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Speaking to a crowd of 15,000 at the St. Pete Times Forum, the Democratic presidential frontrunner said the time is right for his candidacy.
Sen. Barack Obama says that when he was deciding to run for president, some naysayers said he was too young. Obama told the Bay area crowd that he experienced Martin Luther King Jr.’s “fierce urgency of now” when deciding to run for the White House.
“We can’t afford to wait, Tampa. We can’t wait to bring jobs to Tampa. We cannot wait, and that’s why I’m running for president,” Obama said.
Obama started his speech by listing problems he says are plaguing the country: wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, flat wages and higher prices for consumers, a home foreclosure crisis and underpaid teachers.
“Instead of prosperity trickling down, pain is trickling up,” Obama told the cheering crowd. “We want a new chapter in American history, and we are going to do that right here in Florida, right here in Tampa.”
“I love you Barack,” someone from the crowd shouted.
“I love you back,” Obama said.
So glad to see Barack Obama in Tampa! Democrats in central Florida have been ignored for too long. The huge turnout for him is evidence of the groundswell of support for his message that people, not corporate interests matter. May this event empower those who have ceded their political power to republicans for the past 7 years. I just hope we can come together as Floridians now and dissolve the partisanship that has divided us!
Empty words and promises from another politician that is fooling blind Americans that change is possible from one person, the president. WRONG. If America wants change we need better reps in congress who will fight for tax payers, not themselves or illegals. They are the makers of change, not the president. The sooner this country wakes up about this the better off we will be.
Who approved the war. Who approved 20% salary increases for themselves. Who approved we allow illegals to get free healthcare, $, homes just for being here. Who chooses to buy oil from other nations that is more expensive.
Who won’t approve us drilling for oil in the US to keep prices low for Americans...Congreas tha’t’ who.
Enough said.
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Posted by marvin matteson, zephyrhills on 05/21 at 03:04 PM
Obama walks on water. he is the saviour of this country and the world. never has anyone inspired so many around the world and the united states since JFK. He is the right person in the right place at the right time. Please let us elect this person to save our country and bring us back together as one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all