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I Was There

Posted by ANGELA WINTERS in Politics.
Aug 29th, 2008 | Comments

Okay, so I wasn’t actually there, but I watched it on TV and I was aware of the history and in my opinion that’s what it was about. Obama did better than good. He did a very good job. He didn’t do a great job, but he didn’t have to. The significance of the moment was what mattered. I don’t care what your political affiliation is or whether you plan to vote for him or not. How can that moment not matter to you?

General consensus was that the speech was great. Even conservatives that try to paint him as the worst thing that could ever happen to America were impressed. Even Bill Kristol thought it was glorious. This may be one of the signs of the apocalypse, but I agree with Pat Buchanan. Pat loved the speech. He thought it was great because he thought it was a “strong, manly speech” and the Democrats haven’t had that in a long time. They’ve had emotional, inspiring, entertaining and logical speeches, but there was no sign of Dukakis on that stage last night.

I saw a man give the audience standing in front of him what they wanted. They didn’t want to hear about HOPE. They wanted to know he was not going to be John Kerry. He was not going to let the Republicans bash him about the head and neck without fighting back. I think he did that. He attacked McCain very specifically and deliberately several times and he said, “Come get me. I’m not afraid and I will get you back.” I guess that’s what Buchanan meant.

I thought the bells and whistles afterward was a bit too circus-like and I think he could have left some of the laundry list out, but overall, as a moderate who is still certain he will raise my taxes on January 21st no matter what he says, I can say…good times. And WTF with the McCain camp trying to steal the moment with VP speculation? Foul. It’s like A-Rod trying to upstage the World Series. McCain is a better man than that. Isn’t he?

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ChrisWWW

as a moderate who is still certain he will raise my taxes on January 21st no matter what he says

By executive order or what? :-)

If and when he does raise taxes, it will be on corporations and those making over $250k a year. If you're under that, you'll get a tax decrease.

superdestroyer

Chris,

There is no way that the Democrats can fund their programs by raising taxes on ly on the rich. My guess is that on January 21, the Obama Administrartion is be talking about the poor long term prospects and that they tax increases will affect more people than iniitally thought. Rememeber, Democrats always raise taxes in the first year of an administration and hope people will forget three years later (See Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter).

ChrisWWW

SD,
I think there will be a lot of years of deficit spending ahead of us. Less than if McCain became prez, but still a lot. That's why I don't think Obama will raise taxes.

superdestroyer

Chris,

the question is wether President Obama will veto the tax increases pass by Congress or veto them. Bush I and Clinton signed tax increases into law. I doubt if the Democrats in Congress will be able to resist tax increases once there is not veto threat.

GreenDreams

How can so many be so blind about "tax increases?" The GOP has MASSIVELY increased our taxes through their "borrow and spend" policies. The increase is the interest on the national debt. For every working American, the Reagan/Bush/Bush tax INCREASE is over $250 per MONTH over $4,000 a year of your tax bill is the interest on the Republican contribution to national debt.

This is not an abstraction. We owe it monthly and we pay it. To China and others who finance our deficit spending. Republicans TALK about cutting spending and taxes, and they must be snickering at all the believers who just don't think about the massively INCREASED spending on debt interest. We're paying more every day. We're just not getting anything for it.

And SD, you talk about personal responsibility, but seem to support the utter abdication of that responsibility in terms of our generation paying its own way, rather than charging our excesses to our kids' credit card.

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