I wept when I listened to Obama's speech tonight on NPR....

[LeftHander]

Protect him, keep him safe.

He is the future. I realized this sometime ago and tonight was beautiful. Despite the Jackass from NpR saying Obama and Huckabee were very much the same.

I want to follow Barack Obama...I would be proud to say he is President.

Let us not turn our democracy into a "Pakistan-esque" sham that our right wing is all so accepting of.

Protect him. Keep him safe.

[journalist3072]

1. Oh good grief. I want to regurgitate after reading your post.

[msongs]

3. where have we heard this kind of worship before? nt

[Nedsdag]

22. So journalist3072, is going to support Huckabee, right?

Of course she is! She's still pissed over her idol Tom Joyner picking Obama over Hillary.

Now who needs to grow up?

[WilliamPitt]

23. Really? Man, I pity you.

I feel sorry for you.

Seriously.

:hug:

[Maven]

2. Protect him, keep him safe from what?

What the hell are you talking about?

[Imagevision]

17. Harvey, Protect him, keep him safe from what? - from the people who did JFK-MLK-RFK (the boys) dude

[Maven]

19. You don't think the OP is a little bit cloying?

Come on.

[WilliamPitt]

24. *shudder*

[Maven]

25. I shudder that Obamaphiles have now passed sainthood and are talking martyrdom.

Hands clasped, rocking back and forth and staring plaintively at the heavens.

It's bizarre.

[readmoreoften]

28. They really are cultists. It's downright freakish. And empty. /nt

[keep_it_real]

4. Although I am still undecided

I understand what you mean by protect him and keep him safe.

[jgraz]

5. I wept too.

at the thought that we may elect a president without ever having him articulate a single, specific policy.

[LeftHander]

6. I wept at the fact that jackasses will condemn him...

and the people that support him for being conerned about his safety as we progress through the primaries.

[jgraz]

7. You know, your posts are almost coming off as some sort of creepy threat

Maybe you should step away from the keyboard for a while and collect yourself.

[cboy4]

8. LOL! nt

[AlCzervik]

9. your post is a tad creepy but i'm glad you ejoyed his speech.

[LeftHander]

11. explain creepy..as opposed to trollish...as your response is....

I gave you my gut reaction upon hearing Obama's victory in Iowa. Despite my first choice being DK. So you tell me how my post is creeepy when our nation has already seen too many progressive leaders assasinated and corporatist, military loonies take over.

Tell me what happened in Pakistan was not decided upon by the "powers that be".

Creepy.....if any post is creepy it is yours.

[AlCzervik]

12. it sounds like you want to stalk him or follow him on tour.

[LeftHander]

14. Why do you hate progress so much?...nt

[seemslikeadream]

15. He gave an incredible speech

I understand exactly how you felt

[Catherine Vincent]

10. His speech really moved you eh?

:hi:

[LeftHander]

18. yes it did...I have always been impressed with Obama....

When I saw him speak at the national convention some years back I was taken aback by his charismatic and confident manner. I have to go with my gut feeling and say...yeah...he is genuine.

[seemslikeadream]

13. He definitely has something special

you don't see it very often

[proud patriot]

16. I teared up twice myself

[Imagevision]

20. After tonite Obama can only get better, then finally other peeps will 'get' him....

[tomreedtoon]

21. Safe? I'm afraid not.

I listened to a number of badly done country songs, all using the N word in various derogatory forms. This came from Howard Stern, one of the few people reminding the rest of us exactly how racist the country still is.

I have a feeling that these backwoods boys, all of them Klansters, will be writing a new CD full of songs about Obama. The proceeds of which will buy high powered rifles with starlight telescopic sights.

While the Iowa vote can make a lot of people feel happy about how tolerant and fair-minded they are, the assassination attempts (and God, may they please only be attempts) will drive home that racism and insane hatred is still alive, well and thriving in America.

[Tactical Progressive]

26. We all wept - for the gullibility of the American voter

and what it could portend for this country.

We got George W Bush from the same type of mindless identification of people who base their votes on superficial talk.

[ThePhilosopher04]

27. I gagged.

nm

[readmoreoften]

29. The right wing isn't going to kill him. They fucking love him. Give me a break! /nt

[malaise]

30. I didn't weep but it sure was moving

I'm pleasantly surprised with the results and thrilled with the number of Dems who turned out. The young people are back. Dems outnumbered Rethugs by more than 2-1. November is ours.