I hope everyone listens to this speech and how he treats his opponent. I only wish his supporters could be as classy as Obama.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Oh, you mean as classy as Senator Clinton in congratulaing Obama on winning the nomination? Un huh I am sure we WILL follow Obama's lead, because he is a leader, a uniter.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
excellent.
grandma
· 1 year ago
Wow
Just Wow !!!!!
munjoyfan
· 1 year ago
It is so exciting to listen to this live on NPR. And another note of hope: tonight in my neighborhood we had candidate debates for our state representative and senate candidates. We have a deep bench. We have several talented, experienced, and committed young Democrats running. I've already voted--our primary is next week--but I feel energized by the prospect of many years to come of good young public servants.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Please, let's come together. As a gay guy, I don't want anymore fundmentalists in there.
:::crying now:::
DrChancellor
· 1 year ago
Obama's speech victory speech is great. LOL, love it that the crowd booed when he mentioned "the witch". From this day forward, any time a Clinton is mentioned, people will boo at the thought of their sorry, loser, scum-bag asses.
mmedefarge
· 1 year ago
I think they booed when he mentioned McSame. They are being extremely classy re Hill. Love those well bred Minnesotans. Such a lovely state!
risa87
· 1 year ago
Jeez, he's really letting her have it now!
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
All I hear is praise for Mrs. Clinton, who are you listening to?
Marilyn111
· 1 year ago
Folks, it's time to bury the hatchet. Hillary made negative ads in which she photo-shopped Obama's skin color and changed his nose shape in order to inflame racists and bigot. But we've got to forget all that and welcome her and her supporters back into the fold. We need to convince our African-American friends to forget about the racist attacks and now embrace these fellow Democrats.
PeteWa
· 1 year ago
Why?
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Well, just because or something.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
Marilyn111: I understand your concern, but there is a darkness in Hillary that I want no part of as an African American. What she represents is what's wrong with America--she knows it, and she tried to use it to her advantage. This country is large enough to find the souls that can work together to move this country forward. We can do without the likes of Hillary Clinton.
tas
· 1 year ago
Damn, he is so good at this. Camelot, anyone?
FunMe
· 1 year ago
Si se puede!
risa87
· 1 year ago
Camelot didn't turn out so well, or are you too young to remember the assasination?
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Oh yes, go after McCain and do it now on a day that EVERYONE will be listening, This will be news!
TensorT
· 1 year ago
When I was in high school I was homophobic until one of my closets friends came out to me. Afterwards I had a lot of thinking to do and I was totally ashamed of how I used to feel. I decided to learn more about LGBT rights and got involved in what I realized was a crucially important human rights issue.
I found this blog when I was trying to branch out and learn more and ever since I have checked it every single day. This blog launched me into progressive politics and I have not stopped working and hoping and talking to everyone I can about the world I want to live in. The democrats were basically ok, but they didn't really speak to the feeling of mine that started here and drove me. This man, our party's canidate for president of the united states does, and I am so happy to be able to write this down here even if no one will ever read it. Yes we can.
Believe me, Drudge will have a big impact on this election as he has on those in the past. We are lucky to finally have him fighting on our side (thanks Andrew Sullivan).
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
I checked out the Drudge site and read some of the comments, Geez, talk about hostile.
FunMe
· 1 year ago
Sore Losers ... or basically LOSERS!
I too went there ... those freaks are lame. So HAPPY they are pissed off.
Living it and loving it.
President Obama here he comes!
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
I have hopes this man will restore America to the great nation it once was in the world's eyes before George W. Bush used it as his personal playground.
debrazza
· 1 year ago
Holy crap, McCain just stepped in dog doo!
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Does he even know?
Miket298
· 1 year ago
Can CNN now replay a little bit of McCains pathetic speech to show off how charismatic and hopeful Obama is compared to him?
ezpz
· 1 year ago
Alpha - Omega
He won the first and last contest.
Hallelujah!
FunMe
· 1 year ago
I just love, love, LOVE how Obama was nice to Hillary, but then pretty much has attitude of, OK I was nice and I have her out of the way.
My focus from now on: McCain!
McSame McCrazyCain McShame
munjoyfan
· 1 year ago
Let's stop banging Hillary. She is not narcissistic. She is an accomplished compromiser in the US Senate. But she has a classic bunker mentality right now--partly of her own making--and is not performing at her best. She has had to motivate herself to keep going in the face of overwhelming information that it is time to quit, and has probably lost her perspective. I am sure she thinks she is doing this for all women. And those around her, like that fruitcake Terry McAuliffe, are using her, rather than guiding her. So lay off her. It's over, and we need her as secretary of health and human services. The situation with maternal and child health care and early childhood education in this country is appalling compared to other industrialized countries. These were Hillary's issues for much of her career, and she needs to get back to them. It's not about Hillary. It's about Obama vs. McCain. Let her save some face and quietly concede when she is ready.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
I think she'd be good at HHS.
But I don't think she'd take it.
It's veep or hell to pay, as far as she's concerned.
tbhull
· 1 year ago
Obama is selling a concept, change. Clinton is selling an individual. America has made its choice.
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· 1 year ago
You got that right.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
God I love this man! Watching his speech now, and he just gives me hope for our country again. I look at that crowd and just think, We are going to crush McCain in November....
grandma
· 1 year ago
Me too !!!!!!!!
grandma
· 1 year ago
Clinton's Ghastly Speech:
What Democrats needed from Clinton tonight, aside from at last CONCEDING to Obama, was to go after McCain with everything she had: this would have been a first step to pulling her supporters into the larger Democratic fold. Instead, incredibly, she chose to continue her veiled critique of Obama. Instead, incredibly, she chose to emphasize and repeat all of her lies: that she won the popular vote, that she has "more votes than any other candidate who's ever run in the primaries", and, most damagingly, insinuating that somehow, this election was "stolen" from her. We see, more clearly than ever, that this is not about defeating Republicans in 2008: it is, for her, solely about her own career.
This is our moment. This is our time. We are ready.
grandma
· 1 year ago
a crowd of 20,000 !!!!!!!
tbhull
· 1 year ago
Clinton's epic and monemental failure marks the end of a generation's hold on power.
grandma
· 1 year ago
Olberman just said 17,000 inside the XCell Center and another 15,000 outside !!
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Good Gawd.
jr
· 1 year ago
let the google bombing against McCain begin
FunMe
· 1 year ago
NEW post please - with champagne!
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
Thanks to Oprah too. Girlfriend paid a huge price in ratings for introducing many of us to Obama.
The Os have it! :-)
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
if hillary really wanted the vp spot, she should've shown up in MN with Obama and started working for it.
Jim Olson
· 1 year ago
Generational shift indeed. No longer is it about the individual, it is about us, together, as Americans. Obama barely spoke about himself, and that's all that Clinton did speak about.
ZennButtKicker (tlhwraith)
· 1 year ago
Wow!
Obamas kung fu is strong. I almost feel sorry for McCain, Obama is about to open up a big can of whoop ass on him.
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
Voters: Do you want McCrazy's finger on the button?
martha
· 1 year ago
McCain is toast. Hillary had one last chance to be relevant. She blew it. Yea President Obama.
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
Clinton blew it when you made up "experience" as the issue. She has no more than him, not counting her global chit-chits during Bill's visits and etc, but she said she and McCain have the experience to lead on day one. Well, that made it impossible for her to become VP, because she's more "qualified to lead" than President Obama.
She triangulated and caught herself in her own trap.
LeslieB
· 1 year ago
According to her, Obama might be assassinated or eaten by giant pill bugs, whichever comes first.
dula
· 1 year ago
Hillary is lost in her own world so it is time for her supporters to finally try to be big human beings and acknowledge Obama as the Nominee and work to bring the Party together...unless you want to vote for a man who wishes to overturn Roe vs. Wade and who calls his wife the "C" word.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Congratulations to you, Obama, and your family. And all of us in the Democratic Party We're clearly getting there.
LeslieB
· 1 year ago
Tweety is punditing that Hillary is holding her army together in order to negotiate with Obama, to broker her power. You want my voters, then let's meet and talk.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Leslie, it's sound pretty "Mob Bossy" doesn't it?
LeslieB
· 1 year ago
Depends on what she wants? Even though, if you're like me, you feel she ran a despicable campaign. Nevertheless, she is a former first lady, a Senator and came close to winning the nomination. Obama will need her 18 million[?] supporters behind him to win against McMore.
Ellie
· 1 year ago
This is the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed in my life.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Barack Obama, President of the United States of America
Get used to the idea.
Happy_Housewife
· 1 year ago
I just visited Hillaryclinton dot com, and left a polite note, praising her for her many accomplishments, and asking her to drop out.
Olbermann just reported that Obama called Clinton and congratulated her on her South Dakota win. Obama asked her to call him back.
moreleesafer
· 1 year ago
Michelle is going to make a wonderful First Lady. His little girlsare going to be adorable in the Oval Office. Just like John John and Caroline.
I'm not THAT old, I just remember the photos
steve303
· 1 year ago
Obama never ceased to impress me. It's not simply his oration or presence, but the fact that this guy is a far smarter and cooler person then I could be. Where he is gracious, I would be churlish; where he can let baseless attacks roll off him, I would attack. Where the other candidates in the race have run their campaigns the way they have been run for the last 20 years, Obama has shown a style that I haven't seen since for 30 or 40 years. We should be proud that he is our nominee.
Eclectablog
· 1 year ago
I was going to comment, steve303, but I couldn't possibly have put it any better than you did. How exciting is this?!
All Comments
Just Wow !!!!!
And another note of hope: tonight in my neighborhood we had candidate debates for our state representative and senate candidates. We have a deep bench. We have several talented, experienced, and committed young Democrats running.
I've already voted--our primary is next week--but I feel energized by the prospect of many years to come of good young public servants.
:::crying now:::
I found this blog when I was trying to branch out and learn more and ever since I have checked it every single day. This blog launched me into progressive politics and I have not stopped working and hoping and talking to everyone I can about the world I want to live in. The democrats were basically ok, but they didn't really speak to the feeling of mine that started here and drove me. This man, our party's canidate for president of the united states does, and I am so happy to be able to write this down here even if no one will ever read it. Yes we can.
Believe me, Drudge will have a big impact on this election as he has on those in the past. We are lucky to finally have him fighting on our side (thanks Andrew Sullivan).
I too went there ... those freaks are lame.
So HAPPY they are pissed off.
Living it and loving it.
President Obama here he comes!
He won the first and last contest.
Hallelujah!
My focus from now on: McCain!
McSame
McCrazyCain
McShame
But she has a classic bunker mentality right now--partly of her own making--and is not performing at her best. She has had to motivate herself to keep going in the face of overwhelming information that it is time to quit, and has probably lost her perspective. I am sure she thinks she is doing this for all women. And those around her, like that fruitcake Terry McAuliffe, are using her, rather than guiding her.
So lay off her. It's over, and we need her as secretary of health and human services. The situation with maternal and child health care and early childhood education in this country is appalling compared to other industrialized countries. These were Hillary's issues for much of her career, and she needs to get back to them. It's not about Hillary. It's about Obama vs. McCain. Let her save some face and quietly concede when she is ready.
But I don't think she'd take it.
It's veep or hell to pay, as far as she's concerned.
What Democrats needed from Clinton tonight, aside from at last CONCEDING to Obama, was to go after McCain with everything she had: this would have been a first step to pulling her supporters into the larger Democratic fold. Instead, incredibly, she chose to continue her veiled critique of Obama. Instead, incredibly, she chose to emphasize and repeat all of her lies: that she won the popular vote, that she has "more votes than any other candidate who's ever run in the primaries", and, most damagingly, insinuating that somehow, this election was "stolen" from her. We see, more clearly than ever, that this is not about defeating Republicans in 2008: it is, for her, solely about her own career.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...
Forget about her and move on.
Obama/Webb.
The Os have it! :-)
Obamas kung fu is strong. I almost feel sorry for McCain, Obama is about to open up a big can of whoop ass on him.
She triangulated and caught herself in her own trap.
Barack Obama, President of the United States of America
Get used to the idea.
Then I went to barakobama.com, and donated $100.
His little girlsare going to be adorable in the Oval Office. Just like John John and Caroline.
I'm not THAT old, I just remember the photos