impressed with Obama's Black Caucus speech

[LuciferSam]

Interesting that he gets preachy and fired-up for a crowd that will support him no matter what. There is a fine line between appealing to a voter and pandering. I also remember John Kerry's disaster of ambling up to a rural sporting goods shop early in his presidential campaign, trying to shed the image of a Bay State liberal, and proclaiming "I need me a huntin' license". Yikes.

Maybe it was a broader message intended for a wider audience. Maybe he just wanted to do it on friendly turf. Like I said, I just happened to overhear it on TV as I was cleaning up the house. I didn't take his words literally at the time and didn't know who he was adressing. I saw it as a kind of strong hail Mary (desperation) campaign speech not directed at anyone in particular. Now that I know the real story, that first impression isn't just going to go away. I think it was purely a style speech intended to turn things around. I think he's hoping his words will resonate with those who voted for him in 2008. If it works than it was a good move, regardless of whether it was disingenous, insincere, phony or whatever. At this point, I don't see how it could make things worse. It's just good to see him lose the Miss Manners personna. Now ThAT was phony.

 

[Rita]

To add to the craziness, now, the AP is being accused of racism because their transcript was a literal translation and not cleaned up for grammar.

Obama said, "Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do."

Because they did not "clean" it up and put the "g's" back on complainin', grumblin', and cryin' they are racist.

African-American author Karen Hunter complained the news service transcribed Obama's speech without cleaning it up as other outlets did--specifically including the "dropped g's."

Sorry...give me a friggin break. If they were doing a transcript of exactly what was being said, it is accurate. Do court reporters type correct grammar when recording testimony? Nope. They type what they hear.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline...iption-obama-cbc-speech-racist-173438340.html

agree!

Interesting that he gets preachy and fired-up for a crowd that will support him no matter what. There is a fine line between appealing to a voter and pandering. I also remember John Kerry's disaster of ambling up to a rural sporting goods shop early in his presidential campaign, trying to shed the image of a Bay State liberal, and proclaiming "I need me a huntin' license". Yikes.

But Obama needs them to not only support him - he needs to make sure they go to the polls!

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