Obama's mom...

[Blue_Roses]

When he mentioned her, I know he had to be thinking, "this one is for you mom." :cry:

[BlueIdaho]

1. Respectfully...

This would be better as a statement rather than a question - As you say - of course he misses her.

[Blue_Roses]

12. you're right...

from the compassion I see in him and the love he has for his family, there is no doubt his heart strings tug at the thought of this, however, I'm careful not to put words out there that I only can assume. Maybe I've been listening to the "politically correct" way to say something, throughout this campaign season--primary included...:crazy: I feel like I'm starting to think like a --lawyer:wtf:

[Demi_Babe]

38. she knows and she's proud as hell ;-)

[DesertFlower]

2. i'm sure he does. she would be

extremely proud of him.

[virgdem]

3. I've read both of his books...

and the way he lovingly talks about his mother, I'm absolutely sure that he wishes that she were alive to see this moment.

[AllentownJake]

4. I think Obama wishes his Mother was alive everday good day or bad day for him

Probably more so on the bad days. I wish my father was alive everday regardless of how I'm doing.

I met someone on Obama's advance team staff a few weeks ago. Her father died two weeks before Denver Obama personally took her aside and comforted her and talked to her about his mother and how hard it is. He's the real deal folks. THE REAL FUCKING DEAL.

[rebel with a cause]

41. when I volunteered for him in 2004.

Was ill and had no job and no health insurance, he talked to me about it and his mother. And yes he is the REAL FUCKING DEAL. There is something about the man. He is no Messiah, but he is someone who seems to care about his fellow humans.

I have children who are of mixed race and I think he also identified with what I said about our life and how hard it got sometimes for my kids. I don't know what else I can say about the man without tearing up, and I don't cry anymore.

[sunnybrook]

5. She would have been so incredibly proud

I'm just glad that his Grandmother is getting to see him make history!

[AllentownJake]

7. She must be beside herself

Her Grandson about to become President.

[CoffeeCat]

6. Oh, I know....I know...

It's just so...

Are there even words?

His father abandoned him and died. Then, his mother died.

He must gather an enormous amount of strength from being forced to parent himself--especially when it came
to needing a father. He has risen above all of these challenges, and I have the deepest respect and admiration
for Obama and what he had done with his life--despite many, many challenges.

I'm sure he wishes that his mother was with him to witness all of this. My gosh, can you imagine how proud
she would be. :)

It's clear that Michelle and his two girls are so dear to him. He has made his own family, and now he is
the patriarch of an entirely new family that will make history.

It's just so beautiful!

[sunnybrook]

14. very well said

[MarianJack]

16. He made his own family.

What a beautiful statement.

It reminds me of a speech that Nathan Lane gives at the end of "Nicholas Nickleby" (a WONDERFUL buried treasure of a movie from about 2 or 3 years ago). He says that when we lose a family, we go and make one, and that family isn't just those with whom we share our blood. It is also those for whom we would shed our blood.

I think we are going to elect a great man as our president,

PEACE!

[AllentownJake]

19. Obama is the real fucking deal

I've talked to his staff that know him and have interacted him limitedly over beers. Everyone has an Obama real person real caring person story. This guy actually really does care.

[Pirate Smile]

8. After Iowa, before New Hampshire, Brian Williams interviewed Obama and showed him

a cover of Newsweek or Time with Obama on the cover. Obama got a little choked up and said that (paraphrasing) it made him think of his Mom and how he wished she was there.

[benddem]

I'm sure he does

and I wish she was alive...it would be great to have her as the testimony that he is 1/2 white and he was raised by white people. It sounds sometimes like they are trying to say he was raised in the ghetto.

[Fleshdancer]

9. I think his wife and daughters think the same thing

Of course Obama wishes his mom was here to see this, but I bet his wishing goes far beyond tonight. She missed a lot.

[krawhitham]

10. everyday

[MarianJack]

11. Absolutely!

My mom passed in July of 2006. I still have to remind myself sometimes that she isn't there to answer the phone.

However, by all that I believe, His mom has a great seat from Heaven to watch her son become the first legitimately elected President of the United States since 1996.

PEACE!

[Sophree]

20. I'm sure she is.

I'm sure she is watching from above, too. And I'm sure she's so very proud of her son!

Go 'Bama! :patriot:

[rebel with a cause]

44. my mother died in 1968 and I still miss her.

It took me years to accept her death, I kept waiting for her go come back and tell me it was all a scheme so she could get away from my father. ;)

I was young then, and reality took a long time to come to be fully accepted. No matter how much I fought with my mother, there is not a day that I don't wish she had lived, but I know that if she had my life would have been so different.

[ginnyinWI]

13. As a mother of a son, I wish she were there to see him.

I'm sure nothing would have pleased her more. But I'll add that I'm sure she was 100% proud of him anyway for doing as well as he did during her lifetime.

[Blue_Roses]

17. no doubt there

:D

[CoffeeCat]

22. I'm sure she knew that Barack was destined...

...for great things.

Mothers know. And how could Barack's mother not know?

[Lisa0825]

15. As a religious person, he feels she is watching it all.

I'm not saying that is my POV, but I wish it.

[Raschel]

18. Yes. And especially as a White mom of a Black child.

She went thru alot. And I know she would be thrilled and encouraged at this time in our history.

[democracy1st]

25. yes she's really stronger than people realize

[Teaser]

21. My Dad's been dead for half my life now

Since I was 18.

Not a day goes by that I don't wish he was still alive. Even on those days where I'm at my shittiest, where I'm at my worst. I still dream of him, I find myself wandering phantom parking lots in my nightmares, and see him in the distance, but can't get his attention. He was my Daddy, and I'll never talk to him again.

Of course he wishes she was here.

[CoffeeCat]

27. I'm so sorry about your father...

Your dreams are beautiful...and obviously you long for your father.

That's beautiful that you shared such a close, loving bond with your father. That is such
a blessing and a wonderful gift. Your father lives on in you--in all of the things that
he taught you, said to you and shared with you.

I'm sorry that you didn't have more time together, but I'm happy for you that you two
had such a special relationship.

:hug:

[Teaser]

31. Thanks, it's alright.

Everybody dies and it sucks and is awful and everyone feels this way sometimes, or will someday.

Evolution has left us with a terrible curse (at least those of us who don't believe in an afterlife). We're smart enough to know that dead means someone is never coming back, at least not in any meaningful way that's as good as flesh and blood and love and hugs.

One day my own son will feel this way for me. Until then I have to lie to him and tell him I'll always be there for him, because no child should face the reality of the void at the heart of everything.

[CoffeeCat]

39. I have two daughters...

...and it is so difficult to deal with those tough issues.

We've told them that there is a heaven, because "when you're dead, you're dead" is just too much for
a little 6 or 7 year old to process.

I don't know if there is an afterlife. However, I believed in all of that stuff as a child, and I feel
that it was comforting. They'll have their entire lives to contemplate life, the meaning of it all and
the "void at the heart of everything" as you eloquently described.

[DrPresident]

23. I believe his wishes his father was here to see this also

His dad would be very proud also. AND his grandfather. My my, his grandad would be SO incredibly proud of him right now.

[democracy1st]

24. she definitely got this ball rolling I like when Obama said she would call him buster

when he complained about waking up early for studies

[Cha]

26. I was thinking about Obama and

him Mom much earlier today.. I was thinking about the way she raised him and so much emphasis on education if only she could only know how close he is to being President of the United States.

[TTUBatfan2008]

28. He'd rather be a bum on the street...

and still have his mom alive than be the guy who's about to be POTUS but with his mom deceased. I guarantee it. He and his mother were very close, obviously.

[Rowdyboy]

29. He recently said he should have written a book about his mom....maybe he will....

When he has time between rescuing the economy, saving civil liberties and destroying the Republican network of filth and corruption....

[Raschel]

30. It's a whole new chapter (no pun intended) to be explored.

White parents of Black children can find themselves shut out on both sides of the racial divide.

[MarianJack]

32. I'm a white father of an African American son.

I'm estranged from my blood family, but for reasons unrelated to the adoption.

My wife is Puerto Rican, and I've taken her family as mine.

As a family, we've had little difficulty due to race, although we may be the exception.

PEACE!

[Raschel]

36. Great responses from both of you

Don't know how to respond to both, but I am happy to hear your replies. Thank you.

[MarianJack]

37. 'Sallright!

:patriot:

PEACE!

[Rowdyboy]

34. I have a very close friend who is the white stepmother of a black child....

And, yes she feels shut out but she's a professional and refuses to be ignored. Its certainly not the best relationship but it beats many I know of.

[Phx_Dem]

33. Every day. n/t

[vaberella]

35. Of course. Every time he blinks. It's clearly apparent. n/t

[avaistheone1]

40. Of course he does.

Obama loved her very much.

[treestar]

42. I wish she was still alive

She sounds like a remarkable woman. I wish she was here still to cheer him on!

You just know she would be on the trail stumping for him.

[elkston]

43. Me too. It would be soo fascinating to hear her thoughts. (eom)