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August 30, 2008
Posted: 750 GMT

ATLANTA, Georgia — As a crowd of some 80,000 people listened to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s acceptance speech Thursday night at Invesco Field in Denver, hundreds more joined CNN to watch it all unfold thousands of miles away in the city that never sleeps — New York City.

An unconventional convention party in New York's Times Square.
An unconventional convention party in New York's Times Square.

It was a convention viewing party in Times Square that was anything but conventional. It definitely stopped some traffic—both pedestrian and the four-wheeled sort. CNN’s Jim Acosta reported that he saw taxi cabs stopped in the intersection with passengers sticking their heads out of windows just to catch a glimpse of Obama’s speech on CNN’s big screen.

For a city accustomed to elaborately staged Broadway shows, it was a simple yet unconventional street performance. … one that also held political and historical significance in the United States.

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Jose Rizal   August 30th, 2008 1035 GMT

OBAMA – BIDEN ???? where is LADIN?:

I am no americans, but I just hope that americans will make no mistake. Obama may be a man of words but not may be a man of deeds (of being inexperience ). Is he really capable to be the next president? You maybe decieved with speeches and stories.

Rolly   August 30th, 2008 1756 GMT

We now elect our leaders based on style, not substance. Look at both Obama and McCain’s history of voting and experience. They would not qualify for the CEO of a major company, much less for president of the US.

Obama is an untested, inexperienced figurehead put into position because he’s black, let’s be blunt.

McCain is a liberal in disguise, his voting record is anything but conservative.

We’re at the beginning of the end of this great nation, a failed experiment that almost succeeded.

Lester Stubbs   August 30th, 2008 1847 GMT

Barack Obama’s acceptance speech Thursday night 28th Aug. 2008 was not just a speech, it was a movement for all Americans, home and abroad. I have waited for this moment, that all minorities and the have not; can beleive that the world can change in an instant. Barack was born to grow to greatness and like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who once said “Moments when heroes triumphed, when leaders stood strong” this moment truely inspired me and would hope that it was a healing moment for all mankind.

Lester Stubbs of Atlanta GA./(Miami FL)

Deb   August 31st, 2008 1826 GMT

Beautiful! Peace and Hope, Again and in the streets of NYC.

Shella   August 31st, 2008 2050 GMT

I find this picture of the times square and the reaction and attention that Obama’s speech got from so many people country and worldwide was absolutely beautiful. No one can say that something isn’t afoot in the country when you think about the reaction to Obama and his message and the amount of people who focused on that speech with positivity. Most of us as Americans are tired of the same old, same old and are looking for something new and far greater than what we have right now. What’s amazing to me that the media has not been doing it’s job by informing us what Bush and his camp has been doing behind our backs behind closed doors. He is at this time, in secret making plans to keep us in perpetual war. Bush who Mccain supports hate Americans and America and he only wishes to fill his pockets as much as he can. I went onto the sites Currents and this is what they posted;

As the nation focuses on Sen. John McCain’s choice of running mate, President Bush has quietly moved to expand the reach of presidential power by ensuring that America remains in a state of permanent war.

Buried in a recent proposal by the Administration is a sentence that has received scant attention — and was buried itself in the very newspaper that exposed it Saturday. It is an affirmation that the United States remains at war with al Qaeda, the Taliban and “associated organizations.”

Part of a proposal for Guantanamo Bay legal detainees, the provision before Congress seeks to “acknowledge again and explicitly that this nation remains engaged in an armed conflict with Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated organizations, who have already proclaimed themselves at war with us and who are dedicated to the slaughter of Americans.”

The New York Times page 8 placement of the article in its Saturday edition seems to downplay its importance. Such a re-affirmation of war carries broad legal implications that could imperil Americans’ civil liberties and the rights of foreign nationals for decades to come.

Shella   August 31st, 2008 2051 GMT

I find this picture of the times square and the reaction and attention that Obama’s speech got from so many people country and worldwide was absolutely beautiful. No one can say that something isn’t afoot in the country when you think about the reaction to Obama and his message and the amount of people who focused on that speech with positivity. Most of us as Americans are tired of the same old, same old and are looking for something new and far greater than what we have right now. What’s amazing to me that the media has not been doing it’s job by informing us what Bush and his camp has been doing behind our backs behind closed doors. He is at this time, in secret making plans to keep us in perpetual war. Bush who Mccain supports hate Americans and America and he only wishes to fill his pockets as much as he can. Go to Currents online and see what’s going on!

Lester Stubbs   August 31st, 2008 2146 GMT

Barack Obama’s acceptance speech Thursday night 28th Aug. 2008 was not just a speech, it was a movement for all Americans, home and abroad. I have waited for this moment, that all minorities and the have not; can beleive that the world can change in an instant. Barack was born to grow to greatness and like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who once said “Moments when heroes triumphed, when leaders stood strong” this moment truely inspired me and would hope that it was a healing moment for all mankind. Lester Stubbs of Atlanta GA./(Miami FL)

Sudheer Mopperthy   September 1st, 2008 513 GMT

Great day in the US history and Times Square is always part of making history . there were so manu people at Times Square who were in tears .

Joey   September 3rd, 2008 1356 GMT

The greatest political speech of all time!!

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