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huffingtonpost.com — Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people (not including C-Span and PBS)... Nearly 4 million people more than Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

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  • Kirly, on 08/29/2008, -47/+538 million? so, what is that? about 10% of the polulation?
    • SeeingtheLight, on 08/29/2008, -3/+16Relevant if every individual watched a private television -- including infants and children, and each individual was connected to Nielsen. Otherwise, yes, at least 10% of the U.S. population.
    • pocee, on 08/29/2008, -2/+18It establishes the bar for Sen McCain.
    • Gemfinder, on 08/30/2008, -1/+12It's a hair over 10%. Or one person in ten in this country, in street-level terms.
      Does the study count individual television sets or average out the number of people watching each of those sets?
      For example, the McDonald Theatre downtown had one set, and 1,000 people watching it. My own watch party had one set and about 21 people watching it.
      If they're counting television sets on, then it's easily one person in 10. Maybe closer to as many as one person in 6 or 7.
    • ajmaximus, on 08/30/2008, -2/+23"polulation"? lol
      38,000,000
      ^that is the highest number for any political event.
      remember, americans aren't normally given to spending hours watching political coverage on tv, its usually american idol and nfl, that bring in those kind of numbers.
      so yes, it is a BIG deal.
    • jbenson2, on 08/30/2008, -23/+5Did Obama give a speech last night?

      I watched most of the news stations today and did not see anything mentioned. I guess it wasn't too important. The big news that was covered by all the stations was the selection of Sarah Palin as the VP.
      • pintomp3, on 08/30/2008, -0/+6maybe you should try watching something other than fox news.
      • jbenson2, on 08/30/2008, -1/+1The headlines on CNN, LA Times, Star Tribune, Boston Herald, MSNBC for Obama's speech?
        NOPE, they all led with McCain / Palin
    • schoate09, on 08/30/2008, -3/+8Thats about 40% of the voting population.
      • TheXuu, on 08/30/2008, -0/+52004 voting populaton = 125,736,000
        - US Census Breau

        38,000,000 / 125,736,000 = 30.2%

        not too shabby
    • GeorgeStone2, on 08/30/2008, -9/+2The problem is, people who are into Obama are REALLY into Obama. So they ALL watch his acceptance speech.
      People who are into McCain don't really give a toss about him. So are less likely to watch his speeches.
      In other words, I predict that Obama will get around 38 million votes :P

      Obama does seem like the celeb candidate (inb4diggdown).
      He's pretty much the only one shown on TV here in the UK. It's all obama obama obama over here.

      Shame he wont win. And I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me on that point. I will be linking you to this post on the digg article "OMG MCCAIN WON!! RECOUNT NEEDED" that will pop up just after the elections.
      • playuhh, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1SO tell me exactly what convinces you that he WONT win as you seem pretty sure of it... and no we're not SURE he will win... we WANT him to win. There's a huge difference.
    • Ajajadude, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2I listened to it on the radio since I was driving home from work. And then I finished watching the last 10 minutes when I got home since my landlord had it on. So, 38 million plus 1 since you're trying to be technical.
  • SeeingtheLight, on 08/29/2008, -3/+114It was probably higher. I, and several people I know, watched it on CSPAN
    • acroyear2, on 08/29/2008, -2/+12Soo, 10.000000000000007% then?

      Either way, an amazing night.
    • lsumed, on 08/29/2008, -1/+333.5 million watched it on PBS, so add that to the total.
      • skotfarkis, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3I was one of the 3.5 million. I couldn't take anymore of the talking heads interrupting all of the other speeches :P
    • Gemfinder, on 08/30/2008, -1/+45CSPAN rules.
      We watched that channel at our party last night. Sooooo nice to not have to sift through the talking, spinning heads.
      You don't have to support the corporate media cabal! CSPAN is your tax dollars at work, watch that and don't get double-dipped!
    • chispito, on 08/30/2008, -17/+0That is a lot of people. However, the next day everyone was talking about Sarah Palin, not Barack Obama. And despite what you read on Digg, most of the talk was not negative.
      • EtherGnat, on 08/30/2008, -0/+12In the past 24 hours Google News returns 325,359 results for Obama.
        In the past 24 hours Google News returns 16,024 results for Palin.

        You fail.
      • MissEvans, on 08/30/2008, -1/+3How can he possibly fail! She hunts moose at 3 am in the morning! -_- That's positive!

        Sickening it is! :(
      • chispito, on 09/01/2008, -0/+0I think you're right, to some degree, but it's not what I saw on the front pages of news sites like the NY Times, ABC News, etc. I don't have it in front of me, so I may be wrong, but I doubt that the top story for most of the Network news shows Friday evening was about Obama and not mainly focused on Palin.

        Besides, I thought this was Digg and the MSM is highly suspect, conspiring to suppress negative stories about McCain. Despite Obama's press advantage even before the DNC (he's been on something like 8 Time covers, for instance).

        I took a swag at a "pulse" on Friday, I didn't think it was something you could actually quanitfy. Sue me!
    • KingGorilla, on 08/30/2008, -1/+27Real men watch CSPAN
    • duckley, on 08/30/2008, -0/+19And don't forget OVERSEAS American citizens (at least 6 million).

      Worldwide, including non-US citizens, the viewer numbers were probably 100 million.
    • igtats, on 08/30/2008, -0/+9Definitely higher. We watched it on PBS because CNN had way too many commentaries talking over the actual event.
      • PHiZ187, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1Exactly. Plus, I was able to watch PBS over the air (don't have cable here.)
    • se1zure, on 08/30/2008, -0/+8does anyone have a link to the torrent or something? I had to work, so unfortunately, I couldn't watch the speech.

      edit: I was being lazy. Here is a link for those interested:
      http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4368616/Obama_Acce ...
    • NyteStarNyne, on 08/30/2008, -0/+5I started watching CSPAN during the primaries. I like it because you feel like you're actually there. Hell, even when the speeches were done it was interesting to watch the candidates interact with the crowd. The people that call into CSPAN are usually idiots though.
    • monoa, on 08/30/2008, -0/+4Probably? There's a lot of people around the planet who are taking a keen interest in this election. No right-thinking person wants another 4 years of the neocon agenda of greed and aggression.
    • ivlan, on 08/30/2008, -15/+0
      • Chaoticfist, on 08/30/2008, -0/+7Do not click the link. Its a virus. Report this *****.
    • davidaod, on 08/30/2008, -0/+8I watched it with my Dad live on CNN at 3:00AM in Ireland. =)
    • d4ftpunk, on 08/30/2008, -0/+0Watched it in Norway!
    • sdviewer, on 08/30/2008, -0/+0Everyone I know watched on KPBS because of lack of commericals. This was not included in count.... this is very good news!
    • jjesusfreak01, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Bury me for this, but Sarah Palin had only 1 million less viewers for her speech, and thats considering that she was broadcast on less networks than Obama.
      • SeeingtheLight, on 09/10/2008, -0/+1Admittedly, I'm considerably biased and did not care to read about Palin. Therefore, I will ask YOU, how many networks fewer than Obama, one -- as in TVOne?
  • pedro9, on 08/29/2008, -17/+51I'm only sorry that Obama didn't bash the Bush Crime family for what they really are. Murderers. Torturers. Cazillionaires profiting off of the war. And really dumbasses. Tell it like it really is. They've pretty much destroyed our country and nothing can be done to reverse it by anyone. Sad.
    • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -19/+1And Obushma is the guy to change that? Unlike you, I have read his economic plans, despite his promise of a large tax refund, all of our other taxes will be increased, income, sales, homeowner, social security, etc.

      So please "pedro9" stop commentating on things you don't know about.
      • zeblith, on 08/30/2008, -0/+10How dare you. "Obushma"? Think you're being clever?
      • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -10/+1Lets see, Mcshame, Mcshameless, Mcshamefull, Mcbush... and I'm the one being clever!
      • playuhh, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3Wow hans... you're pretty ***** retarded.

        Sadly, you somehow think you understand economics.
      • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -1/+0I have a masters degree in economics so I dont think you should talk.
    • zeblith, on 08/30/2008, -1/+17He's not campaigning against Bush. His opponent is McCain. Just in case you didn't know that.

      Yes, they are similar, but he doesn't really gain capital from purely bashing Bush.
    • blackfox026, on 08/30/2008, -5/+11Barack's message is 'hope,' not 'exaggerated depressing *****'
    • pinchduck, on 08/30/2008, -3/+14That's the way to win an eleciton. Get on a stage and go on a diatribe. I preferred his message of hope, of looking towards the future, of outlining the goals he wishes to accomplish. It was a great piece of rhetoric. I doubt he will be able to carry out most of it, but it was a great agenda setting speech. Getting up there and pouring venom into TVs across the nation would have made McCain very happy. Look at it this way: it didn't really work very well for Kerry, did it?
    • poet, on 08/30/2008, -8/+3Did you know that Obama is Cheney's cousin? They are all part of the same group.
    • MateyO, on 08/30/2008, -1/+8My impression is that Obama is working to be the President of the United States because he wants to make it a better place. McCain is working to win an election.


    • mattletron, on 08/30/2008, -0/+5Nothing can be done to reverse it by anyone? What do you base that on? Obama's is a message of hope and change that is being heard because millions of Americans are convinced that something can be done and are willing to do the work to make it happen. We are not electing a man, we are electing a new direction for our country's government.
    • tonage, on 08/30/2008, -2/+1Why are liberals so damn stupid?
  • MsLaurel, on 08/29/2008, -3/+76Not only were people watching Obama on CSPAN, they were watching him on the Internet..

    Pedro: Of course something can be done. Do your homework or read my latest digg on how green energy creates jobs that can't be outsourced: The more green energy spreads across the country, the more jobs we have, the healthier the local economies, the more reasonable our utilities. Then we need electric cars .. . . And we stop transferring our money out of the country to get oil! . . . . The tax codes are just waiting to be made progressive. All that has been done can be undone. The deficit will be paid down --just make sure you vote Democrat for the next 20 years. . . .
    • psysop, on 08/30/2008, -0/+8The push for green energy will create jobs just replacing all the regular items with ones that say green on them, too. A friend of mine sells "green phone service" to replace your regular phone service. New job, right there.
    • monoa, on 08/30/2008, -0/+5Right on. Green tech is a massive opportunity for everyone. People can either whine and misrepresent ("the tree huggers want us all to live in mud huts") or tool up and compete.
  • snareguy17, on 08/30/2008, -0/+35I watched it online the next day, how many others did that aren't added into that count?
    • JayKeaton, on 08/30/2008, -2/+3Doesn't count, only those who watched it live are counted.
    • kgreen69er, on 08/30/2008, -0/+13I count on Nov. 4 and I watched it on the net.
    • Charklii, on 08/30/2008, -0/+4I watched it online. I'm not even American. And I wouldn't mind watching it again.
    • kickyourbrain, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2How does one determine the number of people watching a program that is, in many areas, provided by a broadcast, or unacknowledged, signal?
    • BenKenobi88, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2Same goes for Olympics though...I watched it online.
  • midgetdiablo, on 08/30/2008, -18/+5China spent billions and billions of dollars on a great spectacle; Obama spent his dedication.
  • ssj2119, on 08/30/2008, -1/+58More people watched it than they watched the Beijing opeining ceremony... now that's saying something. And I'm sure that 38m number is just Americans, alot of international people watched too
    • nemo001, on 08/30/2008, -0/+10The German audience was very large.
    • aliasfallen, on 08/30/2008, -7/+0So 38.001M then. ;)

      I bet more Germans watched the Olympics than this speech though.
    • (*)V(*), on 08/30/2008, -5/+1Why is this surprising, it was only every channel. It was more difficult not to watch it.
      • Me1000, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3the Olympic opening was on every channel too... I didnt watch that.
      • sidewinderaim9x, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2Uh no on basic it was only on NBC.
    • biofreak12, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1How anyone determine how many people are watching a particular channel?
      I think people are just making numbers up, its even harder to predict than weather.
      I can make numbers too. 380 Million Watch Obama's Acceptance Speech.
      Here you have it, i am just curious.
    • dannydawg5, on 08/30/2008, -0/+0
      That's for the American audience. Worldwide audience for Beijing opening ceremony is estimated at 2 billion... a tad more than Obama's speech.

      http://www.nielsen.com/media/2008/pr_080814a.html

  • mitch77, on 08/30/2008, -18/+4Here was the group from our block:
    http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=72363
  • egthareal, on 08/30/2008, -29/+7Puffington Host
  • barktwiggs, on 08/30/2008, -23/+3So, nothing better was on, eh?
  • Darusame, on 08/30/2008, -9/+19I'm sure the international audience for the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony was a lot larger than Obama's acceptance speech.
    • aliasfallen, on 08/30/2008, -27/+0Shhh... Don't tell Obama that... you might hurt his ego.
      • santaliqueur, on 08/30/2008, -4/+3It's not Obama's ego I'm worried about, it's Digg's. Quick, someone make fun of the president, or talk about how Halliburton is ***** us over!
    • allnone, on 08/30/2008, -0/+16Since they can't vote in America, I would imagine so.
    • 5555, on 08/30/2008, -1/+4Internationally, it's estimated more than a billion people watched the opening ceremony.
    • yolishemp, on 08/30/2008, -1/+8I disagree i am a canadian living in the uk and addicted to the internet getting inspire by obama speech i have listened to all his speeches serveral times it motivates me.
      i was at the carnival last weekend canvassing for obama and was spelbound at how the rest of the world was excited for america to have obama as president some even said would be great to have him as president of the world .we will have a cleaner planet,peace,and prosperity,so america we need a clean peacefull world god bless america and barack obama.
      Yolisamazinghemp
      • ShadowMerchant, on 08/30/2008, -9/+2Prepare to cry bitter tears, then. Obama is going to lose by 7 percentage points.
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 08/30/2008, -1/+9Are they voting in the US elections?

      Didn't think so.
    • cwright213, on 08/30/2008, -0/+4I guarantee you the world was watching. we can't even begin to count those numbers
    • Charklii, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3From New Zealand. I watched Obama's speech and enjoyed it? (Is that the right word, I mean - I did enjoy it but I also appreciate it's not merely entertainment). Anyway, haven't watched the Olympics at all - but I doubt I reflect the majority :p
    • SkinnerBox, on 08/30/2008, -1/+1Duh...
  • mitch77, on 08/30/2008, -28/+4The only way Bush destroyed our country was when he signed the bills that the LIBERALS wrote to spend money we don't have. And he should fight to make them allow Iraq to pay for the war with oil.
    But libs want us poor and miserable so they can institute full blown socialism.
    That's the only way the left has ever gotten it done.
    Stupid selfish people ignorant of history willing to give up freedom for bread.
    Believing their government owes them.
    Drooling to follow a political path that has a 100% failure rate.
    JFK would hate the dems of today.
    Now all they can do is sit in their own waste and cry,
    "feed me, fix me, make me feel better, promise me work, make it easy,
    don't require anything of me, waaaa waaaa."
    • phrenzy, on 08/30/2008, -0/+9Wow you're a ***** powerhouse of white hot wit: Democrats are socialists.

      That's ALMOST as original as "Republicans are Nazis!!1!"

      BTW - You would have been frothing at the mouth calling JFK (not to mention FDR) a "socialist" back then too, so don't try to boost some kind of non-insanity cred by claiming "dems used to be ...." You are just a partisan nut Bush supporter and you probably voted for him twice, which automatically makes your words worth *****.
      • WhiteRaven, on 08/30/2008, -3/+2Control of the economy through manipulative taxation and heavy regulation. That is the Dem platform and that is one of the two main varieties of socialism. The other is communism... control of the economy via direct government ownership of the means of production.

        Now, what is the one-word term for the Dem variety of socialism? I'll give you a hint... it starts with an F and it isn't Federalism.
    • BossKey, on 08/30/2008, -0/+11You mean all the liberals who passed the bills during the time when the Republicans controlled the Presidency and Congress?
    • CeeAyy, on 08/30/2008, -0/+9Something is really wrong with you. This is not about liberals and neocons. If you can't see what a horrible situation this country is in because of the current President, then there is no helping you.

      Just for the sake of argument, what bills are you talking about? As far as I can tell, the majority of problems that we have right now are related to an illegal war. Do you have any facts to back up your interesting claims? Do you really think that this President is so weak and has been forced to follow the Democratic party, which did not have a majority and has no real power? Do you really think that this President has been a wimp? Do you really think that the President hasn't accomplished the majority of what he set out to do? Really?

      People like you are exactly what is wrong with the USA. If you would let go of party loyalty and really see things for what they are, you would help this country by making better choices. Prejudice like yours is killing the US. As long as you see things as liberals vs neocons, you will make choices based on party loyalty instead of what is right or helpful. BTW, I say neocon because the current administration is not truly conservative. They have fought for, and won, a large amount of change in this country and if you have been paying attention you would see that it has not been for the better. Unless you are wealthy, this administration has been a disaster. Mitch77, are you wealthy or just really that blind to reality? I'm guessing that you are not wealthy...
      • WhiteRaven, on 08/30/2008, -3/+1Name a single problem we have now related to the war.

        The economy right now is healthy. What too many people are doing is comparing it to the economy of the late nineties which was an aberration based on fraud and fantasy. The quasi-balanced budget, the low-low unemployment rate, rising wages and elevated stocks were largely the product of an economy rife with illegal financial activities and obscenely inflated stock values for companies with no profit and no prospect for profit. When the frauds were uncovered and a splash of cold reality hit the dot-coms, that economy of fiction collapsed.It had nothing to do with any president either during the bubble or after.

        While I could list some things that are indeed "wrong" in the country, Obama's entire campaign is based on promises to make them *worse*. We don't need more regulation and more taxation and we also don't need to give up our position as a superpower.
      • ShadowMerchant, on 08/30/2008, -0/+0"largely the product of an economy rife with illegal financial activities and obscenely inflated stock values for companies with no profit and no prospect for profit. "

        Agreed. It is always worth remembering that the excesses of the 90's (Enron, Global Crossing, Worldcom, Adelphia, etc.) all happened on the watch of frat-boy Bill Clinton.

        The mess was cleaned up by George Bush's Justice Department, who put fat cat Friends of Bill like Bernard Ebbers in prison for decades.
    • aliasfallen, on 08/30/2008, -8/+0The thing is liberals have a lot of good points too but its the way they present themselves. Did you see the folks outside of the DNC with their hankerchiefs around their mouths like they were gangsters or something? That's what I mean. Who the hell is going to listen to you?!?!? Plus I bet some of the dudes don't even care we have troops in Iraq... just probably out there protesting trying to get laid later on with a woman who actually does care about the troops in Iraq and is out there for a real reason.

      I went to Berkeley for college and I asked this one guy why he protested so much and he said it was because "it was fun." WTF??!! Fun??!
    • mikesoba, on 08/30/2008, -0/+4Right, the Republican Congress forced Bush to sign all of the spending bills Bush put in front of them to pass. That's some weed you've been smoking for 8 years.
      • WhiteRaven, on 08/30/2008, -3/+1Uh... that was 6 years ago. That predates the war, abominations like farm and highway bills and no child left behind. What exactly is it you are smoking? Every single cent spent on the war was approved by Democrat-controlled congress.

        I would like Bush to have vetoed a lot of those spending bills but he failed to do so because he is too much like the Dems. The fact is that every one of those bills had greater Dem support than they had Repub support. Bush has been signing bills actively supported by Dems and opposed by a significant number of republicans.

        But don't let the facts get in your way.
    • flashback99, on 08/30/2008, -1/+1GIve it a rest *****. You need to remember to get up from your computer from time to time, to mop up where you wet yourself every time news comes out that Obama pwned McCain.
  • c010rb1indusa, on 08/30/2008, -3/+98It says something when a political speech beats the American Idol finale's ratings...especially when it's about an hour long. So he beat out the most popular show on television and manages to grab peoples attention for more than 15 minutes, that's pretty dope!


    • WhiteRaven, on 08/30/2008, -5/+2Well... it could mean that the speech worked on much the same level as Idol.

      Please note I said *could*. I'm saying that the same argument that you imply means that Obama is offering something great and special could also mean that he just achieved the same type of lowest-common-denominator devotion.
    • ShadowMerchant, on 08/30/2008, -6/+1Too bad it's forgotten fish-wrap today. Palin has sucked all the air out of the room. What a master stroke by McCain.
  • se7endaytheory7, on 08/30/2008, -19/+2http://digg.com/comedy/Huffington_Post_Spam_Method ...
    • whitey9, on 08/30/2008, -0/+6A spam post about spam posts. Delicious.
  • mrzeero, on 08/30/2008, -8/+20Diebold > Acceptance Speech
  • TedinAsia, on 08/30/2008, -6/+40He looked good... Presidential.


    • fr0mundacheese, on 08/30/2008, -15/+1I had my lube and some towels to clean up with.
    • JYoungest1, on 08/30/2008, -7/+1How much money was wasted on that show
    • chase001, on 08/30/2008, -0/+5Meanwhile McCain seems off his meds and seconds away from peeing himself. Call the nurse.
  • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -20/+5First of all I'm a Democrat,

    Everyone's bashing Bush, however his first few years of presidency went well. Only until the democrats started to control both houses of congress did everything start to go down hill.

    And that's why McCain has my vote now. The democratic party isn't what it used to be.
    • aliasfallen, on 08/30/2008, -10/+2Kudos to you. You are voting with your judgement and not because of an affiliation with a party. We need more people like you.
      • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -8/+1Exactly, I don't know how people could be "devoted" to one political party. When America was first created, there were no political parties.

        Benjamin Franklin once said something along the lines of; the worst thing that can happen to America is when only two political parties control the government.
      • riseabove, on 08/30/2008, -2/+3kudos to you, fellow lame-ass mccain supporter! i agree the first few years of bush's presidency was splendid, beginning with that terrorist attack and paving the way for our Grand Old Occupation of Iraq!
        s
      • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -5/+0You can thank Clinton for the terrorist attack, since he did absolutely nothing to combat terrorism, all the planing was done during his presidency. Oh wait, he was too busy getting blow jobs, I forgot.
    • Berkana, on 08/30/2008, -0/+7In the first year of his presidency, months before 9/11, he planned the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Bush was evil from the very start, and McCain will simply continue in his idiotic rut.

      Bush planned the war from the first National Security Council meeting, 10 days after his inauguration:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky2t_tDsZrk
      • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -5/+0And Big foot is real, there are aliens at rosewell, and the moon landing was staged! where do you come up with this stuff! Seriously!
      • goalieman392, on 08/30/2008, -1/+0I hope you realize that the US has plans for invasion of pretty much every country in the world, including our allies. Democrats voted to go to war too. And dont give me that crap about him misleading the country, if we were misled blame the CIA and NSA. The CIA is notorious for not cooperating with the office of the president, so it makes no sense that they would all be in on this big scheme.

        If there were weapons of mass destruction, ie chemical or attempted biological, he had plenty of time to destroy it from the time we started talking about war to the time it happened. He used gas on the kurds, and that was enough for me to KNOW he had them or had the capability, and that he was messed up in the head enough to use them.

        I am so tired of people demonizing bush, mccain and republicans just because you read a few articles on the huffington post and decided they are evil.

        Half the time you call bush an idiot and the other half you call him a criminal mastermind...i think those two are mutually exclusive.
    • EtherGnat, on 08/30/2008, -1/+7You honestly thought things were going well until two years ago? Umm..... ?!?!?

      What exactly is it you think the Democrats have screwed up over the last two years that was going well before?
      • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -7/+0No if you knew how to read, I wrote the first few years went well ('00, '01, '02), 9/11 doesn't count since that was clintons fault.
      • EtherGnat, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3HansFriedman: "Only until the democrats started to control both houses of congress did everything start to go down hill."

        The Democrats didn't take control of Congress until '07. If things stopped going well in '02 that means you think Republicans screwed things up in '03, '04, '05, and '06.

        "the first few years went well ('00, '01, '02)"

        Bush didn't take office until 2001, so I'm sure Clinton appreciates you thinking he did a good job in 2000. Using your own words you're claiming the Republicans only did well for two years out of 6 they had control of both the White House and Congress. Even assuming we believe '01 and '02 went well, that's not a very good record.

        "9/11 doesn't count since that was clintons fault."

        Clinton had regular meetings on terrorism, launched missile strikes at Al Qaeda training bases trying to hit Osama Bin Laden, etc.. Please inform us what President Bush prior to 9/11 that was an improvement over what Clinton had done. We'll wait.
    • wastelander, on 08/30/2008, -1/+9"first few years of presidency went well"
      WTF? why do you think the dems won back congress in the 1st place?

      ..democrat my ass
    • flashback99, on 08/30/2008, -0/+6You're not a democrat.
    • ShadowFox06, on 08/30/2008, -1/+5
      • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -2/+0I already knew you were a dumbass.
  • Babazoz, on 08/30/2008, -20/+18Oh hey......

    http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecki ...
    • santaliqueur, on 08/30/2008, -10/+2Obama is grasping at air, on this one. Can't believe he decided to run with it. He's no better than any other politician.

      Obama: Now, I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans; I just think he doesn’t know. Why else would he define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year?

      obama_convention:What McCain actually said at the Saddleback Church forum on Aug. 16 was that he favors low taxes for all income levels. He drew a laugh, then said, "but seriously" as he struggled to make his point:

      Pastor Rick Warren, Aug. 16: [G]ive me a number, give me a specific number - where do you move from middle class to rich?

      McCain: I don't want to take any money from the rich – I want everybody to get rich. ... So, I think if you are just talking about income, how about $5 million?

      (LAUGHTER)

      But seriously, I don't think you can - I don't think seriously that - the point is that I'm trying to make here, seriously – and I'm sure that comment will be distorted – but the point is that we want to keep people's taxes low and increase revenues.
    • Berkana, on 08/30/2008, -0/+15Thank you for the touch of accountability there, which is needed to keep all sides honest. Granted, factcheck is an equal opportunity scrutinizer, but Obama is still far better than McCain.
    • Aliwalla, on 08/30/2008, -4/+17What a load of biased crap.

      "He said McCain, far from being a maverick who’s "broken with his party," has voted to support Bush policies 90 percent of the time. True enough, but by the same measure Obama has voted with fellow Democrats in the Senate 97 percent of the time."

      Could someone honestly miss the point of a comment that badly?
      • seldon452, on 08/30/2008, -1/+1Are you complaining that you know more information?

        It doesn't matter they missed the point, they are giving you more information which is better then not knowing.
    • HencheMann, on 08/30/2008, -10/+2Oh no, nevermind simple little things like facts. This campaign is not about facts. It's about marketing and Obama is running a better marketing campaign. (Ooooo do you see all that cool typography he has going on?...THAT'S The President for ME!)
      • Me1000, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2i know you were trying to be funny, or just troll (im not sure) but it is actually pretty noticeable. The Obama campaign has pretty good designers and artists working for them while there isn't a whole lot the McCain campaign that I look at from a design standpoint and say, "wow, that looks good!"
    • Darwinfish1967, on 08/30/2008, -2/+4The irony of calling one of the biggest spin machines on the net "factcheck"

      "He said McCain would fail to lower taxes for 100 million Americans while his own plan would cut taxes for 95 percent of “working” families. But an independent analysis puts the number who would see no benefit from McCain’s plan at 66 million and finds that Obama’s plan would benefit 81 percent of all households when retirees and those without children are figured in."

      Cool when retireees and those without children are what people assosciate as "working" families let me know.
    • gotacalc, on 08/30/2008, -1/+2"Obama asked why McCain would "define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year"? Actually, McCain meant that comment as a joke, getting a laugh and following up by saying, "But seriously ...""

      No... I was watching this, and he definitely didn't follow it up with a more accurate figure.
  • mitch77, on 08/30/2008, -19/+3MSlaurel said "The deficit will be paid down. " ROFLMAO
    Yeah right! Only if every one of the pie in the sky promises the lefties made is a lie.
    Socializing health care ALONE will destroy our budget...just as it has done to
    EVERY OTHER NATION WHO HAS DONE IT!
    Google the Canadian Health care budget and you can read how they are scrambling to find way to drop
    folks off and steal money from other places to make the socialized med budget.
    And they have the US taxpayers paying a huge part of it for them!!!
    You know why meds are so cheap in CA? They made a law!
    You know who pays what they don't? We do. Hundreds of millions.
    IF a dem pays down the debt it will be only the 2nd time in your life time (even if your 100).
    Meanwhile more and more Canadians are crossing the border so they can reduce the wait for
    a mammogram or cat scan to 2 days instead of 2 years!
    When we get soc med where will we go?
    • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -5/+0I have a friend in canada and he needed and MRI scan on his knee, they told him that he would have to wait 3 years! And now Americans want this "wonderful" plan????
    • mikesoba, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3Of course we don't. We would rather spend $10 Trillion of our tax money fighting Iraq and lining the pockets of war profiteers then spend one penny of our money giving our own people better health care. It's this sort of concern for people that defines us as such a great, modern nation.
      • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -4/+0But see, if you read what either one of us wrote, we wouldn't be giving people better health care. People would have to wait a long time to get help. You understand now? Comprende?
      • WhiteRaven, on 08/30/2008, -3/+1It is the government's duty to fight wars. That is one of it's main purposes. It is empowered to do so by the constitution. When and why is a matter for debate but it is at least legal.

        There is no such power concerning health care. That is NOT the duty of the government. It is not even *permitted* to do so. No provision of the constitution empowers any branch of the federal government to either provide medical care or pay for it.
      • mikesoba, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1The welfare of the people is not a reference to fighting wars. And beyond that, no war was declared.
        And I wasn't responding to you Hans -- don't be so ego-centric.
  • mugupo, on 08/30/2008, -11/+1well, olympic opening only show in 1 channel, while Obama DNC speech show neraly all major network, therefore force peopel watch due to lack of other show showing that time.
    • mikesoba, on 08/30/2008, -0/+9I have +/-500 channels, are you kidding?

      And the Olympics was on 7 channels on DirecTV

      Get into the 21st century with the rest of us.
    • riseabove, on 08/30/2008, -0/+4do yourself a favor, read the above comment out loud in a really funny voice.
    • vat0r, on 08/30/2008, -0/+4I have basic cable and it was on no less then 5 stations around the clock.
    • allnone, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3So McCain should have the same?
  • Joe_rigby, on 08/30/2008, -11/+5TAKE THAT, BEIJING!
  • bigpeeler, on 08/30/2008, -12/+3And there were over 60,000 at Nuremberg. Go figure.
    • WhiteRaven, on 08/30/2008, -4/+1I just want to point out the actual point of this statement. Popularity is not an indicator of quality or truth. Another commenter believed that being able to beat out American Idol means that Obama must be pretty special. Well, yes... but special in what way? Did he provide incite and wisdom... or just a pandering spectacle? In other words, were these viewers there to see something *different* from Idol or just something that provided the same sort of empty, feel-good schlock?
    • nedzeve, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2The Internet says you lose:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
  • Killer57, on 08/30/2008, -3/+15I find it interesting that you are speaking out against political parties in the United States, yet you are basing your vote on McCain on grounds that the "democratic party isn't what it used to be", how is that being independent minded. Also the fact that you characterized Bush's first term (Democrats took over congress in 2006) as going "well" is a shocking statement to say the least, considering that Bush invaded a sovereign nation on lies.
  • DylanLIGHTS, on 08/30/2008, -0/+11It is so encouraging to see/know that so many people are passionate about this election and what it means to America. Good job USA! Now lets carry this energy to election day and turn out to voting poll sites in record numbers!
    • poet, on 08/30/2008, -4/+1ROFL You do know this election is probably going to have an embarrassingly low, if not record setting, voter turnout right?
      • Azarken, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2No it's not...more people are excited about the elections this year than I've seen in a long time.
    • Derrekito, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1We all know that some celeb news story will occur in time to distract everyone.

      Is it voting day already? I can't go, I need to know who paris ***** this time.
  • NickCobb, on 12/07/2008, -12/+2Screw the speech, the guy yelling on the megaphone for three hours prior to the speech was the the second best thing that happened that day..."9/11 was an inside Job!!!" over and over again....three god damn hours.

    The best thing that happened though... the people on MSNBC referring to Obama as "Black Knight."

    That speech was a distant third. Only reason 38 million people tuned in is because they were worried they might miss a live assassination attempt. I'm glad he made it through safe. Palina better be watching out at the RNC for a sexist NRA member though.
    • Newzworth, on 08/30/2008, -5/+0On the opposite end of the spectrum...

      the WORST part of the speech were the people inside, dressed in nice clean suits, spewing "Bush McCain" McCain Bush" over and over and over and over again for 3 straight hours.

      I guess brain dead Liberals can only handle a few topics at a time. (probably since their scrambling to think of the latest and greatest breakthrough invention since sliced bread... wait, Al Gore already invented that... uh..ummmm.. uh. Pockets on a T-Shirt?)
      • terminal157, on 08/30/2008, -0/+4People who disagree with you about politics are brain dead? What an insightful comment. You are a credit to your cause, and several people's minds have surely been changed by your brilliant and persuasive arguments. In a country where people are fed up by partisan hackery and bickering that keeps us stalled and mired in *****, you shine out like a diamond in the rough. You're clearly part of the solution rather than the problem, and you should be proud of yourself.
      • Newzworth, on 09/05/2008, -0/+0I encourage and would gladly engage a liberal or democrat in more meaningful and enlightening conversation. But as all of us on the right know, any good spirited dialogue is most often countered by ill-logical, off-topic, McCain/Bush rhetoric that is supported the mantra of the left. But lets give it a shot, shall we?

        "In a country where people are fed up by partisan hackery and bickering "

        Would you like us to believe that Obama, who voted 97% along democratice party lines will all-of-a-sudden represent us on the right? Does he even know HOW?

        McCain's has a history of aligning and working with the left (often to the dismay of the republican party). Truth is, McCain is a better choice for a democrat who promotes bi-partisanship in government.

  • Barackalypse, on 08/30/2008, -16/+3Unfortunately for Obama, even if every single one of those people voted for him, he's still quite a bit shy of the 59 million votes John Kerry got when he lost the 2004 election. I'm trying to temper your expectations guys, this is only going to end in heartbreak for you. Obama will either lose, or he'll win and sell you out just like he did with offshore drilling and FISA with telcom immunity.
    • dxgg, on 08/30/2008, -1/+3I'm of the (somewhat unpopular) opinion that Barack Obama, even at his worst, is a far superior candidate than John McCain. In other words...when comparing the two, I'll take whatever Obama dishes out. I may not always be happy with it, but it's still going to be better than his opponent.
    • terminal157, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3From the article:

      "His TV audience nearly doubled the amount of people who watched John Kerry accept the Democratic nomination to run against President Bush four years ago."

      If you're equating ratings with votes, Obama's going to get twice the votes Kerry did and nearly twice the votes Bush, the winner, got. But that's stupid, of course: you can't equate ratings with votes. You can, however, equate ratings with interest. And, relative to recent election history, the interest in Obama is enormously high.
  • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -7/+2The sad thing is everyone's on here arguing their little hearts out but when it comes time to vote, less than a fourth of the country will. America has one of the worst voter turn out %'s in the world.

    In sweden, 90% of the population votes, the reason is you get a fine if you dont. A great way to get people involved or a great way for the government to make money.
    • ShadowMerchant, on 08/30/2008, -0/+3It's a lousy idea. If someone cares so little or knows so little about the issues that he won't get off the sofa to vote unless he's punished, then I don't want his vote to poison the well.
    • Jaymoon, on 08/30/2008, -0/+4We have the freedom to vote.

      And the freedom not to vote.
  • kiapolo, on 08/30/2008, -11/+2And in one day, McCain stole all of BHO's thunder...nobody's talking about the speech, just liberal Obama Kool-Aid drinkers, clinging to the failed mantra of change they lost long ago...

    Even my mother (we live in Hawaii) who was going to vote for Obama is now going to vote for McCain/Palin. And my wife who wasn't going to vote at all is now car-pooling with my mother to the voting booth on Nov. 4.
    • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -7/+1In four years Palin will be a more recognized name than Obama.
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 08/30/2008, -1/+6... man, you try too hard.
      • HansFriedman, on 08/30/2008, -0/+0I just pity the dems thats all. Im trying to inform the uninformed ( apprently 99% of the digg community.)
  • LukasSmith, on 08/30/2008, -11/+438 million watched Obama, next day McCain picks wild card vice president, Obama's thunder gone. Even Obama's manager admitted the convention would not move Obama up in the polls. I wonder how many millions that convention cost? The most spectacular spectacle of 2008.
    • allnone, on 08/30/2008, -2/+9They always say that, because they don't want to sound cocky about moving up in the polls before it has actually happened. He has already had a bounce and this isn't including his speech yet, so time will tell if he goes up even more.

      The fact that so many people saw this, they didn't need the huge coverage the next day, because A LOT of people actually saw it, or heard about it and want to see it.
      • kiapolo, on 08/30/2008, -1/+1Polls are showing that Obama's bounce stopped at 8 points....Obama's screwed! Obama will be known as the failed Democrat wild-card experiment long after Palin is serving her second term as President in 2021...
    • LukasSmith, on 08/30/2008, -10/+2Well I am voting for McCain and even I watched the convention. I mean it really was a well put together expensive spectacle. Many of us are curious to see what millions can buy, even if we aren't interested in the candidate. I think he could have accomplished alot more with a more humble convention and saved millions to boot. He already has been attacked for being elitist. I personally don't believe he is elitist. But his choice of place for giving speeches from Denver to Germany makes me wonder sometimes. Anyone voting for this guy should demand more substance, not spectacle. But regardless it will be a close race in November. May the better man win.
      • poet, on 08/30/2008, -4/+1Both McCain and Obama are worthless unqualified pieces of trash.
        McCain can cry all he wants about being a PoW but he didn't even die, so why is he still crying and pulling his war card 24 ***** 7?
        Obama has zero experience at doing anything but orating. He reminds me of a professional diplomat--he could tell you to go to Hell in such a way that you would look forward to the trip.
  • xman8, on 08/30/2008, -8/+2WOW! A post promoting Obama from the HUFF. I'm surprised.
  • spyd3rweb, on 08/30/2008, -10/+3Modern day Liberalism is horse *****. Give me some Classical Liberals and I'll vote for them.
    • WhiteRaven, on 08/30/2008, -5/+1It is so sad that the term liberal is now the polar opposite of the term liberty.
    • ALiberalMind, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1Classic liberals? You mean people like Milton Friedman who tried to overrun 3rd world countries with free trade policies? Or how about the same people calling Hugo Chavez a nazi because he won't give all his oil away freely? Sorry, but you need to read Ha-Joon Chang's book: The Myth of Free Trade & The Secret History of Capitalism. Britain and the United States did not use "free trade" policies to become successful, rather they imposed high tariffs in order to PROTECT the growing industries. If you really believe in completely unregulated trade and very low tariffs & taxes, then I don't think you've read your economic history enough.
  • sola1, on 08/30/2008, -9/+1Great Barak Zeus Obama descended from heavens and zombified 80,000 people.
  • purelithium, on 08/30/2008, -0/+55.... and in other news, A whopping 38 people watched McCain's speech on friday simply because they lost the remote...
    • midiaa, on 08/30/2008, -13/+0Just remember that poor old Biden is not much younger than McCain. So, both are "up there", if I get your drift.
      • BackEnThaWomb, on 08/30/2008, -2/+3I've lost the remote plenty of times and I'm 20.
  • llamasonic, on 08/30/2008, -3/+2038 million in the USA. Worldwide, I estimate more than a billion would have watched. I'm in Malaysia and CNN aired it live and repeated the full speech later that evening. Hello World, Meet CHANGE.
    • discombulate, on 08/30/2008, -1/+23Hello USA. Don't ***** it up this time.

      Love,

      The World
      • ShadowMerchant, on 08/30/2008, -15/+2Hello world,

        Go ***** yourselves. We'll do as we damn please.

        Cordially,

        USA

      • discombulate, on 08/30/2008, -2/+0Cordially? Stick it up your NRA
      • IMDPanda, on 08/30/2008, -3/+1I'm doing my part, I'm writing in Stephen Colbert.
    • Chiliap2, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1A billion!?!?!
  • midiaa, on 08/30/2008, -17/+2B Hussein Obama who?

    McCain quickly took the wind out of the Dem's sails with his choice for VP.
  • poet, on 08/30/2008, -17/+2OBAMA / BIDEN 2008?
    OSAMA BIN LADEN 2008?
    • dxgg, on 08/30/2008, -0/+6Oh no! Now I'm scared.
      Good god, man. Pull your head out of your arse.
    • IIAmusedII, on 09/01/2008, -0/+1I don't know. Those really ARE a lot of the same letters. Maybe those two are secretly working with the terrorists or something. When the letters in the names are like that, you just gotta' wonder.
  • Wartyboskfapped, on 08/30/2008, -3/+34It's over for McCain.
  • flashback99, on 08/30/2008, -2/+6McCain should govern a small island somewhere. Then you should move all the fundies across to this island and let them govern themselves.

    They aren't Americans because they don't represent America or what it stands for so they should just get the ***** out, and let Obama sort out the ***** these people caused all around the world.
    • tonage, on 08/30/2008, -1/+1Thats funny. I think Obama should govern a small island somewhere, and all liberals should be moved across to this island so they can govern themselves.

      Oh, yea, I also think you are not a real American because you do not agree with my politics.
  • Newzworth, on 08/30/2008, -9/+4The only thing more fictitious than the fireworks at the Olympics, is How Obama expects to pay for the "Lottery for the poor" promises he made.

    Wait a minute... Just like the National Anthem stunt that the Chinese Politburo Standing Committee pulled, I'll bet that the words coming out of Obama's mouth were really just the audio recording of Socialist Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals"

    • roddack, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2Nah that is easy he well just have the Federal Reserve Print more money
      • Newzworth, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1This is America (we don't have a gold standard to just print money from anymore)

        You have to increase CREDIT available before you can print more money, remember?

        Which ironically means, you cant PRINT money that DOESN'T EXIST, until you SPEND money you NEVER HAD.

        Which is why is sucks because CHINA could have afforded real fireworks with all of AMERICA's DEBT that they own. Instead, they give me some flash animated superimposed CGI animation crap.

        How cheap can you get? Just throw it in with the lead toys, I guess. ;o(
    • macsox, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1Well, you're dumb, so I won't fault you for not actually looking into it.

      But, for those interested, check out the New York Times' robust assessment of Obama's ingenious economic plan.

      http://bit.ly/obamanomics
    • Chaoticfist, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1The only thing more fictitious than the fireworks at the Olympics, is How Bush and McCain expects to pay for the "War against the evil doers" promises he made.

      Wait a minute... Just like the National Anthem stunt that the Chinese Politburo Standing Committee pulled, I'll bet that the words coming out of Bush's mouth were really just the audio recording of Facist Adolf Hitler.
      • Newzworth, on 08/30/2008, -0/+0im confused Chaotic, Is it not your OBAMA who wants to hang out with Irans Ahmajenidad, the hate spewing, tyrannical leader of IRAN who publically denies of the Holocaust (Apparently Hitler isn't so bad to Liberals like you, right?)

        Since you bring up Hitler...

        Bush never exterminated over 6 million jew sin a bid to take over the world, did he? In fact, he supports Israel, which OBAMA mentors like Rev. Right and Farrakhan DO NOT.

        Like him or not, Bush does not purposely (I admin, he may be dense enough to do it on accident) conspire with known Terrorists like BILL AYERS whose goal was to Destroy America

        Ill help you figure out who is more Hitler like
        Compare for yourself

        Kucinich (see 5:05)
        http://www.dailypaul.com/node/59148
        or Hitler
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80lLU5-yji8&feature ...
    • TheToecutter, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1And how do you think we're paying for the wars in Iraq and Aghanistan? We aren't. We're writing ***** IOUs to China.
  • AnAfricanOnline, on 08/30/2008, -1/+3What happened to you? How many are there like you?This is American History happening get used to it
  • DD2CC2U, on 08/30/2008, -2/+11Pat Buchanan praises Obama
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Fru4dZLGA
  • liquidmetalband, on 08/30/2008, -1/+11I think this pretty much proves that McCain has no chance of winning. All the "polls" showing McCain pulling ahead have got to be phoney.
  • heavystone, on 08/30/2008, -10/+4And 50% of them were just there to see if he gets shot. They all want to be able to say "I was there".
  • ForestRangerBen, on 08/30/2008, -9/+5lol, in other news, over 9000000000 people have seen hello.jpg
    • freqk, on 08/30/2008, -1/+2over 9000*
      • ForestRangerBen, on 08/30/2008, -2/+1since its over 900 and at least 100 9000000000 stands, you lose the game.
  • runCMD, on 08/30/2008, -8/+1He orchestrated quite a beauty pageant for himself - where he played the only contestant. Funny how angry he seemed during the show.
  • csonger, on 08/30/2008, -0/+12Obama does something that we have not had in a long time: He gives a speech that he believes and who's delivery does not make you wince. Bush Jr makes you wince. Clinton made you wonder if he really believed it or was saying it for political gain. Bush Sr made you go to sleep. Ronald Reagan was the last president who had Obama's mix of sincerity and oratory.

    The point is this: People watched in part because of this mix of sincerity and oratory and that is a qualification to be president. I assure you that our democracy would be a better place if more people tuned into the state of the union address if they listened to major speeches by the president. Even if you disagree with the policy, listening makes you better informed and more fit to perform your civic duties.
    • schmitey, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1Could not agree more! I probably will vote 3rd party but damn I still like watching the guy.
  • pauls88, on 08/30/2008, -4/+3i know in the US a billion means something different to the rest of the world but the olympic opening ceromony was watched by 1.7 billion people....
    • Rezistik, on 08/30/2008, -0/+4I believe they mean in the US, as in more people in America watched Obamas speech then they did the opening ceremony.
  • DFutureIsNow, on 08/30/2008, -2/+9Actually it was closer to 45 - 50 million the MSM is just trying to bring his numbers down.
    • csonger, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1There is some truth to that. What the MSM wants is a close race. You can bet that the MSM piles on the guy who is ahead in an effort to bring it down to the wire. Not much to do about it -- just how it is.
  • YSFlight, on 08/30/2008, -3/+1It's pretty simple...all the networks were carrying the speech, it was impossible to NOT watch it (so I just popped in a DVD ;), while the Beijing Olympic Ceremonies were only on NBC, and they royally destroyed it with commercials every 5 mins..

    If the Opening Ceremonies had received the same coverage, they would win. That simple.
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