Tuesday, November 04, 2008

REPOST: A Witness to Democracy

Posted by Virtuous at 11/04/2008

**I thought it was appropriate to "re-post" this from 10/8/2007 (prior to Super Tuesday/Primary Election - fighting Hillary and all)!!!!
Some of you can even review your comments HERE from a year ago! ;op

History has been made and I am SO glad I was a WITNESS to Democracy prior to anyone even knowing to trust him or not!!!**


that is what one of my friends said I was over the weekendand I must agree!

My girlfriend invited me for a quick road trip to hear O.bama with another friend and of course got lost in the great metropolis of R.ock Hill, SC Haha! :op But we finally got there and waited for B.arack to take the stage.

And the crowd went wild!

Of course I pulled out my digi cam along with the other hundreds of people and took a ton of pics hoping some will come out half way decent! Haha! :op

I am vertically challenged (and there was not one tall person around me!) so please excuse all the heads and there was one particular man's hand I wanted to chop off while I was there! Ugh!

This was actually the first presidential candidate rally I had ever attended, or for that matter wanted to attend. Don't get me wrong I have always exercised my right to vote but never jumped at going to hear a candidate at a rally until now.

B.arack of course spoke about all of the hot topics like the other candidates: health care, education, w.ar, etc. Then I remembered "Ooh! I have a video option on my camera!" Haha!

Of course, I missed all of his good "tag" lines and very good talking points. Dangnabit!

In my few video clips I got one really good one of him talking about education, parents, and us truly being the government...but of course you.tube would not let me upload as it is over the size limit.

But here is a short one of him talking about what others have seen his first entitled book




Well there I was experiencing a moment of history and glad I took the opportunity to witness democracy!!

YES WE DID!!!!

 

18 Comments:

1. Adrienne said...
   November 5, 2008 at 12:10 AM  
   YES WE CAN!! YES WE DID!!!
   Unknown said...
   November 5, 2008 at 12:59 AM  
   WOOT!!!!!
   cpurl17 said...
   November 5, 2008 at 1:05 AM  
   YAY!!!
   
   Yes we can!
   maceknits said...
   November 5, 2008 at 1:27 AM  
   There was never a doubt that California would hand over its 55 votes to Obama, but I was still so moved and proud to be a part of it.
   
   Stacey in CA
   sophanne said...
   November 5, 2008 at 7:21 AM  
   you lucky girl- I have never wanted to see a pres. candidate so so much!
   Liz said...
   November 5, 2008 at 8:22 AM  
   Hooray!!!!!! History has indeed been made. I'm so happy for you! I have never taken so much interest in an American election before, but he is right, it is a place where all things are possible, and change surely has come!!!!!!!! Go Obama!!!!!!! xx
   Stacey said...
   November 5, 2008 at 10:08 AM  
   I am so happy! :) I've never been so wrapped up in an election before - yes we did!
   Anonymous said...
   November 5, 2008 at 12:23 PM  
   I was in tears last night. It made me feel like we live in a TRUE Democracy, again.
   Michelle B said...
   November 5, 2008 at 4:43 PM  
   Yay!!!!! Whoooo hooooo
   Cas... said...
   November 5, 2008 at 5:06 PM  
   It's a great day to be an American!
   Anonymous said...
   November 5, 2008 at 5:55 PM  
   i remember this blog post. ^_^ whoot, there it is!
   Unknown said...
   November 5, 2008 at 11:06 PM  
   You got to see him - lucky you!
   cici said...
   November 6, 2008 at 6:09 AM  
   Great repost.. Yes we Did!
   Anonymous said...
   November 6, 2008 at 6:38 AM  
   LOL@ vertically challenged! I would have loved to have heard him speak! I was actually congratulated at work by my coworkers for his win...Many people of the various nations that I work with are so proud that a person of his charisma, intellect and attraction will grace the White House and carry the face of America in to the free world.
   
   I for one, am prouder to be American!
   Sourire11 said...
   November 6, 2008 at 9:19 AM  
   Yay for democracy!!!
   
   Now I"m totally fascinated by his cabinet selection process. It's so refreshing to have someone intelligent in the white house!
   Lorette said...
   November 6, 2008 at 12:22 PM  
   Indeed we did! Hooray!
   Susan said...
   November 6, 2008 at 1:44 PM  
   Thanks for that post! You really got to see things unfold. Thanks for sharing again. My Mom had a chance to shake his hand and talk with him, but my Sister's shorty needed attention and my Mom had to take Jaden and get out of dodge. lol.
   Anonymous said...
   November 7, 2008 at 9:37 AM  
   Girl, thanks for stopping by! I am on knit/crochet hiatus right now, but I'm still holding on, waiting for "change"... I'm sooo in need of that!
   
   I wish all the best for our new {and first AA} President! :)
   
   Take Care~

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