obama naacp speech on hardball msnbc. nt

[RepublicanElephant]

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[BlooInBloo]

1. I always like it when he gets his preacher voice going.

[wndycty]

2. LOL and of course the right wing will flip out

:kick:

[Peacetrain]

3. Let them flip!

[HopeOverFear]

5. shit, how much have I missed?

[babylonsister]

7. Not too much. nt

[wndycty]

4. Folks are actually "unrecomending" this?

My rec. pushed it back to 0

[babylonsister]

6. You're surprised? Look around. We definitely have people

who are not pro-Dem prez and make no bones about it. I often wonder why they waste their time here.

[CakeGrrl]

38. Fuck 'em. Let them go make their avoidance lists or

whatever gets them through the day.

Unrec-ing a speech from a black President to the NAACP? This would be a good time to see the Unrec list.

[BlooInBloo]

8. :) It's all good. Just get used to going into any even mildly pro-Obama post...

10 recs down.

[RepublicanElephant]

9. streaming live at msnbc

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22887392#22887392

just in case they cut away back to hardball.

[HopeOverFear]

10. GOBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!

[Canuckistanian]

11. This must be the 1st presidential NAACP speech since Clinton

Bush refused to do any.

[EffieBlack]

13. Bush spoke to the NAACP in 2006.

After it no longer mattered

[Canuckistanian]

62. OK, that's what I remember

But during his first term, he refused to talk to them because he considered them a "special interest"

[Engineer4Obama]

14. No he did them

I remember one where he basically went and begged them to quit voting for democrats.
"What have the democrats done to deserve your support" was the quote that was burned in my mind.

I don't know a little thing called the Civil Rights Act?

[Cha]

61. Sounds like the disingenuous

asshole.

[RepublicanElephant]

12. "amen corner" lol! nt

[JayMusgrove]

15. I am so happy with this speech....

He is a bit hoarse in his voice....

I wonder if he has a cold, or something.

But the words and the content and the style of this speech is why I fell in love with this man over 2 years ago.

[HopeOverFear]

16. OH shit tough love in the house

[JayMusgrove]

17. kicking this up to the top.... again!!!!!

Jeeze he's now into the "parental responsibilities"

Putting away the X-Box!

[graywarrior]

18. This is awesome! ! ! ! !

[BlooInBloo]

19. This has turned from a standard-issue good speech to COMPLETELY FUCKING HOT.

[HopeOverFear]

21. LMAO!!!

[JayMusgrove]

22. Will go down as one of his best!!!!!!!!!!

This guy is pretty smart, and has a little talent at speaking.....


(Do I need the sarcasm icon here??)

[Parker CA]

30. This is one hell of a speech. Vintage Obama all day today. I'm loving it. YES WE CAN!!

[JayMusgrove]

55. All day today? I was watching Sotomayor.........what ELSE

did Obama say and do today?

I'm media challenged with only C-Span and MSNBC as acceptable channels on my cable... all the rest I have blocked out as not suitable for adults.

[BeyondGeography]

56. A rip snortin' health care speech in New Jersey

Write-up and comments here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/16/754267/-video:-Obama-in-a-rave-mood

[stray cat]

20. "We need to be responsible not only for our children but other peoples children

thats the meaning of community" Pushing our children to put their sights a little bit higher. Scientists, engineers, supreme court judges and not just basketball players.

[RepublicanElephant]

23. you know....

i used to get mad at bush and other repubs who talked about civil rights policy in terms of education, because it was soooo fake and condescending, and down-right dishonest.

but obama is so sincere about helping families and communities improve education through genuine programs instead of the voucher crap and no-child-left-behind test scores nonsense the repubs only wanted to talk about.

obama makes education look like geniune civil rights policy.

[graywarrior]

25. When you work inside the community as an organizer, people know you've walked the walk

[Uzybone]

24. When I see young men on the corners, I say there but for the grace of god go I

Truth!

[HopeOverFear]

26. that's a tear jerker right there

[Skidmore]

27. This is OUR President!

I still support him wholeheartedly. He has been absolutely brilliant at deconstructing the ivory towers in DC.

New paradigms. Firmly entrenched fatheads have been forced to think anew and to find new ways of doing things inspite of the caterwauling they do.

[JayMusgrove]

37. This wonderful man is the President of ALL of us, even the Rethuglicans.... I love him

He's just the best thing that could happen to America in 2008... his election.

I am so proud of having given him one vote...among so many millions.

Nothing is perfect, I don't agree with everything he has done or NOT done in the first 6 months, but I have never, in my over 60 years on this planet, had a President of whom I could be more proud.

[glowing]

28. I can just see Uncle Pat's head exploding...

[BlooInBloo]

29. Ok. It's one of the 2 or 3 best speeches that he's ever given. My gawd.

[graywarrior]

31. OMG, that was so moving!

[Engineer4Obama]

32. Crowd is chanting yes we can nt

[sarah553807]

33. The end of the speech gave some tears

[ellisonz]

34. RE: Church on top of slave dungeon in Ghana

"It tells you something about doing one thing and saying another"

DAMN! :nuke:

[JayMusgrove]

39. Says a lot about Obama and religion, doesn't it?

I think we know that church was a "Christian" church.

[BlooInBloo]

43. He RIPPED them 5 new assholes with that one.

[ellisonz]

46. Poignant.

New favorite Obama clip.

[JayMusgrove]

59. One has to wonder if Christian religions wil be offended by his remark

I sure hope they are!

[BlooInBloo]

60. If not, I'll be happy to do the honors.

[HopeOverFear]

35. GAHT DAAAAAYUM

[Skidmore]

36. Can we get an "amen?"

Yes. He's speaking to us all, it just happens to be in the NAACP forum.

[ellisonz]

40. Amen.

[jenmito]

41. AMEN!!

:hi:

[JayMusgrove]

42. Can we get 1000 recs for his speech? I hope so!

We know that people have infiltrated here from the Free Republic....and let's not let them take this place over.

[alsame]

45. AMEN. One his best speeches ever. Chills down the spine.

[HopeOverFear]

50. AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!

and yes he is speaking to ALL OF US

[BlooInBloo]

44. And of course Tweety immediately whines about reverse racism.

[tishaLA]

48. He's fucking OBSESSED with the idea that white men are being kneed in the balls

Christ. Whenever he talks about Ricci etc I just have to tune out.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

52. What did he say?

[BlooInBloo]

53. His first remark upon starting the show: "A white guy could never say that".

[SemiCharmedQuark]

54. Ever since the Ricci thing, he's beein almost as crazy as Pat.

[JayMusgrove]

57. NO, you and the people who replied above just don't get it

Television is about creating DRAMA.......Tweety LOVES our President.....he says this stuff to get us to keep watching and not switching channels...

You all should know this by now.

Actually, Tweety's remarks, in summary, are that he is HAPPY that an African America can put this out there, and proud that Obama is doing it.

If you don't catch the whole segment, don't evaluate those remarks in context of the entire thing, I see you go off on tangents, and mix your own bias into the selective statements.

PLEASE TRY to take it all in, in context, and don't beat up one of America's best political journalists.

If you object to one or two things he says, does that mean you will never bother to look at the totality, and only want to sharpen your axe? Look at what came next, Tweety's next "Maccaca" moment, over Zell Miller. Or did you miss all that in trying to post your poutrage over his "as a Caucasian man" premise?

[BlooInBloo]

58. lolol!

[tishaLA]

47. THAT was an amazing speech

I actually agree with Michelle Bernard....that the speech really flew when he started talking about education. He was funny, personable, and still authoritative.

[BeyondGeography]

49. The country has a great President. Hopefully, it doesn't mess up the opportunity.

:patriot:

[PatSeg]

51. Brought tears to my eyes several times

Great speech!

[JayMusgrove]

63. We should stop talking about racist Buchanan and bring this thread

back to the top... along with some video links to that speech.

It was sure one of the greatest.

Why is there no Youtube video of the whole thing available yet?

I want to replay it with the volume turned up.

Rachel, play some more of it, or I turn you off, I don't really care about Republicans having affairs which you seem to love to cover.

I want to hear my President again.

Here's a good clip of part of it..............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQM2J73uEuc