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Barack Obama shows us and the undecided a clear distinction in the presidential race

Submitted by Chad on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 11:27pm.

BE-ELECTED
by Chad Rubel

We heard a lot of speeches this week, and on Thursday night, we had a few of them on a football field. A completely sold out crowd that filled a high-capacity NFL stadium. And the crowd got what it wanted.

Usually when the pundits speak is the time to get up and go for a glass of water or finally use the bathroom. But I was curious as to what their reaction would be. I didn't watch FOX News, but the pundits I saw really liked the speech.

The force, the grandeur, the simplicity and directness -- it was all there for Obama.

My greatest fear with having the two conventions back-to-back was that Obama's momentum would be lost between the Labor Day weekend and the RNC in St. Paul, but I tried to imagine John McCain in this setting or even with 18,000 in a hockey arena in St. Paul. And I couldn't picture anything even close to what happened Thursday night in Denver.

I still wonder if some of that momentum won't be as strong. The only thing that can make up for that is hoping that the people who say they don't know what Obama is about was watching the speech.

As Al Gore pointed out earlier in the evening, there is a difference between the two major party candidates (as there was in 2000). Anybody who has been paying attention to this speech knows what those differences are.

As difficult as it has been for Barack Obama, in already the longest race ever, now comes the tough part. Looks like he's ready.

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Now Comes The Easiest, Not The Toughest Part

Submitted by crackerjack on Sat, 08/30/2008 - 4:24pm.
"Why is this so?" "Because a long slumbering public finally has awakened and is paying attention." "To what?" "That it's now or never" "Meaning?" "That more and more of us realize that we must elect a president who's going to dismantle Empire-USA plus turning things around here at home." "And then what sort of world?" "It'll be up to us." "But if we don't elect such a president?" "The abyss."
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Some good populism and social justice in there, but...

Submitted by Ken duerksen on Fri, 08/29/2008 - 8:50am.

"I will make certain those [health care] companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most…"

Weak, weak, weak. I'm sorry, but this is not leadership. A leader would declare his or her intent to dismantle the health-insurance industry, and institute a civilized single-payer system of universal coverage. I know Obama must understand this; I wish he had the courage to make it an issue.

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Total sellout

Submitted by Mike5000 on Fri, 08/29/2008 - 9:36am.
Obama is a total sellout to Wall Street.

Yeah, he gives a great speech. So what?

Increased war profiteering, making our awful corporate health-care compulsory, and immunity for corporations that spy on Americans. Just like Pelosi, he votes to fund the wars he pretends to hate. He has promised to continue the war crimes against Iraq civilians for at least five years and to ramp up the pace of war crimes against the Afghans.

No wonder Wall Street loves him.

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Oh I think he does... but he

Submitted by Clemsy Diggs on Fri, 08/29/2008 - 9:19am.
Oh I think he does... but he also has the intelligence not to shoot himself in the head. You don't hit the delete button on an industry. You phase it out.
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Disingenuous

Submitted by Mike5000 on Fri, 08/29/2008 - 9:53am.
Making awful corporate health-care compulsory is not "phasing it out".

On this and several other issues Flip Flop O'Same is even worse than Senile McSame.

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So, Mike5000 - You'll TAKE McSame Then?

Submitted by drprodny on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 9:26am.
B/c he's the Only Other Realistic Choice to Obama, you know - vtjozef and all the other toss-your-vote-awayers' protestations aside.

If H. Ross Perot couldn't get so much as one Electoral Vote in 1992 despite gaining a significant percentage (19%) of the Popular Vote, what chance do Nader, Barr or Paul have? I keep telling vtjozef and he keeps ignoring in his Naderite lonely virtue - until we change the system as FairVote and National Popular Vote are currently working to do, all supporting Nader does is ensure a McCain victory. If after Eight Years Of The Traitors Bush/Cheney/Gonzalez you still think there's no substantive difference between a Democratic and a Republican President, then you're beyond all hope as a thinking or caring human being....
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