One Last Rally

Yesterday, Nicol and I went to a Michelle Obama rally at Dakota Ridge High School. It was so much fun being in that atmosphere again. We so enjoyed going to the festivities at the Democratic Nation Convention here in Denver, and we got to be in that same "like attitude" one more time! To be expected, there were some McCain/Palin supporters on the opposite street corner. I don't have a problem with people supporting their candidate, but I do have a problem when they are hateful, beligerent, and spewing their lies, especially where they don't belong, at the other candidate's rally. Go to your own dysfunctional rally and tell your lies to each other. Honestly, they were along the same lines as the Crazy McCain Rally Lady who said Obama is an Arab. Not America's finest trailer park trash.

Anyway, we were in line with several people who came from California to knock on doors and canvass for Obama. They were employees of a couple of law firms in the San Fransisco area. One was Virginia, a former New Yorker, who is a friend of some the of the Grateful Dead and other rock bands. This is her banner:

These are the young people from the other law firm:

The line was long, but everyone was so pumped up, so it went by pretty fast. We got to hear from Rep. Perlmutter, Governor Bill Ritter, Sen. Ken Salazar, and Senatorial hopeful Mark Udall (who is the cousin to Senatorial hopeful Tom Udall in New Mexico).

Gov Ritter

Last, but certainly by no means, least....Michelle Obama. What a gracious, classy woman. I will be so proud to have her as my first lady....I wouldn't care if her skin color was green.

It was nice to hear an intelligent, educated woman speak. No shrieking, no winking, no gosh-darnit's...just a nice flow of well thought out sentiments. She and Barack are examples of what's left of the American Dream....they came from families with very little, who worked hard to make a better life for their children. They both attended the finest colleges in the nation and became lawyers; both have used their education to help others. They didn't come from wealth or privilege....

She didn't speak ill of the other party's candidates...there wasn't anything negative said at the rally...just hope: hope for the future of our country, hope for our children and grandchildren. It was uplifting. She did mention that Barack's grandmother had passed away...very sad...

After the rally, we went to see Religulous, which is another blog!