Obama will bring us together ...

[butterfly77]

or so we are being told by his supporters. Tell us how? I keep hearing this and I keep wondering what is so magnificent about him that will bring us together as a country. This sounds like the hope message at the debate he put a little meat on the bones but I still do not hear anything where he really goes in depth about what he will do...

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. Yes I like to hear that as well.

[Levgreee]

2. It's starting to happen already, pay attention nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Go to sleep.

[Sapphocrat]

23. If you mean...

...he's united the young against the old, the evangelicals against the gays, and the faith-based against the logicians, then yes, he's done a splendid job already.

[ginchinchili]

3. Just like the "Uniter, not the Divider" did.

He's just saying what he thinks will get him elected.

[boston bean]

4. Kumbaya my lord, kumbaya, Praise the lord, anything is possible if you believe. nt

[jillan]

9. omg that picture!

:rofl:

[Yuugal]

21. wow! a "before the abduction" pic

ty

[kurth]

28. It's time for "La Marseillaise", not "Kumbaya"

[sellitman]

5. You got it wrong

Bush is the Uniter.

:sarcasm:

[mondo joe]

7. You will Kumbaya or your will be beat and harassed into submission.

That's how it seems.

[calico1]

8. Yep. my feelings exactly. n/t

[Deja Q]

11. Like they say, "Vote different"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo

[davidinalameda]

10. he's not as polarizing as Hillary

her negatives hover around 48-49 percent

[ErnestoG]

12. Isnt that obvious already?

His opponents have spent thread after thread here bashing him for being able to reach across party and ideological lines to make alliances....whereas Sen. Clinton has the opposite talent of doing the same to forge the most ferocious coalition of hate against her imaginable.

Who do YOU think has a better shot at the Repukes in 08?

[butterfly77]

16. Not him...

he is a whiner...

[ErnestoG]

19. What does he "whine" about, specifically?

[butterfly77]

22. Fictional calls about racism...

[splat]

13. If he's gonna bring us together, could he do it here now, just a demo?

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. ...

:evilgrin:

[robbedvoter]

17. Oh, yeah of little faith - ponies are on the way!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=4194873

[BenDavid]

15. Without a doubt, Obama is getting votes from semi-bigots

who say, "Obama's one of the good ones - you don't see him running to Louisiana to help The Jena Six, you don't see him commenting on the Duke rape case. Obama stays out of all that race nonsense, which means he's got my vote." From the semi-bigot's point of view, is Obama "one of the good ones?"


Does Obama avoid taking positions on black issues to preserve his political viability?


I know, I know, Call me a racist for even asking the question.

[butterfly77]

18. Today on cspan...

I heard a republicon caller say that all republicons should vote for Obama to get Hillary out of the way..Don't they realize that we know that this is the game they have been playing all along, then once he gets the nomination they will vote for the Republicon and start the attacks (vice versa)

[Bluebear]

20. You'll be encouraged to pray away your negativity.

[thevoiceofreason]

24. Today I walked for Obama in Houston

A mixed neighborhood -- racially, economically, and politically. Folks from all walks of life were backing Barack. It was amazizing. I am anglo, and I had several pickup truck-driving folks stop me and ask, a bit incredulously at first, why I was supporting HIM. I responded (and jokingly referred to myself as the charter member of Hunters for Obama), and I'll be damned if they didn't "confess" that they were very impressed by him and that they were voting for him in the democratic primary this year -- their first democratic primary visit in over a decade.

That's why we say he'll bring us together. Inspiration crosses all lines.

[demo dutch]

25. if not his supporters on DU will .. yeah right!

[Captain_Nemo]

26. He's really united us here at du.....not

[blues90]

27. I have asked in a few posts this >

I saw people go to protests in DC from all across the country and made great efforts to do this many times .

Of all the presidential candidates one was out there for the people , Kucinich . Not Hillary or Obama or any of the others .

He was bashed because of his looks and left out because he made his position clear where he stood on many important issues . He was ignored and left out of debates more often than not .

What has Obama got that he doesn't , a clear position against corporations and he wanted impeachment on the table .

For the very same reason Obama is popular and Kucinich was not was the media selling the talking points and people buying into them .

Now we are told he's out move and accept what we have been offered up . Well for me that is not quite good enough , not now and not ever .

It is a damn popularity contest that has nothing to do with real issues at all .

If Obama were taken to task by the media he would be in the same boat as Kucinich . If Kucinich got the same support as Obama and the same treatment he would be sitting next to Edwards and not Hillary .