Obama AIPAC coming up on MSNBC

[Coexist]

being introduced right now.

[npincus]

1. Live on C-SPAN 3

[Thrill]

2. Its on CNN also. Does this group endorse?

[SoxFan]

24. No

[babylonsister]

3. m$nbc covering it also; his first speech as the presumptive nominee

is how it's being billed. GOBAMA, knock it out of the park! At least no one will be falling asleep a la McCain.

[still_one]

16. He acknowledged Clinton in his speech, will she do the same? I am skeptical /nt

[babylonsister]

26. Never! Time to rid himself of the extra baggage. nt

[still_one]

32. I don't disagree with you on that, in fact I will be very troubled if he chooses her as

Vice President, which I don't think he will

On another issue, his speech at AIPAC is very balanced. It is not just political pandering. He is laying out the issues and the problems we need to confront

He is calling for a two state solution, and engaging in a dialog with all parties in the region

[Coexist]

4. He's up!

[Doityourself]

5. Obama's on...yay!!!

[npincus]

6. Bitter Jews for Obama!!!

we've got your back!

[Meshuga]

35. This not so bitter Jew here is for Obama

:-)

[Coexist]

7. he looks tired - must've been a long night!

[Coexist]

"eventful night last night"! still bleary-eyed!

[ReverendDeuce]

8. He has an amazing tie on! Where can I buy this? "The Obama Collection"...

It's HOT!

[Coexist]

9. funny that, one of the things I personally like about him, is that he doesn't go for the

Politician's Red or Politician's Blue. He wears really great ties. Lots of color.

[ReverendDeuce]

13. I never noticed that, honestly. This seems like a whole new look to me...

But then, I probably just did not notice. Usually they all wear red or blue, boring stuff.

It almost looks like he is going for a new look now that he is going to be the nominee...

[Coexist]

15. he's worn that one before, and the one he wore last night was so great, I mentioned it to my dh

it was a beautiful light blue

[NotThisTime]

48. I just watched the whole thing, I have no idea what his tie looked like but his suit was dark blue.

Funny, I usually notice ties LOL...

Regardless, this was a FANTASTIC speech, and it makes McCain's to the same group earlier in the week look like child's work....

[oviedodem]

10. Mentions Clinton

[Coexist]

11. "I will be speaking from my heart" this is gonna be a good one.

[Coexist]

12. he's getting a lot of applause.

[Mimosa]

14. Thanks!!! I wouldn't have caught this otherwise

[sabra]

17. standing ovation - this is amazing!

[Coexist]

19. its good.

[Willo]

18. Receiving standing O's on his comments about the holocast

[Tatiana]

20. He is doing very well.

Outlining military policy and memorandum of understanding regarding Israel's security.

[Tatiana]

21. Peace is in Israel's national security interest.

Will make a personal commitment to advance the cause of peace, not in the waning days of his administration, but from the start.

[Coexist]

22. "I will take an active role and a personal committment"

not wait for the waning days of my administration.

[jasmine621]

23. Nothing has changed. O the irony. A war that AIPAC championed

and a nominee who opposed the war. Three Isreali soldiers held by Hezbollah but no mentioned of the thousands of Palestinians held by the IDF.

Change = no change.

[Freddie Stubbs]

29. The Democratic Party is fundamentally committed to the security of our ally Israel

Obama is keeping with the platform of the party which will nominate him.

[Catherina]

71. Sad but AIPAC is probably not to venue to mention thousands of Palestinians held by the IDF

not if you value your political career.

As long as he doesn't promise war and promises to pursue peace for both, I'm happy.

[thewiseguy]

25. I did not like it when he said Jersualem should remain the capital of Israel

That wont go well with Palestinians Barack.

[babylonsister]

28. I thought Tel Aviv is the capital; shows what I know. nt

[thewiseguy]

30. Tel Aviv is somewhat the capital but Israel wishes to make Jerusalem the capital

That move is strongly opposed by the Arabs and some in the international community. I am sorry to say Obama pandered to AIPAC by making that suggestion. I am not happy about what he said.

GWB also made that gesture when he ran for president.

[babylonsister]

39. I'm sorry AIPAC is such a strong body in the U.S. And I'll say no more. nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

31. How many electoral voted does Palestine have?

:shrug:

[thewiseguy]

34. How many electoral votes does Israel have?

:shrug:

[Freddie Stubbs]

38. None, but there are a heck of a lot more Jewish voters in the US that Palestinian ones

[MattNC]

40. two capitals

West Jerusalem for the Israelis; East Jerusalem for the Palestinians. Hopefully we can see that, which is supported by the Arab states.

[thewiseguy]

46. He did not mention the two capital notion

He also did not mention Israel's siege on Gaza and the humanitarian situation there. He failed to mention a whole lot of things. :thumbsdown:

[redqueen]

49. And he will continue to do so.

He is in GE mode now.

Perfect is the enemy of the good. Remember that.

[Freddie Stubbs]

58. Perhaps becuse he doesn't support the two capitol notion

The Democratic Party doesn't support that either.

[Catherina]

76. Me neither. How specific was he? n/t

[Tatiana]

27. "I refuse to continue a policy that has made Israel and the U.S. less secure." n/t

[oviedodem]

33. HA HA!! McCain never signed on to the divestment bill Obama sponsored.

That will not go over well McCain.

[Coexist]

37. ...

[NotThisTime]

52. May not go over well with McCain, but truth is he NEVER signed off on what McCain is now proposing!

[oviedodem]

91. Why sign off if Obama's plan is progressing through thouh?

[Thrill]

36. Great Speech by Obama today. He's hitting them out of the park today

[Coexist]

42. I stopped commentating because the speech was so detailed

and I wanted to listen to it.

wow.

[sabra]

44. I got a little emotional ...

[Meshuga]

41. Jews and African Americans

That's the bridge that I think Obama can help rebuild. It is STUPID that it has been burned and it should be rebuilt.

[Freddie Stubbs]

47. People like Jesse Jackson, Shartpton and Farrakhan have been setting those fires for too long

Obama is a new kind of African-American leader.

[Meshuga]

60. Obama is offering to lead the reconciliation

of a once very strong bond. That is very exciting!

[goodhue]

43. good speech

Hillary is also there.
Will they be meeting?

[Meshuga]

45. Great speech!

Great reception too. Standing ovation and all.

[npincus]

53. PHENOMENAL speech... tone and content were perfect

and very pursausive, for the doubters out there. Even Joe Scarborough looked shaken, as though Obama had hit every point of perceived weakness.

Wow. Just, wow.

Best moment: when he gave props to the Jewish civil rights activists who died, that were it not for them, he wouldn't be where he is today.

Uh-oh... here comes Hillary.

[Meshuga]

I wonder if she is going to try to steal the spotlight n/t

[Galway girl]

50. AIPAC want us to Bomb Iran

[Aloha Spirit]

54. Yep, lots of applause.

[npincus]

65. Applause for DIPLOMACY.

Obama stated that military force would only be used when ALL other avenues of negotiation were exhausted which is the reason why diplomacy was so important. Big applause for that. Of course military force should be used ONLY when absolutely necessary, which is what Obama said, and what the audience applauded.

[npincus]

62. no they don't.

Didn't you hear the response Obama got when he talked about diplomacy, and the perils of not talking with enemies?

Let's not sweep all with a broad brush; the sentiments of a small group of extremists do not represent all.

[Galway girl]

93. Did you here what Olmert said ...We back the Bush plan ie (Bomb Iran)

I know many Israeli's support diplomacy but their voices are always drowned out

[Doityourself]

51. Clinton's up!

[NotThisTime]

56. running for VP in this speech

[Aloha Spirit]

57. Will she cry? Will she rail against injustice? Will she wax nostalgic?

I have no idea!

[Doityourself]

59. should be interesting...

[bicentennial_baby]

61. Will she mention Obama, as graciously as he mentioned her?

[Doityourself]

63. She hasn't yet! He did it rather quickly and easily too.

[Kittycat]

68. Doesn't look like it. She congratulated someone else on their win - but

forgot to recognize Obama. Still campaigning like she has a chance.

[Doityourself]

72. Well thank you Hillary for saying something nice about Obama

[Kittycat]

88. She did just recognize him. They share the same view on Israel

Good for her.

[TornadoTN]

55. Who is the shill that introduced her?

Wow, he must be drinking the Clinton Kool-Aid, "Candidate for President".

[Aloha Spirit]

66. Something Kaplan.

[TornadoTN]

64. This is another campaign speech from Clinton

She's still pandering and yet to acknowledge Obama, as usual.

[Doityourself]

69. I know not one fucking word of acknowledgement for Obama!

[TornadoTN]

70. Yet she points out that it only took 11 minutes for the US to officially recognize Israel

Yet somehow it doesn't apply to common class and decorum in the most important election in our lifetime.

[oregonjen]

74. No, but there sure is a lot of I, I, I, me, me. me...

Selfish narcissistic person.

[TornadoTN]

79. You would think her campaign staff would recognize this

And make changes to it to get away from it.

[babylonsister]

67. Any mention of the presumptive nominee yet? Didn't anyone tell her? nt

[NotThisTime]

75. This isn't exactly a tactic to use to run for VP, not a word about Obama, not one....

[NotThisTime]

77. Oh, sorry, she is now mentioning him.. thanks Hillary...

[Doityourself]

78. finally Obama...omg...okay Hillary...Obama is my friend and will be a good friend to Isreal!

[TornadoTN]

81. Nice, I can respect that!

Thank you, Hillary.

I'm glad to hear it.

[iamthebandfanman]

73. great speech

ill be more than happy to call this man Mr President ;)

[MadBadger]

80. Hillary Clinton just conceded.

[Aloha Spirit]

83. I wish!

[TornadoTN]

84. Maybe

I thought it was a nice start, then it turned around the opposite direction.

I can't figure her out.

[Doityourself]

85. What she said about Obama was good...and she's dissing McCain! go Hillary

[Aloha Spirit]

87. You got that right, McCain will make the Middle East a more dangerous place. Wow.

[Aloha Spirit]

82. "I know that Senator Obama will be a good friend to Israel."

[Doityourself]

86. "McCain offers nothing but the same, more Bush!"

[Aloha Spirit]

89. Ooh, I like that, the swamp of fear.

[Doityourself]

90. Yeah me too. The 2nd half of her speech is stellar..she's hitting all the right notes

[Aloha Spirit]

92. Hillary's three principles that she wants to see lead us forward:

I have a bedrock commitment to Israel's security
No nuclear weapons for Iran
Standing up against hatred and antisemitism wherever it is found.



Man, I'm not going to comment on this stuff.