Obama believes:

[DjTj]

"It is that fundamental belief: 'I am my brother's keeper. I am my sister's keeper' that makes this country work. It's what allows us to pursue our individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family. 'E Pluribus Unum' - 'Out of many, one.' Now, even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us. Spinmasters, negative-ad peddlers who have raised the politics of anything goes. Well, I say to them tonight, There is not a liberal America and a conservative America, there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America, a Latino America, an Asian America, there is the United States of America."

"In the end that's what this election is about. Do we participate in the politics of cynicism or do we participate in the politics of hope? John Kerry calls on us to hope. John Edwards calls on us to hope. I'm not talking about blind optimism here, the almost willfull ignorance to think unemployment will go away if you just don't think about or the health care crisis will fix itself if we just ignore it, that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about something more substantial. The hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs. The hope of immigrants setting out from distant shores. The hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta. The hope of a millworker's son who dared to defy the odds. The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believed that America had a place for him too. Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope. In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation: A belief in things not seen. A belief in better things ahead."

I believe too.

[Only Me]

1. He has a big future in Democratic polotics. He is a great speaker. nt

[kwolf68]

2. I liked his play

On the states...when he was saying things like "gay friends in red states"...that list really kicked ass.

Dude looks great. Can't wait to see him in the Senate

[Salviati]

3. I think that this is a great referance...

'I am my brother's keeper. I am my sister's keeper'

It goes along with a wonderful tag for the GOP: 'The party of Cain'

[Tellurian]

7. Party of Cain..good one!

an apt description for where it all started.

[left is right]

4. We better start praying for this man now

Or he won't live long enough to make it to the presidency. In the repuke's way of thinking, he is bound to be one of the most dangerous men alive. Potential to be a great orator, true compassion, one who has overcome his beginnings, smart, and moral these are the things they truly fear. Mr. Obama, please do not fly in small private planes.

[Tellurian]

6. I was thinking the same thing..

the identical terms the vrw Bush clan saw when they met the Kennedys..

Kerry should sweep him up and bring him to the WH..Obama won't be alive by the end of his senate term.

Obama is dangerous. He posses the talent to inspire with plain words, much like Clinton. He truly has a beautiful mind.

[AP]

5. When things looked bleak for democracy, for security, some real heroes...

...are stepping forward and volunteering their imense talents to lead us out of the desert.

Barack Obama, John Edwards, Jennifer Granholm. Four years ago I had no idea who these people were. They're all stepping forward. They're joining other heroes like John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and Hillary Clinton.

I'm feelling good about America.

[father_twilight]

8. whats crazy

is that when elected he is going to be the only black senator. one of the reasons why naacp is always pissed off

[newyawker99]

9. Hi father_twilight!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: