OBAMA CAMPAIGNS IN BOCA RATON NOW-live stream

[jenmito]

at a synagogue: http://www.cnn.com/live/

[Hope And Change]

1. K & R!

[flpoljunkie]

2. Thanks, Jen! Wexler will be introducing Obama soon.

MSNBC is reporting that McCain has rejected Rev. John Hagee's endorsement.

[jenmito]

5. I LOVE Wexler. He was on The Colbert Report and played along with Colbert, saying,

"I like cocaine and hookers because they're the fun thing to do." (close paraphrase)

[VolcanoJen]

10. Wexie is awesome!!!!

:-)

[jenmito]

11. He sure is! Does he have any foreign policy experience?

Know what I'm gettin' at?

[VolcanoJen]

18. Hmmmmmmm.

That's an interesting proposition!!!!

[jenmito]

20. Thanks. I think it would be a cool ticket!

:hi:

[Coexist]

36. delete - never mind - I wasn't smart enough to figure out the joke.

!

[AtomicKitten]

3. Thanks, Jen.

Go get 'em, Barack. :D

:hi:

[jenmito]

6. No problem!

:hi:

[Ian David]

4. Yay, Obama!

[jenmito]

7. My parents and grandmother are 3 Jews living in FL who will be voting for him in the GE.

:D

[slinkerwink]

8. kicking

[quantass]

9. Goybama!

[jenmito]

13. :-)

[geiger]

12. sorry, to HRC people who still think she can win the nomination,

but now I understand the look on HRC's face after the diagnosis.

She's in Kennedy country now.

I remember meeting Claude Pepper in Miami Beach a few years ago.


JINX.

[jenmito]

14. Shuster is covering it on MSNBC. Just cut away but will cover part of it.

[ruby slippers]

15. Hi Andy! I hope my son in law is watching this from work....

thanks for the link so I could send it to him....

[jenmito]

16. Who's Andy? You're welcome anyway!

:hi:

[ruby slippers]

58. my Conservative voting, McCain loving, Jewish son in law......

[quantass]

17. K&R

[kentuck]

19. This is a skeptical audience.

Why does he not call himself "Barry" anymore? This is not an easy sell for him. But, in time, I believe he will win them over.

[Spazito]

22. Seems like it didn't take much time at all if one takes in the

applause for him and the groans toward the last questioner.

[jenmito]

23. He's doing great-winning them over like he did my Jewish parents and grandmother in WPB, FL.

[VolcanoJen]

27. Good for him, then.

It's not easy to address a tough room, and I admire him for stepping up.

Kind of like Hillary at the Black State of the Union.

[Coexist]

21. he just hit that questionable question out of the park

[jenmito]

24. Standing O!

[quantass]

25. Damn he's good!

[Coexist]

26. I love that the obnoxious lecture... I mean question... eventually got boo'd

[slinkerwink]

29. what exactly did Obama say?

[Coexist]

32. a little too late to paraphrase, but I will try my best:

he said he was hesitant to list all his Jewish friends because of the "I'm not racist, some of my best friends are black" thing. He mentioned some of his Jewish supporters, his close Jewish friends and advisors on Israel. He mentioned how he had trouble getting elected in Chicago, because AA thought he was too close to the Jewish community (mentioned where he lived, but I forgot the name of the neighborhood).

He also said that he knows and has discussions with people who have made racist comments in the past, that it is important to hear from every side of the issue, but that he wil tell people if he disagrees with them. That he cannot be held responsible for everything that everyone who supports him says, and guilt by association must stop.

Standing ovation followed.

[Spazito]

33. Excellent summary, imo! n/t

[Coexist]

35. thank you.

[Poll_Blind]

56. That really was precious and I'm glad it came EARLY in the questions period...

....because I think his excellent answer broke a lot of people out of a suspicious mindeset they may have been in, either prior to the Town Hall or because of the fliers handed out by the Rethugs before it.

PB

[jenmito]

28. Yup. I bet he converted that doubter into a believer-and others!

[Tom Rinaldo]

30. I tuned in late, just a few minutes ago

but Obama is doing really well. He is showing both his intellect and his grasp of issues, thinking well on his feet, covering a lot of bases with both substance and nuance.

[jenmito]

47. I bet they'll have this up on his website later...

I'm glad you stayed true to your word about supporting Obama. :hi:

[Poll_Blind]

31. Great answer about not looking into Putin's eyes and determining policy from his gaze.

LOL, I love it!

PB

[Poll_Blind]

34. Hammering on McCain and Bush about "appeasing", asking the audience if Israel's...

...negotiations with Syria make them appeasers too. He's a quick thinker and he thinks.

PB

[Spazito]

37. I find it very refreshing Obama, instead of regurgitating

a pre-set, generic response, takes the time to really listen to the question, think about the core of the question and demonstrates respect for the audience member by giving a thorough, thoughtful answer. It is VERY impressive, imo.

[Poll_Blind]

38. Isn't it amazing how lazy most politicians are that this guy who simply ANSWERS....

...the question that was ASKED has the aura of a maverick? I really hope he sets an example in expectations for the populace when it comes to other politicians.

PB

[Spazito]

45. Excellent point! I, and I am sure I am not alone, have become so

jaded because of those "lazy politicians" you mention that simple respect and honest answers, instead of being expected, have become all too rare.

[jenmito]

39. So do I. And I bet the entire audience feels the same way by the end of this town hall.

[Poll_Blind]

40. LOL! "Everyone will have a seat at the table. I'll be there. In the BIG chair, because I'll be....

...president!"

  Actual laughing out loud over here. GOBAMA!

PB

[ecstatic]

41. Was he talking about ED and herpes drugs?

I can't think of anymore common drug commercials.

[Poll_Blind]

42. Yeah, I think he was talking about Viagra. He cracked me up and himself up for...

...quite a while.

PB

[ecstatic]

43. ok 1st gaffe of the day:

He's saying he's open minded to republicans being in his cabinet.

[jenmito]

44. That's not a gaffe.

[Poll_Blind]

46. I dunno, I rather liked the concept. I'd rather have...

...a Republican in the cabinet who knows how to do the job and will do it with President Obama's vision in mind that some divisive fuck like Lieberman who is a DINO.

  It takes guts and balls possibly than Stephen Colbert's (when he roasted Bush to his face) to make a statement like that and I respect the subtler sentiment behind it.

PB

[tishaLA]

48. I won't hold it against him. He's said it before

and most people in this country are not as die-hard as we are; they like to hear this rhetoric of inclusion. HOWEVER: I especially do NOT want him to appoint a republicon as the Sec of Defense.

[Poll_Blind]

49. As his speech comes to a close, I really hope many get to see this event.

I thought it was very interesting and because of the venue foreign policy issues came up more than they might, and more pointedly, than in a typical town hall.

PB

[jenmito]

51. I hope a transcript becomes available. I have lots of people who would love to read this.

[tishaLA]

50. Haha! He just got a backhanded dig at McCain for Hagee

"I mean, I don't attribute those ideas to Sen McCain"--great way to get it out there and pretend it means nothing, really.

[npincus]

52. I glad he took it to those meshuganuh alta kockas...

Pass the pastrami!

[Poll_Blind]

53. And damn he is quick- addressed the fliers Rethugs were handing out before...

...the town hall. I swear to God, do other politicians need 5 advisers to take a shit? Because the more I watch Obama, the more I realize that you can be a politician and give meaningful answers, give them off the cuff, and talk about issues without advisers because you're thinking about those issues.

PB

[ecstatic]

54. How do you think his closing statements were received? nt

[Poll_Blind]

55. I thought he did very well with a group of voters who have a lot of...

...suspicions being thrown at them about Obama, sometimes from very trusted places.

  Fearlessly wading into the river, answering that "Name Jewish friends you have who are anti-Terrorist and pro-Israel" question, and coming out the other side, completely dry, is just another example of his ability to understand and communicate the issues.

  He was quite a bit funnier than usual and that also helped bleed some of the tension for quesions which everyone was carefully listening to the answer of. And his rebuttal of the Rethug talking points mentioned in the flier handed out before the Town Hall were great. I think he got the point across that people are going to lie about him any way they can. His "If you don't like my policies, don't vote for me. If you don't like my message, don't vote for me. But don't hold your vote from me based on something that isn't real."

  Great questions (sans the one mentioned above) and great, solid answers.

  What are your thoughts?

PB

[jillan]

57. Why is Obama pandering to Jewish Americans?

I for one do not appreciate Obama pandering to people belonging to my faith.