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Hope And Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 10:54 AM
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******Heads Up: Obama Now Live Campaigning Together With Mark Warner And Boucher In Bristol, VA*****
Edited on Thu Jun-05-08 11:04 AM by Hope And Change
Obama campaigns in Bristol, VA
Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama speaks to supporters in Bristol, Virginia.

Watch it here:

http://edition.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream3

or here:

http://www.tricities.com/
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 10:57 AM
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1. Live stream also available at www.tricities.com
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Hope And Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:06 AM
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7. Thank you for the link.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:01 AM
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2. Rockin' crowd
:thumbsup:
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:02 AM
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3. FIRST REC!
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:03 AM
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4. Thanks
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:03 AM
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5. Right in my backyard!
Wish I could have been there today, but a very important meeting at work kept me from going. I had tickets, but gave them to my mom & dad.


This is huge.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:08 AM
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8. Oh so close!!! Thankfully your parents could go.
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:09 AM
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11. Yes indeed. Mom is solidly behind Obama, Dad was a Clinton voter
So it helps to put him right up front with this.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:04 AM
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6. DOWN IN FRONT!
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Hope And Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:09 AM
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9. Mark Warner Is Impressing!
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:10 AM
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12. Thanks.. I didn't know who that was :-)
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:27 AM
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27. EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE. n/t
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:09 AM
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10. Warner is damn good
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:11 AM
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13. I've never heard him speak before.. he's GOOD ! Is he on the short list, ya think?
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:12 AM
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14. No question about that
although he is running for the Senate (and heavily favored) so that's a complication.
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Hope And Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:12 AM
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15. I really hope so.I really do.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:03 PM
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54. Nope.
Don't think so. I've started to see commercials for his Senate campaign. He's running for Senate, don't think he's interested in being VP yet..I think we might see him run for president in the future though.
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:14 AM
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16. YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN! (Very enthusiastic crowd!)
"We love you!"

"I love you back!"
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:15 AM
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17. Obama is getting his "twang" on. LOL. n/t
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NotThisTime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:45 AM
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46. I actually think he's either sick or just hoarse... he didn't sound right yesterday either IMHO...
May just be too tired, but his voice has been off since Tuesday night.....
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:18 AM
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18. Obama is really giving Warner his props. Hmmm... is he in the veepstakes? n/t
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:18 AM
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19. Wow.. I'd say he's DEFINITELY on the SHORT LIST. What praise for him by Barack !
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DB1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:19 AM
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20. Obama said Warner would make a good President..hint hint?
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:19 AM
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21. OK, I am convinced. Warner is on the VERY SHORT LIST for VP. n/t
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:19 AM
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22. Hmmm...
Edited on Thu Jun-05-08 11:21 AM by DesertedRose
Sounds like Warner's staying put to me, and Webb too :shrug:
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:23 AM
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25. Even so, I think a lot of this ebulliant praise is designed for another audience.. the HRC
camp. He wants them to know there ARE other, many other, qualified for VP.
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:21 AM
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23. LOL some guy just shouted "Go git 'em Barack!"
And Barack said "we're gonna get em" not missing a beat!

:rofl:
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:23 AM
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24. He's retooled his stump speech...
...I heard pretty much this last night in NYC.
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:24 AM
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26. We are going to win Virginia. n/t
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:27 AM
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28. Yes we are - and we are going to win Tennessee too
There's a lot of crossover in demographic across state lines.

Obama says the right things and appeals here.
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:29 AM
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29. Dunno about Tennessee. I hope so. I hope you can help with voter registration.
If the fundies decide to stay home.

Heh... Obama just mentioned those that don't have health insurance in Virginia AND TENNESSEE.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:33 AM
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32. He's in my back yard... we have a LOT of work to do in E. TN.
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:35 AM
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34. Yes we do - but it's achievable this election, immentently achievable
Edited on Thu Jun-05-08 11:37 AM by TornadoTN
If Governor Bredesen is either on the ticket or in the cabinet, that could propel Tennessee blue. Bredesen has the healthcare and business credentials, he would be a strong asset and could easily swing the state.

With the rest of us working hard, we will can accomplish this. The fundies are not enamored with McCain and many in East Tennessee are trending to the third parties from this demographic. We have a lot going for us, we can do it!
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:40 AM
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43. Yes We Can !!
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:32 AM
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30. Hah !! RE the DNC: "Lobbyists will not run MY party.." He and Dean are going to kick a** !
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oviedodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:32 AM
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31. ** Announced the DNC will not take Federal Pac or Lobbyists **
I heard some gasps from D.C.
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:33 AM
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33. Let someone say that he doesn't outline any of his plans now!
He's laying his healthcare plan out there, right now.

Those of us that know better, know where he stands. But it's nice to see him putting it all out there in specific terms in language we can all relate to!
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:36 AM
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35. He could have been doing this for months, but he's had to spend all his time defending himself from
HRC Attacks. He'll get goin now.. and we'll just have to HOPE the media covers some of it.
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oviedodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:37 AM
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38. McCain's townhalls pale in comparison to his
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:36 AM
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36. McCain's plan can make your health care costs go up and make it harder for people to get health care
Edited on Thu Jun-05-08 11:36 AM by Tatiana
insurance.

His plan could have the effect of an increased tax on the self-employed.

John McCain's "BUSH-LITE" health care plan!!!!!!!!!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

He is kicking McCain's ass AGAIN TODAY!
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:36 AM
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37. Excellent. This is where Obama is supposed to have trouble
and he's right there with Warner, who figured out how to get these voters behind him.

Excellent politics.
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:39 AM
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39. My parents are there - Mom said that there was absoloutely no prescripting or screening of Questions
This is outstanding.
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:43 AM
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45. How was the crowd?
Big, small, receptive. The "word" is that Obama can't go near the Deep South or the Appalachians because he'll never get support there. If he is well received in Bristol that's great news.

Just picking this place at this time shows some special tactical skills. Thanks for the infoi.
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:46 AM
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47. It's a large crowd - very receptive
Edited on Thu Jun-05-08 11:50 AM by TornadoTN
It's a small auditorium, just a few hundred to a thousand or so - generally used for basketball games.

However, once this was announced yesterday - the tickets went out at 8:00AM. Word got out about it at 8:30, by 9:30 they were gone. They estimate to have turned away 2,500 to 3,000 people from 9:30 until 7 yesterday afternoon. They said the crowd outside was easily 1,000 people.

Oh, and the city of Bristol was having problems this morning with traffic control and public transportation. It was overwhelmed. This is coming from one of the cities that is used to huge swell of people in town from the NASCAR races in Bristol, TN twice a year.
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:49 AM
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48. Local news said 2,000 tickets were given out
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:39 AM
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40. Woman asks about mental health care for our veterans coming back from Iraq.
Very good question.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:40 AM
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41. He's actually explaining "mental health parity". Gads, I love this.. he's going to TALK to us like
adults. America is going to eat him up :-)
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:40 AM
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42. The big crowd is the reason I don't like his having joint town halls w/ McCain. McCain would
benefit by using Obama to draw people. Let him have his own town hall meetings with all the old folks.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:41 AM
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44. McCain won't benefit ONE IOTA from people seeing him speak.. LOL.. it's perfect !
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:54 AM
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49. Addressing people in his administration: No lobbyists, no one that is only interested in themselves
Edited on Thu Jun-05-08 11:55 AM by TornadoTN
Or the people they used to work for.

1.INTEGRITY.
2. Confidence
3. Independence
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mystieus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:58 AM
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50. This Obama town hall is great. A 95 year old man just gave him a stick he made for Mr. Obama.
Obama said he's going to "whoop em" those in congress who disagree with him.

:rofl:
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Hope And Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:01 PM
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52. Yeah.Go get em Barack.LOL
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:02 PM
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53. That was great! And now he can talk softly and carry (that) big stick!
Then did you see when he said "breathalyzer" instead of "inhaler" or whatever the right word was, saying he hadn't had much sleep in the last 48 hours? :rofl: I love him.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:59 AM
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51. K&R. Did you see the 95 year old man who gave Obama that big stick?
He waited his entire life to see this moment. :)
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:05 PM
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55. I know that man - I used to work with one of his grandchildren during college
Edited on Thu Jun-05-08 12:06 PM by TornadoTN
Amazing guy and a great family to boot. Always a smile on his face and the few times I met him, he would always be eager to share a story or some wisdom with me.

Brought a tear to my eye. As a white man in his 20's, I can only imagine how much pride this man felt as he walked up there to present his gift to Obama.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:08 PM
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56. No way! That must've been such a cool feeling!
Did you know he was going to be there?
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:13 PM
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57. No idea - honestly, the thought didn't cross my mind
It should have but as soon as they panned to him, I recognized him immediately and was just overcome by the moment. That guy was on the front lines of the civil rights movement in this area and had to endure a lot of unspeakable things in this regions maturing process, where we finally started accepting people of all races and creeds. We have a long way to go still, but I am confident we have crossed a corner.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:36 PM
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61. That's even cooler! I can only imagine
how proud he is of Obama-how HE helped make Obama's nomination possible!
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NotThisTime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:17 PM
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58. I thought that was AWESOME
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Hope And Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:19 PM
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59. Absolutely.
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cbc5g Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 12:19 PM
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60. Warner is awesome , and he is going to be VP imo..
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