Amazing Grace

[WilliamPitt]

Astonishment.

Capstone speech.

Perfection distilled.

I ain't no fanboy, as you all well know ... but the eulogy delivered just now by President Obama was pretty much the most remarkable bit of oratory I have been privileged to witness.

Amazing grace.

[Chief D]

1. It was Amazingly beautiful

Wow!!!!

[octoberlib]

2. It was extremely powerful. I'm still dabbing tears.

[livetohike]

3. Our CIC (comforter in chief). I am speechless at his strength in these situations. He is

truly an incredible, empathetic person. Grateful he is our President.

[CherokeeDem]

4. Remarkble man....

While one might disagree with some of his actions, no one can deny his grace.

[WilliamPitt]

8. Nope.

[SoapBox]

10. Yes to your OP.

And yes to Free Speech in America (well, most of it and your OP is spot on).

[marym625]

76. LOL!

Too funny! This person doesn't know you AT ALL!

Evidently doesn't understand free speech or logic either.

Great post, Will!

The man that gave this eulogy is the man I voted for, twice. Yesterday, he was the perfect President

[truebrit71]

11. Why?

Who made you the DU police?

[BeanMusical]

13. WTF?

[frylock]

16. You might could take your own advice

[DCBob]

6. We are all going to miss this guy when the next President takes over.

No matter who that might be.

[nolabear]

7. I'm not a Christian but I believe in the power of grace in people.

And that was as fine a demonstration of the power of grace and the recognition of, as he said, the UNITED States, as I have ever, ever seen.

What a moment.

[dhill926]

17. Agreed…

and very well said…

[ohheckyeah]

9. An astonishingly

wonderful eulogy. He touched my heart.

[LynneSin]

12. I didn't think he could top the one he had done at Beau Biden's funeral

but this one was amazing.

[japple]

14. It was amazing. And to think that a President of the United Stated had

the chops to address the congregation of this church in song. It is beyond historical. It is a benchmark, a milestone. Thank you, Mr. President, for making this a reality in my lifetime.

[Tumbulu]

71. I have watched and re watched it and I cry each time

Something wonderful has happened.

[LaydeeBug]

15. I didn't catch it. Does anyone have a link? nt

[rocktivity]

61. You're welcome.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017274548


rocktivity

[LaydeeBug]

62. THANK YOU!!!! nt

[DVRacer]

18. YouTube is where I found it

And then had to figure out who was cutting onions because someone put water in my eyes dammit

[Renew Deal]

19. No one's buying it.

[randome]

20. This counts as an 'apology', I suppose.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[Autumn]

23. I think it's actually praise. It would be silly for Will to apologize since Obama isn't here

and he's the one owed an apology if Will were to decide he needed to give an apology.

[joshcryer]

36. The apology would be to Obama supporters hurt by the language.

[Autumn]

37. If i remember correctly Will did apologize to the DU community for the POSUCS comment

[joshcryer]

39. "Used car salesman" is just as hurtful.

Especially to the black community, because it conjures imagery of a huckster, pitchman, cheat, conman, etc, etc.

[Autumn]

40. Damn I almost feel sorry for all the used car salesmen.

But I guess they deserve it since they are... used car salesmen.

[joshcryer]

41. They actually get a bad rap.

But people know what is being intended by malicious people using such terminology.

[Autumn]

42. Oh the pain is almost too much to bear n/t

[joshcryer]

43. About that apology...

[Autumn]

44. Okay so Will didn't apologize for the last UCS crack. Sue him

[joshcryer]

84. I await the slander / libel case.

In which event he'll see me in court.

I don't post as an anonymous coward, and to his credit, neither does he.

The good thing is, he knows damn well how the real world works.

[Autumn]

88. Well I think you will have a long wait

[sheshe2]

81. It was a double down. nt

[Autumn]

87. I remember in 08 when someone said Hillary was "morally depraved", that person doubled down

and called her some vile nasty things. Should that be brought up every time that person posts even though they say they now support her?

Links are available if you need them.

[WillyT]

45. You Were HURT ???

Jebus Christie... What happened to the thick skin DU theory ???

I haven't been "hurt" here since I joined in 2002.

Pissed... sure.

[joshcryer]

46. No.

But some clearly were offended.

Your concern is noted, though.

[WillyT]

47. Well That's Good To Know... You've Been Here A Couple Of Years... Figured You Were Tough..

[Spazito]

58. LOL

Yeah, it's not like the Admins deciding to put primary posts into GD-P, something they do every election where there is a Presidential primary, now THAT'S worth going about. You've been here even longer and yet...

[neverforget]

49. Someone posted something mean on an internet message board and had their feelings hurt.

Sure seems like a waste of energy to hold onto something so trivial.

[joshcryer]

50. It's interesting to see who we choose to defend.

You choose to defend someone who insults, I defend people who I think are hurt by insults.

And then you derisively post about not even caring about the people at the other end of the keyboard for "holding on to something so trivial."

[neverforget]

59. It's also interesting to see what people think is important. Will Pitt said something nice

about the President. However, some can't see past a comment made months ago and choose to hang onto that instead of agreeing that today was a great day. In other words, they find that settling a score is more important than agreement.

There's more important things in life than Democratic Underground like your family. Have a nice evening.

[mythology]

67. To be fair, he's doubled down on that statement recently

and has always been loath to give Obama any credit. So there will be those who don't give Pitt the benefit of the doubt on this.

[joshcryer]

85. Just stop "holding on to something so trivial."

As neverforget says.

I got your back.

[Skittles]

94. gawd they are so fragile

seriously

[hunter]

55. Oh bother, Josh. I live in a used car of a nation. Top banana of the banana republics. With nukes.

I'm not hurt by the language,

Obama is my President, I voted for him, and he is the best President of my memory, and will probably be one of U.S. history's greats.

My first Presidential vote was for Carter.

I knew from the beginning that Reagan was a venal sock-puppet idiot savant who'd say anything, very sincerely, for a blow job and money, and he just got worse as his mind failed.

[WilliamPitt]

78. If anyone is "hurt" by criticism or harsh language directed at a politician

... they should find another hobby.

[joshcryer]

82. Take your own advice.

If you enjoy posting hurtful comments directed at a politician you should maybe find another hobby. But I wouldn't slight anyone for doing that if the pay is good enough.

[sheshe2]

80. Luv ya josh.

spot on.

[joshcryer]

83. Back at you.

We all know that hate for Obama is intended to really hate on his supporters. It's passive aggressive hate.

[eridani]

35. No, it's praise for doing something well

Not at all different from criticism for doing something badly.

[joshcryer]

38. Far cry from insults to criticism.

The first time the term was used it was from ignorance, which was deleted. The second time it was used it was from malice, because the President got one potentially bad thing, in his entire time in the presidency, half-passed.

[Number23]

60. + a million. And I can't believe that post upthread was hidden.

when every word of it was true.

[JI7]

73. yup

[neverforget]

21. Even when you praise President Obama, your fan club just can't help themselves.

[Autumn]

22. The hate is strong, even on a day when love was the winner.

sad when you think about it.

[kath]

26. Wait, whut?? Who said something bad about Obama in this thread?

[neverforget]

29. No one did. read my post again.

It's about Will Pitt and his "fan club" who don't think that he (Will Pitt) is being sincere.

[kath]

52. Oh, duh, sorry. way too sleep deprived today.

yes, it really is sickening. Even when Will posts something this gracious, they just can NOT let things go. sucks.

[neverforget]

53. No problem. I totally understand about being sleep deprived!

I work for the railroad.

[winter is coming]

77. Apparently, it's not possible to have conflicting opinions about someone.

Authoritarian thinking at its finest.

[lostnfound]

24. Live with the ambivalence, it's okay.

I adore him, he's not perfect, bows to the inevitability of corporate dominance too much, but maybe that's all we deserve as a people until we elect a better, less corrupt congress and until we get a much smarter, more literate electorate.
Considering the constraints and realities of politics in.America today, I'm not sure he isn't as good as it can get in this era. We've got to pry loose the corporate claws that are wrapped around the throats of the congress and the media, and the American people need to get less stupid.

Maybe Bernie will take it a step further. That would be very awesome. But Obama has had many successes in SPITE OF having corporate gatekeepers that he seems obligated to pacify with every decision he makes. Just reawakening the idea that government can take action that improves the lives of ordinary people with the passage of the flawed-but-still-useful ACA was a powerful win. I wanted single-payer..but ACA did in fact help millions of real ordinary people AND it was politically helpful to the left.

[MisterP]

48. there's never any excuse for corporatism

[Stellar]

25. K

WOW!

[seveneyes]

27. Sometimes Our Dreams Float Like Anchors

[bravenak]

28. Told you he's not really a POSUCS.

He really is a good man.

[freshwest]

63. Best in my lifetime, bar none. The rest don't even come close. Period. EOM. n/t

[bravenak]

64. Exactly!nt

[msanthrope]

30. Does this mean you are sorry for the vile term you used to describe him? nt

[Cha]

51. Yeah right.. it means less than nothing to me.. "Trojan Horse" "POSUCS" "not a fan boy.." BFD.

[sheshe2]

56. Boom!

[freshwest]

79. Well, as has been said before, LOL:

Kneel Before Zod!

[sheshe2]

90. Oh my~

[freshwest]

91. The dog on the left of the picture reportedly said: MEH! n/t

[sheshe2]

93. Ha!

Got that right~

[Spazito]

66. Yep, yep, yep...

[Historic NY]

31. Don't you mean from a used car salesman...

[itsrobert]

32. Who also happens to be Atheist and Islamic Muslim.

Do I need the tag?

[Historic NY]

33. When we don't use one they come after you now....

this place is totally unbalanced.

[UTUSN]

34. Yeh, "used car salesman" don't do that that often. n/t

[TDale313]

54. I finally got to see it this evening.

Incredibly powerful and important speech. It was exactly what we, as a country, needed. Thank you, Mr President.

[hrmjustin]

57. He certainly showed his detractors his great strength of character.

I saw the eulogy before I left for the NYC Pride celebrations.

[moondust]

65. Sublime.

[akbacchus_BC]

68. The President was out of tune but he tried his best.

On a lighter note, did you see the two gentlemen behind him who were laughing? They knew the President did not carry the tune but man, this President is like no other. He is not always all words, he makes change!

[redstateblues]

69. Never been a Pitt fan

Treated me very rudely when I joined in 04. Sort of a "turd in the punchbowl" writer.

[akbacchus_BC]

70. So sorry you had a bad experience joining DU.

My fav was NYC, he was really kind to me. Sorry he is no longer here.

So many good DUers have been lost, it is a tragedy!

[Skittles]

95. I bet there is WAY more to this story

oh yes

[akbacchus_BC]

72. How are you able to manipulate DU?

You get locked out on your own OP and bingo, you are posting again. Guess you pay a lot of money to be on DU!

Guess we will never know but you need to tone yourself down, President Obama is no fucking used car salesman! Where you got that shit from?

[WilliamPitt]

89. I was locked out of this thread?

Show me where.

[B Calm]

74. FOX NEWS ALERT: Muslim Obama sings christian song Amazing Grace. .

Sarcasm

[Gothmog]

75. That speech will be judge on a par with the Gettysburg address

[DFW]

86. My observation is a pitifully simple one:

When you're right, you're right.

And THIS time, my man, you're right!