Barack Hussein Obama

The first time I ever saw or heard of Barack Obama was when he gave the speech at the Democratic Convention for John Kerry.

Senator Barack Obama gave a jaw dropping intelligent speech that left many people saying “Wow, we have someone that smart in the senate” and why haven’t we heard more from him?

Soon after that I heard rumors that he was being urged to run for President in the 2008 election 

The following is a transcipt of a speech by Barack Obama at the
Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, July 27, 2004:
http://www.librarian.net/dnc/speeches/obama.txt

When he announced his intention to run for President, I was not really supporting him as I thought he did not have a chance to win. He was the only African American in the Senate and had only been there for 2 years. America has not fully recovered from racism, though we talk a good game, it is still there.

 I really wanted Hillary to win and still believe she would make a great President. That vote in favor of Bush’s war did her in, no matter how many times she explained how they were lied to by the” Lying Liars” in charge, it just didn’t wash with the voters.

I loved Joe Biden but knew he could not win the nomination because he is too outspoken and truthful.

My 2 sons, who are both very political kept saying to me “Obama is the one, He is what we need” I really liked what he had to say and believed he would be good for our country but I was still very skeptical that he could win the Presidency. I really liked Hillary  (still do) and was not fond of some of the comments Michelle was making in her rallies, but again my brilliant sons told me “give her a chance, she has been thrown into this arena without political experience, she will find her way”

When Obama won the nomination I was very surprised and still not sure he could win the general. When he chose Joe Biden for VP, I began to fall in love and they had my strong support. When he chose Hillary for Secretary of State my love was complete.

We need this man as our President for 6 more years, not just 2. He is the best!