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Barack Obama Explains the Meaning of Life: Progress

blogs.abcnews.com — Obama said, "when I was your age, I thought life was all about me. And how do make my way in the world and how do I become successful and how do I get the things that I want. And right now life for me revolves around those two girls (his daughters). And I think about what kind of a place am I leaving them."

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  • alapoet, on 06/12/2008, -18/+90It may be a cliche, but what is more important than the kind of society, and the kind of planet, we leave behind for our children?

    Those who would sell out that future for a few dollars also include their souls in the "bargain."
  • BrendanSheehan, on 06/12/2008, -24/+70I somehow wonder does Bush even have a mirror to look into and reflect on, it would seem Obama certainly does. Nobody's perfect, but this man will be a welcome change from that looney currently in control.
    • sovietninja, on 06/13/2008, -2/+12The only mirror Bush looks at is the one he uses to make lines of coke on.
    • ThickGreenPuke, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1His family is well set for the coming generations so he really doesn't need to worry about much.
    • deberti, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1Hey y'all, if Obama takes office he'll take the same route as Bush because he'll understand you either fight or surrender against this network of terrorists who are attempting to take over the world.

      The sad thing will be all you who are talking bad about "Bush's War" will be rattling your swords when Obama decides to start his own...hypocrites. It'll be part of the same war you silly simple-minded tools.
  • rawg, on 06/13/2008, -17/+86"what life means to me is that every day I wake up trying to figure out how can I secure their [his daughters'] futures and the futures of all children, ...How can I make sure that we are giving a planet and a country to them that is better than the one we got?"

    Before I had my daughter, I would have found this statement to be corny and slightly cheezy (like a dorito chip) but now I understand where he's coming from. For my part, voting for Obama and donating to his campaign so that he becomes our next President is one thing I can do to ensure that our country will be a better place for my children.
    • rewinn, on 06/13/2008, -2/+15Yep. Becoming a parent changed a lot.
      • FreeTalkLIve, on 06/13/2008, -11/+1What about the childrens?

        If there were no children to use as goal marker, what would people ever accomplish?

        So vote Obama. Do it for the children.

        I will bet you 2 or 3 dollars that a lot of people were thinking of the children when they voted for Bush.


        • FreeTalkLIve, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1People hate to hear the truth.
    • vault, on 06/13/2008, -19/+5So what flavor Kool-Aid is that?
      • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2The flavor or real life, my friend. You should have a sip, it's refreshing.
        • vault, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1wow that was deep....FAIL
        • praisethelard, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1I once had a sip of real life. Turns out it's illegal in 38 states.
    • ifoughtfate, on 06/13/2008, -2/+11Dugg for the dorito chip comment.
    • ThePwnyExpress, on 06/13/2008, -2/+7good comment and well said... but dugg for doritos reference.
    • monoa, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2Good for you. I'd gladly share a beer.
    • Contajeerus, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1Actually it's very likely not about your children. It's about higher order and integrated complexity. That, I think, is the arrow of evolution. According to statistics the earth can only support 2 billion, we are now at 6.6 billion people. Two-thirds of everyone you know shouldn't exist. Your kids are statistically useless. Ever look out the window or drive in traffic? What was your primitive limbic system or reptilian brain thinking? There was no thinking because only your more recently evolved neo-cortex could have combined the traffic your stuck-in [the effect] with your illogical and selfish act to have children, [the cause].

      Who should exist then? The Mars Lander and the Hadron Super Collider are examples at the forefront of this evolutionary progression. My present thinking is, unless we are directly or indirectly contributing to leading edge efforts such as these, most of everything we do is useless or regressive. I think Ray Kurzweil correctly theorizes that biological evolution and technological evolution are one in the same.
  • unitedforchange, on 06/13/2008, -22/+14This was an amazing answer to a very difficult question. We're entering the toughest phase of this battle. With humility, looking hard at the stakes, each day we see a new reason to drive on.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWa4uRGDbU
    • poploserdigg, on 06/13/2008, -6/+1congrats, you are now King Diggnoramus.
    • Cuchanu, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2I don't get why you are getting dugg down. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with what you said.
      • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Likewise. Thanks for the uplifting video.
  • Cutter20, on 06/13/2008, -25/+20OMG, this guy is good. This might be my favorite moment of the campaign trail so far this year. That's some really, really powerful stuff.
    • MrTulip, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1you sound like a junkie during the honeymoon phase of his addiction
  • preneel, on 06/13/2008, -20/+14I loved this. It was great!
  • jphillips1, on 06/13/2008, -16/+24I would like to see McCain attempt to answer that question...
    • TremorX, on 06/13/2008, -2/+22He'd say "The most important thing to me is not looking like a trollopy *****"
    • thirteenthcor, on 06/13/2008, -1/+7Life isn't important, whats important is that there is uh... um... stuff 'happenin in irack! soldiers! soldiers! oil! terrists! oil.... soldiers... sold.... terrists.. *snore*
    • wolfofwar, on 06/13/2008, -0/+8He would try to say something profound, fumble into a territory of obviousness (i.e. "Life is about living.) and end it with screaming "NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!"
    • insanebrain, on 06/13/2008, -1/+3Mc "Life is about war. . and. . .. eeeuh... . yeah . .about war"
    • prometheanspark, on 06/13/2008, -8/+2McCain's extended family is much closer than Obama's. Bantering aside. Oh yeah, and McCain's son is serving in Iraq (which McCain has refrained from using as political capital), while Obama state's proudly that his daughters 'won't be stuck with a baby!'
      • Kirly, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1TWO of McCain's children are military.
    • Cuchanu, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1Good question. Probably something about making sure our children have a better future. Standard political answer, only less believable than Obama saying it.
  • whiterice0, on 06/13/2008, -21/+24"As long as God's looking over, my girls are going to be OK."

    Well said, Barrack.
    • insanebrain, on 06/13/2008, -6/+2well said ? I guess more like 'well .. . sad'. You guys need a president the doesn't believe in ferry tails. . (or are you going to get one with Obama ?)
      • BiotMessiah, on 06/13/2008, -1/+5I, for one, believe that ferries have tails.
      • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1All tails will be shaven in the McCain state!
      • wacomwacoff, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1*cough*
        fairy tales?
    • prometheanspark, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Until his girls follow through on his bizzare campaign promise to them to endorse abortions, at which point they're damned. ;)
  • thepromise, on 06/13/2008, -11/+41One of the comments in the blog after the article states that realness is an act you can't rehearse. I cannot agree more with that statement. Yes, Obama does have to appeal to all types of people when he answers questions like this because he is attempting to be elected in this amazing melting pot called America. However, even without the script, even without the dramatic pauses, even without the tens of thousands of people chanting his name, he is still the same man that believes in the greatness of ALL of those American people. I have a hard time thinking that with more stories like these, the American people will ever be able to not believe in him.
    • Flashypoo, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2"However, even without the script, even without the dramatic pauses, even without the tens of thousands of people chanting his name.."

      So, now he's The Rock? :D
    • Spoomeister, on 06/13/2008, -0/+7“Sincerity—if you can fake that you’ve got it made.” - George Burns
    • rorster, on 06/13/2008, -8/+1There was this guy in Germany who wanted to make Germany great for all Germans. He believed in all Germans. I'm sure that the Germans felt much the same way about him as you feel for Barak, thepromise. Ring any bells?
      • MindStalker, on 06/13/2008, -1/+6Your right, we should never elect an inspirational charismatic leader but they would be like "that guy".
      • rorster, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1How about if instead you choose to elect based on qualifications as opposed to rhetoric? I think that 1940s Germany is a perfect example of putting too much stock in electing or supporting someone based only on their impassioned speech.
        • MindStalker, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Yea, this posting is a little late. You know nothing, they elected Hilter because their economy was in the dumps so badly that it was cheaper to burn money than buy wood. Hilter had a plan to nationalize and fix the economy, his fixed it. They then were willing to follow him into insanity because of it.
  • gamalicious, on 06/13/2008, -13/+29When I see responses like this, I cannot be filled with anything but optimism. That is what Barack brings and I think a lot of people in the world can agree with what he said.
  • d3lta, on 06/13/2008, -4/+16You mean Monty Python had it wrong?!? WHAT ABOUT BRIAN?
  • AbsolutePatriot, on 06/13/2008, -29/+14Don't fall for this tripe, folks. Obomber's life revolves around pleasing his globalist masters, just like the rest of the candidates out there (save for Dr. Paul) So go ahead and vote for him if you want more fascism.

    Vote for Dr. Ronald Earnest Paul '08! Don't support the bilderbergs!
    • why3th, on 06/13/2008, -1/+8What started as an appeal to higher intellect has delved into the realm of rabid fanboyism. Answer me this: Why is Paul the one politician excluded from the supposed globalist conspiracy?
      • LordPhilMil, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2Umm...cause he is the only one saying that we need to stop it. The rest of them pretend like it isn't happening (republicans) or are fostering it in (democrats).
        • why3th, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Unless he's employed to embody the "Paulites" views and to control your impact by controlling the one "free" politician. We can play this game all day, conspiracy theories (no matter how true) never lead to productive results. While I'm not saying we should blindly trust the candidates, disbelieving and denouncing them based off of unfounded hypothesis is unproductive and insane.
    • glucoseboy, on 06/13/2008, -3/+4I've read some of Ron Pauls stuff and I find it intriguing. it's a shame how he couldn't get any traction in the Republican party.

      However, since he's not the republican candidate, nor is he a viable third candidate (has there ever been one in US Presidential elections?), then you have to go vote with candidates that are running.

      Don't throw away your vote on a symbolic candidate. Part of being a citizen is to make difficult votes. Like the song says, "You can't always get what you want"

      So, ask yourself: Which candidate is closer to your ideal of the country you want the United States to be in the future and vote that way.
      • LordPhilMil, on 06/13/2008, -0/+5Well, you may say its throwing away a vote, but I see it as me voting for the candidate that is closest to my ideals and where I want to see this country go. I'm sorry, but if I'm suppose to go in in November and vote for the leader of the free world, I'm going to vote for whom I want to, not who the media/party decided would be best for me to chose between.

        • glucoseboy, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1LordPhilMil: I can respect where you are coming from, wanting to vote your ideals. Hopefully, the media will report the write in numbers for Ron Paul (although somehow, I kinda doubt it).
    • ThePwnyExpress, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3you know he suspended his campaign, right?...
  • macweirdo42, on 06/13/2008, -17/+7I thought the meaning of life was gratuitous pictures of penises.
    • andrew522, on 06/13/2008, -3/+3So, I learned from your post today that you are both gay, superficial, and sarcastic.

      then I also saw your username.
      • macweirdo42, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3/it was a reference to Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life." >.
      • exomni, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1And a poor one. According to Monty Python the Meaning of Life is to "Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations."

        The gratuitous pictures of penises are only "to annoy the censors and to hopefully spark some sort of controversy".
    • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0Well said. Would you mind posting a link to a photo of yourself?
  • tedlove, on 06/13/2008, -15/+5742?
    • kotrin, on 06/13/2008, -1/+3***** Vogons
      • chicken101, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2How many roads must a man walk down?
    • insanebrain, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1+1
    • dollar0dot02, on 06/13/2008, -0/+8i'm digging you upto +38. Dig him up to 42 and keep him there.
      • Guitarzan, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Damn, I dug tedlove up to 43 before reading this . . . I'm so ashamed.
        • maxwashere, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2I buried him back down to +42, but I think that's so funny and I buried it... I'm so conflicted!
        • BestJaxx, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3You can change it to a bury or a digg at any time with the new comment system.
    • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -2/+042
    • weirdlookinguy, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3http://i25.tinypic.com/fmv2qc.jpg

      Coincidence? I think not.
      • BrendanSheehan, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Funny, but yes it is coincidence.
    • MrSlumberjack, on 06/14/2008, -4/+1I wish I knew what you were talking about
    • chillypacman, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2hahaha, oh god I WISH he said '42' just as a joke answer before giving his serious answer.
    • SenoraObscura, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1It was at +43 so I had to bury it.
    • flipdoubt, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1Holy Crap Balls! At the moment I read this comment, it had exactly... (dramatic music) 42 Diggs!!
  • Dibou, on 06/13/2008, -23/+12So we must not vote Obama in order to make the world a better place for Obama's children.
  • sleepyjjk, on 06/13/2008, -8/+8Wonderful answer. It shows that Obama finds the long term situation important, not just what happens now. What we do know impacts the future, whether we like it or not.
  • CloseYetFar, on 06/13/2008, -27/+19Would you guys stop clowning around, just get down and lick this balls already. Damn Hippies.

    Digg me down, how low will I go!!
    • azpat, on 06/13/2008, -1/+7Cartman, is that you?!? You fat bastard! Get off the computer and go do some exercise.
  • nacrotek, on 06/13/2008, -14/+14How much sense does it make, for those of you who are worried about the future of our nation, to elect someone that is going to increase taxes and increase entitlement spending? Wouldn't it make more sense to decrease entitlement spending? Then maybe we could do something about that pesky national debt of ours. Oh but don't let the promise of "free" Gubment Cheddar derail you from your concern about the future...
    • Antialias, on 06/13/2008, -1/+10Looking at Obama and McCains platforms, plus the history of republican spending, I certainly wouldn't give McCain any better chance of fixing the national debt than Obama. I do agree it's a major issue we need to resolve though.
      • Monk22, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1funny since his plans include balancing the budget by 2013 or so but im sure you hadnt bothered to actually look at his plans.
    • Meursault, on 06/13/2008, -2/+13Yes, let's spend another trillion on Iraq instead. Repubs are going to have trouble pinning Tax & Spend on the Dems this year, especially after inheriting a surplus and running up huge debt. Not going to fly, I'm afraid.
    • HonestAbe, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1Yes, it's obvious that giving tax breaks to the rich and spending trillions of dollars in senseless war is the better solution. That will definitely benefit the rest of us.
    • supermanly, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2To be honest, it's not who is going to spend more as President, it's how the money will be spent. McCain is determind to do 'something' in Iraq whereas Barrack will at least spend at home. Also, Barrack would not give tax breaks to the rich. I understand that both sides are big spenders (somewhat disappointed with that), but I'll take the lesser evil who I actually feel good about.
    • MindStalker, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1In the past I'd agree with you, but currently our domestic "welfare" is about 10% of our national budget. While I believe we need to encourage people to work with better welfare reform, we could double our welfare spending and still have the same budget if we reduced our international spending.
    • jessehadden, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Social programs demonstrably work, and raise the standard of living for many people. What purpose for government is there, other than to promote & defend the life of a civilization? You can't sneer at the 10% of our budget that goes towards successful social programs without questioning the 50% that goes towards maintaining a constant state of offensive war. It's only within the past few years that we've finished paying off the Spanish-American War. (That's the one that the American public was deceived into supporting by the US news media, coining the term "yellow journalism" to describe media warmongering -- sound familiar?) When Republicans lower taxes for the rich, while putting trillions of dollars on our childrens' credit card, and then wait for a Democrat to come along and balance the budget to clean up the mess -- well, that's just blatant fiscal irresponsibility.
    • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Right, because the last seven years have been a model of fiscal responsibility. We now have two big money pipelines - one sucks money from the future to pay for the Iraq War and the other sucks money from American pockets and makes deposits for big oil and the middle east.

      Both have plenty of leaks along the way. Thank goodness Halliburton is there to contain those leaks.
  • legallybrunette, on 06/13/2008, -12/+21"...what I’ve discovered is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re somehow giving yourself to something larger..."

    That's beautiful.
    • datastorageguy, on 06/13/2008, -12/+5Barf.....what a tool you are seriously.
    • Baldar, on 06/13/2008, -11/+6Does he mean himself giving? Is he picking up my portion of the tax bill? Great!

      Oh, you mean making everyone part of your particular vision, and stealing money out of their wallets to make it happen? umm.. No thanks.
    • TJATL, on 06/13/2008, -9/+4socialism 101.....it's not about the individual, it's about a whole. The union needs to split.
    • okcomputer1982, on 06/13/2008, -3/+5If you feeling nothing about nothing but yourself, you are immature and selfish. Fortunately, those immature, selfish people will probally either not mate or have ***** up kids, so your impact on the species is minimal. As for the me, I ready to evolve now.
      • TJATL, on 06/13/2008, -3/+3evolve into what? Some communal society that is told how to think, feel, act, live the same as everyone else? No thanks, I don't want to be part of that. Individuality is what makes America strong, its what makes humans, humans. How does one wish to evolve, yet wishes harm on another being? Your hipocrasy is amusing.
      • Baldar, on 06/13/2008, -0/+6Who said I'm selfish? I think it's pretty selfish for someone to force me to contribute to their cause even if I don't believe in in it.

        I do give money and occasionally time to charities; however I prefer it be money/time that I think I can afford, and for causes I actually believe in.

        What makes your causes are so high and mighty that you can pick my pocket to pay for them? Maybe I am having a rough month, and had some unexpected bills or something, and would much rather use MY hard earned money to pay my bills and feed my family that month. Why should you and your causes be able to take from my family for their own selfish means?
    • insanebrain, on 06/13/2008, -4/+1let me guess. . religion again . . aren't you guys getting sick of ferry tails ?
      • sexypeon, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1What's wrong with peoples beliefs if they don't bother each other with them? You don't have to believe in "ferry" tails to want to contribute to something greater in the world. As a Buddhist I am sick of people like you trying to make me look like less of a person for trying to find inner peace.
  • meese, on 06/13/2008, -6/+9Reminds me of Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's comment that we should do what many Native American tribes did and consider how decisions we make now will affect people 7 generations from now. He's asked the very important question: would we be in the trouble we're in today had we heeded that advice?

    (And by the way, Schweitzer is a great VP pick for Obama.)
  • droo31, on 06/13/2008, -15/+7...as long as his daughters aren't "punished with a baby"
    • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -1/+0Since I see your comment here, I must assume your mother didn't have a choice.
      • droo31, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Barack's own words. No spin. Look at those negative diggs and ad hominem fly!
  • BOTW, on 06/13/2008, -16/+9Sorry, if all he cared about was his daughters he would never subject them to the scrutiny that is high office. This is a masterful, great politics answer, but I don't believe him. No one runs for president, much less at his age, unless they have a massive ego.

    In any event, although Obama is a charismatic and interesting guy, his economic policies would be an even bigger disaster than the repub's, and that's saying something. I am not sure I want to trust the future of my daughter to him.

    For that matter, can somebody else please run for president...
    • ifoughtfate, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2Ambition is not always as egotistical as you make it out to be.
    • BOTW, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1I'd actually agree with that, but I think it is a fair statement that running for president--thinking that you know what is best for 300 million people--certainly does in my opinion.
      • okcomputer1982, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1Cynicism is Cowardly.
      • azpat, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2But you said that nobody runs for President without having a massive ego. Which means that anybody who runs would have that characteristic. So if that character trait is universal among presidential candidates, then it's not really an issue as it's the same for all of them. You'd have to appoint a President, or select one by birthright like a King, or have a team of high priests find the re-incarnated spirit amongst all the children born the year of the passing of the last one. Otherwise all your choices for president will have the same characteristic.

        And if they all have it, what sense is there in pointing out that one of them has it?

        "I like that car, but it has tires. Let's look at some other models."
    • vinod1978, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2I've said it before, and I'll say it again. It's absurd when there are so many positive differences between Obama compared to McCain that people are still asking for another candidate for president. Are there things that I don't agree with Obama about? Of course. But I agree more with his policies then McCain's. There are definitely something that I would like to change in regards to some of his policies, but overall I agree with his health care policy, his foreign affair policy, and his new income tax policy to name a few things - and I bet if you actually read what his policies are you would most likely agree with him as well.

      It's so easy to say that you don't like any candidate that is running, because then you don't have to make up your mind and stand up for what you believe in. You simply say that they are both the same and it doesn't matter, but you would be lying to yourself, and everyone you talk to, because that's pure BS.
  • datastorageguy, on 06/13/2008, -17/+48Headline: Barack Obama ***** gold and pees silver. He can resurrect the dead and helps homeless puppies.

    • LordPhilMil, on 06/13/2008, -3/+20So, he really is the Second Coming of Christ...the Media was right all along!
    • ericjohnson0, on 06/13/2008, -10/+3Comedy Gold, Brother. Comedy Gold. DUGG because it was tremendously funny.
      • Miche1987, on 06/13/2008, -4/+2But did Obama ***** that comedy gold?
    • wolfofwar, on 06/13/2008, -1/+10Wouldn't be surprised.

      Did you know he actually gave dehydrated babies bottled hot water?
      • Cuchanu, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3Waaaay before McCain ever thought of the idea.

        He also has been vetoing beers forever.
    • DroppedGT, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3His farts can bring loves ones out of comas. A belch can make you young again.
    • chillypacman, on 06/14/2008, -3/+1so christ is a black man wiht a funny sounding name and 'moslem' past.

      wow I bet the christian looneys did not see that one coming.
    • pitlord, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Amen, brother!
      (8^D
      Dugg for a comment that made me LOL.
      ^^
  • bclinton, on 06/13/2008, -20/+10A truly inspirational message from a Muslim.......

    That brings a tear to a glass eye....
    • jerwin, on 06/13/2008, -1/+4A muslim?????

      The guy's name is BARRY for crying out loud.

      Socialist, yes. Muslim, don't think so.
      • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Is McCain a socialist?
        • jerwin, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1No, just really old.
        • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1If he doesn't veto every social program doesn't that make him a socialist by free market standards?
    • Jaayquan, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2He is a Christian NOT muslim, you idiot.
    • insanebrain, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2He is a Atheist, NOT muslim, you idiot.
      • praisethelard, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1WRONG, he follows the teachings of the FSM, all praise to his noodly appendage.
    • vinod1978, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3First of all he is a Christian, secondly so what if he was a Muslim? Are you saying that all Muslims are evil? If we turned back the clock we'd see Catholics & Christians killing quite a few pagan believers, simply for being a member of a religion, and now we see quite a few priests involved in lewd sexual activity with minors. Do I say all Christians are perverted murderers? No, because I know better, and so should you. - and just in case you were wondering, no I am not a Muslim - I do not believe in ANY organized religion, I have only a belief in God.
      • jerwin, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Muslims are not all evil, just not electable.

        In that way, perhaps he is muslim...
  • zacharytelschow, on 06/13/2008, -16/+11So now the messiah can explain the meaning of life. Good for him. Change simply means something different, while progress means something better. That's probably a better buzzword to get the vote of the lowest common denominator.
    • DrThunder, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2You just read the title of the story and not the story. Didn't you?
  • frio80, on 06/13/2008, -23/+18One time Barack Obama farted and it powered all the worlds' wind turbines for 5 days.

    Please, this is such a non-story! Obama=good McCain=bad, we get it already. Digg has gone downhill lately...
    • DougieD, on 06/13/2008, -2/+1Couldn't agree more. I support Obama, and I'm sure the vast majority of Digg (and the internet?) does too. But do we really need to keep re-affirming our beliefs with all these repetitive story's. I wont cry bias because Digg is definitely not making itself out to seem objective; but jesus christ this ***** is getting old!
    • iloveliberals, on 06/13/2008, -2/+1Is Digg going to be renamed ObamaRama.com before or after acquisition by google?
      • robbie32, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1just in case, i'd register that domain...
    • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Hmmm, according to your page, you have only ever dugg one story and its called Fashion Fantasy Fun Game the Coolest Place to Be! McCain 08?!? Are you even old enough to vote?
  • jayscot, on 06/13/2008, -18/+11Why is this political news getting through the topic filters???

    I'm sick of Obama already.
  • alpha19, on 06/13/2008, -14/+8Wow... Obama knows the meaning of life. This guy really IS remarkable... lol.
    • republicker, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Lightning bolts from his arse..........
  • godseeker, on 06/13/2008, -9/+3That seems like a good answer; but, what kind of world would he like to leave to his children? And, if he were president, how would he try to achieve his ideal world?
  • Jamihabs, on 06/13/2008, -12/+7Obama loves his children. That makes him human, nothing more, and nothing special. Believe me, even the man you love to hate the most (Bu$HitlerMcChimpy) loves his childeren too.
    • publiclurker, on 06/13/2008, -0/+5Video or it didn't happen.
    • vinod1978, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1The point was not that he loves his children. The point was how he reacted so quick to such an incredibly hard question, and actually answered the question well instead of bobbing and weaving, while still letting us know why he was the right candidate for Americans. You completely missed the mark on this one.
  • DiscoLando, on 06/13/2008, -8/+15You know what makes me laugh? I'd be willing to bet that 90% of the people who have or will digg this story about a very intelligent man who is guided by his most sincere and specific faith in God also dugg the story about intellectual people supposedly being less inclined to believe in God.
    • republicker, on 06/13/2008, -3/+9Your right if you don't believe in God you have no reason to vote for anyone who does.
      • Edrick, on 06/13/2008, -3/+2You can't be elected in this country unless you believe in God. There is not much choice in the matter for non-believers so your demand is ridiculous.
        Besides, Obama is a liberal theist. They're mostly harmless.
      • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1Oh, you were serious.
    • Cuchanu, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2I would agree with you 100% but that isn't taking into account what Edrick said: If you want to be president you have to at least pretend to believe in God. Not that Obama is doing that. If I had to say anyone is it would be McCain he never talks about his beliefs.

      I saw a survey that said people trust athiests less than any other "minority, group or religion". That includes Homosexuals, muslims, and immigrants. So considering how much ignorant people like Michelle Malkin love those groups imagine how hard it would be to become an Athiest president.
  • Meursault, on 06/13/2008, -6/+2I wonder if those dudes knew it was coming. Were they in some state of alertness or were they casually going about their cave-y business? If there's an afterlife, that's a pretty abrupt transition. Fractions of a seconds from perfectly healthy to DEAD. Creepy.
  • hamobu, on 06/13/2008, -15/+15How did this Ms. America answer ever get to be popular is beyond me. There is absolutely no substance in the whole article, just a load of warm feel good BS. C'mon people! Where is your cynicism? Where is your BS detector?
    • scamper22, on 06/13/2008, -5/+2you didn't get the memo?

      Michelle Obama has asked us to give up our cynicism. So we all shut off our BS detectors and listen to Obama.

      It's a feel good world. Get with the program.
    • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1It's been a looong eight years, my friend. We'll hate him later.
  • gcopenhaver, on 06/13/2008, -15/+12"Political Punch"?...tastes kinda like kool-aid...

    Obama might care about his daughters, but more than likely he doesn't give a ***** about you or your sons/daughters.

    Just because some guy says something nice doesn't mean he's not lying through his teeth just to get what he wants.

    It's amazing how smart people can be so stupid sometimes...maybe i'm giving digg users too much credit, though...

    drink it up!
    • nsapra, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1Well its still better than the other jackass.

      Its all relative. And since you are not running for president we are pretty much limited on options here.

      Good Day
    • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -1/+0Innuendo backed by a the claim that he said it, but your sure that he didn't really mean it? That's all you've got?

      That's not an argument we can believe in.

      Use your imagination for the accompanying insincere smile and creepy, awkward chuckle. McCain now has Bush beat on the creepy, awkward chuckle front.
  • RRJackson, on 06/13/2008, -15/+4"And for their futures, I do not want my children living in a country run by Whitey!"
    • an0nymous, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2That's the complete opposite of Obama's message.
      Not that you're a reliable source anyway.
      • RRJackson, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2Maybe it's the opposite of his verbal message, but his actions include twenty years in a racist Black Nationalist organization with ties to Hamas and Louis Farrakhan.
        • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1There you go! Stick with that message. McCain will be a shoe in.
        • an0nymous, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Rex is dishonest. He says as much.
          "Oh, I care about the future of our country. That's why I don't care what it takes to keep Obama from winning the election. If calling him a cannibal works, then he's a cannibal. Facts or fiction, whatever keeps him out of the White House."
          -RRJackson
    • pitlord, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Yep, that is Black Liberation Theology. The BLT churches are just gateways to radical Islam anyway. Most of Farrakhan's American converts are former BLT church members who thought the message from people like Rev. Jeremiah Wright wasn't radical enough.
      -_-
  • kronzdigg, on 06/13/2008, -14/+7He is such a liar!!! He cannot have time for his daughters. If he really cared for them he would run for president after they are older.

  • itstodd, on 06/13/2008, -13/+11thak god our lord and savior has spoken... now wheres the coolaid..
  • lofispy, on 06/13/2008, -10/+9I have to hand Obama one thing...the man has a power with words and physical presence. While McCain blunders and misspeaks his way to abject failure, Obama continues to prove himself a captivating and talented orator. So, while I am one the few around here who still seem willing to maintain a critical (notice I didn't say negative, just critical) viewpoint of the man, I have to admit that of those available for us to choose to represent the will of the American people, Obama is truly the only man for the job...the thought of McCain as President is simply too horrifying.
    • eth3l, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3HItler had a way with words too, so did Stalin.

      Words count for nothing.
      • vinod1978, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2I disagree - Words do matter. Sometimes they are for good, and sometimes they are for bad.
        Stalin, Hitler, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, John C. Hagee, Rodney Lee Parsley - All use or used their words for evil, but Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Bill Clinton - all used their words for good.

        So they matter - but how they matter is relative.
        • lofispy, on 06/13/2008, -1/+0Words will never matter as much as action...but in the long run, that's just an abstraction...just as an aside I live about 10 minutes from that bigot Rod Parsley's church. My parents actually made me go to school AND church there when I was a kid, thankfully before it was quite as horribly bad as it is now, before the birth of Dominionism. And yes, the words he speaks drip with arrogance and hate, and are a large part of why I gave up my christianity long, long ago...
      • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1So did Kennedy, so did Reagan. You take it straight to Nazism and fascism. What's your point?
        • eth3l, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Yes, Kennedy and Reagan were great orators. Reagan ended the cold war with an agressive stance against communism and only met with Gorbachev when certain conditions were met. Even before eing President Reagan had successes as governor and PResident of the Actor's union.

          Kennedy started the space program Obama now wants to kill.

          Words mean nothing alone. Words with actions count. The actions Obama puts forth are regressive and Stalinistic. That's my point.

          The left has pilloried Bush and found new ways to use the word "*****". ***** Republicans, ***** bush, ***** Iraq, ***** this, ***** that. Now its our turn - ***** OBAMA.
    • lofispy, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1I couldn't agree more...words do indeed count for nothing. But one must admit, the President needs to be someone who can be counted on not to misspeak, he must be a persuader...and of the two Obama is clearly more skilled.
      • eth3l, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1He is skilled at reading a teleprompter, to be sure. Without the aid of a teleprompter he is no better than Geo. W. without a teleprompter. Same with McCain.

        For me, as long as the President knows who to delegate tasks to, I am happy.
        • lofispy, on 06/13/2008, -0/+0True...and while I feel that both will most likely delegate task to the usual list of corporate donors and cronies, my gut says that Obama's cronies are probably a little better in the long run than McCain's neo-conservative, PNAC-loving ones.
        • eth3l, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1But isn't Obama the man of Change?! So what will happen when he relies on the same insiders in Washington?!
  • hamobu, on 06/13/2008, -5/+8Obama promised Jerusalem to Israel. This is contrary to the international law, and it is the most pro-Israeli commitment of any presidential candidate yet. High bar before was a promise that US embassy would move to Jerusalem. This goes to show that Obama is another politician that would say anything to win.
    • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1I agree, but I'm for Obama anyway. The status of Jerusalem is important, but not as important as the status of America.
    • pitlord, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1There is no "international law" that governs Jerusalem. G-d gave that land to the Jews over three thousand five hundred years ago as an eternal covenant.
      -_-
      And yes, Obama is the Destroyer NOT the Meshiach, and he IS here to do G-d's work, but it isn't going to be about spreading rainbows and waterfalls.
      >.>
      This is not going to be pretty, and once his horrible work is done he and all of his supporters who fail to repent and turn to the light of the one true G-d, creator of The Universe who delivered the children of Israel from bondage under the Pharoh of Egypt, will be cast out of His divine light to suffer in the darkness.
      o.o
      But hey, don't worry, G-d is just a flying spaghetti monster right?
      -_-
      No, not right. Dead wrong.
  • jakerudy7, on 06/13/2008, -7/+2Wisconsin FTW! (anyone?)
    • jakerudy7, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1alrite i get it- no one else on digg is from wisconsin
    • Monk22, on 06/13/2008, -3/+1never and your cheese sucks
  • Lurtz, on 06/13/2008, -16/+9Nothing secures the future of your children like passing tens of trillions of dollars of debt from vast social welfare programs to there tax obligations. The only way I can get ahead in Obama's America seems to be if I am jobless, lacking motivation, and worthless in almost all respects.
    • eth3l, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2Gald people are beginning to see the light.

      Obama is about reressiv epolicies, not progress.
    • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1I think Americas entrepreneurial spirit can endure a balanced budget. Why so little faith in good ol yankee know how?
  • geoffg, on 06/13/2008, -14/+5Oooh goodie goodie we're gonna be a socialist country... finally :) !!1
    • c010rb1indusa, on 06/13/2008, -3/+5You are so ignorant. Socialism is about the even distribution of funds among its people, at least ideally. Obama isn't trying to make sure every American is entirely equal, he just wants them to have the best chance to succeed in a free market and society.
      • Lurtz, on 06/13/2008, -2/+4Maby you should read your own interpretation of what Obama wants and think through the result before saying he doesn't want socialism.
        • vinod1978, on 06/13/2008, -0/+5In terms of economics: socialism means production to satisfy human needs, not as under capitalism, for sale and profit. Tell me where in his speeches, or polices you see this being presented? Americans borrowed parts of "socialist democratic control" values that made socialism popular:

          "All persons elected to any post in the socialist government, from the lowest to the highest level, will be directly accountable to the rank and file. They will be subject to removal at any time that a majority of those who elected them decide it is necessary."

          Ever since social security was created Republicans have been crying that democrats are trying to redistribute wealth, while republicans continue sell every part of our country to the highest bidder. Let me know what you think is better.
      • Monk22, on 06/13/2008, -2/+1"he just wants them to have the best chance to succeed in a free market and society."

        by taxing the ***** out of you
    • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1Is McCain a socialist?
  • c010rb1indusa, on 06/13/2008, -7/+7This quote pretty much sums up why I am voting for this man. He has the right ideas. The right ideas are not nearly enough, you need execution, and if his record in the house, and how he's carried out this political campaign gives me great hope that he can run the country.

    "Heavy is the head that bears the crown"
    Obama always keeps his cool and always seems to make informed and right decisions, doesn't buy into hype (Iraq War), and is level headed. I want a man like him running my country.
    • Dibou, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1He always make the right decisions because if he turns out to be wrong then he'll just change the past to agree with the present.
      Look up his prediction on the "surge" and you'll see him in action.
  • zydeco, on 06/13/2008, -3/+4Call my cynical, but in my view asking a question like "what does life mean to you?" looks like the kid was trying to pin Obama down on the abortion issue. I don't think this was the answer the kid was expecting.
  • tommyhat, on 06/13/2008, -7/+14"life doesn’t count for much unless you’re somehow giving yourself to something larger to yourself."

    Brilliant. You yanks better vote him in.
    • scamper22, on 06/13/2008, -2/+3Good. Fck people who think greater of themselves.

      Seriously. You live, you enjoy your time, and you die. That's life folks. If you believe in God, maybe you think face some kind of prize or punishment. Wonderful.

      Giving yourself to a greater cause is what causes people to become suicide bombers, or Nazis to slaughter millions, or Communists to oppress and murder millions, or George Bush to go invade iraq and support Israel.

      These 'greater than themselves' people always lead to one thing... more problems...more death...more destruction. Why? Because they're willing to step over everyone else's right to support 'their' greater calling.

      Obama is none the different there. He cares nothing of my freedom. All he wants to mold the United States in some socialist vision he had.

      I've said it before and I'll say it again. The only good politician is a boring ass politician. The one that you don't even hear on the news.

      I'll point to Canada as an example. Probabl y the best government we had in long time was the chretien/martin years. They were boring politicians. No vision. But they solved almost every problem Canada had.
      debt/deficits = fixed
      pensions system = fixed
      trade = expanded
      crime = started work on marijuana reform.

      Yeah, they were corrupt, boring politicians. You know what. It was well worth it.
      Vote for the boring guy and you'll never be disappointed!.

      Listen, there is no revolution needed here. No on is being enslaved, there is no apartheid, million aren't starving. This is some real drama going on. Everyone trying to hype up politics like they need to believe in something.


      • wolfofwar, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2Doesn't giving oneself to a greater cause also bring about some of the best sides of humanity? A greater cause doesn't have to be religion, it can be a purpose. When Einstein broke grounds in multiple fields of science, he was doing so not for personal fame or fortune, but to understand whats around us, for the better of mankind. When people go to other countries and supply aid and help rebuild bridges, make wells and irrigation systems, they are doing so because they believe in something greater in themselves, that they have to help others in the world.
        • scamper22, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1More power to those people.

          Greater cause with political power = danger.
          You want to medidate, or volunteer, or explore science wonderful.

          If Barack wasn't running for politics, I'd think highly of him He'd be a great community leader.
          The fact that eh is running makes him dangerous.
      • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Thanks for this. Until I read your post I was under the illusion (in no particular order) that Ghandi, Mother Teresa, Abraham Lincoln, JFK, FDR, Pope John Paul II, Thomas Jefferson, Einstein, Ben Franklin, MLK, Jesus, and many other people presumed to be good were in it for the betterment of humanity.

        Thanks again for setting me straight. Whenever I encounter someone who inspires me, I will assume they want to kill me, everyone I know, and even possibly kill every person who doesn't fit into their vision of a perfect world.
        • scamper22, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0Appreciate the sarcasm, but yes, you should check your illusion

          Ghandi was decent as he was striving to free his country from colonialism. But was he a success? India/Pakistan separated, there were wars and death. I don't know. What did he really accomplish. Every other part of the British empire fell at roughly the same time.

          Mother Teresa was all good. She did her own thing. She wasn't in government or anything

          Abe Lincoln? Really. You think the civil was was needed to free the slaves? I'll leave you to your own research. Suffice to say, I don't think so. Nonetheless, if you think he did it for slavery, he was fighting a real injustice.

          Einstein did his own thing. Good for him. He wasn't involved in government.

          Jesus had a great cause that he should be happy with . Yet, did he try and force everyone into Christianity? Wouldn't the world have been better if Jesus just forced everyone to convert to christianity? Absolutely not.

          I'd go on to complete the list, but I think you get the point. Basically, feel free to give yourself to a higher cause, but it's not good when you force other people to believe in your higher cause. I think that sums it up. That is what separates great people from evil.



    • earthwormzim, on 06/14/2008, -2/+3Giving to others is a very noble thing to do, when it is done voluntarily. But, when there are people (calling themselves government) pointing guns at you, and forcing you to do it, then there is nothing noble about it.

      I think everyone's principle concern should be themselves. You worry about your own, and I'll worry about my own. That way, we can just live, and let live. Everyone is selfish. Even people who give voluntarily to others. Don't think that they do it for free. Maybe not for a monetary value, but for they do do it for they feeling they get for doing it! No one does anything without wanting something in return, whether it's money, or simply a good feeling.

      Barack saying, "life doesn’t count for much unless you’re somehow giving yourself to something larger to yourself" really worries me. Why? Well, considering his Socialist tendencies, what this sounds like to me is: Your individual lives are worthless, and expendable, unless you're "giving" to others, and living for the betterment of "society" via taxation. Of course, "giving" here is really "forced giving"...which, again, has no nobility.
      • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -1/+0Wow. You just proposed the Stretch Armstrong of arguments. You took it too far, broke his rubbery skin, and the weird goo started running out.

        Take care of your own? It depends on what you consider 'your own', though I'm sure you have an uninformed and strongly-held belief on who Obama considers his own.

        The philosophy you just described could easily be attributed to any religion. Give yourself up to something bigger - you will find true meaning in your life once you do so. As long as you're giving up your being, give up your money too.

        Your association of Obama with socialism, and your unsupported interpretation of his words are delusional. You clearly want to see those elements, so you look to fit anything he says into that box.
        • Dibou, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1Obama is ALL about socialism.
          For the latest example look at his Social Security plan. As it is the government taxes people on their income which will be used to take care of you in your old age (if you were too stupid to save for yourself). So Obama thinks this is not "fair" because the rich (who the government doesn't need to take care of) stop paying into this system after a certain amount because they don't need it. So Obama wants to tax people more even though it is exactly the opposite of "fair".
    • pitlord, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Why? So we can be a bunch of Marxist tools like you weak-kneed Brits?
      >.>
      No, thank you.
  • csum77, on 06/13/2008, -13/+4I'm really worried. Obama is a great public speaker...there's no doubt. But I just don't think he has the depth of knowledge or experience, nor the commitment to America, to guide the United States of America. Not that I think McCain, Hillary, or any other of the significant candidates will/would do any better. Our government is controlled by deep-pocketed corporations, and the overwhelming majority of what we see is what they want us to see. I'm afraid we're too far down the path of letting special interests gain control, and the only way to overcome it is to wipe the slate clean & find honest people full of integrity who'll go back to the constitution, figure out and implement the order our founding fathers put together for our nation, and eliminate the ability of special interest groups/big business/etc. etc. to have any influence beyond the vote they can cast. Honestly - will either Obama or McCain undo the Patriot Act? Some may say they will, but unless the political pressure to do so is overwhelming neither will. Find any person who gives up a power they have in favor of the greater good, and you have the type of person I want to act in the highest office in America. Unfortunately, given the current state of our system, I don't think a person like that will ever make it far enough to even have a shot at the Presidency. Although, I'd take them for state legislature/congress/senate too...if I could just find them...

    /soapbox
    • Jaayquan, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1Nice tactic McCain operative, sow your seeds of doubt.
      • csum77, on 06/13/2008, -0/+0Believe me...McCain is _NOT_ what I want either. I think they're all sellouts.

        No doubt sowing...just expressing my worry.
      • okcomputer1982, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1"But I just don't think he has the depth of knowledge or experience, nor the commitment to America, to guide the United States of America."

        He was a constitutional lawyer you know. Also, he became a politition through local politics, actual person to person community organizing. How is that not depth of knowledge and experience with the thoughts and needs of Americans?
        • pitlord, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1LIE!
          Obama is NOT a Constitutional lawyer. He is not a member of any state BAR so stop spreading your lies.
          -_-
          And you call HIM an "operative."
          >.>
          What a friggin tool.
    • zombies187, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1You have no choice but to make a choice.
  • TinternAbbot, on 06/13/2008, -15/+17I don't care about feel goodery. I care about tax policy. I care about foreign policy. That is what I care about from a President. When I want inspiration I look to art, literature, sports, babies' smiles, etc. I don't want to be inspired by a politician, especially a self-satisfied messiah figure like Barack Obama.
    • eth3l, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2Word.
    • vinod1978, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3So your option is McCain? If you care about tax policy then maybe you would know that according to CNN's numbers any American making under $112,000 a year, which is 89% of Americans, would pay less under Obama's tax plan then McCain's? If you care about foreign policy would you agree that the United States should build 58 bases in Iraq that would have to be occupied by our sons & daughters forever? I prefer Obama's plan to get us out in 16 months. That is what I care about from a President.
  • jpmulli, on 06/13/2008, -8/+2This is what Obama is about...

    http://www.eyeblast.tv/Public/Video.aspx?rsrcID=20 ...
    • goodbick, on 06/13/2008, -2/+2You are a goddamn moron.
    • ultar6, on 06/14/2008, -2/+0This video lost me when it lead by saying Obama's father is (not was, he's dead) a Muslim. Then it said he went to a Muslim school (a stretch, and doesn't say how long he went there or how old he was).

      Along with the stilted speaking style of the narrator, reminiscent of the news videos of the 40's and 50's, I realized this video was produced for the sole purpose of influencing Americans by twisting truth through base insinuation.

      Proud to be an Obamabot.

      Oh, and you are a goddamn moron.
      • pitlord, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Moron is high praise coming from a person who is commenting on a video he didn't even watch. The video DID say he went to the madrassa for two years when he was about 8 years old.
        >.>
        Your ignorance is about what I would expect from a brainless liberal tool, so I'm not surprised in your case.
    • pitlord, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Wow, eye opening stuff! Check out http://www.wherethemoneygoes.com for some eye opening Barack and Michelle Obama history.
      (8^D
  • Jaayquan, on 06/13/2008, -3/+2Following the current administration's ongoing beat-down on our spirit, the insidious encroachment upon our liberties and the relentless assult on our intelligence, you can say what you want about Barack Obama. But one thing you must say is that based on sentiments like these, he is going to be Chicken Soup for the American Soul once he's President.
    • Dibou, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1That is how the press is spinning it at least.
  • liquidmetalband, on 06/13/2008, -3/+6His meaning in life is to serve the New World Order.
    • republicker, on 06/13/2008, -2/+1LOL McCain and Obama should team up and start the New World Order Party!!!
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