Obama's Father's Day speech

[twirlgrrl]

"Any fool can have a child! That doesn't make you a father!" LOL

I love the bit from 2:30-4:30 or so. (Well, actually, I liked pretty much the whole thing but that was a good part.)

EDIT: I just finished watching it and thought I might warn you that he starts preaching at about 22:20. He's in a church.

I did end up getting something for Evan today. Blue and I went and got him an adorable tiny little MP3 player to clip on to his clothes when he goes running. Supporting his ambitions, and so on. Blue was really sweet in the store; he held my hand the whole time and was interested in everything but not wild at all. We wrapped up the present when we got home and brought it downstairs to give to Evan. I said "Happy Father's day!" and Blue said "It's for running!" :D

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[eac.livejournal.com]

EDIT: I just finished watching it and thought I might warn you that he starts preaching at about 22:20. He's in a church.

Oh, noes! Not a church! :) (I'm going to watch now.)

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Ha ha. I just like to warn people when Jesus is going to be a factor.

[f1ymetothemoon.livejournal.com]

What's sad is that Bill Cosby can say practically the same thing and be called an Uncle Tom. I actually really like this Obama speech. The "Well, you're not supposed to be in jail!" part cracked me up. I would hope that if he's elected he'll be seen as an excellent example of how far an African American man can go with the right attitude, ethics, morals, and drive.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/billcosbypoundcakespeech.htm