Tell Us About Your Moment
Eventho Jesse wanted to hate, he could not. This man has literally see Martin's words come to life. I promise he will never forget where he was at this moment in time, and neither should you. Describe YOUR moment.
I'll go first. I could type for days, but I will summarize.
I kept it locked on CNN. Around 8pm, Anderson Cooper announced that Obama won Pennsylvania. The nervousness decreased. Then about 30 minutes later, he announced that Obama won Ohio, and was on the verge of winning Florida. At that point, I was pretty confident and was saying to myself, "dang, this is going pretty fast." Then at 9:58pm, central standard time, I was holding my one-year old son. Anderson Cooper announced that Obama won Virginia, which bought his total to about 220something. Once again, I was proud to be from Virginia, and as I predicted before the night started, this election was gonna be over by 10. At 9:58 (and some seconds later), I had my hand in the air as if I was Michael Jordan, and kept it up. Two minutes later, at 10:00pm, the polls closed on the west, and Obama made history.
At 10pm (you can check) I hit the "Publish Post" button on this very blog site on a topic called "The 44th President of the United States of America." Then got an array of text messages and phone calls from my friends. Yes, Jesse crying was touching, but what was the most touching was a tie between the lone black guy on the CNN panel crying, and seeing Martin Luther King's daughter. He believed that one day, his children would see something like this. I belive you can add 'prophet' to the list of things MLK was to us. Then Obama's...excuse me...President-Elect Obama's speech was the icing on the cake. The cake that was heated from the point of view of America, but rose. The same cake that was dough 40 years ago, and was beaten by society. The same cake that was nothing but ingredients that our ancestors had to pick from the fields as slaves. On Nov. 4, 2008, not just blacks, but all of America was able to taste a piece of that sweet precious cake, and I was was one. (man...I should be a journalist...lol)
4 Responses to Tell Us About Your Moment
That was so touching jt ::tear:: naw but for real for real, this is great. I'm proud to be part of history. I was at my best friend's house last night waiting for the results with him and his parents. This nigga had a lil Obama campaign headquarters type shit goin on in his kitchen lol. He had on every news channel, was online lookin at updates, writing stuff down, calling people to update them on the results, all of that. And then when it was official we went riding around with an Obama sign sticking out of the sunroof of my car...everybody in Miami was driving around honking and cheering at damn near midnight. Then our sign flew away. lol The police were all out and ready but I'm glad to see everybody kept it civilized. There wasn't any negativity going on as far as I know, at least not publicly.
Perfectly Stated JT!!!
I watched the results @ home...kept the TV on NBC & was on the PC simultaneously. The exact moment they announced Obama's victory I had to stand up...I had to do a double take because it happened so FAST!!! Then I switched channels to makes sure I heard right & sure enough he had claimed victory. And it was so funny I got right up on the TV squinting looking @ those Electoral numbers & the first thing outta my mouth was "DAMN!!!"..LOL...
I think one of the things that blew me too was when they said Obama took like 90% of Iowa which is made up of only like 2% blacks...LMAO!!! WOW!!!
Words can't express the way I feel! It feels kinda surreal but yet so REAL!!! This is only the beginning...
Unfortunately I have to come in on this one anonymous. Fuck Jesse. Real talk. I don't agree with the fact that Now the greatest Man alive on the planet has one, all of sudden you're his biggest fan. I understand the fact that he was a fond follower of Martin Luther King, and stood behind his works for his entire life. The fact of the matter is, Obama hasn't changed from the day he began his campaign. And due to the fact that Jesse couldn't accept Obama being accepted by White America Per say, and he wasn't just pissed him off. This photo of him pisses me off, and it pissed me off even more while I watched it show across the screen as I stood in the crowd waiting for this moment to pass. I can't stand a front, and although I won't belittle or disregard the fact that this may be a touching moment for Jesse, as it is for all of our ancestors that are currently breathing, he's still full of Shit, and I can't get on his bandwagon. So I repeat my opening line, FUCK JESSE.
^^^^^^LMAO!!!!
My sentiments exactly!
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