November 02, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Barack Obama wants to see more laughter in politics. That’s what he told some 60,000 people at a rally here Sunday during the first event of a three-stop swing through a battleground where polls show a tight race.
The senator praised his rival’s appearance on Saturday Night Live during his usual riff on the need for a new kind of politics and for people to come together to solve problems. He said he had missed the live show, but had caught the Arizona senator on YouTube.
“We can argue and debate our positions passionately, but all of us have to summon the strength and grace -- and the humor -- to bridge our differences and unite us in common effort,” he began. “John McCain was funny yesterday on Saturday Night Live, but that’s part of what our politics should be about, being able to laugh at each other, but also laugh at ourselves, being able to understand that all of us black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American; Democrat ad Republican, young old, rich and poor, gay, straight, disabled, non disabled – all of us are in this together.”
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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/02/1627518.aspxSen. Barack Obama speaks at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)