Obama’s ‘Ellen’ Cameo
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 9:50 am
After wrapping up a Miami rally on Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama made a surprise appearance on “The Ellen Degeneres Show,” appearing via satellite in front of a small crowd of supporters.
Degeneres gave Obama a chance to “rebut” allegations from a recent show, when Michelle Obama disparaged her husband’s dancing ability, by playing music for him to groove to. He danced a bit, according to the pool report — “mostly with his arms” — and told Degeneres that he was definitely a “a better dancer than John McCain.”
Obama’s previous dancing stint on “Ellen,” regardless of the quality, was an Internet sensation. It remains his second most viewed video on YouTube, trailing only the speech on race.
Degeneres also asked Obama to help her quest to book the actor-director George Clooney, apparently a bigger “get” than presidential nominees. Obama gamely said this could be an issue for his administration to tackle. “We would have you and [Clooney] sit down without preconditions,” Obama joked, and “resolve any differences you may have.”
The McCain campaign often complains about a pro-Obama bias in The New York Times and other allegedly “liberal” newspapers. The greatest disparity in media treatment of these nominees, however, probably occurs on these widely viewed afternoon talk-shows. Between “Oprah,” “Ellen” and “The View” — where McCain got ripped apart — it really is an Obama love fest out there.
11 Comments
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 8:59 am
OBAMA ALREADY HARMING THE ECONOMY.
A Statement by
100 DISTINGUISED AND EXPERIENCED ECONOMISTS
at major American universities and research organizations, including five Nobel Prize winners Gary Becker, James Buchanan, Robert Mundell, Edward Prescott, and Vernon Smith. The economists explain why Barack Obama's proposals, including “misguided tax hikes,” would “decrease the number of jobs in America.” The prospects of such tax rate increases under Barack OBAMA
are already HARMING THE ECONOMY.
The economists conclude that “Barack Obama's economic proposals are wrong for the American economy.” The proposals “defy both economic reason and economic experience.”
Quote … The economists conclude that “Barack Obama's economic proposals are WRONG FOR THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 10:50 am
stop hating and do your research….get the facts and not from watching FOX news or Hannity and Combs.
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 10:55 am
I agree. Let's get some official statements or a link to articles by credible newspapers. People like EconomyJoe are trying to pollute the minds of American, but we will not stand for this any longer! Obama '08
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 11:06 am
A Statement by 100 DISTINGUISED AND EXPERIENCED ECONOMISTS conclude that “Barack Obama's economic proposals are WRONG FOR THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. Well just one to point out that those 100 Distinguished, and experienced Economists dropped the ball on the U.S. Economic conditions. What have they been doing for the last 8 years? Fattening their wallets? It's easy to point fingers and say McCain or Obama's economic plans are flawed, but here we have “distinguished, and experienced” economists, who have no plan or answer to our current economic crisis, go figure, maybe they need to come up with a sound economic plan, and quit whining about whose plan is not going to work for the American Economy, and that goes for you too, for putting this crap on here!!
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Economically Pissed
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Paul Volcher I take these three over the other 100 economists any old day of the week!!!! See what they have to say!!!
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
NEWSFLASH: MCCAIN THINKS THE WEALTHIEST SHOULD BE TAXED MORE:
Hardball: Thursday, October 12, 2000:: Partial Transcript
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi. Since I've been studying politics, I've had this question that I've never fully understand. Why is it that someone like my father, who goes to school for 13 years, gets penalized in a huge tax bracket because he's a doctor? Why is that — why does he have to pay higher taxes than everybody else, just because he makes more money? Why — how is that fair?
MATTHEWS: You mean…
MCCAIN: I think your question — questioning the fundamentals of a progressive tax system where people who make more money pay more in taxes than a flat, across-the-board percentage. I think it's to some degree because we feel, obviously, that wealthy people can afford more. We have over the years, beginning with John F. Kennedy, reduced some of those marginal tax rates to make them less onerous.
But I believe that when you really look at the tax code today, the very wealthy, because they can afford tax lawyers and all kinds of loopholes, really don't pay nearly as much as you think they do when you just look at the percentages. And I think middle-income Americans, working Americans, when the account and payroll taxes, sales taxes, mortgage pay — all of the taxes that working Americans pay, I think they — you would think that they also deserve significant relief, in my view…
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
stop hating and do your research….get the facts and not from watching FOX news or Hannity and Combs.
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 5:55 pm
I agree. Let's get some official statements or a link to articles by credible newspapers. People like EconomyJoe are trying to pollute the minds of American, but we will not stand for this any longer! Obama '08
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 6:06 pm
A Statement by 100 DISTINGUISED AND EXPERIENCED ECONOMISTS conclude that “Barack Obama's economic proposals are WRONG FOR THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. Well just one to point out that those 100 Distinguished, and experienced Economists dropped the ball on the U.S. Economic conditions. What have they been doing for the last 8 years? Fattening their wallets? It's easy to point fingers and say McCain or Obama's economic plans are flawed, but here we have “distinguished, and experienced” economists, who have no plan or answer to our current economic crisis, go figure, maybe they need to come up with a sound economic plan, and quit whining about whose plan is not going to work for the American Economy, and that goes for you too, for putting this crap on here!!
r/
Economically Pissed
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 7:58 pm
Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Paul Volcher I take these three over the other 100 economists any old day of the week!!!! See what they have to say!!!
Comment posted October 23, 2008 @ 12:49 am
NEWSFLASH: MCCAIN THINKS THE WEALTHIEST SHOULD BE TAXED MORE:
Hardball: Thursday, October 12, 2000:: Partial Transcript
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi. Since I've been studying politics, I've had this question that I've never fully understand. Why is it that someone like my father, who goes to school for 13 years, gets penalized in a huge tax bracket because he's a doctor? Why is that — why does he have to pay higher taxes than everybody else, just because he makes more money? Why — how is that fair?
MATTHEWS: You mean…
MCCAIN: I think your question — questioning the fundamentals of a progressive tax system where people who make more money pay more in taxes than a flat, across-the-board percentage. I think it's to some degree because we feel, obviously, that wealthy people can afford more. We have over the years, beginning with John F. Kennedy, reduced some of those marginal tax rates to make them less onerous.
But I believe that when you really look at the tax code today, the very wealthy, because they can afford tax lawyers and all kinds of loopholes, really don't pay nearly as much as you think they do when you just look at the percentages. And I think middle-income Americans, working Americans, when the account and payroll taxes, sales taxes, mortgage pay — all of the taxes that working Americans pay, I think they — you would think that they also deserve significant relief, in my view…
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