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Videos of the Week -- The Return of Gore
Jun 21st 2008 6:00PM
Filed Under:eBush Administration, House, Barack Obama, 2008 President, Videos of the Week
Welcome to Videos of the week. I'm Jay Allbritton, filling in for Tommy Christopher who's on special assignment.
Yesterday former Bush Administration Press Secretary Scott McClellan took his book tour to Congress. Republican Representative Steve King was waiting there to tell McClellan that he should just shut his mouth about the Bush administration.
On Thursday Michelle Obama dropped in on the fine ladies over at The View. Obama says she's focused more on taking care of her kids than she is on the campaign and that she will have no input on the selection of Barack Obama's running mate.
On Wednesday, Barack Obama shot back at scare tactics coming from the GOP (h/t Carpetbagger Report). "The other side likes to use 9/11 as a political bludgeon," he said, "Well, let's talk about 9/11." Here's Obama talking about 9/11:
On Tuesday, Iraq correspondent Lara Logan visited The Daily Show. "Tell me the last time you saw the body of a dead American soldier," she asked. "What does that look like? Who in American knows what that looks like? Because I know what that looks like, and I feel responsible for the fact that no one else does."
And way back on Monday former Vice President Al Gore endorsed Barack Obama. Obama brought The Endorsement Show to Michigan where Obama needs to assuage Michigan voters who may harbor some bitterness leftover from the primaries.
Recent Comments
(Page 1 of 2)Doc Banga12:48PMJun 22nd 2008
I think there should be more positive press on Obama declining to participate in public campaign funding. When in the history of Politics have we ever seen a Candidate turning down money. I was thoroughly impressed with Obama and his decision not to use public funding.
This is what I'm looking for, A Different TYPE of President!!! A different type of government, a different type of America!!!
OhReally1:19PMJun 22nd 2008
I believe TC's "special assignment" is named Diana
Katherine2:49PMJun 22nd 2008
Doc Banga:
Obama wants to keep private financing so he can continue to receive big bundler monies and lobbyist cash, and secret private contributions from who knows where.
It's a BAD thing. No candidate has done it since Watergate.
Katherine2:56PMJun 22nd 2008
Hillary's main platforms were healthcare and jobs, etc.
Obama's was supposedly transparency in government, no lobbyists and public finance-- fighting those old Washington special interests, remember?
Meanwhile, he's STILL taking money from Rezko's big fundraiser buddies.
Obama is the biggest fraud I have ever seen in my life. He has changed his position on literally every single damn thing he has ever touted as his personal stance.
iynaroc023:55PMJun 22nd 2008
Will the real John McCain please stand up. For people that want to meet the real john McCain, please read these two articles:
http://www.realchange.org/mccain.htm
http://www.nationalreview.com/contributors/levin040501.shtml
Now that's the McCain, the reformer we know.
Data just released show America is behind most industrialized nations when it comes to life expectancy. That is why we need universal healthcare like Obama is advocating. Just food for thought:
- For average white American male, life expectancy is 72 years and John McCain is already 72 years old, so he might kick the bucket any time now
- For average black American male, the life expectancy is 70 years and Barack Obama is only 46 years old.
vlg4:45PMJun 22nd 2008
I know this may fall on deaf ears, but I feel
compelled to say it anyway. There are many of us out here are do not support Obama, but we are not racist, prejudiced, or hate-mongers. We simply do not believe he has the experience, nor has he been vetted to the extent necessary, to be our President. If I decide not to vote for Obama, it will not be because of his race, religion, or relatives. It will be because of his record.
ARABIANDANCER5:09PMJun 22nd 2008
tommy christopher on special assignment ???? what, getting his lips removed from obama's ass ? obama is a hideous toad and has managed to piss off major voting blocs. dont stay home, vote mccain, vote american, send both obama's back to kenya where he was born and they will fit right in.
Wish Belkin5:31PMJun 22nd 2008
Ron Paul for President !! (write it in)
tfitz10176:50PMJun 22nd 2008
vlg, aren't you Victor also? If that is the case I must disagree. If you are the same person who posts as victor, you are most definitely a racist.
I don't want to pick a fight with the hillary gals. I wish only to point out that the machine that cranked out all of those slander filled comments is back in operation for the McCain campaign(Lieberman, you clever putz you!)
I will be in full attack mode for the duration and I ask you all, Katherine, Peggy, Suzanne, Oh Really, all of the old crowd to show a bit of understanding. After all, they are hiring winos and worse(college kids!) to vent YOUR hatred. You know they will get it all wrong so please support our efforts to rid the internet of these impostors. Thank you,TFitz
tfitz10176:54PMJun 22nd 2008
Pete is a bot.
Joyce8:34PMJun 22nd 2008
We need an honest-to-goodness president....not a preacher who doesn't practice what he preaches. We need someone who can not only talk the talk, but walk the walk.....someone who can express intentions & stick to it. We don't need one who vascillates on a daily basis depending on what group he is addressing at a particular time. We don't want a wishy-washy wimp or a hypocrite which means we don't want Obama. Al Gore & John Edwards muddied their names by getting on the Obama bandwagon which is grossly out of tune. Gore lost much of the respect he had gained through his environmental endeavors when he endorsed Obama; he did himself a disservice as did Edwards. Look what happened to Ted Kennedy. What goes around comes around...& it won't end there. Others will find out at re-election time.
Obama has been using every angle to win.... whether it's ethical or not. Win at all cost should be his motto because that is his primary goal. He's in for a rude awakening because the "change" will come in Nov. when he is defeated as voters are beginning to wise up & see the plastic exterior & the vacant interior. Obama is only interested in a title; he really doesn't give a rat's you-know-what about the people no matter what color they are. The Reps will knock him off his high horse & he will be revealed for the incompetent, dishonest & superficial man he REALLY is. He will be "Gore-d" & no "John" will be able to save him. I will be saying, "O-O-O-bum-mer" there'll be no White House occupancy for you." "You didn't earn it, you don't deserve it & you can't buy it." Never a Pres. Obama. Too risky!
suzanne8:34PMJun 22nd 2008
Somebody .....where is David Knowles??? Did he finally go after mojojojo?I haven't seen an article in weeks what's up??? I may not have agreed with David but.... did appreciate his passion for politics.
anyone?
John12:08AMJun 23rd 2008
Katherine is not a Hillary Girl Katherine is a dyed in the wool republican who masqueraded as a Hillary supporter. Hillary is going on to campaign for Obama, Katherine has jumped ship for her true candidate John McSame. Katherine is as low as they come in human form because she helps Republican lies to be spread on the internet and probably gets paid for it.
Katherine3:21AMJun 23rd 2008
John:
Believe whatever makes you feel better.
(I think these sad ones are actually starting to believe in the whole "party unity" lie....sure, sure, but the polls! but msnbc! lol)
Oh, tfitz, lol, STFU. Total moron. All you do is sh*t on everyone and call everyone a racist. SQUAWK! blah blah.
You have such a bitter and miserable personality baby.
Aren't you supposedly in England? Rains got to ya, eh? Who cares. Now go run along and climb back into TC's pouch.
Diana7:55AMJun 23rd 2008
**HAS ANYONE HEARD THAT GEORGE CARLIN HAS DIED from heart failure? :-( **
OR......yeah, I'm afraid you're right....and might I add 'Mission Accomplished'?! No, seriously, laptop's on the fitz....uh, I mean fritz.
suzanne.....I think he's just on vaca, to return in July...? We miss him too.
Fitzi.....you have me LMAO once again, bud!
Kat....nah, there's not enough room for the two of us. BTW--LMAO about that cartoon you posted on TC's NAFTA story.
John.....I don't think your theory is correct.
Diana8:21AMJun 23rd 2008
Good morning, Jay......just want to say great job with VOTW. I also appreciate your other work both here and on your IST website :-)
John10:50AMJun 23rd 2008
No Katherine Im not in England Im a blue collar white boy living in the good ole USA where I served as an E-5 in the US Army and as a cop in Los Angeles..working in the worst most impoverished ghetto areas of the country.I took an oath to preserve and protect the constitution of this country and its people more times than youve probably been laid in your life time. By all standards I should be a redneck republican and at one time was in fact...but 8 years of loud mouth chickenhawks and Karl Rovian politics has delivered me from this like a giant face slap.
Barack Obama is the man I trust to run my country...John McSame is a kiss ass and a true Flip Flop in the pockets of special interests just like your pals Hillary and Bill.
Katherine2:58PMJun 23rd 2008
John.
I was talking to tfitz:
Oh, and Obama isn't against special interests, which is why he declined public financing. It's so he can continue to receive monies from big bundlers, pacs, and lobbyists, etc.
Obama has flip flopped on almost all his stances that he touted. FISA, NAFTA, Campaign Finance, Diplomacy, the war...so what does he even stand for? We can't look to his record because he barely has one. We are going on his word, for what? Even his words aren't his own. And besides, he LIES like crazy. Here is the briefest Obama liar list I could find on youtube:
Barack Obama: A Bold-Faced Liar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLFRNxsW9so
Katherine3:18PMJun 23rd 2008
Ha! He only allows pro-Obama propaganda on his thread!!!!
He got the webscrubbing memo that has now become SO well-known.
How pathetic.
Half the posts wouldn't even be here had I not initially posted and then pulled in responses.
pffft.
Just for that, I'll throw another $100.00 toward a 527 ad hitting YOUR TV soon.
:)
PUMA!
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OhReally11:24AMJun 22nd 2008
News Alert from the CDC in Atlanta
There is an outbreak of a new disease called "Irritable Obama Syndrome" caused by watching Hillary or Gore stump for the Obama boy. Symptons include nausea, vomiting, high blood pressure, acute gastrointestinal distress, jock itch, flatulance and erectile dysfunction, and an overwhelming urge to write a letter to the DNC.
The only cure: Don't watch, don't listen and mostly, don't contribute.