Just Hours Later, Obama Campaign Uses Berlin Speech to Raise Campaign Cash

They don’t even ask for money in the email, they just have a donate button. Kinda like they have a donate button in EVERY email for EVERY campaign. What sort of criticism could you possibly level at this? Should they be making it harder for people who WANT to donate by hiding the button?

Don’t you remember? This ISN”T a campaign rally, it’s a fact-finding mission.
Yeah, and I’m the man in the moon. what a big, fake phony he is.

It’s Obama’s fault. Whatever he is doing it’s wrong. He’s breathing is wrong. Every thing he does is wrong.
Too bad he’s so right for America.

Nodifferent than say the McCain campaign. But what the heck-in the supposed issue of press fairness in the mainstream media, we will have to see items like this until election day but I sure hope and pray that more nitpicking can go on against John McCain and his campaign also in the supposed fairness of this Presidential election campaign.

Who cares.
All this nitpicking about Obama is just ridiculous.

So what. Voters do not care about process. At a time when people are losing jobs, losing houses, losing their retirement savings, unable to fill their car with gas, unable to buy groceries, this is a petty non-issue. The media is more out of touch than the politicians with what people care about.

Obama and his group of collection agents hit again on the people who can least to continue to send on the average $68. He and the press are buying the election. How much money does the man have to spend.

What an out and out lie, that they are using the speech just for Donation, every week, I get an email from the Obama campaign asking for Donation, and I checked I went back into my emails and found that on every email I get from David Plouffe they all ask for Donations. McCain and his idiot media friends and followers is caught in another lie.

I’m confused….it’s just the speech he’s showing off, is that no longer allowed?

julie stipich:
It’s more than just “process”. If Obama will lie to you about this (and FISA) what else will he lie to you about?

Hey “Come on now”:
The point isn’t that he is seeking donations in the email. The point is that Sir Flip-a-lot has continuously said that his Berlin speech was not a political speech. Then, hours later, the campaign uses the speech in order to solicit donations.

Jenna L:
Is the Obama Campaign Using the Berlin Speech to Raise Campaign Cash? Yes, or No?

I’m still trying to figure out why mccain confused the Packers with the Steelers 2 weeks ago while speaking to a Pittsburgh crowd. He said he used the names of the famous Steelers Defensive line of the 1970′s, too bad these guys weren’t even playing when mccain was being interrogated. He is either going senile or he was trying to pull one over on the Pittsburgh crowd, either way this is BAD news for mc-more-war. You can check out the article by going into google and typing “mccain steelers” and picking the first link.
Obama 2008!!!

ABC’s interpretation is completely ridiculous. It was a brilliant speech, and the campaign e-mail just asks supporters to send it around! How about giving us some real news for a change?

“There is nothing “scary” about Obama.”

It doesn’t matter what Obama does. The adoring, secular, liberal masses have finally found their saviour. The only thing I have against Obama is the way his followers (including and especially the media) regard him as some kind of messiah and the way he (since winning the nomination)has been soaking it up and taking advantage of it. Even his own campaign staff is starting to get nervous about that, publicly saying that he’s not a miracle worker and people shouldn’t set their expectations of him so high. It doesn’t matter. His followers are PT Barnum’s dream audience. Obama will bring them a flea circus and they’ll clap in delight at the fleas.

I am here as a Citizen of the World, not as a campiagning President. But then he scraps going to see our wounded service men and woman, because it wouldn’t be right to visit them as a campaigning president.
If he is a citizen of the world? Does he have more then one citizen. I’d like to see his passport.
What are you then. You can’t be both.
This guy is two faced and I think he has lied so much, that he beleives his own lies.
disgrace!!!

AND his campaign’s instant conversion of his “non-political” grandstanding into political CASH is scary.

“All I heard from him today is how many mistakes America has made, how we have done very little for the world, to listen to the speech one would get the impression that the German people flew the planes for the Berlin airlift not U S pilots.”
Amen to that one chuck!

Not really a surprise, folks. We knew Obama was lying the minute he told the crowd he was there as a “citizen” and not a politician even though his official campaign organized and funded this event. Kind of like, I was on the Senate Banking Committee…. or it was my bill that passed through the Senate Banking Committee. Both statements Obama knew to be untrue the moment he uttered them which qualifies them as lies.

The report mentions nothing about the free rock concert or the free beer and brats offered during Obama’s event.
Let’s be honest about Obama’s trip.

SERIOUSLY… ITS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD FOR MOST OF YOU… WHAT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO PROMOTES PEACE AND UNITY… AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE THAT “APPROPRIATELY SINGS” BOMB BOMB BOMB IRAN!!! THATS THE FUTURE YOU WANT? DO ANY OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPEN YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND TO THE FACT THAT SOMEONE COULD BE DOING SOMETHING GOOD… NO GREAT FOR OUR NATION AND ALLIES! ITS SAD YOU ARE BIASED, ITS SAD YOUVE LOST SIGHT OF WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT… OR DID YOU FORGET MOST OF YOU ANCESTORS WERE PROBABLY IMMIGRANTS THAT CAME TO THIS COUNTRY FOR PEACE FOR FREEDOM… WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? YOUR AMERICAN RIGHT…WHERES YOUR HOPE AND DESIRE FOR A BETTER LIFE?

Badger1,
The 57 contests were referring to the “primaries”. These include, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, DC, etc.. Let me know if you need anything else explained, like how mc-more-war is too OLD to be president. Obama 2008!!!

Ryan it doesn’t matter. McCain couldn’t get a crowd of 200,000 if his life depended on it!!!
And yes, that would be even if he included the rock concert of the century and the world’s best beer!

It all comes down to whether or not you think we should continue the bush policies. If you think the war should continue indefinitely, while we spend $10,000,000,000 a month, and you think that bush has done well with the economy then mc-more-war is your man. If you think that it’s time we start to get out of iraq and do some positive things for the average American instead of just the top 1% then vote for Obama.

From the beginning, it was always a campaign trip and dissing the wounded soliders to be adored by the German public, is right up his ally. He is very scary …

pt- wrong, that wasnt how Obama explained his gaffe, here is his attempted clean up—-
(UPDATE: At a later stop Obama was talking with reporters and expressed concern he’d also mis-stated the number of potential cyclone victims in Burma. He said, “I hope I said 100,000 people the first time instead of 100 million. I understand I said there were 57 states today. It’s a sign that my numeracy is getting a little, uh.” At that point, an aide cut him off and ushered journalists out. Before he could mis-speak again?)

Free ? After B.O. is president EVERYTHING will be free. Including the unicorns we will all ride to work because there is no oil available due to no drilling / collapse of the dollar.

FUNNY HOW MCCAIN’S SUPPORTERS IGNORE HIS GAFFES.
Just this week, he spoke of an Iraq-Pakistan border (GMA).
THE REPUBS HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO DOESN’T EVEN KNOW WHERE IRAQ IS LOCATED.
SHEESH!!!!!!!!

This 2005 interview with Tim Russert on Meet the Press make it very clear.
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RUSSERT: The fact is you are different than George Bush.
SEN. McCAIN: No. No. The fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.
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ENOUGH SAID…..Obama 2008!!!

BO is a conceited Chicago ward politician whose stories change with the circumstance. He is either a liar or of short memory-the consummate politician. If we were so lucky he’d stay in Europe.

There was no direct request for a donation with the e-mail. I’m not sure why you’re trying to make a story out of a non-story. The message to supporters was not a request for funds. Obviously, they’d be happy to receive them anytime, especially as his campaign won’t be receiving the $84 million in taxpayer dollars for the general election that John McCain will.

Of course it was poltical no one can doubt that, the whole trip was poltical edge tour giving speeches not addressing issues just watch people fall at his feet. I really really tried to watch much of the speech but i got motion sickness with the rapid head moves from side to side for “effect”.

Obama thinks he is running for the Pope position. This is the same guy who went to a church that was filled with hatred and Anti-American speech for 20 years! What a hypocrite standing at the Berlin wall? He needs to quit making speeches and fulfill his Senate term. He is definitely full of himself.

Just because mc-more-war was a pow does not mean he should be president. The guy used to have a spine but now is nothing but a flip-flopper and a panderer. He’s also an OLD fart. The real straight-talker, John Murtha said that the Presidency is no place for an OLD man. There’s a reason they make pilots retire at age 60. mc-more-war needs to retire with his millionaire wife. (The one he had an affair with after his first wife waited for him to come back from the war.) Obama 2008!!!

And then what, will stop him from getting elected? I wouldn’t put it past them. By the numbers their vote isn’t that important because it’s already skewed
Support the poops!

Jake – you’re the most accurate journalist around. Don’t the Obama propaganda team intimidate you. Keep reporting the truth. They are a bunch of deceiving hacks. They need to be exposed.

Obama is making a fool of himself! The message does not go with the messenger!

So?!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a campaign my man!!! It is not funded with air!

I can understand why Obama did so well at Harvard. It’s also easy to understand why mccain finished at the bottom of his class. We found out what a poor student does as president in the last 8 years. Hopefully America has learned it’s lesson. Obama 2008!!!

Rumor has it that Barack will choose Larry Sinclair as his running mate; it’s the only way he can shut Larry up! –jws

We are electing a President not a rock star.
Barack already spent a huge among of money. He is a squanderer. I see disaster when one party control both the Legislative and Executive branch. Watch the national debt if he get elected.

Oh my! The Obama camp is raising money? In face of such horrifying cynicism life itself must crumble!
-end of sarcasm-
If you have nothing to write about, then don’t.

IF YOU WANT A CANDIDATE WHO DOESN’T NEED MONEY TO CAMPAIGN – TRY ASKING GOD TO RUN.
Where is the story here?

Thanks for the update, Jake. But perhaps you should also quote the LA Times, because the real money is not being raised through the Internet, that’s a front:
LA Time 6/13
“Of the $20.3 million Obama’s joint fundraising committees amassed in June, 86%, or $17.6 million, came in chunks of $5,000 or more; 64% came in increments of $28,500 or more, campaign finance reports filed over the weekend show.”

“FUNNY HOW MCCAIN’S SUPPORTERS IGNORE HIS GAFFES.
Just this week, he spoke of an Iraq-Pakistan border (GMA).
THE REPUBS HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO DOESN’T EVEN KNOW WHERE IRAQ IS LOCATED.
SHEESH!!!!!!!! ” MOLLY
AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE AN EGOMANIACAL PRESUMPTUOUS CANDIDATE WHO THINKS THE UNION IS COMPRISED OF 57 STATES!
GO FIGURE!
HILLARY OR MCCAIN…
BUT ALWAYS…
COUNTRY BEFORE BROKEN DOWN DONKEY PARTY!

So Obama acts all presidential and says he loves America – that’s more than his wife can say about America.
I can’t believe the people who are buying into this Chicago political machine – so glad to see he’s falling in the polls – people are finally waking up to his scam.

McCain CAN’T EVEN RAISE MONEY IN HIS OWN STATE.
——————
From BizJournal:
“In June 2008, Democrat Barack Obama raised more money than Republican John McCain in McCain’s home state of Arizona.
Obama raised $432,000 compared to McCain’s take of $313,000, reports the Arizona Republic.”

McCain = grumpy old man
Obama goes to Germany, McCain eats at a German restaurant. Good grief.
Will John McCain live til November? That is the question.

Wow, dont know where to start with this. I’ve read every comment so far and am absolutely stunned by the ignorance of some people.
If you cared to do any research at all Barack was not ‘raised as a Muslim’. His mother wasn’t religious, however believed in the guiding principles of all religion, he not only attended a Madrassa while living in Indonesia, but also a Catholic school. His mother was never a Muslim, and while his father was, he had left the religion after childhood for the same reasons most people leave organized religion.
And really my man? This is what you consider to be news? I hope you seriously sit down and think about your career and whether its the right one for you. No where in the email does it say ‘hey you! donate money to us because barack spoke in berlin’, there is simply a small red ‘donate’ button at the very end of the email, after the signature btw. Report real news, be honest, be fair, dont just fill up space with the easiest story to write without any thought about it.

Someone needs to fully investigate how Obama truly raises funds. I agree that the internet fundraising is just a front for the huge amount he may receive from Oprah and other pals.

A psychologist would have a field day with that…

He killed in Germany! He broke David Hassellhoff’s single-day concert attendance record!

definitely misleading

Joe7000,
If pointing out direct misrepresentations of someones past is being Obama’s online spokesperson, then I guess I’m guilty. Damn.

Isn’t it GREAT to see an average American really make it big. Obama was raised by his single-mother with the help of his grandparents. He worked Hard, got a good education, and turned down large sums of money to go to work for the average American. What a great story. He raised his large sums of money for his campaign, not thru big corporate donors like many others, but thru average Americans giving $10 or $20 at a time. I suspect he is going to go down in history as one of the great presidents of all time. Obama will be Great in 2008!!!.

Obama is a charlatan. With the exception of his brief stint as a community organizer in Chicago, he has spent his entire adult life and career either in school or running for an office.
Any politician/candidate who needs to be “handled” to the degree that Obama’s handlers have, has no business running for political office. Since the end of the primaries, Obama’s handlers have carefully staged every photo-op, interview, and press statement for the sole purpose of propping up a glamorized facade of experience and leadership. Every American who cares for this country should be asking, “Why? Why do Obama’s handlers need to shield him?”
Wake-up America–our country cannot afford another rookie President.

Belle–the money for O comes from people like me. A 60 y/o white woman (hillary is 3 weeks older than me) middle class working person; and dozens of other white women like me. We have a group of women from 35 to 84 who all give small amounts to the campaign. None of us are wealthy.
And, Belle, have you forgotten that it was Bush’s mission, the War on Terror to get bin Laden and the 9-11 terrorists who were somehere in Pakistan or Afganistan? NOW you criticize Obama for having to re-do what Bush dropped the ball on; getting the terrorists? Are you against getting the terrorists responsible for 9-11?

Virginia Independent,
If the Obama campaign is guilty of anything it is certainly guilty of being overprotective and over apologetic in many instances. But is that so surprising after seeing what has happened in the past two elections. People dont want to see another democrat lose the election to swiftboating. So I really cant blame them for being so protective of where he appears and what he says during the campaign.

C’mon Jake
Yeah they sent out an email to everyone and as always they ask us to donate.
But this trip wasn’t to raise money. Awareness of his message and campaign yeah…but not to raise money…
but having said this just like ALL campaigns they use every positive moment to do so.
correction the McCain campaign seems to use everything else…(don’t have a lot of “positive” to use…. unless you call an old looking man cranky in a grocery store yelling about what is wrong with someone else…”positive”
lol

Are you against getting the terrorists responsible for 9-11?

Great job getting every bit of the possible information as to how to donate to Senator Obama’s campaign up on your blog! Is that an In Kind contribution from ABC? Or just business as usual?
Good Lord!

Great job getting every bit of the possible information as to how to donate to Senator Obama’s campaign up on your blog! Is that an In Kind contribution from ABC? Or just business as usual?
Good Lord!

“Obama is a charlatan?”
Which century are you from?
If only Repubs had intelligent objections to Obama – they just might change my mind. I’m one of those angry Clintonites but right now Repubs are just soooooo repulsive.
Posted by: Grace B | Jul 24, 2008 9:15:26 PM
Grace,
When did it become a crime to be educated or to have a good command of English vocabulary? Since you have something against the word charlatan, how about flim-flam artist?
BTW, I would have voted for Hillary had she won the nomination. In this case, I strongly put my country first and party second. Hopefully, that’s not a crime… (:~)

Why he had time to have a speech in berlin but I don’t time to have a town hall debate with McCain? American Voters need to ask questions regarding their struggling economy and high tax price not the written speech outside the US.

The difference between average tax-payers and a politician:
If an average tax-payer steals $100.00 from a politician he goes to jail. If a politician steals $1,000,000.00 from 1000 tax-payers, the politician buys the jail and puts the victims in it. –jws

We may be on verge of electing a president with the weakest ties to America in our entire history. For us to be doing this for the first new president after 9-11 is a more than a little disturbing.

Well, it’s supper time. Looks like Brett ills is researching Larry Sinclair’s misrepresented allegations so he might not be back tonight. Happy hunting, Brett ills.
(If Brett gets back before I do have him write Larry’s name on the wall — if I get back first, I’ll erase it.) –jws

just made my second donation of the day to OBAMA…our next President! GOBAMA!

Good thinking, Linda! ;)))
mcbush is all about business and obama is all about empty ops.
What planet are you from?

“He has no interest in anything but seeing how much money he can raise with his empty rhetoric.”

To Linda and all from intelligent design!
maybe you need to stop calling yourself “America”. signing your name will do just fine ;))))

Let’s see, what has this week’s Obama European Vacatoin revealed?
Prefers playing basketball with the healthy troops for a quick photo op vs talking to wounded troops, whose personal sacrifices are the only reason Obama was able to make the trip in the first place.
Has time for Berlin speech, while avoiding some real-world, down-to-earth town hall meetings.
Because having the ability to read from a teleprompter vs answering on-the-spot questions Americans want to hear is so much more impressive. heh heh

((((((((((OBAMA))))))))))
Catchy name. I wonder why Jeb didn’t want the job this year? He’s not doing anything important now, is he? –jws

What in the world would Obama need to solicit for donations for? After all the free air time he got for his “World Tour”, he almost doesn’t need to advertise himself anymore. Seems like the majority of the networks almost forgot who McCain was.

I am having difficulty understanding your criticism. I find this notice innovative and an impressive campaign donation income program. I applaud Barack Obama . This young junior senator, claimed to be too inexperienced, has proven excellent leadership of campaign management and finances. His staff choices are excellent.
I received this email and many others in past. Each has always had an option to donate. This situation is no different. I find these email updates quite interesting and keep me update. Reminds me to go to his website or review news articles. Also reminds me of a big fact – it takes money to conduct a good campaign. I can give a little over time as I can afford. I prefer to see this type of request for donations over public finance. This is sort of a personal touch. A person may give or not give. Choice is always there. If you don’t want to give money- that is fine. Touching bases with his past supporters with updates is wonderful! So far he has gained tremendous support and campaign donations do indicate this fact. Donations quite good last month.
I won’t even get into public financing. That is loaded with problems considering all the Republican 527′s money that will be supporting John McCain as well.
I do donate q month or q other month because of these friendly emails.
I am educated and aware of the issues this campaign. I have attempted to choose the candidate I like wisely.
I will be voting for Barack Obama. Go Obama!

This young junior senator, claimed to be too inexperienced, has proven excellent leadership of campaign management and finances. His staff choices are excellent.

Obama campaign using video of Berlin speech in campaign emails – complete with DONATE button

What was that they were saying again about how he was going overseas as a Senator and not a presidential candidate? Uh huh.  Heres an mass email sent out tonight by the campaign:
Dear [Sister Toldjah]
As you may have heard,…

this is really quite shallow analysis and seems designed to complain about something because Obama is doing so well that there is nothing substantive to “get” him for and press is responding to criticism they are favoring him. Fact is you cannot get a single email from either campaign about any issue that does not ask for money somewhere in it.

You are correct to point this out Jake Tapper. Thank you for being one of very few reporters who take Obama to task for anyting.
The 24/7 fawning of most media is sickening.
The Obamarama has been a media driven illusion.
Despite the best efforts of the media, Obama is falling in the polls. Yippee!
Obama is simply unqualified and certainly not Presidential material. The Dems should nominate Hillary at the convention next month. Hillary Clinton remains the best candidate, most qualified and most electable. The Dems would be foolish to cast her aside.
Obama made serious mistakes in his overseas travels. Obama is NOT President, he has overstepped his bounds going to a foreign country and asking for their “troops” to assist ours in a War we are currently involved in. Outrageous. Obama did this in Berlin today! It’s highly inappropriate and Obama should be held accountable.
In Iraq, Obama overstepped his bounds by meeting with Malike and disclosing the conversation. Obama is meddling in foreign affairs.
It could be a violation of the Logan Act. It could be treasonous. He could possibly face serious charges.
Congress should hold Obama accountable. They did not fail to correctly chastise former President Jimmy Carter when he inappropriately acted overseas.
What say you?

McCain or Obama? We’re screwed either way!

“It could be a violation of the Logan Act. It could be treasonous. He could possibly face serious charges.”
I expect to still be laughing about this one into next week.

Aspiring politicians: don’t be brilliant and don’t raise funds.
The jealousy and spite you inspire will be copious.

“Obama is asking foreign citizens to fund his campaign on his web site.”

So in just a few hours it went from not a campaign speech to a donation gimmick.
Well, don’t be surprised, nor is it a record for Obama to flip. He’s done it in less than an hour already this month.
HAAAAAHAAAAAA
what a buffoon.

The media failed to note that a rock concert by Patrice and RAemonn preceded the Obama speech in Berlin today. That would explain all the “young people” in the audience. The media also failed to note the free rock concert by The Decemberists in Portland, Oregon prior to the Obama speech there.
Free concerts, free food, cash rewards, all work wonders for a candidate with an obscene amount of money to throw around. Young people and others who lack funds with lots of time on their hands are willing participants when the offer is right.
Voters and superdelegates are for sale.
Follow the money trail. You may not like what you find.

I think “elegant” is a stretch.
His own wife and daughters say he “stinks”, has “bad breath” and “smelly socks” etc. Too much information…..
No class.

2008 was our (Democrats) year to win. With Hillary we can win. With Obama we lose.
Obama has destroyed my Democratic party.
The Democratic party MUST be held accountable.
Voter disenfranchisement is NOT the Democratic way.
It’s Hillary 08 or McCain 08 and Hillary 2012.

K,
McCain also had a FREE concert today. Wind chimes as he spoke at the sausage house!!! I guess that would explain the eight hangers on while he babbled on for 88 seconds about NOTHING. I truly enjoyed…”ting, ting, ting” as his theme music.

Obama speaks out about debt and then ask you to pledge with a credit card. Lovely.

“His own wife and daughters say he “stinks”, has “bad breath” and “smelly socks” etc. Too much information…..
No class.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
That’s why they call him ” B O”
;-)

Well, believe what you wish.
The fact is, I am a lifelong Democrat. Not only am I a Dem ticket voter, but I am an activist, contributor, volunteer and former paid staffer. I have worked on countless campaigns.
I am a centrist Democrat. That’s why I love the Clintons. Most Americans are moderates. The left wing nuts and the right wing nuts have taken over both parties. It’s not good.
One reason I don’t like Obama is the fact that he continually attempted to denigrate a former two term President Bill Clinton of his OWN party! That’s unacceptable to me. Obama’s attempts to paint Bill and Hillary Clinton as racists is outrageous. To attempt to paint all anti-Obama voters as racist is offensive and inaccurate. Did it ever occur to the “chosen one” that WE feel he’s simply NOT qualified to be President of the United States???
Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton are the greatest political success story of the Democratic party since FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt. Bill is the ONLY two term Dem to be re-elected since FDR! Wow! We should celebate this each and every chance we get. Bill left this nation in GREAT shape with a balanced budget and a budget surplus! Wow! We should celebate this each and every chance we get.
The real Democratic party base wants Hillary to be the nominee. Obama is being shoved down our throats by a fawning media. The media will NOT decide this election, the people WILL!
I have NO doubt Hillary Clinton WILL be a great President one day. If not now, then in 2012.
In 1932 the Democratic party convention was held and FDR went into the convention 90 delegates short of the 2/3 majority needed to win the nomination. He finally won on the 4th ballot in a contentious convention. The Democratic party survived and thrived.
Neither Sen. Clinton nor Sen. Obama go to the convention with the necessary majority needed to secure the nomination. Yet the DNC wants to subvert the Democratic process by keeping Sen. Hillary Clinton from being placed in nomination. Sen. Clinton has not released her delegates. The superdelegate who will decide this nomination can vote for whomever they believe is the most electable, most qualified, best candidate for the general election in NOvember. That candidate is and shall remain, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The DNC should open up this upcoming convention and make it a real Democratic process. Call, write and DEMAND that the Democratic party allow both Hillary and Obama to be placed in nomination, speeches by and for both, both names on ballots and allow votes to be cast, and gasp, COUNT ALL THE VOTES! This would be real democracy in action! What are the DNC and Obama afraid of? Falling polls numbers, that Obama is unelectable?
My grandmother whose first vote was in 1932 for FDR had a picture of FDR on her wall. My mother, whose first vote was for JFK, had his picture on the wall.
I come from a strong military family. My family members have served in every branch of the armed services. My grandparents are buried in a National Cemetary.
I LOVE my country. I want my Democratic party back, on the right track. Voter disenfranchisement will NOT be tolerated. The mistreatment of women, of Hillary Clinton will NOT be tolerated. Shame on Barack Obama, shame on the DNC for allowing the continual interjection of racism, sexism, classism, and voter disenfranchisement into this 2008 campaign debacle.
The Democratic party understands two things, money and votes, WE have the power to with hold BOTH. DO SO.
“No self respecting woman should wish for or work for the success of party which ignores her sex” Susan B. Anthony
If we don’t speak out now, WHEN???

Aren’t you on the wrong channel? You home is further along the dial and it goes by the name FOX. Since you don’t even pretend to be impartial.
Implying the trip is a fundraiser is a typical Repub. attempt to put a negative spin. McCain and the Repub. party has been pushing for Obama to visit the Middle east, with the hopes that a mistake would cost him votes. But since things seem to be going well, we can hear the panic in your voice. Similar to the shrill coming out of Hannity and Rush.
You can sense all the cynicism for anything Obama and longing for McCain. In eight year, you Republican buddies have drive this country into the ground. But our country will rise again and Obama is the one to do it.
He will be America’s president but he will be a world leader and not the goofball we have in the White House now.

K,
And there’s several more mind blasters there. You actually want us to celebate…celibate…or sell a bit, twice. There is no such thing as a two-term President winning re-election. You can only be a president two-terms…therefore winning re-election ONCE!!! Hillary is 300 delegates behind…2206 Obama/1906 Clinton. And what success story? Bill was a Governor turned President. HIllary a Senator turned nominee runner-up. Give it up…it’s PUMA hunting season out west!!!

I confidently assert that attacking strength calls attention to it and the pettiness of he attacker.

I sure hope the McCain camp has you on the payroll.
All EMails from the Campaign have the donate button.

This is just boiler plate stuff. Every e-mail sent from the campaign has a donate button. Just like I’m sure the McCain campaign does as well.
The page you’re taken to when you click on the button is the same page you’re taken to any time you make a donation. No different.
How about McCain saying that Iraq was the first major conflict since 9/11. I thought that was Afghanistan? What about all those “terrorists” we locked up at Gitmo? That’s real news! Not a donate button in an e-mail!

Friday Ciceronian Newswhip!

Et Tu, Ciceroo?So supposedly sophisticated Europeans, who constantly dissect American politics and culture, seem suddenly to like us now, because a younger, more mellifluous figure repackaged the standard American trans-Atlantic rah-rah speech, dressed…

This was NEVER going to be a fact finding trip…he couldn’t make time to visit our guys in military after his Germany speech…this was always a political campaign photo op trip. Thank God the vast majority of our military won’t be voting for this Bozo, Obama.
NEVER OBAMA, McCAIN ’08!

Obama would never understand country before campaign. I believe John McCain love this country and Obama does not. He is the “we are the world” kinda guy and we need a “proud to be an American” kinda guy.
Go back to Kenya or Indonesia or Afghanistan….take Michelle, Wright, Pfleger, Rezko, and Ayers with you!
McCAIN ’08/HILLARY ’12

Obama made some many huge mistakes, and gaffes during this trip abroad that I’m thrilled he took it. The GOP has enough campaign ad material for months. Keep ‘em coming Obama! Lol.
Can we convince you to take another trip abroad very, very soon???!!!
LOLOL.

Obama – the photo op presidential candidate. No substance whatsoever.

Obama’s campaign paid top dollar to hire rock band Reamonn to bring in the crowd.

The polls are coming in. No bounce for Obama.
What a shame.

He needs to raise cash to pay for the band Reamonn who’s myspace blog has “We’ve been asked to play before the speech from Barack Obama tomorrow in Berlin….”
So Americans can figure out how he drew 200,000 people….this needs to be reported! I thought they were giving out free cigarettes or something. Now this explains it (also Reggae musician Patrice played).
I guess this is why they’re begging for more donations.

Why aren’t the MSM telling us that obama hired two of the biggest acts in Europe to perform before he spoke? This is what I would like to know.

OK….just searched Obama Berlin speech preceeded by free rock concert and alot of stuff came up….let’s hope cable news, network news and a few good papers will cover it 7/25.
It’s late here in L.A. good nite

Tired of Obama, tired of Flip-flopping.
Tired of FISA and Obama’s empty promises.
People United Means Action;

Obama is scary, risky and radical.
How dare this man act the part of President when visiting another country.
He’s embarrassing to America.
He is a three year senator and a Chicago con.
Show me your friends and I will show you who you are:
Reverend Wright anti American Pastor
Louis Farrakhan-Nation of Islam Leader
Father Flaeger-racist
William Ayers-coworker and domestic terrorist
Tony Rezko-criminal Chicago supporter
Obama is creepy.

how dare folks blame Obama for campaigning for the Presidency of the United States…The speech in Germany represents a bold unDukakis play…

Sounds like sour grapes from the McCain supporters. What part of “class act” don’t you understand? Obama knows where Iraq is located… which is considerably more than Senator McCain’s knowledge of geography. Was John the “one child left behind” that ‘ol George has been so worried about? Duh!

If God was standing there making a speech you all would find fault. No one can deny that Obama has made his mark. He was not even known last year, but now Europe greeted him with 200 thousand people. What even happens in Nov you have to admit that he has accomplished much more than expected. And that is because his team knows how to run a campaign.

Obama’s Berlin speech makes it clear that he’s just using the American election to skip on to King Of The World. But that’s the Obama way.
Skip from Street Organizor to State Senator by clearing the competition.
Skip from State Senator to U.S. Senator by getting credit for the hard work of your fellow senators.
Skip from mere months in the U.S. Senate to Presidential Candidate by overstating his achievements but not doing any actual hard work.
Obama is all show. But I do believe he has plans for the world. After all, it’s good to be King. Too bad he can’t just run for that and leave America alone.

This is soooo funny, He is taking your money and he has not even been elected yet. I guess he is getting his followers primed for the real bloodbath when he taxes you for what you have left. Be a good sheep.

Snubbing the wounded in Germany should get him more donations from the “hate America” first crowd. They — and the biased media — seem to be the only ones polling any significant numbers for him. The Audacity of a Dope.

Jake, I love it when you call Obama’s team on their clearly over marketed campaign. It it clear that anything can be sold in America. It doesn’t have to be a good product, all you need is the right branding.

Posted by: zen | Jul 25, 2008 4:33:10 AM
Great, zen. Many of us would like to see Obama remain in Germany.
Forever.

I donated before the speech was even given. After John Sydney McCain III “dared” Obama to travel I was impressed by the young man meeting with our troops and the foreign leaders and the obvious connections he is already making. Quite a contrast to the Bush years and by extension a McCain administration. John has promised to keep going it alone and still wants us to be an occupation force in Iraq.

Not to mention 2 very popular bands were playing an event before he started speaking. Hence the huge crowds. Obama is such a fraud!

So, Hussein Obama travels to raise campaign funds while promoting a communist style redistribution of wealth in a world commune.
Change? Obama must be referring to the change in your pocket.
Yeah. He wants that, too.
No one should be surprised…

On November 5th when we have another Republican president, the American public is going to start to take a very hard look at the media. What the heck is it with you guys that you feel entitled to select our presidential candidates?

he gets big crowds by piggybacking or opening for concerts sometimes. During the primaries, when Hillary was to give a speech, his campaign was offering Dave Matthews tickets to draw a huge crowd and attention away from Hillary (my pick for Pres). I am not impressed that Europeans love this guy…hey, the French love Jerry Lewis so they should really fawn over this goofball.

Charisma, looks, crowds, “speeches” and lots of cash….But he still can’t get the “bump” in the polls against the “old guy”. Hmmmmm.

Obama is raising tons of cash and getting enourmous media coverage with this trip. Still, McCain is close in the polls. Rasmussen and Gallup has it a virtual tie. It’s amazing that a 71 year-old man, with no support from his base, a damaged Republican brand and limited media coverage has done so well. It didn’t seem possible a few weeks back, but McCain is making this a close race. I just don’t get it.

What happened to free speech? Obama goes to Germany and disses our troops then blocks the Germans from free speech by not allowing any banners at the concert … I mean prepared speech.

For all of you Republicans that find fault in Obama’s thunderous and well received speech in Berlin. I say get a life, my candidate has made me very proud. Stop attacking Sen Obama for attack sake, it makes Sen McCan’t seem like an Old Angry Man. McCain supporters should be spending more time trying to explain their candidates policies and positions, or do they not know where the flip flop “Lying” Kings actually stand. Please report on your candidates trips to Canada, South America, Sausage Shop in Berlin Ohio and a grocery store. Pretty boring, just like McLame’s policies.
Why does the Republican Party keep trying to Dumb the Presidency down?
Could it be because McOld finished 894th out 899 at the Naval academy.
The world has seen what can happen in the hands of a C student (W) and McCain has admitted that has GPA would be closer to a D-.
Obama 08

Independent, whether you agree with his policies or not, it’s clear that McCain loves America and puts his country above all else. Obama puts himself and his ego above all else (can you even count all the people he’s thrown under his bus?) and no one is quite sure where America ranks on his list of priorities – is she number one in his mind or just another country in his vast world empire?

James – you’re a great example of the glassy-eyed followers of Obama. You and your candidate are so far left that your grasping at air to even hang onto the edge of the political spectrum. After alienating moderate Dems, now you’re trying to breed animosity against McCain with name-calling? McBush, McSame, McLame – snore…grow up.
Now you want to rehash Bush the C-student and McCain the ‘failure of the Naval Academy’? Is that the measure of the candidacy? If so, let’s talk about Barry’s teen years – experimenting with various presidential substances?
Get back to the issues and candidates’ records.

That he did but I did not donate >>>>>>He is getting so he is something else….Not the man I first thought.

Dictator! Dictator! BO imported press oppression practice from China.

Who cares that Obama stages publicity rallies in Germany? In the meantime, McCain is meeting with Americans in small settings to hear their concerns. Obama is smoke & mirrors. It’s all about his ego. McCain is the true public servant and the patriot to lead us for the next four years.

I hope the rest of the media wakes up soon. Of course the whole trip was a marketing push. Obama campaign must think we’re really stupid to believe the red donate button was only to share the video. The whole trip was all a publicity stunt.

Obama is white/black and he’s educated…that’s why some people won’t accept him.
think about it. if you’re the kind of white person who has suffered and failed your whole life and then a privliged, articulate, college educated, young black man comes along and is so popular…how are you going to feel?
that’s what racisim is…the belief that you somehow deserve something better than other people based simply on the color of your skin…that you have a right to a higher social position. “they’re black…how can they afford to live in MY neighborhood?”
there’s too much “us” and “them” mentality in america today…us and the germans, us and the french, us and the red states, us and the blue states, us and the immigrants…
the only way a democratic experiment like america can succeed is if we all work together for the common good. the republican system is counter to this fact.

$$$$ anyway you can get them. Overseas, here in the U.S. All a politcal game that tries to deflect the true nature of his visits.

This was a political trip at taxpayer’s expense. Everything about this person is a fraud It takes a lot of money when you have to “cook the news”.

He’s becoming such a cliche: The Manchurian Candidate, The Trojan Horse, The Empty Suit, Snake Oil Salesman, Panderer, etc. Pick one, pick any one: they all apply.

Len writes: “The polls are the only facts available, Chris. Everything else is anecdotal. With the press and the money spent, Obama should be showing a dramatic increase in support. Instead he is declining.”
Wow, we are making sweeping generalizations based on yesterday’s polling?
I think it’s far too early to gauge the impact of Obama’s trip to Europe, particularly since he’s still there. Moreover, the polls have been fluid, but still nationally favor Obama.
I agree with Larry Sabato who favors a climate that will usher in an Obama Presidency. Barring a game changing gaffe, this election is Obama’s to lose.
The 1980 model applies here. You have a new face to the national scene as opposed to an established figure. Polls didn’t break in a dramatic way for Reagan until the final weeks before the election. Once a certain threshold of comfort is passed with Obama, I think the same thing will happen to Obama that it did for Reagan.

Len: America would not have voted for Colin Powell for president..don’t be deceived, Colin Powell is a black man..whites would never vote for a black man in the general elections..I tell people that Barack would never win in the General election. Race is too big a factor in this country..don’t be fooled by the whites who support Obama now..in November to McCain they shall go. The economy would keep going down and down..and people who hated Barack would be angry but would not complain out of shame for putting McCain in the “President’s seat”

The Obama campaign “takes issue” with anyone who dares to speak the TRUTH as TRUTH is not a feature of this campaign. How long will it be before people realize what the Obama campaign is really all about? It’s certainly NOT about TRUTH. It’s about propaganda, deception and illusion – if people wish to make voting choices on the basis of MISINFORMATION they are acting in an extroadinarily irresponsible manner.
Of course this “world tour” was political – it was a total media stunt aimed at fostering the ILLUSION that Obama has foreign affairs credibility. No, he doesn’t. And of course the email described by JT was aimed 100% of raising money – if it wasn’t, why include a “CONTRIBUTE” button?
David Plouffe and Barack Obama deserve each other – both seem completely incapable of uttering anything which even barely resembles the TRUTH.

To Len: Your comments are great! Articulate, reasoned and spot-on. Keep ‘em coming! :D

In spite of all of the glowing news coverage this past week with his worldwide tour, Sen. Obama just can’t seem to shake the old man. The Left knows they are having difficulties on the issues so now they have drawn the race card: “Voting AGAINST Sen. Obama means you are a racist.” Have you no shame?

if the speech was not political in nature, then why was it on his website at all? he sent it around hoping for your dollars. and yes, foreign donations are illegal, but it seems that according to the website, obama has found a way around that. go figure. for a man that thinks canada has a president, and there are 57 states, and the great lakes are in oregon, i am not surprised. i want a president that the rest of the world respects, not a president they love. if they love a us president, it will be for what he plans to give them and allow them to do at our expense. a us president they respect would be one that will treat them fairly, but keep our welfare first and foremost. i am a hillary supporter, but i will vote mccain. i am not a mccain supporter, but i will vote for him against obama, as i know mccain loves america first and foremost.obama wants to be king of the world. i say let him, just not with the us as his base. no sour grapes here, just love of country first, party second. puma

for linda, where in new york are you waiting for those jobs. i live in upstate new york and hillary has visited every district at least twice. she brought two medical companies, and three importers to syracuse and rochester, and albany and plattsburgh. about 180,000 jobs alltold. and now she is working on the new hudson valley tech companies. where are you? she is the greatest senator we have ever had, she does a great deal of local work even though she is our united states senator, not our state senator. and her work after 9/11 getting health care for the volunteers was astounding. there has been so little said about any of that. but this thread is not about hillary, it is about the overseas speech of obama and he IS using it to raise money. it was not an altruistic speech at all. it was a calculated photo op as was the entire trip. the labels are for getting other people, including we taxpayers, supporters or not, to pay for it. as usual, he is going after the best deal for him, with not a thought for anyone else. no obama ’08 or ever.

Hillary will be so proud of you. Hopefully you will still have the right to vote after 4 years of McCain.
Posted by: Truth Matters | Jul 25, 2008 11:35:09 AM
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Truth obviously doesn’t matter, since it’s your party that fights tooth and nail against anything that reduces voter fraud.

Truth Matters, Sen. McCain was referring to the wounded veterans there in Germany. Sen. Obama is a member of the U. S. Senate Committe on Veteran’s Affairs. He should have taken a few minutes to cheer up a few of the wounded veterans–these same veterans who Sen. Obama wants to be their Commander-in-Chief. For someone who is touted as being so smart and having run such a very smart campaign, Sen. Obama blew this one. That tells us his priority and proves his lack of judgment. He just may have kissed the veteran vote good-bye!

Axelrod of Evil would sell his own grandmother to get BO the presidency, and BO would throw in everyone he’s thrown under the bus, which is about to include Jake Tapper. Jake, you MUST STOP TELLING THE TRUTH. Truth does not sit well with the Obama campaign. Their constant lying cannot withstand scrutiny. They scuttle into the dark when the light of truth moves in their direction.
The truth is going to save this country.

Hillary will be so proud of you. Hopefully you will still have the right to vote after 4 years of McCain.
Posted by: Truth Matters | Jul 25, 2008 11:35:09 AM
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LOL…it’s 4 years of Obama that have me worried about my right to vote in the ongoing years.
How much does the Obama campaign pay you?

i do have to leave, but i could not let the comment about hillary supporters and puma go unanswered. why does just about everyone assume that all hillary supporters are women and all pro-choice? i happen to be a woman and pro-choice.my two best friends are a male and a female. the male is pro-choice and the female is a right-to-lifer. we are all hillary supporters. we do not vote on one issue alone. many women are not pro-choice. many women vote on the economy and security rather than “womens’ issues”. i believe obama is a threat to national security. i believe mccain is not. i do not believe mccain wants to or would be able to over turn roe vs. wade. i do not believe mccain could single handedly appoint a supreme court judge without congressional approval. besides, six of the nine judges that originally decided roe vs. wade were appointed by republican presidents. surprise!! and with a judge you never know which way they will go just based on past decisions. judges think a lot. another surprise. as to my being a republican, you are partly right. i was a democrat for forty two years and voted straight ticket. on june 8th of this year i changed my party affiliation to republican. i will probably go independent next year, but i wanted to make a statement to the democratic party and unenrolled (the new york version of independent) did not seem to be strong enough. the democratic party has swung so far to the left that the fdr base of the party has been basically disenfranchised. i could not stay. i am a centrist like hillary. i do lean left, but only slightly. most pumas are like me. base democrats disillusioned with the party and their “new” base. so be it. i will vote mccain because obama is unqualified and his friends are so radical and anti-american that it is unthinkable to let him anywhere near the white house. mccain is a moderate and we will at least survive his presidency as a sovereign nation. i cant say the same for an obama administration, let him run for king of the world, just not president of the united states. country first, party second, puma.

Senator Obama comes across as a con-man, nothing more. He is a dud.

This playacting on the world stage will backfire. Americans are worried about the economy, gas prices and healthcare. McCain addresses our concerns and talk to us (not AT us). McCain has SUBSTANCE, talks SUBSTANCE and has SUBSTANCE to lead us for the next four years.

“The 1980 model applies here. You have a new face to the national scene as opposed to an established figure. Polls didn’t break in a dramatic way for Reagan until the final weeks before the election.”
Huh? Methinks you weren’t around for the 1980 election.
Reagan was anything but a new face. From his B-actor career roles, stint as California governor and failed bid for the Presidency, he was THE face of neocon politics and in many ways, it’s singular success. Reagan won on the wave of revulsion to the 70s recession (remember K cars?) and incredulity with Carter’s defeatism and failure to secure the Iranian hostages. Teddy Kennedy has as much responsibility for Reagan as anyone could. Teddy fought Carter tooth and nail right up to the nomination speeches. It was tres ugly.
IOW, chiefly Reagan got lucky and Carter got Kennedied. If you’re basing Obama’s chances on luck, so be it but the reality is when he gets back from his dog and pony show, he will be up against the issues like the economy. Again, no one owns issues so he will have to start making his image into one of competency over celebrity.

Anyone considering voting for this blithering idiot better first have a clear understanding what he actually stands for. Obama’s statement in Berlin that he was “a citizen of the World” was NOT idle chatter. The following from WorldNetDaily:
“Obama’s $845 billion U.N. plan forwarded to U.S. Senate floor
‘Global Poverty Act’ to cost each citizen $2,500 or more
Tom DeWeese at NewsWithViews said the plan “is very telling” about what Obama would do as president.
DeWeese, president of the American Policy Center, warned the over-arching plan includes the ideals of consolidating all international agencies under the U.N., regulation by the U.N. of all corporate environmental issues, license fees charged by the U.N. to use air, water and natural resources, a restructuring that would give hand-picked non-governmental organizations huge influence, authorize a standing U.N. army and require registration of all arms.”

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Sadly, yes. We already hear them.
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Where? I haven’t herd a peep about black racism. Ever.
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I may not be an Obama supporter but I’m dammed if I will blame blacks for voting for him.
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So it’s OK if blacks vote for him just because he’s black, but white’s are racists if they vote for someone else because they’re white?

b.s.meter: Hillary supporter for McCain? You must think we’re idiots to float a lie like that – a Hillary supporter voting to extend the Iraq war, new tax cuts for the rich, the continuation of our train wreck corporate healthcare (except for the poor clogging our expensive ER’s for hangnail treatments), and to create a Supreme Court that will indisputably overturn Roe v. Wade? Senator Clinton supporters, like Senator Clinton herself, are disappointed but strongly interested in doing the best for this country. And the last 7 years, 6 of it under complete Republican rule, makes it abundantly clear that voting for Senator McCain does not do that.
A true Senator Clinton supporter will not vote for Senator McCain, that’s the reality that makes Republican’s pretend attempts to stir the pot fall flat.

jhw:
You got that wrong…guess you never heard of Reagan Democrats.
Dems DO vote republican sometimes.

Obama is Photo Ops We Can’t Believe In.
He used that trip to generate loads of MEDIA coverage to make him look good for voters in the US. The man is very manipulative. And can not be trusted.
Using Germany to further his political career, and then *using* his appearance there to raise money, to further his political career???
There is *nothing* new about Obama. He is as manipulative, deceptive and dishonest as any career politician can be. Wake up people! You are being manipulated by the liberals in the media that want to ram their Phony Messiah into the White House before you even get to vote in the election!

When 60-70% of a SOCIALIST country are cheering for Obama, that’s tells us all we need to know. It was the best thing that could have happened. The more he speaks, the better…the facade is dropping.
His arrogance is astonishing. He is short with reporters and gives the impression he would “cuss” you out as he did a fellow Ill. legislator that corrected him.
It’s amazing he is even in the running. I would like to know who is pulling the strings on the puppet show! I’ve never heard a candidate with so many er’s and uh’s speaking impromptuly. At least McCain doesn’t stumble.
Somebody should tell him that “a bomb” wasn’t dropped on Pearl Harbor. It was thousands.
Obama doesn’t know Afghans don’t speak Farsi as well as the number of states and which committees he is on…need I continue??? There’s many more besides hanging around terrorists and being protected by “goon”s and terrorists.
His books reveal he has a problem with self-identity which is common with someone of mixed race. He wants to appear black and receive the AA benefit, but remains confused about what to do with his “white half”.

Let the Obamessiah run for President of Germany, or Europe. Naaa… President of the WORLD!

INSULT TO INJURY …
The ‘real’ story is that Obama could have visited the wounded soldiers, but the Pentagon said not with the huge entourage and media circus … however, Obama supporters are now trying to mislead the American people by enabling Obama to now blame the Pentagon for HIS bad decision. This is a typical form of damage control that the Obama and his people have used throughout his campaign. If Obama does something right, they shower credit upon him … if he does something wrong, they blame it on someone else, or they tell us we misinterpreted what happened.

we keep hearing that the american news media paid for the free beer and food so they could photograph a big crowd during obama speech in germany, does anyone really know what happened during the event.

How many of you know that our service men and womens votes who are over seas DOES NOT Count, because this NO GOOD Congress will not do a thing to see that this is done.
The last Presidential election, over 80% of the votes from our overseas service men/women and Americans living over there due to work, did NOT have their vote counted. Our government says it is to costly and they do not have enough people to count all the votes.
Now give me a break, we can have oversight committees and pay them, yet we can’t have a government committee in each state count our overseas military votes or even give them a ballet?
Call, write your Congress this is an outrage and needs something done NOW>