One more reason

Why I love Barack Obama as President! He thinks before he speaks. It has been a very, very, very long time since we had a President do that.

Enough Said

I don't know about you but this is the best picture of yesterday!

Out with the OLD in with the NEW!!!

The 44th

Today Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. While watching the ceremony I couldn't help but think of my grandparents who all died before seeing the first African-American become President. I couldn't help think about the sacrifices of all those before me who died to make this day possible.

Sometimes moments are bigger and deeper than you realize.

Happy New America Day!

Better than I could say

I'm still riding the high of President Elect Barack Obama but there is something that brings me back to earth...Prop 8 in California.

Read this and watch the video. They say it better than I can.

The Election: My Thoughts

Well...the election is over. I never thought November 4th would get here. I've had a few days to let the event sink in. I wanted to pose something sooner but for some reason nothing I thought of could cover what I was feeling. I'm not sure if I will do it justice now but I'm going to give it a try.

I can't believe that for the first time in my life I voted for someone I fully believed in. When I turned 18 and voted for Clinton I don't think I was as informed about the candidates. I just knew I wanted to be involved. The 2000 and 2004 elections I feel I was voting more against GWB than I was for Gore or Kerry. This election was different. I was fully invested in Obama and was going to make a vote that was more for him than against McCain. It felt really, really good.

The historical implications did not pass me over either. When I was younger my family and I never talked about what it means to be Black in America. Of course we have our jokes but we never actually discussed it. While I believe Obama's win is good for America I think it is very good for African-Americans. It seems as if the country is finally moving on from our past. Yes, racism still exists and yes, there are probably people who will never change their opinions on minorities. Obama being elected to the highest office in the land opens a lot of doors for a lot of minorities. I feel people saw him as a candidate not just a black candidate.

I'm utterly amazed at this country right now. I never ever thought this would happen. I really wanted it to happen but I really thought it might not happen. Three cheers to America!

Welcome Mr. President Barack Obama!

MAKE HISTORY!

I have already mailed in my ballot. Have you? Are you planning to vote at the polls? Have you found people to bring with you?

Make History!!

"This is our moment, this is our time". - Barack Obama

HOPE

You read a story like this one and you can't help believe there is hope!

Hearing all these stories is truly amazing. Have you seen the story about the 109 year old lady who is the daughter of slaves who voted for Obama? That is CHANGE! That is HOPE!

OBAMA 08!

You Can Vote However You Like

I don't know if you have seen or heard of the Ron Clark Academy kids and their election video. Seriously these kids are brilliant. Check out their rap set to T.I.'s You Can Have Whatever You Like.

You can also watch them be interviewed on CNN. It is amazing that they are only in the 6th or 7th Grade.

Enjoy!

GO VOTE! NOVEMBER 4TH!!!

Closing Arguments

Can you believe it? Did you think we would EVER get here? It is hard to believe that in 8 few days this election will be over.

Today Obama was on fire in Ohio! Check out the video.

Do you FEEL the CHANGE coming?!

Hatred

I could not have said it any better myself. Read this article.

I don't understand the McCain/Palin campaign these days. I understand they feel they are losing the election. I understand they need to do something but why let hate be uttered out and not say anything about it? It makes me sick to my stomach.

People are shooting themselves and killing their families and themselves because they feel there is no end in sight, no hope. That saddens me that in this day and age this is happening. If McCain/Palin want to call themselves "mavericks" they should act like one and stand up to people who are spewing hatred instead of feeding into it.

Comedy of Errors?

You be the judge.

Lipstick on a Pig!

Watch this!

Read and watch this!

I need not put forth any more reasons to vote Obama/Biden in November!

Is this thing on, is anyone listening?

What more will it take before people will get smart about McCain/Palin? I mean seriously!

Check this out!

I don't understand why anyone would be voting for the Republicans. They are obviously in their own little world. Even though the truth is out there they still spout lies.

November can't come soon enough!!!!!

Democratic Convention: Day Four

I'm speechless! Seriously he gave a speech better than he has given in awhile. If you didn't see it you can watch it here. You really need to see it!

I'll leave you with the best "oh snap" moment of the speech:

"McCain says he'll follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell, but he
won't even follow him to the cave where he lives."

Democratic Convention: Day Three

Day three of the convention was jammed packed. I wasn't able to see Bill Richardson's speech but I did see Clinton, Kerry and Biden.

I thought Kerry speech was done very well. It is too bad he wasn't that straightforward back in 2004. He really should have spoke up for himself then. Bill Clinton finally stepped up and said Obama was ready to lead and ready to be the President of the United States of America. I'm glad it was finally said by one of the Clinton's since for the longest time they were saying the exact opposite.

Biden closed out the night. Before Biden came out his son Beau introduced him and I must say I was teary eyed. Biden spoke about his life growing up and said beautiful things to his mom. Then he started his fiesty speech. The one thing I like about Biden is he is fiesty and will say what he believes and believes what he says. Gotta love a guy like that!

Obama made an appearance at the end of the night and it was good to see him up on the stage with Biden. The room was energized and that was just from watching it on tv.

I leave you with on of Bill Clinton's quotes:

"They want us to reward them for the failures of the last four years with four
more years.
The third time is not the charm."

Democratic Convention: Day Two

Last night was Hillary's turn to headline the convention and I must say I was impressed with what she had to say. She made a great call to her supporters that they should be backing Obama with all they have. You can watch her speech here.

She wasn't the only speaker that day that had some interesting things to say. Gov. Schweitzer from Montana was very good. Dennis Kucinich was on fire!

I leave you with a quote from Hillary:

"I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible? "

Democratic Convention: Day One

I don't normally watch the Democratic convention until the mail event but this year being an important one in the political history of our country I decided to tune in as much as possible.

I didn't watch Kennedy's speech but as I was fast forwarding I was happy to see him looking so well with everything he is going through. I mostly wanted to watch Michelle Obama.

She did an excellent job. I was all teary-eyed when she was talking about her kids. No matter what Karl Rove and the GOP say Michelle did an excellent job of introducing her family to America. Plus her kids were adorable yelling I love you daddy at the screen.

You can watch the video here.

Wait, who is an elitist?

I must say this video makes me a little sick to my stomach.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3jAkx9m10

OBAMA in BERLIN

Today Barack Obama gave a speech in Berlin, Germany to an estimated crowd of 100,000 or more. I listed to the live feed and was blown away by the things he had to say. The transcript is here. I'm sure you can find the video of it on YouTube by now.

Then I read this post on Daily Kos and thought my how things have changed and can change.

Reading the post and then seeing this picture brought tears to my eyes! Can this be happening? Is the world changing? Can he really bring the change we seek?

What are your thoughts?