CBS News/ November 8, 2012, 9:15 PM

Obama wipes away tears while speaking to staff

WASHINGTON Shortly after his re-election victory, President Barack Obama's campaign released a video that shows a rare moment of emotion from the commander-in-chief.

President Obama pauses in the middle of thanking members of his campaign staff and volunteers at his campaign headquarters in Chicago to wipe away tears. As he rubs the corner of his eyes, the room starts clapping.

Video of the five-minute speech was e-mailed out to supporters and posted on the president's campaign website. The surprise visit to the headquarters came just a day after he won re-election.

The president talked about his days as a community organizer in Chicago and how he knew he wanted to help people, but wasn't quite sure how yet. He praised his volunteers for being "the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics."

"What you guys have done means what I have done means what I'm doing is important," he said, "and I'm really proud of you. I'm really proud of you."

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shurch4truth says:
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.meanwhile the rest of the country cry tears of joy that the republican nightmare that almost happened did not.
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who could not cry tears of happiness about that? Oh! I guess republicans!
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.no offense my republican friends, but do yourself a favor, dump the far right loonies who have hijacked your party....Rove, Rush, Trump, Hanity,Beck, Ingram. Truth is we need you...but you don't need those guys.
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STEELERGIDG says:
I love our Commander in chief, Barack Obama...when he cried so did I. All you haters and nay sayers, HE DID IT AGAIN...now dust your shoulders off and MOVE FORWARD, Obama's v. Stop talking ****, accept that Romney is retarded and out of touch with his own ppl, that they FLIPPED the SCRIPTED on him at the last minute because he is a LIAR!!! Waayyy to much judging because of RACISM in our country that you ALL can't see past the TRUTH. He was elected again for many reasons, clearly...ROMNEY was no match for him. Us Pittsburghers saw right thru him along time ago. HOLLA!!!! Thank GOD for AMERICA, especially now... Our reelected PRESIDENT is the TRUTH!!
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rockmann8 says:
What a bunch of whiner sore losers. President Obama won so deal with it.
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animaltoo says:
Crying for himself getting reelected. This man makes me want to vomit.
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cc1973 says:
THESE ARE THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA IN BIG NUMBERS....SCARY
http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=90119&sitesection=theblaze&VID=23881959

THIS IS WHO THEY ELECTED....true today as projected years ago.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H3Az0okaHig
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cc1973 replies:
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FYI YOUNG PEOPLE:
SOCIAL ISSUES ARE NOT THE PURVIEW OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; READ THE CONSTITUTION - LEARN WHAT IT MEANS! WE HAVE DUMBED DOWN OUR YOUTH BIG TIME!

Just in case you need the answers to the questions, here they are:

Number of Congressmen: 435

Number of Senators: 100

Number of Justices on the Supreme Court: 9

Nancy Pelosi: Minority Leader of the House

Harry Reid: Majority Leader in the Senate

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AChristianVoice says:
He should be crying for the men he deserted in Benghazi while he was so busy campaigning and formulating a cover up so that nobody would know Obama hadn't won the war against Al Qaida. SEVEN hours later, our wonderful government gets there!!! This is beyond bizarre! Why did our government tell the CIA men NOT to go help?? They disobeyed,deciding not to desert our men like Obama did, and lost their lives for it. Where are the tears for them.





http://barackobamaexposed.com/43-trillion-bankster-lawsuit
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nobs10 says:
Now we will see what he meant by "now we can ge revenge" (parapharased) in his last speech before election. This guy has an agenda alright and it's isn't American.
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obamasnoba replies:
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tell this dumb ***** below me iam4honesty that it was Valerie Jarret that said it! His senior advisor. And her exact words were


QUOTE:
"After we win this election, it's our turn. Payback time. Everyone not
with us is against us and they better be ready because we don't forget. The ones who helped us will be rewarded, the ones who opposed us will get what they deserve. There is going to be hell to pay. Congress won't be a problem for us this time. No election to worry about after this is over and we have two judges ready to go."

want a link?? Here is one of many!
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/valerie-jarret-after-we-win-this-election-its-our-turn-payback-time-did-team-obama-just-show/question-3294603/
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raylin01 says:
Love it. Working people are for Obama.....
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tryingtodogoodwork says:
President Obama is a fine and good man.
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shurch4truth replies:
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.got to agree with you there, partner
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walkthetalk says:
He was elected by 51% of Americans and 15% of Old Mexico.
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VICTORYDEM replies:
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Who are citizens of the United States and have every right to voice their opinion on who best to lead the nation...
jmn122736 replies:
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Yeah, you would think all those "old mexican folks would have voted for Romney since his family actually lived there for years.
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