Thursday, April 18, 2013
Following today's interfaith service in the South End, President Barack Obama will visit bombing victims at Massachusetts General Hospital and First Lady Michelle Obama will visit Children's Hospital.
Editor's note: This article was updated on Thursday at 2:01 p.m. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Thursday afternoon are visiting victims of the Boston Marathon terror bombings at the city's hospitals, according to WCVB. President Obama will visit Massachusetts General Hospital and Mrs. Obama will visit Children's Hospital, WCVB reports. WHDH reporter Victoria Warren reported that Mrs. Obama was spotted driving past Brigham and Women's Hospital. The city's @NotifyBoston Twitter account tweeted, "TRAFFIC: Heavy on local streets in Longwood Medical Area. Avoid area or seek alt routes." The president and First Lady were at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End Thursday morning for an interfaith service …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
District 6 Boston City Councilor Matt O'Malley attended the White House Christmas Party on Dec. 18.
District 6 Boston City Councilor Matt O'Malley attended the White House's annual Christmas Party and briefly got to speak with President Barack Obama. "It was a thrill of a lifetime," said O'Malley about the Dec. 18 Washington D.C. party. "We had about 30 seconds to talk to the President and the First Lady. I introduced myself as a city councilor of Boston. And he said ‘I love Boston.’ I said 'We love you. The next time you’re in town I want to personally invite you and the First Lady to Doyle’s in Jamaica Plain.' And he laughed and that was it." Asked why he recommended Doyle's Pub in Jamaica Plain, O'Malley said, "Doyle’s - because it’s a great, old political pub." "If it indeed ever happens. We’d do a District 6 pub crawl – Doyle’s, …
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Sunday, September 9, 2012
After Ann Romney's adoring tribute to her husband at the RNC, the Democrats' spin on love and marriage supports same-sex unions.
Ann Romney’s blanket of love, her speech at last week’s Republican National Convention, was an appeal to women voters that warmed hearts with her talk of a deep love for her husband, their very real marriage, and Americans’ shared love of country. But on Day One of their convention in Charlotte, N.C., the Democrats took that language of love and used it to support gay rights and the freedom to love whomever you please. Love wasn’t mentioned in the keynote or by speakers whose job it was to focus on single issues such as healthcare or the economy. But according to the Democratic National Convention, in President Barack Obama’s America, being gay is OK – and same-sex marriage should be, too. As on-again, off-again White House staffer and …
