July 27, 2004 I first met Barack Obama. No, I wasn't in that room. However, what I heard that night led me to Austin Texas in February 2007 - Town Lake Center, shortly after he announced his candidacy for the Presidency. On that second "meeting", I became an unabashed Barack Obama supporter. His vision of America is similar to my own. I'm proud to support him, and lack the eloquence to tell you all the reasons why.
Thought I'd remind myself, and others, why I support Barack Obama for President of the United States.
Click here to listen for yourself - or read my favorite part below...
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/barackobama2004dnc.htm"It is that fundamental belief -- It is that fundamental belief: I am my brother’s keeper. I am my sister’s keeper that makes this country work. It’s what allows us to pursue our individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family.
E pluribus unum: "Out of many, one."
Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America.
The pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an "awesome God" in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we’ve got some gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America."
I like this part so much - let's hear it again...
"It is that fundamental belief -- It is that fundamental belief: I am my brother’s keeper. I am my sister’s keeper that makes this country work. It’s what allows us to pursue our individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family.
E pluribus unum: "Out of many, one.""
Peace to us all.