Dems pick candidate
By Sam Shawver, sshawver@mariettatimes.comArticle Photos
Fact Box
More coverage in today's print edition:
- Obama flying to Pittsburgh to kick off bus tour through battleground states.
- Some Dem delegates saw King's speech
More than 100 people crowded into the dining area at the Marietta Brewing Company Thursday night to watch Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., accept the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.
The local audience erupted into applause several times during Obama's hour-long acceptance speech.
"I thought it was excellent. I think the party has an excellent candidate," local businessman Mike Brown said after the senator's address.
Marietta College student Philip Lemaster of Chillicothe identified himself as an avid supporter of Hillary Clinton, who lost a long primary battle to Obama.
"I'm a Hillary supporter first, but will support Obama," he said. "I think he has the potential to be a great leader."
Fellow student and Clinton supporter Saira Khan of Atlantic City, N.J., agreed.
"Hillary has asked us to vote for him, so we will," she said. "I think he lacks her experience, but I'm going to vote for him either way."
Claire Berlin of Weston, W.Va., said she, Khan and Lemaster are members of Marietta College Students for Hillary Clinton.
Berlin felt that Obama's choice of Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., as his running mate was a good one.
"I like that Joe Biden has experience, and I think Biden complements Obama," she said.
"If he can't bring this country together, we're in big trouble," Belpre resident Larry Block said of Obama. "That was the most inspiring speech I've seen since Kennedy in 1960."
Kelly and Wess Apshaga-Meaux of Marietta were also impressed with Obama's address.
"Everything he talked about is important to me," Kelly said. "I have a 3-year-old daughter who's starting preschool this year, and I'm concerned about her future in general. She can't get anywhere if our economy and environment are in the toilet."
Wess said his main concern is the environmental issue.
"My biggest issue is alternative energy. At least he's not in the pockets of the big oil companies," he said.
Satana Holliday of Marietta plans to host an Obama house party to help garner support for the candidate.
"It's important to talk to undecided voters about why they should vote for Obama," she said.
At least one local Republican had some praise for Obama Tuesday - even if she isn't ready to break ranks with the GOP.
"This campaign has been a good show, but we've never had an African-American president, and I think it's a good thing for this country, no matter what your politics are," said Sharon Adams, president of the Washington County Republican Women's Club.
Adams said she planned to watch Obama's speech on Thursday night.
"I think it's very interesting, and we should be proud that we have such equality in this country," she said.
Ohio rep: Speech touched on many key issues
From staff reports
Ohio Rep. Jennifer Garrison, D-Marietta, is in Denver this week for the Democratic National Convention.
She thought Obama's speech touched on many key issues.
"Barack Obama laid out concrete plans on how to undo what has been done over the past eight years, which is a decline in individual and family income, skyrocketing debt, an expansion in poverty and distrust on the world stage," she said.
"This has been an incredible week of unity and momentum and Senator Obama capped it with a personal and exceptional address that shows who he is and why he will be a great president of the United States."
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TheFrog
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09-13-08 11:03 PM
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Obama made a smart move with Biden. Biden knows what he is doing and has a lot of foreign policy and domestic policy experience. He has a strong record of supporting middle class Americans. Palin is the person you like if you want to be lied to.
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teaglass97
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09-04-08 12:07 AM
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Last word.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 11:59 PM
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How can you hurt the pride of someone who has sarcastically commented towards you for the last 5 hours only for you to try and defend everything you believe in because god forbid someone disagrees with you. I'm not the one who needs closure in believing they are right.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 11:56 PM
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Quit trying to believe you are right. YOU were wrong. Drink your Kool-Aid, brush your teeth, and go to sleep. Goodnight.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 11:52 PM
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I'm copying & pasting from my former comment you idiot because you couldn't read it in depth...I had to repeat it. For you.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 11:51 PM
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The government was right AFTER they thought he was better than Batista. AFTER, after---adverb, following in time or place. You are right, the government was right After the fact. Which goes right back to the government deciding the good & bad. The World Police. Should we talk about Afghanistan now & military arms?
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 11:48 PM
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"1958 Summer: Batista's forces launch a last, unsuccessful push against a small guerrilla army led by Fidel Castro and based in the mountains of the Sierra Maestra. Batista could not defend themselves against Fidel and the backing of the United States." April 15-26: Castro visits the U.S. He is greeted everywhere by cheering crowds..." The trip is overshadowed by suspicions that he might be a Communist, but he publicly denies the Communist leanings of some in his inner circle, including his brother Raúl." Can YOU not read? You can't get out of this one sunshine. Good bye.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 11:25 PM
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Should I go on, or would you like to tell me the South won the Civil War now?
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 11:24 PM
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U.S. Rejection. Faced with Batista's military ineptness and growing unpopularity, the United States began to seek an alternative to Batista and to Fidel Castro. But Batista was determined to hold on. On December 11, 1958, U.S. ambassador Earl Smith visited Batista at his lavish hacienda, Kuquines. There he informed Batista the United States could no longer support his regime. Batista asked if he could go to Daytona Beach, where he had a house. The ambassador said no, and suggested instead that he seek exile in Spain. Flight On New Year's Eve 1958, Fulgencio Batista left Cuba before the break of dawn, with one hundred and eighty of his closest associates, having amassed a fortune of as much as to $300 million. Batista lived the rest of his life in splendor in Spain and in Portugal. He died on August 6, 1973 in Marbella, Spain, two days before a team of assassins from Castro's Cuba could carry out a plan to kill him. Source: PBS. American Experience. Fidel Castro.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 11:15 PM
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1958 Spring: Embarrassed by Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista's brutality, the United States suspends military assistance to his regime. Summer: Batista's forces launch a last, unsuccessful push against a small guerrilla army led by Fidel Castro and based in the mountains of the Sierra Maestra. Batista could not defend themselves against Fidel and the backing of the United States. 1959 January 1: Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's forces enter Havana. Before dawn, President Batista, his family, and 180 of his associates flee the country. April 15-26: Castro visits the U.S. He is greeted everywhere by cheering crowds. The trip is overshadowed by suspicions that he might be a Communist, but he publicly denies the Communist leanings of some in his inner circle, including his brother Raúl. Source: PBS. American Experience. Fidel Castro. I do not support communism, just merely showing YOU are wrong. If YOUR wrong about this, I wonder what else you've said is false? Last word.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 10:50 PM
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Yeah maybe I'm a "commie", maybe I live in Venezuela, maybe I'm Hugo Chavez. Who knows. Who cares. And what's wrong with Venezuela, Russia, China? Oh wait, forgot. The government decides who is and who's bad everyday and they tell us who we can and cannot play with. Who knew we would come to hate Fidel Castro 50 years after we helped him overthrow the corrupt Cuban government at the time. The big bullying of America. What's wrong with Appalachia? Are you that naive? I'm not even going to justify that with an answer. Now I can go, I just had to comment on your idiotic comment. By the way, I'm writing this on a Wi-Fi signal, taking a crap on a public toilet.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 10:43 PM
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Your whats wrong with Marietta and the community. Your "holier than thou" attitude seems to neglect your ignorance. I can no longer talk to someone who thinks mindless spending idiots should be bailed out by the government and hurricanes are caused by Republican philosophy. I know, I know, go ahead get the last word, I don't care.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 10:24 PM
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I'm not on freaking welfare you idiot. How do you know I even live in the United States? Just because I write on here doesn't mean I live there. It could be, oh wait, what? I was born there. Typical stereotyping, get out of Appalachia and realize how unimportant you really are.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 8:03 PM
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Wow, I am truly amazed at how full of yourself you are. 9 posts in a 24 hour period. And I'm the only one responding to you. I don't know whether to feel privledged or tell you that if your looking for someone to "agree" with you then maybe message boards are not for you. I guess you got me, your right, i'm wrong, guess I better go to mexico and spend my "american peso's." So do you have any sources for all these "facts" you have posted or do you just "spin" what you hear on tv straight to here? By the way, I have plenty of money and I don't pay taxes. Good luck figuring that one out : )
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 6:28 PM
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cont'd----The point is, if you can't afford it, don't buy it.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 6:27 PM
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By the way, You never did answer how Republican Philosophy supposedly caused a natural disaster. This ought to be good.
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 6:26 PM
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A free market will take care of itself. Just like universal healthcare. A platform for socialism, is it not? Yes I believe it is. Lets say if a hurricane comes through, your out of ice and I charge everyone for $20 for a bag of ice, you'll have a fit, so another store charges $18, then another store $15 and thus right back down to $2 like normal. But no the "government" says thats a no no so they must come in and regulate this supposed "price gouging" and pass laws, so guess what. Next time a hurrican comes through and everyone is out of ice, tough luck, why do I have to sell you ice? I'm not in business to make you happy, I'm in business to make money. A market WILL take care of itself. As for the banking industry, I get everything "you" are saying, but yet your still blaming "other" people for someones own problem. I don't walk into a store for a jug of milk and go "I only have a dollar but I'll give you a two next month." The point
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teaglass97
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09-03-08 12:23 AM
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MelbaToast--"5. Republican philosophy caused the deaths of poor people along the Gulf Coast in 2005.".....What? The events of the "Gulf Coast" were a natural disaster. One that hit a city 6 feet below sea level. A city that was unprepared and had it coming for over 100 years. Watch the History Channel for once. And don't tell me it's the governments fault the poor people couldn't get out. All I read is comments about how much people pay to support poor people that live off the government then complain when no one actually helps them out in a "true time of need." I bet you also think the mortgage companies are responsible for the "housing crisis" or that the "government" should bail out the "blithering idiots" who couldn't afford a house in the first place.
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formermttan
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08-31-08 6:54 PM
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I still haven't seen any Obama supporter give reason(s) to vote FOR Obama - their only MO is bash the other guy.
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formermttan
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08-31-08 6:52 PM
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McCain didn't pick Palin "because" she is a woman. He picked her "because" she is right on the issues that matter to most Americans; she has proven that she gets things done; she stands up to corruption even if that means it is in her own party; she kept lobbyists out of her office; she has cut out frivilous use of taxpayer dollars (sold the governor's jet; did away with having a chef - she said she can fix food herself); has refused to accept federal monies for ridiculous projects (the "bridge to nowhere"); is pro-life and LIVES that (gave birth to her fifth child, knowing it was going to have Down syndrome) and is beloved in her state (the highest approval rating of any governor). But I'm sure that had nothing to do with his decision - I'm sure it was only because she is a woman! Give me a break - you insult every woman with stupid comments like that. (Is that why Hillary was picked? She certainly had no experience or qualifications).
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teaglass97
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08-30-08 4:37 PM
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Stephen Colber, Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert. Colbert Nation.
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neanderthal286
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08-30-08 12:46 PM
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Harleyrider: Perhaps phead lost his commenting privilege. Threatening someone should be enough to get anyone's privilege revoked. If that is the case, I will miss him. It is not often that someone volunteers to be the kickball in an intellectual contest. Fortunately the left has an almost endless supply of people will to keep their foot in their mouths, for the enjoyment of those of us willing to do the homework. Witness Melbatoast, looking forward to trashing her uninformed talking point memo rhetoric.
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neanderthal286
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08-30-08 12:35 PM
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Am I the only one here that is enjoying this socialist breakdown. Melba, please don't quit commenting, I would miss the laughter. The links between the Obamessiah and Wright,Ayres and Rezko are of long standing and have been well documented by the press who remain in the tank for Obama. His response to the facts surrounding his relationships with the above named individuals, was to distance himself from them as much as he could. If your position is one of denial that these relationships existed or that they were not significant, you expose yourself as woefully uninformed. Yet you call your fellow Americans names like right-wing scum. Why do you insist on engaging those with which you disagree by calling them vile names? Yours truly Right wing scum
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Harleyrider
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08-30-08 12:11 PM
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OneAmongThem, I love your post, but these fools run and name call or even threaten in the face of reason. They have ingestid too much kool-aid. I notice Parrothead has not shown back up. He got quite the smackdown yeterday and then was a no show after he threatened me.
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OneAmongThem
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08-30-08 1:26 AM
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According to the Clintons4McCain website: "While Nancy Pelosi was spending millions of our dollars to pimp out her private jet, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was selling the one from the prior corrupt administration on e-bay, and cutting her own pay!" She sure doesn't seem like a "stupid" woman to me either.
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