No matter how this presidential election finally transpires...

[noel711]

We, the people, have been enriched by the gifts of the presence
of Barack Obama, his family, and his pastor.
Oh, I'm not saying he is the Messiah; But something is different....

No matter what battles we shall fight in the future,
the doors that kept locked up any conversation about race have been flung open.

There has been so much talking, yet we have much listening yet to do;
there's bee much anguish, so many tears, and yet... we have turned a corner.
We have further to go, and yet something's happened....

We see one another in a very different light; we realized we've been hoodwinked
by those who've controlled our media, our airwaves....
we've been made 'wiser' by those who bravely spoke out...
of course there's consternation, conflict, and anxiety,
but this is a beginning.

You can't lock up the truth forever.

Tonight, after Rev. Wright's speech, the talking heads of the MSM
had nothing to say. And those who tried their 'best' were feeble imitators
of the voice of reason.

Tomorrow there will be MOnday Morning quarterbacking,
but tonight.. we start on a new path.....

No matter how this election turns out, we will not be the same.
No matter who finally cross the finish line,
WE, the people, will be the winners.
Because of the bravery of a few people who weren't afraid to speak the truth.

As we heard tonight: A change is going to come.

[NanceGreggs]

1. Yes, something has happened ...

... and you can't lock up the truth forever.

Absolutely beautiful post!

[NanceGreggs]

2. I'll kick this baby all night, if I have to ...

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[noel711]

25. Thanks Nance...

[NanceGreggs]

26. No, Noel711 ...

... thank you.

[FrenchieCat]

3. I'm crying again.......

been doing a lot of that lately.

Maybe it is a good thing-- I don't yet know.

[mcctatas]

6. ...

at least three times when I got on a good crying jag, I soon found out I was pregnant....
just sayin' ;)

[juno jones]

28. Mr Feb surprised me by sitting down one day and watching

Obama's sppeches on 'youtube'. He confessed to me that he started crying.

It's what we need to hear. Obama is a facilitator. someone who helps others come to their own truths and conclusions. The man has made me think, and is doing an excellent job of stretching my boundaries and, dare I say, intellect.

I have never experienced another candidate that enriches me so much.

[graycem]

36. Ohh,

well said Juno! That's exactly how I feel.

It is SO refreshing to vote FOR someone who brings out the best in people, rather than fear and insecurities. Rather than being forced to choose between the lesser of two evils. I have learned so many things regarding race and our government that I probably would've never been motivated to find out.

[mcctatas]

4. I made my daughters watch the replay with me tonite (12 and 14)

my little atheist 12 year old says "If Catholic church had a priest like him, I MIGHT still believe in God"....
sometimes she makes her mommy proud!

[Doityourself]

40. Wow! Kudos to you for allowing your daughter to find her own way..I grew up in the traditional black

baptist church and I was about 15 years old when I started believing opposite of was being preached to me. When I told my mother and father, I was leaning toward being agnostic, they didn't freak out and they didn't force their beliefs down my throat..they let me go and grow on my own!

Other members of my family didn't understand their choice. But I'm glad they let me make my own choices where religion or lack thereof is concerned.

I'm still agnostic, btw.

[JeffR]

5. Great post

:kick:

[napoleon_in_rags]

7. A change is going to come.

That's the bottom line. VERY timely by the NAACP, and Wright blew my mind, and I'm as white as they come. Good post.

[cliffordu]

8. Aw, crap. first Wright made me all teary tonight and now this post has me

getting out the kleenex.

Thanks. K&R

:patriot:

[libnnc]

9. "Can't lock up the truth forever."

Damn right.

:kick:

[kid a]

10. I'll rec that! Great post, noel711!

Where ya been?

[noel711]

23. I'm here and there...

Just sitting here crying again..

Does the world know its just been changed and challenged again?

Or is it just me?

[berni_mccoy]

11. Hell Yeah!

[ruggerson]

12. some of you don't apparently think this "change" includes gay people

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5712451#5712469

[boppers]

20. I guess you missed the Wright speech, then.

He pointed to gays and straights as groups that are different, but not deficient.

[ruggerson]

24. I wasn't talking about Wright

and last I checked Wright wasn't a DU'er. I've applauded a lot of what Wright has done in the past.

[quantass]

They keyword is "some".

[bigbrother05]

13. k&r to keep this up there

[BlooInBloo]

14. If I were a nicer person, I might say things like that.

Ok - you can all stop laughing now.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear noel711...

Thank you...

Here is the truth, revealed at last...

K&R

:patriot:

[quakerboy]

16. kick

[NanceGreggs]

17. Kicking again ...

... :kick: :kick: :kick:

[EFerrari]

18. Yes.

[babylonsister]

19. Thank you! A change is going to come, and how ironic that Rev. Wright

might just educate us. It was more than a fine speech, that spoke to many people's ignorance, in a very nice way. I loved it.

[boppers]

21. The haters who don't get it had it laid out quite nicely for them.

Lets see if they listen.

[NanceGreggs]

22. Hey, is it just me ...

... or is there a new feature on DU?

ERROR MESSAGE - "This is the 12,374th time you have attempted to RECOMMEND this thread. Hey, lady, give it a rest already!"

Just wonderin' ... :shrug:

[kid a]

27. k

[juno jones]

29. I Already recommended!

Awk! I have no recollection of that doing that thing! Oh well, K&R!

[stillcool]

30. Nice....

Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead

Life may change, but it may fly not;
Hope may vanish, but can die not;
Truth be veiled, but still it burneth;
Love repulsed,--but it returneth.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley,


No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
- Heraclitus of Ephesus

[guyanakoolaid]

31. The best part about this Democratic Primary is that we've been able to address the race issue

We knew it was coming, and the way it did enabled some real conversation in this country. So that we're all cool, all together when we kick McCain's ass in November.

[ClayZ]

32. Wooooot! Great Post! K and R

The HOPE is getting thick enough to make stepping stones, isn't it!



" A Bag Of Tools"

Isn’t it strange
That princes and kings,
And clowns that caper
In sawdust rings,
And common people
Like you and me
Are builders for eternity?

Each is given a bag of tools,
A shapeless mass,
A book of rules;
And each must make—
Ere life is flown—
A stumbling block
Or a steppingstone.


R. L. Sharpe (1870 - 1950).

[SeattleGirl]

33. Well said, noel!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
:hi:

[graycem]

34. Great post!

That is my opinion too. I loved that he addressed race. I hope he does the same thing about economic class, because THAT is really the heart of the matter and why they use race and god and guns as distractions.

[SunsetDreams]

35. awesome post! A Change is Going to Come!!!

[ekwhite]

37. K&R

Thanks for a beautiful post. All of a sudden, I can hear Aaron Neville singing "A Change is Gonna Come" in my mind.

[Scurrilous]

38. K & R

:thumbsup:

[paparush]

39. Wonderfully prescient post! Most Excellent!

[kid a]

41. KICK

[Deep13]

42. I don't mind giving the Senator kudos...

...but I don't extend them to Wright.

[democrank]

43. Thank you, noel711.

When the status quo meets newly energized grassroots, it`s a beautiful thing.

[Klukie]

44. A huge K&R

We are not going to be the same. As a result of Obama/Wright I have had some amazing conversations with family and friends on race issues. I have an uphill battle, but truth has been injected into the conversation now and the truth will prevail. I will never lose faith in the truth.

[myrna minx]

45. K&R n/t

[pberq]

46. "A Change is Going to Come!!!!"

[northamericancitizen]

47. K&R

[northamericancitizen]

48. K & R

[dbmk]

49. This bears a repeat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24oMBNIcigg

[dbmk]

50. So does this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rnrt4c5gSU

[DianaForRussFeingold]

51. K&R Just Beautiful!

Thank You So Much!:kick:

[ClayZ]

52. Kick

[2rth2pwr]

53. Any second thoughts?