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Obama Presidential Announcement - Live Thread
C-Span ^ | February 11, 2007

Posted on 02/10/2007 7:54:15 AM PST by don-o

Anyone going to watch this?


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electionpresident; obama
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To: don-o
Lady on CSPAN -- "everyone coming together"


Sounds like a big orgy.


Eeeeewwwwwwww.
181 posted on 02/10/2007 8:57:30 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Yaelle

here is a better Question that should be hung from the rafters at every opportunity.

Senator Barrack HUSSEIN Obama? It's true that your middle name is Hussein, why is it not found anywhere on your website? And Senator Obama, is it also true that Muslims consider you a Muslim since your Father named you Hussein, and he was a Muslim from Kenya?


182 posted on 02/10/2007 8:58:31 AM PST by Sonar5 (62 Million+ have Spoken Clearly - "We Want Our Country Back")
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To: don-o

My goodness, but wasn't he articulate.


183 posted on 02/10/2007 8:58:50 AM PST by airborne (Elect an Airborne Ranger,Vietnam Veteran for President ! Duncan Hunter 2008!!)
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To: Ramius
With the right candidate I honestly don't think that blackness or femaleness is the automatic hindrance it once was. Sure there are a few for whom it will matter, but few enough I think that they'll be cancelled out by the few that vote *because* of that trait.

And those people are not only the members of that minority or gender. I saw Kiefer Sutherland on TV go on for several sentences about how proud he was to have had the first American Black President on his show. He is NOT alone. People are READY; people are SUPERFICIAL.

184 posted on 02/10/2007 8:59:57 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Mo1
" They will eat up all the free stuff the Dems are promising"

Nothing but the tragic truth Mol......

This country is in BIG trouble. A conservative stands as much chance of being elected as Sarah Brady at an NRA Convention.
185 posted on 02/10/2007 8:59:57 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Durbin on MSNBC praising Obama


186 posted on 02/10/2007 9:00:37 AM PST by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: Yaelle

Ever hear of moving from the cesspool liberal cities. I believe you create your own situation.

Move if you don't like it. You sound miserable, so it sounds like you need to change your situation.

And umm never claimed to save the middle class, but where I live, is mostly Conservatives, with like points of views. Very pleasant.


187 posted on 02/10/2007 9:01:05 AM PST by Sonar5 (62 Million+ have Spoken Clearly - "We Want Our Country Back")
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To: Mo1

Durbin invokes Lincoln's name .. yet never mentions that Abe Lincoln was a Republican


188 posted on 02/10/2007 9:03:23 AM PST by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: Sonar5

Do that, and forever wear the label of BIGOT. It will only inspire more support for their side.

That's one of the biggest problems facing conservatives in the eyes of the general voting public these days.


189 posted on 02/10/2007 9:03:34 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP
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To: Sonar5

There is precedent though. What was the H in H. Ross Perot? I think he can say with a smile, "We don't vote on candidates for their middle names. What is my opponent's middle name?" I have no idea what Hillary's middle name is.

Also, we can't get someone because of their father's religion or much else about their father. He can turn that around too. Bill Clinton's father was a traveling salesman who seemed to leave his products and DNA all over the country. And his voters will eat up "Sure, my Daddy wasn't head of the CIA! He wasn't President!" bla bla bla.


190 posted on 02/10/2007 9:03:48 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: don-o
I've been listening to the C-Span caller's that are phoning in, commenting on the announcement. What a bunch of mush-heads. It takes a strong stomach to listen for any length of time. Emotionally driven superlatives without end. Rush Limbaugh's show should be entertaining, come Monday.
191 posted on 02/10/2007 9:04:13 AM PST by freepersup (find the enemy... destroy the enemy... remain vigilant)
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To: Yaelle
He is NOT alone. People are READY; people are SUPERFICIAL.

True. But Obama is no President Palmer. :-)

192 posted on 02/10/2007 9:05:06 AM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: radiohead
The Black population is only 12.8% (I actually had to look this up last night for a class I'm teaching). This is everyone, not just voters, so there is not a critcal mass of black voters to turn the tide. This is one reason Dims have ignored blacks in recent elections. They don't need them.

Of course they need them. In Presidential elections, they vote around 90% for the Dem candidate. The big issue for the Dems is getting a large turnout. The Dems wouldn't take Michigan with the black turnout in Detroit. The same holds true for states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, etc. Black and Hispanic voters make up about 30% of all Dem voters.

The Jewish vote, the Dem's second most loyal constituency, is also critical. Even though Jews make up only 2% of the population, their voting turnout and concentrations in certain key states and areas make them very influential. There are 44 blacks and 43 Jews in Congress, with only three being Reps--Specter, Coleman, and Cantor.

Though the black votes mostly go to Dims, trust me when I say this, many blacks, including many Dim blacks, do not believe this guy is one of them. He is a true African American and has not shared the black American experience. Skin color does not get him a pass. Yes, some blacks who will vote for him just because he's black, but many others see him for the media creation that he is and won't go for it, even if he's on the ticket with Hillary.

I agree. Hillary is ahead in all the polls when competing against Obama, including among black voters. The MSM and the Dems need a viable opponent to put against Hillary just to maintain interest in their primaries. The MSM also benefits by getting more ad money. Hillary will eat Obama alive in the primaries.

193 posted on 02/10/2007 9:05:11 AM PST by kabar
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To: don-o
This is going to become a spectator sport ... Obama vs. Clinton. The next 1.5 years is going to be interesting viewing. Who do you think will win?
194 posted on 02/10/2007 9:05:32 AM PST by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: Sonar5

We will move. But it will depend on my husband's job. Also, we have small kids and we like to live near family. So moving away will happen but it will be sad for us.

We are not miserable. But I do see, in L.A., a definite trend among the liberal power elite to support both the wealthy and the very poor (read illegals) and the middle class be damned.


195 posted on 02/10/2007 9:06:33 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Mo1
I,m sure the media will make certain that Hellary will NOT tank. They need a first-time woman President to be Democrat too badly for that.
196 posted on 02/10/2007 9:06:46 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Andrea Mitchel on MSNBC ... she's traveling with Hellary in up state NY for town hall meeting

Says Hellary had a good crowd .. though did get one tough question about her vote on the war

Hellary have her usual bs of If I knew then what I know now

Pushed her healthcare plans

197 posted on 02/10/2007 9:07:50 AM PST by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: RC2

good idea... put your head in the sand and maybe he'll go away... :/

you need to know your enemy...


198 posted on 02/10/2007 9:10:00 AM PST by fhlh (Liberal (noun): A person so open minded, their brains have fallen out of their head.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

What the fact the after spending TWO Years in a Muslim school in Indonesian, he then transferred to a Catholic School.

His stepfather claims he wasn't a practicing Muslim yet sends him to a Muslim school.

Sorry, but if not wanting a Muslim as President makes me a Bigot, sign me up.

If mentioning his middle name makes me a Bigot, what does it make Barack Hussein Obama for not mentioning it.

Read about his past. Father Muslim, Stepfather Muslim, attende Muslim school for two years before transferring to Catholic School. SO hmm, even his Mother let him attend Muslim School.

Evidence is against him, and if that make me a bigot, so be it.

So are you saying, no one can ask about his past? Or his middle name and its consequences of it. Such as Muslims state he is a muslim no matter what Obama says.

Sounds like you need to do a bit of research there psycho-freep.


199 posted on 02/10/2007 9:11:47 AM PST by Sonar5 (62 Million+ have Spoken Clearly - "We Want Our Country Back")
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

You also realize he is named after his father, so his name is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.


200 posted on 02/10/2007 9:14:50 AM PST by Sonar5 (62 Million+ have Spoken Clearly - "We Want Our Country Back")
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