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Obama Wins - Savor The Moment

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Obama wins Democratic Party's Nomination. June 7, 2008Op-Ed ColumnistSavor the Moment By BOB HERBERTFriday was the 40th anniversary of the death of Robert F. Kennedy. Had he lived, he would be 82 now.It's impossible to gauge the what-ifs of history. But nevertheless, I wonder what Kennedy, a complicated man with a profound sense of the moral issues at play in politics, would have made of the idea that Barack Obama has captured the Democratic Party's nomination for president.He might not have been surprised. Kennedy had been accused of dreaming when he said in the early 1960s that a black person could get elected president in the next 40 years.The fact that even a dreamer could imagine nothing shorter than a 40-year timeline gives us a glimpse of the nightmarish depths of racial oppression that people of goodwill have had to fight. The United States in 1968 (the same year in which the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated) was a stunningly different place from the country we know now, so different that most of today's young people would have trouble imagining it. The notion in '68 that a black person — or a woman — might have a serious shot at the presidency would have been widely viewed as lunacy.Read more: www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/opi ion/07herbert.htmPresident Barack Obama in 2008

Canal: Nonprofits & Activism
Añadido: January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am
Autor: thethinkingblue

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ver506 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Thank you for a thoughtful, well done video. There will always be nay-sayers, but it's nice to look back and see that we do make progress as a people. It also gives us hope in the possibilities of the future. So thank you for a great video, and best wishes to our new president-elect.
DonMario78 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
An addition to the previous comment:Secondly, what exactly does Barack Obama have in common with Martin Luther King Jr., or John F. Kennedy? What does Barack Obama have to do with ending racial and sexual oppression?Thirdly, would it not be wise to critically examine all candidates for elected office completely regardless of the individual's race, gender, ethnicity, and of other superficial trivialities?
DonMario78 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
First of all, Barack Obama was nominated by acclimation. This means that the entire Democratic party conventional delegation was completely disregarded in favor of Nancy Pelosi conducting a "cheer if you wish to nominate Obama" procedure (with less than a second's time for opposition). This after a primary season in which anyone in opposition to Obama was mocked by the mainstream media, and/or banned from the Democratic debates (ie. Mike Gravel), all in the name of "party unity."
rebel28va (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
What an amazing tribute. How very fitting that Barack was born in 1961, one hundred years after the War Between the States began, when so many people were still in bondage. I believe history will record Barack, like JFK and RFK, as one of the greatest Americans.
bulletproofassassin (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Great Great video, truly...Obama'08
vmaramis (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Thank you sir we need a reminder of how we have progressed in the last 40 years. Hope is what this nation need not more fear and hate. Good day to you sir.

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