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Obama is WHERE?
January 30, 2008 8:39 PM
ABC News' Kate Snow Reports: Claude Dixon was pumped up and ready to see his favorite candidate tonight.
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is "inspirational" he said, "what this country needs".
The Phoenix resident flew across the country to attend the Jefferson Jackson Dinner in Atlanta with his sister, Anita Thomas. They'd made their plans long ago, over Thanksgiving dinner.
Just one problem.
Senator Obama is not speaking in Atlanta tonight. Obama is in Phoenix -just miles from the home Dixon left on Saturday to make the trek here.
Obama, along with Senator Hillary Clinton and Jformer Sen. John Edwards, were all invited to speak at the JJ Dinner in Atlanta. But Obama was never scheduled to appear. Edwards had been scheduled but dropped out of the race earlier today.
It's no consolation to Dixon that he will have a chance to see Senator Hillary Clinton live and in person.
"I didn't come to see Hillary," he laughed.
Dixon said he's always voted. But at age 45 he said he had never been so excited about a presidential race. Ever since last January, he has watched every single debate-- been glued to the television and internet.
But somehow he missed the news that Obama would appear at a rally at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in his own backyard tonight. He said he would have taken his two young sons to see the Senator if he had known.
Dixon has seen Obama once before, at Arizona State University. He shook Obama’s hand.
Anita has seen Obama in person several times as well. She too thought she'd be seeing him here in Georgia tonight.
They say they'll try to catch up with Obama soon.
But Dixon probably won't travel across the country again without double checking the program first.
As for tonight, he's listening to a Senator he has no intention of voting for. But at least he’s getting a good meal out of it-- cornish game hen, steamed vegetables, and vanilla pudding.
January 30, 2008 in Kucinich, Dennis | Permalink | User Comments (40)
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it's as if you keep repeating 'inspirational' enough times it will make it so.
78% black vote goes to the black candidate.
78% of the white vote goes to the white candidate.
Now who is going to have the nerve to say it is the white folks that are busting up this inspiration party?
Cause we all know it isn't anyone elses fault that the inspiration and uniter BS is not sticking.
Obama is not uniting the democrats, let alone convincing Pro-Lifers that late term abortions aren't all that bad and that their new inspirational candidate Obama is for them right up to month 9?
Oops, I am blurring the fairy tale.
Posted by: 2009 Where Are You? | Jan 30, 2008 9:03:14 PM
Thanks Miss carefully-anonymous 2009 for that. Go Obama! Don't let BS spoil the fairy tale!
Posted by: Halle Berry | Jan 30, 2008 9:17:40 PM
Barack Obama is having difficulty "uniting" the Democrats because he gives two different types of speech. To a racially mixed audience, he speaks of unity, etc. To a predominantly black audience, Obama sounds like a mixture of Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton, with a bit of Huey Newton and Malcolm X. He speaks to blacks as if they cannot visually notice his ethnicity.
Posted by: rmberryman | Jan 30, 2008 9:37:05 PM
B.O. is a preacher, not a leader. I can not stomach his speech, as if he is giving a sermon. I need substance, We need Hillary.
Posted by: Diann | Jan 30, 2008 9:46:33 PM
SENATOR OBAMA HE GIVES BEAUTIFUL SPEECHES BUT INCONSISTENT WITH HIS ACTION. AMERICA NEEDS A LEADER THAT IS READY TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY ON DAY ONE! EXPERIENCE WISE HE HAS NOTHING TO PROVE - ITS ALL RHETORIC WITHOUT SUBSTANCE AND HE IS NO JFK. WE CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER MISTAKE IN ELECTING A WRONG PRESIDENT. AMERICA IS NOT READY FOR AN INEXPERIENCE YOUNG SENATOR TO RUN OUR COUNTRY - WITH PROBLEM OUR COUNTRY HAVING NOW. WE CANNOT AFFORD AN ON THE JOB TRAINNING PRESIDENT. VOTERS YOU ARE THE DECIDING FACTOR - VOTE WISELY AND PRUDENTLY FOR OUR COUNTRY. God Bless America!
Posted by: Samson Lim | Jan 30, 2008 9:51:49 PM
OK, SENATOR OBAMA....SO, YOU ARE NOW THE AGRESSOR-ATTACKING HILLARY WITH AGGRESSIVE LIES AND OVERSTATEMENTS. WHAT, ARE YOU NOW TAKING ON WHERE BILL LEFT OFF IN SOUTH CAROLINA? YOU ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU PLEDGE NOT TO DO...POLITICS AS USUAL...
PLEASE QUIT CALLING YOURSELF THE CANDIDATE FOR TRUTH. YOU'RE IN POLITICS FOR HEAVEN SAKE....YOU GUYS WILL SAY ANYTHING AND CHANGE YOUR POSITIONS ON ISSUES IN A HEARTBEAT TO GET THOSE VOTES
Posted by: mel t | Jan 30, 2008 9:53:35 PM
Don't hate...
GO OBAMA!!!
Posted by: Janice | Jan 30, 2008 10:02:20 PM
Obama is a good speaker. He did well at Harvard.
But what has he done? Hilary, McCain, and Romney have achieved. He is... well, he's "clean" according to Biden, "inspirational" (which I take to mean "a good role model according to many media outlets.
But what has he done? Add to that the fact that he'd be slaughtered by both serious remaining Republicans and I can't understand why any Democrat is looking at him over Clinton. But then I can't figure out why any Democrat would think that stripping Florida of its delegates is worth the long-term fallout.
Posted by: Bob | Jan 30, 2008 10:09:35 PM
I AM SO SICK OF HEARING THE WORD EXPERIENCE,WHICH IS WHAT WE GOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW. AMERICA IS IN THE WORST SHAPE IT HAS BEEN IN FOR YEARS, BECAUSE OF EXPERIENCE.MAYBE EXPERIENCE IS NOT WORKING!AND IT IS TIME TO TRY NEW AND FRESH AVENUES AND NOT THE SAME STATUS QUO,WHICH IS WHAT THE CLINTON MACHINE REPRESENTS.WE NEED SOME ONE WHO HAS NOT BEEN BRAINED WASHED BY WASHINGTON POLITICS, PLEASE! NO MORE REPUBLICANS OR CLINTONS!
Posted by: merle77 | Jan 30, 2008 10:15:43 PM
He speaks of hope and change, the Clintons had a chance to transform Washington, they left it considerably more partisan in 2000 than it was when they got there in 1999.
Posted by: Tim O'Brien | Jan 30, 2008 10:20:37 PM
Typing in all caps used to be called "shouting". We DON'T need to shout at one another! We are about to face an election of the lesser of evils on both sides. No matter who comes out on top in either party, and no matter who wins in November, we're in for a rough ride for the next four years.
Posted by: rmberryman | Jan 30, 2008 10:25:29 PM
if wer're all supposed to be united and inspired by obama he needs to reach out to everyone. As far as florida goes,wer're all americans and should be heard.
Posted by: trishia | Jan 30, 2008 10:37:00 PM
As Obama closes on Clinton, the whacko Clinton emails get more and more shrill.
The Clintons cannot win in November. A Clinton nomination will set the Democratic party back 10 years.
Posted by: Ward | Jan 30, 2008 10:42:57 PM
Depressing that you all are so negative. Obama would be fabulous. Race is an interesting issue, but regardless, he would be a brilliant leader, and probably would do more for the country on Day One than anyone else because suddenly people would want to listen to and talk to the new leader, would think more highly of the government, and the US. Do you want to go back to the crazy Right Wing digging up stuff on the Clintons, and rehashed speeches? Ug. But most importantly, let's hope the ultimate vote goes to the Left.
Posted by: Becca | Jan 30, 2008 10:44:46 PM
Hillary is the only choice.. She's better then anyone in the race, Rep. or Dem. .. The only question is, will Obama be her V.P. .. He can't win, and She can, so if you want Obama to be President, let him serve as her V.P. .. my vote will go to Hillary Clinton, are next President.
Posted by: J.Murphy, CA. | Jan 30, 2008 11:08:07 PM
i live in nevada and voted for hillary.oprah's not my choice for v.p. but obama's.
Posted by: trishia | Jan 30, 2008 11:18:58 PM
Get over yourselves, Clintons!
Posted by: Alan | Jan 30, 2008 11:21:04 PM
And what exactly is Hill's experience? A few years in the Senate? Being First Lady so does not count!
Posted by: Alan | Jan 30, 2008 11:23:41 PM
There is so much anger in the air...Is this the meal the Clintons feed you every day?
Posted by: Alma | Jan 30, 2008 11:24:26 PM
Obama is now old Washington .He has the Kennedy machine behind him . He has no substance ,only a good speech . If you look at facts he is a green horn and face it in the situation our country is in , we do NOT have time to train him . I would rather have a Clinton that an Obama . She gets my vote . I feel so strong about his lack of leadership that if he gets the nomanation I will vote Republican to save our country .
Posted by: Monyneen | Jan 30, 2008 11:34:10 PM
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