Does anyone else still tear up when they read this passage?

[More Than A Feeling]

"But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible odds; when we've been told that we're not ready, or that we shouldn't try, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people.

Yes we can.

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom through the darkest of nights.

Yes we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

Yes we can.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

Yes we can to justice and equality. Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world.

Yes we can."

http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2008/01/barack-obamas-speech-in-new-hampshire.html

I do.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I do as well...

Thanks for the very timely reminder...

K&R

:hug:

[More Than A Feeling]

2. You're very welcome.

:hug:

[jody]

3. Not me, it's just a speech designed to pump up supporters of the speaker. n/t

[Bolo Boffin]

5. Does somebody need a hug?

:hug:

[quantass]

4. HOLY CRAP that is a BRILLIANT SPEECH! The man can speak!

[sudopod]

6. OMG no one has mentioned this?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY

Yes We Can -- Will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas)

[uponit7771]

7. THAT speech to me is the historic one, did he right it himself?!?