Again, Obama shows how PRESIDENTIAL he is and what a great President he will make!

[AZBlue]

“How do we get rid of that huge divisiveness in this country?,” a voter asked Obama in Anderson, Indiana.

“The president sets the tone,” the Illinois senator said before explaining the bipartisan approach he’d take if elected to the White House.

“But, I’m also going to try to show this during the course of the campaign,” he added. “Sometimes you take some hits. Even during this campaign, I’ve been taking some hits.”

“One of the things that I learned in the school yard was: the folks that are talking tough all the time, they’re not always that tough. If you’re really tough, you’re not always looking to try to start a fight. If you’re really tough, sometimes you just walk away. If you’re really tough, you just save it for when you really need it,” Obama said.

“I’m not interested in fighting people just for the sake of scoring political points.” “If I’m going to fight somebody it’s going to be fighting over the American people and what they need.”

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

I want a President who is mature and sophisticated, not a childish bully like Clinton. Thankfully, that's exactly what we'll get in President Obama. I can't wait!

[anonymous171]

1. K&R

A-fucking-men. :patriot::bounce::kick:

[cliffordu]

2. YEP!! Kicked!!

[quantass]

39. .

[Kittycat]

3. Great response!

Recommend

[raystorm7]

37. Hell yes! Watching the video from the link made the speech 10x better! K&R

[Barack_America]

4. It's like a breath of fresh air.

Seriously.

And how very appropriate to compare Washington to a school yard. Although when the Clintons are in the WH it becomes much more like a prison yard, where gang mentality and violence are the name of the game.

[cyndensco]

48. Washington has seemed like a school yard for the past 7 years.

We - no, they - have taken on the role of being the world's bully. "You're either with us or against us".."So what if the majority of Americans want an end to this war..."

Obama is the only candidate still standing who seems to want to end this trend. He wants to have dialogs with our enemies - what a novel idea. hillary, on the other hand, is threatening obliteration.

Go Obama!!

[AZBlue]

57. Hillary obviously wants to continue the school yard mentality - and that's why she's losing.

We're fed up with it.

[sellitman]

5. We need a President who will "Lift Us Up".

This man does so effortlessly.

Time and time again.

[SunsetDreams]

6. Just what I want in a President Obama!!!

[Tribetime]

7. It was great. As long as he can get people to focus

on what really matters, and ignore the distractions, He can't lose.

[jenmito]

8. I saw that answer today. What CLASS he has! I'm so glad he's not going to give Hillary the debate

she's desperate for!

[FrenchieCat]

9. That's what I"m talking about.

That is another huge difference between the divisiveness of the Hillary Campaign, and the Classy and stoic manner in which Obama has run his so much better organized campaign.

[JimGinPA]

10. In A Related Story: Hillary Showed Up At An Event Today With A Baseball Bat

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/clinton-at-the-bat/

[quantass]

15. .

[slinkerwink]

47. that's so childish

[cyndensco]

49. she never fails to amaze me

[SoCalDem]

66. blooper to first base..easy out

:)

[rug]

11. This isn't really on point but his schoolyard remark reminds me of a clip of him playing HS b-ball.

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

I don't support him but this is pretty cool.

[Duke Newcombe]

12. Damned. Straight.

I will cry tears of joy, and tell my grandkids about Inauguration Day 2009, when Barack Obama became our President.

Duke

[parasim]

13. That's so refreshing to hear!

All the bullies that I knew in grade school that talked tough ended up abusing their spouses and/or kids (that's true, every single one of them), but those that spent their school years dealing with the bullies' taunts, ended up successful... doctors, scientists, inventors, artists, activists...

[BlueIdaho]

14. Thank god for grown-ups

I'm beyond tired of all the school yard taunts and trash talk from the Billary campaign. They are pathetic.

[Cha]

16. The quote to yearn for..

“I’m not interested in fighting people just for the sake of scoring political points.” “If I’m going to fight somebody it’s going to be fighting over the American people and what they need.”

You are so dead on about being "Presidential", AZBlue

[anonymous171]

19. Put that on an Ad and air it!

GOBAMA! :woohoo::bounce:

[Cha]

20. ABSOLUTELY!

:woohoo:

[maddiejoan]

17. Uhm

But he's claiming this makes him the tough one --so that means he's not really tough?

:shrug:

[Windy]

18. Go away. You really are ignorant. I've read a lot of your posts and you turn a blind eye to HRC

and her lies, warmongering and smear tactics.

I've really about had it with the deaf dumb and blind that infest this place from the HRC camp. You can't have an intelligent discussion about issues with them without resorting to a gotcha game, just like the one they worship because she is a female..and you know, we women have to stick together no matter what! Even if the woman would be the worst of our two remaining candidates and has shown herself to lack a moral compass...and one who shows other women that you don't need to accomplish goals on merit and excellence as long as you can bully your way into a position.

Just go away...really.

[maddiejoan]

46. Nope.

Sorry.

I'm here to stay.

[AZBlue]

53. And here's the post to prove his point...

[PseudoIntellect]

21. Obama has class.

I read on some websites that his lack of negativity equates to being a wimp rather than being classy. And then the same people say that he has bullied Clinton by being too negative. What great intellectual discourse.

[BenDavid]

22. Hell, if obama believed any of what he is saying then WHY did

he ever allow the racial divisiness his camppaign launched against Hillary and Bill Clinton? Hey, why didn't he fire Jesse jackson Jr.'s ass when he played the racial card against Hillary. The fact is that obama can give a good speech, but that is all he has done. He doesn't live up to his own words. They are empty bullshit.

[Zhade]

23. He didn't. You're a liar, like your candidate.

Fuck off.

[cali]

55. woot! seconded.

some people here really are...

[RBInMaine]

24. Have you been going to Bill and Hill and buying something to inhale?

[datopbanana]

40. Sooo misguided....

[Skip Intro]

25. And people swallow this stuff.

[emilyg]

26. Sad.

There will be a huge let-down.

[FrenchieCat]

27. Sorry but.....

[stillcool]

58. "Swallow" what..

that the President sets the tone? That not every battle is worth fighting? That pesky little gnats can just be swatted away?

[grantcart]

28. Not acting like a school yard kid - now that is cheating - Clinton or McCain won't have a chance

[zulchzulu]

29. Gil Scot Heron had a great term for "tough" phonies: "cheap steak tough"

He was referring to Republicans...which Hillary is certainly sounding like these days...

[Pisces]

30. Exactly. Obama is the only leader running in this contest.

[boppers]

31. Bullies talk A LOT about how tough they are, what great fighters they are.

No matter the sport, it's always the amateurs who talk the most trash, as they haven't won, and lost, enough to know their limitations.

[Scurrilous]

32. K & R

:thumbsup:

[PBS Poll-435]

33. Does Basketball Lead to World Peace? We Will Answer...

Tonight, on Frontline...

[FrenchieCat]

34. Check your healthy sport at the door,

and promote this instead for your World Peace! :eyes:

[PBS Poll-435]

35. I can't, I am not done with my cigarette...

[FrenchieCat]

36. Well hurry up, cause we've got to go huntin'!

[progressive_realist]

38. OK, you made me LOL with that one

Seriously.

:rofl:

[GeorgeGist]

41. what the american people need first of all ...

is to lose their conceit. I predict that's a fight Obama will walk away from.

[TomClash]

42. Great post

I don't want a "tough" President. I want an intelligent and thoughtful one.

If the voters want mindless belligerence again, they should vote for McCain.

[myrna minx]

43. K&R n/t

[Unbowed]

44. He's smart and capable and in control.

We don't need a loose cannon in the White House.

Obama does have the maturity to handle a crisis. We need a President with judgment and nerves of steel, not a "chicken little" President who is liable to react rather than act decisively with control.

[Faygo Kid]

45. K&R

[mcollier]

50. Great Obama Fox News Interview

Check out the transcript - http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/27/transcript-obama-on-fns/

[noel711]

51. But sadly, this interview's going to the bottom of the list

of MSM talking points, just like the Moyers/Wright interview.
There's no red meat.... so we'll move on.

"Nothing to see here, folks, nothing happening, just move on."

[AZBlue]

54. The M$M is truly despicable.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

52. K&Rec #100

Haven't we seen enough of a bully approach with GWB? How's that been workin' for us?

[hayu_lol]

56. Lessee, Obama acts like a president, he looks like a president...

but in his dealings with controversial subjects, he votes present and walks away from the rest.

Sounds like a wimp who cannot make decisions to me.

That is the weak record he stands upon whilst looking and acting like a president.

[jackson_dem]

59. What has Obama done in Washington to help "get rid of that huge divisiveness"?

His post-partisan talk is just that, just words.

[mcollier]

61. Barack Obama in the Lion's Den speaks with Chris Wallace on Fox News

Watch Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9nla552bH8

[jackson_dem]

67. So the answer is he has done nothing

Yet you all believe he will be the savior who will do what only George Washington (left office in 1797...) could do. If this isn't proof that his candidacy is based on just words and hype I don't know what is!

[Krashkopf]

62. Yes. Words to listen to . . .

Words to live by.

[NJSecularist]

65. For a guy who promises a post-partisan divide, he has never worked with the Rethugs.

And he has made no plans to appoint Rethugs to his cabinet.

At least Hillary has no illusions that there won't be a partisan divide...

[jackson_dem]

68. He's as much of a "uniter" as Bush 00' was. Same BS gimmick except Dems are falling for it this time

[Krashkopf]

60. I agree . . .

No matter what crap Clinton throws at him . . . whether it is Rev. Wright (who actually looked like a wonderful spiritual leader in his Bill Moyer's interview), or whether it is "bittergate" . . . Barack Obama has responded with grace, humor, and a calm-headedness that is exactly what I want, and AMERICAN NEEDS, in our next President.

[AZBlue]

69. This is what we need desperately and it's crucial that we get it.

I see America at a crossroads - we can undo the damage of the past 8 years (Obama) or we can continue down that same path and create a world that may never be undone (Clinton).

[Rosa Luxemburg]

63. It's so refreshing to hear him

Obama an oasis in a desert of scorpions

[Infinite Hope]

64. Damn...I'm bookmarking this! Obama's rising with me to equal with Edwards. n/t

[catgirl]

70. K & R