Bring Him On!
May 7th, 2008 | by Jet Netwal |I’m a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a topic.
Barack Obama’s NC speech is below. Just see if you can make it all the way though uninspired.
You know, some were saying that North Carolina would be a game-changer in this election. But today, what North Carolina decided is that the only game that needs changing is the one in Washington, DC.
I want to start by congratulating Senator Clinton on her victory in the state of Indiana. And I want to thank the people of North Carolina for giving us a victory in a big state, a swing state, and a state where we will compete to win if I am the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
When this campaign began, Washington didn’t give us much of a chance. But because you came out in the bitter cold, and knocked on doors, and enlisted your friends and neighbors in this cause; because you stood up to the cynics, and the doubters, and the nay-sayers when we were up and when we were down; because you still believe that this is our moment, and our time, for change – tonight we stand less than two hundred delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
More importantly, because of you, we have seen that it’s possible to overcome the politics of division and distraction; that it’s possible to overcome the same old negative attacks that are always about scoring points and never about solving our problems. We’ve seen that the American people aren’t looking for more spin or more gimmicks, but honest answers about the challenges we face. That’s what you’ve accomplished in this campaign, and that’s how we’ll change this country together.
This has been one of the longest, most closely fought contests in history. And that’s partly because we have such a formidable opponent in Senator Hillary Clinton. Tonight, many of the pundits have suggested that this party is inalterably divided – that Senator Clinton’s supporters will not support me, and that my supporters will not support her.
Well I’m here tonight to tell you that I don’t believe it. Yes, there have been bruised feelings on both sides. Yes, each side desperately wants their candidate to win. But ultimately, this race is not about Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or John McCain. This election is about you – the American people – and whether we will have a president and a party that can lead us toward a brighter future.
This primary season may not be over, but when it is, we will have to remember who we are as Democrats – that we are the party of Jefferson and Jackson; of Roosevelt and Kennedy; and that we are at our best when we lead with principle; when we lead with conviction; when we summon an entire nation around a common purpose – a higher purpose. This fall, we intend to march forward as one Democratic Party, united by a common vision for this country. Because we all agree that at this defining moment in history – a moment when we’re facing two wars, an economy in turmoil, a planet in peril – we can’t afford to give John McCain the chance to serve out George Bush’s third term. We need change in America.
The woman I met in Indiana who just lost her job, and her pension, and her insurance when the plant where she worked at her entire life closed down – she can’t afford four more years of tax breaks for corporations like the one that shipped her job overseas. She needs us to give tax breaks to companies that create good jobs here in America. She can’t afford four more years of tax breaks for CEOs like the one who walked away from her company with a multi-million dollar bonus. She needs middle-class tax relief that will help her pay the skyrocketing price of groceries, and gas, and college tuition. That’s why I’m running for President.
The college student I met in Iowa who works the night shift after a full day of class and still can’t pay the medical bills for a sister who’s ill – she can’t afford four more years of a health care plan that only takes care of the healthy and the wealthy; that allows insurance companies to discriminate and deny coverage to those Americans who need it most. She needs us to stand up to those insurance companies and pass a plan that lowers every family’s premiums and gives every uninsured American the same kind of coverage that Members of Congress give themselves. That’s why I’m running for President.
The mother in Wisconsin who gave me a bracelet inscribed with the name of the son she lost in Iraq; the families who pray for their loved ones to come home; the heroes on their third and fourth and fifth tour of duty – they can’t afford four more years of a war that should’ve never been authorized and never been waged. They can’t afford four more years of our veterans returning to broken-down barracks and substandard care. They need us to end a war that isn’t making us safer. They need us to treat them with the care and respect they deserve. That’s why I’m running for President.
The man I met in Pennsylvania who lost his job but can’t even afford the gas to drive around and look for a new one – he can’t afford four more years of an energy policy written by the oil companies and for the oil companies; a policy that’s not only keeping gas at record prices, but funding both sides of the war on terror and destroying our planet in the process. He doesn’t need four more years of Washington policies that sound good, but don’t solve the problem. He needs us to take a permanent holiday from our oil addiction by making the automakers raise their fuel standards, corporations pay for their pollution, and oil companies invest their record profits in a clean energy future. That’s the change we need. And that’s why I’m running for President.
The people I’ve met in small towns and big cities across this country understand that government can’t solve all our problems – and we don’t expect it to. We believe in hard work. We believe in personal responsibility and self-reliance.
But we also believe that we have a larger responsibility to one another as Americans – that America is a place – that America is the place – where you can make it if you try. That no matter how much money you start with or where you come from or who your parents are, opportunity is yours if you’re willing to reach for it and work for it. It’s the idea that while there are few guarantees in life, you should be able to count on a job that pays the bills; health care for when you need it; a pension for when you retire; an education for your children that will allow them to fulfill their God-given potential. That’s the America we believe in. That’s the America I know.
This is the country that gave my grandfather a chance to go to college on the GI Bill when he came home from World War II; a country that gave him and my grandmother the chance to buy their first home with a loan from the government.
This is the country that made it possible for my mother – a single parent who had to go on food stamps at one point – to send my sister and me to the best schools in the country on scholarships.
This is the country that allowed my father-in-law – a city worker at a South Side water filtration plant – to provide for his wife and two children on a single salary. This is a man who was diagnosed at age thirty with multiple sclerosis – who relied on a walker to get himself to work. And yet, every day he went, and he labored, and he sent my wife and her brother to one of the best colleges in the nation. It was a job that didn’t just give him a paycheck, but a sense of dignity and self-worth. It was an America that didn’t just reward wealth, but the work and the workers who created it.
Somewhere along the way, between all the bickering and the influence-peddling and the game-playing of the last few decades, Washington and Wall Street have lost touch with these values. And while I honor John McCain’s service to his country, his ideas for America are out of touch with these values. His plans for the future are nothing more than the failed policies of the past. And his plan to win in November appears to come from the very same playbook that his side has used time after time in election after election.
Yes, we know what’s coming. We’ve seen it already. The same names and labels they always pin on everyone who doesn’t agree with all their ideas. The same efforts to distract us from the issues that affect our lives by pouncing on every gaffe and association and fake controversy in the hope that the media will play along. The attempts to play on our fears and exploit our differences to turn us against each other for pure political gain – to slice and dice this country into Red States and Blue States; blue-collar and white-collar; white and black, and brown.
This is what they will do – no matter which one of us is the nominee. The question, then, is not what kind of campaign they’ll run, it’s what kind of campaign we will run. It’s what we will do to make this year different. I didn’t get into race thinking that I could avoid this kind of politics, but I am running for President because this is the time to end it.
We will end it this time not because I’m perfect – I think by now this campaign has reminded all of us of that. We will end it not by duplicating the same tactics and the same strategies as the other side, because that will just lead us down the same path of polarization and gridlock.
We will end it by telling the truth – forcefully, repeatedly, confidently – and by trusting that the American people will embrace the need for change.
Because that’s how we’ve always changed this country – not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up; when you – the American people – decide that the stakes are too high and the challenges are too great.
The other side can label and name-call all they want, but I trust the American people to recognize that it’s not surrender to end the war in Iraq so that we can rebuild our military and go after al Qaeda’s leaders. I trust the American people to understand that it’s not weakness, but wisdom to talk not just to our friends, but our enemies – like Roosevelt did, and Kennedy did, and Truman did.
I trust the American people to realize that while we don’t need big government, we do need a government that stands up for families who are being tricked out of their homes by Wall Street predators; a government that stands up for the middle-class by giving them a tax break; a government that ensures that no American will ever lose their life savings just because their child gets sick. Security and opportunity; compassion and prosperity aren’t liberal values or conservative values – they’re American values.
Most of all, I trust the American people’s desire to no longer be defined by our differences. Because no matter where I’ve been in this country – whether it was the corn fields of Iowa or the textile mills of the Carolinas; the streets of San Antonio or the foothills of Georgia – I’ve found that while we may have different stories, we hold common hopes. We may not look the same or come from the same place, but we want to move in the same direction – towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren.
That’s why I’m in this race. I love this country too much to see it divided and distracted at this moment in history. I believe in our ability to perfect this union because it’s the only reason I’m standing here today. And I know the promise of America because I have lived it.
It is the light of opportunity that led my father across an ocean.
It is the founding ideals that the flag draped over my grandfather’s coffin stands for – it is life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It’s the simple truth I learned all those years ago when I worked in the shadows of a shuttered steel mill on the South Side of Chicago – that in this country, justice can be won against the greatest of odds; hope can find its way back to the darkest of corners; and when we are told that we cannot bring about the change that we seek, we answer with one voice – yes we can.
So don’t ever forget that this election is not about me, or any candidate. Don’t ever forget that this campaign is about you – about your hopes, about your dreams, about your struggles, about securing your portion of the American Dream.
Don’t ever forget that we have a choice in this country – that we can choose not to be divided; that we can choose not to be afraid; that we can still choose this moment to finally come together and solve the problems we’ve talked about all those other years in all those other elections.
This time can be different than all the rest. This time we can face down those who say our road is too long; that our climb is too steep; that we can no longer achieve the change that we seek. This is our time to answer the call that so many generations of Americans have answered before – by insisting that by hard work, and by sacrifice, the American Dream will endure. Thank you, and may God Bless the United States of America.
36 Responses to “Bring Him On!”
By Ken Grandlund on May 7, 2008 | Reply
Any questions?
Go Obama!
By Jet Netwal on May 7, 2008 | Reply
“The people I’ve met in small towns and big cities across this country understand that government can’t solve all our problems – and we don’t expect it to. We believe in hard work. We believe in personal responsibility and self-reliance.
But we also believe that we have a larger responsibility to one another as Americans – that America is a place – that America is the place – where you can make it if you try. That no matter how much money you start with or where you come from or who your parents are, opportunity is yours if you’re willing to reach for it and work for it. It’s the idea that while there are few guarantees in life, you should be able to count on a job that pays the bills; health care for when you need it; a pension for when you retire; an education for your children that will allow them to fulfill their God-given potential. That’s the America we believe in. That’s the America I know.
Damn skippy. Give me a stake in my destiny and put people first. I am so on this damn train.
By mr bigstuff on May 7, 2008 | Reply
before last nights primaries in indiana and north carolina, 32 million democrats had voted compared to 18 million republican’ts. just wait until the media is forced to focus attention on that fool mccains misstatements, lies, and flip fucking flops. as hard as this may seem to believe, the republican’ts have found in mccain the one person dumber than w. it’s obama in a landslide.
By manapp99 on May 7, 2008 | Reply
Obama said this:
“that America is a place – that America is the place – where you can make it if you try. That no matter how much money you start with or where you come from or who your parents are, opportunity is yours if you’re willing to reach for it and work for it.”
I said the same thing in a earlier post about rich people and Dusty responded with this:
“As for just needing elbow grease and grit to make it big financially…thats a fairy tale perpetuated by the rich and their minions and you know it. But feel free to keep buying into it.”
Guess it is not the message as much as the messenger.
By Jet Netwal on May 7, 2008 | Reply
I need to see the context. Can you throw up the link?
By mr bigstuff on May 7, 2008 | Reply
nap,
doesn’t that make you feel good that you and obama are on the same page. welcome to the reality based world. looks like we can count on your vote in november.
By Jet Netwal on May 7, 2008 | Reply
Absolutely, Manapp! We have a big roomy tent!
By Jersey McJones on May 7, 2008 | Reply
If Obama won in November, I would be shocked. No. That’s an understatement - I would be absolutely God damned friggin AMAZED! I like him. I think he’d make a pretty good president. I don’t thnk America will elect a black man named Obama. I hope I’m wrong.
JMJ
By Chris Radulich on May 7, 2008 | Reply
damn fine speach
By Dusty on May 7, 2008 | Reply
Try putting my comment and yours into context Manapp. It was a post about “Rich Folks”
http://www.teambio.org/2008/05/02/rich-people-god-bless-us-stfu/#comment-17495
His speech is about hope, about making a ‘good life’..not about getting rich.
Big effin difference.
By Dusty on May 7, 2008 | Reply
He is also speaking generally, you on the other hand, were saying how easy it is to become rich.
By mr bigstuff on May 7, 2008 | Reply
JMcJ,
that is a concern especially here in the dirty south. hopefully the rest of america is not a bunch of racist, redneck, dumbass, backwards, 18th century livin’, bible thumpin’, homeschooled, tongue speakin’, sheet wearin’, w supportin’(still), g.e.d. havin’, morons who vote against their own self interests like for the most part here in rocky top. i really think the rest of the country will pull obama through in a landslide. mccain is just too damn dumb. everything he has ever been involved in has failed. vietnam, the uss forestal, campaign reform, immigration, marriage, flying (losing 6 planes in his illustrious career makes him an NVA ace), etc. he has some bad fucking luck. hell he’s so dumb he hangs out with that political kiss of death, joe leiberman who he’ll probably pick as his veep unless his master w makes him take condaloser rice. keep your head up jersey, mccain is born to lose. btw, are those gator scum still bothering you? if so, remind them that while they were winning 2 ncaa hoop titles, big bad bruce pearl kicked their asses in 3 out of 4 games against the big orange. and there is now way in hell they beat us in football this year without eric ainge. oh yeah, the same goes for lsu too.
By Jersey McJones on May 7, 2008 | Reply
Bigstuff, I’ve been around a bit. If there’s two things I’ve learned about Americans: There’s almost no limit to the amount of stupidity they can tolerate, and too many white people still fear and loathe black people. If Americans can get past that and actually elect Obama, my faith in mankind will increase 1000-fold.
And man am I happy that Ainge is with my Jets now - on sooooo many levels!
By Lisa on May 8, 2008 | Reply
and too many white people still fear and loathe black people.
Is Obama the white son of a black man or the black son of a white woman?
Jersey you only have white democrats to blame for that. If a black republican were the nominee I can bet republican voters would vote for them.Then you would have to be careful how to dance around the race issue if that were the case or maybe we would be hearing terms from the left like “Oreo” or “Uncle Tom”.
I’d take a Tom Sowell or a Michael Steele over McCain. And I would definatley take them over Hillary or Obama too.
It should be about the issues which I don’t think any of the three choices so far have any strengths in.
By Dusty on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Who gives a damn what Obama is considered?
Apparently people like you Lisa. If your worried about Obama’s family tree your certainly not concentrating on the issues.
By Dusty on May 8, 2008 | Reply
As for Steele, any asshole that has a job on Fox Noise is worthless as an elected representative. Fair and balanced isn’t part of their process.
He also reads and supports the Washington Times..LMAO! A real great journalistic property there.
By rube cretin on May 8, 2008 | Reply
“The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard.”
By Jersey McJones on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Lisa,
“Is Obama the white son of a black man or the black son of a white woman?”
All I know is that in all likelyhood he’s a lot more African than you.
“Jersey you only have white democrats to blame for that.”
Yes, Lisa, that’s why it’s called the “Democratic Primaries.” Just wait until the general election is under way.
“If a black republican were the nominee I can bet republican voters would vote for them.”
And that get’s to a fascinating point. It’s kinda like the ol’ “Nixon goes to China” theory. Look at women and minorities who have acheived high political office around the world. Margaret Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Imelda Marcos; Marshall Tito, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler: all of these women and ethnic minority men were hardcore nationalist extremists. They did not represent the best interests of their race or gender, but rather the empowered class and sycophants of the empowered class (like you).
But to the larger point: if you think the racism we’re seeing in the democratic primaries is appalling, just wait ’til the general elections. We ain’t seen nothin’ yet. The thought that Hillary Clinton may bring power to women, or that Obama may bring power to minorities will drive the Right to no ends to bring them down.
Thank you, Lisa, you proved my point. Oh, and thank you for making me depressed this evening.
JMJ
By Dusty on May 8, 2008 | Reply
W00t!
By Jersey McJones on May 8, 2008 | Reply
JMJ
By Lisa on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Oh so what Dusty anyone who works for Fox is an asshole? Why because you think so? Or because you just hate to hear anything that might differ from your views. Doesn’t it just kill you for someone to have a different view than you. And what you only want Obama because the Kos and the Moveons want him?
Obama my be inspirational but that does not a president make. Him and Hillary remind me of Kerry. All talk with no plan.
And Jersey show me where there has been racism in the democratic primaries. Empower me please.
And to vote for someone based on their race or gender is pretty naive if you ask me or maybe people are just clueless to the issues or really aren’t well informed. I mean no matter what these 2 say everyone is cheering. They can say energy prices will be at an all time high in 2009 because of restrictions to eliminate greenhouse gasses and they would probably cheer. But yet they complain about the prices now. It’s really kind of funny if you break it all down. Hey but they aren’t going to tell the people that energy prices will be going up in 2009 for that reason. They will just keep that their little secret.
Even though that is their policy. Good going Al Gore “Mission Accomplished.”
By Dusty on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Lisa, if you can find anyone that writes on this site, not comments..writes..that thinks Fucking Fox Noise is Fair and Balanced, I will retract my statement.
But I am pretty sure I won’t have to…because your the ringwinger Lisa, and no self-respecting liberal thinks Fox is anything more than a fucking trumpet for the extreme rightwing nutjobs. And this is rich:
Doesn’t it just kill you for someone to have a different view than you
Fox sells itself as an impartial news organization Lisa. I do not. So what exactly would your point be?
A pov is one thing..spreading bs and disinformation is entirely another.
As for Kos, your obviously ignorant as to what I read. Assuming that I read anything on Dkos is fuckwitted lady. You get that line from Bill OReally?
Your pathetic attempt to support Fox Noise and their employees on a liberal site is hilarious.
Your the one that espouses the rightwing rhetoric Lisa and you want to call me on pointing out the obvious about your hero Steele? Get a grip.
Your a glutton for punishment. And I am willing to give you what you obviously come here for.
By Dusty on May 8, 2008 | Reply
BTW…Steele lost..to a Democrat.
By manapp99 on May 8, 2008 | Reply
“Lisa, if you can find anyone that writes on this site, not comments..writes..that thinks Fucking Fox Noise is Fair and Balanced, I will retract my statement.”
No big surprise there.
Coming from a crowd that quotes Olberman, Moyers and even Colbert, I would not expect you to recognize fair and balanced.
Interesting that all of the Dems that care about reaching anyone except the left wingers are flocking to fox for interviews. Appears that some of you get it.
By Dusty on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Sweet Jaysus in a speedo. Manapp, your a real piece of work..and Gawd knows I needed a huge laugh this morning. Am I to take that as a dressing down dude?
If Fox Noise is your cup of tea, by all means watch them, but do not for an instant think anything you come up with validates Rupert’s propaganda channel.
And yet you hang out here. Reading our Olbermann, Moyers and even the occasional Colbert quip. Amazing.
Why is that?
By Lisa on May 8, 2008 | Reply
BTW…Steele lost..to a Democrat.
whoopee! People will wake up unfortunately it will take a while before people see how dems ruin this country. They think they want democrats but the democrats of today are not the Democrats of yesterday.And I also admit Bush is a poor representive of a conservative. They are more of a socialist party. No longer moderate but loony leftists.
That is why France and the UK voted conservative because they are sick of the shit hole the liberals created there.
By manapp99 on May 8, 2008 | Reply
“And yet you hang out here. Reading our Olbermann, Moyers and even the occasional Colbert quip. Amazing.
Why is that?”
To see how the other side thinks. I would rather witness the left first hand rather than taking the word of the “righties” over at FOX or on the AM radio. Same reason I listen to Talk Left on the sat. radio.
It has been really interesting this primary season as the Dems are hating on each other.
One thing is clear. The majority of callers to the lefty shows do not want either Hillary or Obama. Most want Edwards, followed by Kucinich then Ron Paul.
Equally amazing are the how the lefties now hate MSNBC, and ABC in addition to FOX due to who they perceive has been treated unfairly in the primary cycle. If the left does not hear what they percieve as the “correct message” they deride the messenger. Damn the facts, tell us what we want to hear.
So back to Obama’s “anyone who wants to can suceed” message…How do you see this as different than what I said in the post you linked?
By Dusty on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Since there were crickets chirping after Jet asked you to provide a link to your comment and mine, I figured I would have to put up the link, which I of course did.
I already explained my pov on why there is a difference Manapp..did you read it or just skim through? I don’t think I need to explain it again.
As for your pov on the lol..lefties and how we digest the media coverage of this election cycle, I can only say this.
What fucking evah. As if your pov on everything liberal means anything in the grand scheme of things. You assume so much, I don’t have the time to correct those assumptions. Be comfortable in your little glass house.
By manapp99 on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Sorry about the crickets but I had to go out and use my elbow grease and grit to make a living for my family. Refrigerators needing to be fixed and all that. I appreciate you putting up the link which I went back to and found this:
From Steve:
“Face it, the American dream is a lottery. YOu have better luck being struck by lightening.”
From me:
“You are telling a high school graduate (pubic school no less) that is self employed making 100k a year that attaining the American dream is the same odds as winning the lottery? You are way out of touch.”
From Obama:
“But we also believe that we have a larger responsibility to one another as Americans – that America is a place – that America is the place – where you can make it if you try.”
From Paul:
“manapp,
And maybe you need to talk to some inner city people who can’t get the collateral to start a business and see how their chances at the American dream are, no matter how hard they work.”
From Alex:
“Then we can poke holes in manapp’s world view that conditions him to believe that a little “elbow grease and grit” is all you need to make something of yourself.”
From Dusty:
“As for just needing elbow grease and grit to make it big financially…thats a fairy tale perpetuated by the rich and their minions and you know it. But feel free to keep buying into it.”
From me:
“But for anyone willing to bust a little ass and do an honest job the American dream is there for the taking. You should talk to some local small business owners and you will find that few came from money and most are hard working honest people living the dream.”
From Obama:
“That no matter how much money you start with or where you come from or who your parents are, opportunity is yours if you’re willing to reach for it and work for it.”
Clearly Obama has been reading our blog entries and has come to seeing the correctness of my position. I still won’t vote for him but I appreciate his taking my side on this.
By manapp99 on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Big screen Television. 2995.00
Dish TV with all the channels. 129.00 a month
Watching lefties on cable news coming to the realization that the Clintons are lying opportunists (something those who watch FOX have known since the 90’s) Priceless.
By Dusty on May 8, 2008 | Reply
See, your real reason for hanging around here is to feel superior, otherwise you wouldn’t feel it was necessary to list your pride and joy’s there dude. Sad..so sad Manapp. See, I really don’t give a shit if your excesses make you happy, or even what they are..
That you feel smug enough to even list them here speaks to your pathetic self-absorbed lifestyle quite well. Thank you for making that obvious.
I don’t need to have discussions with someone like you. I know what your pov is already. And its fairly disgusting from where I sit.
By manapp99 on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Dusty, I realize that you disdain any opinion except ones that align with yours. I do not see how you feel that I am being smug. I simply posted that my experience leads me to believe that this country affords opportunities for those willing to take advantage. A POV for which you and others took me to task. Then Obama asserts the same POV as mine and is lauded by posters here. Don’t you find that a little hypocritical? If you believe that America is the land of opportunity, why does it matter who says it? How can one disagree with a message a few days earlier because it came from a righty, then agree whole hog when it comes from a lefty?
The first two entries on this page:
By Ken Grandlund on May 7, 2008 | Reply
Any questions?
Go Obama!
By Jet Netwal on May 7, 2008 | Reply
“The people I’ve met in small towns and big cities across this country understand that government can’t solve all our problems – and we don’t expect it to. We believe in hard work. We believe in personal responsibility and self-reliance.
But we also believe that we have a larger responsibility to one another as Americans – that America is a place – that America is the place – where you can make it if you try. That no matter how much money you start with or where you come from or who your parents are, opportunity is yours if you’re willing to reach for it and work for it. It’s the idea that while there are few guarantees in life, you should be able to count on a job that pays the bills; health care for when you need it; a pension for when you retire; an education for your children that will allow them to fulfill their God-given potential. That’s the America we believe in. That’s the America I know.
Damn skippy. Give me a stake in my destiny and put people first. I am so on this damn train.”
By Dusty on May 8, 2008 | Reply
Um no, Mr. Excess, its the method of delivery for those alternative opinions.
I ‘took you to task’ for having the nads to actually list your treasures and their worth. That pal is disgusting and I am sure completely lost on you.
Once again since you seem to miss it..I already commented on the difference between your comment and Obama’s speechifying. Read it again if you can’t seem to grasp it.
I am not on the Obama bandwagon. I could of voted for him here in the CA primary and did not. Just an fyi there pal.
I really think much of his rhetoric is simply that..until of course he puts his words into action.That is all they are, rhetoric. Yours however are gloating bags of batshit designed to belittle the reader and catapult yourself into the ‘rich boyz’ club.
Enjoy your toys Manapp, I am done with you. I find I might even need a shower after having attempted to communicate with someone as self-absorbed and hungup on massive excess that you love to trumpet to the world as a meter of your ‘worth’.
By manapp99 on May 8, 2008 | Reply
I guess you never saw the Visa commercials on TV so you did not get the joke. If you think listing a big screen TV and the dish are listing all my treasures…you are taking the post too literaly. If I were to list my treasures it would have started with my family. You are looking for things in my posts to be offended by because you do not like my POV. I have done nothing more than point out the similarities between the Obama speech and my entries. You have resorted to attacking me personally. You then reiterate your “not on the Obama bandwagon”. This is not even part of the discussion. Regards the original post it was not even part of the discussion. Sometimes it is not all about you. I made examples of posts by you, Steve, Alex all coming down on me for saying hard work and determination WILL enable you make a good living here. I stand by that.