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"From a stage at the Summerfest grounds in Maier Festival Park, Obama spoke animatedly as he described the GOP as the party of 'No We Can't.' ... 'If I said the sky is blue, they'd say no,' Obama said. 'If I said fish live in the sea, they'd say no.'"

President Obama spoke at the Milwaukee Laborfest, 09/06/10. (photo: Doug Mills/NYT)

Comments

+6 # Guest 2010-09-07 10:50

Well, he's finally begun to talk the talk, let's see if he manages to walk the walk, though it's more than a little late in the game.

+1 # Guest 2010-09-08 14:31

It isn't too late actually.

If he ratchets this up a bit he can say he spent 2 years trying to work across party lines, but they refused. And let's not forget democrats are almost as bad as repukelicans.

I am hoping again and I have to stop that. So far it has only lead to disappointment.

+2 # Guest 2010-09-07 12:33

YES! President Obama. The Republicans deserve a good drubbing. They had "the keys to the car" for 14 years and ran our economy, our humility, our tolerance and compassion, our education system, our regulating agencies, and more dead straight into the ground. Give Obama a chance to rehabilitate us...Chris in White Salmon

+1 # Guest 2010-09-07 13:45

Obama, you always give great speeches. Please remember -- like someone else said here -- to ALSO walk the walk otherwise your speeches are just that -- just speeches. Please come through on ALL THE PROMISES you made in this speech today. BE A FIGHTER FOR THE PEOPLE 24/7, (and not Wall Street or the corporations!), and then maybe you'll have my attention.

+1 # Guest 2010-09-08 05:49

Obama is a human being with human emotions. He was raised by good principles and he practice them, unlike the right wing conservatives which were raised to be hypocrites, bigots, fools and bullies from the cradle to the grave.
They rely on confronting well bred individuals knowing full well these same bred individuals do not lower themselves to the same level.

But President Obama cannot do it by himself, nor can he (as currently seen) rely on the very people he hired to help him with running his Administration. Frankly, I suggest that after the November election, he fire most of them and hire them with real honest to goodness street fighters in Congress. Those that aren't afraid to confront the arrogant, ignorant republicans on the Senate and House floor!

He has the power and he must use it, for the sake of our nation which has been degraded for decades by the likes of GWB, Cheney, Rumsfeld and all the other non-Americans on Fox News!

+2 # Guest 2010-09-07 13:47

Yes, it sure did feel great to hear Obama calling out the Repukes in this speech. The Repukes should NEVER EVER be in power anywhere in any country. They are like spoiled adolescent brats who need serious time outs WITHOUT the car keys until they learn to grow up.

+3 # Guest 2010-09-07 17:37

If the thinking of the present day GOP is put into action long enough the sky would not be blue and there would be no fish in the sea and liberals would be given as the reason.

+1 # Guest 2010-09-08 05:40

Everything the president said is true, but he still didn't go far enough. He should have told them what Harry Truman would have said, and that is the Republicans are low down dirty con artists who have destroyed the United States into the ground. They are liars, crooks, racists, bigots and most should be put in prison for betraying everything America stands for. They want less government so that they can do whatever they feel without retaliation. They are against education, Social Security and Medicare (except when it benefits them only)so that America can stay stupid while they run amok throughout the planet speading evil, making the rich richer and enslaving everything that doesn't sing, act, looks or dance like them.

The right wing conservatives should be addressed equally with fascism, nazism, and traitors to the American working people. They are in fact, the most loathful individuals currently walking on the planet.

Need I say more?

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