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Prairie_Seagull

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7. I called it after the DNC speech.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:10 PM

8 hrs ago

I was at a watch party with mostly black folks (I'm white) and had to justify myself the rest of the night. The black folks would not give him the credit I thought he deserved. I think there was shock involved.

To a person they all called to say. I was right and it was about time and how did I know? An answer I did not have.
Just had a feeling or dumb luck.

Probably the latter.

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The speech that made him president: Obama's 2004 DNC keynote speech [View all] LiberalArkie 10 hrs ago OP

Oh look! A REAL President! SheltieLover 10 hrs ago #1

I saw that speech and immediately wished that he could be president one day. It's right up there with Mario Cuomo's NBachers 9 hrs ago #2

💜 MustLoveBeagles 9 hrs ago #3

I remember watching that speech in real time.... RT Atlanta 9 hrs ago #4

I'll never forget it. I was living in SoCal and my Dad in PA called livetohike 9 hrs ago #5

My dad was in a nursing home with heart failure and said to me. Boomerproud 8 hrs ago #6

Sending hugs. My dad had pancreatic cancer. From livetohike 8 hrs ago #8

I called it after the DNC speech. Prairie_Seagull 8 hrs ago #7

I remember it...we knew then that he would ascend! Drum 8 hrs ago #9

Both my husband and I were glued to the TV when this guy talked in 2004. ProudMNDemocrat 8 hrs ago #10

Yep malaise 8 hrs ago #11