Invesco Field Open Thread
By SusanUnPC on August 28, 2008 at 8:52 PM in Current Affairs
How’s it going out there?
UPDATE: Am I seeing things, or are those lines behind him suggestive of the Christian cross? Remember the Mike Huckabee commercial that used the same trick?
Watching on MSNBO… Ugh…
Glutton for punishment?
yuck
watching Manning finally!
lots of firefox trouble tonight (gee I wonder if they are political)
Turn off MSNBO right now. I went to FOX News to watch it online.
I had better things to do. Cleaned my toilets and took the dog out to pee. Heard one neighbor vacuuming out their car and the other neighbor who’s tv I saw over the fence had on Nickelodeon. Guess we’re not Obama country here.
We have on Nickelodeon, too! It’s an awesome SpongeBob festival…do you think they might get more viewers than The one’s Speech? At least SpongeBob is intentionally funny.
During The One’s speech, on the other channel I watched a Homer Simpson cartoon all the way through for the first time. It looked, for the minute before I changed BO’s channel (Ohhhh, that’s the change he was talking about …) that he was using three tele-prompters instead of the usual two. Hillary appeared to be speaking from memory during her speech.
Seeing 75,000 in Invesco Field, I don’t think there was anything close to 200,000 in Berlin.
The idea of Al Gore warming up an audience is like getting a pep talk from a nun before a date.
ROFL Kat.
In honor of the occasion, I’ve got my god-like name on.
Ooh good Idea!
your nic! ROFL
Oh, this will be fun! LOL
Behold My Children, The Messiah Commeth to speak the Word of GAWD from the BARACKOPOLIS!!
Red Sea Parting Imminent!!!
Bros Before Hos-sannah!
Too funny… Crack me up…
I’ve got a jug of Poland Spring water here. I am hoping it turns into Pinot Noir when He speaks.
roflmao!
You are TOO funny. That made me really laugh!!! Thanks for that!
Uppity,
Good luck with that!
You better hope it doesn’t turn to vinegar.
And I’ve got a colostomy bag full of Hopey-Changey Bullshit Squeezin’s.
I’m Hopin’ it Changes into Grade ‘A’ Vitriol.
“I’ve got a jug of Poland Spring water here. I am hoping it turns into Pinot Noir when He speaks.”
After crying for the last two days, you’re comment made me LOL.
LOL.
dude, you are SO friggin’ funny.
I got my toga and grapes ready…
My grapes are fermented. How else can this be stomached.
What an embarrassment.
I can’t wait until the Fooks leave my town.
Just point me in the direction of the vomitarium and stay out of my way.
I just can’t face this alone.
You are not alone.
Even if there is no intellegint life in the leadership of the DNC, with the billions upon billions of stars out there there is bound to be intelligent life out there…just ask Mr Sagan.
Yeah, an hour of Putz Obama and I wish I were dead too.
Hey I’m with you.
I’m with you on that…I can’t stand his voice, his nose-in-the air smugness…my mute button was well used tonight.
It even pisses me off that he(oh, sorry…I mean He) uses the American flag and songs to pretend he is patriotic and loves America.
UGH!
Yay! Thanks for opening up this thread. I’m watching on FOX … the orgasmic moaning on CNN or MSNBC is just too cringey.
I’ll watch what you all have to say, I don’t trust myself with the television at this point.~it can be destroyed.
Me too, Kat. Thanks for the comments everyone. I can’t watch either.
CNN was embarrassing.
Oprah and her sunglasses with Obama’s name in diamonds
That’s the Frecking Secret, now my secret she can kiss my big fat yellow ass.
I guess she doesn’t drive on the bad side of town to see what Obama and Rezko left her neighbors with.
Opharh “Presents Shit On a Stick” That were my words when I went to see the color purple, and the exact same feeling now.
The Color Purple.
You’re kidding, right?
Is that a joke?
I know she has enought money to pull that off.
About Obama at Invesco Field, don’t people usually go to jail when they exhibit this much self-gratification in public?
Kneel before the Great Obama, minions.
Text of Barack Obama’s speech
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He says his grandma worked her way up to middle management. She was a VP for crying out loud! OF the largest bank in Hawaii. That is not middle management. And I still don’t buy the mom was on food stamps garbage, either. Don’t tell me his grandparents who both had college degrees (like her) and good jobs let their only child and grandchild live on food stamps. It makes no sense.
He should brag about this grandmother’s career and his moms PhD in anthropology as well as her work in microlending in 3rd world countries instead of poor mouthing.
Oh, shit! I dozed off.
Has he said anything worth a crap?
I know. I know. Stupid question.
But he believes it. This is the I AM A Dream speech that I have heard about.
I need to go through the liquor cabinet now.
Even if she were on food stamps, keep in mind that BHO and his sister went to exclusive private schools on scholarships. His own daughters go to private school at the prestious University of Chicago prep school. And he think we will trust him to fix America’s public schools for the mass of children–he has never had any dealings with one!!!
Unbelievable–he lifted lines directly out of HRC’s speech!!!!!
I get so irritated when he says HRC inspires his daughters. Then why the frigg didn’t he ask her to be his VP so he could show his daughters that they too can aspire to be President.
HAHAHAHA. Did anyone catch this part from the transcript:
To President Clinton, who last night made the case for change as only he can make it;
I agree. Only President Clinton can really make change! HAHAHA!
I only skimmed the text because after a couple paragraphs I was bored, but it seem no reach out to women voters or the 18,000,000 Clinton supporters, no?
Well, well, well, not surprised. He doesn’t need us.
Clinton who?
Bill.
When I read this line, I thought of the Bob Rumson line from the movie “The American President.”
It’s not because John McCain doesn’t care. It’s because John McCain doesn’t get it.
Speech writer watching movies to pull lines from?
lol more than a few now mccain doesn’t get it
ee, he gets PUMA’s and he gets Hillary supporters… you need to take a lesson from his playbook, but it is under lock and key when it comes to those with lofty minds…;)
Obama needs to make his case, and he has failed to do so with many Democrats. The fact that he has supporters like you, coming into other peoples houses and pissing on what they hold dear does not further in our view of Obama as the crowned nominee.
IMO, you should to stop being a sore “winner”, or would you rather have me accuse you of being a Republican, because you daily win votes for McCain.
Stanford is playing Oregon State in the Pac 10 opener.
Good game so far. ESPN
lol
20-17, Oregon State. Go Beavs! My significant other wanted to watch the Messiah, so we kept switching back and forth. (He wasn’t impressed) I left the room when the fireworks went off.
No Way - No How - NoObama
The tape - Oh my god, it’s “Field of Dreams”. If you build the Greek temple, they will come …
No other country is my story possible … yeah, in other countries they check your citizenship before allowing you to run for president!
Field of Screams is more like it.
Laughing hysterically !
If he builds it, they will laugh.
He’s naked! Woot! Streaker!
Good for you…..
Remember his “we live in the greatest country in the history of the world”…. I want you to help me change it.
The Obama gang have what the psychologists call “poor social judgment.” Not a good quality in a political party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4HrSQySus8
Yeah like playing Chain of Fools before Bill spoke then Addicted to Love after.
I caught that too. I wonder if the media will sweep that under the rug as they do all of Obama’s failings.
So far, Obama fails the gracious winner test, the diplomat test (has he even tried to reach out to Hillary’s supporters?), the good judgment test (the songs alone before and after Bill’s supportive speech), impeccable associates test, good manners test, integrity test, and the ultimate test… CIC.
The GOP have been collecting info on this man longer than the Dems… The DNC offered up an unvetted candidate and they think he will win a mandate?
I am truly embarrassed about what the Democratic Party has become. I think there are enough of us Dems and Repubs, that are sick and tired of this crap. Team Obama tried to capitalize on our discontent(can we say poll driven and will say anything to be elected?), but his message and motives were to manipulate. We saw his “grassroots” movement as the AstroTurf that it is.
We really need to find a way to build a viable third party. One for honest moderates that will work to solve our problems here and globally. We need a party that will help our country live up to it’s promise. It would have to be an exclusive party though… No plastics would be allowed…
I just watched the McCain ad that is offering congratulations to Obama. Classy ad, Classy guy. Watch it on John Mccain.com
Yes that was classy and a good tactical move. It gives him the upper hand, as you have to be strong to be gracious.
Great point! Yes, you have to be gracious to be strong - 2 attributes Barry has never cultivated.
Was this mock coronation the gaudiest thing you’ve ever seen? He “really” apprealed to ordinary citizens, didn’t he? One big visual illusion. David Copperfield with a tan.
McCain ‘08
Hillary ‘12
Yes it was gaudy and kind of scarey. So many people. I was comforted by the fact that people filing in were running 1:7 Obama supporters versus people just coming out of curiosity.
Did anyone catch that the very first person he thanked was Howard Dean and then Dick Durbin? I lost it at that point. Yeah, thanks Howie for screwing over Hillary for me!
No Way-No How-NoObama
How many times did they say “grassroots” on CNN?!! If this were the case, you would have seen a truly democratic process. I’m used to it now. Given how much they overhyped his toughness, specificity and “new approach” touching on social issues, I feel pretty confident the Republicans will eat him alive.
Chain of Fools was perfect. The Obots sang and danced right along like lemmings having no clue that the joke is on them. They are a chain of fools.
OMG….I missed that they played those songs.
What a jerk!!!
Born in the USA tonight as they were departing. Guess he wanted it to stick in their heads as they fell off to lala land
Bernie, I’m still reeling from that addicted to love thing and Jim Leach. Very, very hard for me to get over this. BO is so passive aggressive hard to believe. We don’t need someone with an DSMIV diagnosis of personality disorder in the WH…
He must have taken the advice to “go negative.” Or maybe it’s the Mr. Agistator in him. Not too classy. Sounds worse when read from telepromter than on the page.
http://reddragon62.blogspot.com/2008/08/michelle-obama-and-university-of.html
Obama showcasing his white family> and the typical white grandmother he threw under bus.
I have to ask it, sorry: How many of Obambi’s militant supporters were surprised not to see more Black faces in that bio film? WHAT ARE ALL THOSE WHITE PEOPLE DOING IN THIS VIDEO?
Heh.
and where was BO on MLK day, at the State of the Black Union…absent, busy campaigning. He seems to be afraid to do things that honor the AA community, but wants their votes. People who are going to vote for him would have no problem with him attending those events, wouldn’t have cared if he attended those events, people that would care that he attended aren’t going to vote for him people that have a problem aren’t going to vote for him anyhow…
He just seems more than a little two faced to me…
He sure was absent from the MLK memorial and the State of the Black Union.
He skipped those events.
But once again, the Black people I know give him a pass, “oh he was busy” but if that was the Clintons, of course they would have been racist.
smh.
He skipped MLK day and “recreated the I Have a Dream” in a footbal stadium dressed up to look like the Lincoln Memorial. OH! They kept talking about Lincoln, too! He was a Republican!
Did anyone else see Obama snog Mrs Biden? I wish they would have panned over to Mechelle.
My husband told me about it. Mechelle, the sourpuss, was probably pooping her pants when that happened… Probably couldn’t make it to any Lobbyists parties afterward..
Gross….
NO NO NO>>> I WILL NOT WATCH… NO!
LMAO!
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I will , I will, I will. At first it was yes WE can, now it is I will.
The link to the transcript above — This speech is ALL about “Obama” — notice the number of times Obama says I — I I I I I I I
What a load of BS.
Hello President McCain.
I bought McCain’s book today — looking forward to reading it.
PUMA
Barack Fauxbama the Crockumentary is currently playing at Invesco.
EEEK! Michelle is in it. Its not a documentary its a
angerAction-Adventure film.Help! I’m watching!!!!!! I”m gonna need a trip to Betty Ford if they don’t stop….
Me too Katherine…..I haven’t had this much wine in my life.
I’m not going to watch this pathetic charade!
However, my wife is hogging the remote right now
I’m not watching this travesty. Guess I’ll depend on all of you to let me know if the oceans part or he ascends to the heavens.
..strong Remote Kung Fu?
Hope there isn’t a custody battle.
Did someone say he was planning on feeding the multitudes with Arugala? (Is that the right weed?)
I heard it was fish and loaves..
and turn the water to
whineopps wine …. lolNo, he has found a drug that moves on soundbites… it causes irrational hope and denial of all things wrong. One common side effect is treating others that are somehow immune to the drug as lowly uninformed racists.
At one point he said “drugs” out of the blue. He corrected himself in and said “drive.”
Outstanding! Any closeups of the nostrils? Just kidding.
Watching the Chicago Bears vs Cleveland Browns!
I will not pollute my already diminished brains cells further will that crap
I’m gonna throw up.
I’m staying with the blog, we have the television on some home improvement channel and have removed batteries from the remote, precautions have been taken. Safety First.
… laughing…
Oh boy, here’s the Ken Burns/Oprah schmaltz film. snooze.
Suhweet..the documentary had 30 seconds on his pre senate career and then boom he is in washington…now that change you can’t keep up with.
Just pick up the tempo here, bring in the cellos… and screen wipe. Wow. The Capitol.
I spent 5 wonderful days in Denver took part in a rally down 16th St [the main st as such}{ for Hillary we had an awesome police escort ……..
had to do it for our cause…
and ran like hell outta there this morning before the wrath of the messiah took over.
No way will I ever support Obama…..
Any idea how many other Hillary supporters left Denver too?
Also, anybody know how many of those people at that stadium were delegates? It seems as if most of those people were not at the Convention but people who came just for the speech.
Or the entertainment..
Beforehand, a Fox person was going down the line interviewing people waiting to get in, and out of 7 I saw her interview, only 1 was an Obama supporter. The others were there for the show. One was from Canada, one was an unrepentant Hillary supporter, and several clearly were just there because it was “happening”.
Oh brother, is anyone buying any of this crap? Downstate Illinoisans remind him of racist granny?
Why didn’t you go to Mom’s bedside then?
Shut up Michelle, you had your night.
Why should “Invesco” be getting millions of Dollars of free advertising..since Obama, his Mentor Minister Wright and his Buddy ..Weather underground Terrorist and bomber..William Ayers…Blame Corporate America for its Greed and Oppression..I think this event should be just called..
“THE BERRY BOWL”..
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No bid contract?
He just mentioned riding on gramps shoulders and seeing the astraonauts come home.
wait wasnt there a controversy about his claim tht he went with granddad to see the astraunats landing being debunked cuz he was in indonesia at the time?
I was thinking the same thing.
Grandpa had to be a strong guy to carry a cubby 10 year old on his shoulders.
Bless you, I swear you must have a cast iron stomach….listening
All hail the great and powerful Wizard of Obama.
Pay no attention to that Axelrod behind the curtain.
Yes, Baracus has it messed up again.
Right, He’s his brothers keeper.. Lie again BO.
Has Zeus made his appearance yet?
He showered gold on the crowd (the myth of Danae…L?)
Obama’s biography had no accomplishments in it either.
Obama defeated the PUMAs in the primaries. He’s now the democratic nominee for president. That’s just one of many accomplishments that will be coming soon. He’ll be President after Nov 4. There’s another.
You have GOT to be a republican trying to piss us off…no one can spew that much BS and still type with steady hands.
NAH…Kevin is a cool-aid drinker.One of Obama’s Brownshirts.
From what I hear, Republicans have a new-found affection for PUMAS.
My family, bromide, blah, blah, struggle, recognize, opportunity. Snore.
While we are sleeping in front of the TV set that is showing the crowning of CalibuBo, the rest of the world is no looking at the Obama - ACORN - Ayers - Soros connections. And they don’t like what they see. Read this. Don’t worry. If Obama comes on with a hard on it won’t even make a point in his toga and you won’t miss a thing.
Editorial: Soros poised for payback on his political investment
Examiner Staff Writer 8/28/08
It’s bad enough that American taxpayers have to bail out the privately owned, tax-exempt Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
According to House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., the small print in the $42 billion bailout bill passed by Congress and signed by President Bush requires these two government-sponsored mortgage giants to
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that will be $531 million in fiscal 2009 alone.
Here’s the catch. Bachmann warns that the trust fund — the largest expansion of federal housing assistance since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society — is required to make grants to organizations that have “demonstrated the experience and the capacity to carry out the proposed Trust Fund activity.”
La Raza, which opposes efforts to stop illegal immigration, and ACORN, members of which have been convicted of voter registration fraud in numerous states, are each eligible for $230 million under Section 134: Grants for Housing Counseling Assistance. And because the trust fund is “off budget,” the grants won’t show up on any congressional balance sheets.
La Raza testified before the Financial Services Committee in favor of the housing trust fund on numerous occasions. Little wonder. It’s a perfect way to hide payoffs to activist groups that in turn support political candidates who promise to keep their funding spigot on full blast.
These morsels are just a taste of what’s to come if Barack Obama wins the White House and Democrats gain veto-proof majorities in the Senate and House. As an opening bid in his $6 billion anti-poverty program, Obama seeks a Social Investment Fund Network with a White House office to disburse funds to “social entrepreneurs and leading non-profits” that are inspiring “change in their communities.”
Hey, tax man. I want my money back!
Link, please? very interesting
Wow, that sounds bigger than this program I stumbled across. Something called the FSP (Financial Sector Program) of Haaarvard crosspollenated with NATF (New Alliance Task Force) and worked with the FDIC and the Mexican consulate to provide banking and mortgages for illegal immigrants in the lovely city of Chicago with 35 banks involved. Now that there is some change you can believe in.
OMG!
Lots of Bitter old people and bitter old grey haired women. Lots and lots of them in that video but not one single head scarf or turban…WTF!
I know… it is as if Team Obama is on hallucinogens when they make their claims that those bitter old grey haired women are the PUMAs.
How sad that the head scarf and turban wearing folks of our melting pot democracy refuse to prove that Obama is a uniter…
It’s really too bad he has been such an ass, because this video is well done and compelling.
His narrative is compelling if you are a sucker… which is what his campaign is counting on, suckers that can be bought through slick advertising.
You know that barbie doll house that promised you eternal bliss every Saturday morning? How did that plastic house work out for you?
My husband made me watch, now I am sick.
I’m gonna take a shot each time he says change.
Uhh ohh, that is going to be a nasty hangover.
I have a gallon of tequila. I imagine I’ll drink it all. 3 shots already!
As long as you’re not driving anywhere afterwards Crystal
no keys at my house. I can’t make any promises about drunk dialing!
Crystal, how many now?
i lost count. I can’t feel my face right now.
Your liver won’t be able to take the punishment!
That’s grounds for divorce.
Granny didn’t make it into this film. I guess he couldn’t scrape enough of her off the bottom of the bus.
Oh, and here he is now. The. One. They have country fiddle music — or is it violins? — playing. What? Not “99 Problems and a Bitch Ain’t One” ???
Naw, with our Hillary now out of the picture Obammunist doesn’t need to play this one any more.
McCain ‘08
Hillary ‘12
Øbama “all show and no go” NEVER
I guess you missed the photos of his Grandmother that was actually in the video. It’s hard to see, when you are so full of hate, I guess.
He is Risen!
I live in Denver and we rarely have bad air days this time of year, and let me tell you, the air today is practically unbreathable. Yellow smog. Bad Bad Bad.
Did he just have the friggin audacity to say Hillary’s name? What a pig pig pig pig pig pig
Correction and credit.
world is NOW looking at..
And the story came from:
http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/Editorial_Soros_poised_for_payback_on_his_political_investment.html
That’s Obama’s career in a nutshell. We owe, we owe, so off to Soros’ farm we go.
barf…. this is nauseating
This is my test of wills. How long can I put up with his speech before destroying my TV…
Tabitha’s Salon takeover is on BRAVO right now.
He has risen!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipZDG6__Zfc
K, I had to leave the room to get laundry out of the dryer but if I’m not mistaken, that bio video totally disregarded the stepfather and perpetuated that damn myth of “being raised by a single mother.”
Barf.
That’s change you can believe in!
Right you are. Less said about the Muslim guy, the better.
I wonder how his sister feels about the diss to her father?
WOOT! Steelers won! Oh… sorry… was there something else I was supposed to be watching? No??? Okay, guess I’ll pop in an X-Files DVD.
I think the ONE has as much make up on as Michelle.
Pelosi is giving personal botox injections to her favorite people. She thinks it makes them appear more “appealing”…
That is just one example of how misguided she is.
Keep on plasticizing your product… more gloss, no sheen make a person more keen…
Big fluffy bun (low nutrition carbo package)
Where’s the beef? Where’s the Democracy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0
Yeah, that stadium full of people really highlights your humility.
The Obama Messiah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0drwfnGlF_E
He’s got his chin in the air, and scowl in his eyebrows, and a smirk on his face. Did you expect anything else? Michelle looks self-satisfied.
He starts by saying “With profound gratitude and” — get this — “GREAT HUMILITY, I accept the nomination.”
Oh boy, signs of lies to come.
Sounds like the current WH occupant. Like we need another.
How can you be humble in that setting. It’s like he is drinking in all that adoration.
argh… his first line… “with great humility” my ass…. barf barf…
“with great humility…”
First sentence…first lie.
With great humility!?
In a bleeping stadium!
And being surrounded by greco-roman columns no less.
I wonder if the same guy who dreamed up that faux Pres/Obama seal came up this faux scene?
Fox reported that the stadium decision was made prior to Germany….close to the seal debut.
Karma, was that a mule that just kicked me, when he said that?
Or just popcorn in the recliner?
I think it was a mule…that hit hard…lol
He rolled is eyes when he talked about Hillary. Brat.
Thank you…thank you….
Bart? That you on the blackboard again?
It’s show time!
Pearl Harbor, 9/11, Denver 08, days that will live in infamy.
And Obama’s “story” is a repeat of any dictator from any country where Democracy doesn’t exist. Barack Obama shames us all that we could not prevent this unqualified candidate from stealing what our ancestors fought and died for. And even more shameful is those officials who swore to protect and defend our Constitution who helped him do it.
I’ll bet he wants to snog Hillary.
Gross! He’s probably more interested in Bill anyway!
He’s so thin, all you can see is a mouth and a pair of ears behind the microphone.
It looks as though he might take off at any moment a la Dumbo.
LOL!!!
I was thinking of the scene in I Claudius where he reveals himself to be a god…
Caligula…
Do they have ambulances standing by for all the fainting bots?
Durbin was talking about governmental reach into our private lives, perhaps forgetting about Obama and his support of FISA?
And here’s a view from a writer at CNET, the geek/technology blog, on Biden, which makes it seem like Biden is for governmental intrusiveness, and is a big friend of the copyright interests.
The lede:
(PGP, as I understand it, is encryption technology that does not give government a back door into the message — but I’m no expert here.)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10024163-38.html
There’s a lot more here, but I think the techies who are also progressives won’t like much of this.
this guys drives me nuts…. i can’t stand his oratory style.
his movie had snippets of clinton’s themes, it was plagerism at its best. barf….. this whole convention is an emetic experience..
Here comes the litany of “challenges.” Bush evil. Applause.
I refuse to watch, but am enjoying your comments instead.
Those of us who are watching and listening should charge the others, no?
Seriously Kat, I admit, I cannot watch it, you are a brave soul.
The trolls are probably busy swooning right now. They’ll have to criticize this blog after Obama magically awakens them.
OMG ITS THIS MOMENT!!
ITS THE MOMENT!!!
ITS THE MOMENT!!!
Hang on i am having a moment.
He’s yelling. He’s getting worked up.
He was getting into his Rev. Wright mode.
Sounds like the same old shit to me…
So far it’s just blaming someone else for the state of the universe. Blame Bush, blame McCain. Ok, fine. They suck. So … what are YOU going to do about it Barack? We’re on the edge of seats.
He made fun of the McCain advisor who said “They’re a party of whiners”. But isn’t he (Obama) basically whiner in chief?
Phil Gramm who wrote the economic plan and called us a “nation of whiners.” Obama repeated it twice for effect. McCain let Gramm go, but whatever. Everyone gets so MAD when you call them a “whiner.” That’ll get votes.
They are chanting Eight is Enough!
Facts of Life! Different Strokes!
Stanford/Oregon State tied.
Very good game. Not sure why everyone is torturing themselves watching that other thing.
No, the Nc St vs S.car game 0-13 but S.car just scored again. Booyah!
I have my tv on mute with subtitles (or whatever you call those things) and I still can’t stomach it. I do want to watch though in case lightening strikes the whole figgin lot of them. I wouldn’t want to miss that!
Mine was muted while I made a phone call. Priorities, you know.
I didn’t watch. Didn’t want to give them the ratings. I think if you have cable TV or satellite TV they can tell what you’re watching otherwise how did they know how many million were watching CNN, versus FOX, versus MSNBC, etc. I saw the number posted somewhere yesterday and all the viewer numbers were in the 4 million range execept for FOX which was 2+ million. You know those Obama people think FOX is the McCain network.
Whiner in Chief!
All he is doing is bashing Bush and McCain. Not saying what he will do or what he stands for. Empty suit.
He’s a whiner pissy pants. He couldn’t even take a few left hooks from Hill. Bring on the 527’s. LOL
He took a few left hooks and the “kitchen sink.” And you know what? He’s still pretty. Not to mention still standing.
I am sorry for those of you who refuse to share in this American moment with grace.
And I’m sorry you can’t defend Obama on any issue but his race.
Thank you. As MLK said: It’s not the color of your skin but the content of your character.
Where was this person of the “great American moment” when poor black folk in Chicago needed him? No where and unaware. He was too busy funneling money to Rezko to know what was going on in his own district.
Okey dokey.
Undercover.
While it is historic for the people who didn’t pay attention. It makes you wonder if history is going to let this go unchallenged? Will books be written 50 years from now about Gore and Hillary winning but really losing?
The DNC not only stole from the Dem popular vote winner. They stole this historic night from those unwitting Americans and political wonks like me by selecting him like Bush was.
They sullied this historic moment with their corruption.
The jerks were probably scared that the Republicans were going to beat them to the historic punch with Colin Powell. So they figured the end justified the means, because they knew Colin Powell would have no probelms getting Dems to cross the aisle for him.
Since you cruise the same information that we do here. You know what really happened….and you know they stole the geniune moment from you too.
I truly hoped this moment in history would have been so much more.
I wanted to have goosebumps on my arms and tears in my eyes….and the DNC stole that from me and so many others here.
So, I guess the thought of Colin Powell as Pres and how excited my husband and I were at the possibility will have to supplant tonight….since that was real.
I simply cannot turn on the tv…watching Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith in an old thriller instead.
The thought of Precious at that stadium surrounded by his swooning adoring fans is just too much.
Just got an email from the McCain camp…McCain will announce his VP pick on Friday at a rally in Dayton, Ohio.
McCain ‘08
Is the color off on my monitor or does the family have matching hot pink outfits?
Ok….on the Mits there is more red on Obama’s tie.
These aren’t Whiners!
These are the Bitter People who cling to their guns and religion and antipathy to those who don’t look like them.
OBAMA BIDEN … those names Look Horrible together!!!
OSAMA BIN LADEN!!
MCCain doesn’t get it, he’s old.
I guess Nelson Mandela doesn’t get it because he’s old too huh?
And Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Desmond Tutu, etc. etc. They’re all “old.” It’s call wisdom jack ass. Something you wouldn’t know anything about.
With age comes experience and knowledge. Something BO doesn’t have.
No Way-No How-NoObama
Yes I am a Democrat
Gore said that Obama = Lincoln.
McCain… “I knew Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln was a friend of mine… Sen Obama… for damn sure you are no Abraham Lincoln”.
Lincoln was a Republican.
Boring..
what an awful speech…. where is Hillary when we need her
Dry heaves.\
Ohh no, man do not watch it.
Is he trying to shake off “The wimp factor?” These words look loftier on paper than when read from the teleprompter…
McCain doesn’t get it? Sounds like he’s stealing soundbites from the movie, The American President. Maybe he can’t sell it!
I’m watching CBS - the cameras are sure staying off Barack’s Temple.
No matter what OB says he is still who he is based on his past history. He is a Chicago crook who has ties to the crooks who are now in jail. BO words do not chnage who he is.
Oh now he can finally praise Pres Clinton…jerk!
I swear I feel like vomiting right now.
Where’s the nose-scratching middle finger and the ‘brushing her off his shoulder’? You mean he isn’t going to do this any more when he mentions Hillary?
I, and I hope all of us, never ever forget that disgusting gesture towards her.
Very weak puns. Ownership=you’re on your own? Small business=bad. No job creation there.
Depressing..
OMG THE FOODSTAMPS LIE
THE FOODSTAMPS LIE JUST DROPPED!!!!
Thank you for watching this for us. I can’t…been nauseous all day.
Love your new name. (((Bowing to you)))
You guys are cracking me up!!!
Hey, that’s right, no trolls! It’s like the Pied Piper of Hamlin, while he’s playing the rats are right there with him, it’s magic…
Bill and Hill got more applause.
His pandering to small business is worthless. Most small businesses have income taxed at the highest bracket, so reducing their capital gains taxes does nothing, unless you are George Bush and call income capital gains. Oh, I guess that is coming up. I read ahead to avoid watching.
I am a small business owner (sole proprietor), work is a little slow right now but expect it to pick up soon. Not only do I pay higher taxes but I also have to pay the full SS tax abt. 13%. Reducing my capital gains is not going to help me in the least.
No Way-No How-NoObama
Not to mention his position on the Estate Tax. You’ll spend a lifetime building a business and not be able to pass it on to your kids.
It’s all going to be over for Odumbo soon. The GOP are just counting the minutes. You can almost hear McCain and Rove sharpening their knives. Microwave the popcorn, and get ready for the real fireworks.
Is it over yet?
When was he on food stamps? The timeline is wrong.
Huge contrast between Bill Clinton’s big smile on stage and Obama’s “proud face” .. he didn’t look happy when he came out. I bet the pundits are trying to see which standing ovation was longer …
Not listening to the speech after I caught half the intro and see he still claims he was raised by a single mom!?
Obama always does that thing where he tries to drag out the applause. You can tell the difference between the welcome Bill Clinton got and the prompted cheering Obama got - his kept starting up all over again. I bet people were placed in the crowd.
Hey, he just mentioned the grandmother! She taught him about hard work. Put off buying new car or dress for herself. Poured everything she had into him. “Tonight is her night as well” (typical white person that she is).
Swipe at John McCain:
“I dont’ know how John McCain thinks celebrities live, but this is how I’ve lived my life” (Wha?) “and these are my heros” (McCain probably has a higher standard for the word ‘hero’)
I thought grandma was a racist. Now she’s a hero?
I love this blog.
She was a racist and he could not disown her anymore than he could disown Jeremiah Wright!
Do we have to repeat this again? His grandmother was a VP AT A BANK!
Punahou, his high school, was for the elite in Hawaii.
He’s pandering soooo bad…….He’s using a few lines of Hillary’s stump speech…The dude makes me ill!!!!
A 22 yr democrat voting for McCain!!!
Just showed Matthew Modine standing and waving his flag. LOL
If this guy becomes prez, I’m really leaving the country.
Who are these pod people? Was it in the water?
I SNATCHED THIS COMMENT FROM ANOTHER BLOGGER WHO SEEMS TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
“This is a nearly psychotic man with a deep-seated need for larger-than-life approval. The expression of this need eclipses everything else in his world to an extreme, sociopathic degree. When he gets up in the morning, if he sleeps at all, he has no free choice except to seek another audience to bolster his arrogance and his ego. What this maniac doesn’t realize yet–what he wont permit himself to admit–is that he will fail in his mission to become the President of the United States. His arrogance and lack of conscience will catch up with him and bring him down.”
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO OBAMA
I wonder how much of my pie will be left?
150 billion in clear air wow I would love to see that one
He is lying about taxes. He is not going to cut taxes on middle class when he raises the FICA tax on incomes above $102,000.
In My book that is raising taxes because I will have to pay it. So much for helping small business owners.
Now Way-No How-NoObama
There is NO comparison between Obamas and Bill Clintons speech. My gosh Obama can just not give up on the rhetoric.
I need to take an anti-depressant drug, lots of them.
How does Bill bring folks up and Barack bring folks down…
This speech sucks..
Is it over?
Now there is going to be an army of new teacher with good wages, everyone will get a college edu, and affordable health care wow this guys is sure spinning the yarn tonight lol
Finally his Exelon love comes out…’safe nuclear’…for a company he helped let keep quiet leaks without telling the public.
The same public he just told that will be subsidizing it….isn’t allowed to know they are being poisoned. Thanks to Obama.
get over your mother issues already, jesus maybe SHE should have run for President, she did a hell of a lot more fighting than you ever did, Barry.
Your daughters have an assured future, butthead. How condescending.
I don’t know how you guys can watch OHitler accept his stolen nomination. I would puke!
Is the Barry promise of a free college education in exchange for service to our country the
Brown ShirtsCivilian Armed Forces he was talking about during the primaries?When the network cameras pan to Me-chelle, please ensure your eyes are averted so as not to turn to stone.
LOL. The matching pink dresses and especially Michelle’s were a nice touch. They finally made her look feminine. Teal makes her look gangrenous, too.
Michelle look feminine?? Please…BO looks more feminine than she does. The way he purses his ikky lips scare me.
Sorry but this guy is full of shit, he is a bs artist to the max, this is total nonsense that I am hearing tonight my god I only hope the media does not come out and say this was a great speech.
That’s why they get paid the big bucks.
It’s a bag of promises and vague notions. Anyone could stand there and say this stuff. But, after all, this guy is black, tall, good looking — oh, and by the way, did I tell you he has testicles?
Plus he did a great job of cheating is way into the nomination. Hard to beat that combination of traits for a president. Yessirree boy!
Gurgle
Of course the media will say it is a good speech. It would be racist if they criticized him. But I’m expecting a lot of people to either tune out and not watch the speech or see through the bullshit and still vote for McCain.
I am so sick of all the dem drivel….sorry…but I can’t take much more of this…and McCain may have to postpone his convention or something because of the hurricane…I was looking forward to seeing what he had to say…At least we will know the VP pick soon…I say Pawlenty…yes I am rambling because I just want to shut all the Odrama crap out… glad there is a open thread…
I’ve never voted for a Republican but thanks to Obama that is about to change.
Yep, that’s the only change for me too, good point.
Plagerizes HRC’s speech. butthead
You know after they get done publicly weeping over how great it was,…. excuse me, I just made myself sick…brb
Insipid.
WOOOT!!!
OBAMA IS CALLING FOR WAR ON PAKISTAN!!!
NUCLEAR WINTER HERE WE COME!
Yes by saying that John McCain wont go into Pakistan to get Obama without apporval from the soverign nation’s government but he will thats exactly what it means…INVADING…
A nuclear country no less!
did you mean “to get Osama”?
Funnier the way you wrote it! LOL!
Can you believe he said McCain couldn’t even follow Bin Laden to his cave!!! My boy is an officer in the Marine Corp. He is over there for the third time - and this ass stands up there and says that? He can go to _ELL!
The Son of a Bit(h…I left the room and didn’t really hear it…
Did he put down the troops? by saying what he said about McCain?
our son’s service to his country allows people like me to voice my opinion and I thank him for that. UBL’s cave isn’t in Iraq and the Beautiful O is one of the few pols who has been on Pakistan’s case to do more. Just like Putin, Bush put all his money on Musharuf and his judgement was wrong and McCain has been the same re Musharuf.
That should be Your son’.
I hope John McCain takes him up on his debate who is ready to be CIC…
Stealing from Pres Clinton…with the going through govt and getting rid of govt waste.
That was a promise Clinton/Gore would accomplish in the first 100 days in office.
I remember the press conference with the govt programs cut and a huge stack of papers that represented those programs standing beside both of them.
If I remember correctly, Gore was tasked to do it.
It is like Christmas eve folks! I can’t wait til tomorrow when the republican hounds from hell are unleashed! I am so damn excited to finally see what they will do to him… all that he deserves! People will be shocked, I bet by the time this is over top Democrats will claim they were deceived about Obama…
Yes BO is the one the republicans were “hoping” for.
oooh, now its the aerial view with Obama casting a long shadow down the runway toward the greek columns …. very “Triumph of the Will”-like imagery there.
I may be violently ill.
Thank Leni ‘Bread and Circuses’ Axelrod
Oh, it’s a fine speech. Obama’s great when he’s reading lies from a teleprompter. I don’t have a problem admitting that. He’ll get lots of praise from MSM if they can get their tongues out of his butt long enough to say anything.
God Heather, way too much visual…ugh Brave woman however for watching.
I’m the sort of person who can only deal with horribleness by wallowing in it. Sad, I know.
Where is the beef am still waiting on it !!!!!!
If obamamann said Hillary’s speech “knocked it out of the park”, what will he say about obamicus’? Is it over the moon?
It would have been better if Obama just came on stage and mooned everybody.
Excuse me, aren’t people already trying to come here?
Actually I’ve been watching “House Hunters”. Don’t feel ill, no need to drink and will go to sleep with no stress & rise rested.
For tomorrow’s a new day….let the game begin!
And so it begins!
My God all these promises and not one explanation of how ihe is going to do it and pay for it.
People we are SCREWED!!!!!
this speech reminds me of monty python: “what a silly person”
Don’t you remember in one of his other speeches he says he going to go the Socialist route and tax the Rich to give to the poor. That’s how he plans to pay for his grandious ideas.
Ohhh I cannot waite for the show..this guy has so much bullsh**. He is ready to debate Mccain all of a sudden. Obamabots PLEASE call in during the show. PLEASE
Why does this guy have to yell all of the time? He’s so insecure.
Which accent is he using tonight?
Jar Jar Binks.
MLK mostly
Oh he just pulled a “holier than thou” against McCain, about not questioning your opponent’s character.
I’d like to see him look Bill & Hillary Clinton in the eyes and say that. After what he did to them.
Snake.
Is “tough, direct diplomacy” talking to Ahmedinejad w/o conditions?
McCain doesn’t have to challenge your character jackass. When you have bad character it shows.
Yeah, I think he’s trying to make us avert our eyes when the onslaught begins - starting with Ayers - continuing with Rezko, Rev. Wright, the birth certificate, the citizenship questions, the ACORN questions, the late-night limo limbos, his wife screaming about whitey - you know, that stuff that McCain “dreamed up” just to impugn barky’s “character” - but he’s really only saying it because he’s “black,” donchaknow. After all, bambi doesn’t even know those people - well, maybe to say hi in passing…
Ya know, McCain and the republican 527s can have a field day with this speech - it’s so full of lies - just picking it apart and juxtaposing what he claims against the truth.
I’d especially like to see them put the lie to his rewritten personal “story” about being raised by a single mom on food stamps, blah blah blah. It’s so easily proven a lie - and he’s not only been telling this FAIRY TALE himself for months and months, but he’s got all his minions telling it - over and over again. And they all know it’s complete BS. They don’t care - it’s “so compelling,” donchaknow - and nobody but nobody has ever called them on it.
Thanks for watching! I am not and I am certain that reading your comments are much more enlightening and entertaining.
Has he parted the sea yet? Walked on water? Ascended into the heavens in a puff of smoke????
Send me the bill for your observations. Laughter at this clueless dope is good for the disenfranchised voter’s soul.
HE IS TOAST!!!!!!!
If he belittles Senator McCain one more time I will follow him to his effen cave!!!
Somebody please tell Obama that Cleveland is IN Ohio.
This mess is all over the place. A smorgasbord of mediocrity.
he really is relying on the teleprompters - check his eyes when he hits the center one…you can see his eyes reading it…
Eww. I just turned it on. He looks stiff and nervous. It switched to Mechelle & she looks stern & bitchy. He keeps talkiing about McCain.
He just gave the McCain team fodder for ads through October, or whenever the “surprises” start erupting…
OMG
If you dont have a record you can run on, then you paint your opponenet as someone who people should frun from.
Who is the fake ass candidate with no record trying to paint McCain as another term of bush?
Who is the unqualified candidate with no record painting everyone who doesnt support him as a racist?
The Hubris and shear volume of duplicity that falls from his orifice is shocking.
Right on! I couldn’t believe I was hearing that correctly - how can he say that? Pot calling the kettle black, so to speak.
What was it that Big Daddy said in “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”? A. Mendacity, mendacity, mendacity!
Dude, if i was the McCain campaign i would be making an add with that sound bite right now.
All Barky No Bite.
Whoa!!!! did he say he does not fit the pedigree?? Is that a subtle way of bringing the race card into it again.
No, he was talking about dog food.
yes, except its not subtle.
Oh ya! Not a speech goes by w/o that. No mention that he does not fit the experience required.
Love how he slammed the new bankrupcty laws….which were put there by Joe Biden himself. lol.
And just for not doing his homework, flogging awaits BHO for dissin’ his man.
“this election has never been about me”…wtf?!?
what a b**s##t artist…this is exactly ALL about him…
he’s falling flat on his face, i think
watch him reading his next line…the “buffer” gets full, he has to reload it ‘cuz its all made up and he doesn’t know it…
i’m not watching, but…what are the camera shots like, Michelle, HRC, others?
Eww. I just turned it on. He looks stiff and nervous. It switched to Mechelle & she looks stern & bitchy. He keeps talkiing about McCain.
Now he’s saying if you “don’t have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone to run from.”
He should know…just what he did to Hillary.
This speech if full of flaming hypocrisy.
Is he still going on?
Wrap it up, dude. The crowd wants to party.
Promise, isn’t that a butter substitute?
It’s not nice to fool mother natural.
Did Obama really rise out above the crowd? Please tell me that was a joke.
I couldn’t watch. He’s attacking John McCain. So where are his specific solutions? Can he speak to problems in different areas of the country as Hillary could? Does he know what they are?
Of course not.
McCain won’t be as easy to get rid of as his other opponents. But I’m sure McCain’s divorce papers from his first marriage will mysteriously surface. This is old time Chicago politics. Hope McCain is prepared.
I am glad you all are here….I know I am not wrong about the guy when you all see what I see..
Yes I feel that way too. It feels good to know there are people with eyes left in this country.
All I hear from BO is, “I suck, but I’m better than 4 more years of Bush!” He jumped right into saying that. Is it his best argument? McCain isn’t Bush, anyway.
Oh yeah, and BO keeps lying and distorting info.
I am not seeing a very enthusiastic audience. And BO is back to his annoying habit of reaching a crescendo in the middle of every sentence, with a bizarre clipped faltering halt at the end.
At least the stupid convention is almost over. Hillary 2012.
Why, again, is he referred to as an “excellent orator?” am unmoved. am in Geraldine’s first camp.
Thanks Christy for describing that speech pattern. He is trying to sound like someone he is not. It is so obvious that he is a fake, a fraud, a wannabe.
I also liked the Christmas Eve description from another post. I can hardly wait for tomorrow!
I have some fantastic photos I’ve taken of this historic occasion that I would like to share with you all! Here are the links, each with a short description. Please do not copy or post these photos yourselves! Thank you!
1. Preparations are underway for the arrival of senator Obama!
2. The completed ‘Greek temple’
3. The senator arrives with David Axelrod!
4. View from the other side of the 50 yard line (best pic)
5. The senator with Axelrod, Dean, Pelosi, Brazile!
6. Colorado Highway Patrol arrive to assist local police
7. Denver cleared of dissidents! Hooray!
Love it…thanks for the laugh..
Personally I don’t find the funny in Hitler, but I appreciate your enthusiasm.
Who said it was funny? If you think that is funny then you have a serious neurological problem. Nobody is making jokes here, my friend. Wake up.
Love the photos!
The Gleichschaltung has begun!
It’s not funny. P.S. Love your site!
Not watching, not listening, not seeing, isn’t happening.
Flubber is on TBS,..much better
Ok, here’s a string of incredible statements. You’ll all recognize and appreciate the import of these:
“This has never been about me. It’s about you.”
“[We can't have] the same old politics and same old players.”
“At defining moments like this.”
“New politics for a new time. This is one of those moments.”
“The change we need is coming. I’ve seen it.”
Now he’s bragging about moving people from welfare to work?!? I thought that was the evil Clintons who did that.
“The republicans who never thought they’d pick up a republican ballot.” (yes, I remember his ‘Democrat for a day’ initiative)
Now he’s channeling MLK … ok I’ve got to go barf in the toilet now …
Signing off.
Thanks to all brave bloggers who watched for those of us who couldn’t.
Yes, true heros…thank you, I couldn’t stomach it myself.
Ugh….Obama channeling MLK IS nauseating.
Hope you make it to the toilet!
We’re watching Hannah Montana. She’s a lot like Obama, except she can sing. Sort of.
he has a flag pin. so patriotic.
Here comes the MLK moment lol
I went to the grocery store. Has he said anything other than the words hope, change, promise and march?
how very silly
He is just rehashing everything he’s said during the campaign. “This election is not about me.” “The change we need is coming.” “I’m an unlikely candidate . . .”
Wow, was that bad. Nothing but fluff.
I just heard Matthews insulted Colin Powell and C. Rice… and insulted history by suggesting Obama won this nomination when we all know that the DNC thought a AA would be better than a Woman and made it happen…
Here is what the idiot said…
“Again he [Barack Obama] carries with him the history of tonight. And it’s important to point out, as we have not so far, Barack Obama was not given this nomination, he won it. He was not offered a nice title like Secretary of State, like Condoleezza Rice got from the Republicans. He was not offered the title of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs as Colin Powell was, or Secretary of State. He won the nomination of a Democratic Party voting together. He defeated all other opponents and took the prize and took the leadership. He is the chosen leader of the Democratic Party.
He is not some popular appointment or a showcase appointment. He is the victor here tonight. That’s why he dictates the agenda. That’s why he says, personally, what the Democratic Party will do if he’s elected President. He is the leader of the party. He may be the leader of the country through a democratic process. It is so vital to understand the history being made here tonight. This is not something cute or wonderful. It is something compelling and powerful. This country has changed its history.”
Sounds to me Matthews gets off on being dominated (by Obama or someone). That is fine and all but he should really leave his fetches in the Bedroom!!
Tweety is sick…look at the lies he is feeding the public…he didn’t win ….bullshit…
Wow…”showcase appointment”….did he just called them token black appointments?
Doesn’t all the books about the Bush Admin have Rice and Powell trying to stand up against the war and Rummy…Cheney….etc?
Seems to me he just insulted the brains of the Bush operation.
What a jerk!
Gets off is right. That’s exactly what he does. Watch for the stains on his trousers.
Remember Matthews gets a tingle up his leg everytime he hears Obama speak!
The minute the pontificating ends, it’s going to be bot central in here.
We’re ready. We shall overcome. Be so certain of that.
What was the line about women who drink?
Wasnt totally counting but I dont feel it was his best speech telepromter wise, but it wasnt his best!!!
It’s obvious from this Ziegfield folly show, that obama does not understand that he is a public servant. His actions betray the fact that he considers the public his servant. I’m betting that the majority of Americans will be turned off by this coronation. This is a Greek tragedy for the democratic party.
obama must lose in November.
He must lose and we must vote against him to make sure he does.
Well that was a yawner….I knew Bill and Hill would make the case better than he ever could.
And they just made the case for a Dem not Obama.
Oh and why don’t I believe this running for President has nothing to do with him? It’s all about us. LOL
Boring!!!1 I have heard all these lines before. Now it looks like Pleasure Island or scud missiles.
I just came home from the Harley Davidson 105th anniversary festivities.. thank goodness for Kid Rock.
I salute you all for watching and reporting. It sounds as grim and scumdelicious as I thought it would be. This week he has given McCain more than enough material to work with. Good thing he is in gaga land. He will never know what hit him come November.
How’d it go? I fell asleep during Desperate Landscape?
OMG…Olbermann is out of his mind!
Must ‘change’ channel….
Wonkette’s wrapup:
I agree.
The music is crapola, too. Of course it’s good he didn’t play Wagner or something.
I watched the whole speech. If he wins I will be broke due to his “free stuff for everybody” approach! He should move to Russia where everybody is equal!
Equality is good. Stop dropping cliches about Russia. It only makes all of us look as stupid as the Obamatrons.
Fireworks. Maybe we’ll get lucky and someone will be struck by an ember. Or maybe someone will inhale confetti and choke to death.
And they’re playing cheesy film music (”Field of Dreams”? “Brave Heart”?) music again. What happened to “99 problems?”
All I can say is that, after this John McCain will have to book the Rolling Stones. Heck, I’d promise to make phone calls and hack voting machines for John, in exchange.
Chris Matthews really is a disgrace to journalists everywhere!
Obama won it! The a$$ hole.
This is the most embarrassing shit I’ve ever witnessed in my life.
Agreed. But it’s not only embarrassment. Bad things are happening to our planet and no one sees it coming. Is seventy years such a long time?
Fox is actually more respectful of the Dems and playing dramatic music over the families on stage.
Instead of Tingle Thighs and Olby gushing over it.
Funny, it seems as though that Greek temple looks a lot like the oval office.
LOL listen to Matthews! He sounds like he’s crying.
OMG, it’s the Beijing Olympics. Look, there’s a two-year-old gymnast!
LOL
Big chuckle!
This BS makes me question everything I know about History… Obama going down as the first AA nominee and all… what else and who else was really a fraud?
What makes me the saddest about this, is that if he loses big, no one will have confidence to present a viable AA candidate on the national stage for a while. I would very much like to see this. Both party and voters will equate all AA candidates to Barack Obama. How unfortunate. If he loses by a small margin, perhaps not so much. But then he may not go away and I want him to go away. just go away. please.
I don’t think that’s something to worry about. If people regret such a turn of events they will realize they have Obama to blame. Then again, look at the type of people supporting Obama - the radical muslims, etc. Do you really want to give them another chance? It is THEY who have to change before a black candidate can be given another chance.
You cannot blame a whole race for the misguided doings of one man and his cronies.
While there will be some who will vote against BHO because he is AA(actually half AA) most people who won’t vote for him don’t like his extreme far left policies for America, or the scum bags he hangs out with.This includes my AA friends who can’t stand his arrogance and they detest the angry Michelle.
Gore Vidal answered that question best,
“We have only one political party in the United States, the Property Party, with two right wings, Republican and Democrat.”
“anything really new” says Brit?
could i get a hit from the same bottle you’re drinking from please?
a chicago thug…old style bare knuckles shut down free speech…use the race card when it works…hire one of the oldest washington insiders for VP because you know you don’t have the “goods”…Tammany Hall politics?…this is new?
Easy, stomach, easy.
If anyone believes that crap, I`ve got a bridge to sell you.
You don’t dare try selling that bridge! I already have a certificate of ownership!
The pomp may be as much about building up a weak candidate for public consumption as it is about his ego. Imagine this speech delivered in the venue that Bill gave his speech in last night. Now we understand the rationale behind the change in venue.
Excellent point!
He cited all of his so-called accomplishments. It took about thirty seconds and he exaggerated that stuff. This speech had nothing new. Even Juan Williams is underlining that he did not close the sale tonight.
Juan…he is nice…I feel sorry for him sometimes…I would think this is very emotional for him…but he sticks to his guns…
Yeah I like him too. Straight shooter.
Jeez what a total friggin’ jackass. Barky and Michelle, what a pair. He’s that rare candidate that gets smaller the closer you look at him.
I wonder. I’ve always found him so disgusting I’ve not been able to take a closer look.
wild turkey might be the appropriate aperitif to digest this insult or, alternatively, the more subtle approach - tequila
Tequila with the worm. It just hits harder.
If I were trying to drink away tonight I’d head straight for the grain alcohol. 190 proof.
Rum on the rocks with a twist of lime.
Drink fast and repeat before the ice melts.
Tequila has no worm, or gusanito, in it. There are very strict laws regarding what is tequila. (Just like Jack Daniels isn’t Bourbon… It’s only whiskey.)
Mezcal, made from the maguey, has no restrictions and some distillers like to decorate it with the worm that feeds on the plant.
I love tequila. I have several hand made tequilas in my collection.
Check out Casa Noble. Also, El Jimador and Corralejo. These are for sipping only! If you were to combine them with margarita mix or some other pollutant you would be promptly struck down by a bus load of cancer. Serious.
I would love to hear from democrats if this speech convinced them that Obama can lead this country because I sure as hell did not get it, there was lots of words, lots of telling me what is wrong, what Mc Cain and Bush did not do, but nowhere did Obama give me the plan as to how he is going to achieve all the great things he said he will do.
Now that The Emperor is done with his BORING speech rehashed ad nauseaum from the same political speeches of the ages, can we get specifics please, just like SJ asks???
Fuzzy, warm, heartstring/emotion tugging words don’t pay the bills.
“Words. Just words.” - BHO said that.
Long day, Hardigans, thanks for watching and sharing and making me laugh harder than I have in a long time.
Later gang.
So now, it all begins.
Change hope hope change blah blah fcuking blah. Only a COMPLETE moron would buy into any of this. Oh, let’s go over that moron list:
Pelosi
Dean
Brazile
The whole of the DNC
The assHOLES on the RBC
17 million ill-informed and hoodwinked voters.
What a sad day to be a black person because they deserve SO much better than this miscreant to represent them in an election.
Sorry black America, you just bought the farm with this fool.
I hate that woman that read the roll call! She was one of the dumbasses against the seating of Fl. And Mich. at the RBC meeting, she was so smug… she just loved to steal the nomination for Obama… what a farse!
There are so many well qualified AA in this country to be sure. ..Obama is not one!
I so agree.
Just read this at Politico.com. It’s McCain’s response to Obama’s speech:
“Tonight, Americans witnessed a misleading speech that was so fundamentally at odds with the meager record of Barack Obama. When the temple comes down, the fireworks end, and the words are over, the facts remain: Senator Obama still has no record of bipartisanship, still opposes offshore drilling, still voted to raise taxes on those making just $42,000 per year, and still voted against funds for American troops in harm’s way. The fact remains: Barack Obama is still not ready to be President.”
McCain…sigh. why he got to be so damn to the point.
Can’t he say something flourishy?
Like…
…”Now is the Time, This is the Moment to put koolaid jug down people! What they hell are you thinking? Do you hear what this unqualified fruitcake is saying?”
Terrific comment from someone at Political Punch:
LOL
Tomorrows Headline:
Barackopolis Overshadows Barack Oboring:
Lots of promises no details of how, lots of the stuff we have heard on the stump over and over again.
Same Old Barack passing the Hopium bong around and talking about all the wonderful things only he can do…
How are we going to pay for all this Senator?
Gonna raise me some taxes… heh-heh-heh
Did he say anything interesting? I think I was more amused by the posters here.
A spectacularly and loudly delivered bag of cat sick. With fireworks at the end.
and streamers
Superb speech. McCain can’t even come close. Obama will win, he is an historic leader, far more qualified than McCain. Perhaps Hillary would have been better, but Obama hit a homerun tonight, that’s even being acknowledged by Republican pundits.
L O L
Dang, I missed Caeser Oblama hit a home run?
Why did they give you smelling salts so soon?
Shit, the ’speech’ must be over…the infestation has begun.
You keep telling yourself that fella. There’s a shitstorm coming for Barack America. The howitzers from 527 land are loaded and ready to go.
What’s he ever led, BlowBot?
The Annenberg Challenge
Obama led Hillary in the primaries. He led her in pledged delegates and super delegates. Now he leads the Democratic party. Anymore brilliant questions?
That and $4.50 will get you a vente latte at Starbucks.
You can’t answer the question.
What a fool you are! Mich and Fl was always going to count… she would have won.. if Obama didn’t steal it… Obama doesn’t what the base of Dems and he won’t get them. Welcome President McCain!
President McCain hmmmm sounds good!
Florida can’t get that voting thing right so cede Florida to Cuba in return for Gitmo. No way in hell them folks in Gitmo are going be voting any time soon. Problem solved.
Well lets see: Strongarmed his way in the caucasus; didn’t win the popular legal vote; played the race card against the best candidate; he bought off his super delegates and if Florida and Michigan had their full votes counted he would not have led in delegates; and, oh yes, he leads a fractured party.
No way-No How-NoObama
WOuldn’t that be a touch down… isn’t he in a football field?
I can’t believe I am still a Dem… I voted for Kerry against my will… Obama is a joke!
Yeah I voted for Kerry too even though I thought he was not presidential material, but wasn’t that the days of anybody but Bush? So, if history repeats itself (and it usually does) it is going to happen again. Except this time I’m not voting for the Democratic Crown Prince.
I thought so too. Superb speech, and a clear indication that Obama is an extraordinary political strategist. In four days time we’ve gone from party division to a unified party behind a candidate who’s promoting mainstream democratic policy. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens with the polls tomorrow.
Macbeth: “A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
No Way-No How-NoObama
It’s hard to separate out what he said from the hype of the corinthian columns, the fireworks, the massive size of the crowd (only 1 out of 7 people interviewed in the waiting line were actual Obama supporters). So, yes, what an extravaganza. But the speech didn’t introduce any elements we haven’t already heard coming from his mouth. Time will tell.
It’s not hard to hit a home run when you are playing T-Ball and everyone gets a participation trophy…
And McCain has to wait until next week to get his T-Ball particiaption trophy.
I found this all to be a bit too much hype this week. Hillary promoting this guy to the American public. Bill Clinton saying that he too had been accused of “being too young and inexperienced” just seemed to put down his own record. If I recall by the time he came to Washington, had he (Bill) not been in charge of running something–3 time Governor and Attorney General for Arkansas?
BHO is such a farce. He tell us to save fuel by inflating our tires with air, but then he puts on a show in a stadium that is projected to have cost in excess of $5 million. As a former community organizer why didn’t he go out and feed some of the hungry as a real gesture of compassion? But then I forgot–he dd not do much for the citizens of Chicago when Rezko had them living in horrible conditions. When I came through Chicago airport last week, I heard this city is more than $400 million in debt. One of BHO’s senior finance manager is Mayor Daley’s brother–amazing! He should be helping his brother figure out how to get their city out of debt.
Amazing this celebrity status of BHO–just heard David Gergen say it was more than a speech–”it was more like a symphony!!! ” So now we know he can put on a show and he can put on a concert!! We will need more than music to get our country on course again.
Do you think BHO’s surrogates will correct CNN comments–”that this is the largest crowd he has ever spoken before.” I thoughyt he spoke before 200,000 in Berlin!
If you watched the pre-speech video, did you note that little was mentioned about those college years–this was the period I believe where he had those wreckless years–wouldn’t want to bring attention to those years. Didn’t say anything about his sister either–would have to remind us about his Indonesian ties and stepfather.
All just a real paraxdox or as Bill Clinton say “It’s a fairy tale.”
I know who I will be voting for at the poll. Can’t wait for the Republican Convention next week.
Chicago is $400 million in debt!!!
Wow…I knew their politicians sucked…just not that badly.
Their gas taxes are highest in the country and I think the local tax rate is 11%.
The fat cats seem like they are skimming Chicago into bankruptcy with numbers like that.
This needs to be hammered constantly. The city is a mess. Is this what we can expect from O Caesar Salad?
It’ll be interesting. The Democratic National Convention is going to be a hard act to follow.
Barack Obama just defined himself as a mainstream democrat, and totally redefined the terms of engagement.
Bill Clinton saying that he too had been accused of “being too young and inexperienced” just seemed to put down his own record
- Things are not the way that they seem.
The Republicans did say that both men were inexperienced, Bill actually did have experience, Obama does not.
Bill was being very clever.
What an amazing speech! All you Democrats must be thinking about coming home. We will welcome you all back.
R O F L
Wait, I have to go count how many homes I have. Let’s see…
If we come home, it’ll be on November 5th to clean house.