Please check the Obama website there is a Town Hall Meeting, I believe it starts at Noon, But check the site for the time. This will be a Historic Endorsement......and Moment in OUR History.
Be sure to "Read From the Left" and Gryphen's Blog today too...
*{[ Click the Title: 2004 Democratic Convention Obama Address- Combined Shorts set to Music- beautiful and Prophetic}}*
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I feel sorry for those who have not realized that they are witnessing an historic event.
A generation from now when my grandchildren ask me where I was when America changed I am going to proudly say I was typing my fingers to the bone letting the world know that it was happening.
And I was not alone, because there was also Enigma who was eloquently painting the mood with poetic words and beautiful music.
And let us not forget the other talented bloggers who come here to leave messages of hope and then continue the discussion on their sites as well.
We are all, in large and small ways, part of something that is bigger much then any of us.
Kennedy's endorsement is huge for Obama.
Gryphen:
Ahhhh, you choked me up....wow..so well said....I might have to "borrow" some of this and put it on the post....thank you....
Tomcat:
it is very meaningful, and means alot to so many.....
12:50PM
The stage is set ...Patrick Kennedy is there, Ted Kennedy is there, and Caroline Kennedy is there..and Obama.....
BONO was playing as they greet the crowds....Huge Enthusiastic American University Crowds. Patrick and Ted both very enthusiastic. The Crowd very warm to Caroline, she is very quiet, softspoken, and she is choked up too.
Patraick Kennedy is speaking about WHAT is needed...WE NEED TO EMBRACE CHANGE...We endorse Someone WHO dares to Dream, Dares to Hope.
Caroline: very softspoken, and quiet, she became rather choked up but the Crowd's Enthusiasm kept her going, she spoke of her children and how they made her appreciate Who Obama IS and WHY he mattered...She was a bit overwhelmed by the Exuberant Crowds.....She actually had to laugh..
Teddy the Lion at the Podium: ( crowd roars)...".I will support the Candidate WHO inspires and brings hope....I have found that Candidate. I still respect two other Candidates in the race, JohnEdwards, he speaks of him first- crowd cheers and then he speaks of Hillary ( she got BOOS), The Crowd is lous, boisterous...I believe that there is ONE Candidate who meets this moment in History...he UNDERSTANDS WHAT MLK CALLED THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW..... He is a fighter, he is not cynical. He Understands about not demonizing those with a different view. I am proud to stand with him here today...to make Barack Obama the Next President of the United States.
[[[[You Can tell the Three Kennedies are a bit overhwelemed by the NOISEY Crowds and the wave of Enthusiasm...]]]]
"I have admired his Grace and Grits...he is Fired Up and Ready to Go ....
Our Greatest Days are Ahead.....We know the true Record of Courage, From the Beginning he opposed the War in Iraq. Let NO ONE deny THAT Truth. There is the Intelligience, and he chose the route to enter Public Life. He has worked on Immirgration and Security Issues. He is a Voice for Justice. He has worked to put the best Teachers in the Schools in America.
It is about ALL of US. A Campaign that we will become, if we can arise above the OLD Politics that divides us.
I remember the 1960 Years when Young People Protested Vietnam and Sat at Lunch Counters and Marched, it was the Young WHO led and launched the First Civil Rights Movement, the Women's Movement, and the First Earth Day."
This Is ANOTHER Such a Time , I see it in the Young People, but I also see it in ALL of OUR People and in Barack Obama.
I see the Audacity of Hope and the Hope of the America that is Meant to be.
With Barack Obama we wil close the BOOK ON ISSUES OF GENDER AND RACE, OLD ECONOMICS, OLD POLICITICS.... Break the Old Gridlock....We will make the US the Great Leader to Fight Global Warming, and we will end this War in Iraq.
I have seen us in the Senate. I know that he will keep us safe. Let us put the Naysayers and Doubters. We can reach our goals ONLY if we are NOT Petty. We need to replace the Politics of Fear , with the Politics of HOPE.
( Crowd is yelling TELL IT TEDDY)
Barack is the One Candidate that Can be THAT CHANGE.....
I know what America can BE. I know with Barack Obama we can DO IT AGAIN....CROWD CHEERING YES WE CAN...YES WE CAN....."He is ready to be President DAY ONE" ( Teddy gives Obama a smile and a thumbs up...and smile)
JFK" The WORLD is changing- it is time for a new World of Leadership" he said to Trueman...
Obama has lit the Urgency of our Times with HOPE....It is time to ChOOSE HOPE AND CHANGE.....Teddy got a bit longwinded...Now a big hug...Crowd cheering......( WOW a real dramatic moment- I have watched 1000's of hours of Teddy...I have never ever seen him this LIT)....
Barack Obama:
He is being very gracious and thanking them......and naming them.....all family members.......He is clearly moved...quiet....really touched....( Crowd "I LOVE YOU").... "I stand here...with a great deal of humility. I know the Cherished place that your family is held in the American People....and that is as it should be, this family more than any other shows and has worked to show what the Democratic Party....they have stood us and taught us that there is nothing that we can not reach for.....we can remake the World the way it needs to be...NO ONE embodies this proud Legacy as this family.....Caroline has worked to make Change in her work and her writings....she is a quiet Voice for CHange in this Country, it is an Extraordinary HONOR TO have her support.....Now he is speaking of Patrick Kennedy....I look forward on working on the Mental Health issues that are a Huge Right in this Country.....Now he is speaking of Teddy."..with great revernace ( crowd is cheering)
"In the year I was born.....the torch was passed to Teddy....a Fierce Advocate for Health and children......he has carried this Torch...he is the Lion of the Senate...( humor)...he stands apart...from the games of DC Politics....He is an example of Lifting this Country up and not tearing it down.....I hope the University Students can grasp how much this man has done for this country...Few can understand HOW Much he has accomplished..and HOW MUCH he means...This is an honor, but it is also a Personal issue. THis family inpsired me and my fmaily...Part of the reason I stand here today is because of JFK and RFK....what that means...and still means today.....The Dreeam has NEVER died......It lives on in the older folks and young People who are ready to answer the Call...and it lives on in the People that know that No Problem of Destiny can not be overcome....
It lives on in all of us that are tired of being divided...."YES WE CAN" chant behind him.....
( wow he can really say it...phew....takes one's breath away.....he is so serious in this moment....)
The Choice is not about Race or Gender or Class....it is about the Past vs the Future...it about Looking back or Marching Forward.....this will be what we tell OUR children that we healed OUR Nation.....
He is sharing about his father of Kenya , and he is sharing about his father....and how his father left letters, and he is telling about how his dad came to this country...Kennedy Grant sponsered Students from Kenya .....
( omg...that is amazing...wow...the hands of time reach Back and forward and he tells this story and how can you not be moved.....wow)..
Stand with me in the Days to come....so that our children will have better days...Stand for Change....Reach for what you know is possible....we will change the Course of History .....
( Holy Cow.....that speech was even better than the other speech the other night.....)
A Beautiful Moment....
SIDENOTE:::
Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell are having a very hard time.....admitting that history is being made in this moment....they both are subdued...Mike Barnicle..."what an extradoinairy event...we don't focus enough on the emotion of the moment and our times...we can afford to Dream"
{{{ that says it all...}}}
(((( Chris Matthews just admitted- he got shut out of the AU EVENT....something about NO ROOM- Fire rules ?????omgosh....)
Okay....off to work....
2pm...
thank you all for sharing history....
( BTW please do go to Obama's Site for the video and transcripts of all of this....this was just my snippets..)
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