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I am sick of political speeches!

lateralus963lateralus963 Posts: 381
edited August 2008 in A Moving Train
I am voting for Obama but I have to say: I am really bored with his speech tonight... he is stating nothing but the obvious, over and over again...
But then again, all American politician do the same thing. It is just a show and I have to say it reminds me a lot of a melodramatic play. I think I am going to stop watching political speeches altogether-if I want theatrics, I'll go to the theatre.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    is it just me or is this speech out of a "convention acceptance speech" book?
  • lateralus963lateralus963 Posts: 381
    cutback wrote:
    is it just me or is this speech out of a "convention acceptance speech" book?

    yeah, so much for change...You know one of my fears for Obama is that he promise so much change, and I am scared that like most politician he will not delver on his promises. And honestly, I dont want to see him fail. :(
    2005: Montreal, Ottawa, Pittsburgh
    2006: Camden I & II, Continental II (NJ)
    2008: Camden I & II, DC, MSG I & II (NYC), & EV: NYC II
    2009: Spectrum last 2 nights
    2012: EV: Orlando I & II, Ft. Lauderdale I
    2013: Brooklyn I & II
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale & Miami
  • dontloseyourheatdontloseyourheat Posts: 483
    he certainly is making a lot of promises. It seems life in America will be perfect under Barack.

    We will create new jobs, we will get rid of oil dependency, we will provide school and healthcare. We will defend America also!
    And, AND...wait for it, we are going to cut taxes!!!

    Life gets better and taxes go down, why has no one thought of this before ;)
    "Don't lose your inner heat...ever" - EV 5/13/06
  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    dontloseyourheat wrote:
    he certainly is making a lot of promises. It seems life in America will be perfect under Barack.
    yep!!

    too bad life in Afghanistan and Palestine won't be much better though...

    but fuck em!!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    did i turn on an aaron sorkin production?


    i say that being a huge aaron sorkin fan....i think obama got this speech from an episode of the west wing ;):D:D
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    dontloseyourheat wrote:
    he certainly is making a lot of promises. It seems life in America will be perfect under Barack.

    We will create new jobs, we will get rid of oil dependency, we will provide school and healthcare. We will defend America also!
    And, AND...wait for it, we are going to cut taxes!!!

    You forgot I will end global warming, cure cancer, end poverty and achieve world peace for I am Barack Apollo Obama - God of the liberals. ;)

    I'm joking, but yeah he's making promises that would be impressive if just one was kept. I can't see any of what he is saying be accomplished anytime soon.
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  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    Too bad you're bored by the speech...

    I'm thinking about all the crack heads on this forum that still ask "what is he going to change"

    you need to be paying attention....

    and the naysayers that want to know what his plans are and how is he going to do it

    you need to be paying attention....
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  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    I just said the same thing.

    Blah blah blah, I’ll do this, I’ll do that.

    Why don’t the delegates play a game of SimCity for a month, 24/7 and whoever does better gets to be president. Lol!
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    this is pathetic....i thought this was the DNC not the RNC
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    the music is hilarious!

    what is this? the end of a suspense thriller!! :rolleyes:
  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Strangest Tribe wrote:
    Too bad you're bored by the speech...

    I'm thinking about all the crack heads on this forum that still ask "what is he going to change"

    you need to be paying attention....

    and the naysayers that want to know what his plans are and how is he going to do it

    you need to be paying attention....

    That's fucking bullshit.

    I watched the entire speech. It was typical Washington insider promises. If he becomes president watch that fucking speech in 4 years and tell me how much of it was rhetoric. If you really think he'll accomplish more than 5% of what he talked about you're the crackhead. The guy has never been an effective legislator. I don't know why anyone thinks he'd be an effective executive. I now understand why the dems talk about hope as much as they do. When you've got nothing tangible to hold on to, you can always hope.

    I did like some of his barbs at Bush and at McCain, but his promises were nothing but empty rhetoric.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    holy shit people are crying!


    really?
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    wow did i just see a pastor basically say god is on their side?



    interesting.....
  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    jeffbr wrote:
    That's fucking bullshit.

    I watched the entire speech. It was typical Washington insider promises. If he becomes president watch that fucking speech in 4 years and tell me how much of it was rhetoric. If you really think he'll accomplish more than 5% of what he talked about you're the crackhead. The guy has never been an effective legislator. I don't know why anyone thinks he'd be an effective executive. I now understand why the dems talk about hope as much as they do. When you've got nothing tangible to hold on to, you can always hope.

    I did like some of his barbs at Bush and at McCain, but his promises were nothing but empty rhetoric.

    Yeah, but in fairness when you ask them who they support you get the same thing.

    what's rhetoric and how do you sort it out now?

    do you know the answers?

    what's bullshit?
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  • DixieNDixieN Posts: 351
    Obama's speech was what it needed to be--mostly a reassurance to the unconverted. I thought the people who spoke before him were awesome, including, but not limited to, Hillary, Bill Clinton, and most especially Al Gore.
  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Strangest Tribe wrote:
    what's bullshit?

    The bullshit is your implication that if we don't understand how Obama will fix what ails us, we simply aren't paying attention and we must be crack heads. He had a lot of grand ideas. He thinks the government can solve our problems and provide everything to everyone, etc... I disagree with many of his points, not because I'm a crackhead, but because I have no evidence that the government can do anything effectively or efficiently. BTW, I will be in threads next week calling bullshit on McCain as well. The Reps have spent the better part of a decade completely screwing up the country.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    jeffbr wrote:
    BTW, I will be in threads next week calling bullshit on McCain as well. The Reps have spent the better part of a decade completely screwing up the country.


    same here
  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    jeffbr wrote:
    The bullshit is your implication that if we don't understand how Obama will fix what ails us, we simply aren't paying attention and we must be crack heads. He had a lot of grand ideas. He thinks the government can solve our problems and provide everything to everyone, etc... I disagree with many of his points, not because I'm a crackhead, but because I have no evidence that the government can do anything effectively or efficiently. BTW, I will be in threads next week calling bullshit on McCain as well. The Reps have spent the better part of a decade completely screwing up the country.

    Well sure... we don't know who will win the game until it's played.

    But we need the pep talk,

    .....we got the plan tonight

    yeah, there is no evidence that the government is working

    but we have to start somewhere to fix it....

    so being an optimist here is more beneficial than being a pessimist

    we can debate it forever.... that's really the point of the speech.
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