'I Don’t Believe in Coming in Second,' Obama Tells Bon Jovi Fundraiser

Very soon the Republicans will tell us that Obama was resposible for the Iraq war.

It wouldn't be any more outrageous than anything else they have said lately.

(and repubs will believe it)

bc46, Bill Clinton's campaign never suggested that his voters were more educated. Obama's campaign pushed that motto. You reap what you sow.

I was standing at the back of the group at the Murphy fund-raiser. I heard Corzine say, "Are you fired up?" but I didn't catch the second half that Tapper reports.

Tapper was undoubtedly closer to Corzine than I was, and probably able to hear him better.

But -- "liquored up?" Only wine was served at this event. Personally, I hate being around boozy people, and I didn't notice any during the two hours I was at the Murphys'.

Post it or not..........
Obama is still "uppity". I don't
care if he white, black or orange!!!

Obama runs his mouth, Palen runs the largest state in the union with an 82% approval rating. Obama only lonely written piece bill in the Senate was to name a post office. He never bucks the good ole boys and other Democrats. Both Palin and McCain have and will do it again.
Last night fundraiser for Obama will allow him to hire more smear and dirt doers. Yea, he is exactly what America does not need. Obama does not have a record to run on but certainly a record of hoodlums to run with.

Stop the drama, Vote Obama , want the same vote mccain

Stop the drama, Vote Obama , want the same vote mccain

McCain/Palin 2008,

In the coming weeks, the Obama campaign is going to act as if Palin isn't there.

After this weekend, when the convention hoopla has died down, what you will hear from the Obama campaign is not McCain/ Palin, but McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ Bush McCain/ BushMcCain/ BushMcCain/ BushMcCain/ BushMcCain/ Bush

and the video of John McCains saying

"I voted with George Bush 90% of the time"

Statement of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer on the McCain Acceptance Speech:

Last night at the Republican National Convention, John McCain used the word "fight" more than 40 times in his speech.

In the 16 years that we have served together in the Senate, I have seen John McCain fight.

I have seen him fight against raising the federal minimum wage 14 times.

I have seen him fight against making sure that women earn equal pay for equal work.

I have seen him fight against a women's right to choose so consistently that he received a zero percent vote rating from pro-choice organizations.

I have seen him fight against helping families gain access to birth control.

I have seen him fight against Social Security, even going so far as to call its current funding system "an absolute disgrace."

And I saw him fight against the new GI Bill of Rights until it became politically untenable for him to do so.

John McCain voted with President Bush 95 percent of the time in 2007 and 100 percent of the time in 2008 -- that's no maverick.

We do have two real fighters for change in this election -- their names are Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Uppity is used to describe a person that you think perceives himself better than you.

Yes, and we didn't hear any complaints when Obama used the terms "bamboozled" and "hoodwinked" against Clinton.

But his running mate may believe in comming second ...

The last thing Obama needs now is a scandal on his VP ... very Rezko-like

Already the poll numbers are not looking good ...

AND ..

On the international front ...

With a Resurgent Russia and the likes of Medvedev today reported to be saying "THAT RUSSIA MUST BE RECKONED WITH", AND a SURGE STRATEGY is that succeeding in IRAQ; there appears to be an unfortunate conspiracy of events that is working against OBAMA and his game plan.

On a domestic front ...

On Palin. even his campaign strategist, Axelrod admitted "I can honestly say that we weren't prepared for that,". Obama camp is in a little disarray. Biden, a loose cannon, is relatively mute, threading carefully and hoping for surrogates to do the attack dog these days.

A New Game Plan / Plane is in order to stop this slide

John McCaint DESERTED his partially incapacitated OLDER wife, AND HIS CHILDREN, in order to 'marry up into money' and down into YOUNGER flesh!

That IS NOT CHARACTER in any man!
McCain is part of the McKeating Five CROOKS!

That IS NOT CHARACTER in a man!

Such a man CANNOT be trusted, and SHOULD NOT be trusted!

Obama coming in first is more important than anything and even more important than America coming back on its feet. There is a good candidate for ya'!

The Obama camp is not going to like this but the race is definitely TIGHT.

A more Obama-leaning CNN is officially declaring :

"According the latest CNN Poll of Polls, Obama now leads the Arizona senator by three points, 45 percent to 42 percent. Last Thursday's Poll of Polls showed the Illinois senator up by four points, 47 percent to McCain's 43 percent.

The latest CNN analysis of several recent surveys DOES NOT include any post Republican National Convention tallies.

"While the race appears to be tightening up a bit, it's worth keeping in mind that we still haven't seen any polling conducted after the Republican Convention,"

This is closer than many pundits are making it out to be ... never rule out the MAVERICK / REFORMER combination.

Why am I having trouble posting now?

The term uppity was used against the candidate that is considered african american. Whether he is half black and half white, he is acknowledged as black. And most people are pushing the impression because he is highly educated he somehow thinks he's better than others. Bill Clinton as a Rhodes Scholar is also highly educated, have you heard anyone refer to him as uppity?

I'm telling you what was used, and most of us know Mr. Southern Congressman knew exactly what he was saying, as he repeated it when questioned.

how am I confusing meanings MEW?

Right MEW, WE know what it means.

But the term was still used to belittle people of color.

That is why its now considered 'code'. Most people, older people, recognize the term and how it was used.

Sam, "uppity"

Uppity has nothing to do with the color of your skin!!!!

Uppity is used to describe a person that you think perceives himself better than you.

david, again, I agree. Education and Training should be at the top of everyones list.

However, if we remain on the current path, we WILL have higher unemployment and complete destruction of our middle class, the backbone of this country. We need solutions to put our country back to work. We don't need someone who is mainly concerned about banning library books, and telling people how to live their lives.
If we don't bring this country together, we're gonna be in a world of hurt, literally.

bc46
We are lucky that we don't have higher numbers of unemployment. Our society pays the cost of education for every person k-12, some community colleges are so cheap that most can afford it and some cases they are free, most states pay about half the cost of a state ran college or university yet we have an huge population of people without a high school diploma.
My only comment-question would then be how can those who do not think enough of themselves to get their education expect to be able to afford homes, healthcare and a good paying job?
The better trained and educated employee automatically brings about equality in pay which can result in a better life and one more person who can pay his share of taxes. There is no company or business that believes holding others back is a smart way to do business and all of us have to bring good talent to the table. Education and training will always be the answer to our problems-not government intervention.