Obama just looked beaten and humiliated there - What a climbdown

[sunonmars]

Give up and go home.

I feel sorry for him, that was just humiliating to do.

[MNDemNY]

1. Can't wait for the "Good Reverend's " response.

[Hoof Hearted]

2. He looked shaken, he looked weak.

I don't feel that sorry for him.

[livetohike]

3. Guess everyone sees what they want to see I saw our

next President looking Presidential :-).

[BootinUp]

4. details for us cube rats?

[oviedodem]

5. Are you stupid??? He just gave a spirited town hall about an hour ago.

[CakeGrrl]

23. Those are Clinton supporters, wishing and hoping for the WORST. nt

[Pisces]

More like fucking stupid. Of course Obama was torn about having to split from Wright.

It is just like discovering your dad is a racist when all your life he taught you to treat everyone the same. You would feel betrayed and blindsided and sickened.

[rainy]

6. Why should he give up? So many people have vowed to support

him, given him money etc.. We should never let the bullies win. They do this to us over and over again. Now we have the internet to keep us going and staying on tract.

[DJ13]

7. He looked vulnerable, and if the MSM continues attacking him it will backfire

Think of this as Obama's version of Hillary tearing up in NH.

The voters will feel empathy for him now.

[SoonerPride]

8. Huh. I thought he liked like the next President.

We already know he's the nominee.

Someone indeed needs to give up.

and that ain't Obama.

[LSparkle]

9. As humiliating as having your husband get a blowjob in the Oval Office -- not from YOU?

Obama was not humiliated -- he was righteously INDIGNANT at the
BETRAYAL of a friend. As Bob Herbert wrote today, "Jeremiah
Wright didn't come to praise Barack Obama; he came to BURY HIM"
and Obama cut him off, as well he should have.

[ampad]

38. And her supporters took that blow job

and used it as a rallying cry that she deserves this nomination, that she is a strong woman. What the fuck ever.

[tridim]

10. Give up? He already has the nomination.

Why the fuck would he give up?

I'm sure Obama is upset that he had to do this, but it's not like he had a choice. Hillary, the GOP and the media made sure of that.

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[godai]

12. Give up and go home?? Wishing thinking on your part.

You need to accept that Clinton will lose the nomination. She can continue to try to damage Obama in the meantime, at the risk of her legacy, but she can't win the nomination.

[SeaLyons]

13. The Reverend will be doing the dozens

on Obama for real now.

[jefferson_dem]

14. You wanna talk about humiliation?

Good evening.

This afternoon in this room, from this chair, I testified before the Office of Independent Counsel and the grand jury.

I answered their questions truthfully, including questions about my private life, questions no American citizen would ever want to answer.

Still, I must take complete responsibility for all my actions, both public and private. And that is why I am speaking to you tonight.

As you know, in a deposition in January, I was asked questions about my relationship with Monica Lewinsky. While my answers were legally accurate, I did not volunteer information.

Indeed, I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. It constituted a critical lapse in judgment and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely and completely responsible.

But I told the grand jury today and I say to you now that at no time did I ask anyone to lie, to hide or destroy evidence or to take any other unlawful action.

I know that my public comments and my silence about this matter gave a false impression. I misled people, including even my wife. I deeply regret that.

I can only tell you I was motivated by many factors. First, by a desire to protect myself from the embarrassment of my own conduct.

I was also very concerned about protecting my family. The fact that these questions were being asked in a politically inspired lawsuit, which has since been dismissed, was a consideration, too.

In addition, I had real and serious concerns about an independent counsel investigation that began with private business dealings 20 years ago � dealings, I might add, about which an independent federal agency found no evidence of any wrongdoing by me or my wife over two years ago.

The independent counsel investigation moved on to my staff and friends, then into my private life. And now the investigation itself is under investigation.

This has gone on too long, cost too much and hurt too many innocent people.

Now, this matter is between me, the two people I love most � my wife and our daughter � and our God. I must put it right, and I am prepared to do whatever it takes to do so.

Nothing is more important to me personally. But it is private, and I intend to reclaim my family life for my family. It�s nobody�s business but ours.

Even presidents have private lives. It is time to stop the pursuit of personal destruction and the prying into private lives and get on with our national life.

Our country has been distracted by this matter for too long, and I take my responsibility for my part in all of this. That is all I can do.

Now it is time � in fact, it is past time � to move on.

We have important work to do � real opportunities to seize, real problems to solve, real security matters to face.

And so tonight, I ask you to turn away from the spectacle of the past seven months, to repair the fabric of our national discourse, and to return our attention to all the challenges and all the promise of the next American century.

Thank you for watching. And good night.

President Bill Clinton - August 17, 1998

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ1Z9Yw-VUg

[islandmkl]

26. yeah, well....he meant it at the time...

"...and hillary has a little election she is trying to win, so you know what?

i figure i paid my dues...so....GAME ON!!"

it worked on me, it'll work on Obama...

[bdamomma]

15. maybe his look was pure disappointment in how the media

continues to divide this country and people, like we need more dividing. Just more distractions, like there are not other things to focus on. This country is in a crisis. Can we grown up please?

[Mezzo]

16. I think he looks tired.

[LakeSamish706]

17. Of course this hurt him, personally more than anything... It was the last thing..

in the world that he wanted to be faced with, but he knew he had to do it....

[thevoiceofreason]

18. We're gonna drink your milkshake. We are drinking your milkshake!

[RaleighNCDUer]

41. What's the "milkshake" reference?

(I guess I'm out of touch.)

[CakeGrrl]

53. It's from "There Will Be Blood"

It's a line by the big oil baron Daniel Plainview, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, explaining how he's going to take over another oil field.

[ecstatic]

19. No, what you saw was a man who was heartbroken

He did not want to break up with his pastor. But his pastor betrayed him yesterday and he had to do it. Maybe he could have waited until he was less emotional, but I support Obama 100% in his decisions.

[cali]

20. He's winning, genius.

I know hillbots don't have the mental capacity to grasp that obvious fact, but it's as true today as it was yesterday.

I pity you hillbots in denialville.

[BeyondGeography]

21. "Give up and go home."

Words for you to live by.

[SeattleGirl]

22. You wish.

[azmouse]

24. Things worth knowing about Hillary.

http://prorev.com/hillary.htm

[Eurobabe]

25. I think your sun is up uranus. n/t

[butterfly77]

27. He explained his feelings about the situation

thoroughly,and it will still not be enough for some people Tweety and Buchanan are spinning it now. Buchanan is trying to portray this as if now he is losing, Haa, and Tweety is trying to portray it as some type of family feud.

Obama put it to rest and basically said don't ask me this anymore. Goooooooooobama!

[DefenseLawyer]

28. I think I just changed my position on drug testing in the workplace. n/t

[Lucky 13]

29. Show's over, folks. Nothing more to see here.

This scandal is near it's end, Obama's speech signals the end of this news cycle.

Karma tells me it's going to be Hillary's turn for scandal or controversy in just a few days.

:)

[SOS]

50. Hopefully Frank Giustra and Norman Hsu

will give speeches at the National Press Club this week.

[Innocent Smith]

30. He looked like he was betrayed by a friend

In other words -- he looked human. And he sounded good.

[EnviroBat]

35. Yep. Our next president is a man with human emotions.

Not some cackling robot to be paraded about by the RW media, and the republicans. Obama did great.

[uponit7771]

31. I fuckin dislike the MsM a lot now. He looked geniuly hurt in that conference

[BlackVelvet04]

32. he was just doing what politicians do....

throwing under the bus someone who has become a liability.

He's no different than any other politician despite his mantra of change.

[bigwillq]

33. It was a speech that looked

like it was a very difficult one to make. Obama probably feels betrayed by a former friend, and his body language portrayed just that.
A speech like that is a difficult one to make, and I think Obama did fine.

[mmonk]

34. Thanks for you "concern".

[Armstead]

36. Obama showed something unusual in politics -- - Dignity

[NoodleyAppendage]

37. Somewhere a Freeper is missing his crew...time to return to your little hole, troll. n/t

J

[Maribelle]

39. Uncharacteristically emotional off camera is how Obama is being described.

And what is amazing to me, what Obama has just said is the direct opposite of what Obama's supporters have been chanting almost in unison and certainly relentlessly here on DU. There seems to be quite a disconnect between Obama and many of his supporters here.

Jeralyn was doing a great job once again live blogging ...
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/4/29/14443/5382

[flpoljunkie]

40. Sure you do! What drivel!

[Maribelle]

42. What you need to realize is that Obama just contradicted most of his followers on DU

Perhaps some should spend a little time to sort this all out.

[Window]

46. Are you in agreement 100% with Hilliary??? Especially when she lies about Bosnia, etc.??

It's a good thing Hillary and McCain are not held to the same standards as Sen. Obama, isn't it.

Sen. Obama is the one running for office, he did what he felt he had to do, and that decision is between him and the God he prays to. Not you, not me, not his haters nor his supporters. Period.

I trust him to make the right decision, whether or not I agree with it. In fact, I applaud the sincerity of Sen. Obama.

I agree with a lot of things I've heard Rev. Wright say...not all...but a lot. I'm sure this was a very difficult thing for Sen. Obama to have to do.

This is a sad, evil world we live in.

[Maribelle]

47. I now think I trust Obama more than I trust his supporters here on DU.

And you've missed the point.

[Window]

49. Sorry I missed your point, but I'm one of Sen. Obama's supporters on DU,

and I agree with what he did for all the reasons I stated. I don't know what other point you were trying to make.

[flpoljunkie]

51. Bullsh*t!

[Apollo11]

43. "My Pastor for the past 20 years shares none of my basic beliefs. Who knew?"

I guess the Obama campaign thinks it is a slam-dunk case, and their candidate hit the ball out of the park by severing his ties with Wright.

Obama knows it's a weak case, and that's why he looked real nervous and hesitant answering questions from the press less than one hour ago.

[zulchzulu]

44. That's funny...he looked forceful and presidential...

...and pissed that Wright was trying to fuck with him.

Although I agree with a lot of what Wright says (sans the usual cherry-picked YouTube loopy loops), he stepped in it when he made the AIDS and the Farrakkan statements... Obama had to firmly state that their relationship has changed.

And as of now, any of the cretins that want to play "Link Wright to Obama" have jackshit to stand on.

[Window]

45. Save your pity for Hillary when she "gives up and goes home," she'll need it.

[dionysus]

48. delusion.. it's what's for dinner....

[nichomachus]

52. Did he look this bad?

[Doityourself]

54. Still got my vote and that of many others I know. He's not going home..just live with it.