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Obama, for the win. (pg. 51)
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| iammesol |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
I think episode 000 of Between the Lines w/ Rob Turner is going to end with it. :p |
Can a nation of people enjoy this gathering of several tunes together in harmonious place and time?
Yes Rob, we can. |
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| Clovis |
| If Obama doesn't win this America is boarding the SS failboat. |
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| stren |
i heard on the news that obama is in trouble for saying something wrong
that sucks |
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| RJT |
Does anyone know a good source for downloading high quality copies of political speeches?
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Because of Will.I.Am and the utter piece of of a track he made using an Obama speech, Google has been rendered utterly useless for tracking down the files I need.
I ing hate the Black Eyed Peas so much. I really wish their tour bus would just drive off a cliff or wind up targeted by terrorism or something that would just put an end to them. |
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| glass |
| That's impossible, a meth driven fergie would rip all the terrorist to pieces and feed on the corpes:p |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Does anyone know a good source for downloading high quality copies of political speeches?
:conf:
Because of Will.I.Am and the utter piece of of a track he made using an Obama speech, Google has been rendered utterly useless for tracking down the files I need.
I ing hate the Black Eyed Peas so much. I really wish their tour bus would just drive off a cliff or wind up targeted by terrorism or something that would just put an end to them. |
agreed
i've been saying for seriously a few years now that black eyed peas are killing hip-hop |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by mezzir
agreed
i've been saying for seriously a few years now that black eyed peas are killing hip-hop |
"Behind the Front" was such a solid album, but everything from there on has just been utter drivel pandering to the lowest common denominators of the world.
The fact that in interviews they take themselves as seriously as they do is also disgusting. |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
"Behind the Front" was such a solid album, but everything from there on has just been utter drivel pandering to the lowest common denominators of the world.
The fact that in interviews they take themselves as seriously as they do is also disgusting. |
hah exactly
do'nt get me wrong, i used to ing love them actually
when i was in elementary school
like, right aroudn when they did where is the love with JT, that was still decent. very much pandering to the masses, but still catchy and not inherently bad. however, the second they invited that man of a **** named fergie in, it all went downhill, and they kinda started taking pop music with them too |
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| RJT |
Is this a genuine sign it's finally over?
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HILADELPHIA - Hillary Rodham Clinton said emphatically Wednesday night that Barack Obama can win the White House this fall, undercutting her efforts to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination by suggesting he would lead the party to defeat.
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"Yes, yes, yes," she said when pressed about Obama's electability during a campaign debate six days before the Pennsylvania primary.
Asked a similar question about Clinton, Obama said "Absolutely and I've said so before" — a not-so-subtle dig at his rival who had previously declined to make a similar statement about him.
In a 90-minute debate, both rivals pledged not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000, and said they would respond forcefully if Iran obtains nuclear weapons and uses them against Israel.
"An attack on Israel would incur massive retaliation by the United States," said Clinton.
Obama said, "The U.S. would take appropriate action."
They differed over Social Security when Obama said he favored raising payroll taxes on higher-income individuals. Clinton said she was opposed, her rival quickly cut in and countered that she had said earlier in the campaign she was open to the idea.
Under current law, workers must pay the payroll tax on their first $102,000 in wages. Obama generally has expressed support for a plan to reimpose the tax beginning at a level of $200,000 or more.
The debate was the 21st of the campaign for the nomination, an epic struggle that could last weeks or even months longer.
Pennsylvania, with 158 delegates at stake, is a must-win contest for Clinton, who leads in the polls and hopes for a strong victory to propel her through the other states that vote before the primary season ends on June 3.
Obama leads in the delegate chase, 1,643-1,504, with 2,025 needed for the nomination. And despite a recent gaffe, he picked up endorsements during the day from three superdelegates from a pair of states with primaries on May 6 — Reps. Andre Carson of Indiana and Mel Watt and David Price of North Carolina.
After primaries and caucuses in 42 of the 50 states, Obama leads his rival in convention delegates, popular votes and states won. She is struggling to stop his drive on the nomination by appealing to party leaders who will attend the convention as superdelegates that he will preside over an electoral defeat at a moment of great opportunity after eight years of Republican rule.
The former first lady has never denied published reports that she once told New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that Obama couldn't win when he called to tell her he would be endorsing the Illinois senator.
And at a news conference earlier this month in California, Clinton sidestepped when asked directly whether Obama would win if he were the Democratic nominee. "I am sure we will have a united Democratic Party. I will do everything possible to make sure we can win and I am confident we will have a Democrat in the White House next year," she said at the time.
Asked a similar question at the debate, she provided a similar answer at first. "I think we have to beat John McCain and I have every reason to believe we're going to have a Democratic president and it's going to be Barack or me."
Pressed by George Stephanopoulos of ABC News to answer the question directly, she said, "Yes, yes, yes ... Now I think I can do a better job."
In a debate that moved swiftly between politics and policy, Clinton issued a first-ever public apology for having claimed erroneously that she landed in Bosnia under sniper fire in 1996 as first lady.
"I may be a lot of things but I am not dumb," she said, adding that she had written in her book that there had been no gunfire during the episode. She said she was embarrassed by her error. "I'm sorry I said it," she added.
She previously had explained her incorrect comments by saying she had misspoken.
Obama later erred by saying he had never favored a ban on handguns even though as a state Senate candidate in 1996 he filled out a questionnaire from an Illinois voter group saying he would support such a ban.
"My writing wasn't on that particular questionnaire ... as I said, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns," Obama said, even though his handwritten notes did appear on its front page. The reponse to the question about guns was typed.
Obama had more explaining to do moments later, when he was asked about his controversial comment that small town Americans become bitter because of economic adversity, and "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them" as a result.
He said he was attempting to say that because voters feel ignored by government, "they end up being much more concerned about votes around things like guns where traditions have been passed on from generation to generation. And those are incredibly important to them."
"People don't cling to their traditions on hunting and guns" out of frustration with their government, Clinton said. She added that Obama had a fundamental misunderstanding on the role of religion and faith.
Both Obama and Clinton sidestepped when asked if they would place their rival on the ticket as vice presidential running mate in the fall.
"I think very highly of Senator Clinton's record, but I think it is premature at this point to talk about who the vice presidential candidates will be because we're still trying to determine who the nominee will be," Obama said.
Clinton was similarly noncommittal. "I'm going to do everything I possibly can to make sure that one of us takes the oath of office next January. I think that has to be the overriding goal," she said.
Neither rival was willing to say they would ask President Bush to serve in any capacity after he leaves office. Obama volunteered he would be "more likely to ask the advice of the current president's father. He said, that as president, George H. W. Bush had presided over a "wise foreign policy" at the time the Cold War was ending.
ABC News sponsored and televised the debate, with Charles Gibson and Stephanopoulos moderating. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417...wnAMHN.uHGs0NUE
To be honest, a the debate was a bore and reminded me of the Saturday Night Live sketch from 2000 where Bush and Gore were debating each other and effectively trying to say the exact same things in a more appealing way.
But meh - Hilary is talking significantly less , is that an omen? |
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| Clovis |
| Its about time she shut the up and stopped blocking the man who could be the best president this country has had in years. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
And yet...
| quote: | Asked about Obama's pastor, Jeremiah Wright, Hillary slips a reference to the fact that the 9/11 attackers hit "my city" into her critique....
Obviously, one's choice of church and pastor is rooted in what one believes is what you're seeking in church, and what kind of fellowship you find in church.
But I have to say that for pastor wright to have given his first sermon after 9/11, and to have blamed the United States for the attack, which happened in my city of New York, would have been just intolerable for me. And therefore I would have not been able to stay in the church.
A bit later comes her claim that Wright's a legit topic, as well as a reference to Farrakhan and Hamas...
As leaders we have a choice of who we associate with, and who we apparently give some kind of seal of approval to. And I think that it wasn't only the specific remarks, but the relationship with Rev. Farrakhan, with giving the church bulleting over to the leader of Hamas to put a message in. These are problems, and they raise questions in people's minds. This is a legitimate area, as everything is when we run for office, for people to be exploring, and trying to find answers.
That's a lot of buttons pushed in a few short moments. |
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/
I love how Howard Wolfson, Clinton's campaign director, gets asked about why there are so many attacks and his response is that the Republicans will bring them up in the Fall, so it's fair game now. In other words, it's ok to act like Republicans because Republicans will act like Republicans later. Great, thanks. |
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