Obama. I shook his hand today and spoke to him [View All]

For the record, I started this political season squarely in John Edwards' camp. I was somewhat impressed with Obama, so when John Edwards dropped out I did some research on Obama and swung my support to him. Since then, my wife and I have made donations fairly regularly to Obama. For her birthday, among other things, I bought her "Audacity of Hope" on CD. She listened to them on her commute and was scared by how moving and energizing he is (she's a card carrying cynic and skeptic). I later bought his book "Dreams of my Father" and am still reading it. What a great biography helping me to feel some of the things a black man goes through growing up and making their way in life here in this country.

Well, all of that had me pretty much in Obama's column so I can say meeting the man today won't sway me one way or another; however, now that I was lucky enough to have him stop at the business in Oregon right next to where I work and then was able to stand in a small crowd gathered across the street and then have him jog across the street and head down the line shaking our hands...and for me to be able to thank him for running for president in the way he has...it was a singularly wonderful moment I will remember always.

I hope I get to meet him again someday. But even if I don't meet him personally again I will work for him. Shortly after I got done swapping stories of meeting the man who may be our next president, I called the local Obama campaign office and let them know I would help out however I could. I'll be stopping by tomorrow to get a canvassing list and will go door to door or whatever to make an attempt to persuade people to vote first and foremost and also to encourage them to consider Obama as their choice.

I also plan to work Oregon phone lines and talk to people in person to get others registered who have not yet. I just KNOW Obama is going to win this nomination soon now, and I want to make sure Oregon is very, very Democratic.

I am proud to be a Barack Obama supporter, and I look forward to converging with Hillary supporters to try with all our might to get the White House and send McCain and his Bush Doctrine * 100 PACKING.

Thank you for listening. If you've made it this far, you are a patient person.