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Obama: ‘I Don’t Believe in Coming in Second’ [has an aura of hope wrapped around him....]
New York Times ^
Posted on 09/06/2008 8:50:18 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama: ‘I Don’t Believe in Coming in Second’ By Jeff Zeleny
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. – For Senator Barack Obama, the television image of his day on Friday took place on the floor of a glass manufacturing plant in the small Pennsylvania town of Duryea. But by nightfall, he was a world away from that scene, as he arrived here for a pair of high-dollar fund-raisers.
The singer Jon Bon Jovi and a nearby neighbor hosted back-to-back events for Mr. Obama. While his message was largely the same – criticizing Republicans for their convention message – he steeled his supporters for a tough battle ahead in the final 60 days of the campaign.
“I hope you guys are up for a fight. I hope you guys are game because I haven’t been putting up with 19 months of airplanes and hotel food and missing my babies and my wife – I didn’t put up for that stuff just to come in second,” he said. “I don’t believe in coming in second. The American people can’t afford for us to come in second.”
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: bonjovi; fundraiser; nj2008; obama; obamabiden
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A little arrogant don't you think? Elitist is the word and it fits........
To: Sub-Driver
Obama: ‘I Don’t Believe in Coming in Second’Obama: I Believe I'm the Second Coming!
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:51:51 AM PDT
by
impeachedrapist
(On Free Republic PBD [political bipolar disorder] rules!)
To: Sub-Driver
Obama: ‘I Don’t Believe in Coming in Second No, he just believes he's the Second Coming...
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:51:53 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(McCain-Palin '08)
To: Sub-Driver
He pretends that he is the black Son of GOD... but his father is from a much hotter place!
LLS
To: Sub-Driver
Hey Obammy - you better get used to the idea...
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:52:26 AM PDT
by
GunnyB
(Once a Marine, Always a Marine)
To: impeachedrapist
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:52:40 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(GMTA ;)
To: mikrofon; impeachedrapist
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:53:52 AM PDT
by
tioga
(Big Mac and the Cuda - 2008)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:54:22 AM PDT
by
Williams
To: Sub-Driver
> Obama: ‘I Don’t Believe in Coming in Second’ The fact that Obama was forced to acknowledge the possibility of "coming in second" shows that the Dem campaign has been given a severe body slam by Sarah Palin.
Also -- note that Obama doesn't say "losing" -- he calls it "coming in second." In most endeavors, coming in second is not such a bad thing; but in elections, coming in second is losing.
They are WORRIED.
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:55:13 AM PDT
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:56:29 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
To: Sub-Driver
“For the next 60 days,” Mr. Obama said, “their assignment is going to be to see if they can snuff out that spirit in this campaign and to knock me down more than one peg.”
Obama and Biden are doing that themselves with everyday they open their mouths.
To: Sub-Driver
I don’t believe in coming in second.Except, of course, in Iraq, where he wants out troops to come in second to Al-Qaeda.
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:57:13 AM PDT
by
Thane_Banquo
(Obamaniacs to Governor Palin: Woman, shut your mouth and get back in the kitchen where you belong!)
To: Williams
No he and Iran are talking about the 13th Imam
To: Sub-Driver
I feel sorry for Obama. 19 months of hotels, airplane food and messiah-like worship. He must have really had it hard. Almost as hard as John McCain’s five and a half years at the Hanoi Hilton.
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:57:46 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Today I outlive Rocky Marciano)
To: Sub-Driver
Obama: ‘I Don’t Believe in Coming in Second’
It has been a rough week for Obama but I think he is being a bit too hard on himself. I am sure he will beat Bob Barr but then again, maybe his internal numbers are just that bad.
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:58:34 AM PDT
by
j_k_l
To: Sub-Driver
That’s just great - a trash talking basketball player running for president.
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:58:38 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: Sub-Driver
“I don't believe in coming in second!”
Portends of a Barr surge in the polls perhaps?
Actually, Obama is too clever by half parroting McCain.
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:58:58 AM PDT
by
FastCoyote
(I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
To: Sub-Driver
Obama: ‘I Don’t Believe in Coming in Second’ NJ democratic party targets: pets, kids, illegals and dead people.
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posted on
09/06/2008 8:59:15 AM PDT
by
tomymind
To: Sub-Driver
“I hope you guys are up for a fight. I hope you guys are game because I haven’t been putting up with 19 months of airplanes and hotel food and missing my babies and my wife – I didn’t put up for that stuff just to come in second,” he said. “I don’t believe in coming in second. The American people can’t afford for us to come in second.” Notice how low down we are in Obama's list of priorities. Me, Myself, then I, and lastly, the American people.
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posted on
09/06/2008 9:00:05 AM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Sub-Driver
The only Second Coming he’s talking about is Acorn’s. Watch for voter fraud. This is what he is referring to.
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