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Barack Obama Announces his Candidacy

Feb 10, 2007 23:44

"Senator Barack Obama officially launched his bid for the US Presidency on Saturday in Springfield, Illinois outside the Old State Capitol building where President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic “house divided” anti-slavery speech in 1858 ( Read more... )

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deevee45 February 11 2007, 04:59:04 UTC

I can't wait for this! I am actually an optimistic Democrat. I think either Barack or Hillary can and will win. I don't know who I am voting for, but I'm leaning toward Hillary for reasons that have nothing to do with competence (although I think she's extremely competent). I just want to see the faces of the Nazi Neoncon Republicans who hate Bill Clinton with the fire of a thousand suns, who blame him for everything bad that has ever happened in America, who cheered with glee when Bill finally left office, finally thought to be rid of him for good. I want to see their faces when he COMES BACK! What I wouldn't give to see that.

So I will be working once again for the Dems to MAKE THAT HAPPEN. If not, I will happily work for them to elect a real statesman to the White House. If the rats haven't destroyed it.

arabian February 11 2007, 05:08:56 UTC

Well, I like Hillary, but I actually despise Bill. With a passion. A fiery passion. I know she wasn't, but Monica Lewinsky could have been a spy and he let her into the oval office to perform for him. In addition, he lied to the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Am I holding him to a higher standard than I would a normal Joe Blow? Damn straight. He was the President of the United States of America. And he was a liar and he broke laws ( ... )

deevee45 February 11 2007, 05:11:00 UTC

deevee45

I totally get the Bill Clinton hate. I don't hate him, but this is America and we can certainly disagree (at least, it's America when the Neocons aren't telling us that if we disagree with them, we're unAmerican). I think for most Americans, however, Bill will be a big selling point. Hillary will no doubt run the polls to see if he is indeed helpful to her candidacy, but my glee comes strictly from seeing the Neocons burning with fury at the (probably just imagined, but still...) return of Bill!

risewiththefall February 11 2007, 05:26:32 UTC

Sigh... I am in love with Obama. He's done so much for the poor in Illinois, and since being elected to the Senate he's worked on a TON of environmental stuff, which are two HUGE selling points for me. I love Hillary too though; she's extremely smart and a very shrewd politician. Either way, I feel like I win. I'm glad you've found someone to (most likely) support!

arabian February 11 2007, 05:33:30 UTC

Oh, there's no "most likely" about it. Again, barring some unforeseen info about him that somehow manages to wreck all the wonder that he is (and what are the odds of that?!) he's got my support. I'm at his official website now, the video of his annoucement is up. Woo!

deevee45 February 11 2007, 05:36:02 UTC

My ideal ticket is Barack/Hillary or Hillary/Barack. I honestly think that they would make a great team no matter who was VP. I think this Democratic ticket would slay the competition.

arabian February 11 2007, 05:37:43 UTC

I think that would awesome, and I'd be more for Barack as Pres, liberated woman though I be. Everything about him makes me proud to be an American and he reminds me of Abe. There is no greater compliment in politics than that from me.

deevee45 February 11 2007, 05:43:24 UTC

Yup. I agree, Barack would make me feel proud to be an American again--he's a true statesman, possibly the only one we have to offer. But that little (ok big) ball of hatred I have inside for the Neocons makes me hope that somehow Hillary makes it somewhere on the ticket as well.

zimshan February 11 2007, 07:16:48 UTC

Oh, goodness, hon. Thank you for posting the link and full text of the speech. I was going to look it up earlier today, but I'm afraid I probably would have forgotten about it and that's just not something I would have wanted to miss.

WHEW. He's got me on this one. I haven't felt this strongly about a presidential candidate since...well, ever really. But you hear him speak and you just get this feeling like he's IT, you know? He's exactly what this country needs right now.

So, it's official. I'm in for the long haul. BRING ON THOSE PRIMARIES, OBAMA. LET'S KNOCK HILLARY ON HER ASS!

arabian February 11 2007, 08:08:43 UTC

Thank The Colbert Report. Thursday's episode referenced Obama making the announcement this weekend in Springfield and I just watched it tonight. When I went to check, I saw that the news had just been put up so the timing was perfect.

ou hear him speak and you just get this feeling like he's IT, you know?

Exactly. And I know I keep referencing Lincoln (but, hey, Abe's my man!), but I was reading parts of the speech to my BFF and the intonation of it was so like The Gettysburg Address, the feel, the flow of it, that it did literally bring tears to my eyes. He really does remind me of Abraham Lincoln -- beyond the surface political similarities (Lincoln served 8 years in legislature, so has Obama, Lincoln had one term as an Illinois Senator, so did Obama), it's the feeling that this is a GOOD man who truly wants the best for this country and all of her citizens at heart. I believe him. I believe in his convictions.

He's exactly what this country needs right now.

YES!

LET'S KNOCK HILLARY ON HER ASS!Well, I'm not anti- ( ... )

zimshan February 11 2007, 15:43:16 UTC

Well, thank you Steven Colbert! ;)

but I was reading parts of the speech to my BFF and the intonation of it was so like The Gettysburg Address, the feel, the flow of it, that it did literally bring tears to my eyes.

Oh, I know. I was thinking the same thing. I mean, not specifically tying it to the Gettysburg or anything but listening to it, it felt revolutionary. Like here it is, this is an important moment. The structure of the speech. It had such heart, you know? You just, people say you can fake it but I really don't think you can. Great speechmaking is an art that I believe can only truly arise from someone who has that heart to truly care. Who knows, maybe I just WANT to believe him too much. I had basically lost all hope for this country to produce a great statesmen in these times. But for the country's sake, I really do hope he is the real thing.

Well, I'm not anti-Hillary. As I said above, what I like best about her is that she truly does seem to learn from her mistakesHeh. Well, Hillary is where we'll have to disagree ( ... )

afrocurl February 11 2007, 08:11:11 UTC

I have a weird love/hate relationship with Lincoln (most of it I will blame on my scary Republican Constitution professor in college), but I'm stuck by going to Springfield around Lincoln's birthday to make this announcement.

If the video footage includes Obama rubbing Lincoln's nose, then the man might really have me.

arabian February 11 2007, 08:14:00 UTC

Hate and Lincoln in the same sentence does not compute. Seriously. The man was so good. He was such a good, good man. A great man. The things he managed to do, how he managed to do them, how he dealt with life and everything. He was one of the most amazing human beings who has ever graced this earth. Ever. When he said "with malice toward none; charity for all," he truly meant that in his heart and soul and that is how he lived his life. He was a good man.

afrocurl February 11 2007, 15:13:51 UTC

I should clarify that statement for you.

I love the ideas he stood for, of course, but dislike when scary Republicans try to coop him as one of their own.