Obama Takes His Message To Record Crowd
(CBS)
PORTLAND, ORE. -- With just two days left until the May 20 primaries, Barack Obama continued to campaign in Oregon today, drawing a massive crowd at an outdoor rally here, his largest crowd to date according to the campaign. They estimated that 75,000 people were in attendance, citing the Portland fire chief.
Noticeably absent from Obama’s campaign schedule in the coming days are stops in Kentucky. When asked if he has given up on state’s primary, where Hillary Clinton holds double-digit lead in the polls, Obama said he doesn’t give up on anything.
“I don’t give up on things, we've gotta make choices and we can’t be everywhere at once,” Obama told reporters after making a local stop for ice cream with his family.
Obama’s top advisers have argued that May 20 will be a pivotal day for the campaign because they will have gained the majority of elected pledged delegates. Even though Obama said he will not declare victory on Tuesday, he said he will have a stronger case to present to superdelegates.
“We will have the majority of pledged delegates at that point and obviously are going to make the argument to any superdelegates remaining that we should be the nominee,” Obama said.
Publicly the campaign has said they will not encourage Clinton to drop out of the race and will leave that decision up to her. However, Obama has altogether stopped criticizing her on the stump and has ratcheted up his rhetoric against John McCain.
“I just want everybody to understand, that Senator Clinton and I have had a terrific contest, she has been a formidable candidate, she has been smart and tough and determined and she has worked as hard as she can. And she has run an extraordinary campaign, it has been an extraordinary campaign,” Obama said here today.
“And look, we have real differences on certain issues, but whatever differences exist between myself and Senator Clinton pale in comparison to the differences with the other side.”
Best-selling author Mitch Albom on his first nonfiction work since "Tuesdays with Morrie."
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Posted by guysdigdirt at 08:40 PM : May 19, 2008
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There is absolutely nothing that could make me wish that we could have Bush for another term. I am surprised that we have survived the two that he had.
Over 4000 Honr. Soldiers & 100,000 Innocent iraqi Citizens Killed, Dis-Membered or Forced Amputations, all under False Pretenses.
The Lowest rated Outgoing President in History.
The Devalued Dollar Bill, rated Lower than the Mexican Peso.
High Unemployment.
Highest Foreclosed rates in American History, since the Depression.
Oh Yeah, What a Great American
You A!! Hole
Obama in (08)
He voted against making English the official language of the United States.
He will not and does not honor or respect the American Flag or what it stands for.
His self-professed religious mentor is a hate monger, and Obama has followed him for over 20 years and dedicated his boooks to the man, had him officiate his marriage and follws his beliefs and teachings.
If Obama is elected POTUS, we will all wish Bush could have had another term.
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Wow! Who made you god, anyway...
He voted against making English the official language of the United States.
He will not and does not honor or respect the American Flag or what it stands for.
His self-professed religious mentor is a hate monger, and Obama has followed him for over 20 years and dedicated his boooks to the man, had him officiate his marriage and follws his beliefs and teachings.
If Obama is elected POTUS, we will all wish Bush could have had another term.
He voted against making English the official language of the United States.
He will not and does not honor or respect the American Flag or what it stands for.
His self-professed religious mentor is a hate monger, and Obama has followed him for over 20 years and dedicated his boooks to the man, had him officiate his marriage and follws his beliefs and teachings.
If Obama is elected POTUS, we will all wish Bush could have had another term.
And we do the best we can to educate our kids in a school instead of indocrinating them in some church.
Posted by sblake63
I could have sworn that you''d posted awhile back calling BO a muslim ..... .....
Going by your logic here - What would you call the thousands that had followed TED HAGGARD prior to the revelation ?? Or the many thousands that have been foloowing HAGEE ??? I wish some Repugs could be American and critise Individuals individually. Cheers!
Obama gets 30-41% (ex WV) of the ''working class white'' vote. She gets only 8% of the black vote. While total numbers of blacks are no where near that of the other group, it is widely accepted that BOTH are required to win. So who has the biggest voter deficit problem? Clinton.
I know she wanted this really badly. In the end, she simply tried too hard.
If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.
The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.
President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006.
If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.
The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.
President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006.
If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.
The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.
President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006.
"We can''''t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said.
"That''''s not leadership. That''''s not going to happen," he added.
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Do you fruitloops hear what the guy is saying?
What''''s he going to do?
Take God and guns away, and now air conditioning? So that''''s a problem too?
Who exactly invented electricity, automobile, and air conditioning?
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Obama''s comment is not surprising. I guess he loves coal and oil a lot. His idea of going green is to not drive SUVs, not eat a lot, and not maintain indoor climates. There are better solutions. There is better energy sources. Better heat pumps. Better everything else. This accurately describes Obama''s word "Change". I like Hillary''s word which is "Solutions".
Posted by sblake63
Obama twice publicly renounced those statements from his former minister! We face real problems in this country, from the war in Iraq, to our economic problems and millions of Americans without health care! What''s sad is that you think Obama''s former pastor is the most important thing we should be concerned with!
Almost as sad as fugtards like sblake63 and tawpdawg cheering for McBush... I mean McCain using their tired, boring fear and smear. Why don''t you ask McCain about his own special pastor? Dumbazzes. Not to mention, McCain''s staff of lobbiests, reprimand for his part in the Keating 5, 100 years in Iraq, war with Iran, etc. etc. etc. I''ll throw some confetti for you moron in November when Senator Obama wins. LOL
We have a couple more votes to go in the democratIC primary and there may be one or two voters yet to get signed up to help the democratIC party battle Operation Backfire!
You were the single greatest weapon the democratIC party could have prayed for in this election, Landslide.
From the talent lent to you by GAWD-D you have inadvertently fashioned the biggest tsunami to ever hit American politics via your "OPERATION BACKFIRE".
Thank you, Landslide Limbaugh....thank you, thank you, thank you.
Dear God: Thank you for giving us Landslide Limbaugh and showing us the way out of our mess. Amen
Landslide Limbaugh: A great American, sir, even if yer not sure why.
Posted by sblake63 at 12:33 PM : May 19, 2008
Can he be traced to a movie with Kevin Bacon?
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