Sort by NewsBusters (Free subscription) - 08/10/2008 - YouTube
Obama To Little Girl: America's Not So Great. From WISH TV, Indianapolis, IN August 6, 2008
Sort by NewsBusters (Free subscription) - 08/10/2008
This doesn't qualify as any kind of surprise, but it should be noted nonetheless. Thursday, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama gave a stunningly downbeat assessment of the nation's overall situation in a response to a seven year-old girl who asked him why he is running for president. Obama's media water-carriers have virtually ignored his very telling response, one that is reminiscent of...
Sort by The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008
About once a week, far-right blogs throw a fit about one manufactured controversy or another, usually to no avail. This week’s outrage, apparently, was Barack Obama’s response to an Indiana girl’s question about why he’s running for president. “America,” Obama said, “is no longer what it could be, what it once was. And I say to [...]
Sort by Althouse (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008
Interesting clip. One response is to say it's awfully negative , especially for talking to a little girl. But Obama has 2 little daughters. He should know how to talk to them. Are we not supposed to let kids see that we know that the world isn't perfect? What's striking to me is that Obama didn't try harder to defend himself against the predictable accusations that he doesn't love America enough —...
Sort by Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) - 08/07/2008
Isn’t that just the message you want him telling your seven-year-old when she asks him why he wants to be President? In Elkhart, Indiana, that’s the question that was posed to Barack Obama. And here’s what he answered: Transcript: America, uh, is… is no longer… uh… what it, it could be, what it once was. [...]
Sort by TalkLeft (Free subscription) - 08/11/2008
The LA Times thinks Obama blew it here . I don't, I agree with him. America is not what it once was and all our children deserve better The question he was asked: Why is he running for President. Republicans have tarnished this country's image during the past 8 years. America can do better. We have a chance to do better with Democrats back in control of the White House and Congress. Good for Obama....
Sort by Red State (Free subscription) - 08/07/2008
This is almost embarrassing to bring up. Almost . And to a seven-year-old, yet: I mean, I suppose that the fact that a young mixed-race man could advance in eight years from being a minor state legislative official to an United States Senator and assumed Democratic Party candidate for President might be considered by some to be an example of our country's ongoing decline; I'm just startled that the...
Sort by Say Anything (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008
Not exactly 'morning in America', is it: I suppose only the Messiah can save us now. Update: Jim Geraghty quips: "One spouse says we used to be great and have fallen; one spouse says we haven't been great until now." Hey, Barack and Michelle . . . which is it? Crossposted from Ken McCracken
Sort by Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008
In response to a 7 year-old girl’s question at a campaign stop earlier this week asking why he was running for president, here was Obama’s response: “America is …, uh, is no longer, uh … what it could be, what it once was. And I say to myself, I don’t want that future for my children.” Here’s [...]
Sort by BizzyBlog (Free subscription) - 08/09/2008
This doesn’t qualify as any kind of surprise, but it should be noted nonetheless. Thursday, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama gave a stunningly downbeat assessment of the nation’s overall situation in a response to a seven year-old girl who asked him why he is running for president. Obama’s media water-carriers have virtually ignored his very telling [...]
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Sort by Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008
Barack Obama spoke in Elkhart, Indiana yesterday, and when he was asked by a seven year old girl (a plant') why he's running for president, the 47-year old senator responded: America is no longer what it could be..what it once was...and I say to myself I don't want that future for my children. When was it better, Barack?--is what Brainster asks. Was it during your late teens, when Jimmy "Malaise" Carter...
Sort by Infidels Are Cool (Free subscription) - 08/07/2008
“America is …, uh, is no longer, uh … what it could be, what it once was. And I say to myself, I don’t want that future for my children.”
Sort by Wolf Howling (Free subscription) - 08/07/2008
The One gives us another off the cuff insight into his mentality, and this one is jaw dropping: Patriotism? Just what does he see in our country today that is so evil and bad that it must be completely remade in order for him to be satisfied enough with it to raise his children here? What utopian vision does he have of our past to which he he wants us to aspire? As I look around this country, I see...
Sort by Theodore's World (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008
A 7 year old asked Obama why he was running and this was his reply: "America, is uh, is… is no longer… uh… what it, it could be, what it once was. And I say to myself, I don’t...
Sort by The Two Malcontents (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008
Via WND: It’s the question every presidential candidate must be prepared to answer, but when it was posed to Barack Obama by a 7-year-old yesterday, the Democratic senator seemed at a loss for words. Appearing before a packed high school gym in Elkhart, Ind., the young girl asked Obama why he is running for the White House. "America [...]
