I just finished watching Obama's incredible speech.

[Danger Mouse]

I'm not often moved by words, but he had me in tears. He didn't just hit a home run, he hit a grand slam out of the park and into the next county.
It was beautifully written and stated, reaching out to white voters as well as black, and advocating for healing and togetherness.
I was nervous about what he would say, but I needn't have worried...he did an AMAZING job today.
Democrat supporters? Check in with a big GOBAMA (or GO DEMS!! if you will)

[JuniperLea]

1. How about "Check in all Democrat supporters"

Once in a while?

[Danger Mouse]

4. changed to reflect your suggestion

[XemaSab]

2. GOBAMA!

Damn that guy's good!

[Danger Mouse]

5. so, did you see it?? what'd you think?

:hi:

[XemaSab]

49. I think

he's going to be the next president of the united states. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Danger Mouse]

52. it sounded presidential, didn't it?

[XemaSab]

62. It sounded WAY presidential

:D

[LSparkle]

3. Fired up ... ready to GO!

[Danger Mouse]

8. damn straight!

:hi:

[JuniperLea]

6. Go Dems!

I'll happily and with much emotion and passion support the Democratic nominee... no matter who that is!

Yay Dems!

[Danger Mouse]

9. exactly...remember the real enemy...JOHN MCCAIN!

no matter who wins the nomination, we must not let John McCain take the white house!

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Hey, thank you!

:hi:

[americanstranger]

7. GoB!

I didn't see the speech, but I read it earlier today.

It's one for future textbooks, for sure.

- as

[Danger Mouse]

10. I've certainly never heard anything so powerful in my lifetime.

:hi:

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[roguevalley]

16. 'hussein obama' ... take it somewhere else, hater. you aren't doing

your cause any good here.

[Danger Mouse]

18. oh dear god. which little 'ignored' toad posted this particular steaming load?

[roguevalley]

26. ben david did it. sad, sad little person. must still think Obama is

a muslim. when he's not attending church. :+ By, the by, Elrond. I love your moniker.

[Danger Mouse]

30. thanks! i always appreciate when people take it with a sense of humor..

rather than trying to smear me during a flamewar by calling me a scientologist :P
can you pm me what ben david said?
he's been on ignore for quite some time...for very, very good reason.

[jgraz]

36. You mean the guy who says Obama will blame the "white devils" when he loses?

Someone should tell him that the Klan is not likely to approve his membership application.

[Danger Mouse]

39. aw, shucks, and he had the hood and sheet all ready to go, too!

[jgraz]

42. Sadly, he cut the eyeholes in the shape of little Stars of David

I think they'll figure it out.

[Danger Mouse]

45. i'm sure he'll find a hate group willing to have him as a member.

:cry:

[Forkboy]

59. ....

:spray:

[arewenotdemo]

73. bwaaack

:spray:

[roguevalley]

46. snorkle. now that's funny. even my yiddisha great grandma would

have snickered. :)

[cali]

22. Hussein Obama, huh?

As if we didn't already know exactly what you are. Disgusting post as always and bigoted to reflect the writer. Go to freeperville. that's where YOU belong. YOU are a.....

[Danger Mouse]

32. i'm sad to see this thread already dirtied by filth.

[ginnyinWI]

33. no, Hussein Obama was Barack's grandfather.

Successful farmer and tribal elder. That's where he got his middle name.

on you last pph: we have a CEO in office now--and that's not working out too well.

[Liberal Veteran]

60. I'm sorry for you.

Such anger can't possibly be healthy for you.

[Danger Mouse]

61. he should be careful...he could drown in his own bile.

[scheming daemons]

69. BenDavid... you are a disgrace... an absolute disgrace.....

You're part of the problem in America, not the solution.

[earthlover]

71. "Hussein Obama is on a downward spiral "

Let me say this. I have watched your posts and many have had a veiled racism to them. And I have not commented.

Your "Hussein" verbage reminds me of crap that was spewed against the Jews during the rise of the Third Reich.

I really cannot for the life of me see why anyone could be prejudiced. Why anyone could appeal to fear and to racism and to nativism and to moron-ism....by calling Obama by Hussein as his first name, when everyone knows his first name is Barack.

I guess you get turned on by calling someone Hussein. Just like there were those who had terms to call Jews....

Enjoy your hatred.

[marions ghost]

74. I'm sure you meant to write Hussein Osama

n/t

[K Gardner]

12. I'm on Cloud Nine... !

[Danger Mouse]

13. it was beautiful...lincolnesque.

[Swamp Rat]

14. me too.

:cry:

[invictus]

15. It was incredible. Obama has real class, honor, and integrity,

Could you imagine Hillary making a speech like that? Not possible. She's too fake.

[Danger Mouse]

27. i'd rather steer away from criticisms of hillary in this thread...

but no, i could not see her delivering such a speech.

[bicentennial_baby]

17. Fired up?

Ready to go?

;)

:pals:

[Danger Mouse]

20. i would say that i am somewhat.

:)
:pals:

for a forty minute speech, it sure went by pretty damn quickly.

[bicentennial_baby]

25. Sweet...Yes, it did!

I was supposed to be in the library all day working on papers, but I couldn't miss it live. That, and the rate cut announcement. (D'oh! Econ Major!)

It was fantastic...I made Sniffa watch it the second he got home, practically. :D

:toast:

[Danger Mouse]

35. i couldn't watch it because i was at work and youtube doesn't work on our computers...

nothing does!
some haters are claiming he didn't write it...but this one came strictly from the pen of obama himself. he's more than just a great speaker.

[caledesi]

67. He wrote it NT

[sniffa]

28. What are you, Delahunt?

:eyes:

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

38. Try MSM feeds.. youtube is blocked in my office, but I managed to get MSNBC video somehow.

[parasim]

21. GOBAMA!

I felt the same way when watching his speech. I was pretty nervous at first, because I knew that everybody was going to be watching and just waiting for him to say something he'd regret, but just few minutes into the speech, I realized that he is indeed just the person that we need in the white house at this moment in time.

I remember just a few short years ago lamenting about not having a Democrat that could stand above the rest and inspire young and old to care about our country again and then Obama comes along and he sure has given me hope in the Democratic party once again.

In this one speech, he managed to say everything that I hoped for years that a politician would say when it comes to the racial divide in this country.

[Danger Mouse]

23. i hope as many people as possible watch the speech or read its words...

and take to heart his message...
it's not about black, or white, or hispanic, or asian...it's about ALL of us, and only together can we hope to mend the wounds inflicted by bush.

[slinkerwink]

24. I'm very proud of him, and am hopeful again

[Danger Mouse]

37. he's stronger than people give him credit for he.

he is always on point when responding to attacks, without being vicious or nasty.
his coolness will play very well against mccain's anger.

[nashville_brook]

29. me too -- it also struck me that he seemed sad about having to have this discussion,

which shows class.

he was clearly going to hit this one out of the park, and if he were any less a statesman and more of a pol, he would have taken the podium with force and fire in a manipulative way. he didn't because that's not who he is. these issues are in "his genetic makeup" as he said.

[Danger Mouse]

43. it was so well delivered too...very serious and dignified.

he didn't disown wright...which might give ammo to the haters...but it was the right thing to do.

[Medusa]

31. Win or lose this election

that speech will be seen as an important moment in this country from this point forward.

Remarkable.

[Danger Mouse]

34. agreed. but the light given off in this speech...

will wither the decrepit emptiness that is mccain's soul to nothing.

[boppers]

40. Fired up, READY TO GE!

(not a typo, november can't get here fast enough)

[Danger Mouse]

54. let's savor it, though...it'll be fun taking apart 'senator maverick'...

and exposing the roach to the light.

[knixphan]

41. hopefully it makes us bolder.

Calling all Dems, let's rise up to be the army that Barack deserves. Do not let the neocons in your communities take over the debate.

Stay informed and stay just as passionalte as you are today.


And donate.

[Danger Mouse]

51. the neocons will try, but obama is a fighter.

strong, steely, but cool.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

44. It was something to behold. An amazing job indeed!

[Danger Mouse]

48. agreed. we'd be very lucky...

to have such a brillaint man as our president.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

63. It's just too bad that Hillary is so intent on destroying him for her own personal gain.

[bridgit]

47. Really? "tears"? I found it a lawyerly review & delivered as though a closing summation...

seeking to not ruffle any feathers anywhere, especially they still in the jury. I still have an issue or two with certain of his precepts; or the ways in which they weren't either, a) fleshed out, or, b) extended to other areas where they may be equally applied. I found it too black & white. Which seems as if the only 'racial issue' in America when we all know that many are effected.

Ultimately I felt this a speech BO should have made months ago; and not just in response to a maelstrom of ill-formed interest in his falling poll numbers as a result. But I suppose he needed to start somewhere. And this was as good as any point upon which to do so.

Though he did manage to get, "We can pounce some gaff by a Hillary support as evidence that she's playing the race card." and tying that into white males flocking to McCain regardless of his politics, or presumably as some result thereby. So yeah...

What's done is done. Vote for BO, or nothing will change.

Go Dems!

[Danger Mouse]

50. take it as you will. i found the delivery to be very serious and grave...

appropriate for addressing such a serious issue.
his words were what moved me.

[bridgit]

56. And so I shall...

[cenacle]

53. Wow...

I don't think in my lifetime I've felt like I would be honored for a candidate to serve as President if elected. I would feel honored by Senator Obama becoming President Obama.

For a long time, I mourned that VP Al Gore was not running again. I am now able to let that regret go because I believe a man of Gore's caliber IS running, and we CAN vote for and elect him.

To go from Bush* to Obama would be like moving from the deepest shit hole of despair to a place of sunshine, and breeze, and many hopes. He notes there will never be perfection, but to try, to start, is all.

[Danger Mouse]

55. we have to be willing to fight for what obama offers...

the neocons will not go quietly, or easily.

[Skidmore]

57. And we cannot fear to fight.

Obama is not afraid to put himself out front, and we should not fear to help him.

[Danger Mouse]

58. and that's all our enemies will have to play...

is the politics of fear.

[thevoiceofreason]

64. GOBAMA

[DCofVA]

65. Some day we will say, "I heard President Obama

give The Speech that day." This is a truly historical day. I will savor it always.

[IsItJustMe]

66. K&R

[applegrove]

68. Yes it was a beautiful speech.

[spoony]

70. Go Dems, and Obama: It was a great, great speech.

I had visions of hearing things like this at State of the Union speeches for the next eight years, instead of the crap we've heard for the last eight. How wonderful that would be.

[faithfulcitizen]

72. GOBAMA! "Great crisis produce great men and great deeds of courage." John F. Kennedy