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Obama tells huge Dem crowd he'll fix Washington

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Posted by Steve White 2008-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 "...Tomorrow, we'll be back at it. But tonight Senator, job well done."

Posted by JitterBug 2008-08-29 01:00|| 2008-08-29 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 If anyone can put on the fix, it's a Chicago pol.

Posted by Muggsy Glink 2008-08-29 01:53|| 2008-08-29 01:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Bama better have enjoyed tonight. It's all downhill from here.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-08-29 03:24|| 2008-08-29 03:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey, they really believe him when he says these things. Otherwise, what kind of Messiah would he be? And what kind of apostles don't believe their master?

Posted by gromky 2008-08-29 03:50|| 2008-08-29 03:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes indeed, the word FIX has a very special meaning in Chicago and Cook County, Illinois.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-08-29 07:11|| 2008-08-29 07:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah! I've heard Nancy P. was going to clean up Congress too with the Most Ethical Congress EVAH!

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-08-29 08:24|| 2008-08-29 08:24|| Front Page Top

#7 The "I'll fix the bureaucracy" type remarks could not possibly have been honestly said by anyone even remotely aware of how administration works.

Yet it probably wins votes from people who think they shouldn't have gotten a parking ticket or didn't like an IRS correction of their taxes, etc.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2008-08-29 09:14|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2008-08-29 09:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Same promises, same broken hearts. Nothing I haven't seen or heard before.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-08-29 09:29|| 2008-08-29 09:29|| Front Page Top

#9 And the stars are ga-ga, as we knew they would be...

DENVER - First word on Barack Obama's historic nomination acceptance speech from a bevy of celebrities in attendance was decidedly partisan: "It was excellent," Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie said. "It was amazing."

"Incredible," said Jessica Alba simply, before joining Fergie, Rosario Dawson, Wilmer Valderrama and Kerry Washington at a private exit from Invesco Field. Alba was at the speech with husband Cash Warren.

Other celebrities in attendance included George Lucas with girlfriend Mellody Hardon and his daughter, Forest Whitaker with wife Keisha and Star Jones, and Daniel Dae Kim of "Lost," who posed for pictures with the Hawaii delegation.

Next for Obama and his celebrity backers? "What I hope happens is the country doesn't forget the jubilation and excitement that's been generated here," Kim said. "And I hope it turns into something that changes the world."

will.i.am performed his speech-song "Yes We Can" with John Legend during the run-up to Obama's speech. Susan Sarandon and Anne Hathaway sang along in the stands as Sheryl Crow performed "Change is Gonna Come," and crooner Michael McDonald prompted many a flag wave with his rendition of "America the Beautiful."

Oprah Winfrey left Denver with the candidate she wanted, but reportedly without her eyelashes. The talk-show host said she was moved to tears by Obama's speech. And those must've been some serious tears. "I cried my eyelashes off," she said in the bowels of Invesco Field, moments after Obama accepted the nomination for president before an estimated 84,000 people.

"I think it's the most powerful thing I have ever experienced," she added, calling Obama's words "transcendent." On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream Speech," Winfrey compared Obama's words to those of the civil-rights leader, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. "He's not an African-American candidate," she said. "He's a candidate for Americans."

Winfrey threw her support behind Obama early even before the Democratic primaries got under way last year. She's stayed active since, hosting rallies and fundraisers that even Obama has acknowledged have given him a boost.

Posted by tu3031 2008-08-29 09:36|| 2008-08-29 09:36|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm disappointed.

What about "free beer for all"?

Posted by European Conservative 2008-08-29 09:37|| 2008-08-29 09:37|| Front Page Top

#11 These idiots are gonna be crushed when he loses.

Crushed.

Posted by Parabellum 2008-08-29 09:50|| 2008-08-29 09:50|| Front Page Top

#12 I also missed that pony

Felt like watching a sect of brainwashed people yesterday.

Posted by European Conservative 2008-08-29 09:54|| 2008-08-29 09:54|| Front Page Top

#13 What about "free beer for all"?

I would vote for that!

Posted by DarthVader 2008-08-29 10:11|| 2008-08-29 10:11|| Front Page Top

#14 I was a bit overwhelmed by the preliminaries in which about 20 people each used the phrase "Barack Obama knows..." about 20 times. Apparently he knows everything.

Posted by Darrell 2008-08-29 11:09|| 2008-08-29 11:09|| Front Page Top

#15 Democratic Party myths:

"The economy is in turmoil."
Fact: Second quarter results show we're not even in a recession.

"The price of gasoline is skyrocketing."
Fact: It has been dropping for a month.

"world-class education"
Fact: We have been pressuring more and more kids to go to college when in fact many of them are not cut out for it. Half of all kids have IQ's at or below 100. And we actually need people to be clerks, plumbers, electricians, etc. -- who don't need college or the student loan debt.

"Tens of millions of people are without health insurance"
Fact: Some of them are like the woman pet store owner from Florida who "testified" last night -- they CHOSE to not carry insurance. She opened a second store instead of taking care of her family's needs. Some are healthy young singles who think they are invincible. Some are people between jobs for a very short period. Some are illegal aliens who need to be sent home.

"veterans are living on the streets"
Fact: Wasn't this was debunked years ago? The small rate of veterans living on the streets isn't much different that the rate of non-veterans when all the demographics are considered? Are we going to reverse the trend away from psychiatric hospitals by forcing them off the streets, incarcerating them, and forcing them to take their meds?

"make government more efficient"
Fact: Clinton assigned Gore to do that. Did he do his job?

"100 mpg hybrid cars"
Fact: Even if they could make them, Democrat SUV-owners won't want them due to their small size and load capacity.

"wind and solar"
Fact: Ted Kennedy didn't want wind power in his neighborhood.

"jobs making high-efficiency American cars"
Fact: Obama would have to prevent auto imports to guarantee those jobs, thus denying Americans access to competitive prices and probably initiating harmful international trade wars.

"community service to pay for college"
Fact: Where I live, $4,000 will get you community college and you have to live at home and limit yourself to a two-year associates degree.

"nobody knows when life begins"
Fact: Everybody who ever used a condom knows when life begins.

Posted by Darrell 2008-08-29 12:02|| 2008-08-29 12:02|| Front Page Top

#16 I have not gone on a rant in a while because, basically, the big oh does it for me (nice photoshop, I'd buy a drink for the artist - the arugula/olive branch is brilliant). Keep in mind he had a month to deliver this speech and it still comes off as lukewarm. As he prepares to tour our country followers of hIM can look to clooney and say, "Obama, where are thou?". On a personal note I think he oratory skills in comparison make President Bush sound like Patrick Stewart (no offense Mr. President, loved what you did in Greensburg, my uncle met you there).

Read the script, he wrote his own counter-arguments.

"I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree"
Did he just say that he is the least experienced candidate ever, or is this just another of his cheap ploys.

"Tonight we are gathered here in this magnificent stadium in Denver because we still have a dream,"
You, sir, are no Martin Luther King, jr.

Sen., Joseph Biden of Delaware, was brutally frank about the Democrats' chances in an appearance before one state's delegation. "This is not hyperbole: We cannot win without Pennsylvania," he said.
The bitter voter bloc? I see that Mr. Biden didn't care enough about PA to work there. Must be more money in DE politics.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-08-29 12:19|| 2008-08-29 12:19|| Front Page Top

#17 What about "free beer for all"?

Wrong party, EC. Talk to Cindy McCain about that one.

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-08-29 15:09|| 2008-08-29 15:09|| Front Page Top

#18 It's arugula, of course. I was trying to work out some sort of spinach reference.

Posted by Grunter 2008-08-29 16:09|| 2008-08-29 16:09|| Front Page Top

#19 "I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree"

Did he just say that he is the least experienced candidate ever, or is this just another of his cheap ploys.

More a reference to his 'I don't resemble those dead presidents on the currency' remark.

Posted by Pappy 2008-08-29 21:46|| 2008-08-29 21:46|| Front Page Top

#20 Too bad, with his striking resemblance to President Franklin ;)

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-08-29 22:20|| 2008-08-29 22:20|| Front Page Top

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