by John McCormick, updated
WINTERSET, Iowa – A man broke out in song here at a campaign event late this afternoon for Sen. Barack Obama.
After telling the Illinois Democrat he had a campaign sign in his yard, Jerry Triplett, 73, seated near the front of the audience, asked a question about Iraq. But the Winterset resident said he had something he wanted to do before getting Obama's answer.
"I was wondering if I could do a song for you," the retired high school guidance counselor asked.
"Of course," Obama responded. "How long is it?"
"Not very long," Triplett said.
So, to the tune of "God Bless America," he started voicing an Obama-filled song.
"God bless Barack Obama. Fellow we all love. Stand beside him, and guide him, through the night with the light from above. From his family, so proud and strong, to his good friend Oprah, who could do no wrong…."
Well, you get the idea. If you are curious about the rest, it will almost certainly make the cable news channels.
"That's what I'm talking about," Obama said, after the man finished. "I just want you to know he's not a plant. I've never seen this guy in my life. I don't know, we might have to take him on the road…He's got a nice voice….That, undoubtedly, will be the highlight today."
When the next person asked a question, Obama had a question of his own.
"You're not going to dance, are you?" he asked.





Comments
The Smokin' Hot Obama Girls Are Back!
"You're So Lame"...a holiday tribute celebrating the arrival of 2008, and the upcoming exit of President Lame W Bush.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMC4KhJMrbI
Posted by: John E | December 22, 2007 5:57 PM
So where's the video? We want to see it.
Posted by: Donna | December 22, 2007 7:31 PM
"You're So Lame"...a holiday tribute celebrating the arrival of 2008, and the upcoming exit of President Lame W Bush.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMC4KhJMrbI
Posted by: John E | December 22, 2007 5:57 PM
John E., you and I agree on almost all posts, but I have to say, I think it is our party that has been so lame of late. While I celebrate the not-soon-enough departure of BushbastardCheney, I wouldn't mind the departure of Pelosi and Reid. They have proven to be completely ineffective.
Posted by: Rick/Sneads Ferry, NC | December 22, 2007 8:26 PM
I think I'm going to vomit.
Posted by: MJ | December 22, 2007 10:46 PM
The song, 'God Bless America' and singing the tune with changed words to credit the socialist, Barack "HUSSEIN" Obama, is.... utter Blasphemy!
Paulo
Posted by: Paulo | December 23, 2007 1:42 AM
Obama's inexperience is showing more and more, so is is lack of endurance.
As for his so-called foreign policy experience, the man's delusional.
Although, he is a person of real substance...substance abuse, that is.
;-)
Posted by: MeThinks | December 23, 2007 1:58 AM
Obama's Changing Views
By The Associated Press – 22 hours ago
A comparison of some of Barack Obama's views over the years, based on candidate questionnaires in 1996 and 2004, interviews, presidential debates and other comments:
GUN CONTROL:
_1996 (from a questionnaire for his state Senate run): Supported banning the sale and possession of handguns in Illinois.
_2004 (questionnaire for his U.S. Senate run): A ban is "not politically practicable."
DEATH PENALTY:
_1996: Did not support capital punishment.
_2007: Supports capital punishment for particularly heinous crimes.
PATRIOT ACT:
_2003: Would replace the "shoddy and dangerous" USA Patriot Act.
_2006: Votes for updated Patriot Act he says contains only modest improvements.
HEALTH CARE:
_1996: In principle, supports single-payer health plan at federal level.
_2007: Says single-payer is not practical.
GAY MARRIAGE:
_January 2004: Opposes repealing Defense of Marriage Act.
_February 2004: Supports repealing Defense of Marriage Act.
CUBA:
_2004: Normalizing relations would help the Cuban people.
_2007: "I would not normalize relations."
ABORTION:
_1996: Opposes parental-notification laws.
_2004: Opposes if they lack a bypass provision.
December 23, 2007 -- Barack Obama has been flip-flopping like a carp on a boat deck, changing his position over the years on everything from the death penalty to the Patriot Act to Cuba, a review of his record shows.
The Illinois senator's views became markedly more conservative as he drew close to running for president.
On the death penalty, for instance, the Oprah heartthrob was a strong foe back in 1996 when he ran for the Illinois state Senate, according to a questionnaire from a political activist group that he filled out at the time. The answers were reviewed by The Associated Press.
But this year, he's been throwing some red meat to pro-execution voters around the country by saying he supports pulling the switch on those who commit particularly heinous crimes.
On gun control, Obama changed direction since 1996, when he called for a ban on all handgun possession and sales in Illinois.
In 2004, on another questionnaire, he backed off, saying a ban is "not politically practicable."
Taken together, the shifts could suggest a liberal, inexperienced lawmaker gradually adjusting to the realities of what could be accomplished, first in the Illinois Legislature and then in the US Senate.
On the other hand, political rivals could accuse him of abandoning potentially unpopular views or of trying to disguise his real positions. Many of the old views came from answers he gave to a list of questions submitted to him in 1996 by an Illinois good-government group known as the IVI-IPO.
Aides claim Obama did not fill out the questionnaire, and instead it was handled by a staffer who misrepresented his views on gun control, the death penalty and more.
"Barack Obama has a consistent record on the key issues facing our country," spokesman Ben LaBolt told the AP. "Even conservative columnists have said they'd scoured Obama's record for inconsistencies and found there were virtually none."
A spokesman for the Illinois group said the excuse is ridiculous because they interviewed him in person.
Some of the candidate's other changing views include a marked shift on health care, from supporting a single-payer, government-run health system, to opposing such a "socialized medicine" plan.
He also has changed many views in just the past few years.
He went from calling the anti-terrorism Patriot Act a "shoddy and dangerous" law to voting to continue an updated version of the law in 2006. He also said he would normalize relations with Cuba, but on the campaign trail has opposed such rapprochement with the Communist regime there.
Posted by: Garrette | December 23, 2007 7:49 AM
You can watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9plsVThX6U
Posted by: ChristforObama | December 23, 2007 3:54 PM
Obama will not win, he is a weak minded person, also carries lots of inferiority complex, he is poised and prtend to be good to others, he carries immense hatred to whites.
Posted by: GIJO | December 25, 2007 2:44 AM
Garrette:
The expression "flip-flopping" is not only getting old and tired, it also marks the suspension of reasoning by those who use it.
Real people change their mind about a lot of things when confronted with new or different facts, or even after viewing an issue from an angle they hadn’t considered before. It is not unreasonable to change one’s mind when confronted with a valid and intellectually honest reason to do so. If, indeed, we couldn’t change our minds when reason dictates, we wouldn’t be able to adapt to new challenges. Thus, a change of position doesn’t always reflect a poor intellect or moral defect.
It is only when a person changes his or her stated views on a given subject, without a genuine change of heart, that one might reasonably question that individual’s motives. Certainly, if political expediency (read “getting elected”) is the only reason a candidate changes his or her mind, then one has a genuine reason to doubt the bona fides and electability of that individual.
The problem here, as reflected in the material you cite, is that a mere change of position too often gets tagged “flip flopping” without any inquiry into the reasons for the change of view. Yes, Mr. Obama changed his positions on several issues over spans of three to four years. So what? Your data doesn’t explain why he changed his mind, and it doesn’t reveal any intellectual dishonesty on his part. Three to four years is a lot of time for a person to reasonably change his or her mind about a lot of things. Thus, your accusation of “flip-flopping” is quite worthless.
Don’t fool yourself. Your post was nothing but propaganda.
Posted by: John W. | December 26, 2007 8:49 AM
To John W. who writes about Obama "flip flopping" worthless, should consider who would most likely win the general election. Who is most viable, who is more experienced. I don't see this in Obama. Although, I do not dislike Obama, I just do not think it is his time.
Posted by: mary richard | December 30, 2007 2:08 PM