Showing posts with label Barack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barack. Show all posts
10.16.2009
At a town hall meeting in New Orleans Thursday, fourth-grader Terrence Scott earnestly asked the question that has probably been on many people's minds as they witnessed the rage that has been directed at Obama these last few months: "why do people hate you?" The young man seemed genuinely concerned as he asked the question, and he went on to tell Obama that "They supposed to love you." Obama responded by giving the young man a hug while saying, "That's what I'm talking about." Then came the hard part of actually answering his question.
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4.24.2009
GO VOTE!
MSNBC has a poll up about President Obama's job so far for the first 100 days. Republicans are flooding it with "F" votes. Pass this address on and go to it to vote.
2.24.2009
10.15.2008
Obama Cool
The pundits are going to talk about the issues and details of the debates, as they should. And it's true that this was Obama's best debate, and possibly McCain's worst. But for me, the story of the night -- hell, the story of all three debates -- is the sang froid of Barack Obama.
Nothing can get under his skin. Nothing. No attack can cause him to lose his equilibrium, to cause him to squint or gawp or stare like McCain seems to do three times every minute. Barack Obama is a fundamentally cool cat -- and that's one of the reasons he's not just going to win this election, but win big. Americans respect a person who won't get thrown off his game, who won't let his enemies and opponents rattle him.
And Barack Obama isn't just cool -- he's redefined cool in politics. He's gotten past 20 years of presidents who equate anger with passion. There hasn't been a president who could keep an even keel since Reagan -- and even then, he was more easy-goin' than cool. Reagan was detached. But Barack Obama is engaged, intelligent, and calm -- but he's no Adlai Stevenson. He's always cool.
Every candidate for national office for a generation is going to seek to emulate Obama Cool. But there's only one Barack Obama.
Kudos to 'Trapper John'
The pundits are going to talk about the issues and details of the debates, as they should. And it's true that this was Obama's best debate, and possibly McCain's worst. But for me, the story of the night -- hell, the story of all three debates -- is the sang froid of Barack Obama.
Nothing can get under his skin. Nothing. No attack can cause him to lose his equilibrium, to cause him to squint or gawp or stare like McCain seems to do three times every minute. Barack Obama is a fundamentally cool cat -- and that's one of the reasons he's not just going to win this election, but win big. Americans respect a person who won't get thrown off his game, who won't let his enemies and opponents rattle him.
And Barack Obama isn't just cool -- he's redefined cool in politics. He's gotten past 20 years of presidents who equate anger with passion. There hasn't been a president who could keep an even keel since Reagan -- and even then, he was more easy-goin' than cool. Reagan was detached. But Barack Obama is engaged, intelligent, and calm -- but he's no Adlai Stevenson. He's always cool.
Every candidate for national office for a generation is going to seek to emulate Obama Cool. But there's only one Barack Obama.
Kudos to 'Trapper John'
7.24.2008
I would be remiss if I didn't post pics of Barack in Berlin today. Blogger friend "An Average American Patriot" said it best on my last post... "Did you hear his speech in Berlin today? Excellent! The guy is awesome."
Video of Barack's Berlin speech in case you missed it.
Video of Barack's Berlin speech in case you missed it.
6.03.2008
Report on yesterday's Town Hall Meeting with Barack in Michigan. . . Wow! What an electrifying speaker! Barack gave his signature speech and then took questions for half an hour. Someone yelled, "I love you, Barack!" And, he yelled back, "I love you, too!"
Superdelegate Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence announced her Barack endorsement on stage just before Barack came on.
Swarms of Secret Service and we had to go through the metal detectors. It's amazing how everything worked with precision. All in all, it was an awesome meeting and I'm sure he made a lot of head way in Michigan.
How exciting to have seen Barack yesterday on the eve of him becoming the Democratic nominee for President of the United States!
6.01.2008
5.14.2008
4.30.2008
Obama Against the World - Great Test of Character!
John McCain
Bill Clinton \ | / Fox News
Hillary Clinton - OBAMA - Jeremiah Wright
Sean Hannity / / | \ \ John Gibson
Karl Rove | ABC News
Bill Kristol
Kudos to MyDD
UPDATE: Was Jeremiah Wright set up by Clinton?
Why was Rev. Jeremiah Wright given a platform to speak in front of the National Press Club? Strangely enough, the platform was made available to him by a Clinton supporter, Barbara Reynolds.
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