Link to President Obama's full speech from Selma today

[Skidmore]

[msanthrope]

1. Kick. nt

[arcane1]

2. Thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing it :)

[mopinko]

3. this link has the whole event.

other speeches and some dead air.
but i think people should watch john lewis's speech, too.
wonderful hand off and pick up between the 2 of them.
lewis starts at about the 2 hour mark.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/watch-live-pres-obama-speak-selma-commemorate-50th-anniversary-civil-rights-marches/

[Skidmore]

4. Thanks.

[Hekate]

8. John Lewis's speech was wonderful in its own right. He spoke just before Obama...

...and Obama made sure to say that Lewis is one of his personal heroes.

What a day!

[4now]

5. Thanks for the link

[politicman]

6. awesome speech

A couple of funny things I noticed at the end.

1) Obama started off the speech as a presidential kind of speech, but towards the end he started to go into preacher mode, and I find this funny because you just know the repukes are going to hate that, yet he did it anyway, haha

2) When Michelle Obama gave GWB a courtesy kiss at the end, their mouths accidently came really close to touching, ewwww.

[Duval]

13. :) I told my

husband that Michelle needs to go home and wash her face with a dab of alcohol. EWWWWWWW

[hopemountain]

17. preacher mode is a form of speaking that includes pauses

and emphasis so that people get the point and continue listening. blues singers use the same pauses and emphasis in their singing and playing to get one to hear their song.

[politicman]

18. thanks for the info on preacher mode

I was also talking about the way he finished of the speech, the way he used religious anecdotes, it sounded a little like one of those preachers that preach in black churches.

Anyway, it was a wonderfully powerful speech, IMO the best he has ever made given the importance of the topic and the he way orated it in a way that would inspire even some hard fanatic repukes to accept the strength of the argument about voting rights.

[Fiftyone]

7. it was one of the best

of his Presidency.

[calimary]

15. Welcome to DU, Fiftyone!

Glad you're here! I'm listening to the speech as I write this. It makes me sad that his time in office is 3/4 of the way completed. I love this President.

[ellennelle]

9. help is needed

folks, i never post original stuff (don't even know how), and only the occasional comment. but i just watched this very short video about the woman who is the fifth girl, the only one who survived that birmingham church blast:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/mar/07/sarah-collins-rudolph-birmingham-bombing-video

there is a photo of her after the blast that is horrifying; she lost an eye, had many shards of glass removed from her face, and has been saddled with all the fallout from that incident as she grew older. she has never had any help with all her medical bills, from anyone, ever!

so, i guess all i know to suggest here, for someone who knows how to do this sort of thing, is to build a fund for her via crowdsourcing.

is there anyone out there who might want to see this happen? and knows how to do it?

i would love to see that happen, but i have no clues beyond this comment.

thx so much.

her name is sarah collins rudolph.

[erronis]

10. I've watched it twice already today

And hope to see it repeated in the world's history books forever.

Now, the corporate media and the deep south - don't expect them ever to be fair.

[sheshe2]

11. Working, finally saw it....

bookmarking to watch Lewis speech as well. Thanks Skidmore.

[Duval]

12. Awesome

Thank you Skidmore. I knew I'd find the speech on Democratic Underground. I love this website.

[onecaliberal]

14. Awesome! Such class and grace.

[The Jungle 1]

16. Great

That one will go down in history as one of the great speeches of our time. He is right there with Lincoln.

[KMOD]

19. Great speech! Loved it!!!

Thanks for the transcript.