The Other Obama

The Other Obama

"From what we’ve heard from Mrs. Obama she was paying close attention to the Reverend Mr. Wright, eating up his fiery words and probably enthusiastically nodding agreement as he blamed whitey for inventing AIDS to kill blacks as Barack dozed beside her, wondering when the Reverend Wright was going to shut up."

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Submitted by Main Stream on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 9:29am.

inspiring words from Michelle Obama...the message, that the system is broken but together we can fix it:

“We have lost the understanding that in a democracy, we have a mutual obligation to one another -- that we cannot measure the greatness of our society by the strongest and richest of us, but we have to measure our greatness by the least of these,” she says.

“That we have to compromise and sacrifice for one another in order to get things done. That is why I am here, because Barack Obama is the only person in this who understands that. That before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.”


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Submitted by Mike King on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 9:54am.

Kudos to their speechwriters, give them a pat on the back, but now what have the Obamas accomplished over the last forty years that have you in such a tizzy?
Let's see:
1-Graduated college
2-elected to the Senate (yet to author legislation of consequence)
3-Published two books that are odds on favorites to have ghost writers
4-Attended church for twenty years
Get the picture?


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Submitted by Main Stream on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 10:28am.

Well, actually it's beaver that's experiencing a 'tizzy' by posting the Obama speeches. I'm just paraphrasing for him.

As far as presidential qualifications, Republicans have a history of promoting candidates with odd 'accomplishments' for example, one candidate in the past being a Hollywood actor and more recently, a recovered druggie and alcoholic.

One of Obama's many appeals is that he is NOT part of the Washington establishment that is embraced by both Clinton and McCain.

Oh, wasn't it a young, John F. Kennedy who had that same problem, of being young and less accomplished?


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Submitted by Mike King on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 12:12pm.

Main, your point is well taken, however both were successful governors of their respective states. Yes, it was Kennedy who brought a breath of fresh air to Washington and gave all of us substantial hope for America's future.

Although a bit more "seasoned" than Mr Obama I would contend especially with his record of service with the Navy, but wasn't it he who brought us to the precipice of nuclear proliferation in 1962. Notwithstanding the fiasco in Cuba, I, for one, would take issue with with a lack of character and not for the Clintonesque conduct but for the abandonment of a cause.

That said, I truly would like to have experienced a second Kennedy term because I believe it likely that the world that we have would have been shaped much differently than we have now.

Just my two cents worth.


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Submitted by Main Stream on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 1:59pm.

"Just my two cents worth."

Your two cents are worth alot, and it's important to have these discussions on the blog.


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Submitted by BPR on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 11:19am.

You haven't met Mike King?

He is very nice and a gentleman.

I am surprised you have not met him.

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Submitted by USArmybrat on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 10:49am.

was also the former Governor of California, that has one of the largest economies in the world. The other had a problem with alcohol over 20 YEARS ago and has since never drank.Oh, and he was also a governor from Texas, also boasting a huge economy. Seems alittle more than being a senator for a couple of years.

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Submitted by Main Stream on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 12:07pm.

our country very much.

It's a shame that he didn't use that "experience", of being Gov. of Texas, to strengthen our economy, instead of running into the ground.

That type of "experience" seems to be very much overrated, according to his current 71% disapproval rating.

Our country deserves better than what Bush/McSame and the Washington insiders keep feeding us.


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Submitted by carbonunit52 on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 12:17pm.

Bush had plenty of experiance, and put it to use. Too bad his experiance was in running enterprizes into the ground.

Reminds me of the term "dream job". I have had some bad dreams.


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