A Party for Obama

My friend Laurie hosted an Obama Party last night--we grilled our burgers of choice (tofu, salmon, vegi--me--or beef) on the outdoor grill, and then gathered 'round the TV to watch Obama's speech.

It will come as no surprise to my readers that he is my choice for president--how could there be any doubt? But I hadn't realized that his mother had died of cancer. In his speech, Obama mentioned watching his mother hassle with health insurance while she was sick.

So this is one candidate who gets it.

I haven't been very political during the past decade, with the exception of cancer issues, and before that I was a journalist and wasn't allowed to take part in political activities of any kind, so it's been awhile. But if there ever was a time for people like me to take to the streets, this is it.

Watching Obama last night, it was hard to imagine that he wouldn't win. Guess I'll watch his opponent next week and see what he has to say: Know your enemies. Who said that? Sun Tzu? Can't remember.

'Dream' Anniversary
I didn't realize until yesterday--well, last night, really--that the Democrats had scheduled Obama's acceptance speech for the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C.

To have Obama, a black man, making his speech on that day could have been hokey--but it wasn't. It was surprisingly moving.

A friend of mine, Beryl, had a birthday yesterday. She sent out an e-mail to her friends that said that she had been in Washington to see King give that speech, and she included the text in her e-mail and asked her friends to read the speech out loud as a birthday gift to her.

Happy Birthday, Beryl.

@ Jeanne Sather 2008.

Comments

[Nat]

I loved his speech. It gave me chills, and energized me. He is my candidate too.

His mom actually died of ovarian cancer. It is good that he saw first hand, the problems with health insurance.

[jeanne]

Nat--thanks for the correction. I'll fix it.

Jeanne

[Debutaunt]

I missed the speech, but heard it was really incredible. I've been following Palin and it's creeping me out! Obama is my dude too.

Missing my Seattle crew!
Love, D
(in Houston still for more tests at MD Anderson)

[Laurie]

Did you blogging folks know you can download free official artwork from the Obama web site to put on your site to support the campaign? Spread the word!
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/downloads

[jeanne]

Laurie--that's cool. I'll try it once I get my problems with Typepad sorted out.

Also, I'm thinking of doing a "cancer patients for Obama" letter--getting signatures, virtually, from cancer patients who think Obama would be the better president.

Thoughts, anyone?