WHAT:
“Moving America Forward” Rally with President Obama and Vice President Biden
WHO:
President Barack Obama
Vice President Joe Biden
Musical performance by Philadelphia natives The Roots
Pennsylvania Elected Officials and Community Leaders
WHEN:
Sunday, October 10th
Doors Open at 3:00 PM
Program starts at 4:00 PM
WHERE: Park next to Robert Fulton Elementary School located at 60 E. Haines Street in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA
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RELATED: Defending Obama and the Democrats is hard. Not because I don’t think they’ve done some good in the past two years, because I do. It’s hard because I find myself constantly defending them, even when I’m not ecstatic about what’s happening. Don’t let my overly public defense of the Democrats fool you; I’m annoyed, tired and frustrated like a lot of people. Yet I don’t suffer from this enthusiasm gap that’s become all the rage to discuss. My enthusiasm is as strong as it has ever been because my choice is to either be frustrated with the Dems but know that a lot of good will come out of it or let the crazy people win. My issues with the Republicans and the Tea Party aren’t simply “a difference in opinion”; I’m overly enthusiastically against what they represent. I was really happy about Obama but my enthusiasm is on overdrive when it comes to stopping the Republicans. MORE