I am feeling so emotionally attached to the megathreads here. I wish they could go on forever.

carbon_footprint on August 29, 2008 at 8:30 PM

Well the big problem is don’t we have to beat it with the McCain speech thread?

How’s the Obama-flavored Kool-Aid taste? Easily fooled by meaningless rhetoric, are you?

Compassion is giving to charity.
Compassion is not taking someone else’s money at gunpoint and giving it to your own charity.

Compassion is volunteering to help your community.
Compassion is not taking a community organizer job that consists of funneling public money to mobbed-up cronies that squander it while doing little or nothing to help the community.

Hollowpoint on August 29, 2008 at 9:05 PM

I don’t buy those talking points.

Senator Obama represents Christ’s messages of faith, hope and love.

I got this from Obama’s transcript: “As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power.”

I thought that nuclear power was off the table with Obama?

Mr_Magoo on August 29, 2008 at 10:48 AM

They won’t be domestic… he’ll buy power from the many… um… uh… reactors that Iran says they are building.

I got this from Obama’s transcript: “As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power.”

I thought that nuclear power was off the table with Obama?

Mr_Magoo on August 29, 2008 at 10:48 AM

To paraphrase Ace: He intends to split atoms with his mind.

I strongly support Senator Obama. To me he represents compassion of Christianity better than any candidate of my lifetime.

philnewkirk on August 29, 2008 at 1:40 PM

How’s the Obama-flavored Kool-Aid taste? Easily fooled by meaningless rhetoric, are you?

Compassion is giving to charity.
Compassion is not taking someone else’s money at gunpoint and giving it to your own charity.

Compassion is volunteering to help your community.
Compassion is not taking a community organizer job that consists of funneling public money to mobbed-up cronies that squander it while doing little or nothing to help the community.

For example: He tried to sound a middle-of-the-road tone when talking about taxes, but small business owners must be nervous as to what Obama will do as to their tax liability.

“Our government should work for us, not against us.”

“I am my brother’s keeper.”

Translation: I will raise your taxes to give “stuff” to everybody.

There was the angry glass-half-empty, complaining about “raw deal America” (My words, not his). Obama quoted Phil Gramm, who had referred to America as a nation of “whiners”. Yet, even as he derided Gramm to a convention of whiners, he proceeded to whine.

As he and other Democrats typically do, he prefaced his remarks on John McCain by paying tribute to his military history-then proceeded to rip into him. He attacked McCain’s judgement in “supporting Bush with 90% of his votes”.

Senator Obama: if you want to debate judgement, we can discuss little issues like Jeremiah Wright, Michael Pfleger, Tony Rezko and William Ayres. What does your years-long association with these folks-even as you became a politician-say about your judgement.

In the area of energy, Obama promised to end our dependence on Middle Eastern oil in 10 years…… but forget drilling. If this man thinks we will not be using oil in 10years, he is nuts. The choice for us is where are we going to get that oil until the day comes when alternate sources of energy are established.

He also reminded us that “we (Democrats) are the party of Roosevelt and John F Kennedy”. Well, yes-and don’t forget Truman, but you are also the party of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. (I’ll stop there.)

To sum up, Obama used his great oratorical skills to put on a spectacular show at Investco. Once you get past the soaring tone of this clearly charismatic figure, what we are left with is Barack Obama, an experienced, unqualified and very liberal junior senator, who has just outlined the usual liberal laundry list, albeit in masked words.

gary fouse
fousesquawk

Palin?
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:03 AM

I have absolute faith that I’m not allowed to be that happy.

mad saint jack on August 29, 2008 at 5:12 AM

Maybe I am allowed to be that HAPPY.

(so I go to sleep for 4 hrs. and the rest of you can only come up with 25 posts?)

Eschaton to be immanentized in Denver

Who? And what?

I feel ya babe. The wind got sucked out of the socialists campaign in less than 24 hours.

I thought that nuclear power was off the table with Obama?

Still not smitten

Hope it’s Palin

This has really stolen the golden calf thunder of last night

Hope to see this thread at lunch – seems to be making history