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VIDEOS:Obama on Fox News Sunday / Fox News Vs. Obama attack compilation

Fox news attacks on Barack Obama (a compilation and fact check):




Obama on Fox News Sunday ( Today: 4/27/08 )

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Join Barack Obama, Will.i.am, myself and thousands of others calling for CHANGE

You can now join Barack Obama, Will.i.am, John Legend, The Kennedys, Christine Chavez, Natalie Cole, Nia Long, Nikka Costa, myself and thousands of others calling for CHANGE:

Click HERE to join the conversation, to be part of will.i.am's video, watch my own "Si Se Puede Cambiar" (at Video Inspirations, leave your own video or text message, post a picture and connect to the growing community at HOPE.ACT.CHANGE.




(this is a screen capture of the website's main page... below is a bigger picture of the one they used at the top left, the ones on the right side on the screen keep changing as you'll see..)

Our "Si, se Puede Cambiar" video now on Link TV / surpasses 300,000 viewers on youtube

Our pro-Obama music video "Si, Se Puede Cambiar" has reached 301,794 hits, in one of the many versions up on youtube and mantains a rating of 4/5 stars. Today I was also contacted by the good folks at Link TV, who wanted to show it at their "Dear American Voter" section. You can also join the conversation here where they posted it this morning.



Cheers.

2 Videos: The Fabulous life of John McCain/ Out of touch with the Economy

Someone is a bit out of touch...

Who is more "Elitist" ? Hypocritical attacks and what they reveal.

Who is more elitist? John McCain who is worth 40 million and wants to continue Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest? A man who is willing send billions of dollars to perpetuate a war based on lies? Barack Obama might now be worth 1 M, as a grammy-award winning author, but that pales in comparison with the Clinton's 100 M.  Barack came from a low-income, single-parent family. What's more important, his policies are the most just and beneficial towards the working and poor classes, that need the most help.




VIDEO:Out of touch? Barack Obama Reponds to Clinton and McCAin:


(Video: Barack Obama responds to McCain)

VIDEO: Obama responds: Who is really out of touch?

Here's Barack Obama telling it like it is...





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Mudslinging vs the Issues: Whose policies are the most "Elitist"?

Alright. So Barack Obama could've used better phrasing, but the truth is that people are angry, sick tired and yes embittered by an economy rigged in favor of multinational corporations and not the working classes. The worse the economy gets, the more scapegoating there is. Anyone hurt lashes, out. Fairly and unfairly sometimes. Sometimes people hold on to what they believe to be certain, whether that is their religion or the sense of security they seek in guns, since they are not getting that feeling from the government. Obama obviously wasn't blaming the people but the system that for so long has worked against them. A system that has driven people to react, to stand up against in droves. The same people that have given Bush such a dismal approval rating. The same people reflected in the dramatic rise in democratic turnout and democratic fund raising. The same people who can see that Bush's catastrophic economic policies would be perpetuated by John McCain, who now, flip-flopping, endorses Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. The same people who see Billions of dollars going to a war that was sold to us on the basis of WMDs that weren't there. A war that only profits Halliburton and private contractors, a war that could be continued and expanded for hundreds years if McCain was in power. The logic behind staying is as poor as the one to invade. If things calm down a bit it's supposed to encourage us to continue, and if violence rises it's proof we need to be there. We're there because attacks on Americans continue, but they attack us because we're invading. In the meantime Al-Qaeda which was nowhere to be seen in Iraq while Saddam was in power is growing there and in other countries. McCain wants to continue changing regimes and nation-building, when it's this country's economy that needs to be lifted.

Now why would Hillary say Obama's comment is elitist? She must know what he meant.
CNN which now seems on a never-ending loop of the word "bitter", without offering any context to the remarks had brief moment of lucidity early on:



Could we at least talk a bit more about the fact that the surge didn't work. That troop levels are going to end up being higher than pre-surge? That the Republicans continue to move the goal post for political convenience? That they are setting their sights on Iran, who was actually responsible for adverting some of the escalating violence?

If the press talks about elitism, I want them to really reveal whose economic policies are more democratic and beneficial for all, and not just for the richest corporations.
Go ahead, dissect McCain's economic "plan", and Clinton's and Obama's. Let's talk about elitism. Let's talk not only about the race issue, but the other elephant in the room, elitism. I would welcome that discussion. It's time to look under the surface instead of accepting this trivial war of the 2 second sound-bites.

War of the Virals: My pro-Obama song battles McCain and Clinton videos on Youtube's main page. Cast your vote!

On Tuesday, our video "Si Se Puede Cambiar" was chosen by YouTube to represent Obama in their first ever "Trendsetter Tuesday". We're featured on their main page along with Hillary and McCain videos. We're still there. You can also find us at their Political Highlights page. Here's a link to their blog entry about it. Our video has been beating the opposition in both views and rating. Thanks for voting!
You can still rate us if you go directly to our page
 Incidentally one of the people who contacted me through youtube, offered to do a German translation of my song, and you can find that video here. Here are links to a Korean , version, another one in Vietnamese , in French , in Chinese and a multilingual version in eight languages.

Thanks to all the people volunteering to translate it into different languages and very special thanks to Captioned for Obama . You can contact them if you wish to translate my video or any Obama video into any other language.

Here's the multilingual one:



Here's the original posting of the video:


Thanks!

40 years later: Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy today

It was early evening, April 4, 1968 when a shot rang out in Memphis and the world lost a true champion of justice and equality. Martin Luther King Jr. was only 39 years old when he was assassinated, but his unwavering struggle against racism and segregation had already transformed America, changing the lives of millions and forging the path for future generations of leaders. Once an ally of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Dr. King would also be accused of unpatriotic tendencies for his strong opposition to the Vietnam war, a stance that, largely vindicated, remains increasingly relevant today.

Though we have along way to go, it is fortunate that it's hard to imagine this country without Dr. King's influence. Before the sacrifices of his Civil Rights movement, scores of people were being discriminated, marginalized by their own government because of the color of their skin. And Dr. King achieved lasting changes through non-violence, through marches, demonstrations and the moral courage and truth behind his words.

Following Gandhi's footsteps, Dr.King waged a peaceful battle against prejudice. Unlike Bush or McCain, who would have us believe that one spreads peace through violence, and democracy through preemptive, illegal and unilateral war, Dr. King knew that our ways must reflect our true goals. For us to have any credibility, our actions must be consistent with our words.

Republican presidential candidate Johhn McCain was booed today after he recalled his vote against the creation of a holiday honoring King in 1983. McCain also voted oppose a state MLK holiday in 1987 (which he later supported) and a federal holiday in 1989. As recently as 1994 McCain voted to cut funding for the commission that promoted King's holiday. It is a very telling track record and McCain's push for war clashes decidedly with Dr. King's ideals.

I think what Dr. King would have thought of this war in Iraq is very clear when we listen to him speak about the war in Viet Nam:





Michael Eric Dyson, a Georgetown University sociology professor, Baptist minister and author says of Dr. King on Newsweek:
"He gave us a language to express our aspirations. He reimagined a new America of black and white and brown and red, together. His death radically altered white America's perception of his life and convinced many to make a real commitment to racial justice. There would be no Barack Obama without King. There would be no Kenneth Chenault without King. There would be no Michael Eric Dyson without King. The fact that I went to Princeton and got a Ph.D. and have taught at such wonderful universities as Georgetown, none of that would have happened without Martin Luther King Jr."

Barack Obama's candidacy brings us closer to the fulfillment of Dr. Kings dream.
One of my favorite of Obama's speeches so far is this one from Martin Luther King Jr's church on Dr. King's birthday. In it Obama holds the mirror up to the community listening directly and to us all when he denounces discrimination of all kinds, even amongst minorities:



here's Barack speaking today about MLK's legacy


And Barack's historic speech on race, in a way an assessment of how far we've come and how far we've yet to go in making Dr. King's dream a reality:

VIDEO: In the Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. John Legend sings U2

I'm currently working on a short Martin Luther King biography which I hope to share with you soon. This man's non-violent struggle for justice and equality impacted the lives of millions of people and paved the way for possibilities that now seem within grasp. His stance against racism and the Vietnam war, his heartfelt, eloquent words will always be relevant.
The talented John Legend, a Barack Obama supporter who collaborated on the Yes We Can video, has recorded a beautiful new rendition of "In the Name of Love", U2's moving tribute to Dr. King from their 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire.

John Legend performs PRIDE (In The Name of Love)
Uploaded by ElectricArtists

In the Name of Love
Lyrics by U2

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

(nobody like you...)

Early evening, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love...

Barack Obama protecting workers EVERYWHERE

This is yet another reason why you've got to love this man's candidacy, he doesn't stop at protecting the US workers, he truly wants fair conditions around the world, case in point, my country of Origin, Colombia:
As reported by the Wall Street Journal Barack Obama said he would oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement that Bush is trying to quickly pass through congress "because the violence against unions in Colombia would make a mockery of the very labor protections that we have insisted be included in these kinds of agreements.”
This is the kind of US leadership that not only this country, but this whole world needs.

To Edwards: What happened with your Change versus Status Quo rhetoric? No more Washington games, endorse Barack already!