Obama On Fire
Obama gave a great speech tonight in St. Paul, Minnesota. Wow! Well constructed, emotional, plenty of content. I notice that a lot of commentators don't get it — I sort of wish they did but, really, I don't care. It's as if they live in another world. As does John "Wetstart" McCain, recycling a dreary 1980s speech. What a cardboard figure. Or Hillary, practicing her occult art of political division. Obama's tapped into something else altogether. And it's amazing, thinking about it, that he's kept this fire under wraps for so long, figuring, one supposes, that it's meant for a general campaign. Republicans, watch out!
Posted by George Kenney on June 3, 2008 11:03 PM 
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I too was riveted by the speech last night — Obama sounded like a progressive, or at least a populist. He will need all the fire he can muster to fend off the racist swiftboating from the Republicans and their media lapdogs, not to mention their continuing hero-worship of John McCain. If anyone can pull that off, it is probably Barack Obama.
Now if Obama has the good sense to reject Hillary as a running mate, and she has the good sense to work hard for the ticket, perhaps we can stop our nation's headlong rush into tyranny.
Posted by: Democracy Lover
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June 4, 2008 7:48 AM
Obama might be a great speech giver, but so what?
I stopped following the election's American-Idol-esque shenanigans once all hope for any half-decent candidate vanished : Cynthia, Paul, Gravel, Dennis etc... Hillary this. Obama that. McCain this... Waffle waffle.
Did you know that Obama's wife headed the Chicago chapter of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), or that Obama gets 2/3 more Wall-Street funding then McCain does? Now if Wall Street wants Obama so bad, I really doubt it's for America's good.
Posted by: KevinM | June 5, 2008 9:00 AM