Thank you, btw! I really like how he was NOT born with a silver spoon in his mouth - especially compared to messieurs bush and romney. And look what he was able to accomplish. NOBODY had more going against him, just because of what color his skin is, than this man.
I remember that photo too. That little boy who reached up to touch the President's hair - only to discover that it really was just like his own. What a great photo. It wasn't just worth a thousand words. It was worth a thousand books!
I also remember this block party I attended in September 2008. The Dem convention had just happened. I was so touched by everything I'd learned about Barack Obama, and I was so intrigued by the vantage point he brought to prominence with him - of a humble community organizer. This older couple was there. Almost immediately their political slant became clear as we spoke. Their first reaction when I casually mentioned that about then-candidate Obama, they started snickering. OMG. What a ridiculous joke! Who could believe THIS? A community ORGANIZER???? BWAAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! They were laughing so hard at this together that they were literally holding each other up as they stood there by the buffet table shoulder-to-shoulder. I was IRATE. I held my tongue because of the "polite company" all over the room.
But BY JOVE on the morning after the election, I took my dog out and walked her past their house. And I snickered. And as I walked past, I chuckled. Yeah. Your fancy-ass entitled presidential-wannabe couple (then son/grandson-of-admirals-who-isn't-sure-how-many-houses-he-owns-john and beer-heiress-cindy mccain) just got their clocks cleaned by a COMMUNITY ORGANIZER!!!! BWAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
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