Obama Suddenly Riled

[RamboLiberal]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Sen. Barack Obama ditched his normal languid cool today, punching back at Gov. Sarah Palin as he spoke with reporters in York, Pa, hotly defending his work as a community organizer. He said he assumes Palin "wants to be treated same way guys want to be treated, which means their records are under scrutinty. I've been through this for 19 months. She's been through it, what four days?"

Obama's hackles were clearly raised by Palin's dismissal of his community organizing --a response to his earlier dismissal of her record as a small-town mayor. "Why would that kind of work be ridiculed?" Obama said. "Who are they fighting for?" The idea that community organizing is not relevant to the presidency, he said, just shows why Republicans "are out of touch and don't get it."

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Obama said the "essential question" of the campaign is "who's got a better plan and agenda to move this country forward and fundamentally change it from the economic and foreign policy failures we've seen for the last eight years."

"The American people need change and want change and I'm in the best position to do it," Obama said.

Obama brushed off the attacks with, "I've been called worse on the basketball courts," and said all Republicans have done so far is dwell on "attacking me or extolling John McCain's biography."



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[DesertFlower]

1. i saw him.

the gloves are off.

[Brigid]

17. And high time too.

I'm glad he won't hesitate to punch back. I admire -- even envy -- his coolness under fire, but occasionally just getting riled up is the correct response.

[RiverStone]

19. I like it! More of the same would suit us just fine. Gloves off!

[krkaufman]

40. Yeah, he hit back well... but he wasn't "riled." He was the same calm, unshakeable dude he's been .

... the whole campaign. I was VERY impressed by his responses to that set of questions. I think he may do OK in the debates.

[quiet.american]

2. This is B.S. The video clearly shows him, calm, cool and collected. nt

[glitch]

4. VERY typical for SF Chronicle. nt

[Whisp]

21. no kidding, I was wondering if this was the same interview.

this account is way off according to what I saw - and what I saw is what you saw.
:shrug:

guess they can't get that 'angry black man' to take their bait so they're making it up?

[WinkyDink]

25. EXACTLY.

[Cronus Protagonist]

27. I concur

If anything, he might have had a short amount of time available, so he was a little short, but he was nowhere near upset.

[Plaid Adder]

36. Exactly.

I saw the video too. He didn't come across as "riled" at all. Course I don't know. Next to McCain, I guess most anything could come across as fiery.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[nam78_two]

38. Actually you know what-you are right

I was focusing on what he said at first, but you are quite right-the tone of that article is pretty shitty...
I hadn't noticed that at first.

[Raven]

3. Yeah, what was the central theme of the RNC? SERVICE? Maybe

they mean room service or maid service or concierge service? Not service to others, I guess.

[ErinBerin84]

5. lol...he didn't look riled at all.

[cyndensco]

23. Not even a little bit riled. Cool as always.

[Eric J in MN]

32. I agree. This reporter either has strange perceptions...

...or is making stuff up for the sake of a story.

[butterfly77]

6. Yes! I love that answer because I have been saying this ....

all day..

[Alexander]

7. Where's the video of this?

I don't want the SF Chronicle's filtered version. I want to hear what he said.

[tomnjoy]

13. VIDEO LINK

Here's a link to the video on MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26548013#26548013

[democracy1st]

39. thanks for the link,he knows exactly whats going on

[BlueIdaho]

8. "I've been called worse on Basketball courts..."

I love this guy!

[tomnjoy]

9. His response was excellent ... riled??

I don't agree that he was "riled" - he seemed cool to me. He was very smooth and eloquent in his response, very direct and to the point but not ranting and raving like a lunatic. It was a calm but firm response.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

10. Bullshit. I saw it and he was genial and calm.

[gateley]

11. Bullshit. He handled it beautifully. And calmly. nt

[ClarkUSA]

12. Send a corrective email to this lyin' "blogger" at [e-mail]

Let's keep 'em on their toes!

[Frances]

15. This is my email to [e-mail]

I think that Sarah Palin earned her high school nickname of Baracuda. John McCain is famous for his temper.



Sarah is the angry white woman and John McCain is the angry white man.



Obama is the coolest politician I have ever seen. It's obvious that he is not an angry guy. Biden is, as everyone points out, a talker. He is genial by nature.



To say that Obama was riled just doesn't match the video--or his nature.

[ClarkUSA]

16. Nice job, Frances.

:thumbsup:

[2Design]

14. I like this man - he really handles their crap so well - someone to

look up to - I just watched the movie Debaters (Denzel Washington) and was struck with how similar the feelings are today as then - the party of right wingers are not much different than the white vigilantes of yesterday - all the sayings that have been code over the years for this discrimination - states rights - red states and blue states match the states that refused mixed marriages until it became law - I found myself scared for the black people in the movie, afraid to go out at all, yet they did, against all odds.

I like that Barack had so many surround him in Germany which shows the usa can get back it's good reputation and that not everyone has to travel with so many people to protect themselves like B@#$@#$@#

Just interesting to hear about the repubs convention and it is mostly white and empty and we have a gun toting white woman with a trash mouth against a educated harvard graduate with a PHd - the rednecks try to bring everyone to their level and Barack is one who is having nothing to do with it

He is willing to not lose sight of the goal or be distracted by all the nonsense

I find myself continuing searching the internet for good things about everything but instead find too much about these right wingers and the media who promotes them and their ideas under the guise of telling news -

I have faith in this man right now and hope he can do a lot but we need open democrats who are willing to make change also and stop doing the things that have been destroying america in the name of greed and corporations

[blondeatlast]

18. Do they sell what that reporter is on OTC? I saw it myself...

WTF? I watched it--he was very calm, very sharp, and even wity.

Apparently my own eyes lie...

[WheelWalker]

20. Sounds like Biden's having a bit of an effect on Obama, too. This is SWEET!

[Brigid]

26. Yes indeed.

The chemistry is taking effect already. *rubs hands together*

[Danger Mouse]

22. I imagine that if the Repukes REALLY get on Obama's bad side...

they will find out quick that you don't fuck with a Chicago politician.

[Marnieworld]

24. I just gushed about how calm he was in another thread that had the video

Unless this is in reference to another moment I don't what these people are talking about.

[uberllama42]

28. Should have said, "I've been through this since Week 3 of Palin's term as governor." nt

[Brigid]

29. Send that to the Obama campaign.

Seriously. It's perfect. :rofl:

[uberllama42]

31. Thanks.

Maybe I'll do that.

[KalicoKitty]

30. Barack Obama is too much of a gentleman to put himself on her level.

But I will say it for him. She is a vile, lying bitch! She is a liar and a terrible mother and grandmother! Why have there never been any photos of her holding "her" newborn son in the hospital? I felt so sorry for the poor baby boy last night being tossed around from person to person, and slept through it all. Strange.

[eshfemme]

33. Damn, he makes it look like no sweat.

Maybe that's why the Republicans have been bumbling after him trying to copy everything he does yet failing with their half-assed copies. Bush can't pull off the stuff Obama's suggested because of his administration with their history of belligerence and lack of diplomacy. McCain can't pull off the change meme by simply trying to revamp his "maverick" image because a maverick is by definition, UNRELIABLE, and denotes personal volatility and NOT the kind of permanent change a country needs. Palin can't pull off his likability and sense because she's plain unenlightened and is of the sort that thinks that simply taking things by force will help. She's the unreasonable mother-in-law every guy hates, the bitter schoolmarm every student avoids, the overbearing mother every child is embarrassed by and the shrill neighborhood gossip that everyone has the same opinion about.

So damn, Obama, just keep doing your thing and keep being coolly Presidential. We'll be your community organizers and get you to the White House.

[Sugarcoated]

35. Rove is losing sleep

and he's so desperate he's even gone so far as to call Biden "a doufus". Joe handled that brilliantly as well.

[mhatrw]

34. He was about as "riled" as the Queen of England at a parade. n/t

[nam78_two]

37. K&R

Yay for Senator Obama...

AWESOME :applause:.

[jonestonesusa]

41. Thanks for posting...

We need to see this kind of vigor added to the thoughtful approach that Obama has used effectively. I hope his response gets airtime in the MSM.