The Barack Obama Somebody in GD Knows:

[AtomicKitten]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1662360

[CarolNYC]

1. That's a great post about Obama....

Thanks for bringing the link here.

[AtomicKitten]

2. you bet :)

It's nice to read something that doesn't singe your frontal lobe.

[CarolNYC]

4. Amen to that. n/t

[alteredstate]

3. kick! eom

[AtomicKitten]

9. thank you!

[AZBlue]

5. FANTASTIC post!

Very insightful look at Barack. Everyone should read it, for two important reasons. One is the look inside at Barack. The second is this paragraph.

"I hope people at this web site will start to treat all the Democratic hopefuls with the respect they deserve. There should be a great policy debate going on here - and I see too little of that. There should be people making stirring endorsements of the candidates they favor based on who that candidate is and what they will do, but I see more profanity laced rants about why people don't support this candidate or that candidate. We can choose to be strong and positive – that doesn’t mean differences can not be discussed or different candidates can not be supported, it’s just a question of courtesy. Courtesy should never be in doubt among friends."

[AtomicKitten]

7. I choose to be strong and positive.

This was virtual resuscitation for me!

[illinoisprogressive]

6. We need more thoughtful and well written posts like this one.

[AtomicKitten]

8. word!!

[Cameron27]

10. That's a wonderful post. There's nothing like a little personal

insight.

[AtomicKitten]

12. well, we put his piece on the front page

it was just that good!

[BeyondGeography]

11. Thanks, AK

My favorite passage:

<It was always - always - about being open and honest with the community. He would say over and over, "We have got to do this the right way". The idea of trying to sneak something past the community behind closed doors was unthinkable to him. A community could not take ownership of something they didn't understand or, even worse, know about. He always talked about bringing people together and how there was strength in that and weakness in excluding people. He was, and is, so right about these things.>

[AtomicKitten]

13. truer words were never spoken

>> "He always talked about bringing people together and how there was strength in that and weakness in excluding people."

[Ethelk2044]

14. Great Post

[AtomicKitten]

15. his piece was therapeutic