I am so thankful for the opportunity to listen to a speech by a leader who can make me tear up with joy and hope instead of cringing in dread or seething in contempt. I'm going to have to retrain myself to listen to State of the Union addresses.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 04, 2008 7:08:50 pm PST #9192 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Narrator - Nov 04, 2008 7:09:31 pm PST #9193 of 10001
The evil is this way?
I was in Grant Park tonight. "Moving" doesn't begin to describe it.
Kat - Nov 04, 2008 7:09:46 pm PST #9194 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
He is good. In fact, Time claims that he dialed down his oratory in order to be less celebspeaker and more "down to earth." That is until the past couple of weeks where he has been going rockstar again.
In relistening, some of tonight's speech to find the part Jesse is referring to, I heard this line, which is beautiful:
"put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more to the hope of a better day. It's been a long time coming."
Pix - Nov 04, 2008 7:10:31 pm PST #9195 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Prop 8 is leading with 55%. Boo.
I know. I'm crossing fingers and toes that it will swing the other way when the other 85% of the precincts report. I don't think LA or San Francisco has reported yet, for one.
quester - Nov 04, 2008 7:10:35 pm PST #9196 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Michelle Obama is so gorgeous. I am undecided about her dress though.
There was something not quite right about it.
A smart president. A well-spoken president. A president who inspires hope instead of fear. I am weeping.
This! So very much, this!
Lee - Nov 04, 2008 7:10:50 pm PST #9197 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Prop 8 is leading with 55%.
Damn.
Glamcookie - Nov 04, 2008 7:11:24 pm PST #9198 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I was happy he mentioned the gays in his list of peoples.
Burrell - Nov 04, 2008 7:12:54 pm PST #9199 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
He's so absolutely the right choice for right now. I am so happy.
But Prop 8? Scaring me, seriously scaring me. A constitutional fucking amendment?!? What the fuck is wrong with people?
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 04, 2008 7:13:30 pm PST #9200 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Why does Jessie Jackson look less thrilled than Sarah Palin tonight?
Theresa - Nov 04, 2008 7:13:52 pm PST #9201 of 10001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Yep, now he's talking about what my grandma is feeling. He's a Rockstar.