06/27/2008
Come Together: Obama and Clinton Strike Unified Chord in NH
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made a much-anticipated joint appearance today at a rousing event in Unity, NH.
Said Clinton: "We are one party, we are one America, and we are not going to rest until we take back our country and put it once again on the path to peace, prosperity, and progress in the 21st century....To anyone who voted for me and is now considering not voting or voting for Sen. (John) McCain, I strongly urge you to reconsider."
Said Obama: "I want to start by saying a few words about the woman you just heard from. For sixteen months, Senator Clinton and I have shared the stage as rivals. But today, I couldn’t be happier and more honored that we’re sharing it as allies in the effort to bring this country a new and better day."
Highlights from the event, courtesy of Talking Points Memo, AFTER THE JUMP...
Posted 5:38 PM EST by Andy Towle in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, New Hampshire, News | Permalink
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Patrick NYC - If you are paying close attention, as I think you are, you must have heard the words "censure", "impeachment", "accountability" circulate within our Congress walls. You must also have seen the reactions of Democrats in Congress, they are very telling of the state of mind of a Congress that is been cornered and put in the defensive for far too long. A range of issues, from the founding of the war, the FISA bill (retroactive immunity provision), to now the lift of the ban on offshore drilling, have kept Congress fighting back, without the opportunity of moving to the front of the issues that affect us all. Democrats in Congress have realize that it is a little too late to resolve anything with the current administration (even to impeach them), they are looking at the end of the tunnel, and as most Americans are anxious to exit it.
Sen. Obama is a vibrant politician, a shaker, filled of good ideas and proven judgment. I know he is not perfect, but he gets our sensibility of the issues, and time and time again I've seen him demonstrate his willingness to listen, to seek the wisdom of others, so that in the end he can do the best job he possibly could. Now, we seat here, with a choice to make and a leap of faith to take.
Posted by: Rafael | Jun 28, 2008 4:34:39 AM
BTW on offshore drilling, I just saw a commercial on my local station from this company promoting its new safe sonar technology to find oil in the sea, and the first thought that came to my mind was VP Cheney's new business venture! Perhaps I'm paranoid, perhaps not so much.
Posted by: Rafael | Jun 28, 2008 4:52:42 AM
Sorry Patrick NYC, I meant to address RB in my previous comment.
Posted by: Rafael | Jun 28, 2008 5:07:55 AM
Now that we’re beyond Hillary, we can look forward to the first female VP, Sarah Palin, to become the first female President of the United States in 4 years!
Posted by: Ted | Jun 28, 2008 6:07:14 AM
You should read the new article in yesterday's Boston Globe, which talks about Obama's low income housing plan. The millions he gave to private Chicago developers, who later became his campaign managers, to develop federally funded low income housing and then leaving them to rot, which were then torn down by the same developers and then funded again and rebuilt only to be unmanaged again. This is not a democratic leader.
Posted by: Peter2Paul | Jun 28, 2008 6:22:52 AM
peter2paul
A link would nice when tossing out such allegations.
A quick look at the Boston Globe web site turns up nothing.
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Jun 28, 2008 8:06:17 AM
Peter2Pull is the same racist troll who was posting as John yesterday, wondering if the Obamas would be celebrating the 4th of July.
Posted by: 24play | Jun 28, 2008 8:39:11 AM
There was a Globe story yesterday:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/27/grim_proving_ground_for_obamas_housing_policy/
Peter2Paul is pretty much wrong, though. And of course, the better choice is to elect a party whose entire approach is, "fuck poor people" when it comes to matters like this.
Posted by: MAJeff | Jun 28, 2008 8:59:35 AM
guys, obviously, the primary was hard fought and, as these blog postings show, it takes time and effort (Hillary and Obama have started) to heal the Party. Frankly, if Obama had lost, it would be taking me some time to get over the disappointment.
Posted by: joeinsf | Jun 28, 2008 11:55:45 AM
Obama/Clinton '08!!!
Posted by: imladris | Jun 28, 2008 12:05:59 PM
Rafael, you said, "Sen. Obama is a vibrant politician, a shaker, filled of good ideas and proven judgment."
Vibrant, how? I realize compared to Bush, he's a very well spoken eloquent politician. I wouldn't call him vibrant. His tenor is exactly the same in every speech, regardless of subject matter. It's not unappealing, but frankly isn't vibrant really at all either.
A shaker? You mean by shaking up things like supporting immunity for telecom companies who have violated our civil rights at the behest of the current Bush administration? Yep, quite the shaker. And traitor if you ask me for allowing it and supporting it. How else is he a shaker exactly? Because he's black? Well let's praise him for that since he has worked super hard on that.
Filled with good ideas? Hm. You mean the exact same ideas every other Democrat running in the primary process had. Except most of their plans actually reflected some depth of knowledge on the subject and were glazed over rough copies of their opponents' plans? I actually can't think of the last time I have heard a plan on anything from Obama. Except tax the rich and bring the troops home. Um, okay.
Proven judgment? Where has it been proven? In his brief and unenthusiastic tenure in the US Senate? What legislation did he create/head up? No, not the legislation he tacked his name on in the last minute, REAL legislation he has proposed? Where is it?
I mean the only amazing thing about him is the fact that he's managed to go as far as he has with as little substance there is to him. For that I tip my hat, but not for much else.
I'm sadly very unenthusiastic about this November as the more experienced candidate has the wrong views on everything and the candidate with the right views simply copied and pasted into his speeches from all the more substantive and experienced candidates he had to railroad to get the nomination.
I have to agree...this will end up being another huge disappointment, particularly for the gay community when Obama wins and as much gets done his first term as Nancy has gotten done as the House leader the last two years.
Posted by: Lucas | Jun 28, 2008 12:34:05 PM
I'm probably one of the younger guys here, and have been following this election with interest. I would have supported either Hillary or Obama, whichever of them garnered the nomination. Obama's perceived 'lack of experience' is such a nebulous issue. My whole life I have been governed by politicians with all of the experience one could have, but who have been outwardly crooked, bigoted, and who have trafficked almost exclusively in self-interest. I am not saying Obama will break this trend if elected, nor that Hillary would have were she. What I am saying is, for the first time in my life, since I could vote, and since politics could affect my rights and livelihoods, we have two Democratic candidates that are phosphorescent with megawatt promise. It is our bad luck that we should have two such viable candidates in one year, as inevitably, otherwise rational-minded Democratic voters have been torn asunder into simpering spoilsports and losers. It utterly disgusts and discourages me, as a young man, to see the low-brow desecration of both candidates WITHIN THE PARTY. And really: choosing McCain or not voting? Give me a fucking break. But what is most maddening to me are those among us who choose to speak as though Obama has already had his presidency; not to mention those who try to use the names Pelosi, Clinton, McCain, Obama, et cetera, like tea leaves, like we could better understand any of them through their current political relation to each other. Pelosi's ineffectual stances SHOULD NOT be used as indicators of how Obama might serve, and the issue of how many votes Obama trounced Clinton by is right now wholly irrelevant. Obama is not Clinton is not Pelosi. What makes me worried for this country aren't the politicians, but rather the people, the amateur pundits who are so eager to reduce candidates to their most vivid victories and disasters, to caricature, that they rave foaming on the streets against their own party like so many who heartily oppose them. These cretins are welcome to their opinions, and have expressed them here and elsewhere; but they've blinded themselves to the bigger picture, and their self-induced myopia is quite frankly appalling to see. That said, none of this matters anyhow. Things will happen as they happen. In the meantime, is it too much to ask for a bit of decorum?
Posted by: Eric Seguy | Jun 28, 2008 9:34:01 PM
Huffpo is reporting that Newsweek is releasing a scathing report tomorrow about how Mccain has defaulted on the taxes for their beach house in CA, one of their 7 houses, for 4 years. Great economist there
Due to the report the mccains quickly paid off the back taxes yesterday (4 years worth) but still owe fines and penalities.
It is also being reported that mccain's son belongs to a country club that FORBIDS women from eating in their dining room.
Yikes. Will mccain even make it to the repub convention? Will "poor health" find mccain quickly stepping aside due to pressure from the party elite to make way for someone else?
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Jun 29, 2008 1:05:15 AM
Eric Seguy: I've said this many times. For those of us (gay, black, etc) who feel Dems represent us, I think you are entited to be outraged if one of us do not vote for Dems. However, for everyday Joe's and Jane's who supported Clinton and work in a plant or Walmart, who don't care for the difference between Dems and Repubs, they might be enticed to vote Repubs. And you know well that the election is not going to be decided by us gays.
Jimmy: You know, I am surprised that Obama has gone so far with the national polls. I am happy to be wrong, you know that.
That will mean that we will renegotiate Nafta and charge Americans with premium for the oil!
Posted by: Landis | Jun 29, 2008 9:31:17 AM
Landis, I know well that gays will not decide the election. It's the insistence of my fellow gays to repeatedly shoot ourselves in the political foot that irks me. Get your shit together people, regardless of whether or not we 'win.'
Posted by: Eric Seguy | Jun 29, 2008 2:55:10 PM