Obama Faithful Take in History

A college student came dressed as a snowman to bring attention to climate change.

Bright orange T-shirts urged an end to genocide in Darfur. Young women passed out pamphlets advocating for children.

Sunday evening, hundreds of politically active people were filing into the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center for a Barack Obama rally. The place was crawling with journalists.

What better place to make a point?

The rally — a whooping, sign-waving, head-nodding event — set off the final week of Democratic primary action in South Carolina.

Outside the convention center, it was cold and clear. People lined up for more than a block to get inside, some still wearing their Sunday best.

A group in back started chanting: “O-bam-a! O-bam-a! O-bam-a!”....



Venus Montgomery of Sumter waited near an entrance with an elderly friend while an eager campaign worker found them seats. Montgomery breathed deeply.

“Part of history,” she said.

A homemade banner on one wall urged people to text a message to volunteer with the campaign....


Sixteen-year-old Titus Middleton paid his barber $15 to shave a customized message in his hair: Obama 08. “It’s a fun thing,” he said.

“Even when the hair grows back, I’m going to get it redone.”

A little girl sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Then, at 6:26 p.m., the U.S. senator from Illinois entered the room wearing a dark suit and white shirt with a blue striped tie. Cell phones shot into the air, snapping photos.

For the next hour, he kept the crowd enthralled. He quoted Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy. He talked about the issues of the day.

Change. Trust. Hope.

At the end, they played Stevie Wonder: “Ooooh, baby, here I am — signed, sealed, delivered, I’m yours.” People danced.

Austin Roper of Charlotte summed it up: “Very inspiring, very believable.

“And attempting to include everybody — old, young, black, white.”

As a young man, Roper said, he was active in civil rights and Vietnam. “This is sort of that same feeling,” he said.

His wife, Louise, swept by.

“I shook his hand,” she said, beaming. “I did. I did.”


http://www.thestate.com/presidential-politics/story/291852.html

Praise Jesus!

made history in the White House!

Funny how those that mock Obama now, didn't just a few short years ago when he delivered a very inspiring speech that reached out to all Democrats, and even left republicans in awe.

It's such an embarrassment to see dems in our own party doing what's being done above - making a mockery of hope & inspiration. Whether you want him as your next president or not, how dare you mock hope and dreams? It's the foundation our party stands on. That we can believe in and work toward a brighter, more unified tomorrow.

they are all talking about hope and change. How did that happen? :shrug:

There must have been a leader in there....and then came the followers.

and I say 'supporters' because apparently their idea of "support" is hysterically attacking other candidates without ever mentioning Obama's position on issues.

Until his 'supporters' begin to talk about issues, they are fair game.

What I find rather sad is people here denigrating the huge appeal he has like it's a bad thing. Brilliant strategy, Democrats! Not. It do believe this party is going to implode.

They are largely assholes. If Obama is so great, how come his supporters never say so? All they do is attack Hillary and her supporters and rant about conspiracies.

I know I am, but what are you?