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Obama goes to a park to make his points

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor April 30, 2008 02:03 PM

Barack Obama took his campaign today to a slightly different setting -- a lunch and a discussion with working families at a park in Indianapolis.

He and his wife Michelle sat with playground equipment as a backdrop for television.

Michelle Obama, never one to mince words, said that neither the Democratic nor Republican parties have solved the economic problems that are getting ever worse.

She wondered aloud what would happen if someone "decent and connected" and made it to the White House, and she vented a little about the campaign.

"This whole process works against everything Barack is trying to do," she said, a day after he was forced to publicly disown his former pastor, whose controversial remarks threatened to derail his campaign.

"I am the cynic in the family," she added, pointing to her husband, who had a bemused smile. "This is the hope guy."

The Obamas also plan to sit down together with NBC's Meredith Viera for an interview that will air on the "Today" show on Thursday morning.

2 comments so far...

  1. Dear Fellow Americans,

    Our Great-grand Nation, the United States of America
    is and will face very critical "Challenges" in coming
    years and decades.

    The Problems will be tough and solutions would not
    easy.

    The key will the cool, calm, and collectedness of our
    next President[ What I call Presidential Temperament'
    The one remaining candidate who has consistently that
    Presidential Temperament is Senator Obama.

    His message of change makes sense. We have to stop
    doing business in Washington old ways. The new ways of
    lifting each other up and stopping tearing each other
    down will not held our Great grand Nation. The
    Terrorists around the world[real] and inadvertently
    assisted by some shortsighted media [Who are party to
    this perpetuation of psychological terrorism of
    mis-information, dis-information, and duplicity], that
    is what we do not need.

    In order to send the message around the world that
    America is get Senator Obama our next president. At
    least on thing he has shown consistently is the
    presidential Temperament. The Temperament of our next
    president is very critical address internal and
    internal challenges. Let us defeat real external
    terrorists snd internal psychological terrorists once
    for all.

    God Bless out Great grand Nation, its diverse people,
    and Senator Obama. He is the ans her to our future
    stability, security, safety, and regain our status in
    the world.

    Yours truly,

    COL.[retd] A.M.Khajawall
    Disables American Veteran.
    Las Vegas Nevada.


    Posted by COL.[retd]A.M.Khajawall April 30, 08 02:14 PM
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  1. God Bless You, Col. Khajawall! Your words are powerful and sincere! I hope that all Americans will see Senator Obama as the ONLY candidate that is not Old Washington Politics!!!! WE NEED HIM TO CHANGE THIS COUNTRY
    Thanks again for your inspirational comments!

    Posted by Mary B April 30, 08 03:50 PM
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