Barack Obama is one tough guy, buddy. Don’t you dare forget it, either. I know, because he said so. Even though he seemed kinda wimpy when he and McCain appeared together at the Saddleback conference in California, to be fair, the questions at the Faith Forum wereabove his pay grade. But with the benefit of distance, he set Mr. McCain straight. At a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, Obama drew down.
“Our job in this election is not just ‘win,’ although I’m a big believer in winning,” Obama said during the rally. “I don’t intend to lose this election. John McCain doesn’t know what he’s up against.”
“He can talk all he wants about Britney (Spears) and Paris (Hilton), but I don’t have time for that mess,” Obama said.
You hear that, Johnny Mac? He “don’t have time for that mess.”
Obadass took on McCain at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando, Florida earlier in the day, too.
“Let me be clear: I will let no one question my love of this country,” Obama said to applause.
McCain, of course, wasn’t there at the time, having spoken to the group the day before. But I bet he was scared when he heard about it. And he’d just better watch himself, too, if he knows what’s good for him. You do not mess with Barack Obama, Mackie. He bad.
Well, it seems as though the presumptuous nominee of the Democratic party wants to open next week’s convention to the “little people.” Yahoo News is reporting that people Camp “O” calls “real” will have prime-time speaking roles. Isn’t that special?
An Indiana railroader, an Iowa mother and a Michigan truck driver are getting a moment at the Democratic convention to help portray Barack Obama as the people’s champion and counter GOP characterizations of him as an out-of-touch celebrity.
Now why would the GOP have to resort to mis-characterizations when they could simply point out the fact that Obuhbuh is so inadequate among real politicians that they have to surround him with civilians in order to try and make him look good?
The idea is for these “real people,” as the campaign calls them, to share personal stories about why they are supporting the Democratic presidential candidate and how they think he will help folks like them and the more than 20 million expected to be watching the convention at home.
Here’s a novel idea, Obie. Why not take this golden opportunity to tell all those voters watching what you plan to do for them, so they don’t have to guess?
Obama has an extra challenge since he is expected to become the first black nominee of a major party, the subject of racism and smear campaigns questioning his background and patriotism. A goal of the convention is to describe his American story, his family roots and his understanding of real-people challenges.
Nah, why actually be presidential when you’ve got a whole deck of race cards up your sleeve, huh? And what could possibly be more moving than real words spoken by real people?
Professional speechwriters are helping prepare their remarks, timed to about three minutes each. And just like any senator or other VIP speaker, an assigned staff member will oversee their schedules and logistical movements, including media interviews, speech coaching and on-stage rehearsals.
Oh, well, it was just a thought. The Democrats are a party of schmoos. I’d rather hang out with the real “little people” from the Wizard of Oz. Maybe then I could borrow a hot air balloon and go over the rainbow. Anything to get the hell away from the Obamacrats. Sheeesh. Munchkins rule. Dems suck.
Barack Obama has sold Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee the theory that, combined with Dean’s “50 State Strategy“ increased voter participation by African Americans will not only deliver the White House, but will result in significant gains for downticket Dems nationwide. The theory goes that if the large number of currently unregistered, eligible black voters were to be registered, then be lured to the polls to vote for Obama, he’s a shoe-in. The Wilmington Journal reported in their August 7-14 issue,
There are 56 million unregistered voters nationwide, 32 percent of the total eligible voter ranks, the Obama campaign says. Of that number, eight million are black (which is also 32 percent of eligible African-American voters).
“There are a million people who are eligible to vote who aren’t registered in North Carolina,” Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee told The Wilmington Journal during his recent stop in Raleigh two weeks ago. “We believe that the vast majority of those voters would vote for Barack Obama if they had the opportunity, and we’ve got to reach every single one of them.
Now, how to find and register these voters requires an ingenious approach. When courting African American voters early in the primary campaign, Hillary Clinton relied on the black church.
Clinton can be seen frequently at Sunday morning worship services in black churches not only in South Carolina, but nationwide.
“If you’ve ever been to a worship service and seen Sen. Clinton there, especially in the African-American churches, outside the fact that she’s a white woman among African-American congregants, you would think that she fits right in. It’s just very natural.”
Perhaps it was Clinton’s ease with black Americans or the perceived automatic advantage from her association with her husband’s legacy that spurred the Obama campaign to think outside the church box. To be sure, Obama has been involved with religious outreach going back to his community organizing days, however there was obviously a need to mine a field he could claim exclusively. Especially since, prior to the South Carolina primary, monolithic black community support of the Illinois Senator was hardly assured.
“I think the world is too large, too huge and the problems too great for someone to come in on the job training. I think because of… her years in the White House, in the Senate, have given her the opportunity to explore and to see what is needed for this country,” said state Rep. Terry Alexander (D-Florence). Alexander is the pastor of Wayside Baptist Church in Florence, SC.
Rev. Barnes believes the decision goes much deeper than race.
“We cannot base our decision on our shared ethnicity, but the experience we have. And while Sen. Obama is very qualified (there’s) the experience that comes with Senator Clinton. She’s the one that’s going to put our country back on track. Raised by a woman, I think a woman can do it.”
Barack Obama is one tough guy, buddy. Don’t you dare forget it, either. I know, because he said so. Even though he seemed kinda wimpy when he and McCain appeared together at the Saddleback conference in California, to be fair, the questions at the Faith Forum were above his pay grade. But with the benefit of distance, he set Mr. McCain straight. At a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, Obama drew down.
