I woke up late this morning. It was freezing outside and warm in bed, I didn't have to work, so I just lay there and thought about Barack Obama.
I was so excited. There was a fuzziness in my belly like there used to be Christmas morning, and I pulled the covers up and fantasized about a sparkling, environmentally-sensitive utopia of postgraduate health care, student loan forgiveness, and generous, renewable, minority-friendly artists' grants.
I know I'm being naive, but I can't help it. I really do think he might be a biracial superhero come to save the world. I mean, just look at him.
Doesn't he look a little like God? Or at least like Morgan Freeman playing God?
So Happy New Year, America! Considering that I'm guaranteed not to lose another sibling, 2008 is already going to kick 2007's ass in my book. But with Obama barreling his black self towards the White House, we all may be about to watch the making of history, and 2008 could be one of those years we talk about for the rest of our lives.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Obama Looks Like God
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He speaks so well and with such logic. Not the usual spin and rhetoric that the other candidates drivel. If Americans will actually listen and think through this next year of words, words, words from the the candidates, they will realize that Obama is the ONLY sensible and responsible choice for president.
way to go girls! i was completely jazzed by Obama's success last night too. and his speech was so beautiful, i felt like i was back in the 60's when we dared to hope. i emailed my New Hampshire relatives and will call my sister too about the primary there on Tuesday. alicia wrote back that she is on board!!!
so everyone who thinks like us, contact your NH folk and get them to commit to voting for Obama on Tuesday.
i agree obama represents something pretty wonderful, and that he sure knows how to turn a phrase, but i think even more exciting about yesterday is that edwards beat out hillary for second place. the following is a very interesting/enlightening article comparing the rhetoric/track record of obama and edwards. it merits serious consideartion.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=14637
Your cousin Dan (my son) is working for the Obama campaign out of the Boston/Somerville office. He's pretty pumped at the moment and has spent the past few days organizing lots of folks to carpool to NH. He's working hard, but it couldn't be a more exciting time to be involved in a campaign. I know from speaking to my NH siblings that many people are still undecided. It is a magical moment in history, that is for sure. There was something quite dreamlike watching all those white mid-westerners standing up publicly for Barack in high schools and town halls at the Iowan caucuses on Thursday. Keep your fingers crossed.
Oh yes since his 2004 DNC speech and then reading "Dreams From my Father" I've been sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for him to run. I don't have a problem with Hillary per se, it's just that my entire life has seen either a Bush or a Clinton in the White House. Yes Devon, I also was relieved to see Edwards win over her in Iowa. For all of you not in NH I have the pleasure of working on Elm St. in Manchester. There were hundreds of people representing all the candidates yesterday. Dressed in costumes and beating drums. Exciting times! Dores anyone else hear "See Me, Feel Me" by the Who in their head when they look at his picture. Check it out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVffu0YCa8
All:
I am wondering about an Obama for President, Edwards for VP super duo. Edwards is southern and has the right position (in my view) on most, if not all important issues, as my beautiful and brilliant daughter is trying to point out.
I read Obama's first book right after he gave the Democratic nomination speech and I have hoped he would make his way to the forefront every since. Obviously, the positions of a candidate are their essence, so to speak. But I just can't get over how this man is able to make us believe that GOOD, real GOOD, is still possible in this warped country. He does deliver the message of HOPE like no other politician I can remember - maybe Bobby Kennedy. Anyway, I am with all of you. Hopefully, people in NH are as well.
I'm making calls for him this weekend. I was asked to go to NH, but I am too old and don't want to leave my home in the cold January of western Massachusetts. I probably should have - I would have touched shoulders with many young people filled with HOPE for a future US that offers health insurance equal to that of congress to all Americans and good education and fair tax laws for businesses, the rich - yes, they have to pay their share and all the rest of us.
A US that provides real education to all and helps those in need transition from what are now ridiculously poor schools to college.
Look, this guy slept behind an apartment in Harlem one night when he was in college, while he was waiting for some idiot of a friend to show up with the keys. He was - for a long time - an inner city organizer. He IS the real goods.
Lots of hugs to all - I know I ran on, but I love this guy!!!!
Finally, I cried today at the grocery store for the first time in awhile because I would have loved Kyle to see a bi-racial man win the presidency of the United States of America.
Dianne
Alright everyone - read the articles about Edwards and Obama that Devon is pointing us to.
I can't help but still hope for the guy. I think the duo would be FANTASTIC!
Dianne
I can't help but draw on too many years long spent in analyzing Christian doctrines and theologies, so I'm burying this at the bottom of all the other posts.
A phenomenal question to ask any voting citizen in this election year would be "What are YOUR hopes for America?" Chances are that just about any response would justify a pointed finger toward Obama with a "There's a promise for your hopes", answer.
"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when desire cometh, it is a tree of life", Proverbs 13:12.
Our hopes have long been deferred in America and so, our hearts have long been made sick. As a nation, we sure could use a desire for change and a tree of life growing strong in Washington.
Love the super duo idea, Di. That ticket gets my vote! Loving the dialogue on this blog! k
The man is principled. I believe he will be honest, to a fault, in the same way Mr. Carter was. He is a calming presence. He knows how to speak, to all people, with intelligence and respect. His speech in Iowa was perfection. It offered hope that we have not lost ourselves down the rabbit hole.
I have been watching, excitedly, for well over a year. God keep him well and safe.
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