Did you hear on Hardball, " a speech worthy of

[sorrybushisfromtexas]

Abraham Lincoln." " The best speech written on race in the history of our COUNTRY."

[Bluebear]

1. 'in the history of our company' - well, that's an honest assessment of corporate-beholden politics

[KittyWampus]

3. didn't the govt. stop calling us citizens and start using consumers?

[leftstreet]

25. We're both "consumers" and "human resources" n/t

[damntexdem]

7. Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers ...

founded a new corporation.

Hmm, I think Lincoln did a better job, as did Obama, than has Hardball. ;-)

Still, I'm glad that they're acknowledging the greatness of Barack's speech.

[displacedtexan]

2. I heard that.

Weird.

[MADem]

4. Geee Eeeeee, We Bring Good Wars To Life!!!!!! NT

[meow mix]

5. very good show... tweetys legs are in a perma state of tingling

woot

[meow mix]

6. when he moves on to Hillary it will be to cover how Republicans are voting for her

to interfere

[wndycty]

8. I think Matthews is having an orgasm

:kick:

[Noirceuil]

9. If you want to see an orgasm...

If you really want to see an orgasm, tune into Keith Olbermann tonight.

[Cheap_Trick]

11. puhleeze

:eyes:

[jgraz]

14. And another one goes on ignore

Why do people waste their time coming on here and posting nothing but crap?

[dchill]

16. I will. I always do.

[corkhead]

35. Where's my fly swatter?

[Tatiana]

13. But is he getting a tingly feeling up his leg? LOL n/t

[sorrybushisfromtexas]

10. Country, Country, Country

Please give me a break. I had two brain surgeries a year ago in Dec. I still get words messed up... My favorite so far is when is asked my students to turn in their shits of papers. They got a big laugh. Often the word ask comes out ass. It is called dyspepsia and I may never get over. I got hit while my car was sitting still and got rear-ended by a car going 50.

[Voice for Peace]

19. ow ow ow!

That couldn't have been fun. Your post is great nonetheless.

[GoldieAZ49]

12. yeah, Tweety is wetting his pants

time to man up

It wasn't the emancipation proclamation or even close, good grief

[snappyturtle]

15. I haven't heard it yet. I don't know if it's the very best speech on the subject

of race but it's the best contemporary one, that's for certain. Thanks for the heads up!imho

[meow mix]

17. Tweety just said Hillary will be Happy to destroy the party if she isnt nominated.

i knew it!!

[Texas Hill Country]

23. shame on you.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. That's like saying grass is green and the sky is blue!

[DerekJ]

34. Are you serious?

No way!!!

[niceypoo]

38. Well, if Tweety said it, it must be from ordained from above!

After all:
"I voted for Bush at least once" - Tweety

Tweety is like that drunk cousin-in-law that says stupid shit at every family gathering

[Major Hogwash]

18. Damn, I hurt my head when I fell ouf of my chair!

When I heard that!

I couldn't believe he said that!

Well, yes we can!

ooh-boy.

[Texas Hill Country]

20. overblown a bit... good speech. going down in the annals of time? doubt it.

love to see that happen, but doubtful.

[sunnystarr]

21. Just 5 minutes before Matthews came on I said to my son

that he had to listen to Obama's speech because it was as important, great, and historical as Abraham Lincoln. It's great to discover that others feel the same way!

[Beaverhausen]

22. quick- quote one phrase you remember from the speech - without checking a transcript

I have yet to see anyone come up with anything to quote about this speech.

[meow mix]

24. "These people are a part of me"

=)

i could be wrong it was long

there i fixed it lol

[LSK]

27. Bomb bomb bomb Iran

:eyes:

[bicentennial_baby]

29. "This Union is not perfect, but it can be perfected"

"From many, one"

[cui bono]

31. Wow, now we need to quote SOUNDBITES to prove worthiness?

That's really sad.

Isn't that what we complain about in the MSM and now it has arrived to DU. Why am I not surprised.

[Coexist]

26. "I have never head a political speech so free of BS in my life" Matthews

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. I don't disagree.

[pokercat999]

32. I heard it on the radio. I've never heard ANY politician speak

in a way that made me believe he was being totally and candidly honest, saying EXACTLY what he believes. I win a lot or lose a lot of money being able to tell when someone is BS-ing me on the poker table, by their body language and especially when I can get them to speak. True or not, accurate or not, Obama really believes every word of what he said...at least that's my opinion.

[jasmine621]

33. I totally disagree. There have been better speeches and almost identical

speeches on race by many other people. We all know the divided feelings in this country. Obama merely reminded us of them.

[Adams Wulff]

37. No, there haven't.

and don't post that dancing-around-the-issue speech of Bill Clinton from 1995. Not even close.

[Beacool]

36. Are you quoting Tweety???

The jerk who gets a thrill running up his leg whenever Obama speaks?

:rofl:

[Larkspur]

39. It was an excellent speech, but I wouldn't call it as great as Lincoln's

or MLK's, but I'd say it was more on par with FDR's fireside chats, which he used to teach Americans about the dangers both domestic and foreign facing America. And FDR was no lightweight when it came to speech making either, so my comparison is not a denigration of FDR or Obama. I'm just trying to categorize it a bit better.

One of Bill Moyer's guests said that Obama needed to start using his speeches to "teach" Americans about our problems and how we can overcome them. This speech seemed to be in line with that advice and it was an excellent speech from a political leadership viewpoint. MLK actually got deeper into the roots of racism and class warfare and remember, the MSM of the 50's and 60's treated MLK similar to how our MSM treats Rev. Wright today.