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Barack Obama Iowa Victory Speech watch!

my.barackobama.com — Barack's Victory Speech from the Iowa Democratic Caucus. January 3rd 2008.

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  • chaosium, on 01/04/2008, -13/+44Really stirring!
    • Araxen, on 01/04/2008, -7/+25The speech almost brings me to tears. It's that moving. It's a great to see America supporting Obama.
    • thehawk23, on 01/04/2008, -1/+10I watched the speech last night and I *still* have goosebumps....
    • stylerm, on 01/04/2008, -1/+2It would have been better if chuck norris was standing on the stage awkwardly close, wearing flannel, and grinning ear-to-ear for the whole speech.
    • MCCULLAH, on 01/05/2008, -5/+1my names obama and im black!
    • sotopheavy, on 01/06/2008, -1/+2First order of business as President: Amend the constitution so that Presidential terms are 2 years, not 4 so we never have another Bush (for that long). Also they're constantly trying to get reelected and will have to listen to the people.
  • etsung, on 01/04/2008, -14/+41listened to his speech 3 times already.
  • Red05, on 01/04/2008, -12/+114When he speaks, I'm actually filled with hope. I can't think of the last time a politician has done that.
    • Dohko_Xar, on 01/04/2008, -3/+9Of course, he has the touch of the audacity of hope! Obama '08!
    • frostedflakes, on 01/04/2008, -21/+6Kucinich, Gravel, and Paul have done it hundreds of times.
      • pintomp3, on 01/04/2008, -5/+15kucinich, gravel, an paul are right on a lot of issues and hit solid points in their speeches, but their style and oratory prowess is no match for obama.
        • frostedflakes, on 01/05/2008, -1/+3Sure it is. Their oratory is much more impressive because it boils peoples' blood. It angers and enlightens many. They are powerful speeches.
    • HoratioHellpop, on 01/04/2008, -17/+2You haven't been alive that long, have you? Rookie.
    • johnnyb3, on 01/04/2008, -1/+8When I listen to this guy, I actually feel a lot better about my country. I can't remember the last time a politician has been able to do that.
      • Michael9636, on 08/04/2008, -1/+8For me, the last time I felt like this is when I watched JFK's inaugural speech "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country." JFK and his brother Robert Kennedy were powerful orators. Obama is fully in their tradition. This is what a leader sounds like, someone who can inspire others. The next several months are going to be bloody, but for the health of our country, I hope Obama becomes our Bush replacement.
    • ziptnf, on 01/04/2008, -1/+10The first time I heard him speak, I stopped dead in my tracks and listened to every word he said. He's an incredible public speaker, and I think he's the future of this country.
    • gerbco, on 01/04/2008, -0/+8Obama reminds me of a young Bill Clinton, he knows how to deliver a f-ing speech on the money.
    • mindboggled, on 01/04/2008, -7/+2Hope? Save me superman, I can't save myself!
  • wfjohnston, on 01/04/2008, -10/+26I was so excited tonight, I was coming out of my skin.
    • syxle, on 01/04/2008, -1/+2Why?
    • ZenMojo, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2Then maybe you should take a very cold shower...and then a very hot shower. But, agreed, Obama Nation in the house.
    • mllawso, on 01/04/2008, -1/+1You might want to go see a doctor about that.
    • sotopheavy, on 01/06/2008, -1/+1I've had it with these ***** Snakes on this ***** website!
  • noloveIII, on 01/04/2008, -8/+30Great speech I expect similar results in New Hampshire
  • noloveIII, on 01/04/2008, -7/+15in case server gets slow
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqoFwZUp5vc&e
  • GhostyBoy, on 01/04/2008, -6/+93I'm a Ron Paul supporter, but I gotta say damn this cat knows how to rock the mike.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 01/04/2008, -11/+51. Ron Paul
      2. Dennis Kucinich
      3. Barack Obama
      4. John Edwards
      5. Nuclear War

      Yeah were pretty safe for now. As far as I'm concerned.
      • vanguardanon, on 01/04/2008, -3/+3That's a pretty good list. Here's mine.

        1. Ron Paul
        2. Barack Obama
        3. John Edwards
        4. Dennis Kucinich
        5. Asteroid impacts the earth
      • thecoolestguy, on 01/04/2008, -1/+1That's hilarious, I don't know why you were dugg down.

        I like Obama because he strikes me as good-willed, but it disturbs me that he has promised to continue providing Israel with billions of US tax payer $ at the last AIPAC meeting he attended.
    • thecoolestguy, on 01/04/2008, -4/+4That's how you get elected, promise the next generation's money to special interest groups.
  • tehsilentcircus, on 01/04/2008, -11/+118i am sorry but speech-wise... doesn't Obama make Bush seem like an unintelligent-alien-retard-duckchild (made up word)? I know i am young at 23 and have only been able to vote since '02 which was a Bush-involved election. But i haven't heard a speech from any dignified, goal-orientated, intelligent, and positive American candidate than this in my years of having to make a choice (In or out of office). This is a man that represents the real America. He is real, and if you ask me, America needs a ***** taste of reality and Obama is a welcome change. His integrity, confidence, and leadership may bring the scales back to where they were, dare i say, before 9/11 when America and the world (i'm sure the world doesn't care but i gotta say it anyway) was somewhat sane. (Note: i don't remember what the America was like before 9/11, its extremely sad and depressing that i don't,. I have never been afraid but the world around me has changed for the worse...) I pray (and i am not religious) that this country is not nuclear waste before November 08, er, Jan i guess.. because of the greedy ***** that make "our" decisions till then...
    • ethanpack, on 01/04/2008, -1/+14"...doesn't Obama make Bush seem like an unintelligent-alien-retard-duckchild?"

      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091225/

      ...oh, and yes, he does.
    • HoratioHellpop, on 01/04/2008, -11/+1Since you're only 23, there's still time for you to take a composition class. Paragraphs are your friend.
    • anogenic, on 01/04/2008, -2/+18The best part is he also makes Huckabee sound like an "unintelligent-alien-retard-duckchild"
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 01/04/2008, -3/+19"where wings take dream"
      "I think the American people — I hope the American — I don't think, let me — I hope the American people trust me."
      "I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it."
      "All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone."
      "What I'm telling you is there's too many junk lawsuits suing too many doctors."
      "I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times."
      "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."
      -George Bush

      Yeah.
    • jakeson2, on 01/04/2008, -19/+2Sounds to me that you want a used car salesman to be President. Merely a fast talker, glib with his tongue, loose with the facts and a no account fast talking slippery politician. Forget that we need solid steady performer like our current President Bush. So he talks with a Texas accent and can't spew out this hawvawd twang all the lefty liberals just love. Our President Bush has acted to protect America and has been successfully in doing so, even though the democrats joined with the terrorists in fighting our President Bush instead of the terrorists. I think I know where you are coming from and it frightens me terribly.
      • Brian48216, on 01/04/2008, -0/+9"...can't spew out this hawvawd twang..."
        that's the problem with you. Apparently you hate people who are smarter then you, and that being well educated is apparently a liability.
        • Rogpog777, on 01/04/2008, -1/+5Yes. Our President Bush has protected our fine country. Ohh, wait.....when were we attacked? AFTER he became president?

          FAIL
      • MG111, on 01/04/2008, -1/+2You're an idiot.
    • swab, on 01/04/2008, -0/+12"i'm sure the world doesn't care but i gotta say it anyway"

      The entire world has a stake in the outcome of the coming presidential election. Voting in Obama would restore my faith in your once great country.
    • frenchi, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2you mention Obama's integrity, it looks to me like he has a lot, however I think his integrity hasn't been tested yet. Decisions at the senate level are not the same as decisions at the presidential level. During a campaign I think it's pretty easy to make the right decision, if you don't you make the right decision you get crucified.
      I certainly hope he stays the way he is, he could be one of our most inspiring presidents, hopefully he doesn't suffer the same faith as our last great president...JFK
      • agirman, on 01/04/2008, -0/+4"Decisions at the senate level are not the same as decisions at the presidential level."

        I'm an Obama supporter myself, but I have to ask: short of actually having experience by having been president... what would qualify someone as being capable of making "presidential-level" decisions? Senatorial experience seems as fair an approximation as you'll find, outside a relatively small pool of jobs.
      • Jensaarai, on 01/04/2008, -0/+4"...hopefully he doesn't suffer the same faith as our last great president...JFK"

        Catholicism?
    • ZenMojo, on 01/04/2008, -0/+4Junior Senator, Harvard Law School Graduate and president of a law school journal, I trust him with my Constitution more than "former governor, failed oil tycoon, and owner of the Texas Rangers" any day.
    • scottknick, on 01/05/2008, -0/+2I believe duckchildren are our future. . .
  • dedeSwiss, on 01/04/2008, -13/+61I'm Swiss, i don't live in America, but if I were in America, I totally would vote for this guy!!
    I wish we had a guy like this here
    Let's just hope all the rednecks get what he's saying...
    • mnewcomb, on 01/04/2008, -31/+11What is he saying?

      He voted to allow any federal agent to write their OWN FVCKING search warrant!
      And if you tell anyone about it you are committing a felony and can go to jail for 5 years!

      Obama is either stupid, a liar, or both...
      • br0ck, on 01/04/2008, -4/+20He voted for the compromise only because it did restore some of the civil rights that he had attempted to restore with his own legislation that had failed to pass in the House. Before the vote he gave a floor speech that reiterated the changes he'd been requesting and gave a strong recommendation to all of congress to continue working on ways to restore all civil rights lost in the original patriot act: http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060216-floor_statem ...
        • mnewcomb, on 01/04/2008, -11/+4Is the provision for federal agents to write their own search warrants and send you to jail if you tell anyone about it still in the act?

          Yes or no...

          Remember, the power to write search warrants was given to the judicial branch only... And, if I remember the oath of office, Obama vowed to uphold and defend the Constitution...

          So, did he break the vow or not by voting for that POS bill?
        • br0ck, on 01/04/2008, -1/+9Did he introduce legislation that corrected that problem that didn't get passed by the house. Yes.
          Did he introduce a version of the act that corrected the problem that didn't pass. Yes.
          Did he vote along with 99 other senators to pass the compromise legislation that corrected some of the problems because there was no other way to get those few civil liberties restored. Yes.
          Has he vowed to fix the other problems if elected and has he given passionate urges to congress urging them to fix the existing problems as soon as possible. Yes.
          • mnewcomb, on 01/04/2008, -4/+2So, he voted to allow federal agents to write their own warrants, in direct violation of the Constitution...

            Spin it any way you like, he voted to violate someone's civil rights... Coming from a black democrat, it's nothing short of outrageous...
      • cybermort, on 01/04/2008, -13/+5he's your typical politician... compromise, compromise and more compromise. Reading his health care plan makes me wonder if he checked with the big insurance companies first, and make sure it was okay with them. Obama is just a superficial change. There's nothing radical about his views.
        • MacEnvy, on 01/04/2008, -1/+12It's a big country. If you don't compromise, you get NOWHERE. For more information on this phenomena, please take a look at how many of Ron Paul's proposed bills have been passed.

          When you aren't willing to compromise to make incremental progress, you make no progress at all.
        • rationalist, on 01/04/2008, -2/+11So your idea of an ideal politician is someone who never, ever, compromises?

          A dictator, in other words.

          Otherwise you just want someone who will sound good but never actually accomplish anything in the actual political system in place in democratic republics with representative government and a tripartite division of power designed to create checks and balances that deliberately force compromise.
        • IndigoMoss, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2That's how our government, and more specifically, our Constitution was formed. Maybe this might teach you about The Great Compromise of 1787 http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/nhhs/amrev/begi ...
    • xartion, on 01/04/2008, -3/+11"Let's just hope all the rednecks get what he's saying..."

      The rednecks (as well as a lot of other people, I'm sure) will not be able to get past the color of his skin, much less get his message...
      • SupaFurry, on 01/23/2008, -0/+6But in the states where their are a lot of lazy, unlikely-to-vote rednecks there are usually a lot of black people. If the prospect of a black president won't get them voting then nothing will.
      • amiches, on 01/04/2008, -0/+6Those rednecks aren't voting Democratic anyway.
    • amrizzle, on 01/04/2008, -0/+6You guys have smart politicians who stay out of wars, be thankful for that ;)
      • blackjack75, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3Well.. we know why we stay out of wars: we wouldn't win :-)
    • Frosty122, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2Well, he did win Iowa, but the test will come, when he comes to the south.....
    • cruzlee, on 01/04/2008, -0/+6Speaking from the Netherlands: Everybody in the whole world is watching you guys now. Will they have the guts? Or screw up again?
      I hope you guys get the president you didn't have for the last eight years, but do deserve and do need.
  • THEROC, on 01/04/2008, -59/+6Whenever i hear his speeches i think of "I'm John Kerry and I'm reporting for duty".
    Use big words, but keep it simple, don't get into details, don't say anything of substance.
    Don't talk about issues, and never ever make your audience think. Watch John Kerry in 04!
    The people who write speeches for Obama have recycled all the trash that John Kerry said during his 2004 campaign.

    "You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that's consumed Washington. To end the political strategy that's been all about division, and instead make it about addition. To build a coalition for change that stretches through red states and blue states.
    Because that's how we'll win in November, and that's how we'll finally meet the challenges that we face as a nation."

    He's the black John Kerry.
    • oneperday, on 01/04/2008, -2/+5If that were the case he would be a black loser, which he most definitely is not.
    • iSkylla, on 01/04/2008, -2/+12That is so completely false, I can only doubt that you even heard the speech all the way through.
    • MacEnvy, on 01/04/2008, -2/+15I guess all big words sound alike if you don't understand what they mean.
    • halobender, on 01/04/2008, -2/+6He is a politician but are you kidding me. I can guess that you are conservative but have you listened to all the lies coming from our current president. I'm not even talking about empty promises which you say Obama is doing but the flat out lies of our current government.
    • chicofaraby, on 01/04/2008, -8/+5I'm on the left and I agree. Obama is only slightly better than John Edwards, Hillary Clinton or John Kerry. He says he's against the illegal invasion of Iraq, but funds it. He says he wants people to get medical care, but his plan is to give tax money to the same insurance companies who deny medical care to insured people. It's all nice sounding, but when you look a bit deeper than the surface, it's the same old Republican-lite. Getting stabbed by a smiling man is still getting stabbed.

      If the Dems nominate Obama, I am voting third party again. However, Obama could change my mind. He could take a stand in the Senate against the criminals in the White House. He could propose a real healthcare system. I'm not sure that Senators Clinton or Edwards can say or do anything to get me to vote for them. Their failure to vote against the illegal invasion in 2002 means their judgment is poor. Everyone knows what happens when you give a drunk your car keys. They gave him the keys and an extra bottle of Jack.
  • iAlex, on 01/04/2008, -36/+27Barack Obama.
    Voted YES on reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act. (Mar 2006)
    Voted to fund war until 2006; now wants no blank check. (Nov 2007)
    http://ontheissues.org/Barack_Obama.htm
    And you trust Barack Obama? You must be kidding. Do you vote for their voting record or for their charisma? America seem to vote for charisma over issues and voting records and that's disgusting. You are so brainwashed! He is much better than Hillary Clinton, but Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel are much better.
    • alex361, on 01/04/2008, -5/+12Kucinich and Gravel both got 0%. Do you really think either of them have a realistic chance of beating the frontrunners?
      • iAlex, on 01/04/2008, -12/+5Not really. But it's better to vote for them than to vote for any of the corporate establishment democrats.
      • THEROC, on 01/04/2008, -8/+5It's completely irrelevant whether they stand a chance or not, this is not a horserace where you try to pick a winner.
        You vote for the candidate who shares your political views, and who as president implements them. If you only vote to pick a winner then your candidate might win, but you mutilate your own beliefs and the chance to see them come true.
        • chrispix, on 01/04/2008, -3/+12The issue is regardless of which candidate you vote for, do you feel that Kucinich and Obama are both better than any Republican elected? Rather than trying to split up a vote (if Kucinich was an indy), I would vote to keep republicans out of office.
          It is not about picking the lesser of two evils, but making sure the most evil does not get elected. I live in Texas though, so my vote means jack crap in the presidential election - fvcking electorial college system POS.

        • chaosium, on 01/04/2008, -2/+11"this is not a horserace where you try to pick a winner."

          That's exactly what this is.
        • frostedflakes, on 01/04/2008, -5/+5Well said THEROC. I don't understand why you are getting dugg down. Chrispix, what you are saying isn't preventing the greater of two evils gaining power picking the lesser?
          • MacEnvy, on 01/04/2008, -2/+7If you don't root for the lesser of two evils, you ALWAYS get the greater of two evils. Think back to Nader's support in 2000, and how that's turned out for us.

            I'm all for voting for your beliefs. But don't pretend it's some sort of valiant thing you do, and everyone else is a sell-out. Sometimes you have to face reality and play the game. Until the game changes, that's just the way it is.
          • curunir, on 01/04/2008, -2/+5"It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see ..."

            "You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"

            "No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."

            "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."

            "I did," said Ford. "It is."

            "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"

            "It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."

            "You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"

            "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."

            "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"

            "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"
          • chicofaraby, on 01/04/2008, -7/+1"Think back to Nader's support in 2000, and how that's turned out for us"

            If Al Gore had simply done the right thing, bow out and endorse Nader, things would have been different.
          • chaosium, on 01/04/2008, -0/+7"If Al Gore had simply done the right thing, bow out and endorse Nader, things would have been different."

            No, they wouldn't. Bush still would've won. More people were interested in Gore than Nader.
        • gethane, on 01/04/2008, -1/+9No, no its not. It's also about voting for someone you think your country needs. My politics are Kucinich. But I'm supporting Obama. We NEED someone to make us, as a nation, feel good about ourselves again. When your country tortures, every citizen is dirtied by it. We need someone who can LEAD. And the first step in leading (ask Ronald Reagan supporters) is to be able to speak and make the audience FEEL something. You might not feel it, for whatever reason, but lots of people feel IT when they hear Obama speak. He can change the way we look at ourselves. He can change what people think our nation should be. I want someone who espouses REAL patriotism. I want to feel GOOD about my nation. I want my nation to want to bring itself up, not continue to spiral down. I want people to feel like they CAN make a difference.

          And Obama's speaking provides that. And he can win. Hilary can't. Kucinich can't. Gravel can't.
        • rationalist, on 01/04/2008, -2/+5The problem I have with ideologues, on the left or the right, is that, when you get right down to it, what they really yearn for is a dictatorship. You want to impose your minority views on all of us, and you are so ignorant of our actual political system that you think that a president has the power to change things that the president actually has little or no power to change.
          Our political system deliberately divides and balances authority among representatives elected or appointed using different methods for differing terms - precisely to avoid giving any president the power to radically change this country according to his or her idiosyncratic notions, and to force them to be responsive to the will of "the people", which includes competing and often contradictory interests.
          It is easy to promote simplistic, binary solutions to every issue based on a rigid ideology. But it is not a recipe for actual change, and a vote for a Kucinich or a Gravel or a Paul or a Nader or a Robertson, or any of the blind ideologues of the present or the past, is a wasted vote. It is not a vote for change - on the contrary, it is a vote for the perpetuation of the status quo, because, in the real world, it always takes a vote away from change and helps to strengthen the establishment candidates against their opposition.
          Unless you really do yearn for a dictatorship, which is the only way any of them would get their policies implemented. I, for one, am thankful that we live in a democratic republic, not a dictatorship.
          • insertcleverid, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2You are correct about the structure of our government. Laws come from the legislature. But so so what? Are you suggesting that the Bush Presidency hasn't had a profound effect on our country? All the changes in our nation happened because Bush was a very powerful president. I think he was wrong on just about everything, but he was very effective. Leadership counts for a lot, and without strong leadership, we get nowhere. BTW, who would you suggest instead?
    • LaughingMan11, on 01/04/2008, -3/+30iAlex. I look at that page you went to, and I don't see any indication that Obama is in pocket of the coporations. He voted to fund the war. So what? There won't be any mistakes going forward like Kerry's voted for the war, but refused to fund the troops.

      What you see as Obama being an evil candidate that doesn't stand for anything in his voting record, I see a man who's trying to compromise with stubborn Republicans in the Senate. To be a success in the Senate, you don't blindly become a partisan hack. Obama has reached across the aisle. The PATRIOT act, he voted to approve, but you must have missed this : Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision. (Dec 2005)

      He's making government work. If that doesn't jive with your partisan hackery, then that's your problem.
      • mnewcomb, on 01/04/2008, -19/+6Did you know that under the Patriot Act ANY federal agent can write a search warrant at your door?
        Did you know that if you tell ANYONE (lawyer included) that about the warrant it is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison?
        Did you know that the above provision of the Patriot Act has been used 160,000 times since 2001?

        How can ANYONE who calls themselves American vote for someone who would voted for such a bill?

        And I'm haven't even mentioned what will happen to our dollar/economy if we implement a national healthcare system...
        • wendelgee2, on 01/04/2008, -0/+4SPAM.
        • Acewrap, on 01/04/2008, -1/+5Wendel, you misspelled "TROLL."
        • wendelgee2, on 01/04/2008, -0/+6I figure once you copy/paste the same comment 4 or 5 times you get promoted from troll to spammer, but I'm a reasonable man. I can compromise.
          SPAM TROLL.
      • Dundasbro, on 01/04/2008, -2/+4Stop capitalising RANDOM words just so you can sound like a PARTISON advertisment.
        • mnewcomb, on 01/04/2008, -8/+3Partisan?

          The Patriot Act I'd expect from Republicans, but from Democrats? The supposed party of the people?

          Obama will be nothing but more of the same...
    • frostedflakes, on 01/04/2008, -5/+6Agreed. Any politician that agreed to enable or fund the Patriot Act or the war does not deserve to president nor should he/she be able to have any influence in government.
      • iAlex, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2Yupp. Very good point!
      • MacEnvy, on 01/04/2008, -1/+6I agree with you. But you've just canceled out (either specifically or ideologically) all of the top 8 candidates in the race from both parties.
        • chicofaraby, on 01/04/2008, -1/+4Yes. That's exactly correct. Where is that damn "none of the above" box....?
    • agirman, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2I have to agree with Laughingman here. Voting to authorize the war and voting to fund the war are two entirely different things. Once the war was authorized (and history will note that Obama made the correct decision in voting against this), soldiers were going over to the Middle East. Once that is a reality, I don't see how how it would benefit anyone for him to have voted against sending them money for bullets. I would have done the same thing; since the war would happen either way, I would want to make sure our soldiers had all the provisions necessary, no matter how ill-advised their mission was.
    • Tenbatsu404, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1Making government work by conceding to the republicans? That's not who you want as a leader of the democratic party. The Patriot Act is should never have come to existence and there was no reason for Obama to vote to extend its life. Defend him all you want Obamabots but he screwed his credibility with that vote.
  • rizla420, on 01/04/2008, -12/+3I was telling someone while watching this that he sounded very MLKish. The way he spoke in tones and pauses. Def sounded 'I had a dreamish'. Wonder if there was any intention on his part to model his oration skills after his.

    For me those kind of talks are over the top (i'm black). I dunno, i'd be more laid back and thank people for supporting me and stuff, but not way over the top, but I guess politics being what it is you have to give the sheep the bell ringing they need to get them into the pen
    • wendelgee2, on 01/04/2008, -1/+5So, your speech would be:
      "I won. Sweet! Those other candidates are chumps. Peace, I'm out."
      • mister23, on 01/04/2008, -1/+1probably. his name is 'rizla420' after all.
    • asnaturalasgas, on 01/04/2008, -2/+1I agree, I was thinking too that it sounded like MLK's speeches. We studied MLK's speech style in high school years ago and found it was a very effective for capturing the emotion of the listeners. Barack knows that most vote based on emotion so it is a very effective technique! I think it could also make some voters feel uncomfortable, the speech style similarity giving the impression that he may have race-based motives for winning the presidency. It's a relief to see that the new likely candidates (Huckster and Obama) are actually intelligent people and the US will be better off with either of them leading.
    • halobender, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3Oh he is definitely using a bit of the preacher tone. It's a good speech though. It doesn't mean his supporters are sheep.
  • amrizzle, on 01/04/2008, -14/+9He seems alright, but don't they always??
    • chaosium, on 01/04/2008, -2/+10No, not usually.
    • tuxerware, on 01/04/2008, -1/+15Bush always seemed like a prick to me.
    • graeh, on 01/04/2008, -2/+7I'm not American - but god damnit - I felt like I was watching his speech.
      You guys have someone very, very special there.
      I hope you realise that.
      • insertcleverid, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2Keep posting, we need to hear from other people from around the world!
    • asnaturalasgas, on 01/04/2008, -2/+2Couldn't you tell Bush was stupid before he was voted in?
      Unrelated but while I'm talking about Bush, the one reason that the Iraq war happened and thousands of people have died can be found in a comment George made back when they were gathering evidence to go to war ... something like "After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time. --George W. Bush, September 26, 2002
      • amrizzle, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1I should have put sarcasm in there, my point is: politicians in general fail to deliver as much as they promise.
        Oh and the Bush stupidity thing? That's a bit of a given...
    • dustinhansen, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3You have to drop your cynicism at some point otherwise you will never have hope.
  • blueace, on 01/04/2008, -7/+13Whoever's his speech writer, they're not paying him enough. And that's by just looking at the comments on blogs and stuff.
    • portermason, on 01/04/2008, -2/+29He generally writes his own speeches.
      • Lazymoon, on 01/04/2008, -2/+17If that's the case, he's doing a damn good job.
    • futuretheory, on 01/04/2008, -2/+15His name is Barack, and yeah, he probably should get the job.
    • blueace, on 01/04/2008, -6/+1Seriously, do you think he writes his own speeches? I doubt it. Maybe difficult to prove though...
      • zioxide, on 01/04/2008, -1/+14Yeah.. he graduated from Harvard Law magna cum laude and was the editor of the Harvard Law Review... I think he knows how to write.
        • ZenMojo, on 01/04/2008, -2/+3Affirmative Action. Everyone knows he was only there because he was black and he was only elected to the most prestigious paper in Harvard Law School because he was black and he was Senator because he was black and if he gets elected to president it'll be because he's black. All of that, you know, intelligence, integrity, and charisma's just gravy.

          /SARGASM.
        • Tyler25, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3i was about to digg down til i read that last word
  • mnewcomb, on 01/04/2008, -27/+7Did you know that under the Patriot Act ANY federal agent can write a search warrant at your door?
    Did you know that if you tell ANYONE (lawyer included) that about the warrant it is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison?
    Did you know that the above provision of the Patriot Act has been used 160,000 times since 2001?

    How can ANYONE who calls themselves American vote for someone who would voted for such a bill?

    And I'm haven't even mentioned what will happen to our dollar/economy if we implement a national healthcare system...
    • wendelgee2, on 01/04/2008, -1/+15I'm sorry, did he write this Patriot Act? No. Nor does he support it. He has done his best, despite rightwing obstruction, to dismantle the portions of it that infringe on our civil liberties while supporting those parts of it that facilitate communication amongst law enforcement agencies. That's the sort of reasonable nuanced approach that I respect.
      • mnewcomb, on 01/04/2008, -13/+1Did he vote for it?

        Yes or no...
      • mnewcomb, on 01/04/2008, -3/+2I can see by the -diggs that he voted for it...

        Thanks for going on record...
    • Acewrap, on 01/04/2008, -1/+9Stop being a concern troll, mn. We research our candidates and know what their warts are. We don't just vote for them because they have an invisible friend they talk to.
      • mnewcomb, on 01/04/2008, -13/+1Did he vote for it or not...
        • wendelgee2, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1The world isn't black and white, spamtroll.
    • Exhaust, on 01/04/2008, -1/+10You should post this comment again so everyone can digg you down again.
    • Rogpog777, on 01/04/2008, -0/+0I've seen this comment twice, so I have to say this: Why base your entire opinion of him on the Patriot Act? I mean, yes, it limits our rights as Americans, but he didn't write the damn thing. I mean, as a former Conspiracy nut, you need to stop following such close minded views. Stop jumping on the idiotic "Patriot Act" bandwagon. Look at everything else he has to offer: Tax cuts for the middle class, cheaper health care....These are the things that we should care about, not the government busting down our door. And, just so you know, I doubt that you are even close to being important enough for the government to give two ***** about. And another thing, if you ARE a conspiracy nut, and this is just me assuming here, but if you are so worried about them busting down your door.....shouldn't you not pull attention to yourself and not say anything? I'm just saying.....
  • aratika, on 01/04/2008, -6/+48Please please please be the Democratic nomination....
    • aratika, on 01/04/2008, -21/+2...so the Republicans will stay in office another four years.
      • Acewrap, on 01/04/2008, -2/+14Orly?
        Total Voter Turnout (approximate)
        356,000

        Percentage of total vote

        24.5% Obama
        20.5% Edwards
        19.8% Clinton
        11.4% Huckabee (R)
      • Exhaust, on 01/04/2008, -1/+10I thought racism would hurt him but look at Iowa... Pretty much all white people and he won. If he gets the nomination he can still win even without all the racist southern states. Gore and Kerry barely lost and Bush won every state in the south and middle America.
        • insertcleverid, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3I'd like to think that the majority of Americans can look past race, especially when a candidate is as strong and inspiring as Obama.
  • donnydarko, on 01/04/2008, -8/+17"Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You..... Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! Thank You Iwoa"

    I thought repeating Thank You was going to be his whole speech for a while
    • worthone, on 01/04/2008, -3/+28It's to make the audience shut the hell up.
    • ahoy, on 01/04/2008, -1/+1They said..... They said..... They said..... that was a pretty good speech, and I agreed.
  • johnnycyberpunk, on 01/04/2008, -16/+1We need to remember that people like us (internet junkies, living our lives online) do not go out and vote. We just navigate web forums and social sites ranting about our political opinions.
    • chaosium, on 01/04/2008, -2/+11That will destroy Ron Paul, but the rest of us do much more than vote in webpolls and Digg articles.
    • Exhaust, on 01/04/2008, -1/+11Speak for yourself douche. I've voted in every election I could since I turned 18. The young people of this nation are waking up... Too bad you haven't.
    • scottknick, on 01/05/2008, -0/+1I've voted in every Presidential election and primary (and even a couple of caucuses) since 1976. Which, in my mind, earns me the right to rant about my political opinions on Digg. I would agree, though, that those who can participate in our democracy and choose not to should STFU.
  • totaldepravity, on 01/04/2008, -12/+6I thought the speech was pretty good, but am I the only one that thought it dragged on at points?
  • Ksg89, on 01/04/2008, -14/+33Oh dear... what will the Ron Paul fans do? looks like hes out... maybe we will see less Ron Paul posts
    • Lazymoon, on 01/04/2008, -7/+16Its one poll for a state with a very specific demographic. I wouldn't pass judgement so soon.
      • MG111, on 01/04/2008, -0/+6In case you hadn't noticed, Obama doesn't quite fit the Iowan demographic...and he still won
      • Ksg89, on 01/04/2008, -1/+1Well, historically who ever has done well in Iowa they have gone on to do very well in the rest.
      • allahuakbar, on 01/05/2008, -1/+1Iowa sucks.
    • frostedflakes, on 01/04/2008, -11/+9I don't want Obama as President, but I'll be glad that the Ronbots will finally shut the hell up.
    • Nickdotnet, on 01/04/2008, -1/+1Ksg89, very intelligent post. The population of the US is roughly 301 million. The population of Iowa is roughly 2 million. Assuming that the ENTIRE state voted (actually only 356,000 did) you are talking about roughly .6% of the US that voted yesterday- and 10% of that .6% voted for Ron Paul. Looks like he's out? Looks like someone failed math in high school.
      • amiches, on 01/05/2008, -0/+2Dude, he came in fifth. Out of six. And the only guy he beat, didn't campaign there. Give it up, try to lay some libertarian infrastructure in the coming years, and try again next election.
        • scottknick, on 01/05/2008, -0/+3Isn't "libertarian infrastructure" an oxymoron?
    • TheMahdi, on 01/05/2008, -0/+2I wouldn't say you failed math Ksg89, but you've definitely failed at predicting the future. Ron Paul fanboys NEVER shut up.
  • triggr, on 01/04/2008, -7/+31I hope he wins.

    It would restore my faith in America, after being lost of in the wilderness under Dubya for so long...I mean, what were you people thinking when you re-elected him?!

    btw if you're wondering, I am Australian/British.
    • mister23, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2personally, i was thinking i was glad that i live in a state that went 59% to kerry, for whatever it was worth. And i was thinking that i was glad i voted and wished more young people had done the same.
    • Brabus, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2I wish more Americans thought the way that you do. Its seems like the people that don't live here in American have a better take on what really goes on here.
    • vanguardanon, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2I'm American and fairly engaged in politics. I follow it like other people follow sports. During the first election we were lied to. He made pledges about environmental projects, a humble foreign policy that respected other people's sovereignty, and "compassionate conservatism" which translated into taking care of the citizens. As everybody knows, the first thing he did was go back on his arsenic campaign pledge, let microsoft off the hook, and to use 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq. Gore ran a terrible campaign and didn't make his ideas understandable to the public so he lost.

      Fast forward to the next election and America is swept up in a war, which always causes a patriotic surge. Bush is saying we need to protect ourselves and Kerry is saying he would ask France what they think before acting. (Not a bad idea but for a while France was akin to the enemy, it was a huge goof campaign wise.) The choice boiled down to the pro-Christian guy that wants to fight the bad people and the democrat with a questionable service record that wants to get out of the war.

      FWIW, I this is my voting record:
      Perot
      Perot
      Bush
      Kerry
      Paul/Obama/Edwards
      • ordig, on 01/04/2008, -2/+5FWIW anyone who voted for bush even once, is a ***** idiot in my book.
        • amiches, on 01/05/2008, -0/+1How old are you? Bush was not an unreasonable choice in 2000. Not my kind of guy, certainly, but the circumstances were completely different then.
      • chicofaraby, on 01/04/2008, -1/+2"The choice boiled down to the pro-Christian guy that wants to fight the bad people and the democrat with a questionable service record that wants to get out of the war."

        The fact that you ever believed that steaming pile of ***** tells me all I need to know about your opininon.
  • frostedflakes, on 01/04/2008, -14/+7“[In regards to Iranian nuclear program] No option, including military action, [should be taken] off the table.” -- Barack Obama. 'You really trust this guy?
    • wendelgee2, on 01/04/2008, -1/+9Come on.
      You never take any option "off the table."
      You're missing the nuance here.
    • Benkelly11, on 01/04/2008, -0/+11Well, he's right. What's the point in all carrot and no stick?
    • HoratioHellpop, on 01/04/2008, -8/+3You really trust the Iranians?
    • Exhaust, on 01/04/2008, -0/+8As a leader you never take the military option off the table. EVER. The thing Bush and his cronies forgot is that its supposed to be the last option.

      Sometimes the only option is war. Just because Bush has an itchy trigger finger doesn't mean everyone else will.
    • cornswalled, on 01/04/2008, -3/+2No, I don't, but you picked out the only sensible thing he's said in months.
  • Lazymoon, on 01/04/2008, -8/+26I can't help but hear Martin Luther King, Jr.when I listen to Obama's speaches.
    • cornswalled, on 01/04/2008, -7/+5So all articulate black men are the same to you?
    • graeh, on 01/04/2008, -1/+9I don't know why people are voting you down - the first speech I ever saw that really moved me was "I have a dream", and watching that victory speech of Obama's, I really got an MLK/Kenedy feeling.
      I don't really give a crap about the whole racial thing - fact is - MLK and Kenedy were fantastic orators - and Obama seems to have joined their league.
      He knocked it out of the god damned park right here.
      • Lazymoon, on 01/05/2008, -0/+0I think some of Obama opponents might not like my comparison.
    • MacEnvy, on 01/04/2008, -0/+8I hear more of a JFK vibe, myself.
      • syxle, on 01/04/2008, -4/+2Don't compare a globalist pig like obama with a freedom-fighter like JFK, pease. :]
        • amiches, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3LOL you conspiracy types are hilarious. When JFK was running, you nuts claimed he'd be in league with the Pope and would bring one-world government to the United States. 45 years later, you're in love with him.
    • dagamer34, on 01/04/2008, -1/+2Oddly enough, I think he changed his tone for that speech. I've watched a few and the tone was different.
  • xutopia, on 01/04/2008, -9/+4I love his speeches. I think he's the better orator of all the candidates. However that all scares me.
  • quick2k2ecotec, on 01/04/2008, -9/+17Kucinich!!
    • Christerray, on 01/04/2008, -2/+3Won't be in the race much longer!
  • goffy59, on 01/04/2008, -18/+9Hes another corrupt politician. See, it really doesn't matter who you pick. You will get screwed over either way. Anyone who has any interest in military action in the middle east shouldn't be president.
    • rationalist, on 01/04/2008, -3/+5Actually, anyone who a majority of the American people think should be president, should be president. That is how our system works. You would clearly prefer a dictator who would impose your views on everyone.
      • syxle, on 01/04/2008, -1/+3You're a ***** idiot.
        You deserve the 'democracy' you're asking for, good and hard.
  • THEROC, on 01/04/2008, -12/+4John Clintama for president.
  • infinity777, on 01/04/2008, -3/+13How inspiring!!!! I have been an Obama supporter ever since I heard his speech at the democratic national convention. If you haven't heard it you really should check it out. Truly beautiful, I cant wait for him to help heal this country and bring the USA back to the good standing and respect we once had in the world. Go Barack!!
  • designer, on 01/04/2008, -14/+5He said nothing.
    • cornswalled, on 01/04/2008, -2/+8He's a politician, that's what they DO.
    • rationalist, on 01/04/2008, -2/+4You really have to work on that attention span of yours.
  • barthook, on 01/04/2008, -1/+48I am a registered Republican, but if it comes down to Huckabee or Obama, Barack gets my vote in a heartbeat.
    • jlazzaro, on 01/04/2008, -0/+8You're a registered Republican, and if it comes down to Huckabee, Romney, or Giuliani, against Obama, you should vote for Obama.
      • barthook, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Good point. :) The only Republican I support in this bunch is McCain.
  • craigily, on 01/04/2008, -3/+11anyone see edwards speech? his was pretty good too
    • ganymede2010, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1Edwards speech was fukcing awesome. Eventhough I'm going for Barak, I thought Johns speech was very genuine and powerful also!
    • ZenMojo, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1I applauded John and was happy to see him get second over Hillary. It warmed my cockles mighty fine.
  • THEROC, on 01/04/2008, -9/+2I like the subtle irony of Obama in front of a "change" sign.
  • cornswalled, on 01/04/2008, -24/+5This is a major relief. It proves beyond all doubt that the Democrats are dedicated to presenting an unelectable as their candidate. With a Democrat Muslim in the running, a Republican victory is assured.
    • Monomorphic, on 01/04/2008, -1/+9He's a Christian. He belongs to the United Church of Christ. Check your facts before you spew.
      • cornswalled, on 01/04/2008, -5/+2"United Church of Christ" Check out the web site for his Church. It's a black supremacist group claiming to be a Church for tax purposes. Do some research for once.
        • ordig, on 01/04/2008, -0/+4I for one welcome our new black overlords
        • janeuner, on 01/04/2008, -1/+1UCC church? Attended one for a while. Strangely, I didn't see any black families.
          /sarcasm I suppose they were using face paint?
          • cornswalled, on 01/07/2008, -1/+1Check out the SPECIFIC CHURCH the man attends, not just the denomination. Try doing some research before you fall to your knees to worship Obama.
      • evenson, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1lol... You're a freak. Where do you get this stuff?
    • ftgarcia, on 01/04/2008, -1/+6Wow! Chalk one up to ignorance... Obama is not a Muslim, and secondly what is unelectable about him? Is it your latent racism towards his mixed racial background? Why don't you just come out of your KKK closet cornswalled.
  • jhuckabee, on 01/04/2008, -1/+4Sheer elation!
  • dagnabbit, on 01/04/2008, -3/+37Total Iowa Voter Turnout (approximate)
    356,000

    Percentage of total vote

    24.5% Obama
    20.5% Edwards
    19.8% Clinton
    11.4% Huckabee (R)

    The GOP is in deep *****. This is a great day for America.
    • cappiello, on 01/04/2008, -2/+14This from a state Bush won in 2004.
      • dagamer34, on 01/04/2008, -1/+2Most Americans voted for Bush because Kerry wasn't much better and we had just recently captured Saddam. Now if you told America then that it would go on for another 4-5 years, Bush would not have won, period.
        • ordig, on 01/04/2008, -1/+4Right. like it wasn't obvious that the war was a permanent quagmire by 2004. Actually it was pretty obvious to me before the war even started.
    • mtjohnson, on 01/04/2008, -1/+6Amen.
      • allahuakbar, on 01/05/2008, -0/+2"Amen" (sic)

        >> Correction: RAmen.
    • syxle, on 01/04/2008, -6/+1Yes, a great day for the New World Order!
    • CroMag, on 01/04/2008, -5/+1Yeah, this will really be different than any other election. I can't wait to see how this millionaire will be different from the last!
    • ssn697, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1If it were a popular election vote, yes. I do think the GOP is in trouble, but you can't base winning on anything but electoral college votes.
  • denytenamun, on 01/04/2008, -0/+6I was watching the CNN feeds of the speeches online. I found it funny that Edwards' speech was playing for the crowd waiting for Obama but Clinton's wasn't. It could have just been because he was in 2nd place or was in the same area but still, screw Hillary. Someone should tell Bill to pull that stick and carrot she's been talking about out of her ass.
  • THEROC, on 01/04/2008, -14/+5I just watched it for the second time, and he said absolutely nothing of substance with the exception of getting the medical industrial complex in control of healthcare. His whole speech is meaningless feelgood rhetoric. Here, have my post about the black John Kerry which the Obama nazi brigade dugg down:

    Whenever i hear his speeches i think of "I'm John Kerry and I'm reporting for duty".
    Use big words, but keep it simple, don't get into details, don't say anything of substance.
    Don't talk about issues, and never ever make your audience think. Watch John Kerry in 04!
    The people who write speeches for Obama have recycled all the trash that John Kerry said during his 2004 campaign.

    "You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that's consumed Washington. To end the political strategy that's been all about division, and instead make it about addition. To build a coalition for change that stretches through red states and blue states.
    Because that's how we'll win in November, and that's how we'll finally meet the challenges that we face as a nation."
    • bgeveritt, on 01/04/2008, -1/+3Dude, when I hear a speech, I want to feel good! I want that same feeling I got in my stomach when William Wallace cried "Freedom!" Descriptions and details about changes come during the Primary.
    • SupaFurry, on 01/23/2008, -1/+2OF COURSE the opposition party is going to call for change, it's not at all surprising that a non-GOP candidate would say this - candidates in politics say this all the time. This message reverberates especially right now because of the horrible mess Bush has got the country in. People are SO fed up. Obama is not only talking about change, but change and RECONCILIATION. The country is heavily divided along numerous lines (racial, religious, political) - he is the embodiment of the healing the US needs right now.

      The parallels you are trying to draw are entirely specious.
  • chrisgeleven, on 01/04/2008, -3/+16FYI, most (if not all) of Obama's speeches are written by himself, especially the big ones. Supposedly he refused to do the 2004 convention speech unless he wrote it entirely himself with no outside input. We see how that turned out.
    • Foot56, on 01/04/2008, -0/+7Read one of his books and see how great of writer he is.
  • theskyman, on 01/04/2008, -4/+3"The time has come", how true that is!
    What a great day in American history!
    Thank you Iowa, thank you Barack!
  • Namingway, on 01/04/2008, -5/+19I remember the last election where I sat dismayed as Kerry lost. I thought at that moment that this country was truly insane. I couldn't in my heart believe that people were actually stupid enough to put Bush back in charge of the country.

    Now it's finally four years later & the democrats have Barack Obama. He reminds me so much of actual great political figures. He preaches a message of truth & hope, and I for one believe in his sincerity.

    I am a republican, I don't believe in putting the govt in charge of health care, I don't believe in abandoning the cause in Iraq, I am pro life & against tax increse on rich people (more for luxury tax).

    That said, I will vote for Obama. The republican candidates are complete nazis & frauds in this election. Open your eyes this election America... stop the tyranny! Lets give Obama a chance, what can it hurt?

    The fact is that no one that is elected can do worse than George Bush...
    • jtr25, on 01/07/2008, -0/+0Thanks Namingway for your comments. People -- not just Republicans and Democrats -- have been waiting for a reason and vision to unite us. Hopefully, Obama will see it through. Not sure what "cause" we have in Iraq, though. It's more like we put our foot down on a land mine trigger and now we can't take it off or it will explode. I don't think anybody wants us to be there, especially the Iraqi people.
  • Gwyddyon, on 01/04/2008, -10/+7I thought the speech was completely uninspiring, but maybe that's just me. I know that I seem to be the minority, but I HATE the "I'm a fresh face!" approach. If I'm interviewing for a job, I don't say, "I've never done this before, but I DO know that every other person here has been doing their jobs wrong!" So why should that be a good reason to elect somebody to the presidency?
    • Namingway, on 01/04/2008, -2/+12um... if I was applying for a job where everyone HAD been doing their job wrong I would be sure to mention that I am not like them.
    • scottaculous, on 01/04/2008, -3/+2Nothing can truly prepare a person for the presidency. Bush certainly wasn't ready, yet with the help of his advisers he managed to stay in power for two terms.
    • dagamer34, on 01/04/2008, -2/+2While no one may be ready for the job of president, Bush's advisors certainly were. Cheney and Rumsfield have both been White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense. How much more experience can you get?
      • jdotter, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3yeah and we see how that turned out...
    • SupaFurry, on 01/23/2008, -1/+3Yeah but cmon - this time we really have a fresh face on our hands...
    • Nickdotnet, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1Seriously - faces dont get fresher than that!

      But really, Gwyddyon makes a really good point. Its a bummer than Biden withdrew - now THERES someone who had been at it forever and knew how to create change!
  • Christerray, on 01/04/2008, -3/+4I'm a huge time Barack Obama supporter, and was celebrating his win last night.

    I sat down and looked at the polls for New Hampshire and South Carolina, and he's behind. Sc he's behind 20 points!

    ....Can he still win those states?
    • ZebZ, on 01/04/2008, -0/+6Uh... the last polls from two weeks ago show him and Clinton statistically tied in South Carolina. He'll get a bump for sure following Iowa, probably giving him a 5% lead. The biggest concern from SC minorities was that he wasn't seen as electable to whites... Iowa solved that concern.
  • boejangles, on 01/04/2008, -2/+1Did he quote Spiderman 2?
    • Christerray, on 01/04/2008, -0/+4Huckabee quoted the Christmas Carol.
  • Brian48216, on 01/04/2008, -6/+13He genuinely looked humbled by his win and the gravity of what rests on his shoulders.

    This man MUST be the next President. Any other person and we'd be doing ourselves a great disservice.
  • Juncti, on 01/04/2008, -3/+3Is that Screech in the background? lol Maybe Obama promised to give his house back.
    • Cryptecks, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1Yeah I think that's Screech for sure.
  • masgaster, on 01/04/2008, -0/+7@ dandeey

    "What do you see when you follow this link? You see a YouTube video that appears to be broken and a fake “Video ActiveX Object Error” message. This then entices you to run “install_video_3913230.exe” from shockbabetv.com to fix the issue. Of course this would be a bad idea. You might notice that shockbabetv.com is hosted on the IP address 85.255.119.93 on an IP range we have previously blogged about here. Beware as running this file will download yet even more malware from the same IP using the hostname creatonprojects.com."
  • RonaldLewis, on 01/04/2008, -3/+5If America is truly ready for change, it will do the following:

    1. Recognize and denounce social constructs such as race, religion, politics and more -- They were all designed to maintain division and control among the people.

    2. Stop referring to Obama as "Black" or "African-American" when considering #1 -- Race is an illusion, planted by social conditioning

    3. Start caring more about its country and each other

    4. Seeking the truth behind society and unwrapping the veil which blinds most from the other reality
    • CroMag, on 01/04/2008, -4/+3Race is an illusion planted by social conditioning?

      Um no, IGNORING race is an illusion planted by social conditioning.

      You sound like a total windbag *****.
      • boejangles, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3I hate those people from the Human Race... always doing things with their hands... think they are so cool....
      • DavidGX, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1CroMag.. lol.. your name is so very, very accurate.
    • amiches, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3You're right, race doesn't really exist in a biological sense. But it does exist in a sociological sense.
    • ZenMojo, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2Race exists in the same way love and logic exist. They're social constructs defining physical scientific propositions we can only conceive of as concepts. Now, if people TRULY started to look past race and saw the conditions of human beings, maybe the world would be a better place. Or maybe jerks would use it as an excuse to ignore the rest of the world. Hm.
  • syxle, on 01/04/2008, -15/+5All hail the globalist pig
    • bbqsalad, on 01/04/2008, -2/+2Yeah ALL HAIL SYXLE! HIP HIP HORRRAY!
  • flsurfer, on 01/04/2008, -0/+0These replies can't be from different people... This man voted for the Patriot Act. The greatest attack on our civil liberties in our history. Read "A Nation of Sheep" by Andrew Napolitano.

    Watch this video as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvu12z832Xc
    • dulios, on 01/04/2008, -0/+0Barack Obama DID NOT vote for the Patriot Act. He was an Illinois state legislator in 2001 when the Act was passed.
  • Perigren, on 01/04/2008, -0/+5If you want chills from an amazing speech check out this http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=BarackObamadot ...
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