So, Friday night found me at the Barack Obama rally! It was quite the thing! I'm guessing that close to 9,000 people came, so it was LOUD!! Anyway, I'm not much of a politician, but I wanted to go and listen to Barack and see what he had to say. Here's what I thought: He's quite a charmer and he knows what to say and when to say it to have the crowd eating out of his hand. :o) So, basically, he's like any other politician! But, really, Barack
IS quite a charming fellow and he
WAS easy to listen to. He has a lot of big promises, though, that I'm not really sure he can hold up to...which would be like most politicians. Either way, it was an exciting thing to go to as I'd never been to any type of politicial rally before and it was kind of neat to see someone famous in person like that. I do live a rather sheltered life, after all. :)
So, here are some pictures and a video of the event. I put the words of the video below it so that you can read what he's saying while he's saying it! :)
"When I decided to run, it was with the belief that the size of our challenges had outstretched the capacity of a broken and divided politics to some...and the belief that people were desperate, were hungry, for something new, something different, that they didn't want a politics that was all about tearing each other down, they wanted a politics that was about lifting the country up!" - Barack Obama, March 7, 2008
4 comments:
I think I would pretty much agree with your assessment even though I have not seen him in person. I had to laugh in your video when he talked about not wanting a politics that was about tearing people down....have you seen or heard his debates with Hillary lately? Also, he looks smaller in your pictures than when you see him on TV. Too bad he's a democrat.
Yes, I have heard some about his debates! Good point, Mel!!! :) I hadn't thought about that before! Actually, I'm reading more about him here & there that kind of makes me raise an eyebrow and wonder if he's really the best man for the job. In fact, reading this stuff makes me a LOT more leery of him...almost like he's hiding something. Anyway, we'll see what happens, I guess!
It would have been neat to be there with you. Even if I don't agree with his politics, I have to agree that he is a great speaker and kind of a celebrity...then we could have gone to Applebees to discuss everything! Wouldn't that have been fun?!? :) I think we will have to do the Applebees thing one of these days anyway.
I am not sure I would want to even hear anyone that won't even put his hand on his heart during the pledge.
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