Obama Promises Change For America

Democratic Nominee Links McCain To President Bush, Says "Eight is Enough" Years For GOP

(CBS/AP) 
He did not say precisely what he meant by breaking the country's dependence on Mideast oil, only that Washington has been talking about doing it for 30 years, "and John McCain has been there for 26 of them."

Criticized by the GOP for his thin foreign policy portfolio, Obama said he welcomed a national security debate with McCain.

"We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country," Obama said. "I will never hesitate to defend this nation."

He said McCain had no standing on foreign policy, not after backing the Iraq war from the start and rejecting timetables for withdrawal now accepted by Mr. Bush. "John McCain stands alone in his stubborn refusal to end a misguided war," he said.

Obama's pledge to end the war in Iraq responsibly was straight from his daily campaign speeches.

"I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons," he added.

As he does so often while campaigning, Obama also paid tribute to McCain's heroism - the 72-year-old Arizona senator was a prisoner of war in Vietnam - then assailed him.

"Sen. McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush was right more than 90 percent of the time?

Former Vice President Al Gore picked up on the same theme. "If you like the Bush-Cheney approach, John McCain's your man. If you want change, then vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden," he declared.

The much-discussed stage built for the program was evocative of the West Wing at the White House, with 24 American flags serving as a backdrop. A blue carpeted runway jutted out toward the infield, and convention delegates ringed the podium. Thousands more sat in stands around the rim of the field.

The wrap-up to the party convention blended old-fashioned speechmaking, Hollywood-quality stagecraft and innovative, Internet age politics.

The list of entertainers ran to Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder and will.i.am, whose Web video built around Obama's "Yes, we can" rallying cry quickly went viral during last winter's primaries.

In a novel bid to extend the convention's reach, Obama's campaign decided to turn tens of thousands of partisans in the stands into instant political organizers.

They were encouraged to use their cell phones to send text messages to friends as well as to call thousands of unregistered voters from lists developed by the campaign.

Before Obama, Al Gore spoke to the crowd at the stadium. He said that the 2008 election is close because defenders of the status quo "are desperately afraid of the change Barack Obama represents."

Addressing tens of thousands, Gore said that when he ran against Mr. Bush, some people saw little difference between them and thought the outcome wouldn't matter much. "But here we all are in 2008 and I doubt anyone would argue now that election didn't matter."

McCain was in Ohio as Obama spoke, and after a series of sharply negative convention week television commercials, his campaign aired a one-night advertisement that complimented Obama and noted the speech occurred on the anniversary of King's famous address.

"Senator Obama, this is truly a good day for America. Too often the achievements of our opponents go unnoticed. So I wanted to stop and say, 'Congratulations,"' McCain says in the ad. (Watch the ad)

"How perfect that your nomination would come on this historic day. Tomorrow, we'll be back at it. But tonight Senator, job well done."

[libra127]

What was his grandfather? I see you conveniently left that little tidbit of info out...

Posted by no2zeebas at 12:22 PM : Aug 31, 2008

The parents of his Kenyan father were Kenyan. The parents of his white mother were white. ("conveniently left out" ???)

[abubaker2]

For months, the McCainiacs have said they will run on his judgment and experience. In his first presidential decision, John McCain has shown that he is willing to endanger his country, potentially leaving it in the hands of someone who simply has no business being a heartbeat away from the most powerful, complicated, difficult job in human history.

For a man who is 72 years old and has had four bouts with cancer to have chosen someone so completely unqualified to become president is shockingly irresponsible. Suddenly, McCain''''s age and health become central issues in the campaign, as does his judgment.

McCOMA NEEDS A CHECKUP FROM THE NECK UP!!

[abubaker2]

Did Palin Really Fight The %u201CBridge To Nowhere?%u201D

A LIAR FROM DAY ONE!

Sarah Palin, in her first news conference stated that she was against the %u201CBridge to Nowhere%u201D from day one. Republicans have been heavily touting Sarah Palin''s reformist credentials, with this supposed opposition to Alaska''s "Bridge to Nowhere" But how hard did she really fight the project? Not very, it seems. Here''s what she told the Anchorage Daily News on October 22, 2006, during the race for the governor''s seat (via Nexis):

5. %u201CWould you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?%u201D

%u201CYes. I would like to see Alaska''s infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now--while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.%u201D

[kstar42]

CHANGE IS NOT 35 YEARS OF BIDEN.....................
CHANGE IS MCAIN AND PALIN...........................
OBAMA IS HOT AIR THAT''S ALL.........................
HE SCREWEDDD UP NOT PICKING HILLARY.................

[ragnar30066]

Obama doesn''t get it.

We don''t want America changed. We like living in a free economy. We like prosperity. We like being in charge of our government, rather than the other way around. We like being about to make our own decisions and live our lives according to our own best judgment. There is a lot to like about America.

It''s Washington we need changed. And Obama, we don''t need it changed to look more like south side Chicago politicians. We''d rather have some fresh air from Alaska.

[no2zeebas]

Y''all go to sleep or what?

[no2zeebas]

Genetics: His father was Kenyan and his mother was a white woman from Kansas. Since half his genes are from his father and half from his mother, he is half black, half white. His mother''''s parents were white.

Got it now?

Posted by libra127 at 12:13 PM : Aug 31, 2008

What was his grandfather? I see you conveniently left that little tidbit of info out...

[libra127]

Obama: "I will sit down and talk to Osama bin Laden."

Posted by johnpotus2 at 03:22 AM : Aug 31, 2008

This is another bald-faced LIE from you. Obama did NOT say this.

[libra127]

Obama is 95 per cent African and 5 per cent American.

Posted by johnpotus2 at 01:40 AM : Aug 31, 2008

You are seriously "challenged" on citizenship and genetics issues, aren''t you. Let me spell it out for you:

Citizenship: Barack Obama is 100% American since he was born in the United States (Hawaii).

Genetics: His father was Kenyan and his mother was a white woman from Kansas. Since half his genes are from his father and half from his mother, he is half black, half white. His mother''s parents were white.

Got it now?

[johnpotus2]

Hussein Muhammad Obama is not adverse to taking donations from Corporate America.

During the DNC in Denver, if Obama supporters forgot who the corporate sponsors were, they need not look beyond corporate logos on everything from water bottles, volunteer uniforms and city wide banners.

Obama is a hypocrite. He says one thing but does another.

[johnpotus2]

The next hadith shows Muhammad hitting his girl-wife, Aisha, daughter of Abu Bakr:

"He [Muhammad] struck me [Aisha] on the chest which caused me pain." (Muslim no. 2127)

Muslim men like Hussein Obama treat women as their property.

[johnpotus2]

She likes to get her way. "I got that Miss Congeniality out of my system back then," she told NEWSWEEK of her beauty pageant days. Inevitably, she has made some enemies. She is currently under investigation by the state legislature in a tawdry little scandal involving alleged domestic abuse. Palin''s younger sister, Molly, had been married to a state trooper named Mike Wooten. In 2005, Palin charged that Wooten had mistreated her sister and her family, including using a Taser stun gun on his 10-year-old stepson, according to state documents reported in The Wall Street Journal. Palin told state investigators that she overheard Trooper Wooten threatening her sister, "I''m gonna f%u2013%u2013%u2013ing shoot your dad. He''s gonna get a lead bullet." An internal police investigation found that Wooten had used the stun gun on the boy (at the boy''s request, according to Wooten) but threw out other charges. Wooten was suspended for five days%u2014but not fired.

Newsweek

You''re a real American hero, Ms Sarah Palin.

[johnpotus2]

Obama: "I will sit down and talk to Osama bin Laden."

[Frisky1989]

yes, he promises "change". this is something to be very afraid of, coming from a junior senator!

[johnpotus2]

I have been waiting my entire life for a woman to be elected into the White House.

This is my last opportunity to see a woman in the White House and I will do everything I possibly can to make sure that history is made with a woman in the White House and not an African muslim man who is strongly antisemitic.

[johnpotus2]

Obama is 95 per cent African and 5 per cent American.

[libra127]

I love this country too much to want to destroy it by putting an African muslim in the White House.

Posted by bidenaracist at 02:47 PM : Aug 30, 2008

But, Sweetie, he''s an American Christian, not an African Muslim!

[wellhell3]

Obama Promises Change For America

This is news?

[liberty_1776]

Saddam Hussein Obama will never be president.

[dudeky]

i tell all of you obama is wrong for the usa.....
get out and work for someone... i do not care who...just do not vote obama.....he can not speak ...i do not know why they all say he can obama has got the fear in all of us .....we just sit around and let him get by with what ever he wants to say do go and anything else he pleases to do with our country........can someone tell me why so many are afraid to go after him?????what does he have or know on so many that they will not go up against obama???????he is a punk tha is all obama is a punk