I think I just saw a future president

[dry2olives]

I think I just saw a future president#0

Posted: 7/27/04 at 10:08pm

Did anybody else see Barack Obama's speech at the convention? That guy could give Bill Clinton charisma lessons.

[LadyGuenevere]

re: I think I just saw a future president#1

Posted: 7/27/04 at 10:09pm

As a Republican, I'll give him that he was very eloquent indeed.

[mominator]

re: I think I just saw a future president#2

Posted: 7/27/04 at 10:10pm

Wasn't he amazing?

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

[WICKEDforever]

re: I think I just saw a future president#3

Posted: 7/27/04 at 10:11pm

That man is my new hero.

[sweetiedarlinmia]

re: I think I just saw a future president#4

Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:44pm

I was extremely impressed by his speech and the way he handled all those topics. I eagerly await his stint in the senate.

[NYadgal]

re: I think I just saw a future president#5

Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:47pm

Not watching.

Posting instead...but now I'll be sure to pay attention to the news tomorrow morning. Thanks for the tip.

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[Dollypop]

re: I think I just saw a future president#6

Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:56pm

I've mentioned earlier that I've been doing telephone polls ever sunce my accident. I didn't know who Barack Obama was until his name popped up on one of our questionaires. EVERYONE we spoke to that night was extremely enthusiastic about him--Republicans and Democrats. Unfortuneately, I didn't see or hear his speech tonight because I was at the phone banks.

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[BWayBoy88]

re: I think I just saw a future president#7

Posted: 7/28/04 at 12:39am

I think we are looking at the first black president.

[dry2olives]

re: I think I just saw a future president#8

Posted: 7/28/04 at 1:03am

Clinton and Obama in 2012

[Jon]

re: I think I just saw a future president#9

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:39am

Barak Obama is my man.

It's too bad the Repubicans can't find someone to run against him. He was running 20 points ahead of Jack "I tried to force my hot wife to have sex in front of strangers - what's wrong with that?" Ryan, and now no one wants to enter a race they can't win. After Obama wins the senate seat, there will always be Republicans who will say, "He only won because we couldn't get a good candidate soon enough".

[South Fl Marc]

re: I think I just saw a future president#10

Posted: 7/28/04 at 8:19am

Barack Obama was amazing. He gave a speech that rallied the crowd, and the theme was uniting the country. It's not surprising that no major republican would want to run against him for the Senate seat. He's an eloquent speaker, positive, intelligent, everything our idiot president isn't.
It wouldn't surprise me either if he didn't become president some day.

[Plum]

re: I think I just saw a future president#11

Posted: 7/28/04 at 10:36am

The first black President will probably be a Republican, sadly. Nothing against Obama- he gave a good speech. But this country is just conservative that way (in the general sense, not the political sense). A black President would feel "safer" if he were Republican.

[magruder]

re: I think I just saw a future president#12

Posted: 7/28/04 at 10:49am

As a Jewish man, myself, can I say that we need a Jewish president? The country would finally have a balanced budget!

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

[Plum]

re: I think I just saw a future president#13

Posted: 7/28/04 at 10:53am

I never did get that Jews and money thing. I know where it originated, but still.

But then, I'm not a real Jew. I'm Israeli. :)

[dry2olives]

re: I think I just saw a future president#14

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:04am

The majority of women and black people in this country vote for Democrats. If the Republicans put a black person or a woman at the head of the ticket, it would take away a lot of votes that they normally wouldn't get. Many will ignore the issues and vote for him/her simply to have a black person or woman as president.

[magruder]

re: I think I just saw a future president#15

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:14am

I know...but just having fun with a stereotype.

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

[dry2olives]

re: I think I just saw a future president#16

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:20am

Oh no, magruder. I was just adding on to plum's comment about the first black president being Republican.

[StickToPriest]

re: I think I just saw a future president#17

Posted: 7/28/04 at 1:29pm

With Obama you get a candidate who, when Republicans look at him, don't see 'another Democrat', but a strong, honest man with great ideas and outstanding charisma.

He crosses over party lines and connects to everyone, even better than John McCain.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

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[Plum]

re: I think I just saw a future president#18

Posted: 7/28/04 at 1:41pm

He's barely out there yet, SticktoPriest; don't jump to conclusions. He's a state senator, isn't he? He looks good right now, but he's hardly Presidential material until he gains more experience in higher offices.

It's one thing for Republicans and people on the fence to say a guy looks good giving a speech at a convention. When they're considering him as a Presidential candidate, a whole other set of rules comes into play.

And I'm still of the opinion that a black Democratic candidate is too much for a lot of fence-sitters to handle, let alone Republicans. For heaven's sake, we've only managed to elect one President who isn't Protestant.

[papalovesmambo]

re: i think i just saw a future president#19

Posted: 7/28/04 at 1:52pm

when republicans look at him, don't see 'another democrat', but a strong, honest man with great ideas and outstanding charisma.

oh, i don't know, he's a shoe-in in a state that has elected exactly one republican senator since 1979, however, that doesn't mean that he'll be able to transcend partisanship. let's see how he fares in the senate before we annoint him the new savior.

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[ckeaton]

re: i think i just saw a future president#20

Posted: 7/28/04 at 2:06pm

Oh, I think I could muster up some charisma with a teleprompter shoved up my ass too.

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[papalovesmambo]

re: i think i just saw a future president#21

Posted: 7/28/04 at 2:13pm

now, now, ck, cut the boy a little slack. that was his first telepromptered speech.

r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

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[LadyGuenevere]

re: i think i just saw a future president#22

Posted: 7/28/04 at 2:45pm

when republicans look at him, don't see 'another democrat', but a strong, honest man with great ideas and outstanding charisma.
Charisma, maybe, but great ideas?

It sounded like all talk- all talk that everyone does.

[broadwayguy2]

re: i think i just saw a future president#23

Posted: 7/28/04 at 4:12pm

I thought he was a TRUE standout and I can't wait to see where he goes in teh future.

[jrb_actor]

re: i think i just saw a future president#24

Posted: 7/28/04 at 8:55pm

are we, bitter, papa and ck??

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