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Barack Obama: Keeping Our Faith With Veterans (Full) watch!

youtube.com — Barack gave a speech on veterans' affairs in Charleston, WV on May 12, 2008. These are his full remarks.

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  • mmccarthy, on 05/13/2008, -16/+39This speech really needed to be said. Congratulations Senator Obama.
    • 5urr3al5am, on 05/13/2008, -14/+5Isn't Obama an anti-war, anti-military bleeding heart -- Castro-loving liberal?
      • MoofTheStoof, on 05/13/2008, -4/+9Why don't you listen to the speech and see for yourself?
    • insanebrain, on 05/13/2008, -6/+9. . President Obama.
    • hittnrun, on 05/13/2008, -19/+6Yep, words, empty words out of the hole of a democrat. They mean NOTHING without action. That was a Bill Clinton trait too.
      • dinot, on 05/13/2008, -3/+11How can he take action when he's not even President yet? Are you a moron? Do you like little boys? Or do you prefer older men?
        • 5urr3al5am, on 05/13/2008, -8/+2that's true.. the entire democratic led congress believes this.. why take action.. they're hands are tied .. they can't do a damn thing.. poor little elitists .. got no damn bit of power
    • Eivo, on 05/13/2008, -2/+11Not only did it need to be said, it was a smart speech to give to us in WV. West Virginia prides itself on our contributions to our nation when the time calls. My great grandfather fought in WW1, my grandfather fought in WW2, and 2 of my brothers fought in the current Iraq war. At times, it shames me that I never joined a branch, but I just can't bring myself to support this war. I voted for Obama today.
    • bmind, on 05/13/2008, -1/+11Senator Obama cosponsored a bill that led to a $1.5 billion increase in veterans' medical care. During the debate on the Fiscal Year 2007 budget, Senator Obama cosponsored measures that would have provided additional funding increases for veterans.

      In January 2007, Senator Obama reintroduced the Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act to improve the VA’s planning process to avoid budget shortfalls in the future. The bill requires the VA and the Department of Defense to work together and share data so that we know precisely how many troops will be returning home and entering the VA system.
      • Mejari, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5You and your facts. Don't you know that no matter what you say, they'll still think that Obama's a do-nothing racist America-hating muslim? *sigh* I wish people would listen to facts instead of un-important issues and lies. Praise to you for bringing some facts to the discussion.
    • RockeN5, on 05/13/2008, -1/+4I see he is wearing a flag-pin.
    • jabberwolf, on 05/13/2008, -8/+1Congratulations, to a man that has not ever served a day in his life promising Veterans everything under the sun.
  • mmccarthy, on 05/13/2008, -9/+24To get MSM to cover this issue properly it need to be dugg up and get this video in YouTubes top 10
    • Hypersapien, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5You really thing that will get their attention?

      /dugg anyway
      • mmccarthy, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2We can only try ... remember "hope" :)
    • mal1964, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2111 2 4/24/08 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4572 to S. 1315 (Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007)
      To increase benefits for disabled U.S. veterans and provide a fair benefit to World War II Filipino veterans for their service to the United States. Amendment Rejected (41-56) Not Voting
      http://obama.senate.gov/votes/
  • mmccarthy, on 05/13/2008, -13/+4BTW, if you are having problems viewing this ? YouTube is down for maintenance. Should be back up soon.
    • rdoger6424, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1first 3 posts in a front-page digg? your e-penis can stretch from yahtzee croshaw's place to the US!
  • JasonHears, on 05/13/2008, -8/+36Now ask yourself, could you see Hillary or McCain giving a speech like this? Would they care to raise any of these issues, and actually make you feel like it's an issue they really cared about (as opposed to just pandering and campaigning)? Obama has the uncanny ability to not only raise issues that nobody really likes talking about, but framing them in ways that we all can understand, and begin to talk and care about fixing and dealing with in the right way. That alone is one of the main reasons I support him. Especially after 8 years of BS lies and a government that speaks to the American people like we're too stupid to understand anything, and need to trust our government to do everything for us.
    • makenshin, on 05/13/2008, -2/+11The only candidates in this election I could see myself voting for were Ron Paul and maybe Obama (this was long ago before I knew anything really about Obama). When I watched Obama's 'A More Perfect Union' speech back in March, I was shocked by his brilliance. I'm not saying he is a genius, but for a politician, he is incredible intelligent and knows what he is doing. Not only can he write and give speeches, but he has his own well researched opinions that actually make sense and are not always aimed at just getting votes (like McCain and Hillary's gas tax free summer), but at doing what is best for America. And Obama's views are based on experience (which he has proven he has more of than Hillary). Point being, I always enjoy Obama's speeches, in which he wins me over more and more each time.
    • Jpotts12, on 05/13/2008, -8/+0Ron Paul
      • zepher5150, on 05/13/2008, -0/+0Relevant: bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent.
        No offense..but at this juncture ...you man Ron Paul is Relevant.
    • bonhoeffer, on 05/13/2008, -2/+0"a government that speaks to the American people like we're too stupid to understand anything, and need to trust our government to do everything for us."
      Smell the irony. The number 1 reason people are voting for Obama is they believe he will use the power of government to do everything for them.
    • mal1964, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2111 2 4/24/08 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4572 to S. 1315 (Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007)
      To increase benefits for disabled U.S. veterans and provide a fair benefit to World War II Filipino veterans for their service to the United States. Amendment Rejected (41-56) Not Voting
      http://obama.senate.gov/votes/
  • chromerium, on 05/13/2008, -8/+26Great speech ... and I know he'll follow through with action as he generally does.

    But hey! He's wearing a flag pin! Thats new, isn't it? A change of heart?
    • omnithought, on 05/13/2008, -3/+18I figure, who cares if he wears it? If we're going to base our choice of President over things like a flag pin, then we already have the President we deserve.
      • chromerium, on 05/13/2008, -3/+3Oh, definitely. But it was always for a reason that he didn't wear one. It'd be interesting to see why during this particular speech, he wore one. Maybe it was in honor of the troops he spoke about, or some other reason - but either way I think it'd be interesting.
        • hittnrun, on 05/13/2008, -18/+3He's a panderer. He finally figured out, nuancing liberals can get away with spitting on the flag, candidates for President cannot. Another example of his bad judgement and lack of wisdom.
      • Mejari, on 05/13/2008, -0/+9I think it would be hilarious if he came out on stage for a speech lugging a giant flag lapel-pin as tall as he is, and prop it up on the podium and just say 'See? According to my opponents, this means I'm the most patriotic!'
        • rawg, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I'm surprised that Hillary hasn't already tried that exact thing... LOL
    • clarionhaze, on 05/13/2008, -5/+3well considering he's speaking on veterans affairs...
    • rawg, on 05/13/2008, -4/+12If he didn't wear a flag pin while delivering this speech, the media would have been all over him about it. Ironically, it probably would have ensured more media coverage of this important speech.

      In any case, I think Obama's position has always been that wearing a flag pin isn't a measure of your patriotism, not that it's categorically "bad" to wear one.
    • mmccarthy, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3I would guess that his particular flag pin is the one given to him by the disabled Vet a few weeks ago at another speech. Like the bracelet he wears given to him by a soldiers mother.
    • papipablo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+7He occasionally sports the flag pin. It's so stupid that it is an issue if he wears one or not.
    • Tiak, on 05/13/2008, -4/+1I believe that makes him a flip-flopper.
    • HappyProgrammer, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1I dont think he was ever against wearing one. Just opposed people making a big deal about it.
  • kdawg1012, on 05/13/2008, -12/+36Don't worry about the flag pin. Whether he wears it or not is irrelevant. Patriotism is about what you do with your life and how you serve this great nation. Barack Obama truly understands that.
    • sockpuppets, on 05/13/2008, -7/+51. Fail on the "reply" button, it's there for a reason.
      2. I'm sure he was sarcastic, the flag pin debate is just plain ridiculous.
    • pianomahnn, on 05/13/2008, -5/+7Yea, except the voting populace doesn't. Remember...Bush was elected twice. The United States is filled with idiots who won't vote for Obama because of the lack of flag pin. They really are that ignorant. :-(
    • makenshin, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5It's true that wearing a flag pin is a pointless issue as it does not show patriotism, but apparently stupid people think it is important. The funny thing is, the common person who does take the flag pin issue to heart, normally themselves do not walk around wearing flag pins. Also, many of our countries most important presidents didn't wear flag pins (heck, they didn't have them then). I just hope they don't catch a candidate, who has been running around the country for months with tireless days and nights campaigning, with mismatched socks. I don't even want to know what that would mean.
      • Mejari, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3And their boxers better have the American flag on them, or there'll be heck to pay! Heck I tell you!
    • Jpotts12, on 05/13/2008, -12/+2As far as i'm concerned, if you don't vote McCain you're not a real American and you should get the ***** outta here. No one should vote for some black ***** liberal who don't supports America. As the song goes... "Proud to be American". I'm gettin' sick and tiret of this anti-american, anti-war sheeit.
      • papipablo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4Troll is troll.
      • AyaJulia, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Let's see... no dugg articles, around 200 comments, almost NONE of them with positive ratings, no friends... you couldn't be more obvious if you were green and lived under a bridge, kid.
  • omnithought, on 05/13/2008, -9/+15And here people were trying to smear Obama for flubbing on the number of states we have. Let's see one speech from Bush, Clinton (either of them) or McCain that even approaches this one.
    It's time our veterans stopped getting ***** over and it's about time a nominee truly stood up for them.
    • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -2/+10I think harping on ANY candidate for slipping during a speech is freaking childish.
      • hittnrun, on 05/13/2008, -16/+8Well, normally, except Osama played the "old age" card when he said McCain "lost his bearings". You libs are fvcking pathetic.
        • fmaxwell, on 05/13/2008, -0/+7McCain "lost his bearings" multiple times on the same issue and his advanced age is an issue. Deal with it. If he can't remember who the Sunnis and Shiites are, then we've got a problem. Experts say occasional memory lapses happen to everyone but that they tend to happen more often as people get older. Alzheimer's also occurs more frequently as people age. If elected President, there is, statistically speaking, a significant chance that McCain could die of natural causes before finishing his term. If elected, McCain would be the oldest US president ever inaugurated.

          What's pathetic is your moronic name-calling and unwillingness to debate the issues. What's really pathetic is that you don't understand that liberals are what made this country great. They are the ones that got women and blacks the right to vote and run for office. They got civil rights for blacks, preventing right-wing bigots from treating them like sub-humans. They had the vision to put a man on the moon. They are the true backbone of America.
        • 47f0, on 05/13/2008, -0/+7Speaking of pathetic - right-wing ***** who border on illiterate. Losing ones bearings means that they have gotten off track, usually by ignoring their moral compass. It has nothing to do with age - most of your party lost their bearings years ago.
          • hittnrun, on 05/13/2008, -8/+1Are there 57 United States of America or not? Have you EVER mistakenly said there were? What could possibly be your explaination of this mistake? Does Osama know something we don't?
          • Tiak, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Maybe the 57 number was referring to the number of election contests held for the Democratic party (most of which are individual states)?... The extras are the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Democrats Abroad, and Texas's Caucus.
        • Mejari, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6Wow, you'll irrationally associate an American politician with a horrible mass-murderer but you won't spell out '*****'. Shows your moral fortitude, doesn't it?
          • hittnrun, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1It's called a porn filter. Spelling "FVCK" that way avoids avoids the porn filter and allows people with it activated to see my very important message. Your post shows your intelligence. lol

            Oh, did the great Osama put that nomination away tonight. Haven't checked. Skies haven't opened up , celestial angels aren't singing. Must have got his oreo ass handed to him.
        • papipablo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5Losing his bearing referred to losing his moral compass you moron.
          • hittnrun, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1Why would a democrap care about a morale compass?? Bill Clinton threw that out the window 8 plus years ago. You very same libs even told us it didn't matter. Which is it?
        • dagamer34, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5Ah, classic sound-biting. For those that don't watch the ENTIRE CNN interview, he said the line "losing our bearings" in reference to other people and this nation as a whole.

          People just WANT to pick fights now.
        • Tiak, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Yeah! Making age an issue is ridiculous... It's not like we've ever had age ***** us over... What? We have?... Harrison, the 2nd oldest man to hold the office died 31 days into his term? And Taylor, another one of the oldest died 18 months into his term?... Nonsense!
          • hittnrun, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Obama could have that happen to him also. He could have a stroke, anything. That's why you pick your VP carefully. You dims didn't even pick your Presidential candidate carefully.
    • Plantagenet, on 05/13/2008, -16/+3Its not Obama's fault he doesn't know how many states the US has.....he went to grade school in Indonesia and missed the required 2nd grade class on US geography.
    • ColonelJessup, on 05/13/2008, -4/+0Well put omnithought.
    • Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -7/+1This country isn't bankrupt for lack of good speeches. It is bankrupt because of foolish spending and so far all I've heard coming from Obama is more promises to spend more money on more things. And based on his voting record, I actually believe that he'll follow through on it.
  • oldhick, on 05/13/2008, -16/+9I became acutely aware of all of the Diggers who speak about the illegal war and occupation that the US is responsible for in Iraq. I am reminded of all of the Diggers who speak of the war crimes and the atrocities committed on innocent women and children in Iraq and in Afghanistan.
    Maybe all of you who spew so much hate masked in idealism, should take a cue from Obama when he says "some of us may disagree with the decision to start this war, but all of us stand united in support of our troops".
    Just remember, accusing our troups of war crimes, atrocities, and an illegal occupation is NOT supporting our troops and that is why Obama does not call the war in Iraq any of those things.
    Now lets get our boys home as quick as we can!
    • rebotfc, on 05/13/2008, -2/+18Except there have been real documented atrocities carried out by the U.S. military and U.S. privateer contractors.

      Exposing the truth is not an attack on troops in general.
      • Wargalas, on 05/13/2008, -7/+3You could have fooled me with the comments I've seen on here disparaging troops together as a whole.
        • rdoger6424, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2PROTIP: There are multiple people on digg.
    • bhod, on 05/13/2008, -2/+3so should we just ignore it or look the other way just because it is american soldiers or contractors doing it?
      gobama!
    • oldhick, on 05/13/2008, -3/+5I didn't say to ignore any specifics. But there are plenty of diggers that make sweeping generalizations when discussing the war and our troops. Of course we need to ALL be held accountable for our actions.
    • bundwallah, on 05/13/2008, -4/+1Troops are the tools/pawns of the governments who wield them. That they get sent somewhere to fight, whether just or unjust, is not within their control. That blame lies with their masters. What those troops do in the course of duty just or unjust is up to each and every individual. I'd imagine that there are conditions in the theater of war that test the better judgment of each individual or exacerbate the behaviour that no one should be proud of.

      I can't imagine anything more horrifying than putting people into the carnage of war. What those troops must have to endure, see, do must certainly be scarring. It bothers me that are used and then marginalized. I'm no fan of war, but I'm pragmatic about things. Unfortunately, there is no true diplomacy in this world. Our world is governed by "big sticks" The bigger your stick, the more influence you "wield". Its' how you wield those sticks that reveal the true measure of those in control. I think the US has lost its way. Google, "War is a Racket". You'll be directed to a very interesting piece of writing by an ex US Army General. Its a real eye opener. Oh, and BTW, great speech! OK, time to get off the soapbox.
    • 47f0, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1I've never locked horns with OldHick, but while I often disagree with him, I note carefully the fact that he knows how to disagree without being disagreeable. Clearly, OldHick is not suggesting we ignore troops that commit atrocities - but that we recognize that the bad apples are far and few between, and not lump our heroes in with those who dishonor themselves.
  • moolaismyfriend, on 05/13/2008, -14/+14Why has the GOP, and people at blogs like Little Green Footballs abandon our troops after they have fulfilled their duty to this great nation?

    Why do these people hate our troops? And why does it take strong compassionate Democrats to correct the wrongs these people have done to our troops?
    • brizzad2, on 05/13/2008, -6/+7great nation? right now, we're mediocre at best.
    • Stevanoski, on 05/13/2008, -6/+6Mooooola, you better get to reading emails if you want to make that extra $50 this month, lol
      • moolaismyfriend, on 05/13/2008, -6/+4what are you talking about you white trash anti-troop Republican?
        • Stevanoski, on 05/13/2008, -5/+5Your blog, where you share sites where you can make "extra" money, heh heh
          • moolaismyfriend, on 05/13/2008, -4/+2Ohh thanks, I didn't know i had a blog.
          • Stevanoski, on 05/13/2008, -3/+5You had two, shut them down after I found the one where you tell people how to make an extra $25 a month reading emails. Bet that makes your mom proud.
    • bonhoeffer, on 05/13/2008, -1/+1You do understand that Senate Democrats are opposing a new GI bill that will put veterans through college? Sweet words at a political rally in WV cannot cover the blatant disdain Democrats have for the soldiers personally, their needs, and their mission.
  • ProLifeWoman, on 05/13/2008, -34/+13Barack Hussein Obama?? Are you all f-ing kidding me?? You people had better wake up and realize that we know NOTHING about this man! OMG if he becomes our next president you all had better hang on tight to your life styles, your morality and your wallets because it is gonna be a very scary and bumpy ride! We will be lucky to come out of that in one piece. very very scary!
    • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -3/+22Your name says it all. Get lost.
    • ironhide, on 05/13/2008, -4/+21If you know nothing about him, it's because you've been willfully ignorant. Some of us know how to read.
    • HamSandwich, on 05/13/2008, -6/+26OMG, his middle name is Hussein?? Surely, he must be a terrorist! What, he's black too? He must be the walking incarnation of evil!!

      Give me a break. As for your "very scary and bumpy ride", what the hell do you call the last 8 years? A picnic?
    • fani, on 05/13/2008, -3/+12"moran"
    • dugsirkel, on 05/13/2008, -3/+18So why not learn more about him instead of making uninformed, fear-mongering statements?
    • headzoo, on 05/13/2008, -2/+15He's been in public office since 1997. If you don't know anything about him, then that's your fault.
    • fmaxwell, on 05/13/2008, -0/+8You stupid, right-wing, evangelical Christian, bigot!

      Why is it that every time I meet a pro-life zealot, it makes me wish that there has been one more abortion?
  • Plantagenet, on 05/13/2008, -10/+17Obama doesn't need a flag pin to be a patriot.
    • Jamihabs, on 05/13/2008, -7/+2No, he just needs to develop some respect for this country.
  • OffPiste, on 05/13/2008, -36/+14Obama Hussein's coward ass hasn't done a damn thing in this fight. How come he hasn't volunteered to fight? How come his kids aren't in JROTC? Oh yeah, the elites aren't required to make a sacrifice. They get to eat all the arugula and laugh at the TV each time a GI dies.

    ***** Demorats.
    • rjwisniewski, on 05/13/2008, -4/+32As a Republican enlisted soldier of the U.S. Army who is voting for Obama I personally think your statement makes you look like an idiot.
    • RohanXI, on 05/13/2008, -2/+20I may be wrong...but after looking it up...JROTC is for high school students, and Obama's children ages are under 10 both.

      Oh and what leader ever fights anymore. How many generals have led a charge? Just because you aren't fighting, doesn't mean you aren't making a difference.
    • tuholmes, on 05/13/2008, -4/+22I'm sorry, but when did Bush, Cheney, or any of their pals go to fight?

      10 Year olds don't need to learn how to fight... They should be enjoying childhood.

      Since you're typing on this computer... Where are you stationed? Are you out fighting?

      Personally, I'm not, but if someone actually invaded my country I would take up arms to defend it... You can't defend a nation by being half a world away.
    • wacomwacoff, on 05/13/2008, -1/+15Which branch of the armed forces are you in?
      And why do you want to send 10 year old kids to war?
    • headzoo, on 05/13/2008, -1/+17Oh my god.. His kids are all of 9 years old. Proof that you're just talking out of your ass, and don't know the first thing about a man you supposedly hate.
      Hrm.. What's a good word for someone who's intolerant of people they don't know anything about. Ah, bigot. You're a bigot.
    • fmaxwell, on 05/13/2008, -0/+7I think that most liberals would volunteer to fight our common enemy to the death.

      So, where do you live?
      • OffPiste, on 05/13/2008, -2/+2St Lawrence Is.
        • fmaxwell, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1Be more specific. Google map link to your home. Provide an address and phone number.
    • treejohn, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6I'm absolutely glad that Obama has never served. Had he, republicans might have sent him off to a moronic war and he might not be here today banging down the doors of the right wing. He's a political soldier, and I'm proud of him for that.

      When you demand his children be in uniform, at their ages, - and denounce him as unpatriotic since they aren't- it really makes me pause and wonder how and why Hitler's ideology still exists; even today.
  • egoherodotus, on 05/13/2008, -9/+8Obama! ***** YEAH!

    seriously... Obama '08
  • runrom, on 05/13/2008, -16/+8Digg me down because I said something anti-Obama.
    • Mejari, on 05/13/2008, -1/+4Why not just digg you down because you said nothing at all?
      • GhostyBoy, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1He did say something. Read the subtext.
    • dschrute, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Ok. Done and done.
  • hopeast, on 05/13/2008, -21/+9I'm afraid I have some bad news for us Obama supporters. What I'm about to tell you will surprise you, but it is the truth. As I watched his speech yesterday I realized something, or should I say noticed something different about Barack Obama, something that would change the way I feel about him forever. I found out he was...black. But it gets worst, he isn't just black, he is also Muslim. Yes, I know it sounds ridiculous, but Barack Obama is a black Muslim. Why didn't anyone tell us he was a black Muslim? Politics is a deceiving little game.
    • quaunaut, on 05/13/2008, -3/+7...you either are incredibly stupid, or have no concept of how to form a sarcastic joke, let alone over the internet.
      • dennycreekls, on 05/13/2008, -2/+1Hey Hopest you are not stupid just a redneck jerk
      • hopeast, on 05/13/2008, -3/+4...you either are incredibly arrogant, or have no concept of how to attack a stupid joke, let alone over the Internet.
    • dubhousing, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3I thought it was funny
  • Garlik, on 05/13/2008, -4/+14I find it ironic that John McCain is strongly in favor of the war but will not support the Bill. Obama is completely right in opposing the war but supporting the troops.
    • Mejari, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I feel the same way, if you replace 'ironic' with 'sad, depressing and unconscionable'
    • mal1964, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5111 2 4/24/08 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4572 to S. 1315 (Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007)
      To increase benefits for disabled U.S. veterans and provide a fair benefit to World War II Filipino veterans for their service to the United States. Amendment Rejected (41-56) Not Voting
      http://obama.senate.gov/votes/
      • mal1964, on 05/13/2008, -1/+1lol, I posted this two days ago "In these Obama threads the number of down diggs are the measure of winning an argument" The comment above has been posted 4 times today and not one down digg and they are 3 hours old.
        BAAH!
  • Ryan32, on 05/13/2008, -10/+13If he wanted to keep the faith with the troops, he wouldn't be anti-gun and anti-concealed carry....

    You all can keep making believe that the "majority" of troops support Obama, because thats the impression you all seem to get on "digg". But i can tell you this, 99% of all the Marines I know won't vote for Hillary or Obama because of their anti-gun stance.
    • rjwisniewski, on 05/13/2008, -4/+599% of the Marines ARE NOT the majority of the troops.

      SGT. Wisniewski
      • Ryan32, on 05/13/2008, -3/+4I'm willing to bet your a POG... Generally the people who don't actually fight, don't care so much......
        • rjwisniewski, on 05/13/2008, -1/+6I think you misunderstood what I was getting at. While I am a Republican voting for Obama I wasn't attacking your comment to support him. I was just saying Marines don't make the majority. While they are some the hardest workers out there. I'm a member of the NRA and support your views on firearms. Oh, and I'm also Infantry, U.S. Army. Sorry if you thought I was attacking you.
    • tuholmes, on 05/13/2008, -3/+8Since when do the troops need to worry about whether or not they get weapons or if they can conceal them?

      When you're fighting, you tend to carry your weapon out in the open.
      • Ryan32, on 05/13/2008, -7/+4The point is, we fight for our country, then we come home to find more and more of our own rights stripped... I'll never vote for anyone who wants to take my right to own firearms.... Or an idiot who wants to get rid of concealed carry, it has done nothing but good in every state it's been enacted in.
        • fmaxwell, on 05/13/2008, -0/+8Yes, you do come home and find more of your rights stripped.

          You can no longer board a plane without showing a photo ID.

          You are now subject to search without probable cause. You phone can be tapped without a court order or even judicial review.

          You can be locked up in prison without access to an attorney because the government claims, without having to show proof, that you are a terrorist. If you are given access to an attorney, the government may monitor federal prison jailhouse conversations between you and your attorney(s), making it impossible for you to openly discuss your case with your attorney.

          Religious or political institutions to which you belong can be monitored by the Feds without suspecting criminal activity to assist terror investigations.

          The government may search and seize your papers and effects without probable cause to assist terror investigation.

          If you are given access to an attorney, the government may monitor federal prison jailhouse conversations between you and your attorney(s).

          The government may jail you indefinitely without a speedy (or any) trial, without charging you, and without allowing you to confront witnesses against you.

          Obama has come out against these Bush executive order atrocities. But you are obviously more concerned about feeling impotent without your gun,

          As to firearms and concealed carry: I believe that the weapons used to mow down students at Columbine and Virginia Tech were concealed as they were carried. That worked out real well, didn't it? I'm just glad that we did not have campuses full of untrained, gun-toting kids all trying to be heroes by shooting at anyone shooting a gun. What was a tragic loss of life would have been far worse.
    • headzoo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+8I worry about anyone who considers gun laws a make or break it deal for any candidate. With a hundred other _possibly_ more important issues to worry about, they are worried about their guns first and foremost.
      And 75% of the Marines I knew were Republican, and they'd vote Republican no matter what.

      - Semper
      • Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -3/+1Look at it this way, any candidate who wants to take your Constitutional rights away isn't anyone you should ever be voting for, regardless of their stance on any other issues. Besides that, there is plenty of historical evidence to suggest that anyone wanting to take your guns has far more sinister plans (for example Stalin, Himmler, and Pol Pot all instituted gun control measures followed by brutal campaigns of terror and genocide against their own citizens). Perhaps the armed services, which sometimes finds itself protecting these disarmed people, is more sensitive to the issue and what it really means.
        • headzoo, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2I can understand that it's not _just_ about the guns. It's about a right guaranteed by our constitution. That being said, George Bush has been wiping his ass with our constitution for the past 7 years, and we need a candidate that can get us back on track.
          We've already been denied many constitutional rights, and I want a candidate who's going to make things right. If that candidate steps on one little right -- right to bear arms -- in the process of reinstating a dozen others, then I'm all for that candidate.
          In a nutshell, you have to take the good with the bad. There is no single candidate that is a perfect fit for everyone. But when someone thinks the right to bear -- and conceal -- arms is more important than habeas corpus, the right to privacy (in my home, on my internet, and on my phone), checks and balances, etc, then I worry about where that person's head is at.
      • sweeneyowns, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3most of the air force guys i know are libertarians, but too busy watching football to know what that means
    • mlrigsby, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3I wonder how many people who voted to protect their guns in 2004 ended up losing their homes.
      I'm very very strongly pro-second amendment, but no candidate is seriously attacking gun rights. Guns, like immigration and gay marriage, are non-issues that are dragged out of the closet every four years to distract everyone from the real issues.
  • jbenson2, on 05/13/2008, -14/+11Obamians, if you believe what he said, then you will love this version of Obamatopia.
    http://tinyurl.com/57hext
    • moolaismyfriend, on 05/13/2008, -8/+11Hey look it's a racist old man who is probably on social security who still thinks Obama is a Muslim and he hates our troops.

      Thanks white trash, for bringing our country down.

      • Stevanoski, on 05/13/2008, -12/+9Why you hate our troops?
        • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -6/+7I'd say hating the troops is a republican trait. To you they are just cannon fodder to be used and then thrown away without a thought. After all, they signed up for it right?
        • DreadPirate, on 05/13/2008, -7/+5And to a typical liberal they are murderers and baby killers right up until the point they start agreeing with you. Then they are noble and must be protected from retaliation from their evil surperiors.
          • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -3/+6Oh really, the "typical liberal" huh? No, people who say that are the extreme edge. I will admit I was unfair in my earlier comment tho. I imagine most republicans do care about the troops as do most democrats.
        • papipablo, on 05/13/2008, -3/+3Why do you hate the english language?
    • lanzemurdok, on 05/13/2008, -4/+13just once i would like jbenson2 to reply. He probably has a wordpad document with all his stupid troll sayings "Hm... let's see which one can i put today? oh this looks good *highlight -copy-paste* i'll just add that as a comment, great job me"
      • headzoo, on 05/13/2008, -3/+8I've noticed almost none of these trolls respond. I doubt they even read the replies. They're like Johnny Appleseed: They run around the Digg country side planting seeds of hate and ignorance, and then they move on.
        • jbenson2, on 05/14/2008, -3/+2You are obviously referring to the O-man trolls.
      • DreadPirate, on 05/13/2008, -1/+6I agree - Yellowcakewalk is well known for behaving in exactly this fashion
        • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -2/+4There are trolls on both side of the fence to be sure.
      • jbenson2, on 05/14/2008, -2/+3I reply to the intelligent replies.
        • MadKennyP, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1No one would ever respond to you, if that were the adopted rule.
  • lanzemurdok, on 05/13/2008, -4/+41hey guys, i'm trolling. I wanna make comments that include his middle name Hussein, and i also want to call you guys obamabots. I also want to make some stupid comment about he's a racist and he's not really black.

    Also, i'm an idiot.
    • rigveda, on 05/13/2008, -3/+2pls be accurate...it is OBAMA-SLUTS NOT BOTS....Robots dont faint!
    • Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -5/+0Well, Obama does have a white mama, so using an analogy:
      having a white mama is to being black as having a dick is to being a woman
      Which is to say, he's part black, unlike say, Alan Keyes who has a black mama and a black daddy.
    • mal1964, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1You need to up date your materiel
    • Discobiscuits, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1I think I'm in love.
    • Lahonda, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1That confirms it! You are 20% correct.
  • talkingpidgin, on 05/13/2008, -3/+6any transcripts out there?
  • jiicorp, on 05/13/2008, -7/+0O.o;;;;; I'm so glad I registered to vote....
    Obama.....here I go..
  • amightywind, on 05/13/2008, -23/+11Obomber holds our military in contempt, and they him. Obama in any kind of event involving the military = Dukakis wearing the Mickey Mouse ears.
    • malex, on 05/13/2008, -1/+10Do you have a problem with what he said, or is that simply your preconceived opinion, which you're going to stick to regardless of the facts?
    • rjwisniewski, on 05/13/2008, -1/+5You sir, are an idiot.
      Soldier for Obama right here.
    • dschrute, on 05/14/2008, -1/+4It's just a typical "foul wind" comment.
    • rdoger6424, on 05/14/2008, -1/+4no response? fair enough
  • Stevanoski, on 05/13/2008, -19/+8Wow, bet it eats the Lefties up that he disdained to wear a flag pin. Maybe he doesn't hate America enough for them to back him.
    • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -2/+13The word you're looking for, genius, is deigned.
      • Stevanoski, on 05/13/2008, -13/+5Actually the word I was looking for, Einstein, was disdained. ie, he did not want to wear one but did to try and win someone who works for a living's vote.
        • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -3/+11Disdain - a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn Deign - to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved

          You figure it out smart guy.
        • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -2/+10Aww, did I hurt your feelings? I guess I should have just let you go your merry way in ignorance. "moran".
          • Stevanoski, on 05/13/2008, -2/+5mine works, and don't ever worry about hurting my feelings, just as steel sharpens steel, men sharpen each other when they respectfully disagree.
          • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -1/+4Ok, fair enough. I guess I was being a little too snarky there. I do tend to let my temper get away and I shouldn't.
          • Stevanoski, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4Who doesn't?
          • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3True enough, I think the problem is that everyone reverts to stereotyping when having a debate on digg. The people we are debating with are never as evil as we think they are....and maybe we're never quite as good.
      • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -3/+7Oh great, now he's going to call you an elitist.
        • nblsavage, on 05/13/2008, -4/+2crap...responded to wrong thread...sheesh
    • moolaismyfriend, on 05/13/2008, -4/+5Wow it is amazing your republican grunts are even able to feed yourselves.

      You fear based reality that you live your life is disgusting and cowardly. Scum like you hold back the advancement of society through your rabid adherence to backwards anti-American fear based ideals.
    • fmaxwell, on 05/13/2008, -2/+2Us "lefties" are the ones that love our country. We are the ones who are sickened as Bush and Co. run roughshod over the Constitution with one Executive Order after another. We are the ones who are disgusted by Bush sending our troops into harm's way based on discredited intelligence reports. We are the ones who are angered by the way that our injured troops have been deserted by our government.

      The flag lapel pin is just another right-wing attempt to draw people away from the real issues. McCain goes to countless events and interviews without a flag pin and no one questions whether he loves America. Obama was in a no-win position, just as your side intended. If he wore the pin, then the right holds that up as a sign that he's insincere, pandering, or that he was wrong to have dared to go out without one before. If he continued to not wear it, your side was ready to portray him as a radical Muslim extremist who hates America. Don't you ever get ashamed at that kind of tactic?
  • jayscot, on 05/13/2008, -19/+4Wow...He really does look like Curious George!
  • jaymzdean, on 05/13/2008, -8/+5"The young men and women who choose to serve are defending the very rights and freedoms that allow Americans to speak out against government actions we oppose."

    Could someone explain to me how, the government by illegally and immorally invading & occupying Iraq, killing civilians, and protecting Haliburton while they loot the treasury is, in actuality, defending the very rights and freedoms that allow Americans to speak out against government actions we oppose, such as immorally invading & occupying Iraq, killing civilians, and protecting Haliburton while they loot the treasury?
    • Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -2/+2Its called rhetoric, you aren't actually supposed to analyze it, you're just supposed to nod your head and say how wonderfully hopeful and eloquent the man is and how he'd be the most bestest President ever. *

      *sarcasm and intentionally bad grammar
  • felixchapel, on 05/13/2008, -5/+7Great speech Senator! Anyone who disagrees with you is obviously a racist.
    • Jamihabs, on 05/13/2008, -5/+5If Obama farted, I'm sure many of his supporters would say 'Anyone who says that stinks is obviously a racist'.
      • rigveda, on 05/13/2008, -2/+2so refreshing to see ppl here who arent Digg employess artificially bumping up Obama BS......
      • malex, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3Are you? Are you really?
        Because if so, I don't think you've been watching the same campaign as the rest of us.
  • ColonelJessup, on 05/13/2008, -3/+12Even though I am not an Obama supporter, I fully agree 110% with what he is saying here. I remember actually hearing a speech he gave on C-Span several months ago about veteran care, and I actually got chills up my spine. I do think he really cares about our nation's veterans.

    I'm still not voting for him, but I do think he is right on target here. If he does win the presidency, I hope he follows through with this.
  • jesusallahkrsna, on 05/13/2008, -7/+2"Obama's Democratic rival for the Illinois US Senate Marson Blair Hull was heavily favored to defeat Obama in that primary. But Hull's campaign was torpedoed by a barrage of well timed media charges that he had abused his former wife. Hull was therefore obliged to drop out of the race. Thus Obama won the nomination."

    "After Hull had been eliminated, Obama still had to face his Republican opponent Jack Ryan. Ryan had divorced his wife Jeri (Star Trek Voyager's 7 of 9) in 1999, and the case was sealed at their mutual request. Suddenly the Chicago Tribune and WLS television began undertaking mighty exertions to get these divorce records made public, even though they involved a dispute about child custody. On June 22, 2004, Los Angeles Superior Court judge Robert Schneider released the court documents in question. They revealed an accusation by Jeri Ryan against her husband, now Obama's political competitor, to the effect that Jack Ryan had induced her to frequent sex clubs in a number of locations, and had attempted to coerce her into sexual intercourse in the presence of third parties. Judge Schnider's decision was all the more extraordinary because it was made in the face of the direct opposition by both parties to the divorce, and bore on a Family Court matter that is normally kept vigorously secret. It was as if some totalitarian invisible hand were intervening in favor of the beleaguered Obama candidacy. At this point Jack Ryan was compelled to abandon his candidacy at the urging of Dennis Hastert, then Speaker of the House."3.
    And thus Barack Obama won his current US Senate seat.
    http://mwcnews.net/content/view/20638
    • papipablo, on 05/13/2008, -1/+4Let me guess, you voted for Alan Keyes?
      • rigveda, on 05/13/2008, -5/+3uh no....I dont live in IL so ytf woudl I vote for him? Im not into electoral fraud unlike Obumpon-a-log and his minions
        • rdoger6424, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3"ytf"... your IQ must be less than 90 after that comment
        • papipablo, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1My question was meant for the op not some random douche.
  • Treoinmypocket, on 05/13/2008, -14/+3Has anyone heard what happened at the White House today?

    Bush had to hire a trapper because a coon and a beaver were trying to get into the Oval Office.
    • rigveda, on 05/13/2008, -3/+5hehehe...thank god politically incorrect humor is still legal in the good ole USA.....
      • Treoinmypocket, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1lol - I heard that joke and laughed. You just never hear "outrageous" humor anymore.
  • HellCrafters, on 05/13/2008, -11/+3Another Obama Digg?!?!?!?!?!? WTF Look bury me if you need to but at least tell me what his plan is for america!!!! None of you can do it.
    • sublingo, on 05/13/2008, -1/+9Ummm how about you go to his website and read the booklet that has the subtitle Barack Obama's Plan for America. http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForCh ...
    • fmaxwell, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4You have to remember that it was Republicans who did not understand the Aug. 6, 2001, intelligence briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States."
    • Doomxeen, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2Seriously. His website is just as, if not more comprehensive as any of the other candidates(I read through them all). How are so many people acting like he's not doing what every presidential candidate ever has done? Sure, we don't know what he's really going to do until he's in office, but it works the same way for everybody. I for one, having sat 2 rows behind GWB at Texas Longhorn games for years of my life KNEW he would turn out to be a douchebag president. Because..... well, he's a douchebag irl too!
  • Makaveli5022, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Amazing speech. This needed to be said, not just for WV but for the entire U.S.A.
  • ProLifeWoman, on 05/13/2008, -5/+0Didn't you hear? Obama's plan is "change" whatever the hell that means. LMAO!
  • daxsymbiont, on 05/13/2008, -6/+1militarist extremism is in the heart of america. when most of the civilized world is absolutely gutted with the military and the military having power, americans lick their ass like no tomorrow. if you put adolf hitler leading them tomorrow they wouldn't care.

    and ***** godwin.
  • bonhoeffer, on 05/13/2008, -5/+0No one who's mentors were Saul Alenski, Marxist radical, and Jeremiah Wright, Black Liberation Theologian, should be president of the United States. Obama must be stopped; and I trust the American people to stop him.
  • Chip53, on 05/13/2008, -6/+2Orack Barama doesn't deserve to be in the same state as any of our brave veterans.
    He will not get my vote and I wish I could send him back to the Chicago ***** he came from. Blow me you phoney!
    • whitey9, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1And I heard he doesn't wear a flag lapel pin! THE NERVE!

      THIS IS AMERICA, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT OBAMA!
  • Thyris, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2i vote for cheese doodle. Its simply best.
  • oldcyborg, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2He doesn't really care, but it was nice of him to say so. I'm sorry my vote for him in WV would have been wasted, and it is was all I have. I have very hope for most of the vets.... You join,(I did), and you serve, doing whatever they tell you, but you get no credit when things are harder, later in life. Not to mention at the time.

    Mike Sartor (Cyborg)

    Cyborg
  • dyana1, on 05/14/2008, -2/+0Obama
  • Sogui, on 05/14/2008, -5/+2Obama Voted Against The FY 2007 Iraq Emergency Spending Bill That Provided Nearly $1.8 Billion For Veterans Medical Care. (H.R. 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Obama Voted Nay; House And Senate Committees On Appropriations, “Summary Of The Fiscal 2007 Supplemental Funding Legislation,” Press Release, 5/24/07)

    Obama Voted Against The FY 2007 Iraq Emergency Spending Bill That Provided Nearly $1.8 Billion For Veterans Medical Care, Including:

    * $595 million for medical facilities
    * $228.982 million in additional funds to treat OEF/OIF veterans
    * $20 million for vet centers and re-adjustment counseling
    * $30 million to establish at least one new Level I comprehensive polytrauma center
    * $9.4 million for operations costs associated with the establishment of new polytrauma residential transitional rehabilitation programs

    * $10 million for additional transition caseworkers to work with separating veterans and their families
    * $10 million for rehabilitation programs for vision impaired veterans
    * $100 million for enhancements to mental health services
    * $20 million for substance abuse treatment programs
    * $8 million for polytrauma clinic support teams
    * $25 million for prosthetics
    * $250 million for the administration of the VA health care system
    * $32.5 million for medical and prosthetic research
    * $83.2 million for general operating expenses
    * $326 million in construction funding for VA-identified needs

    (H.R. 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Obama Voted Nay; House And Senate

    Committees On Appropriations, “Summary Of The Fiscal 2007 Supplemental Funding Legislation,” Press Release, 5/24/07)

    In The Senate, Obama Previously Talked Of His Support For Funding For Troops In Iraq And Afghanistan:

    “‘I Think That Nobody Wants To Play Chicken With Our Troops On The Ground,’ Said Obama.” (Mike Glover, “Obama Says Congress Will Fund Iraq War After Expected Bush Veto,” The Associated Press, 4/1/07)
  • DarkoKun, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2Obama 3:16
  • Koookie, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
    -Oscar Wilde

    (I'm still with Obama.)
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