Obama Presidential Announcement - Live Thread

C-Span ^ | February 11, 2007

[don-o]

Anyone going to watch this?

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Serious money = GEORGE SOROS.

The same money that launched Howard Dean out of the swamp.

[trumandogz]

they'll see right through this black talk.

I am not sure that is a good GOP Talking Point.

[veronica]

This really reminds me of the Robert Redford movie The Candidate. Obama strikes me an empty suit, anointed by the press, for no good reason. Am I wrong??

[kabar]

We will agree to disagree. The speech was far from being eloquent and crowd pleasing. If you think that repeating hackneyed political phrases will appeal to middle America, you are wrong. If Obama was white, he wouldn't even be considered as a serious candidate. He is 2008's token Dem black candidate replacing Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. One out of every three Dem voters is either black or Hispanic. They [the Dems] need a black candidate to energize their most loyal constituency.

[Yaelle]

I was just listening half-asleep in bed, and kept hearing a thumping sound throughout his speech. I think it was Hillary hitting her head against a wall in her Georgetown home.

I hope Obama has enough food tasters and private pilots.

[advance_copy]

Serious money = GEORGE SOROS. The same money that launched Howard Dean out of the swamp.

Yep. Only this guy is not a Howard Dean. There'll be no YAAAAAHHH!! He's much slicker than that. He'll be tough to beat if he wins the nomination.

[Mo1]

Do not underestimate this guy

The left base love to heard what he is saying .. and he isn't a loon like Dean .. he knows how to control himself

[trumandogz]

If they bought Bill Clinton they will buy this guy.

[TomGuy]

Obama is a MSM creation. They are trying to see whether they have the clout to take an empty suit and make him into a serious Presidential contender.

They will drop him faster than they did Screamin' Dean, if he screws up any time soon.

Look for Team Hillary to try to take him out early.

[kabar]

>Look at the crowd .. they are the ones who will be voting for him in the primary and they love him

I guess that's what you call stating the obvious. This was a planned, organized political rally. The people who attend either support him or the Dem party.

[Sonar5]

It's not a GOP talking point.

analyze his speech patterns. He attempted to play to the same jesse jackson type speech and then switches back to the joe biden clean articulate black man speech.

I'm sure hsi speech will be put up.

I'm saying I think he had re-speech training to sound more black like jesse while trying to maintain his biden clean articulate black man speech.

[don-o]

THis guy is a LOT more polished (slick) than those fools. If he gets some serious $$ behind him, he is going to rock Hillary's world.

First caller up is savaging him big time!

[SE Mom]

Comparisons between Abe and Oba...

I know- they have Illinois in common. The beginning and the end of similarities.

[TomGuy]

Obama is a MSM creation.

I am not that CSPAN caller. lol. Although I agree with his contention that Obama is a media creation.

[kabar]

Obama would be easier to beat than Hillary.

[trumandogz]

Shiite Sells.

[don-o]

if he screws up any time soon.

Agree - But, that is a pretty big if.

I think he may be a player in this superficial arena.

[KoRn]

He is no doubt a left wing socialist through and through. He is trying to get to the left of John Edwards, which will be very difficult since Edwards is about as populist as a liberal can get. It should be a bloody and interesting moonbat primary. I think Obama can beat Hillary, Edwards can beat Obama, and Hillary can beat Edwards. It will be entertaining watching them all try their best to destroy each other while attempting to appear united as a party. I think all of the intensity has been with Obama since this past November.

It's stupid that any of this is even being discussed right now, it's only February of a primary year for God's sake!

[Sonar5]

middle class... hello,
last time I checked the middle class was doing pretty darn good, as is the economy...

morons.....

[OKIEDOC]

What is really gagging is that this under the cover racist, liar and charlatan has 15% of the voters willing to vote for him.

I used to think the American voter was the most sophisticated and educated voter on planet earth.

However, this last election has shown that not to be the case.

I shudder to think what would happen to our country if this wannabe or Hellary got elected.