Barack Obama and Why He Matters To So Many and to my son and me....

Originally posted 1.05.07 6am : This Post will stay at Top of Page

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UPDATE: 2..23.08
I had a really really bad Day yesterday and ended up spending a huge chunk of it in the ER, and we know since I am uninsured that will be so costly.I had a really bad fall and bruised my HipBone , atleast we "think" it is not broken....long story. BUT ALL I do KNOW is that I have tickets for 6-6 and I to see Obama tonight...and we are going....Because Obama matters to Both of us, more than I can say.
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{ Originally posted 1.6.08 }
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{{{(Explanantion: I am just asking that people watch the Video attached to the Title, and think about What we have lost these past 7 years, and and what we need to heal. I support a Obama & Edwards Team,In 2004 he gave the Speech at the Democratic Cinvention, this video is made from the speech-it is clips woven together.( I encourage you all to go see the WHOLE speech on Youtube, parts 1&2, it is about 15 minutes total on Youtube, video here is 4 minutes.) The Media has spent alot of time showing Hillary speeches, but I wanted folks to be able to see a piece of Who he is. Just for this weekend I wanted people to be able to think on this and see him. We don't have to agree....that 's okay....as long as we all are thinking about our future. I also posted this video because many people abroad don't know about him.And they too are worried about our future.}}}

In 2004 as an Exiled Refugee Whistleblower in my own Country I was living in an old dilapitated Rooming House in California with my son.By the Time we had gotten there, we had lost Friends, a Home, pets,Meaningful Work, and a marriage of many years , ALL Under the Bush Regime.And in many ways Faith was Lost, Faith in Justice, and Faith in Our Own Government. We were just one family of Millions that have suffered under This Regime. But that summer my son was very invested in the Election, we watched Cspan, Crossfire, and read everything we could. We were Huge John Edwards Supporters in 2004 and still are today. I was trying to desperately teach my son that we were still part of Our Country...but Hope was beyond fragile at that point.I Like so many Other Americans , Under the Bush Regime had Lost Everything.....and yes, I was indeed Hung Out to Dry by my Government....So I was Looking for Something...
Someone to say This Is Not Forever, There is Change.....

In 2004 Barack Obama spoke at the 2004 Democratic Convention....I was standing washing dishes and I heard this Voice From the TV and this Voice spoke of E.Pluribus Unum and Unity. Out Of Many We Are One. I stopped what I was doing and with my son I watched the TV and we listened. And 6-6 ,barely a teen , said " He should be President". He still believes that.

I never ever forgot That Moment.

Please watch the Video in the Link, it has Highlights of that 2004 Speech. ( when you go to watch it, on YouTube you can see Parts 1&2. Please watch ALL of it.) And if you have time go get the Book "The Audacity of Hope" , his Book. I bought it for myself for Christmas last year......That book has given my son and I something to Hold On To...Hope.

But Since living here since 2005, I have watched and seen so many others that need Hope and to no longer be disenfranchised and Invisible. Homeless VETS with PTSD that I worked with downtown, the people losing homes by the thousands ( Slavic Village is just ONE devastated neighborhood), More than 250,000 Unemployed Factory Workers, and So Many young people whose schools are in shambles.....But So Much of the pain I see we have seen across the Country.....So many people needing Hope...and to feel Empowered and a part of the Country...again.

But this is not just about us.I tell my pieces of my tale here on this blog, because for People that Feel Left Behind, Abandoned, Disenfranchised by this Government he represents Something..I have been watching him and he Connects. He Reaches Out. He Cares.He has Vision. He Has Courage. He Has Hope.

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( I wrote this post because I got many emails from so far away, Canada to Thailand asking me, WHO is Obama ?This is WHO he is....Spread This News and Spread the Hope. )

Please email me if needed enigma4ever@earthlink.net.