MOVIE STAR & DIRECTOR..TYLER PERRY WELCOMING OBAMA TO THE STAGE
CEE LO PERFORMING AT THE GALA IN ATLANTA FOR OBAMA
ATLANTA (WXIA) — Although President Obama‘s approval ratings may rise and fall, one thing was evident during his Atlanta visit: He is still a rock star in many Americans’ eyes. And Friday’s crowd at Tyler Perry Studios was proof of that.
As attendees of the affair waited for President Obama to hit the stage, the crowd started cheering, “four more years,” and once the president began speaking, people intermittently shouted out, “I love you . . .”
As attendees of the affair waited for President Obama to hit the stage, the crowd started cheering, “four more years,” and once the president began speaking, people intermittently shouted out, “I love you . . .”
“Change is the fact that for the first time in history, you don’t have to hide who you love in order to serve the country you love. We ended ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell,’ ” Obama told the audience. He also pointed out that after nine years, “there are no Americans fighting in Iraq” and that “Osama bin Laden is not walking the face of this earth,” using both as examples of change that took place during his tenure
EVERY ONE IN THE ROOM WANTED TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE PRESIDENT
“We still have a lot of work to do, because there are a lot of folks who are still hurting out there. A lot of folks still pounding the pavement looking for work, a lot of people whose homes — values have dropped. A lot of people who are still struggling to make the rent,” he said . . .
