Obama absolutely DESTROYED Hillary Clinton in tonight's South Carolina Primary. And all those Black Folk who still believe that the "time aint right," for a Black Person in the White House, all those who felt he could not win, all those who flet like he could not attract any white support of significance, have been soundly spanked and should just STFU!

You see Barak aint never been about being a BLACK candidate, and the staggering 50% of the young Whites who voted for him, are a testament to this.

Bill Clinton's race baiting, and Hillary's shrill attacks on Obama's charecter did little to hurt him and it appears may have significantly hurt her. You all know how much of a Bill Clinton fan I was before this election. Without becoming to racially focussed myself, I can truly say that I have lost all respect for BOTH the Clintons.

Tonight Obama made another spectacular speech, the following was the part that hit me the hardest. I am really buying in to his vision.

So understand this, South Carolina. The choice in this election is not between regions or religions or genders. It's not about rich vs. poor, young vs. old. And it is not about black vs. white.

This election is about the past vs. the future. It's about whether we settle for the same divisions and distractions and drama that passes for politics today or whether we reach for a politics of common sense and innovation, a politics of shared sacrifice and shared prosperity.

There are those who will continue to tell us that we can't do this, that we can't have what we're looking for, that we can't have what we want, that we're peddling false hopes. But here is what I know. I know that when people say we can't overcome all the big money and influence in Washington, I think of that elderly woman who sent me a contribution the other day, an envelope that had a money order for $3.01 along with a verse of scripture tucked inside the envelope. So don't tell us change isn't possible. That woman knows change is possible.

When I hear the cynical talk that blacks and whites and Latinos can't join together and work together, I'm reminded of the Latino brothers and sisters I organized with and stood with and fought with side by side for jobs and justice on the streets of Chicago. So don't tell us change can't happen.

When I hear that we'll never overcome the racial divide in our politics, I think about that Republican woman who used to work for Strom Thurmond, who is now devoted to educating inner city-children and who went out into the streets of South Carolina and knocked on doors for this campaign. Don't tell me we can't change.

Yes, we can. Yes, we can change. Yes, we can.

Yes, we can heal this nation. Yes, we can seize our future. And as we leave this great state with a new wind at our backs and we take this journey across this great country, a country we love, with the message we carry from the plains of Iowa to the hills of New Hampshire, from the Nevada desert to the South Carolina coast, the same message we had when we were up and when we were down, that out of many, we are one; that while we breath, we will hope.

And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and fear and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of the American people in three simple words -- yes, we can.

I started to believe after IOWA, and then I watched the attacks beging, the nasty gutter politics that Clinton himself survived, now turned against a fellow Democrat. Tonight I saw a another little piece of history. With the victory came additional news, perhaps even more powerful in a symbolic way...The endorsement of Caroline Kennedy....

A President Like My Father

By CAROLINE KENNEDY

OVER the years, I've been deeply moved by the people who've told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama.

My reasons are patriotic, political and personal, and the three are intertwined. All my life, people have told me that my father changed their lives, that they got involved in public service or politics because he asked them to. And the generation he inspired has passed that spirit on to its children. I meet young people who were born long after John F. Kennedy was president, yet who ask me how to live out his ideals.

Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals and imagine that together we can do great things. In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible.

We have that kind of opportunity with Senator Obama. It isn’t that the other candidates are not experienced or knowledgeable. But this year, that may not be enough. We need a change in the leadership of this country just as we did in 1960.

Most of us would prefer to base our voting decision on policy differences. However, the candidates' goals are similar. They have all laid out detailed plans on everything from strengthening our middle class to investing in early childhood education. So qualities of leadership, character and judgment play a larger role than usual.

Senator Obama has demonstrated these qualities throughout his more than two decades of public service, not just in the United States Senate but in Illinois, where he helped turn around struggling communities, taught constitutional law and was an elected state official for eight years. And Senator Obama is showing the same qualities today. He has built a movement that is changing the face of politics in this country, and he has demonstrated a special gift for inspiring young people known for a willingness to volunteer, but an aversion to politics to become engaged in the political process.

I could have left out all of the above after the title, the title says it all, doesn't it.

It is one thing for members of the Obama campaign, or gushing supporters to compare him with JFK, or Bobby. It is entirely another story for the daughter of one of our most beloved Presidents to do so. For black people.... who have iconized the Kennedy's for almost 50 years, this endorsement should be the final statement that says.... "YES WE CAN!"

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.grupo-utopia.com/blog/mt/mt-tb.cgi/3537