In the onslaught of Palin diaries, I feel a little drowned in drama. I thank the fellow Kossacks who have written diaries stressing a return to action. I wrote this diary as my own personal refocus on why I'm passionate and frustrated with this election, why I'm revved up to campaign, and why I'm here at Dailykos.
I met Barack Obama and the instant is forever burned into my memory.
I was one of the 20+ thousand people who showed up to hear him speak in Denver before the caucus, and one of the unlucky ones to not get inside the venue. I literally got just inside the doors before they slammed then shut, and those of us trapped in the foyer were very reluctantly driven back outside. Though I remain to listen to it outside on a lacrosse field, where Barack Obama himself came to greet us BEFORE taking the stage. By visiting both overflow rooms and us outside, he made himself nearly an hour late for his own speech.
Hearing him speak of imagining the future we wish to see, I literally said to myself "I imagine myself shaking this man's hand." After the rally, I waited.... and waited...
...and waited...
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