Obama; THERE ARE QUIET STORMS TAKING PLACE

[gaiilonfong]

OMG you have to read this from an Obama rally today

UNBELIEVABLE


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/1/21286/24889/30/582729


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But that spirit can’t just be restricted to moments of great catastrophe. Because as I stand here today and look out at the thousands of folks who have gathered here today, I know that there’s some folks that are going through their own quiet storms.

All across America there are quiet storms taking place. There are lives of quiet desperation. People who need just a little bit of help.

Because if there’s a poor child out there, that’s my child. If there’s a senior that’s having trouble, that’s my grandparent. If there’s a guy who’s lost his job, that’s my brother. If there’s a woman out there without healthcare, that’s my sister. Those are the values that built this country. Those are the values we are fighting for.

[Muttocracy]

1. I thought that was a nice line. nt

[Dammit Ann]

2. Wow. That is my President.

[Arugula Latte]

21. Well put, dammitann!

:toast:

My president, too.

[Cha]

3. Beautiful way to describe

so many in our country now after 8 years of bush hell.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Poetry in motion. n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

5. just incredible. What will he have left to say at inauguration time? Just when

you think he can't do better, he swings again and hits a grand slam!

WOW

[CitizenLeft]

6. wow.

What a great speech! :applause:

[justiceischeap]

7. Who's his speech writer? Or does he write all his own? (eom)

[Jokinomx]

15. He writes all of his own speeches..... even more remarkable....n/t

:toast:

[Morning Dew]

28. Steinbeck?

n/t

[tomg]

29. First thing I thought. The cadence,

the resonance of Steinbeck's Tom Joad's great speech.

[hedgehog]

31. Obama appreciates our heritage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wke1RBvcNQ

[tomg]

32. I didn't really see at first that he

was speaking to some of my deepest needs in terms of building a real community and what it can be for all of us. And thanks so much for the link.

[Divernan]

36. Here is that classic speech from "Grapes of Wrath":

Henry Fonda’s classic speech from ‘Grapes of Wrath’:

Tom Joad: I been thinking about us, too, about our people living like pigs and good rich land layin’ fallow. Or maybe one guy with a million acres and a hundred thousand farmers starvin’. And I been wonderin’ if all our folks got together and yelled –
Ma Joad: Tommy, they’d drag you out and cut you down just like they done to Casey.
Tom: They’d drag me anyways. Sooner or later they’ll get me one way or another. Till then –
Ma: Tommy, you’re not aimin’ to kill nobody.
Tom: No, Ma, not that. That ain’t it. Just, as long as I’m an outlaw anyways, maybe I can do something, just find out somethin’, just scrounge around and maybe find out what it is that’s wrong and see if they ain’t somethin’ that can be done about it. I ain’t thought it out that clear, Ma. I can’t. I don’t know enough.
Ma: How am I gonna know about ya, Tommy? They could kill ya and I’d never know. They could hurt ya. How am I gonna know?
Tom: Maybe it’s like Casey says. A fellow ain’t got a soul of his own, just little piece of a big soul, the one big soul that belongs to everybody, then – Ma: Then what, Tom?
Tom: Then it don’t matter. I’ll be all around in the dark. I’ll be everywhere, wherever you can look. Wherever there’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad. I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry and they know supper’s ready and where people are eatin’ the stuff they raise and livin’ in the houses they build. I’ll be there, too.
Ma: I don’t understand it, Tom.
Tom: Me, neither, Ma, but – just somethin’ I been thinkin’ about.

[Divernan]

37. Same philosophy as John Donne's "No man is an island."

No man is an Island, entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main;
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were;

Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in Mankind;
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.


John Donne, Meditation XVII
English clergyman & poet (1572 - 1631)


I add my comment that a good liberal arts education exposes people/citizens/voters to such thoughts and philosphies. Grapes of Wrath was a novel assigned in English Lit, before it was a movie. There is more power to influence in these words of John Donne or John Steinbeck, than in the expletive laced rantings to which less educated people are driven in their rage and frustration. I'd really like to see Democratic Underground posters raise the level of political discourse by following the example of Obama and learning to express themselves without cursing out other posters.

[hedgehog]

38. As near as I can make out - this speech was off the cuff or at least

altered as he went along from the planned speech!

[VenusRising]

8. I'm so proud of our ticket.

:patriot:

[givemebackmycountry]

9. Kicked! Kicked! Kicked!

Because if there’s a poor child out there, that’s my child. If there’s a senior that’s having trouble, that’s my grandparent. If there’s a guy who’s lost his job, that’s my brother. If there’s a woman out there without health-care, that’s my sister. Those are the values that built this country. Those are the values we are fighting for.


I love this freaking guy, I really do.


Me and my boys at the FIRST Obama rally in Kansas City, yeah that's me sportin' my DU gear.

[WinkyDink]

10. Now THAT is the Sermon on the Mount talk I've been waiting for for YEARS!!

GOBAMA!!!

[aaronbees]

11. We are our brother's and sister's keeper

Obama gets it. :grouphug:

[gblady]

12. that was so moving....

he just nailed that part of his speech.
I love the way his mind works.

[Pennie109]

13. Wow!

This man MUST be elected president.

[Jokinomx]

14. That Man is "The MAN".... he gives me chills as I read his words....

I went and saw him in Battle Creek yesterday.... I was with in 50 feet of him giving his speech. It was so inspiring to see him in person.

Thanks for sharing this... it was awesome.

[Colobo]

16. The man has spoken!

[quantass]

17. [VIDEO] Anyone want to watch this speech? (Link)

http://www.myfoxmilwaukee.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_video.jsp?contentId=7337065&version=1&locale=EN-US

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

18. Available at Barack's site:

http://cdn1.ustream.tv/swf/4/viewer.24.swf?vid=680394

[Frank Booth]

19. K&R

[FrenchieCat]

20. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes......

that's another one of his mottos as stated in his video right prior to his speech on Thursday.

[Wilms]

22. .

[Canuckistanian]

23. Very Kennedian

Is that a word, Kennedian?

Good line. And it shows where his heart is at.

[burythehatchet]

26. Canadian?... Canadienne? canuckistanian?

[Canuckistanian]

27. OK, Kennedyesque

In Canada, we would say "Tommy Douglasian"

[kwyjibo]

24. kick

[seabeyond]

25. beautiful. n/t

[me b zola]

30. This is why I'm a Democrat.

My parents were both republicans. Not the wacky variety that has sprung up in the last 20 years, but the old fashioned type. They were devout Catholics (again, not the new wacky type, but the old fashioned, common sense, salt of the earth type) and sent me to Catholic school for my first six years of education. The values that were instilled in me by my parents and my early education could not let me be anything but a progressive Democrat.

Thank you Senator Obama. We are roughly the same age and we saw US politics shift beneath our feet as we were coming of age. Thank you for reminding us of what is good, of what "values" really means.

[snacker]

33. I was there...

and cried during that part. It was soooo inspiring.

[Uncle Joe]

34. Thanks for the thread, gaiilonfong.

Kicked and recommended.:thumbsup:

[bdamomma]

35. it is all about the issues, and we need to get this country back

on track. Wake up America!!!

[Bobbie Jo]

39. and the best part...you can believe it.

That's why he's going to win this thing.:patriot:

[Coexist]

40. .