Positive Obama thread

oh...BTW..you ladies up in Canda, apparently you are in a "hostile" country.  ;-)

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Well, I actually got tipsy swigging my wine every time McCain said "my friends," but I, too, am doing the happy dance.  Barring an October surprise, I don't think there's any way for McCain to pull this off.  It's obvious from the tracking polls that his tactic of going negative on Obama doesn't work, at least not in the debates.  Every time he tried it, the tracking lines dipped.  Unfortunately for him, his limited positive message isn't resonating.  I suspect the same thing will be true of Palin's attempts to "take the gloves off."  The terrorist message plays well with her very partisan crowds, but rings small and hollow with everyone else.  

Speaking of terrorist messages . . . as a sign of how desperate the right has become, Faux News was running a story about Ayers right after the debate.  When the other 2 news networks were still discussing or replaying the debate, Faux did a "breaking news" story about the old guilt-by-association Ayers story.  Trying to make up for what McCain couldn't do during the debate I guess.  I'm glad to see Faux is still "fair and balanced." 

oh yah g --- i am feeling much better today, knowing That One got a bit closer to moving into the white house come january.

i was doing the happy dance with donna, having a sip of my margarita on "my friends" with lap, hopefully not 108 times, felicia.

for the master of town halls, i agree grace, mccain left everybody scratching their heads..

amy - my son said mccain looked prehistoric. lol. obama got his vote in november last night. 

thank you for posting that picture, mary-lou. barack obama looked very presidential last night, i was so impressed with his health care part. i was touched with his mother's cancer reference, i know i am not alone.

serene - clearly the negative thing is not worked for old johnny, americans are going to vote their pocketbooks not smear campaigns.

phew - i almost made a whole post with no reference to that idiot sarah palin ....

speaking of wasilla de vil, troopergate report goes to the legislature friday and they will vote on making the findings public. supreme court hears weak repug block today.

looks like the straight talk express has more than lost a wheel, it is going to come to a dead stop in less than a month!

eye on the prize...moving closer to the end of the worst eight years in american history.

we can do this!

And to think he didn't even stick around long enough to shake a few hands--just took his designer clothed wife and fled for the hills! I'm sure he knew he blew it, and just couldn't face the crowd.

His demeaning attitude and condescending speeches to the audience and Obama, like they needed to be educated was more than I could stand. I found myself wanting to reach into the TV and shake him while yelling, what the H are you doing? He has cooked his own goose.

My mom told me yesterday she mutes him and Palin when they come on--she said he gives older people a bad name--mom's 81. Hee, hee!

It's Obama/Biden all the way. I sent for absentee ballot, but I'm thinking of taking it to the voting station so I know it will be counted. Just don't trust those Repugs after the last 2elections.

Grace, believe it or not I remember the same sort of stuff being circulated about Jimmy Carter in 1976, by the losing side.  That time it had to do with the number of letters in his name adding up to something or other.....

I always thought a manure spreader was a farm implement that recycled animal droppings on the fields.  Guess there's a new definition now.

Marylou....I LOVE the picture you posted.....Thanks.

 I have been working as a volunteer at our county's Dem. Headquarters......Obama will be in Cincinnati tomorrow, and we volunteers have been gifted with preferred tickets....We are car-pooling...I can't wait.

The more I watch Obama, the more I like him.....As most of you know, I used to be a one issue voter... I voted for pro-life candidates only.....Now that I see that the Republican Party has used this as a carrot, to keep the votes of pro-liferes, I feel freed up to vote for the candidate I really like...

I am still very much pro-life....and whie I am a Catholic....I think I would be pro-life no matter what...I just can't see taking the life of an innocent baby....Who did not cause the problem...It's HIS body too.  I don't expect my feeings on this matter to ever change...I've watched four of my five grandboys being born, and cannot even imagine seeing them die just before they are born.

 However, as a Catholic, I do believe that the Democratic Party (with that one exception) embodies the teachings of my Church much more than the Republican Party does....There is a deep regard for the welfare of others....I find Republicans to be anything but "compasionate conservatives".....I don't think there really is any such animal.  

I like Obama because he is cerebal....You can see his inate intelligence....His ability to reason and think things through.  I like his unflapability (is that a word?).and his calm demeanor.  He clearly outshines McCain...

I worry about the McCain/Palin ticket.....He is too old and cranky, and she is...well....she is scary.  The very thought of Sarah Palin being so close to the White House terrifies me.....

I am also worried about the saftey of Obama...Especially when there has been so much hate for him spewed at McCain/Palin rallies......There are a lot of nuts ot there, who could so easily be set off by such ugliness....I'll bet the security surrounding Obama is awesome.  At least I hope so.

 I truly believe that Obama will be our next President, and am looking forward to that day.  We cannot take another four years of what the last eight have given us....Our country is coming apart at the seams.  

It won't be long now...

Sandy

Sandy,

From an "old" black sister, YOU GO GIRL!!!!

Sandy,

I saw a bumper sticker that said,"I'm an old white woman voting for Obama." I loved it. I'd put one on my car if I could find one!

My husband was flipped off at an intersection two days ago. He has a support the troops/bring them home now, and an Obama '08, and finally a More Trees, Less Bush on the back of his truck. Guess he just insulted that yahooh one too many times!! I told him that should have made him feel good, having that guy stuck behind him for 20 miles. Hee, hee. Karma does come up to but one in the butt if not careful.

It's amazing how McCain tries to stay above the fray. He sends his pit bull w/lipstick around to snarl about our Barack, and the fringe minions to use his middle name like it's a nasty word. Guess that cop in FLA will think twice about using Barack's middle name infront of a crowd in uniform, how dumb can you get?

McCain is swirling the drain, and it will soon be glub,glub,glub. LOL 

Im so disgusted with the way McCain and Palin are leading this campaign away from the real issues.  I knew I was hearing something, didnt know it was McCains teeth clicking.  McCain is an angry old man.  It is so obvious he cant stand to be on the same stage as Obama.  Gosh he comes off looking bad.  I heard on the news yesterday he said "my friends" 22 times.  Now how disgusting was that?

Nicki

And I say "propped up" because really, does Cindy McCain look "real" to anyone?  To me she is the ultimate Stepford wife and I think she has voices via a prompter telling her what to say and do.  The only amazing thing she has ever done was adopt a special needs child without consulting with Mr. McCain, and while I respect that, it was several years ago and now it seems like she just does whatever the advisors tell her to do.  She seems insipid and passionless, like a puppet without a hand inside.

 Anna

In contrast to Cindy, there's Michelle, who was on Larry King and the Daily Show yesterday.  She was very tactful and kind toward the McCains.  A classy woman all around.  You know it's desperation time when they have to trot out the spouse for an attack.  Some people might say that the Obamas can afford to be kind because they're ahead and were ahead through most of the primaries, but I would argue the opposite.  I think many voters are responding to them precisely because they are decent and classy.  From goodness comes success.  I think that's also what Sandy was talking about when she said Democrats seem to have more compassion than Republicans.  I always thought it was funny that Bush chose to describe himself as a "compassionate conservative" to distinguish himself from other conservatives.  Personally I'd rather have a bleeding heart than a hard heart.

Shrinks would have a field day with McCain's "my fellow prisoners" slip.  Do you think he's feeling like a prisoner of his own dirty campaign?  Or his own ambition?  Or the Republican party?  He probably wishes he could just run as an independent with Lieberman by his side.  

Bush and Cheney should be held accountable for Iraq, but other than being judged as the worst team in pesidential history, you know they won't be.  The war will probably be viewed as foolish and ill-planned, but not nefarious.  At least in this part of the world.

Anna, sorry to hear your daughter's sick.  Hope you both can get some sleep!