<p>I’ve never seen anything like this music video… amazing. An independent production that his campaign knew nothing about until people sent it to the website this a.m. I have tears in my eyes.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEO_fG3mm4[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEO_fG3mm4</a></p>
<p>Thank you for posting that 
Off to find a kleenex.</p>
<p>I saw it earlier today and had the same reaction. Just to clarify, though, it’s not the entire band (Black-Eyed Peas). It’s will.i.am and many of his singer and actor friends, including the wonderful Robert Legend.</p>
<p>It’s incredible to me that you could take the exact(!) text of a politician’s speech and create a beautiful song out of it. </p>
<p>The L.A. Times is right: Obama is a poem.</p>
<p>I read this and thought you were laughing because it was so funny!!! Then I watched it—gave me goosebumps. Can’t imagine that his campaign could have created a more moving video, but I don’t think it’s going to change anyone’s mind if they are extremely pro-Hillary or republican. However, I did just forward it to my liberal minded D2.</p>
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<p>Yo - “just to clarify” a little further, that’s John Legend (along with Herbie Hancock, Common, Scarlett Johansson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and many others).</p>
<p>An independent production that his campaign knew nothing about until people sent it to the website this a.m.</p>
<p>That makes that ubber cool …thanks for posting !
TIME magazine cover article -“Why young voters Care again”-
great article</p>
<p>Beautifully done!</p>
<p>Beautiful.</p>
<p>Back to the future? From Reddy to Rory? </p>
<p>I am woman, hear me roar
<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRxJyIg7wkY[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRxJyIg7wkY</a></p>
<p>I’m every woman
<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djrffAQanpw&feature=related[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djrffAQanpw&feature=related</a></p>
<p>This was amazing: Thank you for posting!!</p>
<p>Thanks for posting that. I enjoyed it, and it was done really well, but I’m beginning to get a queasy feeling every time I tune in, because the media seems to be turning this guy into a saint. This is getting a little bit ridiculous. Honestly, the more they push Obama, the closer I get to voting for Hillary. Certainly, if either one gets the nomination and ultimately wins the election, it’s a giant step up from 8 years of Bush. He’s left a mess, but let’s face it-- he’s not a hard act to follow. Even so, I think if Obama wins and steps into the White House, he’s ultimately going to prove a major disappointment to the American public, because the media and his supporters have elevated him to such a level at this point, that it’s all going to be downhill for him. He’s really being set up for a major fall. </p>
<p>I think we all need to get back to looking at these candidates as humans, and look carefully at the issues and where they stand w/regard to them. Obama may be a compelling and lyrical speaker, but that’s not gonna get us out of this mess we’re in currently. It’s gonna take a whole lot more than that.</p>
<p>Just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>“…because the media seems to be turning this guy into a saint. This is getting a little bit ridiculous.”</p>
<p>It is becoming more like a cultist fever (at least on this board)</p>
<p>“Honestly, the more they push Obama, the closer I get to voting for Hillary.”</p>
<p>February 5 will tell if all their chest thumping will pay off. I think the results will mirror MI and FL.</p>
<p>Janieblue:</p>
<p>You’re right, it’s going to take a whole lot more than “that.” It’s going to take all of us. That’s why the “We” in “Yes, we can” is so important. </p>
<p>I got Obama’s Reagan reference. Reagan was famously uninterested in details. But he had the big picture and he was able to convey it to the American public. I was not among those who bought into his vision, but I do admit that he was a Great Communicator. And that is much the reason why he got things done. Not himself, but by others. Hillary Clinton has been very successful at conveying that “she can” “from Day One.” The issue will be, can she bring others along?
I also get it that so many would love to have both Obama and Clinton on the ticket. Usually, being inspiring is the job of the president, the one who’s got the bully pulpit.</p>
<p>Lots of singin’ and dancin’ in the revival tent.</p>
<p>^^^^^
Somehow I find that offensive. And I am generally not oversensitive. Am I taking it the wrong way?</p>
<p>Janieblue, if you listen to Obama he is the first one to say that he is not “perfect”. His supporters are aware that he is human and the last thing he is projecting is that he walks on water. The only thing he could do that would let his supporters down is if he was not truthful. I don’t think that’s going to happen. </p>
<p>He’s asking the American people to stand up and work for change. People are answering that call in huge numbers.</p>
<p>“Somehow I find that offensive. And I am generally not oversensitive. Am I taking it the wrong way?”</p>
<p>I was taken aback by that as well swimcat. I’ve gotten used to ignorant comments about my choice of candidate though.</p>
<p>“I was taken aback by that as well swimcat.”</p>
<p>You have to admit, he kind of talks in that preachy voice.</p>
<p>marite: Frankly, I want more than “inspiring.” I never voted for Reagan and thought he was a disaster. He was a great boon to the rich, that’s for sure, and we’ve been paying for his economic policies ever since he left office. To get drawn in by that voice of his (Reagan’s), without paying attention to what he was actually doing and saying, was dangerous. His “communication skills” were both manipulative and scary, in my opinion. You may have found Reagan, “the Great Communicator,” inspiring, but did you seriously like him as President? Have you ever looked at his policies on the environment when he was in office? And let’s not forget his anti-gay stance and refusal to put any money towards AIDS research, or to even acknowledge there was a problem. </p>
<p>At any rate, inspiring and being a good communicator are great attributes, but this next president is gonna need a whole lot more than that. I, for one, am sick to death of the media’s love affair with Obama. I’m sure he’s a fine person, but he hasn’t yet convinced me he can do the job. Sorry. There’s still plenty of time left, though.</p>