Greatest Obama Quote Ever

[kpete]

I DON'T DO COWERING!!

Greatest Obama Quote Ever
by mobilio316
Wed Jun 25, 2008 at 05:20:32 AM PDT

In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Barack Obama gave perhaps the greatest quote in the history of democratic politics. The greatest sound bite. The best, most reassuring statement about how he will handle this presidential race. It reiterates my belief that this will be no 2004, no Willie Horton type of year. Obama will not be swiftboated.

It was not all about pop culture. When Mr. Wenner asked how Mr. Obama might respond to harsh attacks from Republicans, suggesting that Democrats have "cowered" in the past, Mr. Obama replied, "Yeah, I don’t do cowering."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/...


http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/the-inner-obama/
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/25/8168/01599/455/541608

[NJCher]

1. Love it!

Cher

[peacebird]

2. "I don't do cowering!" - Short sweet strong soundbite material!

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[patrice]

3. Yeah, people who worry about "national security" under Obama don't understand what cowering would

get you on Chicago's South-side.

[dogday]

4. Happy to be the first to rec... I don't do cowering....

great line :thumbsup:

[Flying Dream Blues]

5. I'm not sure they (Rs) know what's hit them yet...can't wait!! nt

[stanwyck]

20. The "arrogance" tag the right is attempting to

damn Obama with is inaccurate. You're correct that his detractors don't know what's hit them. He's a different breed of cat than the usual Dem. candidate. And as someone born and bred in Illinois, let me tell you, Chicago (and Illinois) politics is not for the meek. He didn't get where he is without nerves of steel. Plus, David Axlerod is one whip-smart guy. The entire Obama team (including the lovely and intelligent Michelle Obama)is not going to silently and valiantly stay above the fray like Kerry attempted to do. At the same time, they're not dirty fighters. They're just smarter. They'll come back at the opposition immediately, with strength and clarity. The GOP is like the varsity football coach we had on my high school team. He ran the same plays year after year. And they worked, because we had a bigger, tougher team. The other team knew what was coming, they just couldn't stop it. Until the year when the same old plays didn't work anymore. The other teams were just as tough. Or tougher. And we lost. People were aghast. What happened? We got out-played.
Welcome to a losing season, GOP.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Sassy! The quote captures the candidate's quick response skills well.

The comment was sassy in just the right ways.

It was automatic and properly dismissive of the question.

I want more!

[highplainsdem]

7. K&R. Great quote!

[EVDebs]

8. Gen. Patton on leadership: Attack, Attack, Attack...always ATTACK !

Obama will not sit on his heels, Kerry style, and be pushed all over. He will push back.

[Johnny Noshoes]

25. You gotta hold 'em by the nose and kick 'em in the ass...

you gottta kick the hell out of them all the time and go through 'em like crap through a goose. I know its from the movie Patton but it works for me. I just got a call from the Obama campaign and they got my $25.

[ieoeja]

9. K&R

[1Hippiechick]

10. Love it.....fist bump to All DUers! We need a smilie fist bump!

[FloridaJudy]

11. Here you go

[1Hippiechick]

12. Thanks - and I LOVE the diversity!!!

[samsingh]

13. brilliant! great line - i don't do cowering

[FrenchieCat]

14. Excellent!

Those thinking Obama is not tough are in for a shock.

[Demi_Babe]

15. Love it!

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

16. I'd love to see that

played on a loop on the MSM over and over and over.

[GoldieAZ49]

21. there are several other clips that could play on that loop

be careful what you wish for

[DevonRex]

27. Oh look. Another dire warning from GoldieAZ.

[olkaz]

17. Somehow I think you can dig up a better quote than that.

"I'm not a wuss" doesn't exactly do it for me.

[Joe Chi Minh]

23. You completely missed the irony, so perhaps it is also not surprising that

the adage, "Brevity is the soul of wit", was not appreciated by you, either. That was what made it a great smackdown. The fact that he has already shown he possesses enormous courage further serves to heighten the irony.

[procopia]

18. Good, but

my personal favorite is:

"What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne."--Barack Obama, Oct. 2002

[Kolesar]

42. ^ Definitely a better quote

:fist bump:

[Phred42]

19. We'll see - The FISA vote is coming soon

:popcorn:

[Kolesar]

43. You are no fun

:evilgrin:

[Brigid]

22. Gotta love this!

And, as already mentioned upthread, don't forget where Obama learned his politics. A broken-down old man is just no match for him.

[Stump]

24. K&R n/t

[eridani]

26. Well, so much for that "Obambi" horseshit, thank heavens. n/t

[DevonRex]

28. He has a way with words. K&R

[DWilliamsamh]

29. I'm an Obama supporter and donor...

But this is the wrong timing for that quote to come out..... It made me immediately think of what I must say is at least a wishy washy attitude toward this latest attempt to put telecoms immunity in the FISA bill. At worst cowering.

I am not saying like some that he needed to single handedly lead the filibuster (it couldn't hurt though but that was his calculation. Kinda looked like cowering. And I couldn't be happier that he is our nominee. I am under no delusion that any human being is going to do what I think is correct a hundred percent of the time. Under any other circumstance, and almost any other time I would love the quote. I like his fight, but right now the shine is a little tarnished on that aspect. He'll recover and be a great President.

[jazzjunkysue]

30. Me, neither. Love me some Barack.

[grannylib]

31. THAT would be a great tee shirt, bumper sticker, button, etc.

with a portrait of Obama on it so there's no mistaking who said it.

That's great. Progressives and liberals everywhere need to adopt that attitude.
I'll have to pick up a copy of that when I go to the store!

:hi:

[Not the Only One]

32. the GOP will just paint him as an angry black thug gangta like Ice Cube

He can't win either way.

[anonymous171]

33. They can't seem to get it right though. They are still trying to paint him as Kerry's second coming.

[RazBerryBeret]

35. He has so far managed

to not fall into their "angry black man" trap. he can be forceful without being angry, that's what makes it so effective....

[alcibiades_mystery]

44. Ice Cube is one of the most popular kids movie stars in America

:rofl:

[bertman]

34. Man, I'm glad he doesn't do cowering.

How about captitulating? Does he do capitulating?

[readmoreoften]

36. Ah yes. This is an essential point.

We can only hope.

[Oldtimeralso]

37. Just remember that Barack is now from...

the southside of Chicago, and he's meaner than a junkyard dog.

[Duder]

38. Barack socks

I like it. :)

[blondeatlast]

39. Damn straight! nt

[BREMPRO]

40. send chills up the spine and tingles the funny bone. we have a NOMINEE!!

[NOLALady]

41. Niiiiiiice!!!

GeauxBama!!!

[mod mom]

45. It's a winner but this is still my fav: “Change will not come if we wait for some other person...

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

Barack Obama

IT INFERS TO ME THAT HE IS RUNNING A BOTTOM UP CAMPAIGN AND WANTS THE PEOPLE'S INPUT AND SUPPORT. A FAR CRY FROM *