and agly. By the way I am women and used to be behind her but along the way I figured out I am lackily not that type of women. She is sexist when always plays that card when feels things dont go her way.But we all know that .What was not so clear she is rasisst as well , which we did not know-since Clintons Always strategicly manipulated Black voters for their purposes!!!!! Other wise would she be happy with votes she gets from allm those poor souls which still in 21 centyry vote for her because oponent is black ..Shame on her !!!!!!!!!!!

sorry Obama, you'll never win...will someone please tell him the real facts..The American people will decide this race. No one else. Game Over O.

Way to go Obama! And please women, stop making it as men are against women, that is so untrue! I am an very educated women with my Masters in business. I can not believe how women are acting. Stop naggin! Face the facts, Billary is not going to win. If you dont like it, then move on to another country! This world will be much better without ya.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE.. BIG BIRD IS YELLOW, ONLY WHITEY!! NO BIG BIRD!

WASN'T ALL WHITE BLUE COLLAR WORKERS SUPPOSED TO HATE OBAMA?

I AM SHOCKED!!!

BARACK OBAMA: President of the United States Of America

Sounds like sweet music.

Those nasty Republicans who keep posting misleading messages about "I will vote for Mc Cain even I am a long time Democrat", You will get over it !!
What are you afraid of?
Are you scared that your old guy cannot unite enough conservatives and independents to win in Nov ?? - LOL
Not this time, mischiefing and those kind of tactics won't work this time !!

Funny thing I noticed, when men vote for Hillary no one says anything, but the second a man votes for Obama he's sexist. Get over yourself. Last time I checked feminism is about equality and choice NOT getting a woman elected no matter who she is.

I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this question, but I have heard on several occasions -one fpersonally the others on tv that Rush Limbaugh has had his avid listeners vote for Obama in the primaries because there is more of a chance that McCain will win against him a opposed to Clinton. Anyone can you confirm this or deny it?? Is tis true?????

2 Kim in LA

Take a break from listening to Hillary's speeches. You are sounding just like her...when matters are not in your favor you WHINE.

Call the guy that hurt you...see if he will apologize (or lie like Bill did Hillary) and get over it. But come on...don't lump all men together like you did. I thought SILLY SEASON had ended.

Helen

As a Cornell ILR student, this is a big endorsement. Congrats Barack.

Obama '08!

BIG BIRD FOR PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF OBAMA......

Obama 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those miners are a bunch of latte-sipping elitists.

There are women miners KIM.They get out of their computor chairs and go earn a living for their families instead of sitting and whining all day for Hillary on the blogs.

most people want to back a winner . go obama . unless your a clinton supporter

Ohhh great, we couldv'e used this one before West Virginia, LOL!!!!

Most democrats want Hillary to be president. She leads the popular vote and is ahead of McCain in the polls. Go Hillary!!!!!!!!

OH, WAIT A MINUTE BIG BIRD IS YELLOW, ONLY WHITEY!! NO BIG BIRD

Yep – McCain will not supprt your jobs or the green collar jobs that Democrats propose. Or how about we keep shipping jobs overseas? Let's keep giving the wealthieat of Americans tax breaks while the rest of lose jobs, homes and healthcare.....while gas and everything else goes up in price?

McCain DOES NOT care about the average American anymore, he sold his integrety to follow conservative lines.

If this really what you want, I only hope your family and friends can make it through another 4 years of this. A LOT can happen in 4 years, we should know this by now!

Will all of you stop it! Seriously! The us vs. them thing is getting ridiculous. I understand people don't like being on a losing side. Hillary will be beat. It's basically done. Sure the votes of uneducated, poor people matter. Their vote matters as much as the next citizen. Does the country want uneducated people making decisions? I suspect not. This contest is based on delegates, not votes. Should a baseball game decided by who gets the most strikeouts instead of runs? Come on! The rules of the game were set. Popular vote is not what wins this primary. D-e-l-e-g-a-t-e-s…hello, is this thing on?

Bottom line – the country is headed in the wrong direction. Hillary is not and will not be the answer. Stop voting with your heart and vote with your head. To all the Hillary supporters who are "bitter" about the impending defeat: If you don't like Barack, then stay home in November. That way we couldn't blame you for another 4 years of George W. Bush.

Have a nice day-

If you are wondering how much endorsements matter, consider this:
45% of Kentucky voters said John Edwards endorsement mattered to them. Obama ended up with 30% support in Kentucky...however the polls for weeks leading up to the primary showed Obama polling between 28/35%. Wow, what a bump Edwards gave him!!

How appropriate! An endorsement from a boys club with their heads underground.
Thanks to CNN for setting up that joke – but it was too easy.

WELCOME AND GOD BLESS YOU

by the way
KIM IN LA
no women work in the mine to and in the offices.
wonderful day
63 more votes and he is on his way

Hillary should consider being McCain's VP. I can't tell them apart on ANY issue.

Proud to be part of the 28% of Republicans who didn't vote for McCain in KY!

This calls into question the idea that Obama couldn't carry the blue collar vote. Maybe we Democrats want to win even if we have to lay aside our differences to do so.

Oh! Wait a minute. Isn't that the point?

No not bitter Greg from NY... I will keep it up... Who are you to correct grammer. Responding to my comment alone show's your own bitterness Gregory. Go work the coal mines...

Wonderful news !!!!
Obama 08 !!

I am an Obama supporter, enough of these hate words towards Hillary. We should unite now. However I think the real Obama supporters are very polite. I believe Rush L. supporters are those saying hateful things about Hillary. They are trying to deceive the bloggers. Here is the good news, we are not falling for it.

i rather vote for big bird than obama!!!

I am glad to hear it because it's good news for Obama. They are supporting the right candidate & soon to be officially the Dem Nominee. It's getting closer & closer to the end. Obama for President, Change We Can Believe In.

Keep in mind – the primary season is primary season and not the general election!

This endorsement means that they will support Obama in the general election!

Also- keep in mind that only about 10% of voters vote in primaries!

Go Bam! This is going to be another great day!

Democrats all the way to the Whitehouse!

So where was this union last week. WV and KY are both mining states. Talk about a day late and a dollar short. Unions should be disbanded.

Hmm ... Steel workers, mine workers ... Doesn't sound like latte sippin', Volvo drivin' elites to me!

CNN and the rest of the media: Isn't this the same "voting block" he allegedly needs support from? Get it right with facts (like this) before you peddle your ratings-dependent drivel and spin from all your mindless, lazy talking heads!!!

poor Hillary, where are those stupid super delegates!

Is there any blue collar job than this? It cann't get bluer than this. Now, Senator Obama has blue collar workers whatever that means. Thanks UMWA.

If only the endorsement had come a week or so before the West Virginia primary...but an endorsement is an endorsement. Now if all the miners were to help swing WV, Ohio, Penn and Kentucky toward Obama in the fall, all will be well.

Ever notice so many of the Hillary supporters CAN'T SPELL?????

Uneducated folks are the easiest ones to FOOL, right Hillary?? With your newfound "populist" message, and complaints from you, Bill and your supporters that we're all sexist, you really are TOO MUCH !!

Hillary....you and Bill loved the media when it showed you as the presumptive niominee, but now that you aren't you complain about media bias..............GIMMEE A BREAK.

What took you guys so long?! Welcome aboard!

Obama in 08!

Obama is for everyone. Rich,poor,old,young,balcd,brown,white,men,woaman,mixed, anything , the only reguirment is you must have a good heart.

Obama will win in Nov. This is a movement that can not be stop. People are afraid just like 1865, or when woman was giving the right to vote or the civil right movement. People are afraid. This is sad

Obama will win

How much did Obama pay these guys to endorse him? Obama is a sneaky guy.

Miners need someone watching out for them. Disasters like last years mine collapses are horrific for all involved. Miners need a president who will think of them as people, not just cogs in the corporate machinery.

You've made the right choice.

Thank you and welcome to the "O" Team!

Next up – the Gov. of West Virginia will endorse Obama next!

Go Bam!

Oh, Hell Yeah!!!

We are, we are, the Obama Generation!!

"the union considered both Sens. Obama and John McCain before making the decision, but found that Obama "will be on our side while Sen. McCain will not,"

My friends, this is the key issue we must all look to for November, regardless of your personal preference between Sen. Clinton or Sen. Obama.

This pegmatite miner is for Obama!

This is so wonderful. The Unions know which candidate cares about them, and who is trying to get their vote and will say anything to get it. Hillery is mainly about herself. Barack cares about everyone, he's everyone's son, black and white. Love you Oregon!

To Kim from LA.

I'm sorry you were hurt so badly. We are not all the same. Some of us are actually pretty good people. Please don't lump us all together becuase of your bad experiences.

"There All Men That Is Why….. SO WHAT…."

I believe that comment suggests all men are sexist? I don't buy that for a second. I think the Union came the realization that Clinton was done and Obama was in. If Clinton was doing well, she would have won their support.

Although I am an Obama supporter, I might side with McCain on this issue. I'm all for people having great jobs, but I don't think coal is part of our long-term future. We'll need it over the coming years, but how much carbon do we want to dump in our atmosphere? I think a decline in the coal industry is inevitable.

Hopefully, we'll never have to see any mine tragedies again. Barack will work hard to change the way things are done in D.C. and your voices WILL be heard.

Thanks UMWA !

O/08

Smart move guys!

Obama '08

Keep em' coming! We ("Obamabots") only need 25 delegates to reach the 2026 to win the nomination. UNLESS... the DNC rules committee decide to seat Michigan and Florida. Then the numbers will change, but the outcome will remain the same in the end. We are now down to the Super-delegates. Hopefully those folks will muster up some fortitude.

McCain is a supporter of NAFTA. He actually said it is okay if you lose your job to someone over seas because free trade is too important to the economy. His plan is to train you do sonething else rather protect the job you already have. Is that what you want in a president? McCain really said this folks. I"M NOT MAKING IT UP. go read it for yourselves!!! We cannot vote for this man. It would be a vote against the little guy. Clinton supporters please don't make this mistake!

What a joke that endorsement is. Honestly I cannot stop laughing

Obama was totally crushed in West Virginia and Kentucky in coal counties.

Clinton wins West Virginia by 41 points and Kentucky by 36 points and then UMW decides to support Obama. Giggle.

Obama got 24 votes in Owsley County Ky
Obama got 36 votes in Clay County Ky
Obama got 44 votes in Leslie County Ky
Obama got 54 votes in Floyd County Ky
It continues in the coal counties

Good political pandering by the union leadership. Too bad the people that vote do not feel the same way.

Democratic train wreck looking for a crash in November with blind Obama at the wheel.

You won't be sorry, Barack will fight for you, and it won't be just words.

Congrats, come onboard, we welcome you with open arms.

Obama 08

GO OBAMA!!

Way to go Obama!
Hard working Virginians support Obama

Wow kim from L.A., you're not bitter or anything are you?

I love how you capitalize every word in your post except your own name and then use the wrong variation of the word they're.

Keep it up!

Oh I was just a coal miners' daughter.....

Thank you UMWA, we love you.

Obama 08

JJ-Orlando: "All fair in the cole mine until you was your face."

Was that English? I hope not!

GO HILLARY!!!

Jenny Paull

Obama is the real deal!

Yes.

YES, I love the Miners Union. I love miners. We're going all the way.

Go Barack

It is great that more unions and the people they represent are moving to Obama and a unified Democratic party. It just happened to be a little late for West Virginia and Kentucky. I don't know if it will help in the general election. It would mean that the union(s) would have to get their members to vote for their candidate. The best that the unions could hope to do is drive their memembers to the polls and extol the virtures of their candidate.

This would have been helpful before WVA,PA,KY, but maybe they can go out and do some advance work during the general election. It is good too see that they are on board for the democratic party in the fall.

The members are not going to be voting for a left wing candidate!

Mine workers, huh? I guess there goes Hillary's "Hard workin', common folk people vote only for me.." platform.

Cue the:

"If not Hillary, I'll vote for McCain!"

or

"Let's do a Hillary write in!!"

_____________________________________________________

Yeah yeah yeah... we hear it every day.....

As the likely choice for President is either Senator Obama or Senator McCain, Senator Obama makes the most sense. This endorsement should help Senator Obama in the general election.

HERE COME US COMMON PEOPLE.

UNLIKE MCDEMENTIA & HILLIE

OBAMA HAS ACTUALLY WORKED FOR A LIVING.

HAD STUDENT LOANS UP THE KAZOO, AS I DO.

That does not mean he will get votes of all mine workers and steel workers. Look at his performance in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky.

Yes OBAMA will help you guys but where were you before the West Virginia primary. Why did you guys not throw your weight behind OBAMA then>

Obama is going to pay a tribute to Martin Luther King by winning this election. He is a new warrior of the civil rights. Let us celebrate our victory. Michele it is time for you to take care of the White House.

Gobama/ Al sharpton 08

I'm a women an supports the unions decision to back Obama.

Thank You!

Obama/Hagel 2008

I agree with the president of the United Mine Workers about John McCain. He will not pander to these unions, but will instead speak the hard truth despite the political consequences.

Americans for McCain '08

It is high time we all came together in unity to beat the neocons and regain our rights and end the bloody mess in the Middle East.

Yes, that means HRC supporters too.

Don't let some hateful commentors get you to go against everything you and HRC claim to believe in just for revenge.

I know I would vote HRC before McCain if the race were the other way around.

Just say NO to Clinton !!!

Obama all the way

They should have made that annoucment before the WV and KY vote!

Yes! We! Can!

Obama 08

This is excellent!!!! More and more people are seeing that Obama will be the ideal President of America in this day and age! Keep them coming Obama!

Now the Unions president stats that McCain states "he will cut jobs" in the coal countries and some people are still willing to make the sacrifice and vote him?!?!

God help this country if McCain is the next president.

smart people. good deal

Another one, but Clinton says people are with her?

Yeah, maybe in her crazy head.

Where were they before the election? Write Hillary on your ballot in November. We do not have to accept the candidate that is picked by the DNC or the union!

All is fair in the cole mine until you wash your face

I mean wash duah

There All Men That Is Why..... SO WHAT....

All fair in the cole mine until you was your face.

You got the right one baby!

Go Obama!