This Obama Speech Is A Regular Gettysburg Address

[Dinger]

I mean, I have shivers here. I believe this speech will be historic. He is taking my breath away. I am watching it on CNN.



P.S. I am supporting Wesley Clark, and that won't change, but that does not mean I ignore other wonderful Dems, such as Barack Obama.

[Eurobabe]

1. Yes it is...

Which is why I think I will support Obama, should Clark not run.

[lyonn]

2. What an awsome speaker!

And, it all makes sense....

[Dinger]

3. Hillary Is Speaking In Selma Today Too, Right?

Damn, I'd hate to be her, especially after this speech. I mean, I can't say enough how moving this is.

[tridim]

9. She's doing great so far!

Surprisingly so. Wow!

[Monkeyman]

4. I don't know if the General is running yet

But what if they run one the ticket for the President and Vice President WOW

[Dinger]

5. Geeez, I Can't Even Fathom How Awesome That Would Be

Just unstoppable, period.
:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[proud patriot]

6. wow wow wow

watched on Cspan .. Cried ... I'm a poor white
American and he really connected with me in this
speech ... still holding out for Gore , but this
speech knocked my socks off ...

Hillary coming up now ..

[Pithy Cherub]

7. I love the speech that touched on themes of discipline,

courage and education.
Maya said it! Without Courage none of the others virtues can be practiced!

A total Clarkie, but if he does not run, Obama is my guy.

[BeyondGeography]

8. "If Cousin Pookie would vote, if Uncle Jethro would stop watching Sportscenter"

An incredible blend of what everyone can and should be doing to help themselves and each other and how our institutions can be improved.

To engage with the world and reclaim life itself for themselves.

It's Obama time, people.

[acmavm]

10. Who's he talking to today? Well, let me take a look. Nope, it ain't the

same bunch he was pandering to yesterday.

<Snip>

Obama calls Iranian regime a 'threat'



CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) on Friday blamed Bush administration failings in Iraq for strengthening the strategic position of Iran, which he says must be stopped from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The Illinois senator said that means "direct engagement" with Iran similar to the meetings with the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.

"One of the most profound consequences of the administration's failed strategy in Iraq has been to strengthen Iran's strategic position; reduce U.S. credibility and influence in the region; and place Israel and other nations friendly to the United States in greater peril," Obama told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobbying group.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070302/ap_on_el_pr/obama_mideast

Or is this the Barack Obama who doesn't think we should withdraw from Iraq?

You are correct. He's a great orator. And he'll pander to any crowd.

[BeyondGeography]

11. Come back when you see the speech

which was anything but a pander-fest. :thumbsdown:

[Laurab]

12. You beat me to it! n/t

[acmavm]

16. I agree, he is a great speaker. That about it.

[goclark]

20. You got that right! He did not pander at all

He put it on the line to his audience and yet it spoke to the world.

It was not a speech about Iraq, he was REMEMBERING SELMA!

[Connie_Corleone]

13. Obama has a plan to withdraw all the troops by March 2008.

What the hell are you talking about? Edwards and Clinton say the same things about Iran being a threat and needing to have TALKS with them.

Start your own thread to spew on.

[carpe diem]

14. why in the hell would Obama or anyone else give a foreign policy speech

in a church on Sunday in Selma, AL to celebrate a Civil Rights march...this post is as out of place as a criticism of this speech as talking about "direct engagement" in Iran would have been out of place to speak about today in Selma...Obama must have done REALLY WELL if this, quite frankly, strange post, is any indication of your desperation...

[acmavm]

17. Desperation? No, I'm just counting the many faces of Barack Obama.

[Colobo]

21. Who should we vote for?

[Learn2Swim]

15. .

^ :thumbsdown: clueless.


I agree. I thought it was an excellent speech. It brought me to the brink of tears more than once.

[snowbear]

25. I agree. . .

With you Learn2Swim.. ..

Some of the comments here are either clueless or just down right MEAN..

[Clark2008]

18. If this is the speech that used the line that he was "coming home"

to Selma, then count me out of the adoration.

That line sounded contrived to me.

[Forkboy]

19. Sounds way too contrived to me.

Wince inducing.

[goclark]

22. Count me in, I'm African American

and I have never been to Selma or Alabama.

In our culture, his culture -- we use the term "coming home" even when we have never been to that place before.


We are coming to a place that reminds us of our struggles and our past.
We are seeing people that look like us and feel like us.

He was HOME today!

[Colobo]

24. There you go!

I've never been in West Africa, but I consider it a spiritual home.

[Forkboy]

27. Yours and goclark's are good answers

Thanks for giving me a different way to look at it.

[Connie_Corleone]

23. Watch the replay of the speech or read the transcript before counting

yourself out.

I just love it when people take a few words out of an entire speech and use it as an excuse to criticize.

"Coming home" is symbolic and you need to hear it in context as to what he's really talking about.

[Pithy Cherub]

26. Ya gotta get out to more black churches. We

like our phrase comin' home in a variety of contexts. It can be for goin' home ceremonies as well as empitomizing the spiritual feeling of wherever you are.

[Clarkie1]

28. I've been out today, but I am looking forward to hearing this speech.

Obama has the most integrity of the three front runners, and would certainly make the best President of the three.

He's got a great chance of winning the nomination!

[bigdarryl]

29. DAMN!! what a speech by Obama Hillary did ok .

[Alameda]

30. so where is the link?

.........I really would appreciate a link to the speech. Does anyone have one?

[brentspeak]

31. Lincoln didn't use the word "I" once during the Gettysburg Address

Obama, on the other hand, referred to himself about a dozen times during his speech today. (Lincoln's Gettysburg Address also lasted all but 90 seconds.)

Obama's speech was good (reversing my initial opinion), but I'm waiting (hoping) that Obama will get back to (or rather, begin) being the senator the people of Illinois elected him to be, not the candidate.