Democratic Nomination Concert

oops.. my bad..

so let me go ahead and eat my own words.. a Nerd Convention may be how it started, but it definitely ended as a concert.. last night i witnessed history.. something bigger than all of us.. i wish i was there.. that was a moment.. our moment.. our history being made.. and it felt so good..

i saw some of the lead up.. will.i.am and john legend getting their Spliff Star meets Marvin Gaye on.. but then i skipped the rest.. until 10PM EST.. as they say: "then it happened"..

in front of a reported 84,000 people (but it could be more as that placed looked as packed as the opening for the Beijing Olympics) a man appeared.. The Man appeared.. The Next President appeared.. Barack Obama was home.. cuz he owns this place.. the United States of America is his..

i don't know about y'all but for the first time in my life i felt proud of my next President.. i was happy with Billy, but i didn't really know much about him.. not as much as i know about Barack.. so i felt a closeness.. yea, the Chicago thing didn't hurt.. him being Black didn't hurt either.. but after that moment.. that speech.. those words? yeah, i was proud.. That Dude stood up there and straight killed it.. ripped into Bush and McCain.. made me proud.. i mean got at him..

see, the thing i love about Barack is that no matter how powerful his speeches are.. no matter how moved you are witnessing and hearing his words, it actually gets better.. it gets better when you have the opportunity to read his words.. his speeches.. you see exactly how gifted this Man is.. for me it started when i read when he did the Commencement at Northwestern a few years ago.. Killed it.. i felt good that my alma mater had him.. and that he delivered arguably the best speech there, ever.. yea, i said it.. ever.. so, i can't wait to read his speech.. i have some moments that i memorized, but dang if i don't memorize that whole joint like i did MLK Jr's..

i'm not comparing the 2 speeches, but i do feel moved by them.. Barack's had so much power in it.. along with the intellect and wittiness that we all love about him.. but it was the power.. him "going in" on Bush and McCain.. it was him showing the power to state exactly what he will do, so you're not left confused.. it was him defending himself.. i mean, when he led you down that track where he was saying how they knock his experience.. knock his pedigree, etc.. that set-up was as good as it gets.. maybe some of y'all knew where he was going with it, but i sure didn't.. i thought he was about to start stating his case on how that's wrong.. but nah, not Mr. President.. nah.. he don't go for that.. no-u-o, ahh, no can do.. he flipped it and said, that's ok, cuz it was never about him.. it was about us.. can anyone say Oscar? Grammy? can that speech be put up for lead role? can it be the best single of all time?? i'm just sayin'..

this dude hit us w/ so many lines, that everybody is officially straight..

that picture up there? that's courtesy of the NY Times.. that was outside of the stadium.. those were some of the 1,000s that couldn't get in, cuz they packed it past capacity.. but that picture paints the story.. one America.. one People.. one Choice..

Barack "My Dude" Obama..