{"id":6458,"date":"2011-12-07T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/07\/obama-occupies-osawatomie\/"},"modified":"2011-12-07T00:00:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T08:00:56","slug":"obama-occupies-osawatomie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/07\/obama-occupies-osawatomie\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Occupies Osawatomie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"7Obama\" border=\"0\" alt=\"7Obama\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/7Obama.jpg\" width=\"525\" height=\"360\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">A hundred years ago, Teddy Roosevelt gave a speech at Osawatomie Kansas that laid the foundation for the progressive movement.&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kancoll.org\/khq\/1966\/66_2_laforte.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Here is the text of TR\u2019s speech<\/a>.&#160; It\u2019s worth the read.&#160; Today, Barack Obama followed in TR\u2019s footsteps with the finest oratory I have seen from him, as he identified and supported the progressive values of the 99% movement.&#160; I have been unable to find the complete video, but I do have a link to the text of the speech and four videos from some of my favorite commentators.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2011\/12\/06\/remarks-president-economy-osawatomie-kansas\" target=\"_blank\">complete text<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ed Schultz covered the story.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc7a4d75\" target=\"_blank\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=45576130^0^910944&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc7a4d75\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=45576130^0^910944&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; 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