Mama wanted to be a part of 'Obamarama'

[babylonsister]

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Mama wanted to be a part of 'Obamarama'
by Ed Tant | February 16, 2008


My mama liked Obama. "I hope I live long enough to vote for Barack Obama for president," said my mother, Maggie Tant, after she watched the television broadcast of the young Illinois senator's speech that galvanized the Democratic convention in Boston in 2004. It was not to be. My mom passed away a year ago, but as I cast my vote for Obama in the recent Georgia primary I smiled and said, "This one's for you, Mama."

Obama is on a roll. On Tuesday night he "ran the table" in the three Potomac primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Just days before, the energetic politico had won five primary and caucus battles in Maine, Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington and the Virgin Islands. Obama's eight wins in a row have brought him ahead in the delegate count in his fight against Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic Party standard-bearer in the November general election against Republican John McCain.

The Obama team now has won a total of 22 state primaries and caucuses, versus a mere 10 for the Clinton campaign. "We have won east and west, north and south, and across the heartland of this country we love," Obama told a cheering crowd Tuesday night in Madison, Wis. - a state where he has a good chance to pillory Hillary once again in next week's primary election there.

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Change is the mantra of the Obama campaign, but citizens shouldn't expect any real change from either of the two U.S. political parties until the bloated military budget is slashed, corporations are brought to heel, Israel ceases to be America's de facto 51st state and Bush's policies like the Patriot Act, torture and dictatorial signing statements are repealed and rejected.

Still, an Obama presidency could do much to heal this nation at home and restore America's stature abroad.

The race to the White House is shaping up as a grueling contest between the "experience" of Clinton and McCain and the "idealism" of the Obama forces. As American revolutionary Emma Goldman said nearly a century ago, "Idealists, foolish enough to throw caution to the winds, have advanced mankind and enriched the world."
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[angstlessk]

1. This A.M. I heard a comment that Obama believed one man can change the world

my first thought was hell yeah! look at boosh..he changed the world..only not for the better. Obama will change the world FOR THE BETTER!

on edit: corrected to make A.M. look less like am

[Mme. Defarge]

2. My whole life

right up to election 2008, I have been patronized and discounted because I am an unapologetic idealist.

Gobama!