My Thank You From President Obama

Craig --

I'm about to head to Grant Park to talk to everyone gathered there, but I wanted to write to you first.

We just made history.

And I don't want you to forget how we did it.

You made history every single day during this campaign -- every day you knocked on doors, made a donation, or talked to your family, friends, and neighbors about why you believe it's time for change.

I want to thank all of you who gave your time, talent, and passion to this campaign.

We have a lot of work to do to get our country back on track, and I'll be in touch soon about what comes next.

But I want to be very clear about one thing...

All of this happened because of you.

Thank you,

Barack

I just did what I could Brother Barack. (I should point out there was STILL a DONATE BUTTON at the end of his thank you letter!)

I don't know about you but Grant Park was probably the most moving speech since King's I Have A Dream (still hate mentioning him and Rev King - tempting fate.) But what an astonishing bit of oratory - and his 'Imperfect Union' speech in March was just as good. When you see the cringe making efforts of the incumbent every night on Letterman's 'Great Moments In Presidential Speeches' It makes you shiver. If we couldn't have GORE in 2000 - it should have been McCain... He wouldn't have diverted resources from finding Bin Laden and taken over Iraq. But he was sandbagged by Karl Rove smear campaign and we got W (for Who?) instead.


Obama truly is a 'game changer' - his appearance on The Daily Show the other day when John Stewart asked isn't he worried that being half white he might not vote for himself - Obama's effortless laughter was amazing.

The truth is the Republicans have clever/cynically played the attack games of class and culture and race warfare for 28 years. And as Friedmanomics is now so disgraced and it's debased children Thatcherism and Right Wing Religious nut jobs and Bush's Doctrine of Pre-emptive Stupidity proven to be the frauds they are I hope his first job of business is to ask the Pentagon about the GET THIS 2 TRILLION BUCKS THEY CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR! I kid you not.

Eisenhower warned us all about the 'growth of influence of the military-industrial complex but it was too late...

Quite an astonishing day... Mandela walking free from jail's the only thing that comes close to comparison.