In Brooklyn, Cheers for Obama

[ariesgem]

August 22, 2007, 11:28 pm
In Brooklyn, Cheers for Obama

By Annie Correal

Senator Barack Obama came into the heart of Hillary country Wednesday night for a fundraiser organized by the group Brooklyn for Barack.

His wide-ranging 40-minute speech included, of course, a discussion of Iraq. “Let’s face it,” he said. “Things aren’t
going well.” He paused. “There was a debate–”

“And you did all right!” shouted a member of the audience, which packed the reserved room at New York Marriott
at the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, as well as another room where the rally was simulcast.

“That’s because people started listening to what I was saying,” he
said. The crowd erupted into long applause.

“What a speaker,” said Barbara Barran,59. “This is like John
Kennedy, and for those of us of that vintage, he’s that
inspirational.”

But some Brooklynites wanted more. “He was a breath of fresh air”
said Charles Barron, a New York City councilman, who represents parts
of East New York. “But I wish he would bring it to the
neighborhoods, not just the Marriott.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/in-brooklyn-cheers-for-obama/

[cal04]

1. Obama steps on Hillary's turf

Sen. Barack Obama visited the home turf of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday, rallying volunteers at an auditorium near Times Square, sharing laughs during an afternoon taping of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," then pumping hands with zealous supporters at a $25 per-person fundraiser in Brooklyn.

"What's up, Brooklyn?" a visibly confident Obama asked a roaring audience at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. Many attendees had waited in chilly drizzle to hear the one-time Brooklynite speak. Obama briefly lived in Park Slope while at Columbia University.

"America is starving for change ... they are tired of the same old, same old ... ." Obama told a packed ballroom of about 1,200 people. "They are tired of the can't do, won't do, won't-even-try style of government."


Someone in the audience shouted: "I'm tired of this war." "This war is not worth it and we need to bring about a change," Obama shouted back, to wild applause.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usobam0823,0,4862590.story?coll=ny_home_rail_headlines

[Colobo]

3. Great picture!

[illinoisprogressive]

2. I love your Vibe cover. was thinking of putting it on mine! lol

[ariesgem]

4. Grab it! We need to let folks know what time it is.

B-)