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Sarkozy must have missed the part in Obama's Berlin speech where he implied that all nations have to welcome immigrants with open arms. A glimpse into Obama's America where illegal immigrants get everything free, including a full health care plan and driver's license.

Nobody was there for the concert , the whole crowd didn´t wait more hours just to see patrice who was playing there, the corwd was there to see the future of the biggest nation in the world, and obama fullfils all the hope they have got in america, thanks for this speech , please my dear americans think a littlebit more further i what he said , you don´t have your own country only there are more then 6 billion people around you , and mccain doesn´t even notice for him its only the us but obama has checked it that only together we can change the world , thanks obama .

An Einstein law of fact:
60%--do not like Obama
32%--love Obama
18%--do not know Obama

smith - you can always go with joe lieberman. yesterday he compared reverand hagee to moses.

forgive me for being a little skeptical.

Sally, Thank you. The savior meme, started by Sidney Blumenthal in February (anybody remember using that term before he led you to it like a sheep?) is getting very, very old. The Ivy League legacy boys, in media sources from the LA Times to Time, spread it in an eight day period in February. (PP was particularly offensive - sluring a Christian hoilday along with Obama), and neocons thought it was original and cute. Except it wasn't. It was a political ploy and they followed like drones. The Anti-Obama crowd didn't realize that Blumenthal and Mark Penn were being paid millions of dollars to stuff it down their throats and they were repeating it like androids. And continue to. So listen guys, every time you do that, you can hear another million drop in fat Mark's pocket. Thought you came up with it? Guess again.

Yet another Obama bashing - what is this? The fifteenth in a row? In case you only get your news from PP - which is beginning to have Pravda-like coverage, Obama gave s stunning speech in Berln today, before 200,000 people, many in red white and blue and many with American flags. If you want Obama-bashing, bizzyblog does it better - and is often the source for the news - but if you want actual news coverage - find another source. This is more Ivy-League legacy boy (as in "Who's Your Daddy" slurs from McCain's would-be secretary.

And in case you missed it, McCain screwed up yet again today - and called Iraq our first military intervention after 9/11. Someone should notify the mothers who lost sons in Afghanistan.

@Bridget
Speak for yourself. "We Europeans" overwhelmingly favor Obama over McCain. Partly because Democrats historically are more in sync with European politics, partly because of Obama's unique charisma. And then of course his stance on global issues like Guantanamo, the war in Iraq and global warming.

He is no saint, no new JFK, but I do think he is the best America has to offer at this moment in history. I just hope that he can handle all the success and stay true to himself.

@hmmmmm
England is part of Europe.

Every email that they send out had the "Donate" button. Get real.

My grandson is in Iraq. Obama's poise, passion and intelligence helped me get over Clinton.

We need to avoid another Repub White House at all costs.

If you can give GB two chances Robert, you can give Obama one.

What exactly do you have to lose?

No Obama supporter thinks he is the Messiah, savior, nor the answer to our every need.

Obama is however, the one man in a very LONG TIME to excite the public to pay attention and attempt to get their government back.

Hearing or reading any human downplay the very power of their fellow humans is quite disappointing. hearing them discredit the very individual that incites them, is even more disappointing.

If you could vote for Bush once or twice and be happy with the results, you could certainly give the new guy a chance. He isn't running to 'save' us silly, he is exciting us to save ourselves.

I am tired of folks mixing it up. If you want to BE SAVED, go to church. If you're ready to get off your butt, get informed and care about what your government is doing,

Then by all means,

VOTE OBAMA 08.

Media hype is now media lies.

There is no way that crowd was 200,000. It certainly wasn't bigger than his much touted 75,000 crowd.

Half of the 200000 were there for the free concert, the other half were from Turkey. Hello Jane.

It was a very good ,Messianic speech.But he is not the real messiah.Can he rase the dead? can he walk on watter? can he stop the tornados? can he change his coolaid to beer? But he loves America now, and wearing the American flag, so we can believe everything he is telling us?

Anna:

""America has no better partner than Europe".

"Then do tell me, who is a better partner?"

Well.... how about CANADA!
How about..... ENGLAND!

Europe is a conglomerate of countries...

HILLARY OR MCCAIN...
BUT ALWAYS

DO YOU REPUBLICANS ALWAYS MAKE UP WHATEVER FACTS YOU NEED? HERE IS OBAMA'S STATED POSTION:

OBAMA: "Well, this is an area where Senator Clinton and I almost entirely agree. I think that the key is to consult with local communities, whether it's on the commercial interests or the environmental stakes of creating any kind of barrier.

And the Bush administration is not real good at listening. That's not what they do well.

(LAUGHTER)

And so I will reverse that policy. As Senator Clinton indicated, there may be areas where it makes sense to have some fencing. But for the most part, having border patrolled, surveillance, deploying effective technology, that's going to be the better approach."

At Clinton-Obama debate
Austin, Texas
February 21, 2008

LL Barra-

Remember,
Humans report the news, humans determine what it aired, humans own news corporations-

The idea that any such thing as "unbiased" news is preposterous.

They can have a straight face, they can report using camera angles and words that seem unbiased.

There is NO SUCH THING as unbiased news.

We can only support the bias with which we most agree.

Obama 08

crooked wrote:
They are not going there for the speech, they go there for the concert
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And 200,000 stayed to hear the speech. Give it a rest. No one is that stupid.

It was a masterpiece of rhetoric and struck the right tone of strength and friendship. But will it play well back home?

Some of these comments just amaze me.

Some outright scare me.

McCain supporters should be happy with Obama's news coverage this week.

Imagine how many more screw ups on film could have been played for the entire US.

If the "knowledgeable" who got us into this war aren't considered arrogant, then Obama surely does not deserve the title of arrogant.

Obama 08

Jo,

Guess you missed your guys appearance today at Schmidt's Sausage and Fudge Haus.

Real impressive! Combine that with the press conference in the cheese aisle yestarday. VERY Presidential! LOL!

This coverage is beginning to make me sick. I mean it has become 24/7 Obama. Has the entire news service of our country been hypnotized,

McCain went to Irag after his presumptive nomination and it was barely covered.

Next headline I expect to see is Obama to Fly to the Moon.

I will vote for him in November but I fear people will stay home becasue they think he is a slam dunk to win and then what.

I just wish the news coverage was not so biased.

Obama has set himself up for a huge fall if just one of his past relationships ever comes up that is negative, and we know he is not that squeaky clean...no one is, esp in the political world.

"No walls?

Didn't he support the wall along our southern border?"
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Yes he CAN talk out both sides of his mouth. On ANY subject.

I just got off a plane where I overheard a bunch of people talk about how arrogant Obama is. They were actually laughing about him in his overseas trip. Of course I totally loved listening in.

He's spreading a "message" alright, but it's not the one he wants.

Can't wait for The Messiah to lose and lose big this November. :)

It is highly unusual and highly inappropriate for Barack Obama, who is NOT President, to go overseas and call for foreign troops to assist ours.

In fact, it may very well be a violation of the Logan Act and he could face charges.

The media driven Obamarama continues in full force today. It's all an illusion, albeit a dangerous one.

The media will NOT decide this election, the people WILL.

Today, Obama's inexperience and unpreparedness is glaringly apparent.

New polling suggests the media driven King of World Tour with Obama is not working, Obama is losing major ground in the swing states.

Where's the bump?

Obama is not electable.

The Dems would be very wise to throw Obama under the very crowed bus with his pals and nominate Hillary Clinton, who remains the most qualified, most appropriate, most electable candidate for President.

The DNC MUST open up the convention next month in Denver to include Hillary and Obama in nomination, allow speeches by and on behalf of BOTH Hillary and Obama, allow BOTH names to be on ballots, allow voting, allowing ALL VOTES TO BE COUNTED! The superdelegates will decide this nomination as neither Hillary or Obama have earned enough delegates on their own. Hillary has already won the popular vote, winning MORE votes than ANY candidate of ANY party in history!

While Obama is making a complete fool of himself overseas, Hillary is hard at work in the U.S. Senate fighting for US!
Hillary rocks!!!

Now, that would be real democracy in action! Let's do it! Call, write, demand that the DNC open up the convention. What are they afraid of????

"I know that I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken in this great city."

FACT - not implication.

"The journey that led me here is improbable".

Not fact, but very true. With all due respect, he is the very first to enter the rhealm of actual presidential contender.

"America has no better partner than Europe".

Then do tell me, who is a better partner? Will you say Isreal? Perhaps then I will mutilate your words to my perception and say that you only say that because they have more money...

We can play sentence manipulation all night long. My point, I did not take any of the sentences Obama stated to mean ANY of the things that you implied.

NONE OF THEM.

Obama 08

"I know that I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken in this great city." ---In other words, I am "black" he brings the racial subject up in the first few words. "The journey that led me here is improbable". Meaning unbelievable that a "black" man would do this in America. That is because Mr. Obama we are a nation of many cultures---but you are short sighted to think that you can't succeed if you are black in America. We have top people in our government,our scientists, our entertainers etc., that are all "black" or haven't you looked around. Your premise is that I am sure everyone caught is if you are not elected it is because you are "black" and America is a racist nation. And, I know you wanted to get cheers so you said, "America has no better partner than Europe". Europe isn't are "best" partner----America has a lot of allies that have sacrificed and given a lot, so they are all second best?

I am not delusional. I take no medications whatsoever.

If you just scroll down the blog a bit, you will see my previous post.

I do NOT think Obama will change Washington or the world. Don't be silly.

He does and has excite/d the public to change it however. As I said in my previous post, so many have forgotten that Washington does not make the rules, we do. it's about time people crawled out from under their rock or their bubble world and started holding Washington accountable.

Not the citizens nor the government of this country are perfect. But blind ignorance breeds things like Blackwater, Haliburton, and a war in IRAQ.

Obama 08

Anyone who thinks Obama The Political Opportunist is going to change Washington is delusional! Watching you minions lap up his empty promises and rhetoric would be funny if it weren't so sad and potentially dangerous for the future of our country.

No walls?

Didn't he support the wall along our southern border?

Belle Star-
You seem like a mighty enclyopedia with a comment and answer for everything-

However,
I could counter you in many ways, but I will only in one-
We, the US, help fund and empower the now called Taliban for many years. Now, our government says we must fight them. Perhaps we should be more careful who we fund and train in the future.

"It was a great speech"
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For a second-rate public high school, maybe.

I think Obama must just go home! Leave Europe alone Sen. Obama! We, Europeans don't want here our disgusting tactics. Why is he thinking he can teach us our history? We know what happened here without telepromter.

Yea I think this trip was a home run. But the repubs. will just say "HE'S PANDERING TO TERRORIST!" Just to try to scare up votes. Im telling you Mcsame will say it within 4 days. $500 on it!

It was a great speech and was wonderful throughout this week to see just how many people in other countries believe we all need change in so many ways.

I see so often the negative posts on so many blogs. I am ashamed by the racists remarks and feel pity for those who have no hope left in their heart.

I'm old enough to know, and young enough to know the last 8 years were not right.

I'm not voting for Obama because I think he can fix the world, I'm voting for Obama because he encourages the citizens to do it. So many in America have forgotten that the government works for THEM. We have gotten lazy and uninformed and scared into thinking a certain way.

It's about time we flip a wrench in that Washington machine.

Obama 08

If O'Blabla's so concerned about "countries with the least", why's he so het up to escalate the assault on Afghanistan?

Er because the are harbouring the terrorists that launched the first attack on American soil since Dec. 7 1944...I really hope your kidding and you are not completely clueless.

"Yet another reason he won the nomination!"
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psst: he didn't.

Yet another reason he won the nomination!

"This is such an inspirational and great healer/teacher/leader!"
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Yeah? Let him heal his FISA vote and Afganistan saber-rattling.

Such a different message & vision than the one we had for the last 8 years built on greed, fear and war. Barack's message is on the oneness of Humantiy and our shared and common goals -- that we are all of us in this together and that we live in a Global Society. It was based on love and goodwill toward each other. That we are not alone and without hope. That there should be a freedom from fear and want everywhere in the world and that only united can we build a better world for all. What a great vision to aspire too, especially for the young adults and the children of the world. Gives them something to look forward to other than years of war and hate.

This is such an inspirational and great healer/teacher/leader! Is it not great that we are talking about peace and unity for a change? Our common humantiy? That speaks a lot in itself. It is unintelligent to think that we are not interdependent and that what goes on in what part of the world, effects us All! He generated a lot of powerful, healing engery today. We must not loose it.

It's good to see a forigen crowd actualy like a politician from the USA anymore. I can't wait for him to be POTUS! No longer will we be embarassed at how dum our pres is. We will be able to be proud once again.

"The walls between the countries with the most and the countries with the least cannot stand."
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Wanna bet?

If O'Blabla's so concerned about "countries with the least", why's he so het up to escalate the assault on Afghanistan?

Darn! I thought He was going to lead the USA to the Promised Land. Now I can see it is the entire world that He wants to follow the piper.
Forgive me for being skeptical.