What Barack's Grandmother Told Him

I heard that after visiting the grandmother who raised him, Barack admitted he might never get the chance to see her again. I wondered what that must be like, seeing your "mom" for the last time. It makes everything else seem unimportant - even running for the highest office in the world. Today I watched Barack's speech in Reno. He was taking McCain apart, returning fire with grace and humor... and strength. In fact, he sounded more powerful than ever. Listening to the strength in his voice, I figured out what Barack's grandmother told him. She told him to win.

NT

Adrian told Rocky - win.

To see her grandson make world history...

...even when you don't believe in yourself.

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Nice one, jasonberlin! :hi:

K & R

She must be very proud.

In the second one, you can see the resemblance between Barack and his grandfather!

The thought of his grandmother possibly not making it with less than 10 days to go is absolutely devastating.

It would be overreaching, in my view, to make everthing about him a legendary moment.

I'm not saying it couldn't or didn't happen. Let's just wait and maybe ask him or someone else there what happened first.

He is real, you know, and though he is hopefully going to be there to pull us out of this mess he can't be perfect.

Think what could have gone on will you are driving someone you don't know to the polls.

It's not just about "us" you know. This is his family and that is sacrosanct. It's also not really our business but I'll bet the OP is absolutely on the money.

been blessed with a loving supportive upbringing that has produced the man we see, but really this visit is what it is, and our speculations are just that. He is not perfect, remember that. He will need us!

and I'm sure they had more to say to each other than pour me some water, please. I would not have thought to speculate on what they said but I'm sure I know. I've lost parents and they told me to go on and succeed. I bet that is what his grandma told him.

We have no clue what her condition is, or what they talked about, if anything. We do not even know if they talked or if she is coherent or what her terminal disease is.... Barack does not want to share that with the world right now and I respect his privacy...

My sister died of breast cancer, she was a brilliant person, two masters degrees and at one time a personal assistant to Buckminster Fuller... In her last few months, after the cancer got in her brain, she was a child....

Peace to all

but I still think that was a cynical comment, given that 'Wielding Truth' no more knows Barack's Grandma's condition any more than you or I do. I don't need to be told to "leave the man alone" nor to "stop speculating" as I did neither. I related my own experience in such a situation. Get off the tall horsey, please. Peace back atcha.

The original OP said he "knew" what Toot told Barack. 'Wielding Truth' merely pointed out that we do not know what was said but do not try to read in the dramatics. I support WT's assertion that the OP is speculating and while it would be nice to believe it is silly to conjecture. Maybe in the Lounge, ok, but not in a serious post. And you did speculate when you said you are sure that she said more that get me a glass of water. That was based upon your experience, and I respect that.

My experience with cancer and my sister was that my sister was with it at christmas, though obviously diseased.... the cancer attacked her brain aggressively and by valentines day she was blind, by easter she was more or less a vegetable, the last time I saw her... she died 3 weeks later....

No tall horseys here....

I hope Baracks visit brought him closure no matter what Toot's condition and obviously I hope she is awake and alert until the end and they had a great talk and someday he will let us know all about it, his book deal has two more left in the series I believe if nothing else....

Thanks for the peace and we are on the same side, fellow liberal... We have a week to make sure it is not stolen from us, be vigilant!

GOBAMA!!!!!!!!!!

very well could have been a Hallmark moment.Now I have heard that the meeting went quite a bit the way we all imagined. I know that moments spent with the ones you love, and the expressions of love come in simple things as well as perfectly phrased sentiments.

Obama and this country, I hope, are both blessed with all expressions of love. I understand you are seeing his experience through your own eyes and I am saying while we all share love it may come in many forms some not as picturesque as others.

My whole point of my posts is to not inject into reality what is fine the way it is.

Life does not need to be embellished.

It is silly to jump into these conjectures,and to me it is not as good as the truth.

No biggy, just a little prudence.

the advisability of making the trip, and Obama simply said, "It's
non-negotiable."

I loved him for that.

Great post! I am so relieved that he got to see his grandmother and I hope
with all my might that she makes it to witness and cheer for the man she helped raise
as he becomes the 44th President of the United States.

Great post! K&R.

As I left her bed that night she pulled me close to tell me she wouldn't see me again but that she wanted to remind me to always take care of my babies.

I am Grandma, that's why I'm voting for Obama.

Each time you do, it constitutes another "kick" which will keep your OP from moving down the page and
keep it where more people will get to see it.

I'm proud on you, sonny.

a sense of peace, and the desire to win it.. Its character and strength.

...but it doesn't really matter whether she said those words just now. She's been saying that with her actions and her love and support. She got laser eye surgery so she could watch Barack's campaign on TV!

And I do consider myself a realist. But that doesn't mean I can't recognize a hero when I see one.

believed in us :hi:.

... or all we'll hear is that Obama is exploiting his dying grandmother for political purposes.

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And we will join hands with him when he takes office and go forth and rebuild the land we love. And there sure is allot that needs doing.

...in the final moments, if their child is going for something meaningful. A good friend of mine, her mother was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer during our first year of law school. Her mom was adamant that she not lose that first year to be with her (most law schools have strict rules on absenteeism). So my friend got the call that she needed to come "now", as her mom wasn't far from death. Unfortunately, because of distance and flight delays, she wasn't able to make it in time. Yet, she had no guilt about it, because of her mom's insistence that she go on and pursue her dream.

My FiL died last December, and neither my husband or I were there, we had been told that death could come in hours or it could take several days (sometimes you just have to leave to take a shower or feed the pets, etc.). He didn't die alone, as various members of the family were there around the clock. We weren't "there", but it was okay, everything that needed to be said had been said in the days before.

I think that is exactly what she said.

:thumbsup: :hi:

It's impossible not to be moved by Obama. THIS is why Obama suspends HIS campaign - exactly the opposite of McCain, who just does it for manipulative posturing. The difference couldn't be more clear.

to win, alright.

When I saw my grand-mother for the last time, she was in cardiac distress, unconscious, or so it seemed.

I was sitting by her side, in her hostpital room, knowing this was the end and I was upset because I would never be able to talk to her again.

But I decided to talk to her anyway, thinking she would not hear anything and I just opened my heart for a few minutes.

It was just me and her in the room, as the nurses decided to give me some privacy. so I just told her what she meant to me and that I loved her.

And when I was done the most amazing thing happened. She opened her eyes for 2 seconds, looked at me, gave me her greatest smile, raised her hand and gave me a thumb up.

She closed her eyes again and that was the latest time I saw her, she passed away a couple days later and when my mother called me to tell me the news, I felt no pain, no sorrow, no grief.

She was a very brave woman who raised two children by herself, in a foreign country where she knew nobody, and worked 2 jobs, a very fragile looking woman with a small frame, but a heart of gold and the strongest resolve and so many good advices on life and people. She suffered a great deal and many worked to physically and mentally hurt her, but she harbored no hatred.

I know what Obama is feeling now, but I am also confident he will be at peace in his mind and heart when they call him to tell him the sad news.

and lucky for Obama he had two loving grand-parents to help his mom.
So now we and the world will reap the benefits of that love.

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...ripple you send into the world affects other ripples... and sometimes you get some powerful sympathetic ripples, and a hero is born.

Nothing without love.

And there is no greater gift than the love of your family.

kind of fire in his belly, IMO.

I kept thinking what is propelling him, he is so forceful and brilliant.

Maybe it was Toot!