Korean Documentary on Obama/Clinton airs showing footage from Obama's visit in September

KBS aired a documentary about the candidacy of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Sunday night here in Korea. Of interest was the footage that was shown from Obama's September visit to Portland. The documentary gave quite a bit of background information about the two presidential candidates to a Korean audience that is curious about the potential outcome of next years election.

In one scene from Portland, you can clearly see myself and Todd Barnhart (Blue Oregon contributor and Oregon Obama organizer) talking in the background.

If I can, I'll try to get the video put on YouTube and add a link.

Is debating policy an attack? How this relates to the Merkley/Novick race.

Chris Matthews makes some good remarks during this segment of Hardball as it relates to Novick's questioning of Merkley's record. Is questioning some one's past stance attacking them. Please watch the clip:


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Pictures from Portland Obama Fundrasier

Here are some pictures I took from up front at the Obama event Friday night. Enjoy!


People waiting in line to get into the event

Me braving the crowd up front to get up close and personal with Obama

Obama speaking to supporters in Portland Oregon with General Tony McPeak in the background

Obama greeting supporers in Portland

Obama on International Relations

One of the reasons I am supporting Obama is his stance on how we will bring other countries to the table, versus Bush's wars and the coalition of the willing. Obama quotes President Kennedy, "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."

There are so many situations currently where that attitude would get us further, then declaring war and invading a country. While we are making headway with North Korea, I am still very nervous that things may flare up again (for those who are reading that are not aware, I lived in South Korea for three and a half years and am married to a Korean). I also think there needs to be progress made in terms of human rights violations within North Korea, as they are notorious for how poorly they treat their citizens.

At the same time, we as a nation need to start leading by example. Since the war on terrorism has begun, our military has been marred by the Abu Ghraib scandal as well as secret prisons overseas where torture has been conducted. The sad thing is that it isn't the first nor the last time the US has been involved in torture. Our country has a long history of torture and abuse.

While other presidential candidates and their supporters like to point out Obama's lack of experience (which is a weak argument in itself), he makes up for it in the fact that he surrounds himself with people who have the knowledge in the areas he lacks it. Obama has been a community organizer, a professor of constitutional law, Illinois state senator and US Senator.

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Obama Rally Packed

Obama was great, he is the real thing folks! I just got back from the event and I swear there were about 5,000 people there (although I didn't count). I was upfront and got lots of pictures too and shook Baracks hand.

The Korean media was there and I was interviewed by them (I just got back from being over there for 3 1/2 years) about why I support Obama.

Anyway, he really inspired myself and others that we CAN make a difference.

Mr. Barnhart (the lucky dog he is) got to talk to him for five minutes at a VIP event.

When I get a chance I'm going to post some pictures.

David

Hillary Clinton is slime!

First, let me say that I voted for Bill Clinton both in 1992 and 1996. Back then, I admired his wife. But as of lately, I have become anti-Hillary.

One of the problems that I have with her is that she has become cozy with corporate types including right wing nut job Rupert Murdoch. Yet another, is that she has and still does support the war in Iraq. She refuses to apologize for her vote in 2003.

Recently one of her supporters to said something nasty about Obama, but God forbid someone that supports Obama saying something about poor Hillary.

This reeks of a double standard.

Someone needs to drug the poor woman as she's delusional. As you may know, Hillary Clinton flipped over Dreamworks founder, David Geffen's comments about her. Geffen stated to Maureen Dowd, "Everybody in politics lies," the former president and his wife "do it with such ease, it's troubling."

Recently, Clinton was endorsed by South Carolina State Senator Robert Ford. Ford who is also working for the Clinton campaign stated, "Every Democrat running on that ticket next year would lose — because he's black and he's top of the ticket. We'd lose the House and the Senate and the governors and everything."

Personally, I think Ford has been sniffing some really strong glue. To say that Democrats would lose everything, is not only reckless, it's ridiculous.

I hope another candidate pummels Clinton in the primary and kicks the the queen bitch off her royal throne. We may yet end up with her as our president. God help us all because she's going to just as bad as George W. Bush.