Full Obama quote:

‘It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It’s about America. I have just become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions”


Just FYI, Post.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/29/obamas_symbolic_importance.html

" I am not George W. Bush."

Ich bin nacht George Bush.

Yeah, just read on Politico (which I really shouldn't expose myself to, like Morning Joe) that the GOP is "VERY EXCITED about that quote".

typical that only a portion of the quote was used.

I'd like to break his fingers so he can't disseminate his bullshit.

Obama is absolutely right, and rightly giving credit where it's due - to America!

Geesh. Who would have a problem with that? Oh ... yeah ... America-hating right-wing fucktards.

I'm glad that he said it. The opposition is having a knee-jerk reaction, because they know it is true.

Read on Talking points Memo that McCain said "These public housing projects are quite remarkable," joking to the multi-million dollar fundaraiser audience last night . If Obama had said that, I'm sure the GOP would add that to the "uppity" pile too.

and insisted on asking, "is John Kerry elite".

It sucks, its unfair, and its wrong. Looks like their fear of Republicans continues.

Those of us who support him here in the U.S. know it and so do the good people around the world. Everyone wants the real America back.


Sonia

Thanks

He left out the "but it's going to be difficult", from the "the odds of us winning are very good" quote from the fundraiser. And Dana's choice of words just seems very deliberate. "Ordered (!) a conference call"? Uh, sure. A couple other misleading things.

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/messiah_well_actually.php


asked the Obama campaign about the quote, and they provided some context that makes this particular utterance more digestible.

"It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It's about America. I have just become a symbol..." Obama said, according to the campaign.

And here's the thing about that.

He's kind of right. Not universally so, and there's real way to know how Iraqis or Jordanians viewed his visit, but if the European elite even marginally reflects or influences the views of Europeans, then a whole lot of them associate Obama with a restoration of American (a) glory or (b) humility, depending on the country. To put it another way, Europeans see Obama as being on the right side of history. Not all of them. But a lot of them.

A few other points:

The Capitol Police and the Secret Service, not the Obama campaign, closed the halls for Obama to pass yesterday. If you're inclined to think Obama presumptuous for this, then John McCain is also on your list; last week in Columbus, the police department there gave him full intersection control during rush hour. Oh, and that was David Cameron to whom Obama "gave some management advice," not to Gordon Brown, although Brown could probably have used it!

This is GWB.
This is your country run by GWB.
Any questions?