KOEB Meeting: 03/18/08 -- Obama's Speech (and Puppet Theater) Edition

[Patsy Stone]

Where is everyone? :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

1. Just waitin' for you to show up!

Hehehe.

How ya doin', Patsy?

Wasn't Obama's speech today GREAT?

[Patsy Stone]

4. It was amazing.

I haven't heard the spin, but from what I gather, we aren't the only ones who think so.

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

9. Yep!

The way he addressed the Rev. Wright issue, using the example of his grandmother, was just fantastic.

Reminded me of my dad, a good man overall, but he was also a racist. I hated that, but I didn't hate my father. I wouldn't throw him under the bus either.

[Patsy Stone]

13. I streamed it, and then I read it.

It was more powerful, I think, on the page. But no matter how it's absorbed, it's just important for it be absorbed.

[SeattleGirl]

16. Rachel said much the same thing on her show today, but she

also said that the way he delivered it was very important.

[Patsy Stone]

25. Yes, I agree the delivery was key.

Very conversational, nice low tone, easy to listen to.

[Berry Cool]

37. It was actually good that he toned down the fiery rhetoric.

He didn't want to come on like a preacher today. He wanted to come on like a president.

[Patsy Stone]

39. Absotively!

I believe he accomplished that and so much more.

[SeattleGirl]

43. That's exactly right.

He wanted people to LISTEN to him, people who were pissed off at him because of Rev. Wright. Had he spoken like the fiery preacher, it would not have had the impact that he did.

[GigiMommy]

52. He LOOKED Presidential.

:patriot:

[Berry Cool]

36. It's like Randi said (and she has been good on this topic lately).

He pushed him OFF the bus, but he did not throw him UNDER the bus.

[Berry Cool]

2. I'm here!

:hi: I gather you liked Obama's Special Comment as much as I did???

[SeattleGirl]

3. Hey Berry!

I loved that speech!

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

7. Unbelievable. Perfect. Hit every note and hit them ALL right.

I was practically crying at my desk, and I know people are already making fun of us for this...but the reason this worked is because it is so TRUE. Because ALL of us can relate to it in some way. Each of us has a story...just like the story Keith just told of his grandfather. But it's up to us ALL to make things better.

[SeattleGirl]

12. I know. I don't get why those who don't support him can't lay down

their campaign signs long enough to really LISTEN to what he said! I listened to him not as a candidate, but as a man who sought to explain some of the realities of racism in this country.

[Berry Cool]

40. Some people will never lay their campaign signs down.

They have too much invested to set them down now. It's sad.

[Patsy Stone]

5. Welcome!

:toast:

[WolverineDG]

6. I was enthralled

Obama's speech + THE Gray Suit = :loveya:

:hi:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

8. It's all about you, baby!

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

27. Always is!

:hi:

So, who's the mystery endorser? Please tell me it's not John Edwards because his time was, um, last week before 1/2 his delegates went over to Obama.

dg

[SeattleGirl]

30. That's the word in the wind.

I think his supporters (I was one of them), will probably fall the way a lot of people who didn't support him have: some will go with Obama, some with Clinton.

[Berry Cool]

10. It's a great night for Wolfie.

:rofl:

Seriously, though, I think he did EVERYTHING he needed to do. He needed to hit this out of the park, settle the shit once and for all...and dammit, he DID.

[Berry Cool]

20. He did so many things he needed to do.

And one of them was that HE REMINDED PEOPLE HE IS HALF WHITE...that it would be DUMB for him to be racist because he's not JUST a black man, he's a man with African AND Caucasian blood in his veins...and that just as there are REASONS black people have said racist things amongst their own people about whites, there are REASONS white people have said racist things amongst their own people about blacks. Because they are all AFRAID. Because they are afraid the American dream is a zero-sum game in which "if their group wins, my group loses." But that's NOT SO. Nobody wins unless everybody wins. We win together.

[SeattleGirl]

26. Bravo, Berry!

That's exactly right!

[Berry Cool]

45. We also have to realize who the real enemy is.

It is not the blacks, or the whites, or the illegal immigrants. It is not even the Chinese. It is all the people who are trying to GET THEIRS AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS. And I don't mean EVERY corporate CEO or EVERY person in power. Just the bad apples!

Let's focus on getting rid of THEM and on helping all of US solve the problems we need to solve! Poverty, disease, etc!

[SeattleGirl]

50. And that's just what he was saying today.

And he's right. The corporate culture is destroying this country, and it doesn't matter what color you are. You are being abandoned by the "have more's".

[WolverineDG]

31. I like how he pointed out his grandmother's reactions & comments

because we ALL have relatives who do & say things like that. We can distance ourselves from them, but we can't completely disown them from our lives.

dg

[GigiMommy]

57. Yay Berry!!!

:applause:

[SeattleGirl]

14. Hey DG!

They are lovin' on you today!

[WolverineDG]

18. Rachel wants me too

She's also wearing gray.

How do I tell her I'm not that kind of a girl? :cry:

:P

dg

[SeattleGirl]

22. Ah, don't worry about it, DG.

I think she'd be okay with you just having a girl crush on her, like I do.

[Berry Cool]

23. Let her hear you talk about Keith.

That should do it!

[bleever]

11. It was a terrific speech.

Historical, even.

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

15. Hi bleev!

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

19. It was, it was.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

29. Yes. I agree, kids will be reading about this one in history books years from now.

And it was a no-brainer that Keith would be impressed. You know, the Hillary supporters want to believe he's a blind Obamabot because he hates Hillary or something, or because he just irrationally favors Obama, but I can tell them in a nutshell why Keith seems so admiring of the man: He's a sucker for an eloquent speaker. He is one, and he damn well knows one when he sees one.

[SeattleGirl]

33. Yep.

And so am I. An eloquent speaker just gets me every time.

[WolverineDG]

21. Hillary thought it was good too

although she hadn't read it or seen it at the time she said it was a good speech. Same thing with the NIE report & her IWR vote. Are we sensing a pattern here?

dg

[Patsy Stone]

17. LOL, Rachel!

"He gave a good speech, but he didn't call for the immediate arrest of his pastor, so it didn't go far enough."

[WolverineDG]

24. Didn't throw him under the bus either

spoilsport :grr:

:eyes:

dg

[SeattleGirl]

28. Most importantly, he didn't call for John McCain to arrest him!

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

32. Oh, and nice touch with the pic, Pats.

Even if Keith's not at spring training now, thanks to you, he's there in spirit.

[Berry Cool]

34. Keith is right. This was an audition, all right.

It was Obama's way of saying "Not ready yet to be president, eh?"

[WolverineDG]

42. I'll see your "3am phone call" & raise you

"moving forward on Civil Rights."

dg

[Patsy Stone]

35. I hope he enjoys it.

:)

[WolverineDG]

38. Jack Murtha is endorsing Hillary

I guess she promised to make him Secretary of Defense or something....

Oh well, he has a right to do it. I have the right to say he's wrong.

dg

[Patsy Stone]

41. She got one!

Wow, anyone remember how long ago February 5th was? :eyes:

[SeattleGirl]

44. Ooooh, Keith's gonna play the bobcat video.

I didn't get to watch on Friday or Monday; did he show it then? My BIL showed it to me this weekend when I was staying with him and my sister.

[Patsy Stone]

46. Nope

He waited for you. :)

[SeattleGirl]

51. Sweet!!!!

:loveya:

[Berry Cool]

49. Someone trained a bobcat to use the toilet?

I hope Keith uses the phrase "dirty, dirty business" tonight. :-)

Oh, and he's naming himself a WPITW!!!!

[SeattleGirl]

53. Cat taught itself.

[Berry Cool]

58. Drat, Keith didn't use the words "dirty, dirty business"

but he DID say "terlet," so I can forgive him.

[GigiMommy]

47. Hi Everyone!!! I know I'm late...

:hi: Parent/Teacher Conference. Cassie's doing VERY WELL! Yay!:headbang:

[Patsy Stone]

48. Yeah!

:hi: :toast:

[Berry Cool]

54. Great!

:applause:

[SeattleGirl]

55. Hi Gigi!

Is something wrong with Cassie? (Sorry, but I was not here Friday or Monday).

[GigiMommy]

59. Hi SG!

:hi: Oh no. Every thing's fine. Tonight is the Parent/Teacher Conference at school. It's a little different because Cassie came with me and SHE actually showed me what she's been working on (classwork and science experiments). All the kids did this. Met her Gym Teacher AND went to the Book Fair. Got 6 books (a treat from her Grandmother) for doing so well on her report card and MEAP test.

[SeattleGirl]

60. Cool!

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

56. I've seen this guy on Graham Norton!

Yes, it's true, I love Graham Norton. The only show that has me :rofl: every time I see it.

dg

[Berry Cool]

62. John McCain: "Who's training in Iran again? Not Al Qaeda?!? Extremists? Whatever."

Yes, Keith, he IS running for PRESIDENT!!!! :banghead:

[Patsy Stone]

61. "If you'll excuse me, now, gentlemen...

Affairs of State must take precedence over the Affairs of State..."

[GigiMommy]

63. Oh my gosh...

PLEASE!!!!!!! DON'T MESS THIS UP DEMOCRATES!!!! WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE MCCAIN AS PRESIDENT!!!!!:scared:

[ralps]

64. Hi Patsy, Hi Everyone!! LOL about McCain being today's Worst Person in the World!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl: :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

65. Hi ralps!

:hi:

[ralps]

74. Hi SeattleGirl!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Berry Cool]

70. The Puppet Theater was hilarious

and now here comes Musto...

[GigiMommy]

78. Hi Ralps!

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

66. Or, it could have been at the No-Tell Motel.

Yes, ladies and gents, there IS a motel with that name in Eugene, OR.

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

68. TGI Friday's

:rofl:

[bleever]

67. T.G.I. Fridays!?!

Have these people no shame??


:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

69. Well, at least it wasn't The Olive Garden!

:rofl:

[bleever]

76. And Keef agrees with me!

Further proof of his profound perspicacity.

[Berry Cool]

77. Yeah, if that had been the case

breastfeeding might have occurred.

Not to mention smoking afterward.

[SeattleGirl]

80. And pit bulls!

Lots of pit bulls!

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

75. Steph and Jim went on and on

"Those potato skins get me sooo hot!"

LOFL.

[Berry Cool]

82. Hey, you can only eat so many mozzarella sticks and Buffalo wings

before you start getting horny.

[GigiMommy]

71. OH NO It's Musto!!!!!!!!!!!!

:yoiks:

[Patsy Stone]

72. Is Musto's head gigantic?

Or is it just me? He looks like a bobblehead.

[SeattleGirl]

73. I've always thought his head was ginormous compared to

his shoulders and torso.

[Patsy Stone]

79. Maybe it was the ugly sweaters that made him look bigger

Gee whiz, he looks odd.

[Berry Cool]

81. Then again, anyone would look that way next to Keith.

I'm convinced they pad out his shoulders a lot to compensate for his rather pear-shaped bod.

[bunny planet]

83. Great Countdown tonight, I didn't post during because for once Mr. Bunny

sat through the whole thing with me. He likes Keith but rarely gets the chance to watch from the beginning and then doesn't usually like the fluffier stuff later on.