Obama's Ebenezer speech

[cynder]

If you look at my previous posts, I am a Obama supporter who keeps telling people to see Obama in person if you have the chance. Seeing him in person is absolutely an experience and it is not just hearing him speak. It is also about the mood and spirit of the crowd.

Obama's speech on Sunday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church was not televised on TV but it is burning up the internet. Article link (http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&pid=273806)
While cable news shows gorge on campaign sparring, Obama's uplifting speech is absolutely dominating YouTube. The 34-minute address from Ebenezer Baptist Church is currently the fourth most viewed video in the world on YouTube, trailing two Britney Spears clips. Not only is that unusual traffic for a long political address – people also like it. On Tuesday, viewers voted it the second most "favorited" video in the world. It also drew the second highest number of incoming links, a key indicator of web interest that drives Google page rankings.
Check out the video yourself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0x_TpDris).

/my PSA

[phoenics]

I got this in my inbox from when I signed up on Obama's website. Isn't it inspirational? I really enjoyed it and forwarded it to a lot of my friends too.

[msnicolea]

So inspiring!

[ellidew]

I too got it in my inbox! I love listening to him speak. He just fills you with hope and makes you want to stand up and do something!

[phoenics]

I just listened to it again and it still made me all misty-eyed. Man if more people heard him in person, I honestly do believe (like a youtuber said) that the election would be no-contest. He'd win hands down. Wow if he isn't amazing.

[Adaya]

I got his speech in an email also, and all I could think was "wow" when I heard it. I live in Atlanta and it was the "talk of the town" for many.

[cynder]

Even better - Victory speech in South Carolina: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-iVAPH_EcmQ

[LaughAtlantis]

I have to say... I was even inspired by his concession speech when he lost in New Hampshire. I think it was pocket who was saying that there are politicians who are good bureaucrats and then there are true leaders... more and more, Obama feels like a real leader to me.

[Adaya]

I have to say... I was even inspired by his concession speech when he lost in New Hampshire.

Oh I know. Other than the first few comments of concession to Clinton, you would have thought he won. If someone had come in on the speech in the middle or towards the end, they would have thought that he was victorious in New Hampshire.

[nylons73]

I know we keep coming in here and posting "even better" Obama speeches, but seriously, if you go to You Tube and look up the user Barakobamadotcom, you can see Ted Kennedy's endorsement yesterday of Barak and Barak's acceptance of the endorsement. Both clips are about 18 mins. long. Truly worth the time you will invest watching them.

I can only hope that Teddy's help can get Barak over the hump on Super Tuesday, but I have a feeling that Billary is not done with their dirty tricks.

[phoenics]

Oh I know. Other than the first few comments of concession to Clinton, you would have thought he won. If someone had come in on the speech in the middle or towards the end, they would have thought that he was victorious in New Hampshire.

I know! That's what I thought too - that whole 'Yes we can' speech just got me.

I find it historic though that we're now referring to some of Obama's speeches by subject matter. I don't want to say he's like MLK, but he is sort of in the sense that we referred to many of MLK's speeches by titles... the 'I have a dream speech', etc... Obama's racking up speeches like that though (that we can title)...