Obama tells 7-year-old America not so great

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

It's the question every presidential candidate must be prepared to answer, but when it was posed to Barack Obama by a 7-year-old yesterday, the Democratic senator seemed at a loss for words.

Appearing before a packed high school gym in Elkhart, Ind., the young girl asked Obama why he is running for the White House.

"America is, is no longer, uh, what it could be, what it, it once was," Obama said haltingly. "And I say to myself, I don't want that future for my children."

Talk-radio superstar Rush Limbaugh, who featured the clip on his show today, marveled that Obama didn't immediately speak of running because he loves America.

"You're running for president of the U.S., and you run down the country to a 7-year-old?" said an incredulous Limbaugh.

Limbaugh suggested someone should ask Obama to name the period when, in his opinion, America was as it should be.

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It's the question every presidential candidate must be prepared to answer, but when it was posed to Barack Obama by a 7-year-old yesterday, the Democratic senator seemed at a loss for words.

Appearing before a packed high school gym in Elkhart, Ind., the young girl asked Obama why he is running for the White House.

"America is, is no longer, uh, what it could be, what it, it once was," Obama said haltingly. "And I say to myself, I don't want that future for my children."

Talk-radio superstar Rush Limbaugh, who featured the clip on his show today, marveled that Obama didn't immediately speak of running because he loves America.

"You're running for president of the U.S., and you run down the country to a 7-year-old?" said an incredulous Limbaugh.

Limbaugh suggested someone should ask Obama to name the period when, in his opinion, America was as it should be.

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[Nagishkaw 510]

[IAMX 3,055]

All Limbaugh laughs aside (the guy's a walking hypocrite joke.. would make a good pastor), Obama's clearly a politician, so making political points out of his ### is his MO.

However, what he said was:

"America is no longer what it could be.. what it once was".

And he's right. This country has sunk and isn't what it could be. The U.S. has been in dire straits economically, losing ground to other countries, and the shitty foreign policy the Bush Administration employed is a failure, making the country no more "safe" than it was pre-9/11.

A President doesn't need a flag jammed up his ### every time he/she speaks.

[Mags 112]

But Obama is right...America is NOT what it once was. I think that Obama, instead of mollycoddling the child, was honest about the state the USA is in at the moment. He wants a better country, he wants to improve it - I can't fault him for that.

Be honest with your kids, don't fill their heads with false impressions of their country. By being honest with them you can help THEM improve it. After all, as is often said, they are tomorrow's presidents, senators, bums, etc

Edited August 8, 2008 by Magenta

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He's right....the Bush Administration has put this country in the sh!tter and over 75 percent of Americans agree. Criticism comes with the territory....get over it.

[pedroh 21]

what was he supposed to tell the girl?? America is doing great, it's just a small bump?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

All Limbaugh laughs aside (the guy's a walking hypocrite joke.. would make a good pastor), Obama's clearly a politician, so making political points out of his ### is his MO.

However, what he said was:

"America is no longer what it could be.. what it once was".

And he's right. This country has sunk and isn't what it could be. The U.S. has been in dire straits economically, losing ground to other countries, and the shitty foreign policy the Bush Administration employed is a failure, making the country no more "safe" than it was pre-9/11.

A President doesn't need a flag jammed up his ### every time he/she speaks.

Yep - Ooh the controversy!

Soon followed by the usual whiny strains of "If McCain had said it and blahdeblahdeblah".

Why do people insist on being so over-sensitive about this #######?

But Obama is right...America is NOT what it once was. I think that Obama, instead of mollycoddling the child, was honest about the state the USA is in at the moment. He wants a better country, he wants to improve it - I can't fault him for that.

Be honest with your kids, don't fill their heads with false impressions of their country. By being honest with them you can help THEM improve it. After all, as is often said, they are tomorrow's presidents, senators, bums, etc

Yeah really. Its not like he told her to move out when she grows up

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Holy cow... a presidential candidate being honest with a kid .... someone needs to intervene this MoFo :wacko:

Like pedroh said, what was he supposed to do, really?

And Limbaugh needs to go back to rehab and stay there.

[pedroh 21]

Holy cow... a presidential candidate being honest with a kid .... someone needs to intervene this MoFo :wacko:

Like pedroh said, what was he supposed to do, really?

And Limbaugh needs to go back to rehab and stay there.

if He had lied, it'd be the same sh!t.. Junky Limbaugh would have given him sh!t for 'lying'

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah Limbaugh has no shame - and (frequently) no arguments.

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

next up, obama tells kids santa doesn't exist.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

next up, obama tells kids santa doesn't exist.

#######???????? He doesn't?

[Peikko 1,575]

Ah, so republicans like to fill their kids heads with fairy stories? That explains a lot...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I expect its more "proof" of how Obama has no respect for the country of his birth.

I mean if he's not wearing lapel pins, or refusing to put his hand over his heart during the pledge of allegiance, he's crushing the spirit of America's youth with 'guilt-ridden' meathook realities.

Seriously - whenever I hear this guff, its like the country never moved on from the McCarthy era when nudge-nudge wink-wink innuendo could get you labelled a traitor. If anything it does put one of Obama's comments into sharp relief - namely that one about bitter people falling back on "God and guns". The more of these side-snipes I hear, the more I'm inclined to believe that his comment was spot-on.

These idiots should all be ashamed of themselves - and no doubt they would be, if only they had the capacity for adult maturity in the first place.

Edited August 8, 2008 by Number 6