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In Grammy video, Obama says of rape, ‘It’s not okay – and it has to stop’
Washington Post ^ | 2-9-2015 | Julie Elperin

Posted on 02/09/2015 4:57:27 AM PST by rickyrikardo

In a video aired during Sunday night's Grammy Awards, President Obama urged Americans to take responsibility for stopping sexual violence, saying, "It’s not okay – and it has to stop." On Sunday, he spoke about "It's On Us," a campaign to end sexual assault on college campuses. (The White House) The public service announcement represents the latest installment in the White House's ongoing "It's On Us," campaign, which aims to end sexual assaults on college campuses. The administration began the effort in September, with the support of major college sports leagues and prominent celebrities. Obama asked the artists featured at the Grammys to ask their fans to make the same pledge that these prominent figures have made, along with students from more than 200 colleges and universities, several collegiate sports organizations, and some private firms. He notes that nearly 1 in 5 women in the U.S. has experienced rape or attempted rape, and that more than 1 in 4 has suffered some form of domestic violence.

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He repeated the false 1 in 5 claim.
1 posted on 02/09/2015 4:57:28 AM PST by rickyrikardo
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I’ll bet Obama will the inviting the big grammy winner, Sam Smith, to the White Hut for a little one-on-one session if you know what I mean.


2 posted on 02/09/2015 5:00:21 AM PST by ImNotLying (Obama is Neville Chamberlain reincarnated)
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Wow, I’m so glad we have the President to tell us these things!


3 posted on 02/09/2015 5:01:27 AM PST by Tax-chick ("God is far more interested in your character than your comfort." ~Msgr. Pope)
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He’s just trying to lead the sheep off in a different direction.


4 posted on 02/09/2015 5:02:04 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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Does that include the rape of our once great nation?


5 posted on 02/09/2015 5:02:18 AM PST by Maceman
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>>Wow, I’m so glad we have the President to tell us these things!<<

Yeah — until he said that, everyone thought it was OK!


6 posted on 02/09/2015 5:02:52 AM PST by freedumb2003 (AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
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Then tell Da Bruthas to stop singing about what to do with “biches n ho’s”...


7 posted on 02/09/2015 5:03:02 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Tax-chick

North Korea has a leader who looks at things and we have a leader who tells us things.


8 posted on 02/09/2015 5:03:05 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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My first thought also.


9 posted on 02/09/2015 5:03:10 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: rickyrikardo

Sheesh. By the last year of his reign of terror, he’ll be interrupting kitty litter commercials with his pronouncements of the obvious.


10 posted on 02/09/2015 5:11:15 AM PST by txrefugee
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“It’s not okay – and it has to stop.” On Sunday, he spoke about “It’s On Us,”

“It’s on us” I guess he is wearing the blue dress now?
Eeeewwwwww


11 posted on 02/09/2015 5:11:40 AM PST by 9422WMR ("Ignorance can be cured by education, but stupidity is forever.")
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It drives me nuts that he has to add his two cents to everything that has nothing to do with his being POTUS. The Grammy awards?

THE REAL AGENDA - Most of you are already aware of the actual motive behind the Obama Grammy PSA and it has nothing to do with ending sexual violence against women…. It has everything to do with creating another OFA type data-base of voter ID’s for the 2016 election cycle and micro-targeting the audience of the Grammy Awards. The #ItsOnUs campaign is a sly, stealthy and legal way for Democrats to use the office of the President and assemble another, perhaps more up to date, list of people who they can target for next year’s Hillary Clinton run for the White House.

Source: http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/02/09/supernova-level-hypocrisy-from-president-obama-at-grammy-music-awards-asks-artists-and-audience-to-take-a-stand-against-sexual-violence/

12 posted on 02/09/2015 5:11:48 AM PST by fivecatsandadog ( OBAMA - IMPEACH HIM NOW. Worry about it later.)
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I think he’s trying to impress his entertainment pals, Jay-Z, Beyonce, all of them who go to his late night parties ...

He can just say the words, and he’s got a free slot in their big show.

What a putz!


13 posted on 02/09/2015 5:14:53 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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yes- its on us...meanwhile two of the nominees for R&B song included Chris Brown (who constantly beat the sh!t out of his girlfriend Rihanna) and RJ Kelly (who was busted for pedophilia/child porn about 10 years ago)...

its on us- but not the grammy’s....


14 posted on 02/09/2015 5:16:24 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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It is all about him.


15 posted on 02/09/2015 5:22:01 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I do not doubt that our climate changes. I only doubt that anything man does has any effect.)
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He and the democrats do not see the irony in this message and backing islam and its treatment of women.


16 posted on 02/09/2015 5:34:08 AM PST by Lady Heron
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To: Tax-chick

Well, being the “instead of”-Christ for a lot of people,
they DO look to him for moral pronunciations.


17 posted on 02/09/2015 5:34:59 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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He sure was sweaty, I wonder if he was having a nicotine fit when they filmed that.


18 posted on 02/09/2015 6:24:17 AM PST by ApeStyle
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People at the gym I go to are furious about his remarks at the prayer breakfast.


19 posted on 02/09/2015 7:42:44 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Where's Dark Betrayal when you really need it?!?" ~James)
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Liberalism/leftism exposed is liberalism/leftism defeated.

They’re able to, generally, hide behind their (stated but not believed) good intentions.
But, sometimes they let the veil drop.


20 posted on 02/09/2015 7:49:07 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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