Column Inches

Our nation is going down the tubes and McCain is upset about those COLUMNS????
No wonder McCain equals:
Higher deficits for US; more debt to China
Lower minimum wage
Less pay, less safety for the worker, greater wealth for the rich
No incentives for jobs to be in the U.S.
No Social Security benefits?
No habeus corpus, no protection from illegal incarceration of American Citizens, kidnapping/ torture, loss of personal privacy, more prisons, more Constitution raping.
Women will have no rights,Taliban style. We will have lower pay for equal work, no Roe vs. Wade, no legal contraceptives, no child care outside the home. Women will again die horribly from illegal abortions. More newborns will be murdered.
Crime will increase as criminal cartels take control of contraceptive sales. And the starving steal, mug, or burglarize to feed their families.
Since school vouchers are Republican”s way of siphoning tax dollars to evangelical schools and starving public education, our children will learn only right wing world visions and who deserves to live in it.
McCain”s ignorance of and right wing sexual obsessions about the Internet will create laws limiting its use.
McCain will reinstate the draft and a foreign policy inline with his antiquated warrior fantasies. McCain”s foreign policy naïvity will lead us to wars, perhaps WWIII. And the use of nuclear weapons??.
And McBush/McCheney raves on aBOUT COLUMNS!!!!!

I say this is another one of those idiotic phony issues trumped up by the GOP and conservative media that makes no difference whatsoever to voters.
What else are they going to say? “Hey gang, thanks for the last eight years and all, but we’re not quite done yet. How’s about another four! Yeeeeeeeeeeahhh!”
Well no, they’re probably not going to say that. So it’s greek columns, Britney and Paris, Jeremiah Wright, and anything other than the obvious–that our country has been run into the ditch and they were the drunkards behind the wheel.

I say the Obama campaign has lost their minds. Why would you do such an overblown ceremony when the celebrity/rock star criticism worked so well?
Obama has lost his mojo. Look at how irrational he looks when he’s in decline.

To all of those throwing around insults, the fact of the matter is the spectacle will in fact affect the average American viewer.
Greek colums, a giant crowd, being lifted by a podium on hydrolics. Come on, this is going to turn people off.

oh Durant, that makes it much better. lol

Erick
There are quite a few things wrong with Obama’s campaign. Where should we start? How about his trying to silence an advertisement questioning his ties to Ayers? SO MUCH FOR FREE SPEECH UNDER THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY

The media is feeding this ridiculous attention to unimportant trivia and it plays right into McCain’s hands. If the media insisted on covering issues, we’d all be a lot better off. Many of these “attack ads” that are critiqued aren’t even running, they’re just fed to the media. Free publicity. Free manipulation. And we’re dumb enough to swallow it all.

Obama four more years of the same.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Let the hate begin…
You McCain supporters like to whine about everything Obama does. Maybe you want him to give his speech from a seat.

This is ridiculous. I wonder how many presidential candidates have appeared before columns before? Besides George Bush, I find it hard to believe that other candidates haven’t used things at the convention to make them seem, uh, presidential.
What is different about Obama using them? Is it because he’s a Democrat? Young-ish? Hmmm… what could it be. What could it be.
I keep getting the feeling that so many people here, and so many of the pundits, are kind of saying that the boy doesn’t know his place.

Jake,
I agree with the Obama campaign. Why does this matter? Shouldn’t the scene be a bit nice? What… they should have a jungle out there?
I mean this is the kind of stuff the GOP does that makes me less likely to vote for them. They don’t talk about any new ideas. Just their recycled garbage. It’s not surprising that a party who’s devoid of any ideas has to always change the topic to meaningless and most irrelevant subjects. How does the backdrop hurt Americans? How does talkin about it get us more jobs?
GOP Stupidy has really hit a new low.

Will it effect what he says?
Will the Republicans who poke fun at it add $$$$ to my wallet?

so what exactly does the republican set look like?
green seems to work. lol

I dont know how anybody will think McCain is not arrogant but Obama is.
Doesnt make sense at all. You watch McCain speak and you wouldn`t need anybody to tell you that.

I’m disgusted about how immature the McCain campaign has been. It’s like they think this election is a big joke. Paris, Britney, arugala, now columns? Give me a break.

Senator Obama has a great message for America’s future.
Senator McCain? He wants to talk about Obama’s columns???

Bush IS the President, and they were columns and NOT a Temple.
And you’ll notice that the flags were of the United States and not the flag of the Obama States.

Actually Jake it was Reuters that first reported Obama’s stage was made to look like a “Greek temple”, not the GOP. Obama’s people did nothing to correct them, until everybody started laughing of course. Now Obama’s camp wants to blame the GOP for their own screw-ups? Ha. Nice try.
Nobody is going to mistake Bush’s ’04 backdrop for a temple, or anything more than vague White House imagery…which he was sort of living in at the time. There was also a Presidential seal. Stupid Bush…thinking he’s the President. He should have made a fake seal like Obama right?

Jake, please stop asking for comments. I never use vile language, but alas sometimes I’m critical of the MSM for liberal bias, and my comments are almost always taken down. That’s my honest take.

Notice how no one can speak to Obama’s accomplishments?
That’s because there aren’t any.

Of course it’s a phony issue. Why are you even discussing it?
Posted by: debbie | Aug 28, 2008 10:45:07 AM

Waaaa Waaaaaa!!
Obama is popular and McCain is jealous.
Stop whining because change is coming. McCain has no new ideas all he can do is talk tough. What an empty suite.
Obama 08

lol only the gop can use ancient greece set and then make fun of someone for using that set…. the only problem…
the columns are meant to reference Washington DC, not ancient Greece
lol you people are pathetic

Bush and McCain are arrogant in their personal claims with little ambition for the country. While Obama has a lot of ambition for the country and is humble in his personal speech.
The whole reason he wanted to do the speech at Invesco field is to open up the convention to those who have worked so hard in this campaign.
His campaign and his economic policy are all doing things from the bottom-up, not top-down.
Throw the bums out! Obama/Biden ’08

Obama is a megalomaniac.
Obama is neither qualified or electable. Obama-Biden is a loser. Where’s the bounce? Obama is going DOWN in the polls.
The Dems have really blown 2008 by nominating the wrong candidate(s).
Hillary Clinton should be the nominee. She could win this election in a walk.
Fools are made, not born.
McCain 08 and Hillary 2012.
Country first, party second.

it really is funny…when a whole political party is …jealous.

dr John
“Notice how no one can speak to Obama’s accomplishments?
That’s because there aren’t any.“
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if you want to lie make sure you are good at it.
In just two years Obama has worked across the aisle twice with Richard Lugar, a republican on Nuclear disarmament.
Obama has worked across the aisle on the Ethics reform bill.
He has been in public office for 12 years 8 of then in the Illinoise senate.
Bottonline; In just 3 years Obama has done more than half of what it took McCain 26 years to achieve. Thats a fact.
Obama has better judgment than McCain.

How do you point out differences with BO on the issues when he doesn’t have a position on any issue?
I REALLY wanted to like this guy and vote for him. However, after 2+ years, all I know is that he’s pretty proud of himself and wants “change”.
The only decision of substance he has made is to select as his running mate a man who has basically lived his entire life in DC. How is that “change”?
I wish McCain would name Hillary as his VP!

I say great! This Greek theme will be reassuring to the public that Obama is a “blue collar” worker and shares their values. This is the “world as it should be,” as wife Michelle spoon fed people at the DNC.

Why is it people think republicans are so fiscally responsable? Last time I checked the demos. had us out of debt.

Maybe he’ll have Sampson on one side and Hercules on the other side of him.

McCain was only a POW but
his promoters have turned
him into a fake war hero
and a national security
expert.
He’s just made a new enemy
- Russia.

Hey, I’ll give you this one a bit. Fair enough. But there are differences that make Obama’s much more “God-like.” First, at least Bush was President at the time and a lot of that stage was very Presidential. Second, nobody in the media was treating GWB as a God at the time, rather much the opposite. Now, you have this “God-like” (vommit) figure, giving a speech in this huge, outdoor arena, with many more grandiose columns. The whole thing says, “Look at me, I’m a God, worship me.”
Granted, this really is a silly issue. It’s not the reason I’m not voting for Obama – it’s his Marxist policies that scare me more!

Joe,
Dems are fiscally irresponsible – spend, spend, spend. Bill Clinton was the exception, and was a GREAT president. Bush was an abomination. But don’t you see the key here, centrists like Clinton and McCain always work best. Not far righties like Bush, or far lefties like Obama.

Maybe Sampson and Hercules will accompany him on stage.

Jake
MLK’s speech anniversary is today. His speech was in front of greek columns at the Lincoln Memorial. Bush gave his 2004 acceptance speech in front of greek columns. This is the same sad, and petty stuff we except from the Republicans. Where is he supposed to give the speech from a shack? There are greek columns all over Washington, are all the politicians having an ego problem too? The Republicans are not going to win, they only have negativity to sell Americans. And guess what, we are not going to fall for it this time.

McCain’s just trying to deflect attention from the fact that he still hasn’t been able to give away enough tickets to fill the 10,000 seat arena in Dayton to announce his VP. More protesters are expected than attendees at this point. Word is McCain wanted to move the event to one of his mansions, but they wouldn’t be able to fill that either.

Jeff
You got it wrong… if you are going to try to slander Obama…Obama paid for his house…you know with the money that he himself had to earn from the education that he himself had to get himself through and pay for and figure out how to pay for that morgage (something John mccain wouldn’t even know what it was if it was in front of him)like the rest of us…
rezko’s wife bought an adjoining little lot in that admittedly stupid mistake Obama made.
and Obama met his brother once… …you remember this is a brother from a father who left him at a young age…
so yeah …Cindy just doesn’t like her sister. Nice real nice.

It’s hilarious watching the Republicans mask their jealousy by feigning outrage over non-issues. Just admit it, you’ve always hated McCain, and now you have to vote for him even though you know he’s the same backstabbing, hotheaded, pandering old fool he’s always been.

@Mark,
Right. Let’s see. Twice in three years!!! Man, Zerobama worked twice in three years! But, let’s what happened to this “twice”.
“In just two years Obama has worked across the aisle twice with Richard Lugar, a republican on Nuclear disarmament.”
Really? Zerobama disarmed Nuclear bombs! You must be mistaken his gave-in to his nuclear waste friends and comapaign donors from Illinois.
“Obama has worked across the aisle on the Ethics reform bill.”
You are probably too young to know, but for your information, it was a bill did not become law for technicality despite passing the senate by more than 95 votes, before he came to being in the Senate. Now his Lord Daddy Reid trying hard to boost his Nothingness Zero record give him the bill to manage, which passed by a 98-2.
For this phony, he has less than 1% of the ability and capability of a president like WJC, who persuaded the congress to pass his economic policy bill at a vote of 51-49, which resulted in 8 years of unprecedented prosperity and peace in the country’s history.
For comparison, his opponent indeed does have a record of working with democrats, about 50% of time and getting about 50% of promises accomplished, despite objections from his Republican side.

DL,
Obama consulted with Rezko on the purchase of his house in Hyde Park. The owner of the house Obama purchased would NOT sell the house separately from the lot, so it was arranged that Rezko’s wife would purchase the land. The day after Obama closed, Rezko’s wife closed on the lot.
The moral here is: Obama would not have been able to get that house were it not for Rezko arranging to buy the lot next door.
DO YOUR RESEARCH

Come on people, Barack is brilliant!
He played a great Moses before, and he will do a dazzling Zeus tonight!
Watch for the thunderbolts coming out

It doesn’t matter what the stage looks like, the right will find a reason to make fun of it. That’s their only political strategy. Don’t come up with any original ideas, just ridicule others.

Obama is the exact opposite of Bush. Obama was born with nothing and worked his way to the top. Bush was born on third base, thinking he hit a triple, and proceeded to steal second.

Time magazine asked McCain to define ‘honor.’
McCain told them to read it in his books.
A presidential candidate should never react that way to a question like that.
The GOP is upset that the DemocraTIC Party is very re-energized.

It is blasphemy for repubs to try to compare Obama to God. Has the McCain campaign stooped this low?
Posted by: Keith | Aug 28, 2008
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If you are so ashamed yourself, don’t blame your opponent for criticizing it and pointing it out for you blinds. Zerobameus he himself enacted a God of Nothingness, now that he is descending up on us at the Temple of Doom on top of Mile High.

Why is Obama the candidate with superior judgment?
Because he is schooling Bush and McCain on foreign policy:
1. Talking to Iran
2. Drawing a timetable for troop withdrawal in Iraq
3. Opposing a the war in Iraq(worst foreign policy in our history).
This is judgment you can believe in.

I saw the columns this morning on Good Morning America. They don’t weird at all, they look fine to me. I don’t get what the big deal is. It seems that McCain, Bush, Rove and the Republicans don’t have issues to talk about so they bring up this nonsense.

Peasant– Love that –”Obama the Magnificent”.

I for one don’t think the republicans could pass economy 101! THE REPUBLICANS ARE SELLING OUR COUNTRY OUT!!!!

DL,
Once again, DO YOUR RESEARCH. The owner of the house and lot would only sell it as a PACKAGE DEAL. Obama could NOT afford both, so Rezko stepped in.
John McCain – got all of his houses honestly
Barack Obama – used a political contributor to live beyond his means.
Face it, Obama is a shady character who cuts corners to get what he didn’t earn.

It is not just about the Greek columns. Obama suddenly appearing on stage via machine from above or below is a trick in Greek tragedies. It is called “deus ex machina.” If you know what it means, great; if you do not, google it.
It is not good. Fodder for Republican jokes.
We need less theatrics; smaller crowds; more substance or Dems loose, plain and simple.

Maybe Mclame can cut a deal with the oil companies and get us out of debt!

“Obama had EARNED himself wealth finally when he bought that house…”

This is so ridiculous.
Is there any attack from the Republicans on Obama that isn’t either rooted in falsehood (yesterday’s ad), or so trivial it’s literally about DECORATING?
You’d think something like this would create a bit of a narrative. The factual basis of every Republican attack on Obama is either rooted in total falsehoods or superficial trivialities.

Anonymous,
Sorry, but that’s an outright lie. Obama has admitted his mistake in dealing with Rezko. He admitted guilt there. Fortunately he didn’t do anything illegal, but it was an abuse of power and using campaign contributors (or their wives) to live beyond his means.
As far as Ayers, the ad there is just asking about the connection between the two. It went from “he lives in the same neighborhood” to “we’ve talked a few times” to “we served on a board together” to “we’re friendly” to…. who knows. And that’s what WE want to know.

First let me point out to you libs below bringing up the home, McCains wife owns the homes noy McCain, they were own prior also (all but one) to their marriage!
How many homes does your beloved Gore own? or Kerry?
Now lets go to Obama’s where there is actually questions on who bought the house, the deal he got through his buddy Convicted criminal Rezko!!
Obama who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, cant even provide proof he was born in this country!!
Now lets go to the coloums their is a big difference between Bush who by the way spoke in front of Roman columns that were set up on the stage at the RNC, and Obama who thinks he is the messiah going to a different location and speaking like he is Zeus in front of Greek columns.
Beck – all drafts were initiated by democrats, ok and your libs tried to start the draft already!
Beck your liberal appeasement policies lead us to War not Strength, sorry wrong again – look at WW2 and 1 and this war
Beck – The public school system is bad, it is a liberal indocrination not teaching our children anything. school vouchers give the parents the choice to where they send their children, by even you own comments the parents will be sending their kids to religous shows that the parents will think they are better! oh by the way it costa an average of 13,000 dollars a year per child in public school to get taught nothing, and only about 5,000 a year in private school where 95% go on to college! so vouches will save us money!
newborns being murdered is because of Obama
all equal rights bill were passed because of Republicans
see it seems your a perfect example of why our public education needs to be fixed!
Jobs are going over seas because the libs are taxing the corporations, we tax the corporations more then any other country except China and Japan!
the dems are bankrupting social sercurity!
Minimum wage the only people i know that make that are children that work!
Criminal combatents caught on the battlefield do not get Habeus corpes
What about Obama saying certain reporters should be jailed.
Roe v Wade in itself is unconstitutional it is up to the states.
Please note their were no known cases of woman dieing due to illegal abortions in the 60′s and 70′s that was all a lie about the same as you socialists do now.
You libs would rather see Americans die then a female interrogator talk to a terrorist because that is what you call torture!
obama speaks and says nothing!! People are dying in the countries that have the socialized health care that the messiah wants to bring here
People are losing jobs now because the Libs took a vacation and will not allow drilling, yes they will lie to us and say they are for it, but yet they will not force Pelosi’s hand to allow a vote, and when they do they will put on extreme conditions of drilling all why people starve and lose jobs, all in the name of Socialism!!
And do not forget Obama threatening news orgs that they will lose money or be tax more if they report on Ayers (CNN and Fox 5 that is collapse under the pressure) and his surrogates sending out letters threatening to sue anyone that starts a 527 against Obama!

DL,
What is so hard to understand????
Obama bought a house he COULD NOT AFFORD. Rezko had to step in to buy the land because the seller wanted to sell it as a package deal, not individually.
Yes, Obama bought it with his own money – BUT THAT MONEY WAN’T ENOUGH TO GET THE HOUSE, SO HE HAD TO RELY ON A POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR.
STOP THE SPIN. HE’S GUILTY. HE ADMITTED IT.

GEORGE W. OBAMA

McCain – owns 7 houses, mostly in his wife’s name
Obama – owns 1 house, legally in his name but in reality PAID FOR BY THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANTOINE REZKO. LOL!@!!!

Posted by: Joe | Aug 28, 2008 11:37:24 AM
The economy grew 3.3% last quarter.
Democrats want CHANGE.
I guess that means they want a recession or a depression.

dl-
Define “house”
Define “home”
And I am not kidding.

Jeff
He could have asked anyone to buy the adjoining lot. THEY MADE A PROFIT BY BUYING THAT LOT!
Obama bought his home with his own money. The adjoining lot was bought by someone he knew and THEY MADE MONEY FROM BUYING IT!
The Mccain’s homes…… well we have no idea.
no one does and to say we do …is a lie.

Dr. John
a condo or house that you or your spouse own that you can live in.

Belle starr
that is a lie
again a Profit was made on that transaction. so stop
as has been reported from every fact check organization and paper out there (that is not a republican cover)

My two cents:
Obviously, the convention organizers did not intend to allude to a Greek temple in which Obama could appear as a god. However, the visual allusion is there, otherwise people wouldn’t be noticing it.
Bush 2004: The columns are more figurative and (somewhat) less subtle. They just don’t have that…”Spartacus” look…Also, Bush was already president at the time, so the White House imagery might have been more appropriate for him. Obama is not president yet.
Here, it looks like they are building an exact replica of the Rose Garden, complete with press podium. To me, this is obnoxious. Obama’s advisors are saying to themselves, “we need to get people used to the visual of Obama in the White House. They aren’t comfortable with him yet.” Somewhat cheesy ad condescending.
If the columns are meant to invoke King’s famous speech, it is hubris. Suggesting that Obama’s speech will have the same impact and significance as King’s BEFORE the speech is even made? Hubris.
If the columns are meant to invoke a boring run-of-the-mill government building? Boring and cheesy.

belle stargazer and G W Bush invested about $175,000. in the Texas Rangers baseball team to turn a profit of about $17 millionm a few short years later, thanks to his Dad’s friends. How do you think he got in to the Governor’s mansion in Texas, certainly not on his own dime or talent.

Beck– he’ll build the middle class alright but from the top down. Redistribution my friend.Socialism that is.

Oh! so if Bush did it first, it’s o.k. for Obama to copy it…what happened to “change” dude ??
Obama is becoming more like Bush than McCain!!

How much is all this costing american taxpayers?

I wish that McCain would announce his Vee Pee at the same time that Obama is giving his acceptance speech.
What would be the result?
Obama/Biden 08
Yes We Can!!!!

dsavis Bush will have no problem filling a 75,000 person stadium, they will order all the nearest military units to send in all the avalible troops to fill in empty seats, of course under the guise of for security purposes.

Ryan:
Actually, I don’t really care if he wants to portray himself that way. Its not that far off from what another candidate (D or R) might do. I think its cheesy, sorry.
I do think it is a mistake for the Obama campaign to select such a scene…the realistic aspect of the model evokes a temple and a facade. If McCain did it, it would also be cheesy. As before, I don’t think the Bush video columns were as…temply…heh.
Also, both candidates sent proxies to Georgia. It is part of the presidential posturing that comes naturally to both sides…so no, I don’t care that McCain sent people to Georgia.

Many voters have been inveigled
by the exaggerated and intensely
promoted military career of
John McCain.
The man is untutored in skillful
diplomacy and the judicious use
of military power when necessary.
His policies will weaken the
armed forces and bankrupt the
economy.

Joe,
Last I checked Obama was being funded heavily by oil execs. LOL
and Ayre’s favorite company Exelon(who practically own Obama and Axelrod)

” I just hope the News Media and ABC will do just as good of a job tearing down every little thing McCain McCain and the Republicans do next week . . .
Davis, May I interest you in a fine beachside condo with Greco-Roman architecture in Sedona?

Maybe this isn’t hype– maybe he for real. Sent here to save us all. Think about it.

“Dr. John
a condo or house that you or your spouse own that you can live in.”
Can live in or do live in?
How do the condo’s in which Cindy’s kids live count as “his house”?
How do the investment properties count as “his house”?
No matter how he answered it it was going to be mangled.

“Last I checked Obama was being funded heavily by oil execs”
According to FEC records compiled by open secrets Obama has received almost $423K from oil execs, employess etc. That is about 0.1% of his total donations.
McCain has received over $1,500,000 from the same industry, $200K of that was in the last month alone. That is about 0.9% of his total haul.
One candidate is more dependent upon oil money than the other and his name is John McCain

Davis–vast right wing conspiracy.

Rick C,
As the law states the group only has to devote a majority (aka 50.1%) of its money to non political purposes and is allowed under the law of the united states (as opposed to Rodina Obama) to air political ads. As long as 50.1% of their money is set aside for voter registration and what not they have broken no laws.

BECK – Unlike others, I do actually read what the candidates are proposing and then consider the likelihood of success and the ramifications. Ultimately, Obama’s plan to fix problems will raise my taxes and what’s the payback on my increased “contribution” to the national wallet? Obama’s economic policies would pose obstacles to national employment and growth prospects. His proposed tax on “windfall oil profits” penalizes an industry that makes lower profits than traditional manufacturing, employs millions, and is already a leading investor in alternate energy development. His proposed alternative energy plans includes “requiring” companies over whom he has no authority to do things they either do or do not want to do. His recent flips on Georgia/Russia show how much he has to learn about foreign policy (and I don’t want another Pres who’s VP is making critical decisions like that). And on and on … While his promises sound great, they’re lacking in foundation to make them work – even if they could get through Congress in the first place.

I see nothing wrong with the scene they’ve created. How can it possibly be worse than conscripting the Utah National Guardsmen, who arrived in New Orleans to help the people there, to instead act as a backdrop for Bush? Or the scene straight out of Hollywood they made for Bush’s speech in Jackson Square? I could go on and on about the stagecraft employed by Republicans, so, in all honesty, they need to shut up.

JMMM–if so they had better be real careful–40 years today MLK Jr. said” I have a dream, that someday a man will not be judged by the color of his skin, but by the CONTENT of his CHARACTER”.

How much do you think ACORN is getting for stage and sound for tonights affair?

right wingers–bull –I’m an Indepedent just like David Schuster and Keith Overbite.

“I could go on and on about the stagecraft employed by Republicans, so, in all honesty, they need to shut up.”

Zaggs,
The site says if everything the group’s lawyer says is true then they may qualify.
So basically you can count on them not qualifying.
I love that someone is thumping their chest about an obviously questionable group.
Again Republicans think the law does not apply to them.

Ryan C:
Anyway, basis for that outside of a blog or Obama press release?
Either way, it is moot, because you have not evidence that he did NOT request other envoys. Do you really think the Georgian president is going to specifically request Obama’s selection and reject McCain’s? He is also a Bush friend and ally, right?

Zaggs,
How is it a lie? Biden was requested to go to Georgia and Obama stayed out of it. Obama made no announcement. And obviously Biden was well received by their President.
Lieberman and Graham were specifically dispatched and announced by the McCain campaign as a political move. They didn’t announce they were going. McCain did.

Ryan C,
Biden was NOT INVITED by Saakashvili. Saakashvili himself said in his august 19th press conference (if I put the link its get deleted, its on the president of georgia’s website) “By the way I just have conversation with John Biden that was sent here by the senator Obama”. Last time I checked sent here by the senator means sent here by the senator, not invited. If Biden had been invited there would be no mention of Obama, yet there it was.

I noticed that sloppy kiss he planted on Biden’s missus and almost fell out of my chair!
What I find interesting is that all of the news reporters missed it AND the guys that were filming it.(??)
What say you, Jake???

“I noticed that sloppy kiss he planted on Biden’s missus and almost fell out of my chair!
What I find interesting is that all of the news reporters missed it AND the guys that were filming it.(??)”

jake,
it makes a difference when the media help frame it the way that the republicans want it framed. if no one had brought up the subject i’m sure most non-partisans wouldn’t have noticed or cared.

Zaggs,
It was reported in the ap and elsewhere.
I read your transcript and the President spoke very well of Biden.
Why does it not make sense to invite the chairman of the foreign relations committee. Someone who has been working with Georgia and their President for years.
I’m not saying Lieberman & Graham were unwelcome.
I’m saying McCain tried to play President. Obama’s campaign said nothing about this trip.

Ryan C,
Nothing was reported by the AP and elsewhere but what Biden said (look at your own quote), in fact, thats not even reporting its quoting. There has never been confirmation by the AP that Biden was invited. The president specifically said Biden was sent by Obama. If he wasn’t there was no reason to mention Obama’s name at all. Yet there it is. The only person who could confirm Biden’s version is Saakashvili, he did not confirm it and said the exact opposite.
Nor did Saakashvili talk well of Biden, he was mentioned one time in regards to being sent by Obama and assitance, thats all.

Obama campaign is so full of it. Bush had nothing near this in the arena he was in and he WAS THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME. I know Denzil there loves to play the Prez AND ACT AS IF…with Presidential seals and European speeches (he had to lure the crowd there with the most popular German rock band and other entertainment and beer), but this ain’t a movie and AMERICANS ARE TOO SMART FOR THIS FRAUD. Just because liberal media has to shove this pop celebrity at us doesn’t mean we grown ups want him near our White House!
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN!

I’m really bothered that Obama’s setup for his speech looks too much like the one for George Bush in 2004.

Wade,
Your argument on the columns was partially made that he was being presumptuous.
I offered an example of far more presumption of the Presidency on McCain’s part.
You said you did not care about McCain but Obama and columns well you claimed you did not care but went onto offer various slams.
All I did is show what a fraud you are.

What say I?
I say that the columns are intended to evoke those of the Lincoln Memorial, on whose steps Dr. King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech 45 years ago today.

“I noticed that sloppy kiss he planted on Biden’s missus and almost fell out of my chair!
What I find interesting is that all of the news reporters missed it AND the guys that were filming it.(??)”

Ok so I’m watching the convention. Why did everyone make a big deal out of the columns. I think the stage looks great and not overdone.

Ryan C and others:
Okay, I have been making fun of the columns for two days…the set actually looked pretty good with all the people, lights, etc., not overdone at all, very tasteful…I am a McCain supporter BTW (not a republican, though)
I think on its own in an empty stadium the set looked very strange…oh well.
Sorry Barack!