PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE 2008 COMEBACK LINES FOR OBAMA!
1. If the ((Oil Companies)) were electing a president McCain would win hands down!2. Mr. McCain Claims to be best commander and chief. So please commander tell the American people how your needless war Bankrupted America!3. Mr. McCain Claims to be a expert on foreign policy? So Please John tell the American people what foreign country their jobs went to!4. IF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VOTE FOR OBAMA!! THEY WILL BE VOTING FOR ((MADE IN AMERICA)) NOT ((MADE IN CHINA))!!!!!!!-Written by: T.W.D., 09/21/08
"Keep cool, and you command everybody." Louis De Saint-Just
One key aspect of Obama's appeal is his calm demeanor, at almost all times.
I do believe, that a piece of what got so many of my kind (color-less that is) worked up about the Rev. Wright, is not only what he said, but how he said it.
One thing that thrills so many of all types about Obama is the cool way he says so much...especially the very difficult, the very challenging, the very most necessary. That is in part where his "command" comes from.
When I hear hrc say things, I always hear this...grinding, scratchy, edgy, angry quality. It is part of why I can not believe in her...her voice belies the inner turmoil I believe she is now and has almost always been in.
Barack's "cool" makes me more comfortable - that he is aligned with himself and that others can therefore align with him.
I ask you...can you do it as you work on his behalf? Can you muster the resolve and the cool to be strong, smart, careful, and clear in the face of adversity and support alike? Can we all be that "cool and commanding?"
I am game to try...how about you?
JWZ
Prof. Kmiec states elequently what brought me to this campaign...
A man, capable of respectful disagreement, and the ability to explain, what he is thinking, why he makes the choices he makes. I do not agree with Obama on everything either. That is not whay I need in a President. What I do need is to understand why he reached the decision he reached. What I need is the chance to present my ideas and have them respectfully heard, whether they are in fact adopted or not.
What lines are there in here?
Yesterday, the Law Blog mentioned that the Pepperdine con law prof, Douglas Kmiec, had endorsed Barack Obama’s bid for the presidency on the Slate Convictions blog – a surprising move for the high-profile Republican who was a lawyer in the Reagan and Bush I administrations.
In Kmiec’s endorsement letter, he confirmed his belief in “traditional marriage,” a “limited judicial role” for the Supreme Court and that “life begins at conception.” Kmiec went on to write: “In various ways, Senator Barack Obama and I may disagree on aspects of these important fundamentals, but I am convinced . . . . he is not closed to understanding opposing points of view, and as best as it is humanly possible, he will respect and accommodate them.”
News of the endorsement quickly ricocheted around the blogosphere, eliciting moans from conservative legal bloggers like L.A. lawyer Patrick Frey, who writes the Patterico’s Pontifications blog. “Prof. Kmiec, that’s all very nice,” Frey responded. “But, you see, there is a candidate — his name is John McCain; you might have heard of him — who actually supports the principles for which you claim to stand. Why are you refusing to support him?”
The Law Blog caught up with Professor Kmiec to get a response to his critics.
Hi Professor. Thanks for chatting. Many have criticized your Obama endorsement, arguing that, based on your stated beliefs, Senator McCain would be a better candidate for you.
I have nothing against McCain. Indeed, he was my candidate in 2000, and I would still think him the better choice in 2000. But, perhaps like my time, his time has passed. John’s understanding of warfare is the understanding of, as Tom Brokaw put it, the greatest generation. Just as shock and awe did not prevail in Iraq, McCain’s under-estimation of the cost of deployments both in terms of money, life, and international standing, make him not well suited to protect our national security in a time of terrorist threat.
You worked as a lawyer in the Reagan and Bush I administrations. Do you see any qualities in common between Obama and those past presidents?
I actually think Obama and Ronald Reagan have more in common than not when it comes to qualities of leadership, communication and ability to call us to our better selves. President Reagan used to tell all of us in his administration, and the public generally, that his proudest achievement was making the country feel better about itself. I believe Obama is committed to giving us reason to feel better about ourselves. I’ve seen it in the classroom. I’ve been teaching for 40 years, and have not seen a more electric and engaged atmosphere with regard to the democratic process. We’ll be saying something quite disappointing to that generation by saying we want to continue the politics of the past.
One of your former students, writing on a conservative blog, says he can’t understand how you reconcile your beliefs with Senator Obama’s. Take abortion, for example.
Senator Obama has the interesting capacity to go to people and emphasize the values of self responsibility. So when he goes to Planned Parenthood, he says the usual things the Democrats say, but then he also emphasizes that we need to teach young people to have a reverence for what sexual intimacy means and how it’s necessarily linked to new life and parenting. That’s remarkable for someone on his side of the world to say. It’s not enough to satisfy my concerns as a Catholic and conservative who believes the Court had no business in that territory. But it is a kind of federalist reminder – that these problems get solved first in family, church and the community.
Can you talk a bit about Obama and Supreme Court appointments?
One of the hardest things to reconcile was my concern with the Supreme court, which I do think President Bush, somehow miraculously, deserves credit for. The Chief Justice and Justice Alito are unparalleled. But I view those appointments not as partisan appointments, but rather appointments that, as Roberts tried to articulate, are designed to take politics out of the Court. So when my fellow conservatives say that even thinking about Senator Obama betrays the importance of Supreme Court appointments, I think they’re smuggling in an improper premise – that there aren’t people of integrity from both parties that can do constitutional interpretation in the vision of a limited judicial role.
On blogs, some of your fellow conservatives have been quite outspoken and critical of your position. Have you received any direct responses?
I’ve received some e-mails which have been quite thoughtful. It’s a curiosity that people write in a tone on the blogosphere that they wouldn’t say to the person themselves.
From a book by Joe Brewer and George Lakoff
The conservative view of the world as a dangerous place where military threats always lurk nearby is not conducive to the tasks that make our world safer: communicating effectively with leaders of other nations, building trust and forging lasting alliances across the globe, promoting peace through diplomacy and engaging in efforts to ease suffering through initiatives that build secure communities at home and abroad.
We need a president, not just a commander in chief.
This is a workable and usable line.
I do not wish for someone ready to be Commander in Chief.
I want someone to be President.
There is only one.
OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA
“Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?”
I do believe we are through one more challenge.
There will likely be others.
The good news?
Hope - The Ultimate Renewable Resource!
How is that for a line?
Green, short, workable.
What do you think.
John
Part of my support of Obama is because I am thrilled to think that our president could again be admired, globally, for his intellectual rigor, overall intelligence, and personal demeanor. This is something I have not felt for so many years, and again long to.
J
