"Mr. President, I Love You"

[tishaLA]

--a veteran at the Obama Town Hall meeting in Washington PA.

[Emit]

1. I just saw that and it was very touching --

and he drew a standing ovation on that note, too

[gateley]

2. That was so touching and made me teary-eyed.

What a beautiful little 'speech' that guy made -- from his heart.

This has been an especially moving event, IMO. I only tuned in when the Q&A began, and I just want to hold every single person in my arms and let them know that we DO care.

:hug:

[Hepburn]

6. Oh, gately...

...it hit me exactly the same way. My heart aches for how our nation has shit on the military and the vets.

:hugs:

[tishaLA]

10. I agree 100%

That crowd was so informed and so supportive of Obama. It was a great event.

[scheming daemons]

3. SHIT! I am at work and Obama is 10 miles from my house at W&J College.....

Damn.....

[Voice for Peace]

24. can't you get a bad stomachache and go home?

[Adelante]

4. Oh

:cry:

I have to see a video.

[Hepburn]

8. Unbelievably moving....

...:hug: :patriot: :cry:

[Hepburn]

5. Thank you....

...I was going to start this thread because that caused tears to well from my eyes!

K&R...for President Obama! :patriot:

[mahina]

7. Does anyone have a link?

Is any of the great stuff making it onto the mainstream news media?

(don't watch tv and I'm deep in a project, just popped my head up for a second.)

Aloha.

[JimGinPA]

19. It Just Ended A Little While Ago...

But M$NBC had the clip of the first veteran that said he thought "elitist" could be seen as calling him "uppity" almmost immediately.

[tokenlib]

9. The veteran who spoke about the "elite" issue was incredible..

Sounded insulted and pissed off by the whole thing...

What an awesome town meeting.....

[knixphan]

11. nice.

[Frustratedlady]

12. Where is it? I can't find it.

[MadBadger]

14. It was at an event literally 15 minutes ago.

[Frustratedlady]

15. No video?

[MadBadger]

17. At least not yet. All of us saw it on Cnn.com/live

[TheDoorbellRang]

18. They just had it on cnn's web site as live coverage

It just ended a little while ago. The vet who spoke so movingly was the second to last speaker right before the end.

[Frustratedlady]

20. Thanks! It will surely be on the news tonight, if they don't chop it to bits.

I have some veteran friends who are voting for McCain. Maybe seeing a few of those will change their minds.

[TheDoorbellRang]

23. I think anyone who is a vet should watch the whole thing

You could tell a lot of them were approving of what he was saying.

Another fun moment was at one point Obama said, "When I get that phone call at 3 AM..." and they all broke out laughing and started clapping.

Obama has great comedic timing -- just another one of his skills.:D

[gateley]

25. Seriously -

Show them this video if you can.

Although it's Biden, it lays down how the Dems are committed to our vets and troops, and how the Republicans have let them down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vxWwZA9gk4

[Frustratedlady]

27. Thanks. That's one I missed.

[TheDoorbellRang]

13. I saw that, too. A moving endorsement

That was beautiful because it came from his heart. Left me teary eyed.

[Hepburn]

16. If you support our vets and love them...

...keep this thread kicked! :patriot: Thanks!

[City Lights]

21. Oh my, that's not at all what I expected to read when I clicked

this thread.

A welcome surprise! :D :bounce:

[cliffordu]

22. Thanks for posting this.

:patriot:



Edit: Fuck, now I'm crying too.

[tokenlib]

26. This made my day, and perhaps my week--a moving tear jerker

Hope someone gets this in youtube...

[tishaLA]

28. I never kick my posts

But I want to kick this one.