What's so "special" about Barrack Obama?

Uncle Teddy

His skin color?
The fact that he is one of the few blacks in the DNC that doesn't talk nonsense like Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson?
???

He's been in the Senate for two (2) years. What makes him "qualified" to lead this nation as a president?

Smellyman2

You could say a one term senator has a lot more experience than a one term governor of Texas. Obama was in the Illinois state legislature for 2 terms.

He is the anti Bush

Smart
Charismatic
hopeful
A great speaker
etc

It would be nice to have a president to lead us out of the fear, fear fear mentality. He also has a degree in International Relations from Columbia. Imagine that, "international relations" Who needs that?

What qualifications would you like candidate to have?

Truthmonger

Smellyman wrote:

You could say a one term senator has a lot more experience than a one term governor of Texas. Obama was in the Illinois state legislature for 2 terms.

He is the anti Bush

Smart
Charismatic
hopeful
A great speaker
etc

It would be nice to have a president to lead us out of the fear, fear fear mentality. He also has a degree in International Relations from Columbia. Imagine that, "international relations" Who needs that?

What qualifications would you like candidate to have?

Its almost unbelieveable that the U.S. would send someone like Bush to the Oral, oops, Oval Office. The U.S. is so involved in the affairs of many nations of the world - to have a zenophobe in that position just seems crazy. Ya, it sure would be nice to have a U.S. leader who is genuinely appraised of international affairs instead of paying it lip service or bemoaning that aspect of his/her overall duties. Bush just seemed lost out there.

miller8966

Smellyman wrote:

Y
He is the anti Bush

Smart
Charismatic
hopeful
A great speaker
etc

It would be nice to have a president to lead us out of the fear, fear fear mentality. He also has a degree in International Relations from Columbia. Imagine that, "international relations" Who needs that?

What qualifications would you like candidate to have?

WOw thats some great list of accomlishments you got there...Better go out and vote for him right away! Ya know, cause hes smart and has a college degree.......no experience but hey fuck it!

Uncle Teddy

Smellyman wrote:

You could say a one term senator has a lot more experience than a one term governor of Texas. Obama was in the Illinois state legislature for 2 terms.

He is the anti Bush

Smart
Charismatic
hopeful
A great speaker
etc

It would be nice to have a president to lead us out of the fear, fear fear mentality. He also has a degree in International Relations from Columbia. Imagine that, "international relations" Who needs that?

What qualifications would you like candidate to have?

Barrack is an empty suit.

Smellyman2

miller8966 wrote:

WOw thats some great list of accomlishments you got there...Better go out and vote for him right away! Ya know, cause hes smart and has a college degree.......no experience but hey fuck it!

didn't list his accomplishments. Just stating he had more experience than Bush and as far as character, he actually has some. I didn't even state if I prefer him over other Dems.

I asked what qualifications do you think a president should have? I tend to think the less time in government the better and 10 years seems to be a good cutoff.

miller8966

icarus wrote:

at least obama didnt drive the texas rangers into the ground

Yea but Obama will never be president...bush has been for 2 terms. I win you lose

Smellyman2

miller8966 wrote:

Yea but Obama will never be president...bush has been for 2 terms. I win you lose

America lost

soulsinging

miller8966 wrote:

Yea but Obama will never be president...bush has been for 2 terms. I win you lose

this doesn't even make any sense. obama never even ran.

that said, i dont know anything about him. but i know why the dems love him: he's the only guy in their entire party that has a shred of charisma and isn't a total lunatic.

miller8966

soulsinging wrote:

this doesn't even make any sense. obama never even ran.

that said, i dont know anything about him. but i know why the dems love him: he's the only guy in their entire party that has a shred of charisma and isn't a total lunatic.

Your just not seeing my point of view. Rex Grossmans shittyness can do that to you...i bet you will come around.

soulsinging

miller8966 wrote:

Your just not seeing my point of view. Rex Grossmans shittyness can do that to you...i bet you will come around.

who's rex grossman? that the bears guy? i dont follow the nfl... i only root for my alma mater, ohio state football... and my guy is winning the heisman so you can suck on that

SweetHarmonics

Aside from all his kickass rockstar qualities, he does his own speech writing and therefore his own thinking. That alone is commendable in this day and age.

Abookamongstthemany

He's sellable and that's what is needed for tv nation.

Uncle Teddy

As a black man, Obama is a puppet of the DNC. And if he is the "anti-Bush", he is pro-al Qaeda.

soulsinging

Uncle Teddy wrote:

As a black man, Obama is a puppet of the DNC. And if he is the "anti-Bush", he is pro-al Qaeda.

you know, i have read some really dumb posts on the moving train, but ive got to hand it to you... this one takes the cake. you've exceeded even my worst expectations of potential stupidity among moving trainers. congratulations.

dg1979us

Abookamongstthemany wrote:

He's sellable and that's what needed for tv nation.

Exactly. I dont think he is different from most politicians. But the fact he is very well spoken and charismatic makes him a solid presidential candidate. And its kind of sad when simply being a good speaker is qualification for being president.

enharmonic

Uncle Teddy wrote:

His skin color?
The fact that he is one of the few blacks in the DNC that doesn't talk nonsense like Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson?
???

He's been in the Senate for two (2) years. What makes him "qualified" to lead this nation as a president?

What makes him not qualified?

What makes you not qualified for that matter?

Read the Constitution. Nowhere does it say that you must be a Senator, Governor, or multi-millionaire to become president. The President must be a natural born citizen of the United States (or a citizen of the United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), at least 35 years of age, and a resident of the United States for at least fourteen years. That's it. Whether or not there's much reality left to that is pretty obvious I suppose. I don't think you'll ever see John or Jane Q. Public get elected...though the Constitution guarantees that they are qualified to at least run if they meet those three criteria.

Here's a piece of trivia for you...who was the last US President to not have a college degree?

ryan198

Uncle Teddy wrote:

As a black man, Obama is a puppet of the DNC. And if he is the "anti-Bush", he is pro-al Qaeda.

Ummm...he'd only be pro-al Qaeda post-9/11...remember it was his dad and Regan who trained Osama Bin Laden to be "freedom fighters" in the 1980s.

SweetHarmonics

ryan198 wrote:

Ummm...he'd only be pro-al Qaeda post-9/11...remember it was his dad and Regan who trained Osama Bin Laden to be "freedom fighters" in the 1980s.

C'mon now, we all know that anything that happened pre-9/11 isn't relevant in the least. Boo for trying to add perspective to the discussion.

beachdweller

will he must be the shit, he did beat Alan Keyes for his Senate seat, lol

I think one strong thing going for him is that no one knows much about him other than his book, which he controls the story, his speeches which he controls, like any candidate for President, though he hasn't announced yet, it's how they stand up under the media and their opponents scrutiny that will determine if he is going to last or not.

the media pudints keep making much about nothing, the more involved in each parties primaries the better off for the voters, get them to actually take a stage on issues, and not a neutral position that will not offend. Debate, debate, debate...

audome25

some day he will tell us what he stands for? very likeable, no substance yet.