Barak Obama Speaks / Virginia

[Tootsie]

if you missed this speech from last night in virginia, please take a few minutes to watch and listen. obama must be the greatest orator of our time, by far in the politics arena for sure. this is really something to witness.

prepare for goosebumps and tears of joy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hUngQ8-wLU

[rapunzel]

When I did the Town Hall Meeting with Sen. Obama in South Carolina, I was sitting about 9 feet from him. The opening speech he made that night was pretty much this speech. So, if I sometimes seem a bit zealous in my support of Sen. Obama, I hope you guys will factor that in.

I think if you look back at my posts, there is a definite change in tone before and after the Tuesday I heard this speech. Before, it was all about policies and ideas. After, it was about policy and issues and a desperate longing for a country where people were united, and hopeful, and moving forward in a positive direction. To borrow a phrase, I desperately want it to be morning in America again. There is something about a great communicator, combined with political ideas that mesh well with my own, that makes me feel so hopeful about the future.

So, let me apologize if I'm sounding like a cheerleader from time to time. If you watch this video and don't feel a little optimistic, a little excited, you're made of stone. (Or a dittohead, I guess very right leaning people are probably immune. :idontno:)

[Cil]

Obamaphilia (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein8feb08,0,3418234.column)
This article pretty much sums up my feelings.
Yes, the tone is a bit snarky, but read it all the way through:"I can't root against a person who believes he can change the world."

[TooFarTampa]

"I want the man to hope all over me." :funn:

Thanks for the link Cil. I love Joel Stein and need to make an effort to read him regularly.

"Turns out (actor Eric Christian) Olsen not only contributed money, he volunteered in Iowa and California and made hundreds of calls. He also sent out a mass e-mail to his friends that contained these lines: "Nothing is more fundamentally powerful than how I felt when I met him. I stood, my hand embraced in his, and ... I felt something ... something that I can only describe as an overpowering sense of Hope." That's the gayest e-mail I've ever read, and I get notes from guys who've seen me on E! ":floor:

[Tootsie]

Obamaphilia (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein8feb08,0,3418234.column)
This article pretty much sums up my feelings.
Yes, the tone is a bit snarky, but read it all the way through:"I can't root against a person who believes he can change the world."

hi cil!!! I love this article. and I feel the same, except I'm not embarrassed about loving this man's message and spirit. if people don't get it, it's their problem.

the first two paragraphs are great:

You are embarrassing yourselves. With your "Yes We Can" music video, your "Fired Up, Ready to Go" song, your endless chatter about how he's the first one to inspire you, to make you really feel something -- it's as if you're tacking photos of Barack Obama to your locker, secretly slipping him little notes that read, "Do you like me? Check yes or no." Some of you even cry at his speeches. If I were Obama, and you voted for me, I would so never call you again.

Obamaphilia has gotten creepy. I couldn't figure out if the two canvassers who came to my door Sunday had taken Ecstasy or were just fantasizing about an Obama presidency, but I feared they were going to hug me. Scarlett Johansson called me twice, asking me to vote for him. She'd never even called me once about anything else. Not even to see "The Island."

this is from the virginia speech, and its what makes me most excited about obama, and its about educating children as they should be educated.

It’s also time to give every child, everywhere, a world-class education, from the day they’re born to the day they graduate college. I am only here today because somebody, somewhere, gave my father a ticket to come study in America. Because my mother got the opportunity to put herself through graduate school. Because even though we didn’t have much growing up, I got scholarships to go to some of the best schools in the country. That’s the chance I believe every child should have.

but in the speech, he said more than what is shown in his prepared written speech. much more.

[NoHall]

Obamaphilia (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein8feb08,0,3418234.column)
This article pretty much sums up my feelings.
Yes, the tone is a bit snarky, but read it all the way through:"I can't root against a person who believes he can change the world."

Joel Stein is one of those people I always thought I should have married, and I love this article.

Of course I love the article that he wrote at the very beginning of the campaign process, where he based his like/dislike for the candidates based on whether or not they responded to his friend requests on MySpace...

[hnooe]

Inspriring to say the least. The 3 Hillary votes in this family are just about to get wheelbarrowed over to Obama...I just want my prayers answered....well, they have been-- Bush is gone in 300 some odd days...whew.

Can we start 2000 all over again?

[Tootsie]

Inspriring to say the least. The 3 Hillary votes in this family are just about to get wheelbarrowed over to Obama...I just want my prayers answered....well, they have been-- Bush is gone in 300 some odd days...whew.

Can we start 2000 all over again?

no we can't. but yes we can.;-)

[jdarg]

Michelle Obama is on Larry King tomorrow night. Maher is on tonight- most of what he is saying is so true that it's not so funny.

[Mango]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/mangonooch/lester.jpg

[TooFarTampa]

:lolabove:

Since we're doing humor, I had to post this one from Slate. It's about four weeks old but I just found it. Priceless!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rleUPHX8yfM

[Cil]

Excellent, TooFar.
Election is one of my favorite movies.
ETA: Mango, that's hilarious!

[kurt]

That video is hilarious!

After a bloody weekend, I sense the gloves coming off.

[Darth Vader]

Just so you know, I will vote for Osama, I mean Obama, I sat in the stall over from him last week in a public mens room. His foot did NOT slide anywhere close to my foot! He has got to be the man!

[Tootsie]

Just so you know, I will vote for Osama, I mean Obama, I sat in the stall over from him last week in a public mens room. His foot did NOT slide anywhere close to my foot! He has got to be the man!

:wave:ha!

glad you are voting. so important for young 15 year olds to get out and try to vote, even if they are not allowed in the voting booth. such enthusiasm!

[jdarg]

:wave:ha!

glad you are voting. so important for young 15 year olds to get out and try to vote, even if they are not allowed in the voting booth. such enthusiasm!

Uh, Toots, this isn't DARG Vader.:lol:

[Tootsie]

:rolling::rolling:Uh, Toots, this isn't DARG Vader.:lol:

oh. I almost asked if his mama knew he was posting this stuff. :rolling:

[InletBchDweller]

Uh, Toots, this isn't DARG Vader.:lol:
funny, that is just what I was thinking when I read it. Get that gurl some glasses!!!:lol: LOL!!!:wub: