Who’s in the Good Seats Around the Stage?

All hail King Obama

judgement =sitting in Wright’s church for 20 years.

Obama is a LIAR. MCCain didn’t say middle class is under $5 million.
PUMAs for McCain

Asked by Warren “at what point–give me a number, give me a specific number–[...]do you move from middle class to rich?”, McCain replied “How about $5 million?

Ryan,
stop lying like Obama. The question was what is rich (not a word about middle class) McCain JOKED about $5 million.
Obama forget about Ayres and Wright. His other heroes.

“Here we go. Doom and Gloom. Hey Obama didn’t you and your buddy Wright buy mansions the past 8 years. Why yes you did.”
Its called compassionate for the less fortunate who haven’t done well in bad economic times.
Falling on deaf ears with the screw you I got mine crowd, I guess.

btw Joe BIden has been there for 36 years

Let’s say for a minute Obama gives a tax break to 95% of Americans. Increases services. All funded by what – the top 5%? Can you say welfare state? Do you honestly think I’m gonna keep working my off to hand more taxes to the gov’t? Think again.

Obama, all talk and no cattle.
The Dems have really blown 2008 by foolishly and undemocratically nominating Barack Obama who is unqualified and unelectable.
Hillary Clinton should be the nominee. Hillary could win this election in a walk.
Damn the Dems. Hold them accountable for this 2008 undemocratic campaign debacle.
Vote McCain 08 and Hillary 2012.
Country first, party second.

“Let’s say for a minute Obama gives a tax break to 95% of Americans. Increases services. All funded by what – the top 5%? Can you say welfare state? Do you honestly think I’m gonna keep working my off to hand more taxes to the gov’t? Think again.”
So you make $250K+?
Good for you.
By all means stop working hard so you make less money as a middle finger to the government.
That would really show ‘em who the smart one is!

Wow. The “crowd” is very unimpressed. They just want to hear Springsteen.
HOW OBAMA? HOW?

Hey jake you see all them loser too huh? The’ll let anyone in there if the price is right..

Obama has no fresh ideas. McCain;s wife house -smallest of the small things right obama? here we go the race card.

Weak Speech. A bunch of non-specific liberal crap.

It is an impressive set. I bet it cost a lot of money and carbon footprint to have this show. Senator Obama is a big spender. Guess how much he would spend if he is elected?

So Obama knows which cave Bin Laden is hiding in. Why doesn’t Obama go get him? or perhaps Obama is lying once more.

The seats around the Obama stage went to the members and children of the New American Politburo…

Old Joe Biden was at the Democrat Convention when John McCain was in the Hanoi Hilton…
There’s some change we can all believe in…

Wow you all are republicans …..To funny. Enjoy while it lasts…

Yea he gave us the good olde line
about going after big government and what about the 95 percent middle tax break, yea right.
any way in the end it all comes down to that 10 seconds the american voter spends in the booth.

indep voter I’ve been a life long democrat who spend my life detesting the gop but i gotta tell ya I can’t stand Obama.
the botton line obama is gonna face is that we the blue collar democrats don’t like obama. and if you don’t like him you ain’t gonna vote for him.

Talk about the olde way of politics I see that Joe Biden who has been in the senate for 30 years has a son who is attorney geneal of delaware, talk about no change. its all the same hyprpcrisy.
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I’m sorry but That’s was not what I excepted from Obama. It was a disappointing speech….I think he needed Hillary’s speech writer!!
He said he will debate McCain, he keeps saying that he keeps running from debates period!!

Sitting here, stage right, third row, I see Comrade Michelle, Comrade Joe, Comrade Harry, Comrade Nancy, Comrade Craig, and various family members…

Al – not following your point. Cronyism associated with the Obama camp?
Joe and Beau Biden
Mayor Richard M, son of Richard J Daley
Ted, brother of RFK and JFK…Caroline the daughter and vetter
Even the grand-daugher of Ike now?
weird…

Al
You hit it right. The media is sucking up so bad.
geevill
Obama is a LIAR. MCCain didn’t say middle class is under $5 million.
Now obama did take that out of context McCain said at Saddleback Forum-I don’t know what is considered rich I say 5 million and laugh and said someone will take this comment and run with it…And Obama sure did.

Fish monger 3 out of the 4 examples you gave are democrats.

How disappointing!
After all the time spent at the expense of the citizens of Kansas, Kathleen “Kiss Up to Obama” Sebelius was not among the annointed few…
Perhaps she can spend a bit more time now doing the job she was elected to do instead of chasing after her rock star politician…

Al – my sarcasm must be too subtle. Obama is knee-deep in old-school politics and politicians.

Yes, and all the MSM idiots covering the speech were saying how impressed they were with his “toughness.” That everyone had been so wrong in saying that he couldn’t stand up to John McCain and be strong and tough.
The abilitiy to stand all alone on a movie set that was tailored especially for you, and badmouth John McCain from a teleprompter, does not mean you will be able to pull it off when you’re standing on a stage one on one with the man with no prepared words in front of you.
Duh, uh, uh, mmmmm, uh, yeah, well, I agree with John on that one, duh, ummmm.

When the media asked Mitt Romney how many houses he has he replied 4, one less than John Kerry.
same olde same olde

Maybe McCain will pick Ross Perot as his v.p. That would make two old nut jobs.

The biggest battle ground state will be California, if the gop takes it its all over, and they acturally have a chance with govenor Arnold. At the very least the gop will force the DNC to spend more moeny then they want in California.

That speech was the most disappointing drivel of rerun, tired, same-old, same-old boring mainstream Democratic crap. If that is the change I can believe in, I think I will go with the white-haired dude who has actually done something in his life and not been the great pretender, Barack Obama.
Hillary 2012

Jack as a life long democrat i can tell you that the democrats have always had a divese group at their conventions.
This will be my first time i either don’t vote or vote for a repulican. and i’m not crazy about mcain either

Jack,
You mean like the same kind of diversity you would see at an NFL football game or rock concert at a big stadium??
You’re right, you won’t be seeing that at the Republican Convention. They’re planning on nominating a presidential candidate, not launching the career of a matinee idol.

Francis-Obama said he is his brothers keeper, but his brother lives in a box.
oops!! I guess he forgot all about him.. Obama will probably say his brother is not the same person he knew.

OFFENSIVE DID THE COLLEGES THEY ATTENDED HAVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICIES, IS SO DO YOU STILL CONSIDER IT OFFENSIVE?
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It doesn’t matter if they had affirmative action policies or not, that doesn’t mean that that’s the only reason they got in. The seem to be very intelligent to me. Do you honostly think that’s the way all blacks get into college? You don’t have to answer that because your comments say it all.

Senator Obama, I will vote for you when you enter that cave and bring back that mad man/terrorist who planned the 9/11 attack. Of course, this must happen soon.
Otherwise, I will vote for a true stateman and candidate, Senator McCain.
I just forgot, you like and respect terrorists like Bill Ayers and others.

You mean like the same kind of diversity you would see at an NFL football game or rock concert at a big stadium??
You’re right, you won’t be seeing that at the Republican Convention. They’re planning on nominating a presidential candidate, not launching the career of a matinee idol.
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So you are saying that divirsity isn’t welcomed when nominating a republican presidential candidate? The privilege to attending that function is only reserved for the select few?

This is without a doubt the nastiest acceptance speech I’ve ever heard in my life. He delivered an unusually amount of direct personal assault on his opponent.

As a democrat who will vote for McCain, largely because I believe the Presidency is for people who have been public servants over the long haul, here are some observations:
1. The set and fireworks were not needed, but only a little overblown.
2. How come Michelle Obama got stuck having to tell all the lies of this conventions?
a. she and her husband could have had high powered jobs in law firms – well who wants to work 80 hour weeks for a law firm when you can make $300,000 working for a hosptial and on the board of a company that is a wal moart supplier, after a job with the City of Chicago, that you accepted only after your husband talked to the hiring manager, and he can write an autobiography that makes millions instead?
b. She said tonite in the film that she and her husband never talked about him running for various high offices – only serving the American People. Well it is a matter of public record that he entered the USSenate with a 2008- 2012 – 2016 plan for the offices he would run for – with the Presidency at 2016 at the latest. I am sorry Barack did not share this with Michelle, but his campaign shared his plan with the Chicago papers.
c. Barack told us about all of the things his parents and grandparents did for him, but still can not fill out exactly what he did in the US Senate where he really did not show up. AS an earlier poster said, I am from Chicago, and I am well aware of what he did instead of contributing as an elected official. Today, his campaign sent an email out to his supporters asking them to call and email a very prominent Chicago radio station, demanding that they not allow someone doing research on Barack Obama and Bill Ayer and the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. In this case, Barack Obama is not for transparency and freedom of the press. The station is saying the pushback is unprecedented.
d. Yes, John McCain has not always taken positions that are popular with republicans. Barack Obama has taken positions that are party line democratic positions virtually 100% of the time – especially in the Illinois state Senate.
e. Yes John McCain has been in the Senate for 26 years and Joe Biden has been thee 35 years – and this is largely Joe’s only job. John McCain alone among the candidates so far announced, is the only one that understands all the risks of war.
f. Two of things that Barack mentioned in his speech – immigration policy breaking up families and gun control legislation that at least includes a ban against assault rifles – John McCain agrees with.
g. Now, exactly why did the campaign say Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen appearing and charged significant $$$ for seats, yet they did not appear? Maybe most people were there for the historic nature of the occasion, but a few were excited also about the entertainement.
h. As a non practicing Cahtolic, I was pretty dumbfounded by Nancy Pelosi’s Meet the Press interview about the Catholic Church’s position on the beginning of life. Pretty hard to believe that they want Catholic votes with when one of their most prominent Catholic leaders doesn’t properly represent the Chrurch’s teachings.
Other than that, a great speech – people will have to decide if a void of public service can be replaced by this speech. You should go to WGN radio(the home of the Chicago Cubs), Extension 720 from last nite and hear the full two hour interview on Barack Obama’s work on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge and the efforts of the Obama campaign to hide his work from 1995 to 2000 and beyond.

lOOK, WE ALL KNOW THAT OBAMA IS A VERY VERY INTELLIGENT PERSON, THAT BEING THE CASE HOW COULD SUCH A SMART PERSON (AND I’M BEING SERIOUS HERE) NOT KNOW HIS 1.6 MILLION HOME PURCHASE WITH REZKO WAS SUSPECT. THINK ABOUT IT. HOW COULD SOME ONE SO SMART BE SO STUPID. ANSWER: ?
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I know a lot of people with money, and they will use every loop hole they can to get a better deal. They get better deals that poor people because they know the ropes and they know the right people. This doesn’t make them horrible people. It makes them cheap and looking to pay less. Big businesses and corporations do it every day. They wheel and deal. It isn’t fair but it is what it is, and it will never stop.

HILLARY 2012

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How can anyone include affirmative action in their accomplishments when affirmative action is done with in the system without the recipient even knowing. Women benifit from affirmative action also not just blacks. There are so many positions women are in and doing a great job because of affirmative action. When she gets the promotion or the job, she isn’t told that it’s only because of affirmative action.

SO IF OBAMA TRIED TO WHEEL AND DEAL ON HIS HOUSE WITH REZKO HOW CAN WE TAKE HIM SERIOUS WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT CLOSING LOOP HOLES?

Al – Great point you made:
SO IF OBAMA TRIED TO WHEEL AND DEAL ON HIS HOUSE WITH REZKO HOW CAN WE TAKE HIM SERIOUS WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT CLOSING LOOP HOLES?

JACK I THOUGHT THAT WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED ABOUT THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS IS THE VERY THING THAT OBAMA IS TRYING TO STOP.
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He’s not trying to stop it on that level because it’s impossible. My dad plays golf and on the golf course all kinds of deals go down to help each other out. That kind of wheeling and dealing like getting a good deal on land or a house is small.

Hillary rocks…read my post again I was agreeing with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peach- You got that right..He opened himself up for that criticism… And Biden has been there longer..

So, you mean to tell me, that if you could get a deal on a great house with a chunck of land to go with it, you wouldn’t take it? It’s not hurting anyone in the process. It’s not taking the land away from anyone else. It’s just a piece of property that’s expensive but if you know this person who can give you a deal you wouldn’t jump on it?

Way to go, Peach.
I was thinking the exact same thing (that his VP pick Biden had been there 30+ years) when Obama made that remark about how long John McCain has been in the Senate.
You’d think he’d be a little more reluctant to point out the disparity in experience between himself and his opponent, rather than drawing such attention to it………….

Obama’s speeches used to be about “Hope and Change”, tonight it was about gloom and doom ??!!
What happened..the speech was had angry tone? why?

As soon as the speech was over I went straight to foxnews….
The repubs are in panic mode. They are so used to attacking the Democratic party, they NEVER expected Barack to fight back.
You repubs are on notice. GUT SHOTS, BODY BLOWS and HEAD SHOTS from now on !!!!!

naysayers…..you are now isignificant

people, poor, you are from the day before yesterday.
Shame on your stupid noise!

Yeah, you repubs didn’t think Barack was going to fight back did ya?
Head shots, body shots and GUT shots from now on !!!
The old man will be spitting up blood blood by October.
O’Biden ’08 YES WE WILL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stanley Kurtz doesn’t have “information”, he has lies and smears.
He has a right to right to smear anyone he likes, but the one who is being smeared has an equal right to rebut and protest.

Willem van Oranje and you know that for sure uh!! oh, wait it must of been Obama called you personally and told you huh.
Just because I don’t agree with you
you don’t have to call people a liar..

“Biden has been there longer”
Biden has a long list on his Senate-record that is stellar, and only two that are horrible: voting for the war, and voting for the credit card industry.
McCain has made a few decisions in the past that are stellar or at least okay. But since his embrace of the rightwing fringe, his record is truely horrible.

I took note of Senator Biden’s mom who is 90 or so on stage yesterday at his acceptance speech.
Where was Obama’s grandmother???
I don’t hear any mention of her only during his visit to Hawaii.

I don’t believe Obama’s granny is that sick….she was given a gag order long ago, or maybe she’s not really speaking with her grandson, like mom, Ann. Two years BO and mom weren’t talking before she died of ovarian cancer, alone in a hospital.
Thank God, McCain’s 96 year old mother is sharp, healthy and beautiful….and able to tell us about the character of her son.
Isn’t it wierd BO has no one but his wife and Michelle to speak on his behalf….friends? colleagues?
Joe, Hill and Bill have known him for 2 minutes….where are the long term associations? Oh, that’s right….Ayers, Wright and Rezko are not good character witnesses!
HILL SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN!

Geevil is right Obama is a liar…McCain made a joke about “what is rich” (when asked by Rick Warren) and he joked, and as soon as he said it HE KNEW THIS BOZO WAS GOING TO USE IT AGAINST HIM.
Thank God, McCain has a sense of humor, because I have seen the dark angry eyes of Obama and it ain’t pretty.

I just listened to Senator Obama’s speech the second time (rerun on TV) and I certainly came away angry from some of his lies, distortions and bogus promises. He is not a new politician with fresh ideas but the same old political rhetric and pandering. It sounded just like a speech a true socialist would make when trying to hide his agenda. And no, I will never vote for a man that thinks government should be a DO ALL for its citizens. The price is too high and too extreme. This whole thing was a spectacular event for his benefit–to make himself a super star, rock star but a perfect fool. He offers nothing for me, my family, friends, neighbors that I believe he will and can deliver.

Conventions NEVER determine the outcome of an election, or a speech. IT WILL BE THE MEASLEY 3 DEBATES OBAMA AGREED TO (since he’s afraid of McCain and town halls/debates). That will determine our 44th president.
50% of voters vote with emotion
50% vote party policies
I AM ONE PROUD HILLARY SUPPORTER WHO WILL STILL VOTE McCAIN!
The fraud BO unelectable.
You have to do MUCH public service before we hand you the keys to the WH…not just get asbestoes removed from a building. Skin color is not a determining factor in my decision.

MSNBC internet poll is showing 75% saying they are more likely to vote for Obama after his speech. Over 21,000 votes so far.
Obama already has over 2 million donors and his donation site is so busy it won’t load
Today is just the beginning, Republicans.
You are going to own your failures,

As long as McCain can help people see the difference between a “SPEECH” and real “ACTION”, then Obama’s lofty words mean nothing, and the feel-good moment will fade soon.

Exactly, Amy. McCain got alot of material to counter attack from that speech tonight. My first one would be, “This is the second time Sen. Obama you have said you’d debate me anytime, anywhere, and I said let’s do 10 town halls at the beginning of summer. You backed off then, but let’s set a date for next week…name the place”.
Plenty of other points McCain can jump on too.

If only democrats can think logically. Obama people can not define McCain as Bush. It is a rare opportunity to nullify the entire Democratic line of attack and McCain should seize on it
“The truth is, of course, that McCain is the most unlike Bush of any of the Republican senators. (When Obama’s people claim that Bush and McCain voted the same 94 percent of the time, they forget that most of the votes in the Senate are unanimous.) The fact that McCain backs commending a basketball team on its victory doesn’t mean that he is in lockstep ideologically with the president.
The issues on which McCain and Bush differ are legion:
• McCain fought for campaign finance reform — McCain-Feingold — that Bush fought and ultimately signed because he had no choice.
• McCain led the battle to restrict interrogation techniques of terror suspects and to ban torture.
• McCain went with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) on a tough measure to curb climate change, something Bush denies is going on.
• McCain opposed the Bush tax cuts when they passed.
• McCain urged the Iraq surge, a posture Bush rejected for years before conceding its wisdom.
• McCain favors FDA regulation of tobacco and sponsored legislation to that effect, a position all but a handful of Republican Senators oppose.
• McCain’s energy bill, also with Lieberman, is a virtual blueprint for energy independence and development of alternate sources.
• After the Enron scandal, McCain introduced sweeping reforms in corporate governance and legislation to guarantee pensions and prohibit golden parachutes for executives. Bush opposed McCain’s changes and the watered-down Sarbanes-Oxley bill eventuated.
• McCain has been harshly critical of congressional overspending, particularly of budgetary earmarks, a position Bush only lately adopted (after the Democrats took over Congress).

So Amy you offer that McCain fought against the Bush tax cuts as an example of his being anti-Bush(at the time he called them irresponsible) when MCain is campaigning on making those tax cuts permanent.
LOL!
Flip flopper & bush policy champion!

Compared with Obama’s flip-flops, McCain’s is minial. Anyway, can you offer some real meat showing that Obama can stand against his own party? He has said so much about his willingness to cross lines. I hope it is not the ethic reform, I have heard so much about it.

The worst mistake the GOP will make this cycle is underestimating Obama and the Democrats.

“It’s called cynicism…”
Which Willem is a philosophy that questions the presentation, or is an “unpleasant way of telling the truth”. Classically it is “advocating the pursuit of virtue in a simple and unmaterialistic lifestyle” and criticised greed.
The Haight-Ashbury district of the 1960s was full of Cynics. You probably called them “hippies”. Now it’s full of investors in upscale real estate development that helps finance the candidacies of men who take favors from crooks and use pork barrel legislation to filter money to the employer of their wife and then into their own pockets. In the 1960s, before the era of greed, these same investors were called “hippies”.
Call that… Cynical.