A MORE PERFECT UNION - OBAMA SPEECH

TODAY I SAT IN MY TRUCK LISTENING TO BARACK OBAMA GIVE A SPEECH THAT I HAVE WAITED A LIFETIME FOR. I HAVE NEVER HEARD A LEADER SPEAK ABOUT RACE ISSUES THAT HAVE IMPACTED MY LIFE IN A WAY VERY SIMILAR TO HIS OWN. I SAT IN MY TRUCK CRYING THAT SOMEONE FINALLY GETS IT. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD AND HAD A BREAKDOWN. I WAS SO FRUSTRATED WITH LIFE AND ISSUES OF RACE THAT I DID NOT WANT TO GO ON. I STARTED TO CRY AND DID NOT STOP CRYING FOR AT LEAST 6 HOURS. I ,LIKE BARACK, COME FROM A MIXED RACIAL BACKGROUND. I, LIKE BARACK, HEARD FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY RACIAL INSENSITIVE REMARKS THAT WERE A PART OF MY FABRIC -  I TOO HAVE A WHITE GRANDMA THAT REJECTED HER OWN SON AND GRANDSON BECAUSE WE WERE BLACK AND BROWN. I HAD "FRIENDS" THAT REJECTED PARTS OF ME. I WAS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND HAD NO WAY OUT. ON TOP OF ALL THE RACIAL ISSUES - I WAS ALSO GAY. IF IT WAS NOT FOR A MOTHER WHO INSTILLED PRIDE AND COURAGE IN HER SON-- I MIGHT BE DEAD OR IN PRISON TODAY!  WHEN MY MOTHER HEARD ME CRYING - SHE LEFT HER WORK AND CAME TO MY RESCUE. SHE TOLD ME TO GET UP AND FIGHT THESE THINGS HEAD ON. I HAVE DONE THAT EVER SINCE. I TOO GET OVERLY ZEALOUS AND RADICAL AT TIMES LIKE OBAMA'S PASTOR - BUT I AM NO LESS A PATRIOT THAN ANYONE ELSE. I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BE THE BIGGEST CYNIC, AND HAVE TO DIG DEEP TO STAY POSITIVE AND ON PATH. I LISTEN TO THESE RADICAL TV ANCHORS LIKE LOU DOBBS OR ANYONE ON FOX AND TRY HARD TO STAY POSITIVE AND HOPEFUL - BARACK OBAMA IS THE LEADER THAT WE NEED TODAY - I JUST HOPE ALL THE NEGATIVE RHETORIC AND HATE DO NOT BLIND AMERICA. AFTER 8 YEARS OF THE MOST HATE FILLED AND PERSONAL PRESIDENT - THE USA NEEDS TO BE HEALED -!