Obama’s Bold Move

“The moment He spoke”, lol. A typo? or have we deified Barak?

Considering the complete lack of grace she showed by failing to concede his victory much less congratulate him, and then going right into attack mode against him I don’t blame him. He should just wait politely while she starts laying out an attack for the right to use in the general campaign? Mcain’s speech was far less mean spirited than hers. Being courteous is like showing respect we do it for those who can do it in return.

It just shows how the media is biased against Senator Clinton. It could have been set up to let her finish speaking and then have him come on.
The media has been deciding this race from the start. Hopefully when I get to vote on April 22 it will help Hillary win the nomination.
Obama doesn’t have an original thought and if he wins the democratic nomination I will vote for McCain something I said I would never do, vote republican. Obama scares me and I am not ready to put my country into the hands of somebody I know nothing about.

I’ve been a Democrat all my life. I’m 41 but I will not vote for Obama if he continues to be arrogant and cocky. That’s what turned me off about Bush and I will vote for mccain before I vote for this kind of leader again.

Hey Seal19, maybe someday you’ll learn. What is it that they say, “Youth is wasted on the young.” You must be a classic case of that.

<> The media has no control over when these people take the stage, its done by praticing courtesy with one another. A trait that Hillary has recently lost.

I too cannot wait until the shine rubs off of Barack Obama. The media seems to be completely in love with this guy. As another poster said before, If Obama is the Democratic nominee, this Democrat will be voting for McCain. It will be the first time in my life that I will vote Republican.

Jeez Irma take a breath, the high emotion you feel right now is no excuse to embrace a politician who will keep sending our young to die in the dessert for oil.

Any Democrat voting for McCain is fooling themselves — or us, because they really can’t truly be Democrats! 100 More Years in Iraq? Continuing Bush’s failed economic policies? Even Hillary would be better than McCain!
And I’ll vote for her if she somehow overcomes this 10-0 run and the Obama-mentum for Real Change!!! But I don’t think it’ll come to that. Finally, I can feel proud of my fellow Americans!

I couldn’t agree with you more Nicole. I sure hope this messianic cocky senator will learn to be more humble once he gain some real experience. I will never vote for such a phony. Guess I’ll have to go with McCain even though I never vote Republican.

Jackt51
I have voted for the Democrats all my life and I am 48 years old. I will not put my life and my country in the hands of a person I don’t trust and don’t know anything about.

I am having difficulty connecting with those who describe Senator Obama as “arrogant.”
As an independent (small ‘i’) voter, age 58, I have keyed into this campaign process more than any other. Watching and listening intently, I believe my slant on the process is objective and informed.
To date, I have not seen or heard an example from Senator Obama of “arrogance.” On the other hand, however, there is a huge amount of arrogance emitting from the McCain Camp. Perhaps that is where more objective voters should focus their attention.
Voters: please open your hearts and minds. Avoid the blind allegiance that put George Bush on a pedestal. Avoid voting the Party line. Avoid a single-issue position that directs your vote.
John McCain’s venom will only increase as he and his handlers smell the blood of Hillary Clinton. I believe Senator Obama, should he win the nomination, will be bigger than Senator McCain, and not stoop to his already demonstrated depths.

You who say they will vote GOP instead of Obama typify the underbelly of politics. Sour grapes anyone, Grow Up, I work for Obama and if Hillary pulls it out (she still may) of course she’ll get my vote.

Well that is it, sorry but my vote just went to Mc Cain, am done with this nonsense ans waste my time and energy on this election. At least I know McCain is very proud of his country no matter what and he has the scars to show it. Never thought after Bush I would vote Republican but that is how am going, as for Senator Clinton thanks for the effort I know you tried.

I am disgusted with the Media coverage especially CNN, how rude to interrupt Clinton that way…how unprofessional! Shame on Obama!!!!!

Let us not mistake Bold for Arrogant!!!!

I have never voted Republican, I think Bush is an Idiot but I like him. Obama makes me sick , just like Ann Coulter. McCain will have my vote. Iwill get a bumper sticker for him, unless Blumberg runs as Independent.

It wasn’t biased unprofessional for CNN to switch over to Obama’s speech. Remember, he WON in Wisconsin, not Clinton. If Hillary had won, they would have stayed with her speech to the very end.

Sour grapes? We are not talking about a loss. We are talking about disgraceful behavior spiced up with arrogance. I will vote for a person I trust. I do not trust or like THE JERK! McCain, is at least decent man with MANNERS.

Ms. Clinton moved her speech back, Obama went on as scheduled! She was to be covered for a concession speech and she made no concession, so when Mr. Obama came on stage to make his victory speech the networks had no choice. Ms. Clinton has no one to blame but herself for the fact that she was ignored. Sorry! I would say she was the one who was rude. She knew what time Mr. Obama was scheduled to go on.

Thanks J for the discourse, disagreeing but not disagreeable. Not like the majority of flaming I see on this board.
P.S. I too like and respect deeply Mcain But I’d have to dump my values to vote for him.

This is the height of arrogance. No way I’m voting for this CON MAN. I’m a Republican but was hoping to vote for a Democrat this time. Sorry Dems, I’m back in the republican column.
What arrogance in these quotes (these are not verbatim but capture the gist):
Michelle Obama said
(1) I’ll have to think about it whether I’ll support Clinton if she’s the nominee
(2) This is the only chance, if we don’t win then Barack will never contest again
(3) First time in my adult life I am really proud of this country.
The hell with these ungratefull, snooty people. I am an immigrant and was really proud when
- We won the cold war and the berlin wall fell
- We won the first gulf war
- We saved countless lives in the balkans
- Our private enterprise created the internet revolution; as a result even poor people in kenya and tanzania have access to information that they could never have imagined
- We came together as a country after 9/11
- We helped Russia and other countries through their financial crisis
- When our nation accepts immigrants from all nations and gives them an equal opportunity
- When American business leaders like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet donate billions of their money to worthy causes. There is no other example like this in any other country.
- When we Americans donated generously to the Tsunami relief fund to help people across the globe.
- There are just too many to count… and I’m running out of time.
God bless America! God save America from the Obamas!

History in the making. God Bless America!
Can’t you hear it?

Hello Clinton supporters, I’m back!!! I guess Hillary did no wrong. It is customary for the loser to congrat the winner. People are tired of Hillary’s lack of respect for her opponent. It really makes her look bad to not accept the lost with some dignity.

History in the making – a leader at last – here comes the sun, it’s been a long and lonely winter – now my European friends won’t feel sorry for us any more. Vote your heart – vote for Obama.

irma, just noticed your post. i’m with you. i’ve been a dem for 38 years, and will be voting repub this fall if obama’s the dem nominee. i’ve never voted repub before, but this guy is so far off on the jerk meter that i’ll very happily do it. my friends all say the same, and they’re also lifelong dems. i suspect there are millions of us. and all those rude children who proclaim they don’t want us old folks messing up the shiny little democratic party toy that they just discovered will be in for quite a surprise.

Say what you want about the Republicans one thing they know is how to run a election campaign. They sure don’t have the list of nonsense that the Democrats have, they are smart enough to know they wont leave out any states not in this game. There candidates are not at each others necks, neither are their supporters,they know how to handle the media, and they will never say they don’t feel proud of their country that is for sure, that is one statement no Republican or their wives will ever make.

OBAMA 08 – You still didn’t answer the question of what he has accomplished – as a legislator to prove that he can get done what he claims he will get done. Thanks for proving my theory though that Obama supporters are just as vapid and vacuous as he is.

Maybe the Hillary supporters need to make a statement by voting for her in the general election anyway. She wouldn’t have much of a chance of winning but we would take away enough Obama votes to send a message that we are sick of the media, sexism and the good ol boy network! McCain will end up winning without us having to hold our nose and vote republican.

Nope I won’t hold my nose and vote for McCain, after what I have seen done to the Clinton’s, and most of all the Obama’s supporters and their attitude, it will be a pleasure for me to cast my vote for McCain. MY vote will count and I will have the last laugh.

I don’t usually read comments on these blogs because they usually just depress me. I am a Barack supporter but I can’t stand when supporters of either campaign express so much venom against the opposing candidate.
I came to my decision fairly recently. I’ve been neutral for a while and honestly I fail to see how you can describe Obama as cocky or arrogant any more than you can say that about Hillary.
What happened tonight was not a big deal. Hillary was not giving a concession speech. She did not congratulate Barack, she did not thank her Wisconsin supporters, she went into her stump speech. Cable networks don’t usually cover stump speeches.
I ask everyone to please open their hearts and minds and stop inviting hate into their hearts.

count me in as another life long Democrat who will be voting for McCain should Obama win the nomination.

hey bob…
baracka-boy snubbed Hillary at the State of the Union festivities. He ignored her when she won in Newe Hampshire. He is winning of the sound of his voice spouting other people’s quotes….. and (his) “sound of fury signifies nothing”… nada! zip!
be careful who you wish for…

This is the kind of talk from Obama supporters that I can never understand, Obama’s childhood makes him as global in outlook as we have ever seen in a presidential candidate. ???
What a load that is he was born in HW, at a young age lived in Indonesia, then came to America. What exactly can child know about global affairs on a world stage to give him this wealth of knowledge in his older days. Its these kind of vacuous statements that are made and some jump on it, that makes no sense at all.
So a child went to a foreign land till the age of 10 and that makes him a world leader over everyone else geez, or because his father was black and his mother is white he is a expert on civil rights?

WTF??? are you omniscient like your boy Obama in that you know who everyone on this blog is? Didn’t Obama tell you when you signed up that there’s only one Messiah and it’s him not you?
Hard to face it that some Democrats just plain don’t like him and do not feel that he is ready for the job of President and that we are so concerned about the state of this nation that we will vote for McCain, an accomplished man who we may not agree with on every issue, versus an utter neophyte like Obama? It’s a phenomenon (you know about them, right?) you might want to get used to.

Our enemies must smile to see how we turn our backs on the most qualified and proven candidate. They must laugh at the thought of why we do this. They’ve heard just like us every “expert” and “pundit” go down their laundry list of why this couple isn’t fit to return to the White House. I wonder if they agree with our reasoning? Would they think it a liability to have a less than perfect but very smart and successful previous two-term president there next to his wife? Would they prefer to have an untested, unknown couple instead? We thankfully can’t think like they do. But we have seen how they will send women as suicide bombers to kill innocent people. They have seen how we are too fearful to imagine this highly qualified woman and her husband there to lead this country in the critical days ahead. It’s all very cute to say no more Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton Dynasty. I bet they get a real kick out of that too. Yesterday will always be with us. We have nothing to fear, but that we forget.

Bob Nichols, our problem is that we don’t like someone who doesn’t win gracefully.

There’s nothing shocking about political opportunism. This contest has become increasingly bitter and the contest is now Obama’s to lose. I’m certain that a tough and quick decision had to be made by media executives regarding who’s speech to cover, but at the end of the day he’s a much stronger speaker and people want to hear from the man with the momentum.

First time I saw it done was in January after one of Romney’s win. McCain was building momentum so Romney decided to reduce his airtime.
Given CNN edited Barack’s response to the ‘lifting’ scandal on Monday night, I thought it was terrific that Obama monopolized the air for 44 minutes! And he did not use a teleprompter! Pretty impressive.

werdup, i know what you mean about the gagging whenever he speaks. i just change the channel – immediately! i do the same whenever the pundits start trying to sell him to me. so basically, i just watch espn. works for me – i can read, so i don’t need the tv to tell me what to think. and it greatly reduces the anger/nausea factor.

Looks like the Clinton campaign workers are posting again.
I’m freakin’ GLAD OBAMA STOPPED HILLARY’S TRASH TALKING BS!!!
I could NOT BELIEVE she had the gall to forego ANY graciousness, gave no concession, no congratulations, and launched into her bitter old stump speech. NONE OF IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AIRED!
And by the way, to those dems saying you won’t for Obama- for every one of you, there are 10 of me- first time, independent voters. We have enough votes. Obama’s kickin a$$ and takin names.

I’m just sayin’….
Updated at 11:10 p.m., Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Obama wins Hawaii in a landslide
Advertiser Staff
Sen. Barack Obama, who was born and raised in Hawai’i, won the state’s Democratic Presidential caucus in a landslide Tuesday, giving the Illinois senator his tenth victory in a row over Sen. Hillary Clinton. Obama took 11,691 votes, or 76 percent, to Clinton’s 3,584 votes, or 23 percent, with more than half of the precincts reporting.

Lots of time on the tube for Obama. Is there not some equal time rule? I noted that Senator Clinton did not concede Wi or acknowledge Senator Obama’s win.

For those democrats and others who are even thinking of supporting McCain – have you not been watching what the republicans have been up to over the last 8 years in this country?
(1)A war that has cost us the lives 4,000 of our best and brightest soldiers (and they want more wars).
(2)Iraq is costing $10 BILLION per month
(3)The economy is in the tank.
(4)The dollar has lost nearly 40% of its value.
(5)They are cutting tax revenues through tax breaks to companies and the rich, when the country is hemorrhaging money to Iraq.
(6)They are messing with the Supreme Court and trying to either overturn laws that many fought so hard for, or extend other harmful ones – especially those pertaining to the rights of women and minorities.
e.g. They want to overturn Roe vs. Wade
e.g. They are pushing for the further segregation of schools
e.g. People (usually women and minorities) who are subject to pay discrimination must find out about the discrimination within 6 months of its initiation or lose the right to sue.
(7)John McCain wants a continuation of all this nonsense and more.
(8)And on, and on…
I can’t understand how anyone in their right mind would want the republicans in power for another term. They have done enough damage to last a generation.

Hey “Ethical” – thanks for the lecture on ethics, but your boy apparently didn’t apply those same “ethics” to his homebuying when he got his buddy the indicted Tony Rezko to help him purchase the house that he still lives in.

I too would support McCain over Obama. Believe it.

I also was upset last night by our media. We are a free country , trying to shove it down every country”s throat. And what do we do? Our media covers who they want and cut out the rest. I am a democrat, but for several months it has bothered me how they do not show egual for all canidates. They laugh at Ron Paul, cut Hillrey off and dont even show Huckebee. If we are not careful we will not be a free country for long.As for Obama I like him personally, but I dont think he will be able to accomplish everything he is promising. He has little experiment. I would like to know what the other countries think of our choices and if they have issues with a woman or a black muslim?

Ahh the Dems are waking up! The media is trying to pick both the Republicans and Democrat nominees, They ignore the ones they do not want to win like Thompson was ignored entirely and called lazy by them. On the Dem side Biden was ignored entirely, who actually was a good candidate (thats saying alot because I do not vote Democrat.
Now on the Republican side they pushed McCain lying about his wins since he never won a majority in any state until recently, but the press pushed him. And Obama well the press created him from day one. Oh by the way Obama actually has only one year in the senate since his second year forward he has been campaigning and ignoring his responsibilities.
Wake up America you are allowing the Elitists pick our President.
Remember another Obama and his wife are embarrassed by America, he said it at the beginning of his campaign when he was caught not wearing a Flag or pledging alliegence to the flag, and his wife just recently said she was not proud of America.
But I noticed the media does not report it. also did you not realize that the media went out of their way to investigate allegations Obama went to a Islamic school, when has the press ever gone out of their way before, remember the false documents on Pres. Bush by CBS, they did not investigate that at all.
What is Obama’s Religion? Because anyone with a brain knows he is Islamic, he hangs out with Farrakan, his minister pledged to Farrakan, so 2+2=4.
I know this post will be removed, but remember Manchurian Candidate!!

Spock
“Now on the Republican side they pushed McCain lying about his wins since he never won a majority in any state until recently, but the press pushed him.”
Brother….don’t forget about all those who helped McCain by pushing phoney phred (intentionally in SC, FL) and willard romney AKA MITTens.
Just sayin.

Nicole,
If you really think voting for a third Bush term is good idea, then I suppose that’s your choice to make.
Me, I wouldn’t recommend it.

Jake, this happens all the time! I’ve seen it happen about a half dozen times just this year. Maybe you don’t watch the coverage normally b/c you are busy covering the race, but it really does happen quite often. I think it happened on the GOP side almost weekly.

Lots of bitter people in here.
The idea that Barack Obama is all substance and no form is not supported by facts.
Looking over his legislative record – in Illinois and in the Senate – one finds a pretty impressive law-making efforts, co-sponsoring and co-authoring law that is anything but flashy.
The bulk of his Senate efforts have been in the area of ethics and transparency.
He was – with Senator Feingold – instrumental in getting The Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act passed by the 109th Senate and signed into law.
He co-authored the the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act.
He sponsored three further ethics-based acts: The Congressional Ethics Enforcement Commission Act, The Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act and the Curtailing Lobbyist Effectiveness through Advance Notification, Updates, and Posting Act.
(The last one has an inexcusably silly name. Bad judgment there, Senator.)
He’s co-authored more than 150 bills, and co-sponsored over 400.
I find it hard to dispute that Senator Clinton has been neither as diligent, nor as effective a lawmaker.

Hillary spent all of last week criticizing speech-making and then is upset when hers is cut short?

Pat – Obama has 1 year expierence in the Senate, so what exoierence does he have.
you can not count the year and half campaigning for President.

I am tired of hearing the media and those who obviously have a problem with Obama and McClain. The petty picking and how Obama took over when Clinton was in the middle of her speach. If there was a problem, the media should have never switched to Obama….the criticism should be shouldered by the media and not Obama. Also, I have never seen so much criticism being dished out to each other by the candidates. And as for the Clinton’s actions and remarks, people should remember that Clinton’s husband, yes, the former President Bill Clinton, disgraced the country by his “little hanky panky in the White House” but can call Obama dishonest and acuse him of not telling the truth. How soon we forget….or does the country feel that Hillary is entitled because she was the other half to Bill. They make me feel like they (the Clintons’) are priveledged and everyone will vote for her in the end. Also, she doesn’t have all the experience that she claims, she was First Lady and has just been a Senator for what? 6 years…sounds like she is trying to blow up her image to me. If Hillary gets the nomination…I just won’t vote for anyone. Obama is right, we need change because this is the same old same old same old. One last thing, the comment that Mrs. McClain made about Mrs. Obama, please.. at least Mrs. Obama can talk/speak, I didn’t know that Mrs. McClain could talk or speak at all since she hasn’t opened her mouth to say anything.
Let’s get to the real nitty gritty…when you can’t get your way you will do or say anything that is negative towards the other person which makes you look real small.

Thomas says: “spock – and yet he co-authored and co-sponsored more bills than Hillary in the same timeframe. Now, why is that?”
Leave spock alone or he’ll call you a Stalin wannabe.
But just checked with the HRC campaign and got the answer for your question. And that is that O’s bills are just full of words, Man. Just a bunch of words on paper is all.
And worse yet, O’s bills are not even printed on recycled paper. Probably used paper made out wood from old growth forest. So there you go.

hardworking mom of 4
HRC is an “underdog”?
Seriously she’s the establishment candidate with 100% name recommendation. She’s got Bills Machine built over the past 20 years. She’s goliath and O is the other guy.
Good idea to vote for McCain, because he’s got the experience. And since your gonna be down with Johnny this November why don’t you show him some love and send him some $.

I think this is an unfortunate article that doesn’t really tell it like it was.
What I understand happened is that Hillary Clinton was running late and her speech was way behind time. Obama was scheduled to speak at the time he came out to speak–he had 20,000 folks waiting to hear him, what was he supposed to do? Wait while she pulled the strings in his campaign?
Cocky? I don’t think so. He was excited about his win in Wisconsin and spent the first five minutes graciously thanking the folks in that state who came out to support him in frigid weather. How is that cocky?
And compare that to Hillary, who NEVER seems to remember the little people who spend time, money, and energy on her behalf. The only time she remembers them is when she has won; the rest of the time she insults them with her silence.

I cannot believe what I am reading. These so called democrats are disgusting. Looks to me the site is being invaded by the republican hate machine. If they truly are democrats than the party will not miss their departure.
Anyone who would vote for anyone in the repubican party is totally unaware of what is happening to our country, due to republican rule for the last seven years. We are in the worse shape our country has ever been in. Everything is a mess and will take years to repair, if it ever can be.
With Obama it will not be politics as usual as it will with the others. He truly cares about us and our country.
And, am so disgusted with our news media. They distort the facts, senstionalize and make mountains out of molehills. They have no integrity.

Of course the media loves Obama. Was anyone actually surprised when Obama’s speech usurped Hill? He’s slick, cool, and cute. She’s an intelligent woman. Cool wins out over acumen every time. The republicans must have been elated. He’s certainly their choice for the nomination. For many long-time democrats, it’s profoundly sad that the probable choice for us in the coming general election will be to either vote for McCain or not vote at all. Clearly, we don’t want another dim-witted republican at the helm, but what’s the alternative? Is a self-aggrandizing, narcissistic lil’ neophyte (of whom Michele Obama is apparently proud, but not of America) a sensible choice? Methinks not. The big O’s record is unblemished by any demonstrative accomplishment, except for serving one year in the senate. So, what’s the “change” going to be? We’ve already suffered through seven years with the obtuse Texan who doesn’t know anything, and now we’ll blindly elect an arrogant Harvard Grad who’s never done anything. Big change, big Obamination.

Obama doesn’t have any legislative products as a senator!! NONE.
Also, McCain is not coming clean with his sex scandal. Truth needs to be told.

What I can not understand is why he is so focused on MLK and making a better USA for those who come from nothing. As I have read ,and correct me if I am wrong, that he was raised by his white grandparents and went by the name Barry!! Now he stands up for his people! I believe he is a good man, just not ready for being President. I think 2 yrs in the senate has not made him best of buddies with all democrats and repulicans so how does he think he can make them all get along? No matter who wins it will always remain the same in congress. And that is sad.We need to clean up congress also and quit giving them pay after they leave.

To Clinton Supporters who will vote republican if Obama wins the election.
Have you considered what you will do if
the Democratic ticket is Obama/Clinton? Will you still vote McCain?

When did we as a party get to the point of total dislike for the opposing candidates. I believe both Hillary and Obama have qualities that will make them both good Presidents. As it stands now either one could become the one to run in November. As a party either we stand together or we will certantly lose the election in November. If you believe writing in Obama or Hillary will make a statement in November. The only thing you will do is to assure the election for the Republicans. No matter who wins the nomination, as a party must stand together, or you can look forward to four or eight years of what we have now. Is making a statement worth eight more years of what we are facing now. Vote for whom you feel is the best choice. But also be willing to support whoever wins the nomination. I voted for Obama, but if Clinton wins the nomination I will be more than happy to support her in November. The goal is to win back the White House.