barack obama: 44th president of the united states
Validation. To really tell anyone what it means to be part of the Obama/Biden 2012 team right from central command is not an easy task. Although my role wasn’t so big, and was completely on a volunteer basis, it was a labor of love that will probably never be matched in my life again. I want to fast forward to the most memorable day ever….not the election night itself, which was just an incredible experience, and one of the happiest days ever. I want to talk about the day after the election. As tired as I was the day after election, I wanted to go into campaign headquarters for sentimental reasons…I wanted to know how the place was feeling the day after, and wanted to bask in the victory with everyone up there-and the phones were ringing off the hook.
I take a call from a woman from the South Side of Chicago. She was calling with an issue regarding a donation she had made. I took her information about the issue, and was saying my goodbye and thank you, when she was asked me if she could share a story with me. I told her, of course she could. She proceeded to tell me that she never really intended to tell this story because she never wanted it to be about her, or draw attention to herself about it. She knew this might be her last chance to tell someone involved in the campaign. I said okay.
She says she knew Barack Obama almost 30 years ago, back when he was doing work for ACORN, and their fight to end the destructive industrial pollution going on in the area, pollution that was potentially harming those residents. Barack, as she called him, was concerned about the children, and whether this would give them cancer. He was quite passionate about what he was doing. She was involved in the work as well, but not as much as he was.
She continued to tell me how back then Barack didn’t have a lot of money and didn’t own a car. He would walk miles and miles to participate in these activities and campaigns. Sometimes, she would see him walking, and she would pull over and ask him if he’d like a ride. He always said yes, and always expressed his gratitude. She was always impressed at his passion for doing the right thing, and his compassion for those who may be suffering. But more than that, she was struck by his shoes. For his shoes had holes in them. And he was always wearing the same Khaki pants he wore every time she saw him.
More~
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/11/barack-obama-44th-president-of-the-united-states/
He continues to do for us now, what he did then. Thank you Mr President~
For the BOG~
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Thanks to us all! Outstanding, that is our President!
And that's coming from a pretty much straight dude!
That he is~
I saw your other post on the Newtown tragedy, thanks for joining our community!
Well said and so very true.
I hold in my heart every minute that we have left of his Presidency. He will however do many more revolutionary and inspiring things. Once he leaves office, he will continue to do the work he started, as a President and that of a very young Community Organizer.
We have been blessed.
He has walked so many miles for us, freshwest...
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost~
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171621
I have promises to keep. He does and he will~
K&R!
An amazing man, with one hell of an amazing family.They have been so good, so very healing for many in this country. Like a good PA~
When the pulse of America becomes erratic a good diagnostician knows how to treat the ailment. This President knows!
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We need this. We need to see this and read this and savor this and let it remind us. This is a good man. With a good heart. We're lucky to have him as President, and I'm hoping he can become as transformational as reagan was - only in the REAL right way. Not the so-called "right" that the bad guys try to jam down our throats. He also seems to be the most persecuted by his political enemies. Even more than Bill Clinton was, and I didn't think that was possible. I hope WE always stand behind him - especially against them.
I love this president.
Glad you're here! VERY impressive, thank you for that contribution and more! I'm just always relieved and gratified when anything's posted that doesn't involve tearing this man apart. What the Living Hell??????? Is it just that he's guilty of "presidentin' while black"? What a disgrace that we're still so hobbled, as a nation, by this shit. What a disgrace! This man is truly noble, good-hearted, and motivated by the needs of the many - whom he represented so well as a community organizer. Sheesh - I remember during the first campaign in 2008. There was a neighbor couple. Affluent and older and white, and we were all sorta gabbing casually and enjoying each other's company at the neighborhood block party. And the campaign came up (this was September of that election year), and they startd scoffing and laughing at him - "community ORGANIZER???!?!?! BWAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!" They acted as though it was the absolute most ridiculous thing they'd ever heard. And after eight long miserable years of that dry-drunk squatter in OUR White House and his merry band of war criminals, I was just absolutely outraged. I went home just STEAMED!
And you know what? After Barack Obama cleaned the respective clocks of mcsame/palin later that autumn, and I'd be out walking our dog, EVERY time I passed their house, I'd look in their direction and I'd snicker and smirk and mumble to myself "Barack HUSSEIN Obama. PRESIDENT Barack Hussein Obama!!!!!" And every time I'd see them, I'd be smilin'... and thinking that cutting little buzz phrase to myself that I knew would make them wince. That's what my smile means every time I smile at them. Not sure they realize that, but I've NEVER forgotten. And last November, too, after President Obama cleaned wrongney/ryan's respective clocks and won the White House A SECOND TIME, I got the pleasure of following that little routine all over again, and savored it EVERY time! I'd do that while strolling past whatever house in the neighborhood had a wrongney/ryan yard sign in the front. I made a point of remembering.
MOST satisfying, I must say! 
I love this President. He and his family and those in his administration have brought a sense of dignity and pride to the Whitehouse and the office of the President.
From your link..
"But Barack Obama was a determined man, and would simply do what he needed to do for others, regardless of his own needs. Now, this woman continued, did she ever think this man would be President of the United States one day, No. But is she surprised?"
"No – because she said, that man, sitting next to her in that car, so humble and determined, is STILL THAT MAN today. I told her that was a wonderful story and thanked her for sharing it with me. If you or anyone you know, has any question about who Barack Obama is, tell them this story. Special? Barack Obama is as SPECIAL as it gets. He gets it…because HE IS IT. This fight was the right fight, and worth every moment of time and energy it took from so, so many"
[font color=blue]Mahalo for your thread, she~
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Damn, I am a bit weepy tonight...long hours and tired. Thank you Cha your addition, so beautiful. So incredibly beautiful.
Love ya~
in our White House, she.. and I'm so grateful to be living in this time and for all the people who have made it possible!
I love Sister Act Series!
Oh Happy Day, Cha!
We get better and better every single day, Oh Happy Day~
Thank you or your awesome post!
she 
the Obama Diary, too. It's really an awesome account of your time volunteering for President Obama! Thank you!
Have you contacted Chipsticks at the Obama Diary? It's a wonderful chonicled history of the Obama Admin since 2009. I'm sure she would like to know you wanted permission before posting on her blog.
Happy Holidays to you Peggy Reilly~
not a Twitter person.. you explained well and I see how that would happen. It would bum me out, too. People should get full credit for their own stories.
I think Chipsticks would want to know how you feel about it. Who is based in Dublin, btw 
but, when you click the link in the OP of this thread.. it states..
"Error: Not Found"
"Oh no! You're looking for something which just isn't here! Fear not however, errors are to be expected, and luckily there are tools on the sidebar for you to use in your search for what you need."
So it seems like she got wind and deleted it.. but I can't say for sure. But, if you ever want to contact her just register on the obama diary. Sorry, don't know her email.
Peggy~
Barack Obama, Chicago, 1995 – Photo: Marc PoKempner
On This Day: December 7, 1995 -
And another..
Campaigning for the Illinois State Senate in 1995, a race he easily won - Photo: Marc PoKempner
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/07/from-the-archives-what-makes-obama-run-dec-7-1995/
to the White House and beyond!
Hope you had a good day at work, she~
