Obama: 'I've been taking some hits'

[DogPoundPup]

(CNN) – Sen. Barack Obama used a question during a campaign event Saturday to explain his unusual approach to politics.

“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/2008/04/26/obama-ive-been-taking-some-hits/
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“The president sets the tone,” We need this rational, thoughtful person as our president to set the tone of this country back to PRE-Bush and all the right-wing hate mongering!

[hisownpetard]

1. Every day, I read something that reinforces, a hundred times over, my decision to support Obama.

I love not only how he thinks but who he is.

(And that does NOT depend on what your definition of "is" is.)

[Triana]

2. That was awesome and he got a standing ovation for it.

He was impressive.

NO teleprompters. Just Barack Obama telling it like he is. And I like how he is a hella lot better than Hillary.

His attitude and temperment will make a much better President than Hillary.

[grantcart]

3. And there are tens of millions of independents and Republicans who

will vote for him solely on thie one issue - they are sick of the standard 'put a finger in his eye' approach.

[Window]

4. "The president sets the tone." That's the way it's done. Thank you Sen. Obama.

[jaxx]

5. Thanks for the quote I now use as a sig.

;-)

[applegrove]

6. He's pretty cool.