It isn't that Obama is a political badass. Of course he is. But he is only this powerful because we have given money, time, love and mojo to not just his campaign, but to the Democratic Party for the last long, cold seven and a half years. We are sick and tired of lies, war, torture, cronyism, cowardice, corruption, environmental degradation, and the bullshit fucking money-hungry, cynical priviledged wrongdoers. Obama has arisen at this point in history, not because he is uniquely and singularly talented, which he is, but because he has been empowered by his millions of supporters- our money, hopes and dreams. When he pulled Lieberman aside and said whatever it is he may have said- he spoke with our voice.
When he spoke in Minneapolis to claim the victory we brought him, it was our tears that fueled his greatness. When he slogged through the long spring, it was because we were there. When he spoke in Philadelpia, we heard him, as did the generations of Americans now gone, our ancestors, who brought us to this point in time and are counting on us to decide whether we believe that we have the power to bring truth and justice to this nation, to this planet.
This is not about Barack Obama. He is the first to remind us of this. It really is about our hopes and our dreams, as he is fond of telling us. We have come through an incredible primary process, one that has tested our candidates and our own belief. We are strong, we are united, and how WE behave between now and November WILL determine many, many things- not the least of which being the quality of life of our children and future generations. Our planet is in peril. We are a part of an ungodly war. Our future has been mortgaged.
But we are resilient. We have organized-and as a newcomer to the netroots I cannot overstate how blown my mind has been by this movement- we have worked, and we have coalesced around a man who understands the responsibility we have placed on him. He won't let us down if we don't let us down. It is up to us. That is what is happening. That is what we MUST understand.