I love this picture

[WeDidIt]

The look of joy on the young woman's face at receiving a hug from Barack Obama. Then the hands of people desperate to be able to say they touched him.

It's like everybody wants to be a part of this. It's history in the making, and everybody has a chance to help make it.

And the best part of it all is when you hear Obama talk about how he is standing on the backs of true giants and how he owes what is happening to him now to the people who went through the struggles of the past to produce equality for all, you know he's truly humbled.

This isn't a campaign about Barack Obama. It went way beyond Barack Obama long ago.

This is about America.

The fundamental question here is, "what kind of a country do you want?"

If you like where we are today, you want McCain.

If you want to live in a country that strives to live up to the values expressed in the ideals of the founding documents, you want Obama.

It's really as simple as that.

[Catherina]

1. Thanks for posting something joyful and celebratory :) n/t

[WeDidIt]

5. The poignant photograph tells the tale of the campaign

We cannot see the candidate's face. We barely see the candidate at all. The specificty of the candidate becomes unimportant

What we see is a candidacy being fully embraced by all around him.

And we see the look of absolute joy.

It says it all.

[glowing]

2. This is what I've been feeling.. He's brought it to the People.. and the People likey..

[helderheid]

3. tears!

[Blu Dahlia]

4. I don't know how he does it. I would be disgusted with all those hands

touching me.

[WeDidIt]

6. He understands

He truly understands the emotions evoked.

If there was ever a truth to the term "empathy", then he is empathic.

[tridim]

7. No kidding, and he doesn't even seem to ever get sick.

That tells me he's either extremely healthy or he has a Silkwood shower on his bus.

[Indenturedebtor]

14. Extasy :P That's how hehehe.

Great pic :D

Let there be a real human being in office again!

[1776Forever]

8. "What kind of a country do you want?" Well said!

:applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[DangerDave921]

9. Wow

That's quite a scene. Almost looks like a prophet is wading through the crowd.

[otohara]

10. It Worries Me

damn - what must that feel like to have that many people all wanting to touch you?

[jgraz]

15. Seriously, you don't know where those hands have been!

[panAmerican]

11. It sounds corny, but this reminds me of a Bible passage about Jesus

...and the woman who was sick with "the issue of blood." The story goes Jesus was in a massive crowd when he felt power come out of him, and asked his disciples, "Who touched me?". The disciples looked at him like he was crazy and basically replied, "This is a huge crowd! What do you mean, 'Who touched me?' " But Jesus was talking about someone who touched him with an intensity of purpose.

Later, the woman admitted saying to herself, "If I can only touch him, I will be made whole (aka healed)," which she was. It seems like that many people in Obama's crowd think that if they can only touch him, they will believe this is really happening and they are part of history.

[WeDidIt]

12. That was beautiful

I'm sitting back today taking in the historical significance of all this and I'm sruck by certain feelings I've had before.

As a child, I was aware of what was going on when MArtin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. And then to watch as they became more than just historical figures but symbols as well. And I think that becoming that symbol is when a person transcends history into legend.

It's like the legends you hear about Washington, JEfferson, and Adams. When you come down to it, these were men with all their flaws. But when remembered in history, they become bigger than life.

Roosevelt is a truly historical figure, but I don't believe he was raised to that legendary status that such symbolic figures are raised to, like King, Kennedy, Lincoln, or Washington.

We may be on the cusp of history, but it's a possibility in the back of our heads that beyond the historical resides the potential for greatness.

[mzmolly]

13. Funny I thought poor Barack! He's being mauled by that crowd LOL.

But, I bet he's lovin' it, as are we! :hi:

[Thrill]

16. That has to scare the crap out of those Secret Service Agents

[WeDidIt]

17. Well, you do see two agents reach for her hand

She got it too close to his neck.

I was going more off the symbolism expressed in the photograph.

:)

[panAmerican]

18. Oh, THAT's what they're doing, lol. I thought they were part of the crowd, too.

[WeDidIt]

20. That's how it comes off in the photograph.

LOL

[Ian_rd]

23. I'd crap my pants if I had to guard Obama.

It's probably like trying to guard Bono while he's crowd-surfing. :rofl:

[NatBurner]

19. "This isn't a campaign about Barack Obama. It went way beyond Barack Obama long ago"

word

[snacker]

21. Me too...

purely joyful!!!!

[papapi]

22. Wonderful pic. Thanks for posting.

[gblady]

24. wonderful pic....wonderful OP

three days...and I'm still teary about Barack...
and overjoyed...and so very hopeful!

[WeDidIt]

25. Thank you.