Raw: Obama Addresses Roaring Crowd at $28,500-Per-Plate Beverly Hills Fundraiser

"A lot of you out here said, 'Yes we can.' Nineteen months later, 'Yes, we have.' In 48 days from now, 'Yes, we will.'" [Note: More of Obama's speech is available in the Related Links section.]

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September 17, 2008 at 9:49 am - YouTube
Dateline: Beverly Hills, CA
GiveItUp   September 17th, 2008 - 9:52 am

Barack and Barbara rock! I love bling! Obama will be our cool president. I don’t care about taxes, the stock market or the so called war on ‘terror’. I want to party!

Obama does great when the crowd is in applause. He is a great entertainer!

Let’s party Obama! Give it up for Obama! He is cool!

Dave, Tn   September 17th, 2008 - 10:48 am

Hopefully the cannon fodder kids they’ve created will sack the ivory towers someday and the rest of the country can take our sweet time trying to decide who among them is worth trying to rescue. I’m sure that will be a slow drawn out UN style process. We love us some “process”

carl   September 17th, 2008 - 10:54 am

Obama has no time for middle class, middle American voters who “bitterly cling to God and guns.”

demdicks   September 17th, 2008 - 11:02 am

Empty heads cheering for an empty suit. Yet I think most of the blame does fall upon “regular” people, because these elites only get that way because of regular people buying their products, music, etc. Only when middle America can wean itself off of mindless entertainment and divorce itself completely from hollyweird can REAL CHANGE even begin to happen. Pay attention to making YOUR OWN lives better instead of making the elites even richer! BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT.

if   September 17th, 2008 - 11:07 am

The “WE” obama speaks of are the out of touch hollywood flakes, the American hating terrorist william ayers, nation of islam leader louis farakan, the racist ridinn dirty adulterer MENTOR of obama rev wright, every government handout loving, no working, entitlement junkie, the never had a job or a family to take care of below 25year old dumb azzes. Every angry black man and woman who are stupid enough to thing obamas gona give them a better life just because he’s 1 third black. It is mathematicaly imposible for obama to pay for all government programs he insists, he will make happen without taking 90% of everyones income to do it. IF hollywood and the media are behind it, you can bet it’s BAD for AMERICANS!

wowee   September 17th, 2008 - 11:20 am

Wow, Hollywood is all about SEX, VIOLENCE, PERVERSION, BACKSTABING, ELITEISIM, DRUG AND ALCOLHOL ABUSE, HATRED FOR ANY THING WHOLESOME, FRANCE LOVING, SOCIALISIM, GREEDY, MENTALY ILL DREGGS OF THE MODERN WORLD. AND OBAMAS THEIR GUY! DEMOCRATS ARE INSANE!!!

Roaring_Crowd   September 17th, 2008 - 11:28 am

Beverly Hills, Roaring Crowd for Obama?

Enough Said!

m-antony   September 17th, 2008 - 11:41 am

He definitely fits the bill of entertainer. However , when I want to see an episode of “The Jeffersons”,I can catch it on television.And being the Presidentbof the U.S.A is not a sitcom.He is trying to bamboozal the public.

peter c   September 17th, 2008 - 11:51 am

Democrats..”Party of the People”…ya right!Babs and her phony Godless Hollywood rich egoists fit right in with this lying Muslim phony lying so-called Christian Marxist Obama.
But they are running scared…Damon and his Liberal empty-headed phony idiot friends can give all their money away but it won’t change a thing.McCain-Palin wILL WIN !!!

GiveItUP   September 17th, 2008 - 12:33 pm

GiveItUp, you are exactly what an Obama supporter represents. Thank you for your post.

D Allred   September 17th, 2008 - 12:43 pm

He says “…there was a sense that this skinny kid…might not have what it took (to be President)…”. Then listen to an audience member response, “It doesn’t matter!”. More proof that this empty-idol’s star-struck empty-headed followers don’t even think he is qualified for the job. And without a teleprompter, his ponderous speech pattern is more awkward and uncomfortable to listen to than Bush.(seriously, this guy really is not very smart–he sounds like he has brain damage). We blew it Democrats–we picked the wrong one. Let’s try again in 4 years. It’s obvious…McCain is the man this time.

Cool   September 17th, 2008 - 12:50 pm

The lying racist B. Hussein Osama is (always has been) a muslim and as such has been instructed since childhood to lie to the non-muslims in order to get into a position to mount his own jihad.

A vote for Obama/Osama helps wind up the doomsday clock for America, and eventually all the other countries not under Islamic domination, which is still (thank God) most of the world.

Mr. B. Hussein Obama bin Lyin:
No, you can’t;
No, you won’t;
Keep the “change”.

Go home to Indonesia, where you can organize communities with the rest of your sadistic muslim friends.

Nick   September 17th, 2008 - 12:52 pm

Damn, just imagine if we had a strong economy, Obama could have squeezed $50,000. a plate out of his Hollywood elitist friends.” Joe Six Pack” can surely relate to hob nobbing with millionaires who can fork out more money for one fund raiser than he makes in a year. Way to reach out to the average guy, Obama. You truly are a moron!

NObama   September 17th, 2008 - 12:53 pm

“At Least 16 Dead in Car Bomb Attack on US Embassy in Yemen”

BHO’s buddies are at it again.

mb   September 17th, 2008 - 1:02 pm

LET THEM EAT CAKE!

OBAMA TALKS OUT ONE SIDE OF HIS MOUTH TO ONE CLASS OF PEOPLE AND OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF HIS MOUTH TO ANOTHER CLASS OF PEOPLE.

IT IS NOT RACE! IT IS the about Obama HAVING THE LEAST EXPERIENCE OF ANY CANDIDATE EVER RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. HE IS AN EMPTY SUIT WHO WANTS TO TURN AMERICA INTO A SOCIALIST STATE – THIS IS NOT A LIE, OBAMA IS THE LIE. RESEARCH, READ, INFORM YOURSELF.

BeverlyHillsPeople   September 17th, 2008 - 1:04 pm

The people that attended this event could not fight their way out of a wet paper bag if their life depended on it!

WEST LA Outcast!   September 17th, 2008 - 1:13 pm

Living in West LA, my family has a few “liberal elite” entertainment industry executives. You can’t talk to these people anymore. They are so blinded by their hatred of anything Republican, their vitriol and disdane for middle America has become sickening.

They truly believe that if you are a conservative you are either dumb or evil… meanwhile they can pay $30,000 a plate to see B.O.

I’m trying to make ends meet and don’t want to pay higher taxes, thank you very much…

I don’t believe the government CAN or SHOULD help me, thank you very much…

McCain/Palin are not perfect… but they won’t make raise my taxes, which are already too high. B.O. will.

Those family members of mine that are Liberal Elites… they don’t care. They earn obscene gobs of money and are only focused on electing a black man because it’s historic. They actually believe that anyone doesn’t vote for B.O. is a racist!

No… I’m not voting against a black man… I’m voting against a Socialist.

I’m voting to keep the government from taking more of my hard earned money, and for a more secure nation.

I’m voting for MY family… because at the end of the day, my Elite relatives won’t take care of me when the government cleans me out.

Lindsay_Lohan   September 17th, 2008 - 1:18 pm

Did Lindsay attend? She is the PERFECT type of Obama supporter. Lindsay would represent Obama and what he stands for perfectly.

IQ   September 17th, 2008 - 1:45 pm

Not an intelligent adult in the room.

NeedMore   September 17th, 2008 - 2:09 pm

McCain has numerous opportunities to bury the dems during the current financial crisis. The dems are totally incompetent. Only in the dem party can an organization (their government) utterly fail, blame it on others and claim that they need more money and power to fix things. Amazing.

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/09/jamie-gorelick-mistress-of-disaster.html

jpnc   September 17th, 2008 - 2:25 pm

Thank you for the growing list of celebrities to boycott their films and anything to do with them. At this point I can only watch the new Jeff Zucker film, and anything with John Voight, Dennis Hopper, Trace. THANKS FOR YOUR BIASED, DIVISIVE, POLARIZING VIEWS, WORDS AND SUPPORT, YOU’RE SAVING ME A TON OF MONEY!

You fawn over someone who has to use a teleprompter at every event now to keep himself out of trouble, and because he lacks the depth to memorize or speak from the heart. Well, he’s an actor, JUST LIKE YOU. He should get an Oscar, not the White House for playing this part like someone that is truly qualified. To He11 with Hollywood and the biased, sexist media. By boycotting YOU It should save me just enough to counteract all the new taxes Obama will institute, because how else is he going to fund $150 Billion for new energy in 10 years when we’re in a deficit already? Can’t do it without raising taxes. Google is going offshore on their datacenters because of property taxes, but Obama will raise them even more. Yet you wonder why jobs are moving overseas.

JoeLectual   September 17th, 2008 - 2:44 pm

the DNC must be feeling desparate… I predicted about a year ago, that when Obama’s campaign would get into trouble that they would, as the last resort, play the race card. So, here we go… they pulled it from the bottom of the deck.

Well, I ain’t gonna feel guilty about voting against Obama no matter how hard they play the violin strings and riot in Detriot. I don’t believe in affirmative action for the White House. Or anywhere for that matter.

The President role in the world is too important to leave in the hands of a so-so lawyer from Hawaii. Let McCain take the reins… his character and resolve is PROVEN.

jpnc   September 17th, 2008 - 2:58 pm

doesn’t have a thing to do with race, I’d vote for Colin Powell, Ken Blackwell, even Condi in a heartbeat. It’s about character, policy, experience, integrity, and he’s got none of them.

Chris   September 17th, 2008 - 3:14 pm

I love the 3 minutes of complete disinterest from the audience while he stumbled through the worries of the storm in the gulf and the storm on wall street and the plight of those who can’t pay their bills as a result of the economy. His handlers should know better than to allow him to talk about money problems to people who spend 20K for a night out listening to someone who will be forgotten in 12 months. These people couldn’t care less about those kinds of issues and their obvious boredom tells the tale.

LOL   September 17th, 2008 - 3:22 pm

Could the audience be more bored and out of touch with who Barry is talking about – who thought it was a good idea for him to talk about those poor Americans who can’t make ends meet. Streisand and her cronies are all the same – talk a big political game and refuse to put any real effort into solving the financial problems of those same people they claim to represent. Babs wants to raise taxes but never volunteers an extra cent on her return though she is perfectly capable of it. She uses the same tax shelters she complains about. Please just stop talking and let Neil Diamond bust out and see You Don’t Bring Me Flowers. That would be worth seeing.

As usual Barry is full of babbling with no point made without teleprompter.

Cricket   September 17th, 2008 - 3:25 pm

A night with B.S. and B.O. – hope they had a lot of air freshener. Yuck!

McCain/Palin ‘08 – the ONLY true choice for AMERICA!

Barbra_Streisand_Said   September 17th, 2008 - 3:48 pm

Barbra warned McCain and told him that Women are not that stupid!

News Flash BimboBarb, Your type of women are very STUPID. Thank God there are more level headed, balanced and normal minded women who will vote for McCain / PALIN!

Laughing@dumbRepubs   September 17th, 2008 - 4:25 pm

Repubs – so UNINFORMED – so Racist – Sooooo Scared, so scared of the WRONG person. It’s AMAZING how laughable you all are – SO VERY VERY SADD – in your own little world – and clueless. YOU HAD A CHANCE these past eight years AND BLEW-IT – How sad you all our – or should I say Silly?…let me count the ways
Follow the money…. Tell the Americans how the Republicans plundered our treasury; savings and loan,
subprime loans,
blackwater,
Halliburton,
Katrina,
Lehman Brothers,
Merrill Lynch,
Torture camps,
Prison Farms,
an entire staff of the SCANDAL driven CONTRA AFFAIR
AIG,
Freddie Mac
Fannie Mae
and on and on. Obama’s greatest strength and challenge to our nation is that he will try to stop the stealing of our country’s wealth by the very rich. It’s not a judgment call. Who among us if we had the wealth would not do everything to hold on to it. The very rich in this country are like the monarchy, the church, the oil countries. They have no idea how the average American lives, and they don’t care to find out. There are exceptions, but they just prove the rule. Obama’s task is hard and dangerous. He is putting his career on the line to take the power away from the very rich. I for one would be scared to attempt such a feat. I support him because he must have a chance to try. The results are uncertain. But what do we have to lose? Me? Not much.

Mike   September 17th, 2008 - 4:47 pm

Whats so wrong with him raising money to help win the greatest job in the world? Last I remember didnt they call Bush the fundraiser in chief? Why doesnt McSame quit being a -ussy and beg bush to raise him some loot?

Obama08/12

ActuallyHappyAsAnAmerican!   September 17th, 2008 - 4:52 pm

Note to Laughing@dumbRepubs: You might want to learn how to spell “Our” in the right format before you ridicule the “dumbRepubs”! As for the Obama speech… at $28,500/plate, it doesn’t take rocket science to figure out he’s not even close to connecting with the middle class American!

MJ   September 17th, 2008 - 5:55 pm

This is the guy I’m voting for. A man who is a REAL American and loves his country AND has a sense of humor. McCain…you are the man!
http://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&cdn=entertainment&tm=3&f=10&tt=9&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//vodpod.com/watch/835874-mccain-sings-streisand

Maria   September 17th, 2008 - 6:26 pm

What’s in a name? Barrack Hussein Muhammond Obama says it all.

I wouldn’t give up on Hollywood! Not all are wealthy recluses like Streisand, the best thing she did was sing and she stopped that along time ago…

Did you get a copy of OBSESSION, RADICAL ISLAM’S WAR AGAINST THE WEST. They hide in plain site, shave, have their women not wear traditional garb to hide among you, say all the right things to get a seat in the senate, even nominated by the DEMS for Pres, take a look at the Radical Islam and see what’s in store for us, did you think it would end or begin with 9/11…they do walk among us and if we don’t wake up they will rule us with fear or obliterate us in the name of Allah and sleep very well.

I agree, BOYCOT BOYCOT BOYCOT…any name that supports BHMO boycot til it hurts. It will but I believe it will be worth it to have a man and woman lead this country that has loved, fought and has a son fighting for it…

May God Bless us all, it’s been said, Faith will move mountains, but you had better take a shovel…well, my (shovel) money is for John McCain & Sarah Palin…good ole Christian Americans, perfect, Heck no! I believe they’ll try their best to do the best for America…
May God Bless and guide us all.

Eileen   September 17th, 2008 - 10:38 pm

There he is America…the Flim Flam Obamaman in his element…among the rich, Hollywood elite. This is where he is most comfortable…where he can smooge with the “ultra-liberal” “left wingers”!

He doesn’t like to be with the black community, he doesn’t like to be with the working/middle class…he wants to be where the money and so called power is…Hollywood! How many of you even make $28,000 a year? How many homes do these Hollywood elite have? How much money do they contribute to charitable institutions? They are self-absorbed and self-centered and that is why the Flim Flam Obamaman is so comfortable with them…he has the same ego!

This man cannot identify with us in middle America. He is the most left Senator in the Senate. He has anti-American friends who want nothing better than to see the fall of the American government. He will decimate our defenses and turn us into a Socialist state. He would be a disaster for the United States economy and our security.

There is only one team that can get America back on track…President Elect McCain and Vice President Elect Palin. They have the know how and experience to bring the reforms and changes we need in America during this difficult time in our country.

They have my vote in November, and I, believe, they will have yours too! But let’s also give them the tools to work with to get the job done! Let’s rid the Congress of the Speaker of the failed Democratic House – Marie Antoinette – Pelosi and her Democratic cronies. Let’s give them a Republican leadership so that they will have the venue in which to apply the changes and reforms we need!

September 18, 2008 « Rising in Phoenix   September 18th, 2008 - 8:23 am

[...] by a $2,500-a-head reception featuring Barbra Streisand singing a song or two.  Raw video.  http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=176423  He always brings up the fact that he’s different, ‘this skinny kid’ and the [...]

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