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For me, certainly one of the most moving images of the night was the shot of Jesse Jackson standing in the crowd in Chicago with tears streaming.

DaveS007 wrote:

Lulu76 wrote:I'm going to cry again. I have to stop crying, but for some reason at about 11 p.m. last night it all hit me and I've been overtaken with emotion.

No kidding? You and the other 63 million that voted for him.

Dave – have seen little if any gloating here by those who supported Obama. I think folks here today took their cue of magnanimity from Senator McCain. Why not try to emulate him?

Lex wrote:For me, certainly one of the most moving images of the night was the shot of Jesse Jackson standing in the crowd in Chicago with tears streaming.

But you gotta wonder why he was filled with tears.

Really? Do you have to wonder? You may or may not like Jesse Jackson, but he has been on the front lines of the civil rights in this country. That kind of statement really makes me want to cry! I'm proud of this country for what we accomplished last night!

Since I had tears streaming, it was really no mystery to me. Jackson marched with King, was at the motel when King was shot, ran a failed presidential campaign himself, then actually lived to see an African-American be elected president. That's a lot of change. These are remarkable times.

DCphoto wrote:Really? Do you have to wonder? You may or may not like Jesse Jackson, but he has been on the front lines of the civil rights in this country. That kind of statement really makes me want to cry! I'm proud of this country for what we accomplished last night!

Although he wasn't my choice, he is now also my president.

I actually thought that Jesse was crying because he feels he'll be marginalized, and no doubt will only be able to get a date for lunch with Al "You Bet Your Tawana" Sharpton.

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This forum probably isn't a very good place to get a sense of how African-American youth relate to Obama.

jmq wrote:

DaveS007 wrote:

Lulu76 wrote:I'm going to cry again. I have to stop crying, but for some reason at about 11 p.m. last night it all hit me and I've been overtaken with emotion.

No kidding? You and the other 63 million that voted for him.

Dave – have seen little if any gloating here by those who supported Obama. I think folks here today took their cue of magnanimity from Senator McCain. Why not try to emulate him?

Um, ok. Sorry? I was simply making an observation.

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I think he meant that we are not well prepared to respond to the question. I did not regard it as a statement about the quality of the question. It is just that how would any of us know how they will respond to him or your question? I, too, doubt that there are many people logged in who have much experience as an urban African-American youth.

JIM

Lex wrote:This forum probably isn't a very good place to get a sense of how African-American youth relate to Obama.

What exactly, are you trying to say ?

I, for one, am not an African-American youth, so I can't help you.

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SJfromNJ wrote:

jimg20 wrote:I think he meant that we are not well prepared to respond to the question. I did not regard it as a statement about the quality of the question. It is just that how would any of us know how they will respond to him or your question? I, too, doubt that there are many people logged in who have much experience as an urban African-American youth.

JIM

I'll try to do a better job of asking the question.

1. Now, does Obamas template for success mean that we can finally stop using race as an excuse for minorities, and more specifically, the African American community success and or lack thereof in the pursuit of the American Dream?

What do you think.

I think that some people, regardless of race, are incapable of seeing their own shortcomings and blame whatever they can for their own failures. I'm not going to accept your premise that this attitude is exclusive to African-Americans.

Maybe someone else will take your race bait. Or, you could just lose with dignity like John McCain and drop it.