Comments on: Obama’s speech watched by 38 million viewers. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:03:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: clarkorwell http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5197240 clarkorwell Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5197240 I watched Obama speak and it was great. After the last 8 years, which have been truly awful, I can not wait for my first born child to be born into a nation I am truly proud of. George Bush should be impeached for the crimes which he and his administration have committed. Peace, vote for the sake of democracy. I watched Obama speak and it was great. After the last 8 years, which have been truly awful, I can not wait for my first born child to be born into a nation I am truly proud of. George Bush should be impeached for the crimes which he and his administration have committed.

Peace, vote for the sake of democracy.

]]> By: EugeneDebs http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5196012 EugeneDebs Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:23:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5196012 Tim43 Says: oh no… Is Obama eligible to be president? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course he is only the most brainwashed of the hiveminders would claim otherwise. The lawsuit is not only stupid it apparantly shows the filer is ignorant of the most basic tenets of his claim. It is stated that obama isnt eligible because he is not a NATURALIZED citizen, but naturalized citizens ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. ONLY Natural BORN citizens are eligible. Sheesh the ignorance of the rightwing never ceases to amaze me Tim43 Says:

oh no…

Is Obama eligible to be president?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Of course he is only the most brainwashed of the hiveminders would claim otherwise. The lawsuit is not only stupid it apparantly shows the filer is ignorant of the most basic tenets of his claim. It is stated that obama isnt eligible because he is not a NATURALIZED citizen, but naturalized citizens ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. ONLY Natural BORN citizens are eligible. Sheesh the ignorance of the rightwing never ceases to amaze me

]]> By: Paul W http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195630 Paul W Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:25:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195630 <em>“more people watched Obama speak than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final ‘American Idol’ or the Academy Awards this year.”</em> Beat out American Idol? Maybe there's hope for this country after all. http://progressiveworldreview.com “more people watched Obama speak than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final ‘American Idol’ or the Academy Awards this year.”

Beat out American Idol? Maybe there’s hope for this country after all.

http://progressiveworldreview.com

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195570 unbelievable Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:38:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195570 <em>Tim43 Says: Is Obama eligible to be president?</em> Yes. I know you Cons aren't good with geography, but Hawaii is a state. Tim43 Says: Is Obama eligible to be president?

Yes. I know you Cons aren’t good with geography, but Hawaii is a state.

]]> By: Tim43 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195242 Tim43 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:58:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195242 oh no... Is Obama eligible to be president? http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/6524 oh no…

Is Obama eligible to be president?

http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/6524

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195168 pete Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:09:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195168 Hey Wayne. Did you hear that Flippy McSpin lost Cindy when he sent her to Georgia? He decided to meet her in Atalanta and she hasn't shown up yet. (rimshot) And now he can't decided whether to head go home to Arizona, Alaska, California, Georgia, Texas... And he can't remember which car is his, even if he manages to go to the right lot! (muted trumpet) Thank you. I appear sporadically whether you like it or not. Hey Wayne. Did you hear that Flippy McSpin lost Cindy when he sent her to Georgia? He decided to meet her in Atalanta and she hasn’t shown up yet. (rimshot) And now he can’t decided whether to head go home to Arizona, Alaska, California, Georgia, Texas… And he can’t remember which car is his, even if he manages to go to the right lot! (muted trumpet)

Thank you. I appear sporadically whether you like it or not.

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195108 pete Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:24:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195108 Now Wayne. While I do appreciate the humor, Flippy gives us so much material we don't really have to lower ourselves to that particular level. Besides which, word on the street is that, with the Convention in town, bathrooms are booked solid. I haven't seen any evidence that the McSpin campaign plans anything that far ahead! Now Wayne. While I do appreciate the humor, Flippy gives us so much material we don’t really have to lower ourselves to that particular level. Besides which, word on the street is that, with the Convention in town, bathrooms are booked solid. I haven’t seen any evidence that the McSpin campaign plans anything that far ahead!

]]> By: green http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195050 green Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:58:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195050 I have never been this proud of our country. NEVER! I have never been this proud of our country. NEVER!

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195042 Wayne A. Schneider Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:55:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195042 <em>Flippy McSpin says: “Why the Hell am I going to Minnesota? I don’t have a house there. Do I”?</em> No, but there's a men's room there you might be interested in. (<em>rimshot</em>) Thank you, I'll be here until Tuesday. Try the veal. Flippy McSpin says: “Why the Hell am I going to Minnesota? I don’t have a house there. Do I”?

No, but there’s a men’s room there you might be interested in. (rimshot) Thank you, I’ll be here until Tuesday. Try the veal.

]]> By: green http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195040 green Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:55:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195040 I watched the whole incredible convention live on the DNC website. I, like many people, have decided to give up on television - we weren't counted either. Obama/Biden '08 Let's all work together to make it happen! I watched the whole incredible convention live on the DNC website. I, like many people, have decided to give up on television – we weren’t counted either.

Obama/Biden ‘08

Let’s all work together to make it happen!

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195038 Wayne A. Schneider Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:53:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195038 <em>Bunny: Does he think we are losing or winnining in Iraq?</em> The premise of the question is flawed and slanted, and framed in such a way that anyone who opposed the invasion in the first place (those of us who relied on <em>facts</em> before deciding if Iraq was a threat) have no way to answer that wouldn't be attacked as unpatriotic. If you must know, I do not blindly support the President of the United States, right or wrong, for to do so would make me as subservient as the subjects of King George III. There are times when the president does not act in the best interests of the nation, and George Bush was most of them. There is no "winning" or "losing" a war that should never have been fought in the first place. Actually, everyone loses in such a war. Bunny:
Does he think we are losing or winnining in Iraq?

The premise of the question is flawed and slanted, and framed in such a way that anyone who opposed the invasion in the first place (those of us who relied on facts before deciding if Iraq was a threat) have no way to answer that wouldn’t be attacked as unpatriotic.

If you must know, I do not blindly support the President of the United States, right or wrong, for to do so would make me as subservient as the subjects of King George III. There are times when the president does not act in the best interests of the nation, and George Bush was most of them. There is no “winning” or “losing” a war that should never have been fought in the first place. Actually, everyone loses in such a war.

]]> By: Jane E. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5195024 Jane E. Schneider Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:49:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5195024 Not like Wayne and I are Neilson viewers, but we switched from MSNBC to C-SPAN so that we could actually listen to the speakers onstage, rather than the pundits. I thought that MSNBC was actually doing uncommitted voters and other viewers a disservice by talking over the speeches, especially the 'average Joes' who told their individual stories. I can't believe that PBS and C-SPAN viewers weren't counted. Not like Wayne and I are Neilson viewers, but we switched from MSNBC to C-SPAN so that we could actually listen to the speakers onstage, rather than the pundits. I thought that MSNBC was actually doing uncommitted voters and other viewers a disservice by talking over the speeches, especially the ‘average Joes’ who told their individual stories.

I can’t believe that PBS and C-SPAN viewers weren’t counted.

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5194866 pete Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:37:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5194866 Meanwhile... Flippy McSpin says: "Why the Hell am I going to Minnesota? I don't have a house there. Do I"? Meanwhile…

Flippy McSpin says: “Why the Hell am I going to Minnesota? I don’t have a house there. Do I”?

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5194852 pete Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:16:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5194852 Ah, the irony. The trolls don't even realize that once they admit they didn't watch the speech, they lose all credibility as commentators. "<em>Don't bother me with facts, I've made up my mind</em>", says the troll. If you are not even going to listen to what a candidate has to say? STFU! You rescind your right to participate in the discussion. Ah, the irony. The trolls don’t even realize that once they admit they didn’t watch the speech, they lose all credibility as commentators.

“Don’t bother me with facts, I’ve made up my mind“, says the troll. If you are not even going to listen to what a candidate has to say? STFU! You rescind your right to participate in the discussion.

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5194850 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:08:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5194850 <em>Bunny: Does he think we are losing or winnining in Iraq?</em> There is no way to "win" an occupation of another country. And Obama knows that. He knows that there is no "war" in Iraq other than the fighting between the various religious sects and that is none of our business. We are simply occupying Iraq in the vain hope that some day they may give us their oil. I think it is abundantly clear that Iraq will never give us their oil, so it is time to end the occupation. Perhaps troll Bunny can tell us how you "win" an occupation. Bunny:
Does he think we are losing or winnining in Iraq?

There is no way to “win” an occupation of another country. And Obama knows that. He knows that there is no “war” in Iraq other than the fighting between the various religious sects and that is none of our business. We are simply occupying Iraq in the vain hope that some day they may give us their oil. I think it is abundantly clear that Iraq will never give us their oil, so it is time to end the occupation.

Perhaps troll Bunny can tell us how you “win” an occupation.

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5194838 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5194838 <em>Bunny2 Says I didn’t want to sit through forty five minutes of the same things I have heard fron his previous speeches. He is an incredible orator. The best I have ever seen! I was hoping that today I would hear the specefics of his “change”.</em> If you had bothered to educate yourself by sitting through his speech you would have heard his specifics. And if you heard he had none, you were listening to Faux Noise. I heard him take a stand on every substantiative issue there is out there. He didn't scope out, step-by-step how he would do it because that was not the venue for something like that. You are such a tool. I actually feel sort of sorry for you. Your would is going to crash around your head on November 5. Bunny2 Says
I didn’t want to sit through forty five minutes of the same things I have heard fron his previous speeches. He is an incredible orator. The best I have ever seen! I was hoping that today I would hear the specefics of his “change”.

If you had bothered to educate yourself by sitting through his speech you would have heard his specifics. And if you heard he had none, you were listening to Faux Noise. I heard him take a stand on every substantiative issue there is out there. He didn’t scope out, step-by-step how he would do it because that was not the venue for something like that.

You are such a tool. I actually feel sort of sorry for you. Your would is going to crash around your head on November 5.

]]> By: Game of Life http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5194788 Game of Life Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:32:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5194788 Last night was great! We had 5 tv sets on cpan. Obama\Biden 08 Last night was great! We had 5 tv sets on cpan.

Obama\Biden 08

]]> By: Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5194766 Shayne Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:22:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5194766 Nielsen doesn't count all the people who stream C-Span online because they don't have cable either. They only count the television that bills for advertising dollars. Nielsen doesn’t count all the people who stream C-Span online because they don’t have cable either. They only count the television that bills for advertising dollars.

]]> By: ChrisSEA http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5194758 ChrisSEA Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:18:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5194758 I was at an Obama speech party last night. Probably at least 75 people there and one large screen TV for all of us. Nielson just recorded that as 'one household'. I was at an Obama speech party last night. Probably at least 75 people there and one large screen TV for all of us.

Nielson just recorded that as ‘one household’.

]]> By: belac http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/comment-page-2/#comment-5194740 belac Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:09:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/obama-thirty-eight-million/#comment-5194740 <em>Still doesn’t come close to The Superbowl!</em> Then we better hope the Chicago Bears don't announce their candidacy for President, huh? Still doesn’t come close to The Superbowl!

Then we better hope the Chicago Bears don’t announce their candidacy for President, huh?

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