does Obama's supporters response to 'the speech' seem over the top to anyone else?

[HuffleClaw]

you'd think he'd just carried a couple of stone tablets down from a mountain from the responses i've been reading. sort of speaks to that 'cult' meme if you ask me.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Does the spin of Clinton supporters seem predictable to anybody else.

For all their talk of "plagiarism," they sure seem to like recycling the same failed talking points.

[americanstranger]

2. Hey, he gave a great speech.

Those who can't grasp larger concepts probably won't get it, though. Smart people, however, know what they saw.

- as

[ronnykmarshall]

28. WOW!

I just love the talking down posts!

[EFerrari]

3. Yeah, those Obama supporters sure are over the top.

That's called "winning".

[indimuse]

36. REMEMBER WHY!!!! He's giving this "Campaign SPEECH!!!!

Nothing more than an opportunistic POLITICAL NECESSITY!!!! get it??? Because OUTSIDE of DU millions think differently than Obamessiahs...

[EFerrari]

40. That's what candidates do!!!11 They give speeches!!!!!1

Understand????!!!!111

[40ozDonkey]

4. Sorry you have nothing to be excited about. n/t

[ronnykmarshall]

27. That's pretty fucked up.

Just because someone doesn't fall in line and label "the speech" as the greatest thing EVER, you suggest they have no life?

FUCKED UP!

I thought his speech was great. Beautifully written and spoken.

But I'm not going to name my next cat "The Speech" because of it.

Get your panties out of that wad!

[quinnox]

5. Does the sun rise?

Oh my god, it is embarrasing to watch Obama worshippers call every new speech he makes as the most significant in human history.

Damn, are they that far gone??


I repeat, (for the millionth time) OBAMA IS NOT A GOD HE IS A MAN WHO GIVES PRETTY SPEECHES

[tachyon]

7. He is BARELY qualified to be the president. More of course than Bush, but then

so is my cat.

[quinnox]

15. true

my cat as well

[Jersey Devil]

22. No one is "qualified" to be president

Some presidents have had no real preparation to be president and have done a great job. Some had all kinds of qualifications (like Bush39) and stunk up the place. It is a unique job and it is laughable to me that anyone could possibly be chosen or ruled out by having "qualifications" to do the job.

[tachyon]

37. I don't really know what Bush39 means

but none of the candidates in either party this time around strike me as having much to offer.

[Jersey Devil]

39. I was referring to the 39th President of the US

George HW Bush, who was, prior to being President: a war hero, long term US Senator, Director of the CIA and Vice President. If "qualifications" determine who should be president then he certainly would be the one. Yet, he was an awful President.

[tachyon]

43. Oh!! Well I was a little confused there...GHW Bush was the 41st. Carter was 39

...

[GOTV]

6. Your mis-characterization seems over the top. No one suggested he was Moses...

... and your hyperbole is not helpful.

[tachyon]

9. Moses? No, a lot of people think he's GOD hisself.

:eyes:

[Texas Hill Country]

8. yeah, i was thinking the same

[goldcanyonaz]

10. Nope, it's just another day at the office for them around here.

[NNN0LHI]

11. I don't know who are the Obama supporters on an anonymous website

But after ten minutes of listening to the speech I felt like I had popped a Tuinal and drank a glass of beer.

:boring:

But the scummy Republican talking heads on TV thought he was wonderful so it must have been great.

Don

[Bigleaf]

12. Quit acting like Richard Peddie. The speech was amazing.

[Mags]

13. Not for them, after all he is their God.

[Abacus]

26. That's "He"

Here, have some kool-aid :beer:

[DeadElephant_ORG]

14. No. The speech is historic. Any Democrat, any American should be able to see that.

[Tribetime]

16. 24-7 of wrights commnets were also

the media overdoes everything.....but it was a great speech

[pnwmom]

17. I'm bi-candidate, and I thought it was a truly great speech.

As some have said, its only problem was that it demanded a certain degree of intelligence from its listeners -- it won't be easily reducible to sound bites. But if it helps define Obama within the MSM, that will help him in the long run -- since the MSM has the ability to make or break almost any candidate.

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Hehe, bi-candidate, I like that

:)

[pnwmom]

32. I stole it from Margaret Cho, on Huffington Post.

:hi:

[Johnny__Motown]

18. Most of the talking heads are praising it too, Worthy of Lincoln... etc... maybe it is you

[zulchzulu]

20. Maybe you should just stick to eating Cheetos and watching ESPN

Perhaps you can enlighten us where the speech was not good....ah, ferchrissakes, never the fuck mind...

[Catherine Vincent]

21. LOL!

I won't belittle them today. Let them enjoy it.

[metalluk]

23. That's why they're called "supporters."

It's really not important how the speech was received by either supporters or those irrevocably set against Obama. It's the group in the middle (that could ultimately go either way) that matters. I honestly doubt that many of those folks were listening. They'll make up their minds sooner or later based on some little snippet of misinformation (whether for or against a candidate) that happens to play on one of their ignorant prejudices. The people who are paying close attention right now are mainly the committed activists, proponents or opponents. Look at how many of the threads here relating to the speech are either all the way to one side or all the way to the other.

[JuniperLea]

24. ...

Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
Ive been everything you want to be
Im the cult of personality
Like mussolini and kennedy
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights, a nobel prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
Im the smiling face on your t.v.
Im the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me

I tell you one and one makes three
Im the cult of personality
Like joseph stalin and gandi
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights a nobel prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set you free

You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your gods name
Im every person you need to be
Im the cult of personality
Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
Ive been everything you want to be
Im the cult of personality
Like mussolini and kennedy
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights, a nobel prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
Im the smiling face on your t.v.
Im the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me

I tell you one and one makes three
Im the cult of personality
Like joseph stalin and gandi
Im the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights a nobel prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You dont have to follow me
Only you can set you free

You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your gods name
Im every person you need to be
Im the cult of personality

[Mz Pip]

34. Wow

a poem I can Xerox. :eyes:

[JuniperLea]

46. ...

You mean song..

[redqueen]

25. You do know that more than a few Clinton supporters have praised it as well, right?

If not, you do now.

So yeah... BS, your OP is.

[ronnykmarshall]

30. I said it was good and liked it.

I didn't "praise" it.

[redqueen]

31. Then I must not be referring to you.

:hi:

[Critters2]

29. Everything the Obamaniacs do seems over the top to me. nt

[Forkboy]

33. Not really, but the Hillary supporters appear to be wettting themselves over it.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

51. Yes they do, and that should tell you something.

[graywarrior]

35. No.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

38. it was a good speech and they want to believe that it will put this issue to bed.....

but it will not....it is raising more questions then it answered.

[EFerrari]

41. Yes, and it's raising good questions about America.

Actually, unless you're an authoritarian, good questions are a good thing.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

47. I concur

[meow mix]

42. LOL great post. very funny..

gotta appluade this one

[lunatica]

44. I wasn't the speech

It was the content, the message, the promise, and the possibility that it raises of a better America that was excellent.

[meow mix]

50. welcome =)

*hugs*

[lunatica]

52. Thanks!

Sorry, I changed my post while you were answering my first post. But his speech did clinch it for me. I'd much rather believe in a future that's an attempt to perfect ourselves (he referred to being in the process of perfecting ourselves) than the status quo. It's that simple. More of the same, or do we dare try to evolve? I've made my choice.

[jlake]

45. in a word - yes.

[Skip Intro]

48. We all knew their response here before the speech was ever given.

[LadyVT]

49. Yeah, of course. Infatuation. Many have most of the Hillary supporters on ignore,

so they only hear themselves talkin'.

[cbayer]

53. ..

[tishaLA]

54. Perhaps you should be listening to Rachel Maddow right now

She thinks that the speech was something quite special--filled with nuance, intelligence, and vision.

When I get too high or too low, I know Rachel is most often quite level-headed about things--and is almost always right. That she affirms my sense of the speech's importance is enough to make me know it's not just my Obama-blinders.

[here_is_to_hope]

55. Nobody asked you and where is your donor star anyway?

Hmmm? Hillary not paying enough?:hi:

[Cha]

56. That's your narrow view..maybe you

think the NYT editorial is being over the top, too.

"March 19, 2008
Editorial
Mr. Obama’s Profile in Courage

<snip>

There are moments — increasingly rare in risk-abhorrent modern campaigns — when politicians are called upon to bare their fundamental beliefs. In the best of these moments, the speaker does not just salve the current political wound, but also illuminates larger, troubling issues that the nation is wrestling with.

Inaugural addresses by Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt come to mind, as does John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech on religion, with its enduring vision of the separation between church and state. Senator Barack Obama, who has not faced such tests of character this year, faced one on Tuesday. It is hard to imagine how he could have handled it better."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5141080

Or the San Diego Union?

<snip>

"San Diego Union Tribune: It's Over. Obama's the Nominee.
It was extremely unlikely that Hillary Clinton was going to overcome Barack Obama's lead in delegates, states and total votes and take the Democratic nomination, but Obama's speech this morning -- graceful, thoughtful, nuanced, sweeping, challenging, unprecedented -- pretty much wiped out any chance at all. It was a speech Hillary could never have given -- really, few U.S. politicians ever could have given."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5146386

[thevoiceofreason]

57. Before I respond to you, learn grammar, ok? Moron.