OBAMA-WOW

Like the Native American gatherings pow-wows, Obama brought a bunch of people together today, and said things that I didn't think could be said. And I believed it.

Obama proved himself a better "player" than Michael Jordan. Jordan could do things on the court with a ball and a hoop and a team that made my head swim. It was a thing of beauty.

Obama did the same thing today on the podium -- right in front of god and everyone. Rick Warren gave an amazing prayer that put Jesus back in Christianity. Obama made him do it. Obama lifted Justice Roberts after Roberts' stumble. Obama was one cool cucumber walking down that hallway. Obama reminded us of all those who emigrated, fought, and died for this and future generations and our common values. Put us in our place.

Some may say it is just stagecraft, others wishful thinking. I want him to keep it real. Do you feel me?


UPDATE: From around the world--- "Blacks face so much discrimination here," he said, standing outside the Cantagalo slum, where ramshackle shacks line steep hills in Rio de Janeiro. "Now with a black man in charge of such an important country, it might help decrease the racism in Brazil."

UP-UPDATE: (That didn't take long)
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Katrina
President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He and Vice President Biden will take steps to ensure that the federal government will never again allow such catastrophic failures in emergency planning and response to occur.

President Obama swiftly responded to Hurricane Katrina. Citing the Bush Administration's "unconscionable ineptitude" in responding to Hurricane Katrina, then-Senator Obama introduced legislation requiring disaster planners to take into account the specific needs of low-income hurricane victims. Obama visited thousands of Hurricane survivors in the Houston Convention Center and later took three more trips to the region. He worked with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to introduce legislation to address the immediate income, employment, business, and housing needs of Gulf Coast communities.

President Barack Obama will partner with the people of the Gulf Coast to rebuild now, stronger than ever