Obama's speech
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- Wolfboy0
God I hope he gets in, it's so important in a global level.
So what is the general feeling in the US about McCain?
I'm a Brit and to most people here it was pretty unfathomable how Bush was a 2 term president so I'm still pretty worried that when push comes to shove McCain will get the nod.
Is this the case or does the country see the need for something new?
- The general feeling? Wow, he's old. He was a POW. He's a white guy. The other guy is black.TheBlueOne
- I'm starting to think Obama could perform the miracle of the loaves and fishes and some people would say he hasn't shown anythingDr_Rand
- shown them anythingDr_Rand
- He should be ahead by 50 points in the pollsDr_Rand
- Ah, it's the same people who said Iraq would be a cakewalk...TheBlueOne
- kelpie0
"the change we need doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington." good line
- skwiotsmith0
The speech was good, but Obama is far from his best when he's attacking McCain. It's not what he does best, and it makes him sound like he's part of the old Washington system, something he is trying so much to show he isn't part of. Granted he needed to do that to make his case clear to us Americans, but, you know.
In the second part of his speech, ohboy was he on fire. Fantastic ending.
As for the 'cult personality', I think you're missing the point of these events. These conventions are huge publicity stunts, and to attempt to call out Obama on it is like the pot calling the kettle black. All Obama did is out do anything McCain could have ever pulled off, and more power to him for it.
- That's gonna be Biden's jobflashbender
- He ripped McCain so pointedly I loved it. "We all put country first"Soler
- boobs0
Eight is enough.
- Thank you.digdre
- i thought 4 was plenty
lackofcolor - I thought he lost the popular vote, was instated improperly by the Supreme Court and stole votes with his brother along the wayCyBrain
- digdre0
Very nice speech, I just saw it
- TheBlueOne0
I also liked how he didn't run away from the idea of actually utilizing government for what it is...for nearly thirty years now both parties have run away from the idea of competent government like it had cooties or something...it's an idea that has been missing fro our public discourse for a long time and it's nice to hear it back. Of course the right-wing will label it "socialist" or whatever even though it's not.
- TheBlueOne0
I'm not sure. Still digesting it. The delivery was excellent as always. He got as specific as he could given the type of speech it was. The "A Better Country" phrase was really good and I hope the campaign uses that going forward, as opposed to "change".
I've read through some of the standard right-wing pundits this morning and their attacks are pretty weak against it.
I did think the whole spectacle of the event kinda reinforces the cult of personality thing. I mean I really like the guy and he has my vote, but the pre-speech video montage thing got a bit maudlin for me...
- I weptDr_Rand
- Oh, I got misty at a few places myself...TheBlueOne
- I appreciated the video bio...helped me grasp him a little better. But I'm a mush that way. :)monkeyshine
- The video thing was pretty irrelevant. Any politician will do that sort of thing. His speech was one for the ages.CyBrain
- He's a great speaker. But I have to agree about being careful...Jaline
- dam i missed the Montage, was the rocky song involved ?BattleAxe
- Dr_Rand
The greatest I've ever seen.