March 18, 2008.... the day we will remember as the day "President" Obama became a reality....

[scheming daemons]

There will be dozens of Hillary supporters, some real... some freepers in disguise, that will be posting threads all day and all night about how this was "just another speech" and they will try to find some minor contradictions or inaccuracies in it...


...but America saw its next President today. Obama just brought all the "ethnic whites" into the fold.

In Clinton and McCain headquarters... at this very moment... even THEY are watching this speech and saying to themselves... "Damn, that was good."

Deep down... even the Hillary supporters know they saw the next President.


Watch the spin everywhere but Fox tonight.... this speech changed the dynamic around.

[tblue]

1. He really is the prescription for this country's ills. This is a moment we have to seize.

Or we will be stuck in race-mode for another generation or onger.

[jackson_dem]

2. lol one speech won't get him from 23% to anything competitive

28% won't cut it.

[Dawgs]

5. jackson_dem, it never felt so good to put someone on ignore. bye-bye!!

FU

[kid a]

8. i was wondering who and what that was..i can only imagine

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[scheming daemons]

6. Just watch..... bookmark my thread..... then come back in a month....

[jackson_dem]

13. The same people hyping the speech here also said Wright was a hero and pastorgate no biggie

[jackson_dem]

14. he same people hyping the speech here also said Wright was a hero and pastorgate no biggie

Obama's netroots base is simply out of touch with the real world.

[Ka hrnt]

31. Thank you....

The people proclaiming this is one of the greatest speeches EVAR need to get a grip. Yeah, it was a good speech. But from a political standpoint, the damage from "Pastorgate" is done; those whose minds it would change are not likely to sit down and listen to a ~35-minute speech. One of the reasons the Gettysburgh address is famous is for its brevity--~2.5 minutes. MLK's full speech was ~17, and really, the only thing the vast majority of people can quote of it is the "I have a dream..." section. Obama's was TWICE as long as MLK's. How many "average joes" do you think are going to listen to the whole thing? From a purely political standpoint, I view this as a bit of a dud in that regard.

Sorry, I don't see this being that noteworthy. A good, impassioned speech, yes. Historic? I'll be amazed if it is.

And I agree with you 100% in that many of the Obama--and Hillary!--supporters are just not in touch with reality at this point.

[olkaz]

12. You realize that we're not voting for the president of PA, right?

You sure seem mighty positive that this whole race now revolves around the one state your candidate has a healthy lead.

Go ahead and keep trying to frame the race that way, it looks awfully desperate.

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[Johnny__Motown]

21. You do know he is still way ahead in pledged delegates right?

Hillary is the one who can't catch up

[K Gardner]

22. I am too uplifted with hope for America to listen to the racist on this board spewing hate any

longer.. my IGNORE list grows exponentially today. I am sad for those who cannot see.

[meow mix]

30. haha. suck it up little soldier

itll be ok dont cry

[meow mix]

3. love obama more than ever

he rocks

[FightingIrish]

4. Barack Obama is not our saviour

but he is the one candidate who can inspire us to save ourselves.

[meow mix]

33. yah close enough for me

=)

[NightWatcher]

7. I'm sorry but he is a lot more than just a speech (to quote Hillary), but man what a speech that was

He has class that I have not seen before. He summed up the racial divide without playing anyone as a victim.

I think his numbers will show this in the next few days.

[Diane R]

9. Agreed. President. Barack. Obama.

[JDPriestly]

10. Yes, Obama clinched not just the nomination but the presidency

with this speech. This is what Americans have wanted to hear for 40 years. This is the first day that I have felt that I can vote for Obama with certainty that I am doing the right thing. He showed that he has the courage to face reality with absolute honesty and that he has the trust in our American ideals to share his honest views with the American people without apology. That is what we need in a president at this time which is fraught with such peril for our democracy and economic well being.

The speech was beautiful although the copy I read on DU (Out LOUD, mind you because it was so good) had a lot of typos and grammar errors. (Almost as many as my own posts).

[underpants]

I have a hard time thinking that anyone who sees that speech won't vote for him

That was truly well done

[coffeenap]

15. The most brilliant speech I have heard since the sixties!

He has become my president.

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

:thumbsup:

[jwirr]

17. We need a video as soon as possible for those of us who could

not listen. From the sound here on DU he did a good job of addressing the present issue.

[4_Legs_Good]

18. I agree, he's unstoppable, and when he can hit back against a smear with something like this...

it just shows what an astonishing politician he is.

I couldn't be happier with that speeech.

I'm so glad I was stuck home with the kid after Daycare was closed!

David

[seafan]

20. Obama: "This union may not be perfect, but it can always be perfected."

"This union may not be perfect, but it can always be perfected." ----Barack Obama, March 18, 2008, in a major speech about healing racial division in America

This is what we're fighting for.

Obama has touched the searing, ugly scar of racism that has so divided our country for so many generations, and he has opened our hearts to the vision of our country moving into our future together.


This is OUR MOMENT, America.

This man, with his history, his vision and his words of truth will bring us together.



Transcript of Barack Obama's speech today

[K Gardner]

23. President Barack Obama... America will be America again, or for the first time.

[seafan]

24. MSNBC Scarborough panel: "This is the most important speech on race since MLK."

This speech suddenly gives people an explanation of why there is so much anger among ourselves. Barack Obama has given us a gift, as his speech now releases us from our silence on the ugliness of racism, and to finally begin open dialog with each other.


There are also some who will, in a calculated and insidious manner, try to denounce this speech, because it threatens to extinguish the source of the ugly fuel that divides us and empowers their hate-filled agendas.

Soon, those people will be irrelevant to this transformation we are witnessing today.


There is no turning back, America. Let us go forward.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

25. Even Fox was admitting it was a great speech!

[powergirl]

26. Amen for this brave speech. This white lady from Texas cried like a baby

This speech acknowledged and validated the pain felt by both Black Americans and White Americans. The brilliance of this speech is it allows all Americans to realize that we are all getting jerked around by racism and we need to work together to change that. None of the other candidates can address the issue like this. What's Clinton and McCain going to add to this? Will Clinton be able to give this type of speech that is honest about the problems of gender in this country? I'll be waiting.


:popcorn:

[SaveAmerica]

27. "A more perfect union" my hope for a United States under Edwards

as President could be changing to hopefulness for the different groups in America under Obama to become a more perfect union. Does this mean I'm becoming a Hope groupie?

[meow mix]

28. K&R

[backscatter712]

29. Obama did look very presidential today.

In most of his other speeches, Obama was more of a candidate and a campaigner than a President - he was in a campaign environment - a big arena or auditorium, surrounded by throngs of fans, and his speeches reflected that - designed to fire up the crown. Certainly a crowd pleaser.

But this speech was presidential. It was set up as a far more somber affair, where Obama set out to have a serious discussion. No fire-up-the-crowd rhetoric. Instead, he looked us in the eye, and gave us the truth and challenged us to a confrontation of our nation's demons.

It was definitely the most powerful speech I've seen from Obama, and from anyone else in my lifetime.

[meow mix]

32. K&R

[better tomorrow]

34. even Mary Matlin complimented Obama tonight....

now, if we can just get James on board....