Obama's message to his supporters - LISTEN UP

[Adelante]

You have seen a tone on the Democrat side of the campaign that has been unfortunate. I want to stipulate a couple of things. I may disagree with Senator Clinton and Senator Edwards on how to get there, but we share the same goals. We all believe in civil rights. We all believe in equal rights. They are good people. They are patriots....

I don't want the campaign at this stage to degenerate to so much tit-for-tat, back-and-forth, that we lose sight of why we are doing this.

Obama said he wants to send "a strong signal to my own supporters that let’s try to focus on the work that needs to get done. If I hear my own supporters engaging in talk that I think is ungenerous or misleading or unfair, I will speak out forcefully against it....

Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton have historically been on the right side of civil rights issues. They care about the African American community.… That is something I am convinced of. I want Americans to know that is my assessment.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Obama_putting_out_the_fire.html

[aquart]

1. And now his hands are clean.

[maddezmom]

8. seriously, no ones hands are clean

[Kittycat]

11. FFS - give it a rest!

Obama is saying that it wasn't a racist comment. He's asking for the continued infighting to stop.

[maddezmom]

13. hmmm, give it a rest?

FFS, guess you didn't see this? :hi:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4065997&mesg_id=4066049

[Kittycat]

14. It's "No one's hands are clean" comment

It doesn't need to be said, and only continues to fan the flames. Just let it go and move on.

[maddezmom]

15. JMO, they all have played their part escalating this mess and yes it's time to move on

YMMV :hi:

[Adelante]

16. LOL

I've never seen anyone fight with maddezmom before! :D

[maddezmom]

18. please don't tell me you're going to take me on?

:hide:

:loveya:

[Adelante]

19. Noes

:scared:


:loveya:

[Kittycat]

28. Not fighting - Just sayin'

;)

[Cha]

24. Some are just filthier

than others.

[alllyingwhores]

40. If Obama wants this to carry any weight, he needs to start by...

...making a statement in regard to Jesse Jackson Jr's inane accusations--"that the Obama campaign is closely analyzing Hillary's tears and...oh yeah, we never saw her crying over the Katrina tragedy so...(she's a racist)"

And then...actually fire the idiot.

[niceypoo]

59. Then he should appologize for Michael Eric Dyson's comment that New Hampshire women are racists

...who voted AGAINST Obama because he is black

[Hekate]

2. KnR. There's a reason people like this guy. SOME DEMS WANT PEACE IN THE PARTY

Apparently 3 of us hit the Rec key at the same moment, too!

Hekate

[MH1]

3. Excellent statement, I hope people listen. nt

[Olney Blue]

4. Presidential

[avaistheone1]

52. It's al little tate for that. This crap has been blowing in the wind for at least several days.

Obama should have taken action earlier, and made a statement earlier.

[maddezmom]

5. I'm glad he did this, hopefully we'll see something similar from the others

It's the primaries, but in the end we'll all need to get back to the real business...kicking the Repugs asses. :hi:

[rox63]

7. I also hope we see something similar from HRC's campaign

But I'm not gonna hold my breath. Blue is not one of my better colors.

[maddezmom]

10. Blue is one of my best colors

matches my eyes. :D

[babylonsister]

6. Gobama! That's the right sentiment. This is too important. nt

[mogster]

9. Damn, I just voted for this thread

:spank: :-)

On edit: added smiley, just to underscore the ofte unknown Norw. humor

[Bodhi BloodWave]

21. Hehe, our humor is usually impossible for most to understand

:hippie: :headbang: :evilgrin:

[mogster]

27. Hey!

Welcome to the DU! Although, I see you've been here for a while :-)

[Bodhi BloodWave]

32. Thanks, and yes i have

And i lurked for a number of ages even before that :)

I kept quiet for the longest while and only commented when i had something to add i considered important(no real surprise i guess that an presidential election got me out of my shell)

[indimuse]

12. Thank you for the post..

Thank you Obama. Now I might calm down...still wonder ..for his own good..will he ask JJJ to step down?

[cali]

17. just stop.

you must realize that something similar could be said about your candidate.

[indimuse]

29. stop what cali ?

WHAT are talking about? I already know you have issue with truth...please get over yourself!my question is viable to those who stand for truth! It's comments like yours that make me yahoo search and reveal what the RW will do to your Rock Star..The Emperor has NO CLOTHS!

[catnhatnh]

20. Horseshit #2 for the night....

Hilliary and Obama throw an oxygen depleting shit fit and then name John Edwards-this IS horseshit and I CALL Horseshit.

[Adelante]

26. But, but, no JEDNE!!

[Cha]

22. Obama has CLASS...cleaning up

the clintons' mess for the good of our Country. So we don't have to call in Howard Dean now..:)

[bunnies]

23. This affirms my position that I voted for the right person.

A vote I will never regret. For once. Gobama.

[Occam Bandage]

25. Well There's Obama's statement. We can all move on, much to the chagrin of many,

I'm sure.

[Hatchling]

30. I think that's very nice of him.

One of the reason's that, although I don't think he's my primary vote, I wouldn't mind voting for him in the GE.

[AGirl]

31. I hope his wife takes his advice.

[Barack_America]

33. kick!

[bagimin]

34. k&r

[Catherine Vincent]

35. Great!

Now let's stop this nonsense! Rove's plan almost worked.

[muyojoe]

36. NICE SENTIMENT

I don't like his politics, but nice speech. I think he figured out that this argument wasn't going to help him. It could have fractured the party the one time we don't need it to.

[ruggerson]

37. How many Obama supporters at DU will pay heed to their candidate's request?

Shall we lay a little money on this?

[JAbuchan08]

45. Well your standards for unfair are probably lower

come to think of it I can't think of a criticism of Hillary that hasn't been labeled unfair.

Oh yeah, "Republicans hate her and she can't win an election," I think even Hillary fans can agree with the first half of that.

Other than that, I've got nothing. Throw out all the criticisms they've labeled unfair and you can't even say that she had a bad haircut in 1992. Oh, Oh! I got one! She's TOO perfect, if we ever see her TRUE form we'll spontaneously combust.

[CyberPieHole]

38. A day late and a dollar short...

[JAbuchan08]

44. self delete.

self delete.

[Divine Discontent]

39. Well...........

I guess any press for John Edwards is good at this point. Thank Sen. Obama!

[Clarkansas]

41. Great way to take the high road. Someone had to do it

and it wasn't going be Clinton.

[robbedvoter]

42. It's wonderful! I hope everyone does listen.

[Marrah_G]

43. I hope ALL the candidates start saying this and continue saying it

More then anything we need a united party. People may bitch and yell "Lockstep- yadda yadda yadda" but without party unity we will lose in November and I wthink we can all agree the results would be devastating to our country and our futures.

[creeksneakers2]

46. Great!

I hoped Obama would do this. Now Hillary should lay off. All the supporters should lay off. Our party shouldn't be divided.

[alcibiades_mystery]

47. Obama knows damn well that he can only win if it DOESN'T get ugly

Other camps also know this...

[Spiffarino]

48. Good. It's time to focus on getting Junior's mess cleaned up.

The infighting has to stop. The fruckin' GOP is probably fanning it for all we know and it's time to put down the matches and figure out how we're all going to make America great again.

Good for Barack. Now let's hope Bill and Hillary and my boy John will pick up on it and start playing by the Marquess of Queensbury rules again. We can take the gloves off and load up the liar cannon after the nomination .

[Barack_America]

49. Video of the press conference...LINK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe0sbdyh6QE&eurl=http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/CGm2

[wiley]

50. Great Post.

[annie1]

51. Right On. very responsible.

[incapsulated]

53. Must not have been working for him

This whole line.

If anyone thinks they haven't been waiting to see if this plays and continue on or shut it down, I've got a bridge to sell ya.

Anyway, now the pundits have taken up the cause, his supporters will continue to cry racism and he comes away looking like Mr. Hope and Love again.

Sorry, Jersey, this whole thing has been an exercise in hardball campaigning.

[Adelante]

57. Who says hardball politics hasn't been played?

Racial politics has been played since the early summer, at least, by the Clinton campaign. A few lobs back at them were overdue, imo.

No bridges here to sell. How about the Sierra Madres? (OMG was that sexist?)

[Mythsaje]

54. Now, of course, there will be those who will ignore it

and those who will simply use it as just one more excuse to slam him.

Of course, I will start ignoring everyone who does so and everyone who insists on continuing this debacle.

[TransitJohn]

55. And we'll see plenty ignore it

on this forum on both sides. How you doing Saje? Ready for silly season to be over yet?

[Mythsaje]

56. Oh, yeah.

No doubt about it.

[robbedvoter]

58. Another kick for visibility - good words!

[Sparkly]

60. Thanks for posting this, WesDem.

He is so right-- the back and forth accusations don't help the debate, they don't help either candidate, they don't help the party, they don't help anything.

K&R! :kick:

[bazoona]

61. Sorry, but to me this just says..

as the perceived front runner, let's not call each other on anything we do or say so I can slide into the nomination.

I am not afraid to see them take off the gloves. God knows the run up to the GE isn't going to be pretty, let's see what the candidates are made of now and see who is ready to take on the full fight.

Let's get ready to rumble
:headbang:

[toughboy]

62. Excellent!