Ok 30 minute program just started post thoughts here~

[southernleftylady]

Ok lets go

[TennesseeDem]

1. I'm a fan already.

[Lebam in LA]

3. Me Too

[goclark]

2. Is this the official thread?

[southernleftylady]

4. Why not lol

[bigtree]

6. I dunno

I didn't see any caps or asterisks in the title

[bigtree]

10. wrong spot

[southernleftylady]

15. oops

[rucky]

12. ***************************

now it is.

[JonLP24]

5. What other channels is it own?

I only see it on MSNBC,

[southernleftylady]

9. NBC and CBS I think :)

[JonLP24]

18. Nah, it's just CBS local news

Interesting enough they are reporting that Palin is facing yet another ethics complaint.

[plaintiff]

14. It is on my local NBC and CBS affiliates...not the ABC one.

Oh it is on the Faux station too...

[JonLP24]

24. That's odd

NONE of my local affiliates are airing it. I do live in Arizona so that could be why.

[dweller]

55. wait until 8pm your time

maybe it will air then?

dp

[Stand and Fight]

7. I'm liking the direction this is taking...

Makes sense considering the fact that our man has continually said this election is about US.

[malaise]

11. 100% correct

I'm lovin it.

[malaise]

8. It's fabulous already - watch here

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-msnbc.html

[bigtree]

13. finally

someone speaking to us like we're adults

[ColbertWatcher]

16. I'm glad he mentioned who gets tax breaks under an Obama Administration. n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

17. He is telling America's story.

And offering a concrete plan for how our lives, and our country, can work again.

[malaise]

22. BIngo

So much for the presumptuous argument. I'm lovin it. :hi:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

33. This is what an American President sounds like.

hiya darlin :hug: :loveya:

[malaise]

37. Hi there

:hug: :hi:

[Tallison]

19. McCain will endorse Obama after this

It's so classic!

[Sewsojm]

20. Looking Good, Go Barack!!

[rucky]

21. I'll tell you right now, I'm not going to make it through this without choking up. n/t

[malaise]

25. Record this and don't choke up

Rec the thread. :D

[YellowRubberDuckie]

66. Choke up? I've already shed tears.

[marmar]

23. I turned it on and saw the trees and the river with the sun reflecting on it.....

..... I thought I was watching the beginning of "An Inconvenient Truth". :)

[malaise]

85. I thought of the wheat fields in Kansas

back to his roots.

By the way Mark Halperin on CNN said and I quote 'It was effing well done'.

It was fabulous.

[riley3]

26. Even better than I expected. Obama understands what we need.

[southernleftylady]

27. I love that he is getting the TRUTH out about what he stands for!! this is great! nt

[Royal Oak Rog]

28. This is what a President does, he leads the nation

he doesn't attack others!

[colorado thinker]

29. Comcast was showing it on MSNBC

the screen just went black. On BET, too.

All other channels are working fine. What the fuck?

[JonLP24]

32. BET here in Arizona isn't showing it either

Thank god for MSNBC or otherwise no one would see this but this definately needs to be on more channels here in AZ.

[OhioChick]

30. I'm impressed so far. n/t

[southernleftylady]

31. This is perfect! Its getting me fired up for the final stretch! :) nt

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

34. La La La La La---not listening!!!

It's not on here 'til 7 MST....one hour away for us!

[southernleftylady]

38. Comment 8 has the live feed :)

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

93. Thx! n/t

[marmar]

35. What's the "Live Obama Event" later in the program?

n/t

[Royal Oak Rog]

41. Wha?

What you talkin bout Willis?

[marmar]

"Live Obama Event Later in the Program" flashed at the bottom of my screen.....

.... unless I'm having flashbacks from my last visit to Amsterdam. :smoke:

[Royal Oak Rog]

68. there you go marmar

no acid flashbacks!

[sonias]

36. Great human stories

Very well produced.

Hitting all the hot issues - tight home budgets, lost retirement savings, medical care, education, tax breaks for middle class, the cost of war in Iraq, new jobs in renewable energy industry.

Sonia

[uppityperson]

39. Wow. Streaming online I can only listen, but just wow.

[Stand and Fight]

40. Why did the amount for a tax cut go down?

You know, the $250,000 and under? It's now $200,000.... :shrug:
(EDIT TO ADD: Had to rewind my DVR.)

[southernleftylady]

43. It will have to go down about 150,000 to affect me .. but I dont know I heard that too anyone know?

[Stand and Fight]

49. I'm thinking so that it has a greater effect.

I suspect that it must have add to the 95% of people who would get a tax cut. :shrug:

[uppityperson]

45. It didn't. No tax increase if you make under $250thou.

Break if under $200 thou, no change 200-250 thou.

[Stand and Fight]

56. Thanks! Makes sense, but...

Should have been explained though. People may miss that nuance, but even if they don't this sounds better.

[druidity33]

51. between $200,000 and $250,000...

you're taxes stay the same. No up or down. As far as i know his plan has always been this way...

:shrug:

[SharonAnn]

53. Between $200,000 and $250,000 there is not change in taxes. Below, a cut. Above, an increase.

[Blue Diadem]

54. It's always been $200-$250K would see no change

Tax cut for those those making less. Roll back to Clinton's tax above $250K

[progressoid]

42. Hope they replay it online.

My wife will want to see it.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

44. It's fucking brilliant

It's perfect, just perfect. The substance, the pacing, the change of subject, the narrative arc, the cuts to old speeches.

It's brilliant.

[Royal Oak Rog]

50. I agree Labamba, this guys good!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

83. Whoever did that is a real pro

The production values of that piece were beyond first-rate. Everything about it, including the end of his tie showing when he first leaned on that desk, were so carefully and brilliantly calculated.

The human interest stories were ......... oh, rats, the whole thing was perfect.

Now let's see McPOW try to put THAT down.

[uppityperson]

57. This. Is. Good.

very very good. They did a really good job with this. And, I get to watch again in 3 hrs when it is on tv here on the west coast. Actually I get to watch it since streaming I can only listen.

This is great.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

84. It's got to be on youtube, no?

I would like to watch it a year from now. And two years from now.

I'm starting to feel hopeful. I hate that. I need more drugs....................

[uppityperson]

86. Here you go, youtube link and DU link to video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtREqAmLsoA

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x229118

[Tangerine LaBamba]

89. Why, thank you!!!

That's awfully nice of you. My friends in Italy, who are sound asleep, will be happy to have this.

Thanks again, uppity..................

[uppityperson]

91. That was good. I'm sending off to family overseas also.

They will be very happy to have it come morning.

[JonLP24]

46. Oh no Obama lets his kids read Harry Potter books!!

He just lost the fundamentalist vote or whatever the outrage was over Harry Potter .

[LisaLynne]

58. LOL -- yep! There they go. Now he's done it!

:bounce: :crazy:

[southernleftylady]

59. He had their votes to start with? nt

[JonLP24]

78. I was kidding

[southernleftylady]

88. lol I know honey ;) nt

[FatDave]

47. I'm DVRing it to watch later.

Could you guys please not talk about it until I'm ready? Sheesh...

[dweller]

61. psssp psssp ssspppssp ....

we'll just whisper til then.

dp

[Stand and Fight]

67. Too funny!

:rofl:

[Blue in Denver]

48. Hmm, he reads Harry Potter

Now if only he read Terry Pratchett, I'd be willing to take a bullet for him. :)

That the CEO of Google and Warren Buffett approve of his economic plan sorta takes the wind out of the "he's a socialist!!!" sails.

[TahitiNut]

52. I'm thinking "Please, please, please ... don't be a fake. Mean what you say."

I just couldn't take it if we're fooled again. I don't know how I could live so long and still be fooled. There sure wouldn't be time in my life to learn enough IF I'm still THAT naive. He looks like the real deal. I gotta go with that.

:cry:

[Royal Oak Rog]

60. That's kind of up to us though

The battle only starts when he gets elected!

[TahitiNut]

87. I have NEVER thought otherwise. Government is NOT a spectator sport.

It's a Do-It-Yourself-Project that's neverending. I have absolutely no patience for those who want to "Let George Do It." I regard that as slothful, greedy, and corrupt. The very notion of once-every-four-years involvement appalls me. Summer soldiers and sunshine patriots. The corruption of benefiting from the blood, sweat, and tears shed by others ... and having no "skin in the game" ... disgusts me.

[Stand and Fight]

63. I feel the same way you do.

I don't think I'm as old as you are, but I definitely hope that these are things that are AT LEAST fought hard for -- even if they don't get passed. At least, President Obama will be able to say he will continue the fight.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

65. ((((((TahitiNut)))))) I'm sitting here feeling the same way.

[uppityperson]

69. I will be honest, I will listen, I will open the doors....

Me too. We will have to hold him to that, and I think we can. 6 days.

[TahitiNut]

90. That's all I want. It's more than enough.

He may be better than we deserve. Maybe we only deserve sewage like George W. Bush. We'll see.

[rebel with a cause]

95. I cannot swear to anything.

But when he came here four years ago, and we met with him personally, he did not lie to us. If he disagreed with us, he said so. When we had too much hope for what he could do in Washington D.C. as a freshman Senator, he told us this and that not to expect too much from him. He would be limited because of his low position and it would take us all to get done what we wanted to done. He never made unreasonable promises and he never agreed with something he did not believe was doable.

He was careful in what he said, but finally (after much encouragement from us)he began coming out more against bush and company. The bus in the ditch stuff may have started down here, or someplace else on the campaign trail that year, but it started then because when he first said it we all went crazy.

Anyway, if I did not trust him I would not be here saying the positive things I do because I am scared as hell of what will happen to this country if things do not change.

[TahitiNut]

97. I'm a fellow who listens carefully and I listen to him and read his books and website.

I have not detected a single false note ... nothing devious or fake. Sure ... I see the stuff about campaign funding and some of the more awkward comments (bitter, cling, Ayers, etc.) and I'm not at all bothered by any of that. (I don't mount molehills.) If anything, all of that seems to add to the sense of authenticity I feel. While I'd personally advocate a position further left (HR 676, prosecute Cheney/Bush/etc, drop Iraq like a hot potato, etc.), I'm not naive about what's possible. So, I still see authentic and responsible stances. I like that. I'll take honesty and character above more-left every day if I can only have one. He's as 'real' as anyone I've ever seen ... and I was up-close to JFK.

I just don't want disappointment (in him or in Us). Betrayal. I don't think I (or We) could really take that.

(... and I'm in love with his family. Those kids. Hug magnets. Adorable. They have my heart.)

[rebel with a cause]

99. I am with you on the betrayal thing. It would kill me as much as I believe in him.

and I am jealous of you and your closeness to JFK. I was fifteen when he was elected and seventeen/eighteen when he was killed. I will never forget the day when he was shot in Dallas. Such a terrible day...

I am by no means that close to Obama. There was a moment in time that I got to be close to him for a brief period. He probably would not even remember me, but the impression he made on me, and others here, has been a lasting one. His honesty was what struck us must, and his connection to us made us loyal to him as we have probably never been loyal to anyone before. I mean I fought for Clinton all through his presidency, but that was more due to the republican's attacks than just my connection to him. He is something else, and I hope for our sake that he is what I think he is. And I pray that powers that be will keep him and his family safe. :grouphug:

[TexasObserver]

62. Very smartly done. Makes the VOTER the focus, and shows his empathy.

[uppityperson]

71. Indeed. Make it about the voter, about the people. As our respresentative,

he will represent us and work for us. Very good.

[TexasObserver]

81. Yes, I was very pleasantly surprised.

Damn, he's good!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

64. I am terribly moved that he is a candidate to be President of the USA.

Can you imagine the lives and the sweat of those who have gone before who would be so proud that a man who is half African American has gotten this far? I still haven't drank the kool aid, don't get me wrong, but when you see a man who grew up poor get to this level, you really believe that it can happen to anyone.
Duckie

[malaise]

70. And now they link directly to Florida

This is brilliant.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

73. It really makes me start to believe that as a people we are finally evolving.

Just the thought of this, which I have been feeling for weeks now, brings me to tears.

[W_HAMILTON]

72. Wow.

I voted earlier that I thought this would hurt Obama, but I definitely don't think that now.

That was amazing.

I was literally drawn to it. I couldn't stop watching it, and didn't want to stop watching it. It was very well done. It looked almost like a documentary.

It was great. Big kudos to Obama and his campaign for that.

[southernleftylady]

75. I agree I was scared this would hurt him.. no way this was awesome! nt

[LisaLynne]

77. I wasn't sold on the idea, either, but .. WOW.

That was truly inspirational.

[madinmaryland]

74. Watched it and DVR'd it. Even Tweety is gushing about it!

:wow:

[Parker CA]

80. The most telling sign from Tweety was that for the first few minutes of his comments

he was in a state of complete calm and peace. He was speaking without his rapid, somewhat stilted dialogue, and he was calm, slow, measured, and the look on his face before he even spoke, more than anything, said it all. It said, this is our next president, and I couldn't be more proud.

[here_is_to_hope]

92. One of the few times I have admired Tweety...n/t

[Myrina]

94. Yeah if nothing else, if President Obama can calm the tweakers

... like Matthews and the other 'screaming heads' with his cool & confident demeanor, the world will be a much better place. :)

[rebel with a cause]

96. Tweety basically said 'Vote for Obama.'

I cracked up when he went as far as he did. He will probably attack Obama tomorrow to make up for it. :7

[ThePowerofWill]

76. That was beautiful, and compelling.

It was also both sad, yet hopefull. Well produced, and i felt i know Obama better than before.

[Stand and Fight]

79. This will definitely, DEFINITELY, help Senator Obama.

I love the fact that people got to relate their stories accompanied with narration by Senator Obama. The juxtaposition with his own life story serves to show that he, not only understands, but that he has been there. That's massively effective and will be a huge success!

My friends, I believe that this man IS the next president.

[dooner]

82. MSNBC aired it at 5pm on the West Coast

... during 1st 1/2 hour of Countdown.

Well done.

[KillCapitalism]

98. To sum it up...

Obama hit a grand slam tonight.

[machI]

100. Exxon makes too much money

It is not good for a single entity to have control of that much money.