Barack Obama speaks to West Philadelphia on October 11, 2008

[crbrett10]

STEPHANIE WANTZ TO BE FAMOUS! SHES ONLY 10 AND SHES SO CUTE! CLICK ON THIS USER NAME ^ AND LOOK AT THE VIDZ! SHE IS SOOOO CUTE!

anyway im from ohio, and we EAT sweet potato pie!

[MUSICisLUV18]

52nd st. was packed that day

[12uw]

I love OBama he is the best ONE!!!! never seen presidente!!!!!!!!

[sk8erfreak25]

why did he say the lord if hes muslim???........lol

[faydradee]

love that part about hitting ur head up against the wall...AMERICA LETS STOP HITTING OUR HEADS ON THE WALLS...i work at a resturant and no ppl can not aford to eat out anymore...i heard about jobs not being able to make payroll and that didnt make sense to me...how can someone work and not get paid...well that happened at my job...luckily i make tips so it did not affect me...but its only a matter of time before it affects all of us...please VOTE

[faydradee]

I love sweet potatoe pie too! ill make obama the best swt potato pie he ever tasted!

[carcabe]

Dependence is NOT hope but servitude and despair. Not wanting what's yours stolen is not selfish but righteous. Obama? No thanks, keep that nasty change.

[barbieho227]

Terrific video, Obama is fantastic!! The contrast in the video could have been lighter, it was too dark.

[sgtcht92]

don't ye mean exposure?

[person309]

love the Stevie at the end, perfect.

[slathrop]

And under Obama's plan, if "that store over there" gets a loan and manages to make $250,000.00, Obama will penalize them with higher taxes.  How are they going to make payroll with THAT??!!

[SoulGable]

that's how taxes are suppose to work.

idiot

[slathrop]

Really? They're supposed to punish entrepreneurs and small businesses that find even a modicum of success? So you're saying that Obama plans to punish the same small businesses he claims he wants to work for?

Now I see why you signed your post as "idiot".

[Msmonkeyseemonkeydo]

obama has 15,000 to 30,00 ppl show at his rally's and mccain has 5,000 to 10,000 only cuz all of mccains voters are at work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!go mccain

[frogbraids]

Wow. That's one of the most incredibly stupid things I've heard said during this campaign season. And that is really saying something.

[raoulhery]

ignorant fools!! arab is not muslim and muslim is not terrorism! it's a shame but fear, paranoia help people win election!! meanwhile, you are right john, OBAMA should be a great president!!

[noella777]

Why are Democrats so jealous of rich, successful people? If the rich wants to "spread their wealth" they can do so by giving to charity, They shouldn't be forced to support a bunch of losers. People need to take responsibility for themselves. You're not entitled to a new house or a new car if you don't have enough money to pay for it.

[SoulGable]

your daddy is rich, isn't he?

you really sound like someone who hasn't ever had a money problem

[slathrop]

You mean like John Kerry or Ted Kennedy or any of the other reigning dumbocraps in power?

[BLYSK4753]

I am french but my father made the second world war with the us army, and today i am proud of the USA and americans who trust in Obama, and hope that is the 44 th president of USA, i like obama and what he says,

GOD BLESS SENATOR OBAMA!

GOD BLESS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AND AMERICAN PEOPLE !

[stevemorge]

I am proud to say that at 3:39 of this video I can be heard as the first person there to scream "Too Late"

[dubyasuxass]

How can people not like this guy? He speaks for the common man , and funds his campaign through the common man , not from the corporations.

[undeadnow]

McCain= Rich get richer while the middle class becomes the poorer, why the tax cuts for the richest in the WORLD and not you and me.....OBAMA/BIDEN 08

[MisiaFine]

"I'm going to stop giving tax breaks to companies that are shipping jobs overseas." It's about time someone stopped rewarding corporations that hire non-Americans with American tax dollars! I'm voting Obama!

[pamgoodacre]

I MAKE GREAT SWEET POTATO PIE!

[HerschelKrustofski]

WHERE"S THE PIE!!!

[mamboleando]

all you christian white people shup up and let the new president mr obama do his job and tell jesus that we have a new man kind in the white house and to get used to,christians are sick people and i feel sorry for you

[MisiaFine]

This comment just isn't right. Obama's a Christian himself. Don't be unnecessarily insulting. I can't tell if you support or oppose Obama, but leave the religious insults out of it.

[aramina48]

Exactly.

I'm a white Christian, and I'm voting for Obama. Mamboleando, don't make generalizations. It's not fair to anyone. Obama's not in the White House yet. Don't take it for granted. Things are looking great, but we haven't won yet.

[TimsFlicks]

Would you people take the time to find out who this man really is and where he comes from? Don't listen to pie videos, research him. Don't listen to the evening news, to his speeches. Research him. He really is a bad man. He is no leader. He is a failure in all he has done. Please, start with his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham and read from there.

[lee595t]

obama has every one licking his boots but true America will not. he will bring this country low and there will be great nasshing of teeth. obamma is no leader but he sure loves playing one. i wish you all could see through his bull, YES BULL. yep yall like sheep when one jumps they all jump over a cliff as you will do so enough if he wins. yep call me what ever it is you want to call me but truth is truth an he sure isn't telling you what is behind his run HUH!!! hey love that commie!!!

[ewalker1981]

In West Philadelphia I was born and raised

On the playground is where I spent most of my days.

[jsymons1985]

oh shut up.

[cdavaz]

Finally a true leader. He inspires and tries to bring out the best in people, not the worst in people. Thank you Obama!

[TimsFlicks]

Sucker

[71Warrior4Jesus]

Jesus loves you all. come to him is the best policy. I vote for Jesus.

[saelaird]

Shit...

he's so cool

[katoucha05]

I'm voting for "that one."

[OnenessNow]

Beware the power of TRUTH for it shall topple all corrupt empires of hate and fear. The wars against humankind continue to profit the elites.

[hubbell627]

That Republican gave those waiter staff their jobs!! Democrats can work for me anytime, clean my plates and serve me my meal, bitch!!

[TheUnnormals]

Philadelphia is going to be a big win for Obama. Barack Obama will be a great President, and Philadelphians can see that as plainly as they can see the sun come up in the morning.

What a great speech!

Obama in 08!

[XxsithlordxX]

I want strawberry pie!! Barack can have my girlfriends pie!!!!!!

[mostlyawake]

My family lives in a swing state, and we are all voting for "That One."

[pas3607]

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

[XxsithlordxX]

WTF!! You don't make any sense.

[runpumpdalian]

Is someone yelling "kill him" at 11:32?

[mattlong07]

it sounds a lot like it.. but then i think it might of been somebody yelling "alex...or phillip.. " something of that sort.

[runpumpdalian]

listened to it again: might also be "tell him"!

[whitecollarcriminal]

What's really gonna piss the racists off is when the VIEW or Oprah does a special showing MICHELLE OBAMA redecorating the WHITE HOUSE.

OBAMA 2008 !

[ranger029]

Thanks for recording this, and posting this. I was pretty far back and couldn't see much, wasn't able to hear the whole thing. I drove in from NJ, had a great time. It was a beautiful day.

[BillClintonn]

That pie story ... and the stuff about McCain stealing his signs and ideas ... was awesome. It was a very funny and clever way to make a really astute point.

[wayne388]

I WAS THERE! OBAMA 2008! I love rallies. ^_^

[MsDBleu]

Okay, now that I'm logged in as myself...

I am so happy to have lead the chant. I didn't believe that the entire crowd would catch my little fire, but it was so exhilarating to be at one with the entire crowd and with the next President of the United States.

I have posted my account of the event on my blog with a link to this video. Thanks Chris.

Obamacrats UNITE!!!

[alaiiinalan]

go obama go!!!!!! Lord bless him and his family.

[jquilkin]

i was there! i was at the 52nd & spruce intersection. it was SO crowded. est. 20,000 people. i was so excited and he filled me with hope.

he will be a great president.

[Osevere]

BTW, the comment posted by Osevere on this thread was written by Miss D. Bleu!!!

[Osevere]

YES WE CAN!!!!!!!

I was there at this rally, a resident of West Philly all my life and this was an amazing moment on so many levels... I am so blessed that I got to see this moment, I have lost so many along my 29 years...

And, at around 16:18 in this video, someone leads a YES WE CAN chant... YES, that was me... From a wobbly table on Irving street, over by the metal detectors, my voice was heard. Thank you, Barack. Thank you Philadelphia!!!

[revengeofthekiw]

thanks for capturing this-- i was too far back to actually see him at all.

[jquilkin]

me 2 but i saw his head at one point due to jumping up and down.

[cadetstarnoodle]

Man, I love it when a leader tells us to be responsible. My god, isn't this the least of what we can do as individuals in a team? We must think like a team or we're doomed.  I love the Jimmy Carter in this man. xo

[XxsithlordxX]

I agree. America was founded as a team and it will rise as a team!! OBAMA IN 08' AND '12 OOO-RHAAAA!!!!

[pineappleass1]

I WAS THERE! OBAMA '08

[gians7]

Mc Cain go to hell!! Republicans go to hell!! Fuck you Sara Palin!! You are the disaster of U.S. and global peace.. Obama for change!! Say no to the lies of Sarah Palin and Carl Rowe!!

[7kidchaos]

Obama is a dirty, dangerous, Chicago-hack, pro-abortion socialist. He's accomplished absolutely nothing in his life and talks like a used car salesman, down to the false stutter.

He did manage to buy an empty lot next to his mansion for 1/2 market price from his convicted fund-raiser Tony Rezko, otherwise known as a bribe in the olden days. But now this is called "change and hope."

The $2.5 trillion stock market crash is because people know what's coming in America and have no confidence.

[cadetstarnoodle]

Just wondering, do you believe in public schools? Roads you can drive on, emergency health care? Libraries? You are a socialist. Silly. And you are simply wrong on these other counts.

[zuuwk]

he is the man for sure.. Obama/Biden 08

[mirandr11]

This is one of the first times I heard him say "when" he President and not "if."

[philly1537]

he passed in front of my house today he waived at me surpised i saw him thought he would be in the middle of two secret service OBAMA 2008

[MsDBleu]

OMG!!!

Where did he pass by? I wish I could have gotten closer to him...

[katoucha05]

Yes Obama, we are behind you.

[damieandark]

Say what you want about Barack Obama he is one of the great orators in american history for his ability to connect with his crowds.