Barack Obama, NSR

[mrw]

Originally posted by tuffy109
ted bundy was a serial killer, and ted kennedy is a senator. funny, they have the same first name, but the people of massachusets don't really seem to mind.

Ah, but they are both killers right??? The difference is Kennedy had the money and power to buy his sorry ass out of trouble

[homerjay]

Question about Obama: Is he islamic?

Safe to say it'll take generations of breeding out the ignorant before there's ever an islamic president.

[tuffy109]

Originally posted by mrw
Ah, but they are both killers right??? The difference is Kennedy had the money and power to buy his sorry ass out of trouble

hahahaha, that totally slipped my mind when i was typing that.

alcohol related murders are OK in Massachusets.

[SLCFreshies]

Clinton's, Obama's, and Kennedy's speeches have been my favorites during the convention so far. Obama's was most impressive for being from a newcomer.

I thought Gore's and Dean's speeches were both quite disappointing. Teresa Heinz-Kerry's was not bad for a speech from a first-lady.

[Yoda]

Wise he is and far he will go....

A belief that we are connected as one people. If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandmother. If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It's that fundamental belief — I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper — that makes this country work. It's what allows us to pursue our individual dreams, yet still come together as a single American family. "E pluribus unum." Out of many, one.

Yet even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters and negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes. Well, I say to them tonight, there's not a liberal America and a conservative America — there's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America. The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I've got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported it. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

[motown_fatty]

Bill Clinton has transcended the generalization of "politician" and, in my opinion, has become somewhat of a demogogue. Regardless of party or your feelings about the guy, he has a way to reach into people and light a fire (good or bad).

Obama's speech was so strong that if it were given by someone more established, it would probably go down in history as one of the greatest rally cries of all times. Who knows...if Obama keeps ascending, the speech will probably be conidered just that. I am excited to see where he goes.

[The AD]

I just read today that Obama is running for the Senate unopposed. He DID have an opponent, but that opponent was Jack Ryan, the guy that gave up after the flap about trying to make his ex-wife perform sex acts at sex clubs! Yes, his ex-wife was Jeri Ryan of Star Trek:Voyager and Boston Public Fame.

[Cornholio]

J- Obama is Protestent Christian.

Also in the not-well-spoken category: Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice... the whole admin has an issue with it somehow (save Powell). Their PR people must have some pretty high blood pressue these days!

[mrw]

Originally posted by homerjay
Question about Obama: Is he islamic?

Safe to say it'll take generations of breeding out the ignorant

You are kidding right? Count me firmly on the side of the ignorant.
I meet enough sand monkeys in the course of my job to know MOST OF THOSE FACKERS ARE EVIL WAITING TO HAPPEN

[Foggy_Goggles]

Originally posted by mrw
You are kidding right? Count me firmly on the side of the ignorant.
I meet enough sand monkeys in the course of my job to know MOST OF THOSE FACKERS ARE EVIL WAITING TO HAPPEN

Yes, you did just say that. People like you scare me. Crawl back in your hole and please don't vote.

[Cosmic Bandito]

One man's opinion - the first minority to win the presidency will be hispanic.

Both Sharpton and Jackson have done a disservice to those that follow.

[Crinkle]

i am interested to hear his speech

found some of it http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/...MPLATE=DEFAULT
if anyone finds the whole thing, let me know.

[non grata]

crinkle, check out www.npr.org . they've got his speech in its entirety.

edit: it's just audio... there is a snippet on the nytimes site with video though.

[Crinkle]

Originally posted by non grata
crinkle, check out www.npr.org . they've got his speech in its entirety.

edit: it's just audio... there is a snippet on the nytimes site with video though.

thanks mang.

[1080Rider]

Originally posted by Cosmic Bandito
One man's opinion - the first minority to win the presidency will be hispanic.

Both Sharpton and Jackson have done a disservice to those that follow.

I used to believe the first minority (woman, black or latino) president would be a conservative. Alas, I fear this party has lost its way...

There is a lot to CB's opinion though. The convervative party has a lot of Raegan Cubano constituents who could prolly serve well (though I can't name any who are high up in the party).

[mr_gyptian]

anyone find it odd how much you enjoyed the "one america" theme from the speech. when all Kedwards can talk about is the two america's b.s.?

just curious.

[Crinkle]

Originally posted by mr_gyptian
anyone find it odd how much you enjoyed the "one america" theme from the speech. when all Kedwards can talk about is the two america's b.s.?

just curious.

Having just listened to it, I ask you this: Which theme do you enjoy better?

I will answer though. I enjoyed the "one america" theme, it embodies what this country was founded on. Of course you can't take it too far, but it is a great rallying point for the DNC.

[joshbu]

Originally posted by The AD
I just read today that Obama is running for the Senate unopposed. He DID have an opponent, but that opponent was Jack Ryan, the guy that gave up after the flap about trying to make his ex-wife perform sex acts at sex clubs! Yes, his ex-wife was Jeri Ryan of Star Trek:Voyager and Boston Public Fame.

Yeah. I red about that guy. I like Obama. I hope he does well, but that Jack Ryan guy sure got the karmic beat-down. He did take Jeri to sex clubs, and he did want her to have sex at those clubs... with him. He never pushed her to do anything with anyone else. He just got off doing her in public. If he was my representative, I wouldn't care at all about it. It seems pretty harmless stuff. But, since he's a Republican, he who lives by the sowrd, dies by the sword, so they say...

[joshbu]

Originally posted by Crinkle
thanks mang.

Check the link in my post way up on page 1. Entire speech video.

[The AD]

Originally posted by joshbu
He never pushed her to do anything with anyone else. He just got off doing her in public. If he was my representative, I wouldn't care at all about it.

To me, the fact he got off on wanting to have sex in public isn't a problem, but trying to coerce his wife into doing it against her will is a big problem.

[Crinkle]

Originally posted by joshbu
Check the link in my post way up on page 1. Entire speech video.

I did, it no worky

The page cannot be displayed

[mr_gyptian]

I don't really care what Kerry and Edwards say from here to November 2. The question isn't whether they will lose it is by how much. The "Two America's" b.s. will have them residing with the likes of McGovern and Mondale.

[joshbu]

Originally posted by The AD
To me, the fact he got off on wanting to have sex in public isn't a problem, but trying to coerce his wife into doing it against her will is a big problem.

It's a really fine line. They never had sex in those clubs. At what point does "asking" become "pushing" become "coercion?" At what point does it go from a normal dispute to immoral to illiegal?

The obvious answer is that she never filed charges... but often women don't in rape case, plus the fact she's a celibrity would have been a disaster. So who knows?

I'm willing to give my politicos immorallity. That's between him, her, and whatever God they believe in. Illiegal actions need to be punished...

[joshbu]

Originally posted by Crinkle
I did, it no worky

Try copying the link, then file->open it from real player.

[SLCFreshies]

Originally posted by mr_gyptian
anyone find it odd how much you enjoyed the "one america" theme from the speech. when all Kedwards can talk about is the two america's b.s.?

just curious.

The "one America" is an ideal. It's the principle on which our country was founded, and it is what our country SHOULD be.

The "two Americas" is the reality today. The have's are getting more, and the have-not's are falling by the wayside. The concentration of politcal-economic power in this country is consolidating.

They are not mutually exclusive themes--in fact, they meld together quite nicely.