Thread: Hail to the Chief

Isn't this just great :-

"Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness, and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen and cast her vote, because, after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves: If our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?"


Makes me feel all warm and sloppy that does. It is an excerpt from Obamas Acceptance speech, of course. And it is one of the Greats I believe.

Someone should make some money by printing it up in a fancy script, so people can buy it and stick it on their wall.

it goes beyond anything hollywood could ever have dreamt...i wept openly enough at the west wing when president Santos crossed the line.

it's a wonderful occasion.

i am high fiving my dogs.

hate to repeat myself (ok, not really), but for so many reasons this is a great day for america.

Originally Posted by sabang

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"Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

Goes along with this story post #39, eh?

well after Bush the disaster, any day could be a great day for America

Originally Posted by sabang

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road

Looks like Obama badly needs a history lesson.

There certainly were cars on roads in 1902.

Originally Posted by sabang

Isn't this just great :-

"Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky;

actually 106 years ago there have been automobiles as well as airplanes.