WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2008
Clinton Hails Obama As "America's Future"
On Florida Stage, Former President, Democratic Nominee Praise Each Other In First Campaign Appearance Together
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listens as former president Bill Clinton speaks at a rally at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla., Oct. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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"Barack Obama represents America's future, and you've got to be there for him next Tuesday," Clinton, with Obama at his side, said to the cheers of a partisan crowd.
Heaping praise on President Bush's predecessor, Obama said of Clinton: "In case all of you forgot, this is what it's like to have a great president."
Obama even prodded the crowd to cheer more, saying "Bill Clinton. Give it up!" And there was Clinton, laughing with gusto every time Obama jokingly mocked rival John McCain.
The joint appearance of the future president and perhaps the next one was the first of the campaign. It capped one of the most ambitious days of Obama's White House run, including a 30-minute prime-time infomercial in which he tried to seal the deal with voters.
It wasn't so long ago that Clinton, still a giant of his party, was publicly criticizing Obama as untested and unready for the job of president. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, engaged in a grueling and ultimately losing battle with Obama for the party's nomination.
The two men later smoothed over matters. And lately, Hillary Clinton has been out campaigning for Obama. Wednesday it was Bill Clinton's time, in his element.
He clasped Obama's hand and held it high when the men came on stage. Clinton made a methodical case for Obama, describing him as a strong thinker with smart policies.
In one of his testimonials, he praised Obama for seeking the advice of experts - including him and his wife - on how to handle the country's financial crisis before acting.
"Folks, we can't fool with this," Clinton said. "Our country is hanging in the balance. And we have so much promise and so much peril. This man should be our president."
Obama said of the two Clintons: "I am proud to call them my friends."
Through the day, in two states, Obama unleashed a bleak portrayal of a McCain presidency and told a national TV audience that "the time for change has come."
Ahead in the polls, flush with cash and blanketing himself all over television, Obama said he is counting down the days but not letting up. The election looms on Tuesday.
During a rare prime-time infomercial, Obama addressed television audiences on three broadcast networks for 30 minutes, reinforcing a message he's spent months on the campaign trail honing.
“Ronald Reagan had ‘morning in America,’ but this 30-minute infomercial had the feel of ‘mid-morning in America,’ said CBSNews.com senior political editor Vaughn Ververs. “Obama’s message of change and hope is a powerful one and the primary reason he is clear front-runner in this election. As the examples his campaign chose to highlight in their made-for-Hollywood ad illustrated, however, the message runs up against a harsh reality. It will be up to voters to decide whether he can deliver on the promises."
At the end of the broadcast, cameras cut live to him appearing at a rally in Sunrise, Fla., where 20,000 packed a hockey arena all the way to the nosebleed seats.Read Wyatt Andrews' Reality Check On Obama's Campaign Pledges
"In six days, we can come together as one nation, and one people," Obama said.
During the primary race, Bill Clinton said Obama's opposition to the Iraq war was a "fairy tale" and raised questions about whether the first-term Illinois senator had enough experience.
His remarks angered some black leaders who felt Clinton was dismissing Obama's historic bid, as when he compared Obama's win in South Carolina to victories by civil rights activist Jesse Jackson there in the 1980s. Clinton fumed in response that Obama's campaign "played the race card on me."
Bill Clinton played such an aggressive role in his wife's campaign that during one debate, Obama snapped at Hillary Clinton, "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes."
Back on the trail Wednesday, in rallies in North Carolina and Florida, Obama sharpened his tone in responding to McCain's charges of socialism.
He accused his Republican rival of resorting to desperate tactics.
"I don't know what's next," Obama said. "By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten."
Obama warned voters that if McCain is elected "100 million Americans will not get a tax cut. ... At least 20 million Americans risk losing their employer health insurance. ... We'll have another president who wants to privatize part of your Social Security."
The day was signature Obama, riding momentum.
He led three rousing rallies. He reached out to huge numbers of television viewers with the informercial and taped a segment on "The Daily Show," Comedy Central's popular late-night show.
An analysis by The Associated Press indicated he had pulled ahead in enough states to win the 270 electoral votes he needs to gain the White House - with states to spare.
All the while, McCain campaigned aggressively in Florida. He welcomed the fight and vowed to win it, defying odds that seem huge.
Obama turned to ridicule to rebut McCain's daily references to Obama's encounter with Joe the Plumber. Obama had told the Ohio plumber that he wanted to "spread the wealth around" by boosting taxes on wealthier people to finance a middle class tax cut.
McCain said that amounts to socialism. Obama said McCain was down to empty name-calling.
"Whether you are Suzy the student, or Nancy the nurse, or Tina the teacher, or Carl the construction worker, if my opponent is elected, you will be worse off four years from now than you are today," Obama said. "Let's cut through the negative ads and the phony attacks."
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Posted by OneAmerican7 at 01:14 AM : Oct 30, 2008
Unprecendented WHINER!!
How about that unprecedented Joe the fraud?
Or that unprecedented "trailer trash" hockey mom posing as a serious VP candidate? "wink, wink"
since Mcbush is alredy history
The fundamentals of the economy are good (John Mcbush)
Viva el presidente Obama
Reject at all costs McSame.
John McSame is simply bad for America....he'' a Republican and foot-soldier of Ronald Reagan''s trickle-down economics.
Posted by DeckardBR at 01:39 AM : Oct 30, 2008
Actually it''s your beloved liar-in-chief, the king of coca cola who was hitting a kilo when he ordered our troops into battle for Hallibirton and so far has killed 4188 of them.
That explains all the delusions he''s been having these past eight years.
From "Mission Accomplished" to "we''re turning the corner" to "The surge''s working."
Heckuva job Bush!
Vote for McCain for another eight more years of spreading US taxpayers wealth to Iraq ($12 billion a month) and looting the US treasury with endless no-bid contracts for Cheney and gang.
Unprecedented sums of campaign money.
Unprecedented broken promises of campaign finance reform.
Unprecedented inexperience for the office.
Unprecedented ties to criminals and terrorists.
Unprecedented associations to voter fraud groups.
Unprecedented capitulation to America''s enemies.
Unprecedented arrogance.
Unprecedented lack of good judgment.
Unprecedented lurch towards a Socialist Dictatorship.
This is not the "change" America needs.
This is what needs to be changed in America.
Reject Barack Obama.
Continue to spread the US taxpayers wealth to Iraq ($12 billion a month)
Continue to spread the wealth to Halliburton (More no-bid contracts)
Continue the slaughter of American troops in Iraq (10,000 Dead Americans)
Continue to borrow more money from China and give them to the Islamist mullahs in Iraq.
Vote McCain/Palin 08
MORE OF THE SAME!!
If anyone of you had a child who consistently hung around extremely bad influences.... you would DEFINATELY NOT reward your child. Yet... you same idiots are willing to overlook the horrendous people Barack has accepted into his life both personally, politically, and spiritually because you don%u2019t like the economy and are too stupid to look past the political RHETORIC that has been spoken by every politician since the beginning of time... "I will bring Change"... are you f''n kidding me...???
I dare anyone of you Barack cool-aid drinking idiots.... to show me significant evidence that he has done ANYTHING in his brief political career to back up the CHANGES his mouth has been spouting off since the start of the primaries.
The guy is a fraud and the pied piper of lies... and so many stupid people in this country are willing to close their eyes and follow his music. Not surprised considering this country was stupid enough to LISTEN and then VOTE George W Bush into office TWICE!
NO experience managing an economy on any level, NO foreign policy experience, and very questionable allegiances... so lets make him President! HAHAHAHA.....
That''s what I said!
When it comes to spreading US taxpayers wealth nobody does it better than the GOP!
Vote McCain/Palin!
Continue to spread the US taxpayers wealth to Iraq ($12 billion a month)
Continue to spread the wealth to Halliburton (More no-bid contracts)
Continue the slaughter of American troops in Iraq (10,000 Dead Americans)
Continue to borrow more money from China and give them to the Islamist mullahs in Iraq.
Vote McCain/Palin 08
FOR MORE OF THE SAME!!
McCain:
Unprecedented belligerence, dangerous hawkishness, inflammatory, posturing rhetoric and brinkmanship in regards to America''s foreign policy. (see Palin)
Unprecedented arrogance.
Unprecedented lack of good judgment (see Palin).
Unprecedented lurch towards a robber baron neo-conservative undemocratic evangelical Dictatorship.
Unprecedented unfounded lies and half-truths campaign (look at CNN''s Fact Check).
Unprecedented lack of financial support due to lack of real popularity.
Unprecedented broken promises of campaign finance reform.
Unprecedented inexperience for the office.
Unprecedented ties to criminals and terrorists.
Unprecedented associations to voter fraud groups.
Unprecedented oldness
Unprecedented curmugeoniness
Unprecedented tax cuts for wealthy
Unprecedented tax cuts for big oil
Unprecedented ties to big oil (See Palin)
Unprecedented lack of character (picking Palin, flip-flopping on the issues)
Unprecedented playing on people''s fear, bigotry, basest instinct and lack of morality.
Unprecedented lack of game, plan, platform, stance or vision.
Unprecedented kick backs, payola, scandal, pandering, cover-ups, inexperience, cronyism. Oops, nope, that''s Palin. My bad.
McCain:
Unprecedented belligerence, dangerous hawkishness, inflammatory, posturing rhetoric and brinkmanship in regards to America''s foreign policy. (see Palin)
Unprecedented arrogance.
Unprecedented lack of good judgment (see Palin).
Unprecedented lurch towards a robber baron neo-conservative undemocratic evangelical Dictatorship.
Unprecedented unfounded lies and half-truths campaign (look at CNN''s Fact Check).
Unprecedented lack of financial support due to lack of real popularity.
Unprecedented broken promises of campaign finance reform.
Unprecedented inexperience for the office.
Unprecedented ties to criminals and terrorists.
Unprecedented associations to voter fraud groups.
Unprecedented oldness
Unprecedented curmugeoniness
Unprecedented tax cuts for wealthy
Unprecedented tax cuts for big oil
Unprecedented ties to big oil (See Palin)
Unprecedented lack of character (picking Palin, flip-flopping on the issues)
Unprecedented playing on people''s fear, bigotry, basest instinct and lack of morality.
Unprecedented lack of game, plan, platform, stance or vision.
Unprecedented kick backs, payola, scandal, pandering, cover-ups, inexperience, cronyism. Oops, nope, that''s Palin. My bad.
This idiot is spamming this same message throughout. What an freak.
Posted by KyRock1 at 02:46 AM
Nah, he was just a pervert wishing he could rape a young soldier.
Here''s the good news:
I''ve voted in Presidential elections for 32 years. In every election line I''ve stood in, 90% of the people leaving the booth ahead of me had a smile on their face. They were enthused about their candidate and voting for him, felt productive after doing so, and left the poll happy.
Today, I saw no such phenomena. The "Obama demographic" ... youth and minorities .. came out with rather grim looks on their faces, almost unilaterally.
There can be only one explanation for this. They stood in line and entered the booth intending to vote for Obama. While in the booth, their good sense and the very valid doubts concerning Obama''s lies and lack of experience took over, and they voted for McCain instead. This left them a little confused and bewildered on the way out, and those were the looks I saw.
Its going to be a very interested vote count ...
I''m sure that you are not the only gullible person who wasn''t able to figure it out. Hopefully most of America has more smarts.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/12/obamas-kenya-ghosts/
Posted by johnfish7 at 03:09 AM : Oct 30, 2008
............
Have you tried offering them oral?
It''s really striking. The bickering in their own party demonstrates how truly clueless they are.
They drank the Palin Kool-aid, star-struck by her pretty looks and ultra right-wing agenda, which pairs well with her anti-intellectual demeanor.
Only a few Republican analysts can see the risks associated with the combination of unbridled ambition, and ignorance of most topics of importance.
Once Obama finishes his first term, bound to be an incredible success if his campaining judgment is any indicator, the "experience issue" will be moot.
Palin, on the other hand has several scandals to deal with in the near term, as well as on the horizon. More dangerous, is her utter lack of sound judgment and inability to admit when she is wrong.
Palin is the Democratic Party''s greatest asset and I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for fracturing the Republican party.
Clinton & his policies were, Republican lite. From what one can ascertain from Obama''s short stint in the US Senate, he too, appears to be Republican lite.
It would be a shame if Obama decides to closely follow both the economic and/or the social policies of Clinton. After all, Clinton did nothing to reverse the oppressive & regressive policies of Reagan''s social policies or his "Trickle-down Economics." In fact, Clinton advanced & built on those same regressive policies.
Millions have suffered over 25 years, as a result.
----Get your facts straight on Clinton. I don''t know where you were in the 90''s but here jobs were plentiful, the budget as balanced with a surplus and much needed social programs were funded. We had hope and dreams.
After 8 years of Bush we have the complete opposite. I for one want better than this for my Country.
Obama may not be the most experienced but experience is only an asset when it is the right kind of experience. We can''t take anymore Republican "experience".
Did you know as soon as McCains divorce was final Cindy''s daddy gave him a vice-presidents position in his company and went on to completely finance the first two times he ran for the Senate.
I would tend to doubt it, judging from his rhetoric, Mr. Obama would borrow what was good about the old, pre Nixon Republicans, a strong military, but only used when absolutely necessary, and fiscal prudence, but re-prioritized toward the middle class and national infrastructure, with some new versions of social ideas, designed to reverse trickle down.
We will probably see the attempt to modernize and rebuild education and basic health care systems, and a reversal of failed ideas on foreign policy, with diplomacy replacing military belligerence.
I would hope that he will also help the effort to hold the Bush klan personally responsible for the lies that are the basis for our actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and understand that war as a tool of foreign policy is obsolete, and no longer works in the modern world.
What about his congressional bill that went thru 2 months ago to take 45% of the Gross Domestic Product an give it to Africa and other contries that he/liberals think need the money. The united Nations Project for world Unity.
Plus this 2.1 Trillon dollar crisis, who is really going to pay.
YOU ARE, if you don''t think your taxs are going up, DREAM ON FOOLS!!!!
What a bunch of fools/FOOLS you are!!!!!!!!!FOOLS
Ho Barry H. Obama, and his smooth lawyer talk last night, do you really expect us to believe he''''s not a socialist/Marxist liberal lefty after our money to plan there socialist agenda of 3 trillon dollors, do you really think that the middle and poor class are not going to pay for all his plan, dream on idiots.
What about his congressional bill that went thru 2 months ago to take 45% of the Gross Domestic Product an give it to Africa and other contries that he/liberals think need the money. The united Nations Project for world Unity.
Plus this 2.1 Trillon dollar crisis, who is really going to pay.
YOU ARE, if you don''''t think your taxs are going up, DREAM ON FOOLS!!!!
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Hush. We''re tired of your screeching.
1. Party of the RICH, REALLY WAS ONCE THE ( R )
2. Party of the Lawyer
3. Party that tanked this economy, tho get elected and President and congress
4. Party of theives and liers
5. Party of reditribution of the wealth
6. Party of communism, and they will destroy capitalism
7. party of corruption.
8. party that Hamas llikes.
9. Party against the bill of rights, and constitution
10. party that loves higher taxs on the poor and middle classes.
11.. Party of class warfare.
12. Party that wants change, really socialism/marxist.
Redistribution of the wealth, real change
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You''re boring. Tired old lies.
obama, tax deals is this you pay a raise in taxes, for people 25, 0000.00 and up, with people making in the range of $140,000.00 and $250,000.00 get a small break, this is here his friends are at, they get a tax decline. All else will get there taxes hiked.
2nd there is a wage cap, any amount over a curtain amount your aloud to make like overtime will be taxes by 3/4%, if you make over the allot amount he Obama will take 3/4% as penalty. So if you make 100.00 in overtime Obama cap is 3/4% of that $100.00, you pay Obama cap of $75.00 on the $100.00 you earned.
Wage Cap on overtime.
Obama, who are you really???????Socialist
why do you want us to pay taxes, so obama can take our money in called taxs or redistribution of the wealth and or wealfare. So the persons below us that don''t want to work can drink beer, eat fast food, and watch TV, while I and others work for a better life. Your 55% cap wage tax is unfair, redistribution of the wealth is unfair, Obama will tax us, and where he deems other people are being unfairly treated, will give our hard earned money to a person who works 17 hours a week because he rather drink beer, ex. than work for a better life, what better life is to get money from others, instead of working for it. Obama other redistribution of the wealth is to give African countries 20 % of our tax dollars too.
What a bunch of fools/FOOLS you are!!!!!!!!!FOOLS
Ho Barry H. Obama, and his smooth lawyer talk last night, do you really expect us to believe he''''''''s not a socialist/Marxist liberal lefty after our money to plan there socialist agenda of 3 trillon dollors, do you really think that the middle and poor class are not going to pay for all his plan, dream on idiots.
What about his congressional bill that went thru 2 months ago to take 45% of the Gross Domestic Product an give it to Africa and other contries that he/liberals think need the money. The united Nations Project for world Unity.
Plus this 2.1 Trillon dollar crisis, who is really going to pay.
YOU ARE, if you don''''''''t think your taxs are going up, DREAM ON FOOLS!!!!
Barry H Obama + George Bush to ()- Jimmy Carter =
as you, or another country.
Please, please don''''''''t be fooled by either these two fools running, or liberal media bias.
Barry H Obama + George Bush to ()- Jimmy Carter =
as you, or another country.
Please, please don''''''''t be fooled by either these two fools running, or liberal media bias.
President Obama. Get used to hearing it.
I WAS PART OF HISTORY TODAY.
Its gonna feel so good when you mark that ticket:
Barack Obama
Joseph Biden
What about his congressional bill that went thru 2 months ago to take 45% of the Gross Domestic Product an give it to Africa and other contries that he/liberals think need the money. The united Nations Project for world Unity.
Plus this 2.1 Trillon dollar crisis, who is really going to pay.
YOU ARE, if you don''''t think your taxs are going up, DREAM ON FOOLS!!!!
Obama as President, who is going to stop them from raising all our taxs once they are done with the rich. Obama, redd, and Pelosi will be out of control, no one in congress and senate have the power to veto there 1 trillon increase in spending, and spending your money that they concider there to do with what they want.
When the rich hind there money, they stop investing, and there businesses for which i work for stop hireing, and close up shop, also other businesses go our of business, stop the class warfare the democrats start every election.
does the poor and the ones that don''''''''t work pay our salarys.
Higher taxs is that the way to get the economy going, i work for a small business that is going t o lay me off again for the reason that the greedy democrats started this crisis, say no , but true.
I''''m joe the plumber, i dont want redistribution of the wealth programs, or welfare. Stop the madness
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