The times, they ARE a-changin'!
So, I saw Mr. Barack Obama speak today, and it kind of made my life. I waited in line out in the Minnesota cold for over two hours. I may have been nearly frozen under my layers, but I made it in. I waited inside for about another hour. Golden Smog played before Barack came out, which I thought was pretty cool.
Mr. Obama kept referring to Mr. Paul Wellstone, and that made me extremely happy and proud.
When he finished his speech and was getting ready to leave, the last thing he said was, "Thank you Minnesota. I love you." Then he stood there and waved and smiled for a while, while the Target Center was awash with thunderous applause and hoots and hollers.
I leave you with two things. One, please, please, PLEASE, I cannot stress enough: get out to your local caucus on Tuesday! I don't care if you're a Democrat, Republican, Independent, or don't identify with a party; just get out there. This year, the caucuses are different. You don't have to stay the whole time and discuss stuff if you just want to do the presidential caucus. It will only take a few minutes of your time. Just get out there and do it. You have no excuse not to! Your professors/teachers have to excuse you from class for it. If you need to know where your caucus site is, let me know, and I'll figure it out for you. How easy is that???
Second, please watch the video below, and prepare to stare at your computer screen in awe.
Thank you and good night.
"It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea --
Yes. We. Can."
Mr. Obama kept referring to Mr. Paul Wellstone, and that made me extremely happy and proud.
When he finished his speech and was getting ready to leave, the last thing he said was, "Thank you Minnesota. I love you." Then he stood there and waved and smiled for a while, while the Target Center was awash with thunderous applause and hoots and hollers.
I leave you with two things. One, please, please, PLEASE, I cannot stress enough: get out to your local caucus on Tuesday! I don't care if you're a Democrat, Republican, Independent, or don't identify with a party; just get out there. This year, the caucuses are different. You don't have to stay the whole time and discuss stuff if you just want to do the presidential caucus. It will only take a few minutes of your time. Just get out there and do it. You have no excuse not to! Your professors/teachers have to excuse you from class for it. If you need to know where your caucus site is, let me know, and I'll figure it out for you. How easy is that???
Second, please watch the video below, and prepare to stare at your computer screen in awe.
Thank you and good night.
Click to view"It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea --
Yes. We. Can."