I am dreaming...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Of a time when we are proud to be Americans once more...

When habeus corpus is restored...

When there will be no more signing statements ...

When there will be health care for all...

When Gitmo is closed, and all the inmates are returned to their countries...

When the balance of power between the three levels of government is restored...

When we withdraw from the disastrous and illegal war in Iraq...

When we can speak freely to all countries, bar none...

These are the things I dream today...

And there are many, many more...I'm sure you have your own dreams for our beloved country!

Do I dare hope that any of them will come true, with Barack Obama as president?

I do...

:grouphug:

[cbayer]

1. Peggy petal pie

What a beautiful poem. You are such a wonderful presence here.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My heart spoke, and I listened to her...

Thank you, my dear cbayer...

:hug:

[NightWatcher]

My Dear Peggy, I think we took a huge step towards those ends today

we've still got work to do, but we can do it

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. We certainly have a lot of work to do!

But I agree...

Thank you so much, my dear NightWatcher...

:hug:

[polichick]

2. YES, WE CAN CaliforniaPeggy! :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I feel it as I haven't felt it before!

Thank you, my dear polichick...

:hug:

[Melancholic Toaster]

4. Is it a poem?

Cause I thought is was kind of more like a list. Hope for the best, expect the worse. Remember that Obama's only human.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. It wasn't written as a poem...

I do write poetry from time to time, but this was intended as a list...

Of course, he's human...

And we have much work to do...

Welcome to DU, my dear Melancholic Toaster!

:hug:

[Aloha Spirit]

8. I'd like to add: "It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment....

"It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning."

August 28, 1963
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, DC

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. And now, at last, we have that beginning...

Thank you for that quote, my dear beat tk...

:hug:

[FrenchieCat]

9. We all want Change........

and we are about to get it.

Yes We Can!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. I trust Obama with MY future too!

Even though there's a lot less for me than for this beautiful boy...

I am more than ready, my dear FrenchieCat!

:hug:

[myrna minx]

10. Oh Peggy. That was beautiful.

Let me join you in that dream. :grouphug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Thank you, my dear myrna minx...

The words were just waiting for me to open the door, so they could come out...

There's room for everyone in this dream!

:hug:

[AtomicKitten]

11. We've waited so long.

I'm beyond verklempt this evening.

:patriot:

:party:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Haven't we though?

I'm beyond verklempt too...

Thank you, my dear AtomicKitten!

:hug:

[ThatsMyBarack]

15. That's lovely!

You're quite a poet! :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear danagsk8!

Oh, thank you!

Today's events really inspired me...

:hug:

[Raster]

16. Thank you Peggy! Kicked and HIGHLY Recommended!

:kick:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear Raster...

I thank you, sweetie...

Your support means so much to me...

:hug:

[Parche]

20. My Dear CaliforniaPeggy

YES WE CAN

Get rid of Homeland security
Get rid of the patriot act
$300 Billion 'Parche' 'Work America' bill $$ proportioned to each state for infrastructure
like bridges, roads, etc....
if they can send it to Iraq, they can keep some here
:woohoo: :woohoo: :hi: :hug: :hug:
"In this room, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, security personnel at the Defense Department's Cypress Hills Research Center keep constant watch on its scientists through OBIT, a mysterious electronic device whose very existence was carefully kept from the public at large. And so it would have remained, but for the facts you are about to witness."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear Parche!

I knew I'd left out many desirable things...

And you have supplied us with them!

Thank you, sweetie!

:hug:

[ananda]

21. Besides yours, I am dreaming of the day when..

there are no more free trade agreements
but rather fair trade policies and
practices;

American money and jobs stay in America,
so that anyone and everyone can make it
with a decent quality of life;

politicians and leaders actually represent
the people and not their lobbyist and
corporate puppetmasters;

and the press is truly free and responsible.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes, my dear ananda!

These are essential items that I dream of as well...

Thank you...

:hug:

[shadowknows69]

22. Amen to that

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Thank you, my dear shadowknows69!

:hug:

[The Doctor.]

23. I do too.

Wonderful darling!

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear Dr_eldritch!

I know you do...

All intelligent people do...

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

[Swamp Rat]

27. WOOHOO!!

:bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. My dear Swamp Rat!

I am truly honored by your presence in my thread...

I have long respected you...

Thank you!

:hug:

[Swamp Rat]

32. Same here!

:hug:

[fadedrose]

30. His nomination makes it possible to dream again nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear fadedrose...

Yes, we can dream again, and we will wake up to that glorious reality!

Thank you...

:hug:

[chill_wind]

31. Hope is wonderful thing.. Peggy, you have so much company!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. My dear chill_wind!

I really struck a nerve tonight!

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

[Arugula Latte]

33. Thank you, Peggy!

:hug: :grouphug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. My pleasure, my dear Oregonian...

:hug:

[Kajsa]

34. So do I, Peggy!

It's going to happen.

We are taking our country back!

:hug: :patriot:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear Kajsa!

We are!

I'm overwhelmed...

Thank you...

:hug:

[Born_A_Truman]

35. ...

I believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs and that as we stand on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices, and meet the challenges that face us.

Barack Obama
2004

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. My dear Born_A_Truman...

What a prescient quote!

Thank you...

:hug:

[countingbluecars]

40. Beautiful.

K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. Thank you, my dear countingbluecars...

:hug:

[AspenRose]

43. Here's hoping our dreams come true.

Yes. We. Can.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

44. They will, if we work for them!

Thank you, my dear DesertedRose!

:hug:

[Lionel Mandrake]

45. Amen!

You have expressed what most of us feel.

K & R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. Thank you, my dear Lionel Mandrake!

I am honored to have spoken for so many tonight!

:hug:

[BlooInBloo]

47. You're a DU treasure. :))))

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. Thank you, my dear BlooInBloo!

:hug:

[BlooInBloo]

63. Please... Just "Bloo" is fine. :)

By the way - we're gonna have a skinny black guy with big ears as our next President!

:hug:

[Ichingcarpenter]

48. Glad I was able to nominate your thread early #4

I can't wait to send these criminals to prison and restore the republic

[CaliforniaPeggy]

54. Amen, my dear Ichingcarpenter!

:hug:

[OhioChick]

49. Bravo Peggy, Bravo!

K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. Thank you, my dear OhioChick!

:hug:

[ruby slippers]

50. in the first 100 days, I hear.....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. There will be so much joy, my dear ruby slippers!

:hug:

[blogslut]

51. Today is a good day

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. What a fabulous graphic, my dear blogslut!

Thank you!

:hug:

[janx]

52. Peggy, I feel as if I'm dreaming and about to wake up because

the Democratic nominee is Barack Obama. Am I still asleep?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

60. No, my dear janx!

You are wide awake, and so is all of America!

:hug:

[janx]

76. This is great!

:party:

I have to get up especially early tomorrow. It's going to be wonderful.

[bmartello]

57. definitely dare to believe:)

woo!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

61. Welcome to DU, my dear bmartello!

What a historic day!

:hug:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

59. May our dreams converge

and our nation and world unite in peace, justice and prosperity.

:grouphug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

62. My dear BushDespiser12!

I'm hoping for that too...

Thank you!

:hug:

[lightningandsnow]

64. That's what I dream of, too!

Awesome post!

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

69. My dear AspieGrrl!

Thank you sweetie...

:hug:

[aaronbees]

65. Let it be so!

:grouphug:

:yourock:

:patriot:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

74. My dear aaronbees!

Indeed!

Thank you, sweetie!

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

66. I hope so too, Dear CaliforniaPeggy

:grouphug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

75. My dear KC2!

Yes. We. Can.

:hug:

[UrbScotty]

67. My dear CaliforniaPeggy!

Yes, we dare dream! And let us let those dreams motivate us to act to make those dreams come true!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

77. My dear ih8thegop!

Oh yes!

I will work to make his election happen...

:hug:

[mopinko]

68. a constitutional scholar in the white house.

think about that one. any kind of scholar would be a light years difference. but really, a guy who actually knows what it says in the constitution. be still my heart.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

78. My dear mopinko!

A constitutional scholar in the White House!

What a miracle that is...

Yes.

Thank you!

:hug:

[mopinko]

86. and a chicagoan.

i know not that many of you know how much that means, and how great that is. but it is.

[billyoc]

70. Hey, CP, you know what I heard? You'll be able to look back at all of this soon and see that

"This was the moment, THIS was the time, when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals."

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

79. My dear billyoc!

I think you're correct...

We will be the witnesses for this electric and amazing moment...

:hug:

[CreekDog]

71. sometimes a dream is a vision

here's to a better future Peggy. :toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

80. My dear CreekDog!

How perfectly you have said it!

sometimes a dream is a vision

Thank you!

Yes, to a much better future!


:toast:

[donheld]

72. I share your dream, let it be so

K & R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

81. Thank you, my dear donheld...

Let it be so!

:hug:

[Ikonoklast]

73. I thought I was dreaming today, too, when one of the sweetest ladies

To post on DU said "fuck".

Cracks me the fuck up every time you do it, Peggy.

[janx]

83. Sometimes women over the age of 60 use that word. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

84. My dear Ikonoklast!

I like that word!

It's a fine old Anglo-Saxon word!

And I love to shock my friends too...;)

[barack the house]

82. Given his senate record there is a good chance of it. A dream we can believe in.

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

85. My dear barack the house...

I think we'll mop the floor with McCain!

Thank you...

:)