It’s time for Obama

By Connie Depew, 1704 E. 6th Ave. - 10/24/2008

Hearing Obama’s speech from the ’04 Democratic Convention, I recognized the perspective and intellect of presidential material.

I was excited but did not expect him to make his bid this year. It has evolved that this is the time and place for Obama. Instinct and observation tells me he is the person we need as we are starting this new century of perils and uncertainties of incredible number and nature. Life, human existence as we have known it are on the edge of dramatic change with very possible grave consequences.

Obama is a man of this century, educated in traditional skills as well as the new technology and tools of the brave new world. He can and does listen, and seeks counsel with older people of vaster experience, as well as with his peers.

Obama shows enormous courage to run for President being a half black, as well as half white man, in an America that yet has people capable of yelling out “kill” at political rallies.

I am a 67-year-old grandmother who is voting for someone who gives me hope for the future of my children and grandchildren and generations yet to come. I am voting for Obama!


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purple wrote on Nov 7, 2008 4:55 PM:

" Ms DePew,

Adolph Hitler was also a great orator and look what he did to his country and the rest of the world in less than a decade.

How many MILLIONS died because they believed Neville Chamberlain? "

mtjewel wrote on Nov 6, 2008 12:27 AM:

" RINNIE
You should be ashamed of yourself. You are no better than the others to even bring up Sarah Palins' wardrobe. So what if she IS or ISN'T frumpy? If you think that clothes make a person, then I pity you and question YOUR judgement. And as for what WAS spent on her wardrobe, (that was later donated, by the way), so what! Would you go on TV in front of the world everyday with what is hanging in your closet? "

purple wrote on Nov 5, 2008 10:26 AM:

" "nobarkzone"

Lets not forget how dunce blather tried to use FRAUDULENT documents as evidence of President Bush's national guard service.

Funny thing is, even after those documents were proven to be frauds, dunce blather still claimed the story was true even though the only evidence he had was the fraudulent documents.

Talk about desperation from the left! "

rinnie wrote on Oct 25, 2008 12:15 PM:

" Patriot:
I would like to know where you get all of your "correct" information?
Let me guess.....The Drudge Report? NRO? Faux news? Town Hall?

What is so frightening about factcheck.org? Truth hurt? LOL "

patriot wrote on Oct 25, 2008 8:52 AM:

" Connie,
Yes, we are on the edge of dramatic change. My concern,if Obama is elected the change will be the beginning of a country where those who are productive will subsidize those who are not. Obama's past relationships are questionable. His policies for redistributing the wealth in a country where equal opportunity is available to all may become irreversiable. There will be those in this paper who disagree with my summation, so be it.
Your logic is formed on a premise of your perceptions of Obama's rhetoric. Not based in fact. (please don't quote factcheck.org)
Rinnies comments are typical of the left leaning media views.
Sooter drools over your logic as well, no surprise here either. Others mention "youtube" to verify comments.
You will vote your conscience as you should and I will do the same-McCain. "

BigP wrote on Oct 24, 2008 8:02 PM:

" Fishing, what if you are for choice, I will fight to death the right of a women to make a decision about what happens to her body. Women do not have to give birth after a rape or incest or her own life hangs in the balance. And how about that Sarah after her buddy buys her thousands of dollars worth of clothes and makeup, she starts her distancing from him for the 2012 elections. Now that is a viper in action isn't it. The Repubs are leaping overboard faster then rats leaving a sinking ship. You might want to take a better look at things and maybe at least put on a life vest YourBad. "

rinnie wrote on Oct 24, 2008 5:34 PM:

" YourBad:

Okay....lets get into McCain/ G.Gordon Liddy for a change? Palin's witch doctor pastor? Socialism?? We are all socialists now with the bail out that the gov. did.
Its a good thing that Bush/McCain didn't get their way and invest SS into the stock market.
And the list goes on and on.......Psssst. I won't mention the big bucks spent on the "hockey Mom's" new wardrobe. Twenty plus thousand for hairdresser and makeup gals for 2 weeks. Many Repubs could use the help for their campaigns but alas....I guess the hockey Mom was just tooooo frumpy. Talk about an elitist wanna be.... "

gun961960 wrote on Oct 24, 2008 4:09 PM:

" ks...would you care to specify these "lies"? "

nobarkzone wrote on Oct 24, 2008 3:35 PM:

" Capital-City: I believe you are correct in your statements. Of course we both know that the "unbiased media" and the "truthful liberal left" would NEVER falsify any evidence -- like the doctored pictures they posted of Senator McCain.

YourBad: Well documented and well said! "

ks wrote on Oct 24, 2008 2:21 PM:

" Mccain is going to win. He is what we need to pull this country out of the rut. Mr. No Obama is full of lies and anyone who believes him needs to rethink their choice. "

YourBad wrote on Oct 24, 2008 11:24 AM:

" Ms Depew--But aren't you tired of all of Obama's lies? How do you know when he's lying? Answer=when he opens his mouth. He has lied about his relationship with someone who bombed the Pentagon (forget that 8-year-old stuff--he associates with him nowadays), he has lied about his religious and racial beliefs (NOBODY sits in a church for so many years if you don't agree with what's being said). And dumping his preacher because he was all of a sudden outraged was such a political sham--he must think we're really stupid to believe that. He lies that he supports gunowners' rights (he has opposed every gun owner right he has come in contact with). And now the lie running on the airwaves about how McCain is going to cut soc security and medicare benefits. FactCheckdotorg has declared that to be bogus and an outright lie. Then there's the lie about only going to tax the rich, while Pelosi and Franks are both calling for immediate and immense spending increases with a big hit to the rich and tax increases down the road. This in addition to the extra 51 billion he wants to give to Darfur thru the UN and all the other spending programs he's mentioned that are so numerous I can't even tabulate the cost. Where does everybody think that money is coming from if not from the middle class, etc. You can take every penny the over $250K crowd owns, and it won't even come close to what BO and the other Dem's have in mind for spending, on top of the $700B they just got. At least McCain and Palin are talking about getting rid of pork and rooting out corruption. The Dem's don't talk about that at all. The conclusion is that they have no interest in cutting spending or getting rid of the corruption. I guess it doesn't even rate lying about it with them." Exactly what has Obama said that is NOT a lie? And finally, doesn't it bother you that his idea of spreading around the wealth is Socialism? Or doesn't anybody pay attention to history, anymore? "

FISHING wrote on Oct 24, 2008 11:09 AM:

" ITS TIME FOR OBAMA TO.....RUIN OUR COUNRTY??? PEOPLE STOP LISTENING TO HIS LIES!! HE IS ONLY SAYING WHAT YOU ALL LIKE TO HEAR!!
NEW TECHNOLOGY??? (I AM SURE ABORTION) HE SURE GETS ALONG WITH PLANNED PARENT HOOD!!! I AM SO SURE THAT HE WILL GIVE LOTS OF MONEY TO THEM... JUST SICK!! MCCAIN AND PALIN ARE PRO LIFE. PEOPLE.... WAKE UP!!!! I LOVE MY LITTLE GIRLS AND I WANT WHATS BEST FOR THEM TO. BUT OBAMA IS JUST A WANNA BE!!! GOD PLEASE HELP THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!! "

skooter wrote on Oct 24, 2008 10:43 AM:

" Captial-City: You have got to be kidding me. You can go to youtube and hear it yourself. There's got to be a point that you actually try and learn about a fact or a situation rather than just repeating what you are told. You should thank the IR for giving you a voice, even though you are repeating false information. "

gun961960 wrote on Oct 24, 2008 10:39 AM:

" Capital city....the secret service said they did not hear the shouts and have not had any reports of threats toward anyone under their protection. Now many media outlets have done stories siting many people who have heard these claims of "kill him" and "terrorist" and "treason" to name a few. I have taken the liberty of finding a few links for you here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw3o3y77MaA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVFWahLTdUo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL39we_Yijw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFp-ZQ1BWZc&feature=related

in a few you can hear plain as day the shouting from the crowd. So these accusations are NOT fabricated. My goodness leave the IR alone....don't shoot the messenger people!! "

BigP wrote on Oct 24, 2008 10:16 AM:

" capital_city, I heard the idiot shout that comment out on 4 different stations. I am not sure anyone investigated it. Where did you get your information? "

enu22 wrote on Oct 24, 2008 9:32 AM:

" capital_city...I can't believe you believe what you've written! What's in the water you're drinking? "

capital_city wrote on Oct 24, 2008 9:15 AM:

" The secret service and news media have investigated the "kill him" incident. It was not heard by anyone according to the secret service. No charges have been filed and these accusations were fabricated. Unfortunately people trust their newspapers for accurate information. Thanks, IR, for letting this untrue propaganda print. "

skooter wrote on Oct 24, 2008 9:14 AM:

" Wow, Ms. Depew, that was such a well written and thought out letter. I of course could not agree more. Thank you for your letter. "


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