VIDEO: Obama Denver Speech - August 28th

Thursday night, Barack Obama delivered his 44-minute nominating acceptance speech to a crowd of 84,000 people packed into Invesco Field in Denver Colorado. This marks the final lap of his bid to become the nation’s president.

“Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land - enough! This moment - this election - is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive.  … We are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. On November 4th, we must stand up and say: “Eight is enough.”

FULL 45 MINUTE VIDEO BELOW

FULL SPEECH TEXT HERE

Published in: on August 29, 2008 at 12:30 am Comments (2)
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Ferraro, the Real Monster & the Double Standard

HILLARY IS LOSING BECAUSE OF SEXISM & RACISM

The poor lamb, Mrs. Clinton, has been thoroughly vetted and tested. She has 35 years of experience. She is ready on day 1 to lead our country. And she says she brought peace to Northern Ireland.

However, she is losing to Obama because a large percentage of Americans are racist and sexist. (At least according to Clinton fundraiser and former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro.)

Ferraro said in a Friday interview, the only reason that Obama is winning, is because he is black.

“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position,” she continued. “And if he was a woman he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”

QUESTIONS:

  • The large amount of women (including Ferraro) who support Hillary Clinton, are they sexist?
  • The white voters in Ohio who polled that race was the most important factor in their votes, and chose Clinton 60% over Obama, are they racist?
  • When Jesse Jackson ran for President in 1984 and 1988, and later Al Sharpton ran for President in 2004, but both failed to garner enough support from whites and blacks alike, did the Presidential Affirmative Action Clause conveniently skip over them?
  • Since Obama is half-white, how does that figure into the equation?

(more…)

Published in: on March 12, 2008 at 11:31 am Comments (5)
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VIDEO: Hillary Endorses McCain as Next Best

CLINTON SAYS REPUBLICAN IS BETTER THAN DEMOCRAT — THREE TIMES

McCain & Clinton

Hillary Clinton’s strategy seems to be: if she can’t win the democratic nomination, vote for… McCain? Not sure how the DNC feels about Hillary Clinton promoting the Republic party as the next best option. Obama is in the lead delegate-wise, yet Hillary continues to state that McCain is better than Obama.

For the next 6 weeks until Pennsylvania, does Hillary plan to continue praising McCain as the better “commander-in-chief”, and a friend with a “lifetime of experience”? That seems rather counterproductive.

[By contrast, while Obama believes he is the better candidate, he maintains that either he or Hillary would be a better option than McCain.]

What better political ammunition do the Republicans need in the general election against the Democrats, than one which shows the numerous times Hillary Clinton gave McCain praise over one in her own democratic party? How nice of her to do the work for them.

Published in: on March 7, 2008 at 3:47 pm Comments (0)
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Clinton: Your States Don’t Matter, Part II

WE ARE NOT IMPRESSED WITH THIS STRATEGY.

We heard Hillary say which states don’t matter before, but in case we missed it the first time, her chief strategist, Mark Penn, let us know it all over again this past week with this helpful tidbit of a quote:

“Could we possibly have a nominee who hasn’t won any of the significant states — outside of Illinois? That raises some serious questions about Sen. Obama.”

The line of questioning seems to try and imply (among other things) that because Obama didn’t win in New York or California, he won’t be able to win those states in the general election. Strange logic, since these two states will be “blue” states whether or not Hillary is running for office.

However, how long does the Clinton campaign think it can continue insulting the remaining population of the United States by implying their votes / states are insignificant?

  • Sorry Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. Oh, and the District of Columbia. Your states don’t matter.

And, exactly how is this considered a winning strategy by the Clinton campaign?

SOURCE: Clinton’s Delegate Tactics

Published in: on February 17, 2008 at 6:12 pm Comments (3)
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Former Clinton Campaign Manager Endorses Obama

Bill Clinton’s 92′ campaign manager, David Wilhelm, publicly endorsed Barack Obama for President today on a conference call with reporters. After Wilhelm, who is also a superdelegate, helped Bill Clinton win the election in 1992, Bill Clinton made Wilhelm the chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Wilhelm believes the people who were for Bill Clinton back in the early 90’s, are for Barack Obama today.

He said in the conference call that Barack Obama was more electable than Senator Hillary Clinton. He went on to say that Obama’s campaign is evidence of his leadership, calling it “masterful.”

“He has out-worked, out-organized and out-raised his opponents every step of the way. As a former campaign manager, I know organizational excellence when I see it. And the Obama campaign, win or lose, will serve as a model for future generations to come.” He added, “The Obama campaign has overcome truly daunting organizational odds, not to mention the aura of inevitability and that should provide Democrats with confidence.”

Some other interesting facts about David Wilhelm:

  • He is a devout Christian who’s spoken of his faith widely. In 2006 he launched FaithfulDemocrats.com, a site designed to “provide a Christian-focused, Democratic community online.” This can be an asset in wooing religious Dems in Texas and Ohio.
  • He has strong roots in Ohio (he lives and works there), the next battleground for votes on March 4th.
  • He plans to start calling other superdelegates to support Obama.

SOURCES: CNN |  NY TIMES | FOX NEWS | ROLLING STONE

What does it say that that some of the people who know the Clinton’s the best, are publicly endorsing Obama? Examples:

Ted Kennedy
Moveon.org - created to defend Bill Clinton
From the Clinton’s administration:
-energy and transportation secretary Federico Peña
-commerce secretary William Daley
-foreign policy gurus Anthony Lake and Susan Rice
-former Navy secretary Richard Danzig
-women’s advocate Betsy Myers

Published in: on February 13, 2008 at 11:04 pm Comments (2)
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