{"id":22323,"date":"2016-06-10T07:52:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=22323"},"modified":"2016-06-10T09:35:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T16:35:02","slug":"politicsplus-friday-fun-unity-is-fun-funny-good-for-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/politicsplus-friday-fun-unity-is-fun-funny-good-for-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun &#8211; Unity Is Fun, Funny &#038; Good for the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday <strong>TomCat <\/strong>showed us with that great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RunebquzVXQ\" target=\"_blank\"><em>&ldquo;A House Divided&rdquo;<\/em><\/a> video that Democratic Party unity can not only be fun, but it can be funny.&nbsp; Turns out that it can also be very heart-warming &hellip;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Obama endorsed Hillary today! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/history?src=hash\">#history<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HillaryClinton?src=hash\">#HillaryClinton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/POTUS?src=hash\">#POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p5lEWOlnq1\">pic.twitter.com\/p5lEWOlnq1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; lizadonnelly (@lizadonnelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizadonnelly\/status\/740976837199843328\">June 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And boy, that was just yesterday&rsquo;s fun!<\/p>\n<p>It began when <strong>Sen. Sanders<\/strong> got together with <strong>Pres. Obama<\/strong> in the Oval Office at the White House.&nbsp; That meeting went exceedingly well in beginning to unite our Democratic Party (with one wag joking the only problem Pres. Obama had was that Bernie didn&rsquo;t want to leave).<\/p>\n<p>And then the endorsements for <strong>Sec. Clinton<\/strong> started coming &ndash; one right after the other &hellip; Pres. Obama (Boom!) &hellip; <strong>VP Biden<\/strong> (BOOM!) &hellip; <strong>Sen. Warren<\/strong> <strong><em>(BOOM!)<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prince-Harry_Boom_Drop-the-Mic.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince-Harry_Boom_Drop-the-Mic\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22325\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prince-Harry_Boom_Drop-the-Mic.gif\" width=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And they all are taking a page right out of <strong>Hillary&rsquo;s <\/strong>playbook on how to deal with the bully known as <strong>Herr Drumpf<\/strong>.&nbsp; When she was asked how she plans to handle his upcoming, incoming attacks that had utterly decimated sixteen of his fellow Rethuglicans leading to his <em>&ldquo;presumptive nominee&rdquo; <\/em>status, Hillary tenderly recalled her Mother&rsquo;s sage advice: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/08\/us\/politics\/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-primary.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>&ldquo;She told me to never back down from a bully, which it turns out was pretty good advice.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So we can all expect to see a lot more of this in the next five months &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Bugs-Bunny_Boxer-Punch.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bugs-Bunny_Boxer-Punch\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22324\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Bugs-Bunny_Boxer-Punch.gif\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per usual, Obama did it with his kid glove, low-key sense of humor.&nbsp; When he was asked by <em>Tonight Show<\/em> host <strong>Jimmy Fallon<\/strong> if he thinks that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2016\/06\/09\/obama_rips_the_gop_on_the_tonight_show_republicans_might_not_be_happy_with_trump_as_nominee_but_we_are\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>&ldquo;Republicans are happy with their choice of Trump&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, he quickly replied, <strong><em>&ldquo;Well, we are!&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Obama_Laughing_Trump-Dinner_Brief.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Obama_Laughing_Trump-Dinner_Brief\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22326\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Obama_Laughing_Trump-Dinner_Brief.gif\" width=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it helps that the turning point came when <strong>&ldquo;Don the Con&rdquo;<\/strong> actually opened the can of worms for himself by attacking Indiana-born <strong>Judge Curiel<\/strong> (who is overseeing his Trump University fraud lawsuit) as a &ldquo;Mexican&rdquo;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was at that point the press started smelling blood in the water, and hopefully will begin doing their jobs in earnest.&nbsp; Just yesterday <em>USA Today<\/em> published a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2016\/06\/09\/donald-trump-unpaid-bills-republican-president-laswuits\/85297274\/?campaign_id=A100&amp;campaign_type=Email\" target=\"_blank\">hard-hitting, honest-to-god investigative report <\/a>documenting that Trump has stiffed hundreds of small business owners out of hundreds of thousands of hard-earned dollars over the years.<\/p>\n<p>With that much blood in the water, and with any luck that the MSM will finally start to vet him, Trump&rsquo;s press conferences may end up looking like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Shark-Jaws_Press-Eat-Trump.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shark-Jaws_Press-Eat-Trump\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22327\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Shark-Jaws_Press-Eat-Trump.gif\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can all agree that coming together as a united party is critical.&nbsp; As <strong>Sen. Warren<\/strong> pledged, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2016\/jun\/09\/presidential-campaign-bernie-sanders-meet-obama-white-house-clinton-trump\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m gonna do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never gets within shouting distance of the White House.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So unity cannot only be fun &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Car_Hillary-Obama-Biden-Michelle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Car_Hillary-Obama-Biden-Michelle\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22328\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Car_Hillary-Obama-Biden-Michelle.gif\" width=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Although we&#39;re gonna need a bigger car)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It can be good for our Party and our country&rsquo;s soul &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Hillary_Obama_Arm-in-Arm_Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hillary_Obama_Arm-in-Arm_Cartoon\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22329\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Hillary_Obama_Arm-in-Arm_Cartoon-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Hillary_Obama_Arm-in-Arm_Cartoon-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Hillary_Obama_Arm-in-Arm_Cartoon.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Yesterday TomCat showed us with that great &ldquo;A House Divided&rdquo; video that Democratic Party unity can not only be fun, but it can be funny.&nbsp; Turns out that it can also be very heart-warming &hellip; And boy, that was just yesterday&rsquo;s fun! It began when Sen. Sanders got together with Pres. 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