Have you ever heard him speak when he didn’t have time to prepare? Saddleback gave him a run for his money and he failed terribly stumbling all over the place and not saying a single thing in an attempt to answer a question.

Those of you who praise him for his great speeches have a good point. He is a good speaker. But take a look at his record. Take a look at what he has voted for and against. What he has pushed to go through and what he has stopped.

America is in trouble if he is elected. But some people have been watching good commercials for such a long time they love a good one. Those who support Obama are an easy sell. Not me.

Bill clinton would actually

He ran Arkansas far longer than Bush ran TX.

Interestingly Clinton killed less people as Gov and President compared the Bush.

But he’s the Obamessiah.

Glad we can all finally agree that Jesus was black.

He ran Arkansas far longer than Bush ran TX.

He hasn’t been in business, he hasn’t headed a major institution, he hasn’t been a state governor. He has made speeches. No wonder he’s so good at it.

I disagree, Chairwoman. For the past year, he has made a political campaign that moved millions of people and hundreds of millions of dollars over the whole US, that trumped the Clintons and the Democrat establishment. That was a monstrous achievement, that I only realised after he won the primaries. I don’t agree that a small businessman would be able to achieve something at that scale. He has been working for 11 years in the legislative branch, and more than speeches, in his interviews, he seems to know a lot of detail about every issue, and how each issue relates to another.

I understand it is very funny to call him Obamessiah and the “One” (har har), but these are just shallow caricatures.

He might not be the best candidate out there, but he certainly has the qualities to be a good President: he inspires people to participate in the political process rather than repel them, he is not intellectual incurious, he seems to like to be surrounded by competent people who tell things as they are, and he seems to control his temper even when things get really stressful.

If your main concern is how many years you have been a governor, then George W Bush would come on top of the list, no?

I know he’s young(ish), charismatic and black, but for goodness sake, he’s never run anything, and you all appear to want to make him leader of the free world!

Any small businessman is better equipped for this job than he is. They will have employed staff, balanced their accounts, been creative when business isn’t good, and negotiated with customers and suppliers, and at the end of the day that is what governments do, but on a much bigger scale.

He hasn’t been in business, he hasn’t headed a major institution, he hasn’t been a state governor. He has made speeches. No wonder he’s so good at it.

Whoever is President of the United States of America is ultimately our President too, although we have no say in it, and neither parties have given us a candidate who is up to the mark.

Now, the only reasons people won’t vote for Obama are purely due to race, or any trepidation relating to his race. You can’t win ‘em all.

I loved the bits about why we needed collective action, and why good government doesn’t undermine the individual but instead allows individuals to thrive in a community that gives opportunity to all. It’s not just the American promise; it’s the promise of progressives everywhere that we can convince a majority of the people to work together and recognise our collective responsibility to each other.

One can only imagine the possibilities an Obama presidency will unlock for future generations of Americans and young progressives everywhere. Please read and comment on my own Obama breakdown: http://rayyanmirza.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/yes-we-can-barack-obama-and-lessons-for-progressives-everywhere/

http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/youre_on_your_own.php

Sarah Palin is pro-life, NRA and fiscally conservative and will be popular with the base. The media will also love it and will use it to try and repair McCain’s reputation as a maverick, independent.

It feels like it is a move out of desperation.

Ben

Republicans do not cease to amaze me.

I thought he was great – the choice of the next US president isn’t about him, it’s about the future of the US, and turning the tide of recent history. A promise for a better future, a decent and dignified future.

Superb. And every time I see his wife i can’t help thinking WHAT A ROLE MODEL for WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD.

The speech was actually quite gender friendly , he kept referring to daughters, women’s right to choose, and gay, lesbian people’s right to live and marry.He talked about immigration in terms of mother-infant seperation – the human cost of seperation. Not the politics of diversity. I thought he had the diversity thing PERFECT.

Hostage to fortune.