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The Obama speech.
Aug. 28th, 2008 08:43 pmI was already voting for the guy; but when he made his comments about American soldiers not fighting for a Red America, or a Blue America, but for the United States of America, I was standing up, cheering, and in tears.
He gets it. When I was a member of Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th United States Infantry, I roomed with a fundamentalist Christian from Kansas, a former D.C. gang member, and a kid from Chicago who was God's gift to women (God seems to have failed to inform the women of this.. guy struck out more than an A Leaguer facing a curve ball for the first time.) Add in me, your typical suburban California liberal, and we couldn't be more different. But we were Fire Team 2 of 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, of the Delta Dawgs. We may not have agreed on anything, from music to religion to hobbies, but we were a team.
Great speech.
He gets it. When I was a member of Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th United States Infantry, I roomed with a fundamentalist Christian from Kansas, a former D.C. gang member, and a kid from Chicago who was God's gift to women (God seems to have failed to inform the women of this.. guy struck out more than an A Leaguer facing a curve ball for the first time.) Add in me, your typical suburban California liberal, and we couldn't be more different. But we were Fire Team 2 of 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, of the Delta Dawgs. We may not have agreed on anything, from music to religion to hobbies, but we were a team.
Great speech.
