This Black Man Has Already Made History
Barack Obama was greeted by the largest audience of his campaign Friday night in Philadelphia. Some 35,000 people (rabid fans) jammed into Independence Park to see the Democratic presidential candidate, four days before this state's crucial April 22 primary (Hillary's much deserved beatdown).
The crowd (folks who are sick of the New York Senator and who are no longer feeelin' Bill) exceeded the 30,000 who greeted Obama and Oprah Winfrey in December in Columbia, S.C.
Obama told the crowd the United States is at a crucial moment in its history, much like what the founding fathers (I'm loving HBO's John Adams series) faced in Philadelphia.
"It was over 200 years ago that a group of patriots gathered in this city to do something that no one in the world believed they could do," Obama said. "After years of a government that didn't listen to them, or speak for them, or represent their hopes and their dreams, a few humble colonists came to Philadelphia to declare their independence from the tyranny of the British throne."
The Illinois senator called Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton a "tenacious" opponent (heffa) but said it was time to move beyond the politics (dumbsh**) of the 1990s.
"Her (tired) message comes down to this: We can't really change the say-anything, do-anything, special interest-driven game in Washington, so we might as well choose a candidate who really knows how to play it," (President) Obama said. [AP]
The crowd (folks who are sick of the New York Senator and who are no longer feeelin' Bill) exceeded the 30,000 who greeted Obama and Oprah Winfrey in December in Columbia, S.C.
Obama told the crowd the United States is at a crucial moment in its history, much like what the founding fathers (I'm loving HBO's John Adams series) faced in Philadelphia.
"It was over 200 years ago that a group of patriots gathered in this city to do something that no one in the world believed they could do," Obama said. "After years of a government that didn't listen to them, or speak for them, or represent their hopes and their dreams, a few humble colonists came to Philadelphia to declare their independence from the tyranny of the British throne."
The Illinois senator called Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton a "tenacious" opponent (heffa) but said it was time to move beyond the politics (dumbsh**) of the 1990s.
"Her (tired) message comes down to this: We can't really change the say-anything, do-anything, special interest-driven game in Washington, so we might as well choose a candidate who really knows how to play it," (President) Obama said. [AP]