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drmom (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:33 PM Original message |
Here’s my problem with Obama…please tell me I’m wrong |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. I will support the candidate but I have another problem. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It was for georgie. See how well that worked out? |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. That is total BS. I have heard him 8 times in SC and he never read a single word from anywhere. |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Yep. This is obviously BS |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Yeah, you two have been to the same talks as the OP's... |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Why would he use these notecards in some talks and not others? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. I've seen him speak numerous times over the last 8 years |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. That 20-something screenwriter he has writing his speeches deserves every penny he's paid! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, I would say that just because he uses note cards |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. But cali, politics isn't about policy...it's about style. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. His style is amazing. n/t |
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drmom (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. I agree... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. What do you think the next four years will bring? |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Except the oratory's only good when the screenwriter's involved |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Obama's not going to win the nomination. After Super Tuesday, he'll be finished. Go with your gut. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:42 PM Original message |
you're no oracle either |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. My gut says "No" to Hillary... |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. I guess it's over because YOU said so |
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dannofoot (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Did you watch the last debate? |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. I see Obama as a serious, professorial type |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. You're wrong |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. He's not the greatest debater - luckily McCain isn't too great either. |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. His campaign is superb |
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Levgreee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. I believe you are wrong, he is very elequent |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Last summer he was likely still refining his position papers before he posted them. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. Go with your gut... |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. Get a comfortable chair and watch toniight's debate |
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REDFISHBLUEFISH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hillary is a much more knowledgable candidate. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Hillary knows the issues--she knows the details. I trust her. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Personally, I think Hillary can run circles around Obama (as far |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Can you show me how Obama is a "DLC candidate"? |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. You're not wrong. |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Link to video please. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. If having notecards disturbs you, oh well...I would just assume that |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. You're wrong |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. He was the President of the Harvard Law Review |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. Absolutely amazing |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Sorry |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. I don't hold the notecard thing against him |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. Shenanigans! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. maybe if we donate enough |
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_Wayne_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. you're guessing he will win the nomination?? Have you seen the polls? Or the voting results? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. I do not trust him. |
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magatte (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. And for full disclosure, you stump for Hillary.... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. The cards usually contain info germane to that audience. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. Apparently people like his speeches (I dont) but they are all |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
42. "Brilliant actor"? He's taken some public-speaking lessons as I'm |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. He is nothing but scripted..... |
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drmom (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
47. Thanks for all the thoughtful responses |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Watching the debate...not seeing any NOTECARDS. And you?? nt |
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