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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama and me, both about the same age . . . he spoke well for us today
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I am grateful, at this moment, to be alive to experience this day. Thanks for sharing it all with me, DU.
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Obama and me, both about the same age . . . he spoke well for us today (Original Post)
bigtree
Aug 2013
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mcar
(42,323 posts)1. He spoke beautifully
A day of wonderful words and music.
malaise
(268,993 posts)2. I think he was consistent and the speech was excellent
You are the change you want - you have to keep fighting.
It sure dawned on me that we won't be alive for the 100th anniversary of the speech.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)7. +100 nt
BumRushDaShow
(128,959 posts)3. Hear hear!
For us 50-sumthin's. Anyone who can invoke "School House Rock" on the regressive GOPers is fine by me.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)4. Speech into action
that is all I ask for.
gopiscrap
(23,760 posts)5. yes he did
Cha
(297,205 posts)6. Glad to hear that, bigtree.
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
Pres. Obama: "The arc of the moral universe may bend toward justice but it doesn't bend on its own." #MLKDream50 #MOW509:20 AM - 28 Aug 2013
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