vote for change! go obama! it's nice of him to go out and help the midwest. i used to live in il, but in peoria county, but i didn't get hit by the flood there cuz i didn't live by the creeks or rivers. i hope they get out of the flood water soon enough.
08AMA should win The President because he has GREAT VIEWS & BETTER JUDGEMENT.
PRESIDENT MATERIAL...very intelligent, can work most definitely under pressure, more calm and assertive dealing foreign countries, more honest candidate compare to the other two.He put 100 times more effort than any other candidate.
Way to go Mr. President. I'm fired up and ready to help too. Hmmmm this must be the only construction job in the country that doesn't have illegal immagrants working. Ohh silly me, this is volunteer work to save a community, not for profit to send back to Mexico...
he actually did work here filling sandbag's and went because he wanted to draw attention to the flood's they didn't become major news until after he went here and while he was here talking he was saying how he wanted as many people to come and help if possable even from his campaign! now that's a leader Obama 08
Its not the feds job to fix this stuff. When they do they screw it up like almost everything else they do. The last thing I need is FEMA thugs with armed troops behind them bossing me around. It's my home, I will fix it. The only thing we need fed assistance on is medical.
you are already separating yourself from bush and mccain. where were they when all of this happen? well mccain was fundraising with the big oil in texas and bush probably flew over in his jet and you are actually on ground zero. i'm glad you actually care. OBAMA08
Not to mention that Obama was there a full week before the floods recieved national headlines...he didn't just wait for the media to pick it up, he forced them to...that is what a real leader does...GO OBAMA!!!!
A true man of the people who will become our next president. He didn't "fly over" many days later to "examine" the damage like Bush did during Katrina. Obama was actually there among the people pitching in a helping hand. Obama is correct.... We ARE the ones we've been waiting for. Go Mr. President!!!
...why is Obama talking so much while he's working? If he's there to help with sandbagging, he should be focusing on working instead of making a impromptu speech to these people.
gee, i don't know.. maybe it has something to do with the fact that he's surrounded by reporters. regardless, talking to the press didn't distract him from dumping sand into a bag. just because you can't chew gum and walk at the same time doesn't mean Obama can't.
um isnt illinois broke, yup time to move on to dc, as for the flood , theres a 500 yr flood bout every 18 to 20 yrs, why, the bottom of the rivers coming up, its filling in but due to idiotic environmental laws it wont be dredged, levee's wont be maintained.
I read up on his past, before he got into public service. He graduated from Harvard school of law, instead of taking a high paying job, he felt obligated to help a poor community to cope with plant closings in S.Chigago. He accepted an offer from a church in that neighborhood for $20,000 a year and a car that had rust spots all over it. America needs him.
Guys, you can't have it both ways. You criticize folks like Bush for not showing up in Louisiana but yet you criticize Obama for trying to help.
If you knew anything about him, you would know that he's a community organizer, which is why he has reached out to all of his supporters to volunteer or help.
He's shoveling because he's leading by example, not just for a photo shoot.
Where's McCain by the way? At some $1,000 a seat Town Hall meeting?
This is about as far as this guy should have got in life. I'm surprised he doesn't advocate that we need to pull the people away from the Mississippi before more die.
I'm sorry but this guy is not much of a leader. This is just political pandering. Look at him in his nice clothes, shoveling shit to the American people! He probly spent about 3 minutes doing this & then went to his air conditioned bus for a glass of ice tea & some finger sandwiches. A real leader would have been as pasionate about helping the effort to bag sand as he would be giving a campaign speech. Shouting orders, encouraging people, really doing something. This guy is just a good actor.
Why weren't you there filling sand bags? Where is our current president? where is McCain? At least he is trying to get help, regardless to how long he was out there!
We were in West Quincy, sandbagging on Saturday. Couldn't figure out why the trucks stopped running that were delivering sandbags from Quincy. Then we found out the "savior" was "helping" fill sandbags. They wouldn't let trucks load while he was there.
What I see is a bunch of 'awed' spectators standing around staring at Obama instead of getting any work done. That's why Pres. Bush decided to fly over New Orleans after Katrina instead of landing and disrupting rescue and relief efforts.
that was dumb he was a foot soldier down there with the people before it even made the news where was bush and mccain and as far as bush is concerned he wasnt going to help katrina victims in the first place five days before they got help man please stop hating and critisizng and help find a way to make a better world ass
Great job just showing up, that's more then that most criminal president has done. We are sold out by the Corps of Bush. Patriotic is the country who supports it's country. We have given all the jobs over seas That's Patriotic! Yet we entertain the thought of John Mccain what a joke? I pray for the USA to stay USA but I see we have been sold out. Is that Patriotic? EMIY
most of you put down Obama ,let me say this did i see little john there no no no no, i live in quincy, this was a great surprise to us for him to come in, if everyone would do just a little suring times like this the world would be better off
While I believe Obama is a respectable person, and I have nothing politically against him, I voted for Hillary because I think she is better at making the big decisions... Obama seems to take several days to think things over and relies to heavily on a staff. I sincerely hope that he respects the votes of the 17 million plus people who voted for her when he considers his VP. It wasn't a typical election, it was nearly a tie, and she holds more juice than anyone that's ever lost a primary.
i live in quincy and Obama is the man.btw where is McCain in all this?Obama is the one who cares for America and is taking action to to help preserve it.with hilary by his side,he is unbeatable
i know it's supposedly unpolitically correct, but why would i waste my vote on some guy that appears to still be suffering from ptsd, and who very well might drop dead from heart failure the day after he's sworn in, if his health holds out that long. has anyone checked insurance actuarial tables in re. : the average life expectancy of caucasian males? war hero? mcbush screwed up,lost an expensive piece of machinery, and then got caught. opportunist yes, hero no.
badegg5- Where the hell was McCain and Bush for that matter? McCain was at a political fundraiser for his campaign and released a 2 sentence statement about this tragedy and Bush was still showing off in Europe during his last trip there as President and I'm sure Europeans are releaved. I do know that there were celebrations in the streets of Europe at this final good riddance to Bush. At least our next president was among the people lending a helping hand during a very trying time.
Obama does great things with Other people's money and he doesn't have to be the one to directly rob working stiff Peter. His time can be focussed on giving Peter's earnings to
I really like how he is helping, but just a suggestion, I think it would be a much more powerful message if he was filling up sandbags with his advisors and political team by his side helping... it would look much less like a photo op
i think this man truly genuinely cares. not b/c it makes him look good. but b/c it is the right thing to do. in his heart he knows what we need as a president. a kind, down-to-earth man that understands the American people.
Obama, thanks for calling attention to *yourself* and diverting dozens of police/emergency workers from their work helping Iowans to providing security for you and your entourage and coordinating your media circus, so that you could get 30 seconds of video of you shoveling sand.
Responsible politicians stay out of the way until their presence wont detract from emergency efforts. But not Obama, NOTHING more important than a political opportunity!
What a different kind of candidate Sen. Obama is. He seems more like our president that the lying phony who currently sits in the Oval Office. This man will be our next president. God bless Sen. Obama and God bless Sen Obama. He will make our beloved counrty great again.
I think if I was working the sand bag line to save my home I would be more inspired if he flew over in a family funded private jet at 2000 feet. Maybe Carl Rove could snap of photo with Obama in the foreground and me with a shovel in my hand 2000 feet below. Oh, wait, I'm a Democrat, I expect more from my leaders than fighter pilot flybys and prayers.
I knew Barack would be helping out in a time of need. Even republicans I work with are voting for Barack. McCain's tv commercial is sad, I'm sorry he was a prisoner of war, but you cannot convince America that war can keep us safe. There's too much proof that it hasn't & it's created more terrorists. 3 Billion a day on war? 4,100 soldiers dead, many more maimed, mentally & physically. Thousands, upon thousands of jobs lost. U.S. economy tanking. Save America, Vote democrat!
thank u so much for coming to quincy! i was so sad that the i missed your visit. I had bagged the day before and you came the next day! it would have been a HONOR to meet such a great man. thank you again and God bless you obama
What a refreshing change! Someone who personally cares and actually goes and helps out when disaster strikes. Actions speak louder than just words. Not just a fly-over!
i live there and it was such a honor to have you here! i was so upset that the day after i help you showed up T-T but thank you so much for coming it really made everyones day. best to luck with everything you do!
Yeah, he came down to get that free publicity, getting in the way of people doing real work, taking away from their contributions. This guy is a clown!
Thanks for using the media that follows you daily to call attention to the needs of our fellow midwesterners and plains-staters. I'm so proud that you didn't send your "I'll stand ready to help" regards from a high dollar fundraiser or do a causal "fly-over" the way McCain or Bush have done. God bless you Senator and God bless the USA!
because..........my guess is everyone would think that that what he did.......was just to get media attention...besides....Youtube is more pwerfull........cause number 1) its free and number 2) more people look online rather then TV.
Seeing this is such a welcome change from what we've come to expect from our President or Presidential candidates. It is so wonderful to see Barack taking time to help out people in a disaster area, it's just awesome.
i wonder why mccain wasnt there helping, it takes a real passionate heart to do that to get off the sidelines and help others besides yourself, you really are for the country, god bless you, your doing the lords work!
This is why he deserves to be our next president. You dont see Mccain out there shoveling dirt into sandbags do you? He's sitting at home, counting his Lobbyist checks.
Way to go Obama! Meanwhile, President Bush is having tea with Queen Elisabeth, McCain is planning a fundraiser with his rich Texas Oil friends and there's Obama out there with the people of this great country, where presidents should be!!!
That's what makes you great! I love you Barack Obama! We are all in this together, that's the only way we can succeed as a country. All united, helping one another. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN DURING KATRINA, the Repubs don't give two damns about the people unless they are priviledged and white. Let's see what happens to these flood "refugees". We will get to see first hand the disparity. The poor are considered "unworthy" while the affluent are considered worthy and valuable.
"What I've realized is that life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children -- all of our children -- a better world. Even if it's difficult. Even if the work seems great. Even if we don't get very far in our lifetime...That is our ultimate responsibility as fathers and parents."
- Barack Obama, Fathers' Day address, June 15, 2008 (one day after he put these ideals into practice with the Quincy volunteers!)
COol!
michelletan345 3 years ago
He Helps the big guys, How KIND!!!..
If MCcain would do something like this??, His back goes to hell..
Zoza15 3 years ago 3
McCain is too old to do this line of work.
Caribman75 3 years ago 18
THANKS MCCAIN!!!!!!?????????
akvalues 3 years ago
whn he was in quincy i got to shake his hand and my dad got to meet him!
kodabear29 3 years ago 9
Please win this election. We are sick and tired of Bush's policies. McCain is not any better.
calpolyis 3 years ago 8
Obama helps flood victims while John McCain's campaign publicly wishes for a terrorist attack on US soil to help McCain get elected.
Can the choice here be more clear?
IDCL2 3 years ago 3
GOD BLESS YOU!
akvalues 3 years ago 3
vote for change! go obama! it's nice of him to go out and help the midwest. i used to live in il, but in peoria county, but i didn't get hit by the flood there cuz i didn't live by the creeks or rivers. i hope they get out of the flood water soon enough.
mihirmaiden18 3 years ago
08AMA should win The President because he has GREAT VIEWS & BETTER JUDGEMENT.
PRESIDENT MATERIAL...very intelligent, can work most definitely under pressure, more calm and assertive dealing foreign countries, more honest candidate compare to the other two.He put 100 times more effort than any other candidate.
from Sydney Australia,
Isa
roekai08 3 years ago 2
As far as I'm concerned, this is my president right now.
jeananotgina 3 years ago 3
I'm glad Obama helped the people.
lovejangie1 3 years ago
An honest man doing an honest thing. love you man.
BTW where is bush and mccain? lobbying?
funkyyow 3 years ago 2
Obama was on the ground in the first days.
It took Bush and McCain over a week and neither filled sand bags. Obama sent us an email an we Obama supporters got out and volunteered to HELP!!
Hotshortie 3 years ago 17
what an amazing human being. i love you!
Obama 08' !!!
unrealxXx 3 years ago
i got to see him here. :)
x0xleannex0x 3 years ago
Way to go Mr. President. I'm fired up and ready to help too. Hmmmm this must be the only construction job in the country that doesn't have illegal immagrants working. Ohh silly me, this is volunteer work to save a community, not for profit to send back to Mexico...
Mark228808 3 years ago
he actually did work here filling sandbag's and went because he wanted to draw attention to the flood's they didn't become major news until after he went here and while he was here talking he was saying how he wanted as many people to come and help if possable even from his campaign! now that's a leader Obama 08
Kofiv2 3 years ago
Damn, I could have visited him if I really wanted to...
Oiram123 3 years ago 3
President Obama Getting down and dirty as usual for the cause!
Everytime i see him i love him more and more!
mikeygeneral 3 years ago 21
he is the true leader of our nation!!! god bless America!!!
woowon01 3 years ago 17
great! OBAMA'08 OBAMA'08 OBAMA'08 !!!
Thesouthman 3 years ago 21
"way to jump in Obama" god knows Americans can't wait for Bush to help out(think katrina)!
cdiaz55 3 years ago 9
Its not the feds job to fix this stuff. When they do they screw it up like almost everything else they do. The last thing I need is FEMA thugs with armed troops behind them bossing me around. It's my home, I will fix it. The only thing we need fed assistance on is medical.
2tonss 3 years ago 3
you are already separating yourself from bush and mccain. where were they when all of this happen? well mccain was fundraising with the big oil in texas and bush probably flew over in his jet and you are actually on ground zero. i'm glad you actually care. OBAMA08
ntdao179 3 years ago 22
"good to see the national guard is here..."
*camera cuts to a couple of national guardsmen jerking around*
lawlz!
Superpieep 3 years ago 5
Not to mention that Obama was there a full week before the floods recieved national headlines...he didn't just wait for the media to pick it up, he forced them to...that is what a real leader does...GO OBAMA!!!!
PureFoley 3 years ago 14
GREAT POINT!!!
dagger589 3 years ago
For all the negative people - What are you doing to help?
mmorrellwi 3 years ago 8
you mean
president Obama Helps Out with Flood Relief in Quincy, IL
filijohnpino 3 years ago 6
I'm glad Obama helped out and asked others to volunteer.
lovejangie1 3 years ago 7
A true man of the people who will become our next president. He didn't "fly over" many days later to "examine" the damage like Bush did during Katrina. Obama was actually there among the people pitching in a helping hand. Obama is correct.... We ARE the ones we've been waiting for. Go Mr. President!!!
frc1968 3 years ago 2
This is America's hope! Obama is the man. And I'm pretty sure that he will win in November.
stardrian85 3 years ago 4
America have good peoplese! My Country (germany) is very egoistic...i want to go in America! :D
DerHalbeEuro 3 years ago 2
Aww thank you! =D
Gangularis 3 years ago
cindy mccain's cookies taste like 100 years of war.
starbuck26 3 years ago 2
...why is Obama talking so much while he's working? If he's there to help with sandbagging, he should be focusing on working instead of making a impromptu speech to these people.
adolphus25 3 years ago
adolphus: That's what a true leader does. They speak and raised hope. You are such a dunce.
gjohnson87109 3 years ago 2
gee, i don't know.. maybe it has something to do with the fact that he's surrounded by reporters. regardless, talking to the press didn't distract him from dumping sand into a bag. just because you can't chew gum and walk at the same time doesn't mean Obama can't.
Gangularis 3 years ago 3
he just cant do anything without being critisized huh? maybe if he passed gas he'd get the satisfaction from you of being human
pupmia 3 years ago 4
Obama 08 !
jessie74 3 years ago
Stop telling them how to dig Barack, you're not in charge. Careful! Don't soil the good shirt Rocky! "Shelly, honey can you bring out the Tide pen!"
TheBeautifulSheeple 3 years ago
Maybe he could fill up the bag that John McCain is holding. Wait a minute...McCains not there is he??? Not even for a photo op!
tshelley1 3 years ago
um isnt illinois broke, yup time to move on to dc, as for the flood , theres a 500 yr flood bout every 18 to 20 yrs, why, the bottom of the rivers coming up, its filling in but due to idiotic environmental laws it wont be dredged, levee's wont be maintained.
these guys make me sick with there photo ops.
jeepurz57 3 years ago
I read up on his past, before he got into public service. He graduated from Harvard school of law, instead of taking a high paying job, he felt obligated to help a poor community to cope with plant closings in S.Chigago. He accepted an offer from a church in that neighborhood for $20,000 a year and a car that had rust spots all over it. America needs him.
Mister1919 3 years ago 2
Complete photo op for him. Personally if I was to go help I would not be wearing pressed pants and a shirt
tallgurlinvegas 3 years ago
Good political move. * for you.
jaxkipi 3 years ago
Guys, you can't have it both ways. You criticize folks like Bush for not showing up in Louisiana but yet you criticize Obama for trying to help.
If you knew anything about him, you would know that he's a community organizer, which is why he has reached out to all of his supporters to volunteer or help.
He's shoveling because he's leading by example, not just for a photo shoot.
Where's McCain by the way? At some $1,000 a seat Town Hall meeting?
detroitguy83 3 years ago 3
This is about as far as this guy should have got in life. I'm surprised he doesn't advocate that we need to pull the people away from the Mississippi before more die.
firejack007 3 years ago
He seems to be too busy telling the World the great things he's doing instead of breaking a sweat while filling the sand bags.
"Do you see President Bush out there bagging sand? NO He's dumbfounded!"
SK061106 3 years ago
Lemmings running off a cliff....
SnowflakeinMo 3 years ago
This is the only time he has ever picked up a shovel. And I wonder how long that lasted. Maybe 2 mins?
jbryan2 3 years ago
I'm sorry but this guy is not much of a leader. This is just political pandering. Look at him in his nice clothes, shoveling shit to the American people! He probly spent about 3 minutes doing this & then went to his air conditioned bus for a glass of ice tea & some finger sandwiches. A real leader would have been as pasionate about helping the effort to bag sand as he would be giving a campaign speech. Shouting orders, encouraging people, really doing something. This guy is just a good actor.
Dedhedted71 3 years ago
Why weren't you there filling sand bags? Where is our current president? where is McCain? At least he is trying to get help, regardless to how long he was out there!
seharden2 3 years ago
wow if i lived in USA he would have my vote
DaxFlameLover51 3 years ago
his church clothes and his stop-the-flood clothes are the same!
gogoquadzilla 3 years ago
We were in West Quincy, sandbagging on Saturday. Couldn't figure out why the trucks stopped running that were delivering sandbags from Quincy. Then we found out the "savior" was "helping" fill sandbags. They wouldn't let trucks load while he was there.
SnowflakeinMo 3 years ago
What I see is a bunch of 'awed' spectators standing around staring at Obama instead of getting any work done. That's why Pres. Bush decided to fly over New Orleans after Katrina instead of landing and disrupting rescue and relief efforts.
starhx 3 years ago
President Bush FLEW over New Orleans, because he had no choice. However, after flying over, he still did next to nothing.
seharden2 3 years ago
that was dumb he was a foot soldier down there with the people before it even made the news where was bush and mccain and as far as bush is concerned he wasnt going to help katrina victims in the first place five days before they got help man please stop hating and critisizng and help find a way to make a better world ass
pupmia 3 years ago 7
I think it's great that he helped out. Did he break a sweat though?
lavixl 3 years ago
Great job just showing up, that's more then that most criminal president has done. We are sold out by the Corps of Bush. Patriotic is the country who supports it's country. We have given all the jobs over seas That's Patriotic! Yet we entertain the thought of John Mccain what a joke? I pray for the USA to stay USA but I see we have been sold out. Is that Patriotic? EMIY
EmiyLive 3 years ago
I'm so proud of Obama for not being afraid to get dirty to help people.
devans00 3 years ago 2
While this was happening, Bush was having tea with the Queen of England. AWOL again in a time of tragedy.
nutmeg42 3 years ago
most of you put down Obama ,let me say this did i see little john there no no no no, i live in quincy, this was a great surprise to us for him to come in, if everyone would do just a little suring times like this the world would be better off
nytidefan 3 years ago
While I believe Obama is a respectable person, and I have nothing politically against him, I voted for Hillary because I think she is better at making the big decisions... Obama seems to take several days to think things over and relies to heavily on a staff. I sincerely hope that he respects the votes of the 17 million plus people who voted for her when he considers his VP. It wasn't a typical election, it was nearly a tie, and she holds more juice than anyone that's ever lost a primary.
MathewRusso 3 years ago
Mega
Mega
Cool
Good Job, setting a good example.
BARACK OBAMA 08
PlanetMother 3 years ago 2
Check out the GOP's Website... They mention Obama 15 times with 4 pictures of him but NOT ONE mention of McCain at all.
If the National GOP isn't comfortable with even mentioning McCain, why should anyone be comfortable voting for him?
2rate2 3 years ago 2
look at the new President
JamesHemp24 3 years ago
Obama accepts no criticism
aubiecatt 3 years ago
Starting to look like his buddies Jimmy Carter and Jesse Jackson. Nothing but photo ops.
aubiecatt 3 years ago
Are those his shoveling slacks and shoes?
ANWRiswaiting 3 years ago
i live in quincy and Obama is the man.btw where is McCain in all this?Obama is the one who cares for America and is taking action to to help preserve it.with hilary by his side,he is unbeatable
kagome4life456 3 years ago
The only guy suitable for president
spacekadet505 3 years ago 45
there is no one running that is suitable. This country is in serious trouble.
aubiecatt 3 years ago
for sure
bto4 3 years ago 2
i know it's supposedly unpolitically correct, but why would i waste my vote on some guy that appears to still be suffering from ptsd, and who very well might drop dead from heart failure the day after he's sworn in, if his health holds out that long. has anyone checked insurance actuarial tables in re. : the average life expectancy of caucasian males? war hero? mcbush screwed up,lost an expensive piece of machinery, and then got caught. opportunist yes, hero no.
motgrrl2 3 years ago 23
LOL nice. Totally agree.
nikola420 3 years ago 2
Amen.
Nightfirewow 3 years ago
ptsd?
i'm more worried about senility. age-related dementia onset averages around age 71-74.
CliqueOblique 3 years ago 4
He seems to be too busy telling the World the great things he's doing instead of breaking a sweat while filling the sand bags.
badegg5 3 years ago
badegg5- Where the hell was McCain and Bush for that matter? McCain was at a political fundraiser for his campaign and released a 2 sentence statement about this tragedy and Bush was still showing off in Europe during his last trip there as President and I'm sure Europeans are releaved. I do know that there were celebrations in the streets of Europe at this final good riddance to Bush. At least our next president was among the people lending a helping hand during a very trying time.
frc1968 3 years ago 6
Obama does great things with Other people's money and he doesn't have to be the one to directly rob working stiff Peter. His time can be focussed on giving Peter's earnings to
Paul's people before a news media audience.
badegg5 3 years ago
Money doesn't grant physical strength.
kencurran 3 years ago
Cool, but don't speak and work at the same time. ;-)
valentino1000 3 years ago
This is what a President is Suppose to do.
smartyPa 3 years ago 28
obama owns, but this is not actually what a "president is supposed to do." It is what a good person is supposed to do, but not the president. ;)
PASSISPASSWORD223 3 years ago
I live in Wisconsin but thankfully I live on a huge hill the only thing that the water did to me was not let me mow my lawn
Ix07I 3 years ago 4
I really like how he is helping, but just a suggestion, I think it would be a much more powerful message if he was filling up sandbags with his advisors and political team by his side helping... it would look much less like a photo op
1NoahOne 3 years ago 5
More work, less talk.
matt5112 3 years ago
Obama should take Mccain so they can both shovel sand into the sandbags together lol.
igm831 3 years ago
i think this man truly genuinely cares. not b/c it makes him look good. but b/c it is the right thing to do. in his heart he knows what we need as a president. a kind, down-to-earth man that understands the American people.
Obama 08'
selemawit14 3 years ago
Obama, thanks for calling attention to *yourself* and diverting dozens of police/emergency workers from their work helping Iowans to providing security for you and your entourage and coordinating your media circus, so that you could get 30 seconds of video of you shoveling sand.
Responsible politicians stay out of the way until their presence wont detract from emergency efforts. But not Obama, NOTHING more important than a political opportunity!
Another great reason NOT to vote for Obama!
AmericanElephant 3 years ago
he is doing these "good deeds" to try to fool us..people no one is this great!! what is wrong with america! i am soo worried!!
jessephilly79 3 years ago
i love obama but that digging was cheese!!!!!!!!!
carlg113 3 years ago
What a different kind of candidate Sen. Obama is. He seems more like our president that the lying phony who currently sits in the Oval Office. This man will be our next president. God bless Sen. Obama and God bless Sen Obama. He will make our beloved counrty great again.
Hollyinla 3 years ago 4
Barack is the man, but this is publicity stunt, common.
moth716 3 years ago
Publicity stunt perhaps, but perhaps also a way to make people engaged in the problems involved with this flood...
klyscha 3 years ago
lame photo op.
Peaceandfearlesslove 3 years ago
I think if I was working the sand bag line to save my home I would be more inspired if he flew over in a family funded private jet at 2000 feet. Maybe Carl Rove could snap of photo with Obama in the foreground and me with a shovel in my hand 2000 feet below. Oh, wait, I'm a Democrat, I expect more from my leaders than fighter pilot flybys and prayers.
snarkwaupaca 3 years ago
less talk, more work!
berdrum 3 years ago
McCain only helps the rich people! Obama helps Poor, Middle Class, and the Rich!
simsoy55 3 years ago 5
I like Obama!!! He is a good man he helps people in need.
martinmary555
martinmary555 3 years ago 18
I knew Barack would be helping out in a time of need. Even republicans I work with are voting for Barack. McCain's tv commercial is sad, I'm sorry he was a prisoner of war, but you cannot convince America that war can keep us safe. There's too much proof that it hasn't & it's created more terrorists. 3 Billion a day on war? 4,100 soldiers dead, many more maimed, mentally & physically. Thousands, upon thousands of jobs lost. U.S. economy tanking. Save America, Vote democrat!
riwired 3 years ago 4
where is Mc Stain ?
doctorturbo 3 years ago 4
thank u so much for coming to quincy! i was so sad that the i missed your visit. I had bagged the day before and you came the next day! it would have been a HONOR to meet such a great man. thank you again and God bless you obama
usagichanssuk 3 years ago 2
What a refreshing change! Someone who personally cares and actually goes and helps out when disaster strikes. Actions speak louder than just words. Not just a fly-over!
Budsterpal 3 years ago 4
i live there and it was such a honor to have you here! i was so upset that the day after i help you showed up T-T but thank you so much for coming it really made everyones day. best to luck with everything you do!
usagichanssuk 3 years ago 12
Yeah, he came down to get that free publicity, getting in the way of people doing real work, taking away from their contributions. This guy is a clown!
gisonrhon 3 years ago
I don't know why anyone wouldn't vote for this man!
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT WE NEED! OBAMA 08!
atomicpuppet 3 years ago 22
McCain prays, Obama grabs a shovel.
zestyguy 3 years ago 37
This should become a new slogan.
SirBaralot2 3 years ago
that should be a slogan
Darkenedbyshadows 3 years ago
phony
1kel40b 3 years ago
More or less phony than flying over a disaster area in Air Force One? Then spectacularly badly handling every aspect of it?
niemanickurwa 3 years ago
great
dominicl99 3 years ago 17
Thanks for using the media that follows you daily to call attention to the needs of our fellow midwesterners and plains-staters. I'm so proud that you didn't send your "I'll stand ready to help" regards from a high dollar fundraiser or do a causal "fly-over" the way McCain or Bush have done. God bless you Senator and God bless the USA!
SuzInKS 3 years ago 24
Hes already acting Presidential!
Good for him, wheres McCain?
viriduspuck 3 years ago 35
McCain is sleeping... hes an old man, you know..
LarsAKApotet 3 years ago
He can't even life his arms above his shoulders, so I wouldn't expect too much digging.
niemanickurwa 3 years ago
Taking his afternoon nap. Most seniors need their rest.
awgu 3 years ago 6
american hero
JMPantoScripts 3 years ago 22
he is a good man
mmaxsters 3 years ago 21
If you would stop B.S.ing you would be able to fill more sand bags!!!!!!!!!!! Politics, anything for politics!!!!!!
LIBSRID10TS 3 years ago
I wonder if the Obama campaign conducted a Focus Group to determine what color work gloves Barry should wear.
bsgram 3 years ago
AWESOme !!!WE ARE SOMEONE'S MIRACLE SO BE A BLESSING!!!
groovegp 3 years ago 10
how come this is not on national news
amart2105 3 years ago 4
because then national news might actually become legitimate in it's caring for human life instead of profit...which won't happen in this century.
justanotheruser10 3 years ago 8
amart2105, come on, you know why. ;)
ruralpotter 3 years ago
because..........my guess is everyone would think that that what he did.......was just to get media attention...besides....Youtube is more pwerfull........cause number 1) its free and number 2) more people look online rather then TV.
what you think?
Darkenedbyshadows 3 years ago
Seeing this is such a welcome change from what we've come to expect from our President or Presidential candidates. It is so wonderful to see Barack taking time to help out people in a disaster area, it's just awesome.
nhsrunner10 3 years ago 30
i wonder why mccain wasnt there helping, it takes a real passionate heart to do that to get off the sidelines and help others besides yourself, you really are for the country, god bless you, your doing the lords work!
obama 08
tunifang 3 years ago
Whats going on in Quincy?? Obama fan from England!!!
luvbmoynahan 3 years ago
good work!!
keosfilms 3 years ago
this shows that Obama is really the candidate for the working class American
Go Obama!!!!!!!!!!!
playablemovies 3 years ago
I wish I was an American so I could vote for him
realbram 3 years ago
I wonder if the Obama campaign conducted a focus group to determine what color gloves an aid should pick up at Home Depot.
bsgram 3 years ago
OBAMA is good person
akmal7777 3 years ago
i hate obama i like mccane
ruchicuchi 3 years ago
nice to see example of generosity
rezdoglatte 3 years ago 3
a good example of generosity
rezdoglatte 3 years ago 2
THATS SOO LOVELY
masweetm 3 years ago 2
I like Obama more and more everytime I see him and hear him talk.
I used to hate politics, now I'm inspired.
Thanks Mr. President!
AAL 3 years ago
obama is the man.
lorenrb 3 years ago
He's a good man. I hope he becomes our next president.
strahljd 3 years ago
This is great what he is doing...
GeeWilakers 3 years ago
I love this guy! Obama cares...
sasdrago 3 years ago
first to comment YAY!!!
molotov619j 3 years ago
Wow, this is great.
vertigate 3 years ago
Let's see McCain do that. Sure, it's a photo-op, but isn't America a great place??
eslgurucalif 3 years ago
uuummmm?
first to comment on a video for the next US president
go for it Mr Obama
grobmark 3 years ago
McCain Prays while Obama takes the shovel !!!
We all know now who we want as our next president!!!
GOPVSMCCain 3 years ago
Mr President.
Girlforaction 3 years ago
"Obama is changing politics from the ground up"
Bob Dylan said that.
tedquinn 3 years ago
Great guys...
Obama ' 08
abhijit22in 3 years ago
GObama!
Sourside21 3 years ago
Thanks, Mr. Obama.
cadetstarnoodle 3 years ago
Barack's the man.
ckomaha 3 years ago
Where is Mccain?ah he is in iraq caring for HALLIBORTON
todopor 3 years ago
did not know this very nice of him thank you
2004JETTA 3 years ago
Damn what a stud!
sjandrews 3 years ago
this is a little different reaction to a flood than our current president had during Katrina...
We want change
ClevelandDanny 3 years ago
great to volunteer and to link his website to the red cross and encourage folks to go help; way to go.
callseba 3 years ago
Put a Carhart hat on.
jkzupin 3 years ago
This is why he deserves to be our next president. You dont see Mccain out there shoveling dirt into sandbags do you? He's sitting at home, counting his Lobbyist checks.
rossi831 3 years ago
He started out as a community organizer in Chicago.
LHZZ12MM 3 years ago
Doing the do. Imagine.
stillcool 3 years ago
How do I love this mans character?
Let me count the ways!!!
Obama '08
DylanSensFan 3 years ago
no, barack...WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU!!!
08'
wzgrl 3 years ago
Way to go Obama! Meanwhile, President Bush is having tea with Queen Elisabeth, McCain is planning a fundraiser with his rich Texas Oil friends and there's Obama out there with the people of this great country, where presidents should be!!!
Angelicanuage 3 years ago 3
This is our next president. A man who will get his hands dirty to help the American people.
What did Bush do when New Orleans was in crisis?
wilhelmcoq 3 years ago
That's what makes you great! I love you Barack Obama! We are all in this together, that's the only way we can succeed as a country. All united, helping one another. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN DURING KATRINA, the Repubs don't give two damns about the people unless they are priviledged and white. Let's see what happens to these flood "refugees". We will get to see first hand the disparity. The poor are considered "unworthy" while the affluent are considered worthy and valuable.
VTERRELL 3 years ago
he is just doing this to look good.
RC817 3 years ago
a leader that lead by example and principle that what mr obama represent.
randygarbel 3 years ago
such a good man
CHISA123454321 3 years ago
Thumbs up to u for sand baging.
106harlem232 3 years ago
"What I've realized is that life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children -- all of our children -- a better world. Even if it's difficult. Even if the work seems great. Even if we don't get very far in our lifetime...That is our ultimate responsibility as fathers and parents."
- Barack Obama, Fathers' Day address, June 15, 2008 (one day after he put these ideals into practice with the Quincy volunteers!)
MidwestCommonSense 3 years ago
Exelent video!!!!
alby2603 3 years ago