NO TRUE HILLARY SUPPORTER WOULD VOTE FOR McCAIN
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Did you just watch the roll call at the Convention -- when Illinois yielded to New York and Hillary officially gave all her delegates to Obama - and there was wild dancing and tears. I am so in love with America right now I feel like a nerd! (Guess that's nothing new...)
HILARY UNITES THE PARTY! NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN!
HILLARY GIVES THE BEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE TONIGHT UNITING THE PARTY AND URGING HER FOLLOWERS TO VOTE FOR OBAMA!!
ALWAYS REMEMBER: The Republicans inherited the biggest budget surplus in history from Bill Clinton and drove our economy into the ground while killing the soul of regular Americans and bankrupting the middle class. John McCain is George Bush with more anger issues. Plus, John McCain "doesn't believe that women deserve equal pay for equal work" or the right to access legal abortion.
TONIGHT! HILARY SPEAKS!!HERE IS MY BIG QUESTION: Given the gulf of differences between the Democrats and McCain, why would a Hillary supporter support McCain over Obama? What are they, nuts?
As Bob Casey said, "John McCain is not a maverick, he's Bush's sidekick!" A vote for McCain is a vote against HEALTH CARE FOR LOW INCOME CHILDREN, a vote against health care for everyone, a vote for more death of our young troops, for more war, for more corporate corruption, for more cronies and lobbyists, for more greed, for more anti-American sentiments abroad. And a vote for John McCain is a deeply unChristian, unethical, amoral vote that will set us back light years. A vote for John McCain is a vote for GEORGE BUSH AND his criminal corruption that stole billions of our taxpayer dollars in Iraq.
So please explain how on earth a sane person who cares about human life could vote for John McCain? Please leave comments in the thread.
HISTORY IN THE MAKING! MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH touched me deeply. It was so heartfelt, so honest and clear, there is no doubt whom should be our next president. There is no comparison between the candidates in the "honesty department."
Stay tuned for Wednesday night when Bill Clinton takes the stage to cheerlead for Obama!
This is the most important election of our time and I was blown away by Caroline Kennedy's introduction to her uncle Teddy. Ted Kennedy is a liberal lion and has always fought for the common man in his long Senatorial career.
posted by Lydia Cornell at
10:38 AM
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Hillary needs to offer to sit down ON CAMERA with a couple of "her" PUMA supporters so they can explain it to her .....
That would be interesting to watch.
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clif, at 11:18 AM
I do find it VERY interesting with how much Bush ET Al have played the slightest idea of a foreign terrorist to PUMP up the fear,
How MUCH the Bush lead FBI is trying to down play arresting three RIGHT WING people with rifles and scopes who claim they wanted to kill Barack Obama Thursday night.
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clif, at 11:27 AM
John McCain is a LIAR
Last night on the Jay Leno show John McCain lied to millions of American people. He claimed when he was in the POW camp he had no kitchen table however that was not true. He had a family back in the United States, and they sat at the very kitchen table he claimed didn't exist.
I wonder if his attempt to spin his inability to know how many houses his Rich wife has bought is also bleeding into his desire to hide the fact he had a family back in the United States which he abandoned when he cheated on his wife and divorced her for a much younger richer woman.
He claims so much because of his POW status, however for his wife and children who suffered here when he was over there, he seemed very willing to throw them away as yesterdays news, and now wants people to forget. Is that why he lied and claimed he didn't have a kitchen table because then people won't think about the family he abandoned just HIM .... always him.
McCain needs to stop using his POW status because it has a very seedy side, and his claims of a free pass falls flat when one thinks of how he is twisting the truth to fit his campaign needs.
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clif, at 1:16 PM
There is really only one reason why s Hillary supporter would vote for McLame. Vengeance! They assumed the nomination would be theirs. They've had that assumption since '05 or earlier. Hill's campaign wasn't prepared for someone like Obama. They assumed it would be over the first week of February. They had no plan B.
Most are not thinking with logic and reason. They think the DNC stole the nomination from Hillary. And even with Michigan and Florida delegates, Hillary still didn't have enough to put her over the top. Yet they'll keep using that as an excuse for losing.
Sometimes defeat is a bitter pill to swallow and these so called PUMAs are a lot of (mostly women) scorned. It really is an unfortunate turn of events for the Democratic party. These people would rather vote against their own self interest and the interest of the country to keep Hill's main competitor from winning in November.
I need to stop now before I start using language my mother wouldn't approve of.
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Robert Rouse, at 5:17 PM
Clif - I agree with you! If Hilary sat down on camera with her PUMA (Party Unity My Ass) supporters, that would be perfect.
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Lydia Cornell, at 5:20 PM
Robert - our internet keeps disconnecting. I just wrote you a 20 -line comment and tried to publish and it disconnected.
I'll start again!
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments about Ted Knight. I just left a comment for you over at your blog LEFT OF CENTRIST.
I agree with you about PUMA and how they vote against their own self-interests. But I also know several Hilary supporters who have no time to watch the news, they only watch mainstream media occasionally as they work long hours - and they had no idea Obama was a good person or had similar ideas and platform to Hilary.
They had no idea McCain was a flip-flopper, they only hear the good things the media reports about McCain.
Because most of America doesn't read blogs or watch pundits, they follow what the media tells them -- and they think hilary and McCain have the same platform!!!
It's astounding, the stupidity!!
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Lydia Cornell, at 5:30 PM
Also, I hear the public is not seeing the Democratic Convention in it's full glory - since Roger Ailes of FOX News is controlling the feed!
Apparently, Fox is not showing the Convention or the speakers in the right light. Fox pundits are interrupting and talking right -wing talking points over Michele Obama and Ted Kennedy.
Please correct me if I'm mistaken.
Why can't the Democrats control the feed for the biggest ad they have all year - their own convention?
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Lydia Cornell, at 5:35 PM
Lydia, faux noise can not allow the truth unfiltered especially to the American sheeple who buy their crap,
the only way they can continue to hood wink the sheeple who still watch and support the worst president ever is destroy the convention with their right wing lies and spin foisted over the real activities there.
If the people listened and saw with out o'lielly and the rest of the sycophants on faux,
faux as a viable propaganda outfit would be finished!
And the republican brand would be known by all as the bankrupt organization it has been ever since Reagan and his merry band of cut throats stole it from the moderate republicans and real conservatives.
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clif, at 5:58 PM
If Cindy McCain gives a speech at the GOPer convention;
Posted by Neil B
Hi everyone
My name is Cindy McCain. I am the wife of a POW.
I am here at the convention to introduce my husband,
the next Pow .. I mean president of the United states.
I met John not long after he was a POW, he was cheating on his wife at the time
because he had been a POW, and I just could not be prouder that he picked me.
It was a difficult time in the POW's ... I mean Johns life. You see he had to go home
to a wife who'd been badly injured in a car accident, now he had seen enough of these injuries when
he was a POW and felt it was his moral duty to divorce her. Oh sure he tried to work it out by having
sex with other women to save the marriage - but in the end it did not work because he was a POW.
I'd like to talk a little about myself and my accomplishments ....
I married a man who was a POW.
I was raised in a family with two sisters and I am an only child.
My father - who like John - the POW - cheated on and divorced his first wife,
he left me only one hundred million dollars when he died. Subsequently we have only been able to buy twelve houses,
Sadly it is not enough to keep John from feeling cooped up like a POW.
I lobby against mothers against drunk driving because I own a beer distributorship - those mothers should not threaten the
livelihood of a POW. Now you don't want to get John mad or he might call you a c*nt - which he called me once in public.
Sadly it is because he was a POW, that may have been the low point of my life. But I bounced back and told people that
mother Teresa told me to adopt a child even though I just made that part up because John was a POW.
I could go on and on and on and on,
but just let me leave off tonight by saying thank you all, and thank God, that John was a POW.
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clif, at 6:05 PM
Chuck Todd: Don’t believe the PUMA hype
And the democratic party included Hillary and Bill because they ARE democrats first and even though they took this Junes loss hard they will fight like hell for Barack because they know America can't take four more years of republican incompetence in Washington;
the republicans NOT so much;
Ron Paul planning parallel convention to send GOP a 'strong message' in Minneapolis
After being denied a speaking slot at the Republican convention this summer, former candidate Rep. Ron Paul, who is not supporting GOP nominee John McCain, has decided to stage his own parallel convention in Minneapolis.
"There is a growing surge of people out there just craving" for a return "to traditional American government, limited government that places personal liberty first and places an emphasis on personal responsibility and essentially gets out of the way after that," Paul spokesman Jesse Benton told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. "The buzz we get from supporters is that they are very eager to come to St. Paul and very eager to send a strong message."
After being initially viewed as little more than a gadfly's revolt, Paul's campaign picked up substantial steam during the GOP primaries, when the libertarian leaning Texan raised about $35 million almost entirely online and garnered more than a million votes. Paul's secured at least 35 convention delegates, but Republican party big-wigs are denying him a speaking slot.
The Tribune-Review has the details on Paul's parallel convention:
Maverick GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has booked an arena in Minneapolis for a "mini-convention" that could steal some of John McCain's thunder just days before he accepts the Republican nomination.
A Paul campaign aide said the Texas congressman hopes to pack about 11,000 supporters into the Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota on Sept. 2, which coincides with the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in neighboring St. Paul.
Benton tells MSNBC that Paul's decision to hold his own convention is about more than just not getting a speaking slot at the GOP's main shindig.
Paul's supporters are really "looking to build a national organization that is going to run at a grassroots level, be organized at a precinct level, and to identify candidates to support," Benton said, "real constitutionalist candidates."
Paul camp expects to have about 50 delegates to the national convention. They will attend the Paul convention and the campaign is encouraging them to go to the official GOP convention as "active and positive." But, Benton added, Paul's supporters are independent-minded and aren't going to be told what to do.
There's some evidence that Paul's influence is beginning to stretch beyond the presidential race already. Libertarian magazine Reason recently profiled several "Ron Paul Republicans" who are seeking congressional seats in House races across the country this year.
Funny the right wing corporate OWNED media has played the PUMA crap for all it is worth, BUT not a GOD DAMNED peep about the real revolt this year Ron Paul's backers and the GOPers denial of a candidate who has delegates.
I wonder if the right wing corporate owned MSM will find the time next week to even mention it at all?
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clif, at 6:19 PM
BTW remember Ross Perot, he ain't too keen on St Johnny the POW;
When Ross Perot Calls…
The Texas billionaire, now 77, still has some scores to settle from the Vietnam era, and his timing is exquisite. Just days before the South Carolina GOP primary, he wants me to know that McCain "is the classic opportunist--he's always reaching for attention and glory. Other POWs won't even sit at the same table with him.
The Perot-McCain relationship goes back to McCain's five and a half years of captivity in Hanoi. When McCain's then-wife Carol was in a serious car accident, McCain's mother called Perot for help. "She asked me to send my people to Philadelphia to take care of the family," Perot says. Afterwards, McCain was grateful. "We loved him [Perot] for it," McCain told me in 2000.
Perot doesn't remember it that way. "After he came home, he walked with a limp, she [Carol McCain] walked with a limp. So he threw her over for a poster girl with big money from Arizona [Cindy McCain, his current wife] and the rest is history."
Perot's real problem with McCain is that he believes the senator hushed up evidence that live POWs were left behind in Vietnam and even transferred to the Soviet Union for human experimentation, a charge Perot says he heard from a senior Vietnamese official in the 1980s. "There's evidence, evidence, evidence," Perot claims. "McCain was adamant about shutting down anything to do with recovering POWs."
I wonder why Perot would think McCain didn't want any live POW's found?
We know Perot loathes McCain for his discarding of his first wife for a rich young woman.
Might it be wise to listen to Ross Perot, a man who has known McCain since his POW days, just a little?
Might Ross Perot know things about McCain's character we will discover to our detriment way too late?
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clif, at 6:39 PM
Please read the new rant about John McCain and PUMA at top of blog.
thanks
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Lydia Cornell, at 6:44 PM
Steven D over at Booman's is right;
Here is a story you will NOT see this year;
Black Supremacists Arrested in Possible McCain Assassination Plot
Four African American men were arrested today in connection with a possible plot to assassinate Senator John McCain. The arrests occurred after local police found two high powered rifles and a quantity of crack cocaine in the back of the trunk of a car driven by two of the men when they were stopped for a routine traffic violation. One or of the men arrested by police, believed to be a former member of a Black separatist movement, made statements to a local TV reporter for **** that the men intended to shoot Senator McCain during his acceptance speech.
The US Attorney in Minneapolis released a statement today that the FBI is investigating the extent of the men's involvement with this alleged conspiracy. An unnamed official with the US Attorney's office who spoke on condition of anonymity commented that officials were "absolutely confident there is no credible threat to the candidate."
But the right wingers will gnash their teeth and howl to high heavens they are more patriotic and American even though their radio talking heads sell the meme to attack even kill people they disagree with.
But you will NOT see the story above.
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clif, at 6:47 PM
No way, No how, No McCain
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clif, at 7:49 PM
We don't need four more years of the last eight years.
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clif, at 8:02 PM
She delivered;
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Remarks to the Democratic National Convention
August 26, 2008
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery
I am honored to be here tonight. A proud mother. A proud Democrat. A proud American. And a proud supporter of Barack Obama.
My friends, it is time to take back the country we love.
Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines.
This is a fight for the future. And it's a fight we must win.
I haven't spent the past 35 years in the trenches advocating for children, campaigning for universal health care, helping parents balance work and family, and fighting for women's rights at home and around the world . . . to see another Republican in the White House squander the promise of our country and the hopes of our people.
And you haven't worked so hard over the last 18 months, or endured the last eight years, to suffer through more failed leadership.
No way. No how. No McCain.
Barack Obama is my candidate. And he must be our President.
Tonight we need to remember what a Presidential election is really about. When the polls have closed, and the ads are finally off the air, it comes down to you -- the American people, your lives, and your children's futures.
For me, it's been a privilege to meet you in your homes, your workplaces, and your communities. Your stories reminded me everyday that America's greatness is bound up in the lives of the American people -- your hard work, your devotion to duty, your love for your children, and your determination to keep going, often in the face of enormous obstacles.
You taught me so much, you made me laugh, and . . . you even made me cry. You allowed me to become part of your lives. And you became part of mine.
I will always remember the single mom who had adopted two kids with autism, didn't have health insurance and discovered she had cancer. But she greeted me with her bald head painted with my name on it and asked me to fight for health care.
I will always remember the young man in a Marine Corps t-shirt who waited months for medical care and said to me: "Take care of my buddies; a lot of them are still over there ... .and then will you please help take care of me?"
I will always remember the boy who told me his mom worked for the minimum wage and that her employer had cut her hours. He said he just didn't know what his family was going to do.
I will always be grateful to everyone from all fifty states, Puerto Rico and the territories, who joined our campaign on behalf of all those people left out and left behind by the Bush Administration.
To my supporters, my champions -- my sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits - from the bottom of my heart: Thank you.
You never gave in. You never gave up. And together we made history.
Along the way, America lost two great Democratic champions who would have been here with us tonight. One of our finest young leaders, Arkansas Democratic Party Chair, Bill Gwatney, who believed with all his heart that America and the South could be and should be Democratic from top to bottom.
And Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a dear friend to many of us, a loving mother and courageous leader who never gave up her quest to make America fairer and smarter, stronger and better. Steadfast in her beliefs, a fighter of uncommon grace, she was an inspiration to me and to us all.
Our heart goes out to Stephanie's son, Mervyn, Jr, and Bill's wife, Rebecca, who traveled to Denver to join us at our convention.
Bill and Stephanie knew that after eight years of George Bush, people are hurting at home, and our standing has eroded around the world. We have a lot of work ahead.
Jobs lost, houses gone, falling wages, rising prices. The Supreme Court in a right-wing headlock and our government in partisan gridlock. The biggest deficit in our nation's history. Money borrowed from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis.
Putin and Georgia, Iraq and Iran.
I ran for President to renew the promise of America. To rebuild the middle class and sustain the American Dream, to provide the opportunity to work hard and have that work rewarded, to save for college, a home and retirement, to afford the gas and groceries and still have a little left over each month.
To promote a clean energy economy that will create millions of green collar jobs.
To create a health care system that is universal, high quality, and affordable so that parents no longer have to choose between care for themselves or their children or be stuck in dead end jobs simply to keep their insurance.
To create a world class education system and make college affordable again.
To fight for an America defined by deep and meaningful equality - from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights, from ending discrimination to promoting unionization to providing help for the most important job there is: caring for our families. To help every child live up to his or her God-given potential.
To make America once again a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws.
To bring fiscal sanity back to Washington and make our government an instrument of the public good, not of private plunder.
To restore America's standing in the world, to end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home and honor their service by caring for our veterans.
And to join with our allies to confront our shared challenges, from poverty and genocide to terrorism and global warming.
Most of all, I ran to stand up for all those who have been invisible to their government for eight long years.
Those are the reasons I ran for President. Those are the reasons I support Barack Obama. And those are the reasons you should too.
I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?
We need leaders once again who can tap into that special blend of American confidence and optimism that has enabled generations before us to meet our toughest challenges. Leaders who can help us show ourselves and the world that with our ingenuity, creativity, and innovative spirit, there are no limits to what is possible in America.
This won't be easy. Progress never is. But it will be impossible if we don't fight to put a Democrat in the White House.
We need to elect Barack Obama because we need a President who understands that America can't compete in a global economy by padding the pockets of energy speculators, while ignoring the workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas. We need a President who understands that we can't solve the problems of global warming by giving windfall profits to the oil companies while ignoring opportunities to invest in new technologies that will build a green economy.
We need a President who understands that the genius of America has always depended on the strength and vitality of the middle class.
Barack Obama began his career fighting for workers displaced by the global economy. He built his campaign on a fundamental belief that change in this country must start from the ground up, not the top down. He knows government must be about "We the people" not "We the favored few."
And when Barack Obama is in the White House, he'll revitalize our economy, defend the working people of America, and meet the global challenges of our time. Democrats know how to do this. As I recall, President Clinton and the Democrats did it before. And President Obama and the Democrats will do it again.
He'll transform our energy agenda by creating millions of green jobs and building a new, clean energy future. He'll make sure that middle class families get the tax relief they deserve. And I can't wait to watch Barack Obama sign a health care plan into law that covers every single American.
Barack Obama will end the war in Iraq responsibly and bring our troops home - a first step to repairing our alliances around the world.
And he will have with him a terrific partner in Michelle Obama. Anyone who saw Michelle's speech last night knows she will be a great First Lady for America.
Americans are also fortunate that Joe Biden will be at Barack Obama's side. He is a strong leader and a good man. He understands both the economic stresses here at home and the strategic challenges abroad. He is pragmatic, tough, and wise. And, of course, Joe will be supported by his wonderful wife, Jill.
They will be a great team for our country.
Now, John McCain is my colleague and my friend.
He has served our country with honor and courage.
But we don't need four more years . . . of the last eight years.
More economic stagnation ... and less affordable health care.
More high gas prices ... and less alternative energy.
More jobs getting shipped overseas ... and fewer jobs created here.
More skyrocketing debt ...home foreclosures ... and mounting bills that are crushing our middle class families.
More war . . . less diplomacy.
More of a government where the privileged come first ... and everyone else comes last.
John McCain says the economy is fundamentally sound. John McCain doesn't think that 47 million people without health insurance is a crisis. John McCain wants to privatize Social Security. And in 2008, he still thinks it's okay when women don't earn equal pay for equal work.
With an agenda like that, it makes sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities. Because these days they're awfully hard to tell apart.
America is still around after 232 years because we have risen to the challenge of every new time, changing to be faithful to our values of equal opportunity for all and the common good.
And I know what that can mean for every man, woman, and child in America. I'm a United States Senator because in 1848 a group of courageous women and a few brave men gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, many traveling for days and nights, to participate in the first convention on women's rights in our history.
And so dawned a struggle for the right to vote that would last 72 years, handed down by mother to daughter to granddaughter - and a few sons and grandsons along the way.
These women and men looked into their daughters' eyes, imagined a fairer and freer world, and found the strength to fight. To rally and picket. To endure
ridicule and harassment. To brave violence and jail.
And after so many decades - 88 years ago on this very day - the 19th amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote would be forever enshrined in our Constitution.
My mother was born before women could vote. But in this election my daughter got to vote for her mother for President.
This is the story of America. Of women and men who defy the odds and never give up.
How do we give this country back to them?
By following the example of a brave New Yorker , a woman who risked her life to shepherd slaves along the Underground Railroad.
And on that path to freedom, Harriett Tubman had one piece of advice.
If you hear the dogs, keep going.
If you see the torches in the woods, keep going.
If they're shouting after you, keep going.
Don't ever stop. Keep going.
If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
Even in the darkest of moments, ordinary Americans have found the faith to keep going.
I've seen it in you. I've seen it in our teachers and firefighters, nurses and police officers, small business owners and union workers, the men and women of our military - you always keep going.
We are Americans. We're not big on quitting.
But remember, before we can keep going, we have to get going by electing Barack Obama president.
We don't have a moment to lose or a vote to spare.
Nothing less than the fate of our nation and the future of our children hang in the balance.
I want you to think about your children and grandchildren come election day. And think about the choices your parents and grandparents made that had such a big impact on your life and on the life of our nation.
We've got to ensure that the choice we make in this election honors the sacrifices of all who came before us, and will fill the lives of our children with possibility and hope.
That is our duty, to build that bright future, and to teach our children that in America there is no chasm too deep, no barrier too great - and no ceiling too high - for all who work hard, never back down, always keep going, have faith in God, in our country, and in each other.
Thank you so much. God bless America and Godspeed to you all.
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clif, at 8:18 PM
Ted Strickland NAILED the idiocy of Bush;
"George Bush started on third base, and then he stole second."
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clif, at 8:22 PM
If anybody wants to claim Hillary Clinton doesn't whole heartedly support Barack Obama for president, they just got their truth-o-cution.
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clif, at 8:24 PM
Really Clif?
How many times did Hilary mention Obama in her speech tonight?
I must admit I didn't listen to it all, but the 5 minutes of it I did listen to I never once heard her talk about anyone but herself and her supporters.
Oh yea and she dissed Bush.
So how many times did Hilary reference Obama in her speech tonight?
And what exactly did she say that is so overwhelming about Obama that I missed?
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BARTLEBEE, at 8:38 PM
I read the text of her speech you provided clif and I counted a total of 12 mentions of Obama's name in that entire speech.
And none of it seemed overwhelmingly convincing to me.
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BARTLEBEE, at 8:40 PM
Bart she definitely is backing Barack.
If you watched the speech and her face as she spoke there was NO doubt.
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clif, at 8:41 PM
She knows the country, party, children, senior citizens, soldiers, and all the rest of us can't take four more years of the last eight years.
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clif, at 8:42 PM
In contrast, she mentioned John McCain only 6 times, and one of those was complimenting him.
I just don't see this overwhelming support she has for him.
I mean, she went through the motions, but she didn't seem sincere, nor was her speech written to really sell Obama.
It was, "yea, I'm voting for him, you should too".
That's it.
She should have looked her supporters in the eye and said "HEY, WE LOST! GET BEHIND OUR CANDIDATE!"
She should have talked about NOTHING but Obama. Not her life. Not her supporters.
Just OBAMA. She didn't. It was ok I guess but it was no home run.
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BARTLEBEE, at 8:43 PM
She did at least as well tonight as Michelle Obama did last night.
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clif, at 8:43 PM
clif said...
Bart she definitely is backing Barack.
If you watched the speech and her face as she spoke there was NO doubt.
Ok, I'll try to look at reruns of it.
The 5 minutes I watched however, she only talked about herself, so it's hard to judge.
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BARTLEBEE, at 8:44 PM
She should have looked her supporters in the eye and said "HEY, WE LOST! GET BEHIND OUR CANDIDATE!"
No bart this is a much better line;
I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?
She’s saying if you claim to be a democrat, YOU must vote for Obama because McCain is NOT what I campaigned for and he don’t stand for what I and all of you fought for.
To quote Hillary;
No way, No how, No McCain
That will be chanted, and probably become a campaign slogan.
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clif, at 8:46 PM
Watch the whole thing, it is one of the best speeches she has given, and she made the unity connection for her supporters IF they were really HER supporters in the first place.
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clif, at 8:47 PM
She set a standard for Bill to beat tomorrow night in backing Barack and calling all those who believe in the country and the need to change course from the last eight years to get behind Barack.
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clif, at 8:52 PM
At 538 they said this;
How you'll know that Hillary's speech was a winner:
If the principal Republican talking point tomorrow is: "the speech was too good! It just proves that she should have been the [Presidential/Vice Presidential] nominee!"
Pat Buchanan just said
"Why didn' they put Hillary on the ticket,"
QED
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clif, at 8:55 PM
Bart, there are many republicans NOT too happy, because their slimy attempt at driving a wedge between some Hillary supporters and Barack just got stomped on.
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clif, at 8:58 PM
One interesting thing, Both Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton raised the bar for Bill and Barack's speech.
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clif, at 9:06 PM
bart, you'll like this email I just got from the DNC;
McCain Owes America An Alzheimer's Test
While Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama were rocking the Democratic convention in Denver, John McCain made his 13th appearance with Jay Leno to joke about his age.
But McCain's age is no joke. He will turn 72 on Friday and would be halfway to 73 if elected and sworn in on January 20. That would make him the oldest first-term President ever, two years older than Ronald Reagan. He has survived four skin cancers (melanomas), including one in 2000 that was classified as Stage IIa.
McCain is two years older than his father was when he died suddenly of a heart attack at 70. He is 11 years older than his grandfather was when he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 61.
The United States cannot afford the risk that McCain would die suddenly in the middle of an international crisis.
Nor can we afford the risk of dementia. 22% of Americans over 70 are affected by mild cognitive impairment, while 13% of Americans over 65 have Alzheimer's. Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at age 83, but early signs were evident during his first term. Britain's "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher developed dementia at age 75.
McCain has never had an Alzheimer's test, even though he has 6 of the 10 warning signs , including his inability to remember recent facts like the number of homes he owns, the $1M lawsuit he filed in 1990, or the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
John McCain owes America a thorough test for Alzheimer's and cognitive impairment long before Election Day.
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clif, at 9:30 PM
The issues Hillary raised were fantastic, we need to focus on health care and education instead of waging war or this frickin national security crap all the conservotard goons keep trumpeting.
I dont give a frickin crap about waging war in Iraq, or going to frickin war with Russia over Georgia a country i could care less about we need to take care of American citizens and see everyone gets free healthcare and afforable tuition, and hard work and a decent middle class lifestyle are attainable still.
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sara, at 9:37 PM
Lydia Cornell said"John McCain is George Bush with more anger issues. Plus, John McCain "doesn't believe that women deserve equal pay for equal work" or the right to access legal abortion."
Way to frickin go Lydia, you couldnt be more right, mcLOSER doesnt have any respect for women, he doesnt think the deserve equal pay, the right to choose an abortion, and him and some of his supporters find it frickin amusing when a woman gets raped.
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sara, at 9:41 PM
"If McCain's the answer, the question is ridiculous."
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clif, at 11:13 PM
Looks like faux noise is really losing viewers;
RATINGS FLASH: 10PM ET/CONVENTION COVERAGE
NBC 4.71 MILLION
CNN 4.24 MILLION
ABC 4.17 MILLION
CBS 3.46 MILLION
FOXNEWS 2.72 MILLION
MSNBC 2.09 MILLION
Wanna bet O'Rielly's big head just exploded.
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clif, at 11:45 PM
I guess only the 27%er backwash watches the faux noise charade anymore.
Too bad they are kickin' the bucket since faux noise can't attract new viewers cause they almost all are democratic party people.
Fuax noise is destined to be extinct in ten years, especially when most the hate filled old racists who watch it have died off.
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clif, at 11:48 PM
This is a sign they are toast;
Citigroup Limits Meetings, Pares Color Photocopies
Citigroup Inc., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, banned off-site meetings among investment- banking employees and cut back on color photocopying to reduce expenses as revenue declines.
Executives in the New York-based bank's trading and investment-banking unit will need to ensure spending is ``highly efficient,'' according to an internal memorandum confirmed by a Citigroup spokesman in London today.
Citigroup is clamping down on spending after cutting about 14,000 jobs in the first half of 2008 and reporting $55 billion of writedowns and credit losses in the past year, more than any other bank, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue at the company's corporate and investment bank plunged 71 percent in the second quarter on losses for subprime-related assets.
.... Under the new policy, employee meetings must be held within Citigroup offices and client events will require approval, the memo said. Color photocopiers will be removed from some locations and their use will be limited to client presentations. The memo didn't say how much money the new rules will save .....
Citigroup is also scaling back external training, which will be limited to that which is ``strictly necessary,'' the memo said. Purchases of computer hardware and software must also be pre-approved under the new rules, as must all non-client travel, the bank said. The U.K.'s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported the contents of the memo earlier today.
``We will be conducting a review of our Blackberry usage,'' Citigroup said. ``In the interim, all new Blackberries will require pre-approval.''
They are trying to cut costs (ie save a few pennies a copy) by curtailing color copies after losing $55,000,000,000 last year.
Man they are so freakin' doomed.
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clif, at 12:28 AM
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BARTLEBEE, at 1:40 AM
Hi Lydia,
Great article and I totally agree with everything that you said! :)
I sent you a couple of emails but they came back.
Could you please email me? ;)
Suzie
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Suzie-Q (S-Q), at 10:15 AM
Sara - thank you for your comments! They are so brave, honest and FUNNY!
xoxo
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Lydia Cornell, at 11:34 AM
I have to agree with Barts comments about Hillarys speech last night.Having watched the entire address I came away feeling Hillary made a half hearted attempt for unity in the party,yes she did give her full support to Obama but maybe I'm just jaded by the Clintons because I felt the support was not the first thing on her adgenda.To me, she talked more about herself then about Obama.Everything was,I want healthcare,so does he,I want more american jobs,so does he,I want the troops home,so does he.
The tale will be told tonight when
big Willie gives his speech.I heard one of Bills advisors on the news today,he said nobody tells Bill Clinton what to say.Should be interesting to say the least.
I dont know about the rest of you but I find it a bit troubling there hasnt been much of bounce in the daily tracking polls,none for Biden,none for Michelle and none for Hillary.I realize polls donr mean all that much at this point but history shows there should be an upward bounce.
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cosmiccowboy, at 11:34 AM
Hi SUZI-Q!!! I was just thinking about you and wondering where and how you are?
You have been through an enormous tragedy and I still can't fathom how you are getting through it. My heart goes out to you.
I can't figure out why you're not able to get through to me on my webmail. That's so weird. I'll write you.
I wonder if others have also been unable.
I have to check with my webmaster.
Love,
Lyd
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Lydia Cornell, at 11:35 AM
Here is Obama's tax plan compared to McSame's tax plan for the very rich;
Obama's plan is much better for the middle class and working poor, Mcsames plan is for the very rich just like bush's plan was
(look at the chart)
Obama and McCain Tax Proposals
According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obama's plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy. For the approximately 147,000 families that make up the top 0.1 percent of the income scale, the difference between the two plans is stark. While McCain offers a $269,364 tax cut, Obama would raise their taxes, on average, by $701,885 - a difference of nearly $1 million.
So if the right wing working people , and all the rest of the American people who do the work of keeping this country running in spite of the repuvblicans desire to destroy the middle class, want a REAL tax cut this time they need to vote for Obama, because Obama's plan focuses the cuts on the 70% part of the public who make less then $100,000 a year, while McCain's plan focuses on the upper 1% of the tax paying public ......
Obama wants to raise
McCain's taxes,
Clinton's taxes,
Cheney's taxes,
Romney's taxes,
Lieberman's taxes,
Kerry's taxes,
Rove's taxes,
Giuliani's taxes,
Edward's taxes,
Boone Picken's taxes
Buffet's taxes,
Gate's taxes,
Bush's taxes,
and yes,
even his own taxes,
to give the hard working people of this country a tax cut,
John McCain not so much.
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clif, at 12:23 PM
Fox News aired two minutes of Democratic keynote address, discussed Ayers instead
Summary: On August 26, Fox News aired just over two minutes of former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's keynote address to the convention. After returning from a commercial, Alan Colmes stated, "In other election news, an independent group supporting John McCain released an ad last week attacking [Sen.] Barack Obama's ties to former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers," and aired an ad from the Obama campaign responding to the independent ad. Colmes and Sean Hannity then interviewed Rudy Giuliani.
"fair and balanced" my ass.
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clif, at 12:34 PM
BTW remember last September that the Arctic ice sheet melted to levels not seen in modern times?
Well it is happening again
Scientists Report Further Shrinking of Arctic Ice
Area Is Close To All-Time Low
So the right wing fairy tale will soon have to change;
You know the one which say Global Warming isn't real but Santa Claus is.
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clif, at 12:38 PM
Hey Voltron AKA Cosmic...sockpuppet go play your pathetic slime the demacrats with disunity games somwhere else you partisan stooge.
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Mike, at 2:19 PM
It eats at you to see the Demacratic Party unifying and pounding on the repug POW moron.
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Mike, at 2:20 PM
Did ANYONE happen to notice the LATEST stupid dishonest repug talking point that Hillary Clinton didnt say Obama was READY to lead..............EVEN the partisan stooges on CNN said that was an Empty dishonest Right Wing talking point and that NO ONE would endorse someone who wasnt ready to lead.......being ready to be Commander in Chief is implied when you endorse someone for President.
Isnt it PATHETIC that thats ALL the Right Wing idiots have left.
You would think that after GWB a door nob would be ready to lead in comparison ie.....McSame the POW is another greedy dunce that would be dangerous as President.........GWB with anger management problems is a PERFECT description of McSame.
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Mike, at 2:26 PM
The feminist movement was strongest, and won more fights, when Nixon was president, than when Bill Clinton was. Nixon was not progressive. The movement was in the streets, not marginalized by Democratic politicians.
The Democratic Party is the graveyard for social movements.
No feminist will vote Republican. It's the least of Obama's worries.
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Renegade Eye, at 2:29 PM
Only an idiot would vote for McSame, any woman or middle class person voting for McSame is a fool...............and anyone who supported Hillary that would vote for McSame is a knuckledragging moron anyway.
Wait till you see what Obama and Biden do to Bush's sidekick and McSame's sidekick in the debates..............these debates should be classic election footage for a century or as long as the POW wantsw to stay in Iraq.........I think McSame will look stupider than Bob Dole and Michael Dukakis when this is over.
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Mike, at 2:37 PM
You know how the wingnuts and MSM talking heads are becomning un screwed about the set for barack's Invesco field acceptance speech?
Yes this one;
Well it reminded me of
this set for bush's 2004 acceptance speech
Hypocrite thy name is republican.
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clif, at 2:42 PM
How many sock puppets do you have Voltron, theres alot more than Cosmic Cowboy, Hippie Joe, and Jeff Davis?
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Mike, at 2:47 PM
Hey Clif was that the Set from Star Wars Revenge of The Sith when The Emperor Gave his speech that the Republic has become an Empire>
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Mike, at 2:49 PM
No Mike that was the actual set bush used, and NOW the hypocrites bed wetters on the right wing are crying like babies about a very similar set for Barack Obama.
They have no credibility left.
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clif, at 3:03 PM
Florida voting on Baracks nomination
136 for Barack and 51 for Hillary,
Total 452.5 for Barack and 131.5 for Hillary.
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clif, at 3:05 PM
It ain't even close,
after Iowa voted
Barack has 707
and Hillary has 171
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clif, at 3:13 PM
It ain't even close but the squawking heads on faux noise are claiming Hillary could still come back, damn are they DUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!
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clif, at 3:25 PM
Cause with Minnisotas vote the tally is
Barack 1206
Hillary 309
but the drooling fooles at faux noise thinks she can still win.
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clif, at 3:26 PM
Senator Barack Obama nominated by acclamation .....
Unity is achieved ....
NOW McInsane trolls how are ya gonna try deceitfully to sow dissension?
BTW check out how Ron Paul's supporters in Milwaukee are gonna help with disunity by disgruntled republicans who have been thrown away by the right wingers and neo-cons.
Wanna bet the corporate owned MSM will forget to cover this much more real attempt to derail the McInsane coronation, then their dishonest PUMA right wing talking points of supposed disunity which NEVER happened in Denver.
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clif, at 4:07 PM
Wanna see the billboards the DNC has put up in Milwaukee?
Look here
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clif, at 4:36 PM
How about the bus stops?
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clif, at 4:38 PM
OUCH
Rear Admiral John Hutson, a life long republican and new democratic party member, is giving a great speech about why the republicans as a party are no longer grand just old.
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clif, at 6:54 PM
Joe Biden's speech was phenomenal!
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Mike, at 8:02 PM
You're right mike;
Beau, I love you. I am so proud of you. Proud of the son you are. Proud of the father you've become. And I'm so proud of my son Hunter, my daughter Ashley, and my wife Jill, the only one who leaves me breathless and speechless at the same time.
It is an honor to share this stage tonight with President Clinton. And last night, it was moving to watch Hillary, one of the great leaders of our party, a woman who has made history and will continue to make history: my colleague and my friend, Senator Hillary Clinton.
And I am honored to represent our first state — my state — Delaware.
Since I've never been called a man of few words, let me say this as simply as I can: Yes. Yes, I accept your nomination to run and serve alongside our next President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.
Let me make this pledge to you right here and now. For every American who is trying to do the right thing, for all those people in government who are honoring their pledge to uphold the law and respect our Constitution, no longer will the eight most dreaded words in the English language be: "The vice president's office is on the phone."
Barack Obama and I took very different journeys to this destination, but we share a common story. Mine began in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and then Wilmington, Delaware. With a dad who fell on hard economic times, but who always told me: "Champ, when you get knocked down, get up. Get up."
I wish that my dad was here tonight, but I am so grateful that my mom, Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden, is here. You know, she taught her children — all the children who flocked to our house — that you are defined by your sense of honor, and you are redeemed by your loyalty. She believes bravery lives in every heart and her expectation is that it will be summoned.
Failure at some point in everyone's life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable. As a child I stuttered, and she lovingly told me it was because I was so bright I couldn't get the thoughts out quickly enough. When I was not as well dressed as others, she told me how handsome she thought I was. When I got knocked down by guys bigger than me, she sent me back out and demanded that I bloody their nose so I could walk down that street the next day.
After the accident, she told me, "Joey, God sends no cross you cannot bear." And when I triumphed, she was quick to remind me it was because of others.
My mother's creed is the American creed: No one is better than you. You are everyone's equal, and everyone is equal to you.
My parents taught us to live our faith, and treasure our family. We learned the dignity of work, and we were told that anyone can make it if they try.
That was America's promise. For those of us who grew up in middle-class neighborhoods like Scranton and Wilmington, that was the American dream and we knew it.
But today that American dream feels as if it's slowly slipping away. I don't need to tell you that. You feel it every single day in your own lives.
I've never seen a time when Washington has watched so many people get knocked down without doing anything to help them get back up. Almost every night, I take the train home to Wilmington, sometimes very late. As I look out the window at the homes we pass, I can almost hear what they're talking about at the kitchen table after they put the kids to bed.
Like millions of Americans, they're asking questions as profound as they are ordinary. Questions they never thought they would have to ask: Should mom move in with us now that dad is gone?
Fifty, sixty, seventy dollars to fill up the car?
Winter's coming. How we gonna pay the heating bills?
Another year and no raise?
Did you hear the company may be cutting our health care?
Now, we owe more on the house than it's worth. How are we going to send the kids to college?
How are we gonna be able to retire?
That's the America that George Bush has left us, and that's the future John McCain will give us. These are not isolated discussions among families down on their luck. These are common stories among middle-class people who worked hard and played by the rules on the promise that their tomorrows would be better than their yesterdays.
That promise is the bedrock of America. It defines who we are as a people. And now it's in jeopardy. I know it. You know it. But John McCain doesn't get it. Barack Obama gets it. Like many of us, Barack worked his way up. His is a great American story.
You know, I believe the measure of a man isn't just the road he's traveled; it's the choices he's made along the way. Barack Obama could have done anything after he graduated from college. With all his talent and promise, he could have written his ticket to Wall Street. But that's not what he chose to do. He chose to go to Chicago. The South Side. There he met men and women who had lost their jobs. Their neighborhood was devastated when the local steel plant closed. Their dreams deferred. Their dignity shattered. Their self-esteem gone.
And he made their lives the work of his life. That's what you do when you've been raised by a single mom, who worked, went to school and raised two kids on her own. That's how you come to believe, to the very core of your being, that work is more than a paycheck. It's dignity. It's respect. It's about whether you can look your children in the eye and say: we're going to be OK.
Because Barack made that choice, 150,000 more children and parents have health care in Illinois. He fought to make that happen. And because Barack made that choice, working families in Illinois pay less taxes and more people have moved from welfare to the dignity of work. He got it done.
And when he came to Washington, I watched him hit the ground running, leading the fight to pass the most sweeping ethics reform in a generation. He reached across party lines to pass a law that helps keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. And he moved Congress and the president to give our wounded veterans the care and dignity they deserve.
You can learn an awful lot about a man campaigning with him, debating him and seeing how he reacts under pressure. You learn about the strength of his mind, but even more importantly, you learn about the quality of his heart.
I watched how he touched people, how he inspired them, and I realized he has tapped into the oldest American belief of all: We don't have to accept a situation we cannot bear.
We have the power to change it. That's Barack Obama, and that's what he will do for this country. He'll change it.
John McCain is my friend. We've known each other for three decades. We've traveled the world together. It's a friendship that goes beyond politics. And the personal courage and heroism John demonstrated still amaze me.
But I profoundly disagree with the direction that John wants to take the country. For example, John thinks that during the Bush years "we've made great progress economically." I think it's been abysmal.
And in the Senate, John sided with President Bush 95 percent of the time. Give me a break. When John McCain proposes $200 billion in new tax breaks for corporate America, $1 billion alone for just eight of the largest companies, but no relief for 100 million American families, that's not change; that's more of the same.
Even today, as oil companies post the biggest profits in history — a half trillion dollars in the last five years — he wants to give them another $4 billion in tax breaks. But he voted time and again against incentives for renewable energy: solar, wind, biofuels. That's not change; that's more of the same.
Millions of jobs have left our shores, yet John continues to support tax breaks for corporations that send them there. That's not change; that's more of the same.
He voted 19 times against raising the minimum wage. For people who are struggling just to get to the next day, that's not change; that's more of the same.
And when he says he will continue to spend $10 billion a month in Iraq when Iraq is sitting on a surplus of nearly $80 billion, that's not change; that's more of the same.
The choice in this election is clear. These times require more than a good soldier; they require a wise leader, a leader who can deliver change the change everybody knows we need.
Barack Obama will deliver that change. Barack Obama will reform our tax code. He'll cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people who draw a paycheck. That's the change we need.
Barack Obama will transform our economy by making alternative energy a genuine national priority, creating 5 million new jobs and finally freeing us from the grip of foreign oil. That's the change we need.
Barack Obama knows that any country that out teaches us today will out-compete us tomorrow. He'll invest in the next generation of teachers. He'll make college more affordable. That's the change we need.
Barack Obama will bring down health care costs by $2,500 for the typical family, and, at long last, deliver affordable, accessible health care for all Americans. That's the change we need.
Barack Obama will put more cops on the streets, put the "security" back in Social Security and never give up until we achieve equal pay for women. That's the change we need.
As we gather here tonight, our country is less secure and more isolated than at any time in recent history. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has dug us into a very deep hole with very few friends to help us climb out. For the last seven years, this administration has failed to face the biggest forces shaping this century: the emergence of Russia, China and India as great powers; the spread of lethal weapons; the shortage of secure supplies of energy, food and water; the challenge of climate change; and the resurgence of fundamentalism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the real central front against terrorism.
In recent days, we've once again seen the consequences of this neglect with Russia's challenge to the free and democratic country of Georgia. Barack Obama and I will end this neglect. We will hold Russia accountable for its actions, and we'll help the people of Georgia rebuild.
I've been on the ground in Georgia, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and I can tell you in no uncertain terms: this administration's policy has been an abject failure. America cannot afford four more years of this.
Now, despite being complicit in this catastrophic foreign policy, John McCain says Barack Obama isn't ready to protect our national security. Now, let me ask you: whose judgment should we trust? Should we trust John McCain's judgment when he said only three years ago, "Afghanistan we don't read about it anymore because it's succeeded? Or should we trust Barack Obama, who more than a year ago called for sending two additional combat brigades to Afghanistan?
The fact is, al-Qaida and the Taliban — the people who actually attacked us on 9/11 — have regrouped in those mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan and are plotting new attacks. And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff echoed Baracks call for more troops.
John McCain was wrong. Barack Obama was right.
Should we trust John McCain's judgment when he rejected talking with Iran and then asked: What is there to talk about? Or Barack Obama, who said we must talk and make it clear to Iran that its conduct must change.
Now, after seven years of denial, even the Bush administration recognizes that we should talk to Iran, because that's the best way to advance our security.
Again, John McCain was wrong. Barack Obama was right.
Should we trust John McCain's judgment when he says there can be no timelines to draw down our troops from Iraq that we must stay indefinitely? Or should we listen to Barack Obama, who says shift responsibility to the Iraqis and set a time to bring our combat troops home?
Now, after six long years, the Bush administration and the Iraqi government are on the verge of setting a date to bring our troops home.
John McCain was wrong. Barack Obama was right.
Again and again, on the most important national security issues of our time, John McCain was wrong, and Barack Obama was proven right.
Folks, remember when the world used to trust us? When they looked to us for leadership? With Barack Obama as our president, they'll look to us again, they'll trust us again, and we'll be able to lead again.
Jill and I are truly honored to join Barack and Michelle on this journey. When I look at their young children — and when I look at my grandchildren — I realize why I'm here. I'm here for their future.
And I am here for everyone I grew up with in Scranton and Wilmington. I am here for the cops and firefighters, the teachers and assembly line workers — the folks whose lives are the very measure of whether the American dream endures.
Our greatest presidents — from Abraham Lincoln to Franklin Roosevelt to John Kennedy — they all challenged us to embrace change. Now, it's our responsibility to meet that challenge.
Millions of Americans have been knocked down. And this is the time as Americans, together, we get back up. Our people are too good, our debt to our parents and grandparents too great, our obligation to our children is too sacred.
These are extraordinary times. This is an extraordinary election. The American people are ready. I'm ready. Barack Obama is ready. This is his time. This is our time. This is America's time.
May God bless America and protect our troops.
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clif, at 8:16 PM
John Kerry didn't do to bad either;
Thank you so much. Four years ago, you gave me the honor of fighting our fight. I was proud to stand with you then, and I am proud to stand with you now, to help elect Barack Obama as President of the United States.
In 2004, we came so close to victory. We are even closer now, and let me tell you, this time we're going to win. Today, the call for change is more powerful than ever, and with more seats in Congress, with more people with more passion engaged in our politics, and with a President Obama, we stand on the brink of the greatest opportunity of our generation to move this country forward.
The stakes could not be higher, because we do know what a McCain administration would look like: just like the past, just like George Bush. And this country can't afford a third Bush term. Just think: John McCain voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time. Ninety percent of George Bush is just more than we can take.
Never in modern history has an administration squandered American power so recklessly. Never has strategy been so replaced by ideology. Never h