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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:40 PM Original message |
OK, so I finally listened to the Obama speech |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Obama never said he didn't hear any controversial language, but that he |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. EXACTLY. He always stated 'those specific comments', and considering all those 'controversial' |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I never heard him say exactly what specific comments |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Yes, maybe he wasn't present for those sermons |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. exactly |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. The great speeches (JFK, MLK, & so on) weren't made in response |
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Drachasor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. You're joking, right? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The Wright thing was certainly a pressing political problem for Obama, |
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Drachasor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Was JFK's catholicism somehow different? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Utterly different. |
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Drachasor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Is that the only reason you think it is different? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Oh boy, you may need that gasmask and |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. As the days go by many of the real pundits have come to the same |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. No, he's been consistent. |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Innacurate |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Quote me the lines from that speech that will live forever. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. i agree, great lecture in the academic sense, horrible speech. |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Ugh... |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Makes you wonder if all the great speeches at the time were moving but not memorable. |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. No, great speeches are ALWAYS moving and memorable and full of good quotes. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. He did not lie |
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Blue_State_Elitist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. I agree completely. |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. So you're saying that speech was presidential? AGREED! Go Obama! |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. he is saying that it was topical, but not inspiring or memorable, not a "great speech" |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. No, he didn't say he had never heard him speak that way... |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I agree he did say he wasn't present during |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. again...you have not heard Wright's sermon |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. It was a political speech |
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