BARACK 08′!!!

All dey d@t!

Jeeze!

For some reason, i can’t see the video….but it must truly be history for a 86 year old man to live during the time where a black man WILL BE president…..He was around when slavery was a real thing, not something taught in the history books, and now he will see a black man take his vows and become president of the free nation….truly full circle for him.

Wow, so touching, tears starting rolling down my eyes.

I AM BAWLING!!! I LOVE CHARLES!!!

I can’t believe what I just witnessed. This very unselfish man got a chance to meet another great man who will make history. This is truly amazing! BARACK OBAMA!! 2008

I’m BAWLING!!!

THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL! MY GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN IN 1920, AND THIS EVENT IS SOMETHING SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE’D SEE IN HER LIFETIME AS WELL! WE ALL SHOULD PAY SOOO MUCH MORE ATTENTION TO OUR ELDERS, THEY ARE OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE. A VISUAL OF HISTORY!

You have me crying too early in teh monring

Sometimes i wish people would stop making it seem like barack is only black he is mixed and that shouldnt just be the reason people are voting for him but yet it seems to be that way. his speeches are so power and the thing he can do for this country is beyond measures and the way he treats people is jus inspiring not because hes BLACK anyways very touching video def made me cry a little

I knew I should not have watched this. It is too early in the day to be crying. Shoot.

Lreeaki..i agree with you this to early for me to start crying. He rminds me of my grandpa!

@ 9. Please get out of here with that. This video had nothing to do with that.

Charles is very inspiring, I wish we had early voting over here.

Dangit Concreteloop, I can’t be crying here at work. Charles makes me want to call my granny.

TOO EARLY FOR ALL THIS DAMN CRYIN…*wiping my tears*

I LOST MY GRANDMA LAST YEAR…SHE WOULD BE SO PROUD…

omg, what a beautiful touching clip.

@ #9 Yes you may consider him being mixed but if he was robbing a bank, carjacking, or doing any other criminal activity you would say he was black.

Yes I know the color of his skin does not matter but can you please let us (African Americans) take our moment of pride. Even if he was pure Cauccasian, I would still vote for him because of his standards and character. But the point is he is a great man, with high morals, bright vision, wonderful family, and he happens to be and consider himself BLACK!!! Love Yourselves and embrace who God made us.

1 God/ 1 Love

@ 9 - Honey, let’s not go there on this post please. The fact of the matter is, there are hundreds of thousands of African American people that have NEVER thought about voting until now. Why? 1) Barack Obama is an intelligent, strong, polished and refined BLACK man; 2) America needs change for the next generation; 3) Republicans have once again ruined the American economy; 4) John F. Kennedy predicted it 40 years ago; and 5) A Black man has finally paid his dues and is now SUITABLE to be President of the United States of America when there were times when Blacks could not even drink from the same doggone water/drinking fountain as Whites. So, please, accept everyone’s own personal views and/or reasons for voting for Barack Obama for what it is! THEIR CHOICE!

Anyway, back to the post, this was a very monumental moment. I didn’t cry, but I certainly felt it in my heart!

Please vote everyone! November 4th, 2008

Obama/Biden 2008 baby!

I WANTED TO CRY BUT I WAS TRYING TO BE STRONG. LOL, THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL, I’M SO HAPPY MY GRANDPARENTS ARE HERE TO SEE A BLACK MAN, A WONDERFUL BLACK MAN AT THAT, BECOME OUR NEXT PRESIDENT(EVEN THOUGH MY GRANDPA IS REPUBLICAN, SHHH, LOL). CHARLES IS SO SWEET! I’M HAPPY THAT WE ARE FINALLY ERASING THE LINE OF BETWEEN COLOR AND AUTHORITY. AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE DOING MORE AND MORE EACH DAY, WE ARE REALLY AND TRULY PROVING OURSELVES IN SOCIETY. I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER

Very touching….thank you for posting.

God is real !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Barak Obama was born to do what he is doing, there is no man that can take it away from him. I’m in my early thirties and I never thought this would happen.

GOD IS REAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD IS REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very touching.

wow thank you cl for this posting, very touching, makes me think about how much us young people take for granted.

Make you sure you all get out there and vote!!!

Peace

Man this is touching. I am so happy you guys post things like this. He made you realize what the future is up against. We have to make a difference. Obama 08′

Awww that was sweet. I’m happy Charles was able to me Obama.

WHY Concrete loop why!!! I did not want to be bawling all at work!!! That was so touching and inspirational.

I have respect for what the brother must have went through in his life but this video is an example of the exploitation of the elderly at it’s finest. Roosevelt is the reason why America is going into the economic straits that it is going through right now. He is the one that went away from gold. Furthermore, it’s easy for white people to sit around and act lovey dovey with an 86 year old black man. He is no longer viewed as a threat.

# 17 U BETTA TELL IT!!!!!

Very well said, I might say. My father is 80 years old and he could have never possibly imagined even seeing this moment in his lifetime or in history at all. It was very touching of Charles to be in that video, God Bless Him.

BARAK 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m glad im living in this moment….Obama ‘08

Agree with #16. If he was in a compromising situation with the law, he would be an African-American. Half African-American ALWAYS African-America. Even the News media are calling him black. End of that.

Charles is an inspiration. I am so happy that he got to meet Barack. It is important that we go to our elders. As #7 said, they are our vision of history.

@dopeswag, I agree. I wish that we can vote early in New York as well, I’ve already taken that morning off to vote - I should change it to a full day.

Wow… that was a great segment… I started crying for real…. I only wish my grandparents were alive today to witness this historic event…

BARRY & JOE 08′!!!

can someone pass me some napkins?……and im at work!…… this is so touching

I bet all the individuals of that generation never thought the day will come when a Black man came so close to being in the white house. Obama ‘08

To #14 I’m sorry to hear that you lost your grandmother. My grandmother is the most important person in my life.

This video was so touching…I’ve been so disturbed by tragic events from the bouts of trying to kill Barack to the Hudson family murders…It was very refreshing to see Charles and the love he is receiving and giving to people..We need more people like Charles in this world. People who really know the importance of loving thy neighbor.
Thanks Concrete loop for posting this..

Ok I’m done crying..lol

Does anybody know why they don’t allow early voting in every state?

Regardless of wether u like Obama, or McCain. People you need to exercise your right to vote, and get involved on the local level so we can start changing some of the outdated procedures, starting with the electoral vote. It makes no sense to have this in place any longer. The people should be able to choose who they wish to represent them, as a country. Remember, Obama can’t change a thing. McCain can’t make it any worse, and the situation we’re in as a country is not Bush’s fault.

Our future soley lies on how we as a country get involved with the policies that affect us. If your Senator doesn’t vote the way you like you have a right not to vote them back in office. WE HAVE TO get more involved politically in our country. We as a country are too self involved and selfish, and the truth of the matter, is that is what as led us to where we are now. We’ve allowed ourselves as a country to fall away from God, and loose our morale values. Don’t believe me Watch MTV, and BET is not that far behind.

Now is the time to wake up and take stock on what’s going on around, and do it before it’s too late. It’s a very serious situation out there.

this is such a touching video…. I was sitting at my desk trying not to cry but i couldnt help it

That was very touching. He’s right we’re not going to be able to accomplish anything if we divide ourselves as a country. The way that McCain and Palin our portraying our country is not good. Their putting us in an era that we do NOT need to go back to! That’s not good, their teching young children to hate and bring hatred out in older ones as well.

People please get out and VOTE…!!!

Very nice video…Thanks CL

[...] • I kind of wish I could just surround myself with elderly black people from now until election day. [CL] [...]

That was really nice! Everyday it’s real

aww . -tears- sweet video

Married to his wife 69yrs. Democrat all his life? Dude must understand commitment.

I does put perspective! We are the future and all the older people who went though all they went through are passing away. My grandmother goes to like 5-7 funerals a month! All of her friends are passing away. So it’s up to us to make the difference! This was wonderful. He was married for 69 years…WOW! We love you Charles!

Awww….this vid touched my heart! Please get out and vote! Barack needs every vote!

Whoever the fuck posted this made a buff man cry !!

wow. that was lovely, i am here at work in tears as well.

I just cried….Oh my. WOW.

To see Obama as president is a gift for those who lived throught things that we have only read about. They deserve it.

@9…I CAME LIKE TYRA 2 SAY….SO WHAT!!!…SO WHAT IF PPL R VOTING 4 BARACK BC HE’S BLACK, EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN REASONS 4 VOTING 4 THIS MAN AND DAMN IT IM TIRED OF PPL TRYNA DOWN PLAY HIS BLACKNESS!…IN THE COURT OF LAW AND IN THIS COUNTRY IF U HAVE THIS SLIGHTEST OF BLACK IN U U ARE CONSIDERED BLACK. THATS THE WAY IT IS…NOBODY EVER SAID “OH HALLE BERRY IS HALF WHITE SO SHE’S WHITE”…SIKE!! CMON., WE AS BLACK PPL DESERVE TO SEE THIS DAY, WE’VE COME A HELL OF A LONG WAY AND DAMN IT WE SHOULD BASK IN IT!!

@26…SEE THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH AMERICA TODAY. EVERYTHING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A CONSPIRACY. WHY CAN’T THE WHITE PPL IN THIS VIDEO GENUINELY LOVE THIS 86 YEAR OLD BLACK MAN?? U SAY ITS B/C HE’S NOT A THREAT NO MORE BUT WHY CANT PPL JUST BE HUMAN? WHY DOES IT ALWAYZ HAVE TO BE A BLACK OR WHITE THING? CMON MAN

FINALLY TO THIS POST…THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL. WHAT A LOVELY MAN. NO WONDER HIM AND HIS WIFE WERE MARRIED FOR 69 YEARS!!….HE DEFINITELY KNOWS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ELECTION AND IM GLAD HE WAS ABLE TO GIVE HIS INSIGHT. ALMOST CRIED BUT I WAS STRONG LOL

Way to go CL ! I must say that this story really touched my heart. I also wish that my grandparents had lived long enough to share this historic event. What Obama has done, is show us and the rest of the world that nothing is unachievable. Nothing !!! I am so glad that Mr. Charles Alexander lived long enough to see this day and Thank you for sharing such a wonderful story. Obama “09″

MY GRANDMOTHER CRIED WHEN BARACK WON THE NOMINATION

I TOOK THE ENTIRE DAY OFF FRIDAY SO I CAN STAND IN LINE TO EARLY VOTE…THIS IS HISTORY YES WE CAN!!!

Obama is the man I can’t wait these 6 days are killing me by the way speaking of Denver

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@ 12 YOU CAN EARLY VOTE AT YOUR COUNTIES REGISTRAR OFFICE…I DIDNT THINK THEY HAD EARLY VOTING IN CALIFORNIA EITHER BUT THEY DO

The most undependable groups to vote, is the young people. Any young minority in particular, that doesn’t understand what our folks went through for this right, should know these stories. If Obama wins, it’s progress for the country. Get out there and vote for change.

grampa! i almost cried when i saw this video….amazing!

I almost cried..i was doing so well until he started talkin about his generation dying off…omg..man OBAMA winning is going to change the life of all americans

That was very powerful and touching. My grandmother(my rock, my everything) Would have love to have witness this historic moment in our country. She was the reason why I always voted…for the ones who struggled for our rights…for the blood sweat and tears of my ancestors…This what we need to see and hear more of..and not any more random mud slinging…

Obama=Change..

#9 - HE IS BLACK….This is a historical moment. Get with it, or Get over it. We are going to make a big deal about it. Not only is he black, he is an intelligent african american that will be the next president. Oh yeah, it’s a big deal. This is history in the making and it takes so much energy to talk sideways about something. I have more sense to know that it is his character and everything else that makes him a great candidate. But as a black woman, I am estactic that he is running for president, and more so that he is a black man…period. If any other african american can’t comprehend this excitement, then something is wrong with them. I don’t care if he 99% white and 1% black…We finally have a black president..period..

Boy, I hate it when people try to make a moment out of nothing..just be happy for once. Positive energy is healthy energy…say it with me…

The heartbreak in his voice talking about all his peers being gone… I do hope that when this man passes, he’ll have peace in his heart about the world being a better place.

Great video!

People who are upset with Obama being labled as the First possible Black President, really should stop putting their personal issues of race to take away from this momentus historical achievement for this African American. Although, Obama is biracial, he’s a black man. His mother the strong woman that she was, embedded black pride and black identity in him along time ago. Maya his sister, said in an interview that their mother would tell her to look at the First Black President, or your brother will be the first black President of the United States. Obama identified himself as a black man, he didn’t grow up around black people but unlike many who are biracial, he decided to seek out the community for himself, and became so involve that he became a community organizer working in the desolate and deprived inner city helping those he didn’t have any contact with.

His sister Maya was asked about his identity, and she said that she see her brother as a black man, because that is how he see himself. His other family see him as a black man. The world see him as a black man. So, just because some biracial people want to separate Obama’s blackness from him, to justify their self-identification is really sad.

And if people really want to scientifically lable blackness, by percentage wise, than Obama would be more black than an African American who isn’t biracial . Because his father is pure African, 100% black, and his mother isn’t actually white but Jewish, and it’s a known historical, biological fact that Jewish people have negroid blood. Whereas , Black Americans are a hybrid, we are not a pure race, we are a admixture of African, Caucaisian, American Indian, Asian, and sometimes more than that. Any sociology book will tell you that black is a social term given to us to discriminate those who are in this country.

@ 61

PREACH!!!

@ 26
WTF are you talking about? The 85 yr old black man isn’t a threat, BUT they (”whites”) are campaigning and registering people to vote for the 46 yr old black man!!! According to your logic, B.O should be the bigger threat, yet they want him in office just as much as we do! Black people alone didnt get the man to where he is in this election.

All white people do not have the same mentality just as all us blacks don’t have the same. Think before you speak.

I am moved to tears. Charles is an inspiration, indeed.

Rosa sat so Martin could walk.

Martin walked so Barack could run.

Barack is running, so that our children may fly.

Please vote on Nov. 4th.

THAT WAS GREAT, IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. THIS ELECTION IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING AND I’M SO HAPPY I’M HERE TO HELP MAKE AND WITNESS IT. MY GRANDMOTHER JUST TURNED 80 AND SHE CAN’T WAIT TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING SO HISTORIC, HER BEING BORN IN AN ERA WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS NOT EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT, IT’S GREAT TO SEE.

@61
Get em!!!
Your post was 100% factual and on point, but very few will read it….we have a tendency to skim through most post. I’ll try my best to give the “cliff notes” addition to what you posted:

Let’s go back to Roots
Even though Tom Moore and Kizzy are Chicken George’s parents, he was or will never be considered bi-racial. Chicken George was just as black as the other slaves!
Black will always be black in this country

Go Barack…..

Concreteloop, you have been my favorite celebrity blog site for a while now. People always tell me about other sites but yours is by far the classiest and most professional around.

Thank You.

*sniff sniff* This is a very touching video, and I pray that Barack win the election so this man witness this history.

#64 I like what you wrote! This is definately a historical moment and I for one intend to soak up every ounce of it for all it is worth. I was born in the 60’s when we were dying for the right to vote, raised during the 70’s when we were bussed out of the ‘hood’ to desegregate schools, gaining my independence and growing into womanhood during the 80’s when the hiphop generation was born, became a mother and started to raise my own family during the 90’s (the Clinton Era), and now in the new millenium I have the honor and the privilege of witnessing history in the making. I look forward to sharing this with my future grandchildren. I voted today for Barack Obama because I agree with his policies and his plans for this nations’ future. I voted today with pride and an awareness of the historical significance for a black man and I thought about alot of people while waiting in that line for 45 minutes: Malcolm, Martin, and Medgar; Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner; Viola Liuzzo a 39 year old white mother from Detroit who was killed in 1965 for supporting our voting rights and transporting blacks to register to vote; and many others who fought and died for me to stand in that line. This is not the first time I voted and God willing it won’t be the last, but it definately had a special meaning for me this time around and I am not ashamed of that fact nor will I apologize for it. God bless America and God Bless Barack Obama!

@64 - (Poetic Justice)

I Like that…I really like that!!!

@2..

First off, Obama is HALF black. You black people act as though he came from the deepest darkest streets of Ghettoville, when clearly he is HALF white and raised with his WHITE mother. So stop trying to claim him like he is one of us. I know in America if you have any percentage of black in you you’re automatically black, BUT I don’t go by those rules. He is just as much black as he is white. If Obama was fully white Hillary will be running, let’s face it. You black people don’t give two shits what he stands for, all he does is sit on that stage and yell change and you like it. PLEASE OBAMA, GET REAL!

Obama will tax me more, 1 reason why I say HELL NO to him. He went to that demonic Church and claims to be a Christian another reason why I say HELL NO to him. Stands for gays, stands for abortion, I will say HELL NO to him. He belives in “sharing the whealth around” Wigger, HELL NO!!

I didn’t go to college and work my ass off for OBEMER to tax me more. He is basically punishing me because I’m whealthy. If people want money, they need to work for it. If they’re too lazy, then that is just too damn bad.

Thanks CL for the post! That was touching. My grandparents are in their 80’s and will be voting as well!!!

@72 take a chill pill. LOL. You’re going to appreciate Obama’s health plan when your blood pressure is too high from all the HATE. LOL

The fact that Obama and you fools believe that he will change this world around in 4 years astounds me. 4 years?? You have got to be on the same crack Obama is smoking to believe that.

Sorry but I want a man leading my country who has experience. And knows what they’re doing. Obama will not win and you guys need to understand that. He WILL NOT. NEVER, EVER! Do you really think that he will win? Honestly. Let’s be real. At the end of the day, those same WHITE people cheering for Obama will be at the booth like “do I really want a black man leading this country?” And will not vote for him. You guys gotta get real. He will not win, never ever.

@ #61 I couldn’t have said it any better myself. That is the best explanation of the whole Barak Obama is ” not Black” madness. So articulate too!

God Bless Charles. That was really touching and it’s so special to see. A lot of older african americans never thought they would live to see a person of color become President. It’s a very beautiful moment in our history.

@61..

I don’t give a FUCK what Obama *sees* himself as. The point is his mother was white and his father is black. Therefore he is just as much black as he is white. So I am black, let me consider myself Asian..So i guess I’m Asian, right?

You said….”his mother isn’t white she’s Jewish”….WHAT THE HELL? Jewish people are white. You say that Jews have negroid blood. Definitely not all Jews. No your facts hunny. People only say that because Jews ancestors generated from off the nouthern side of Egypt. Being close to Africa does not mean you have ‘negroid’ blood.

Jews = Whites. When you move into a town they give the population of African-Americans, Whites, Asians, Spanish. Saying Jews are not white is like saying Italians aren’t white. Jamaicans aren’t black. Bajans aren’t black. Puerto Ricans aren’t spanish. Jew is not a race.

WOW…I’M SPEECHLESS…ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THIS REALLY ENCOURAGES ME TO BE MY BEST! THANK YOU MR. ALEXANDER, THANK YOU.

@78…Dang… passion (hate) to the point of spitting on the screen and breathing hard. You might not be an 80’s baby so when I say “take a chill pill”, it means give it a rest already. LOL.

Poor little fingers, you are going to give yourself high blood pressure and carpel tunnel disease “trying to prove a point”.

Wow, that was really touching…

OBAMA/BIDEN IN 6 DAYS!!!

Fantastic Video! We as a people have come so far…this is a huge step for black people and Americans in general. I for one am glad to see it…it makes me equally glad that people of Charles’ generation are able to see it as well. I’m so glad he got to meet the NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

omg i cried
;( what a wonderful man

very touching, made me cry… i support Barack more because of who and what he is than what he looks like. Just because I can racially identify with someone does not mean that they speak for me (Al and Jesse)!

And remeber, he is the ONLY potential President to literally put his life on the line to do what he belives in!

Vote Barack Obama for President!

Okay, so i finally got to see the video, and it’s touching….truly touching.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

OUTSTANDING POST!!!

Just return home from voting. 2 hrs and 14 minutes and I would do it ALL over again. After seeing this video, I have to say, I’m in tears.

Today was sooo special. My only child (19yrs old). First time ever voting. He was sooo excited.

OBAMA 08!!!!

@78 maybe Obama wont change the world but you have no Idea how big and historic this will be if he wins tues you can analyize policies and look for as many faults you want but if America elects Mccain/Palin(SMH) they deserve everything that happens after that. I bet you voted for Bush too

PEOPLE LIKE CHARLES REALLY INSPIRE ME TO BE A BETTER PERSON, AND TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO ALL THE NEGATIVITY AND BIGOTRY I’M FACED WITH ON A DAILY BASIS,I JUST WISH THAT MY PARENTS WERE AROUND TO SEE OBAMA MAKE IT THIS FAR. AND TO THE IDIOT, WHO STATES THAT OBAMNA IS NOT BLACK, ACCORDING TO THE LAWS INACTED BY THE RACIST SETTLERS OF THIS COUNTRY, ONE CLAUSE DICTATES THAT IF ONE HAS EVEN 1 DROP OF BLACK BLOOD, HE IS THEN CONSIDERED BLACK. SO TO ME HE IS BLACK, I UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS OF MIXED HERITAGE, WE ALL ARE OF MIXED HERITAGE, DATS WHY U SEE SO MANY LIGHT SKINNED BLACKS, NO ONE IS OF 1 PURE RACE, HOWEVER, OBAMA CLEARLY IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS AFRICAN AMERICAN, THEREFORE I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS SUCH, DON’T U DARE TRY TO TAKE THIS MOMENT OF PRIDE AWAY FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS, U CAN TAKE THAT SH*T ELSEWHERE!!!

awww, that touched me soo much, Charles seems like a sweet man. We need our elders and young people, they are the window to our past and future, so since he’s doing his part, please go out and make NOVEMBER 4TH your day to make a change.

This thread is hilarious.

Obama is beyond black; he is African. Kenyan-American to be specific. If Obama isn’t black, then most African Americans aren’t even close to being black — phenotypically and otherwise. At least he has his name and native culture & lineage to show for it.

I agree that most whites are voting for Obama (1) To excise their white guilt, and (2) Because they imagine him to be inculcated by white culture, and therefore safe/non-threatening. I also agree that many whites who claim to support him will never vote for him or any black man.

MCCAIN ‘08 (aka MIXEDCHICK): You sound like a bitter, confused, mixed-up slave. Also, you can’t say that “Jew is not a race” and then say “Jews = White,” unless critical thinking wasn’t part of your college curriculum. I seriously doubt that your illiterate ass makes anything “nouth” of a quarter million dollars per anum. And yes, Puerto Rican’s aren’t Spanish. Please “no” your facts.

I just have to comment on this one…I have never made a comment on CL, but I’ve been a long time fan. With that said I notice that some people put up negative posts just to get negative comments, because they are negative ppl and make it their purpose in life to cause friction. Just a word to MCCain 08 you know this site backs Obama, why are you on it if you feel so strongly? Then why do you have to make your point by being disrespectful (even to yourself) and using cuss words. You try to come off as so smart, but really your comments make me think that you’re either a racist or don’t have even a GED. Why are MCCain supportors so angry? Why are you on here.? And please know what you’re talking about when it come to race, Yes Jewish people are a race. Before you fly off the handle and embarrass yourself and your party anymore, do some research and calm down…relax, relate, release.

If only my grandmother was alive to see this day.

And Charles is lovely, God bless him.

That video was very touching. McCain 08, You really need to Shut the hell up You are free to vote for whoever you want to vote for but don’t come on here disrespecting the Obama supporters. You say you want someone with experience to lead this country you’re full of sh!t McCain isn’t talking about changing things like healthcare insurance for the elderly and making college more affordable. I don’t give a damn how much experience he has nothing he has said will benefit me in the end. And do you expect Obama to be superman? of course it will take some time to get things back on track but it won’t happen overnight and whether he is half white or whatever doesn’t even matter but it does to someone as ignorant and shallow as you. Get a life.
Obama 08′ Haters!!

wow!!! a touching video..mr charles seems like a nice man…

Very good video.

Number 75 needs to shut up.

how touching…really. after all this negative campaigning and just nasty politics happening right now, im glad to see something like this. this man sparked my hope even more that barack will become president. it just goes to show for those people who dont believe barack is ready… this old man knows his stuff because he has probably experienced a lot in his life..and for him to be inspired by barack..well it inspires me to definitely believe. idk..all i know is…OBAMA 08, i have faithhhhh it will happen!

This is really touching. So much wisdom in this man. God bless you, Charles. Go Obama!!!!!

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Beautiful! All Obama supporters prove the doubters wrong by voting on November 4th!

Obama is the winner… no matter what.

This man is beautiful. We should have more stuff like this on concreteloop.

Wow Mccain 08 is that really how you spell
“whealthy”

and

“no your facts” lmao somebody was definitely that one child left behind….

so keep backing McCain I see it gets you “no” where!

Awesome, awesome, awesome. Passing this on to my younger brother and sister to watch - it’s so awesome that this is their first election they get to vote in…

This was a very touching video. I’m excited about this election especially considering how the last one turned out. Obama talks change, and he stands up for something so he will not fall for anything…BARACK THE VOTE, Nov 4!

@61 Hand Claps to you, that was well said!
@64 I love that!
@71 STFU!

concreteLoop stands and deliver! everytime!

absolutely my most favorite blog site. i am just speechless. this man recently lost his wife and has the energy, and time to get out and do his part. that is an inspiration itself!

Im so glad CL posted this… Wed is almost over but this def made it a lot better!
I hope every1 has or is going to vote (no matter how long the lines are) because this election is going to effect our lives more than any other!

I love Charles reppin’ my home state CO!!!!!!!

OBAMA 08′!!!

Eyes filled with tears. How amazing is this wonderful senior working his sweet heart out for Obama. He’s lived though so much, I’m sure he thought he’d never see the day an African American Man could be elected to office. This is truly inspirational. Thanks for the post CL! OBAMA 08!

@ #9 G w e n F Baby

Your point is well taken but that’s also a double sword because that’s the reason a lot of people won’t vote for him, just because he’s black. He’s bi-racial that’s a known fact, but alot of people are not so open minded and when they look at him, they see his African American carmel skin, not a bi-racial, multi-cultured, well educated human being that’s the best man for thr job.

@64 Compton Cutie

I love what you said, that was so on point! Beautiful!

Honestly with all the racist families being shown at McCain Palin rallies I needed to see this…People like Charles reaffirm to me how us young black people need to stay committed to this election…this man have lived thru so much yet he is still humbled by the progress we are making…we have to continue…I wish my grandmother could have lived long enough to see that we as black people CAN DO ANYTHING, even become president…OBAMA 08!

LOL FOR THE MACCAIN 08′ POSTER, FOR YOU TO BE SUCH A NEGATIVE PERSON YOU SURE DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON A PREDOMINATELY DEMOCRATIC SITE. LOL ALMOST MAKES ME WONDER WHO YOU WILL TRULY BE VOTING FOR, MAN I REALLY HOPE YOUR FOLGERS IS STRONG ON NOVEMBER 5TH BECAUSE I BET YOUR NOT GOING TO GET ANY SLEEP KNOWING THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS A BLACK MAN! OH AND A SIDE NOTE BUDDY, YOU SAY OBAMA ISN’T QUALIFIED, BUT LETS BE HONEST AND LOOK AT PALIN’S TRACK RECORD IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO MCCAIN, WHAT THEN..? I GUESS WE’LL ALL HAVE TO TRUST HER JUDGMENT.. LIKE THE MAVERICKS WE ARE!..LOL

ABSOLUTELY TOUCHING.

I DIDN’T CRY CUZ I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO READ ALL OF THE COMMENTS FIRST TO GET ME PREPARED FOR THE VIDEO! LOL

SO ONCE, I SAW IT, I SAW WHAT EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT. I WAS ON THE BRINK OF TEARS THO….

I ALREADY VOTED & I AM PROUD OF MY VOTE. YOU GUYS WE ARE SOOOOOO LUCKY TO BE LIVING DURING THESE YEARS, OUT OF ALL THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS WE COULD HAVE BEEN LIVING!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOOO
OBAMAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Aww man when Charles started to choke up so did I. The prospect of Obama becoming President is I’m sure something he’d never thought he’d witness, he was born 6 yrs BEFORE the Great Depression. Amazing, If this man doesnt make you want to get out and vote there is something wrong

Heart warming Video….OBAMA 08 YALL!!

#72….pls cut it out with the “one of us” crap…it’s obvious you’re a white person trying to start shit…get a life

Charles got me bawlin’! I loved this!!!! VOTE Obama/Biden!!!!!!! And VOTE EARLY if you can!!!!!

LMAO@mccaine 08.

You spent all that time in school and you still managed to come up with ” no your facts” and “Puerto Ricans arent spanish”. lol
Like ZULU already said, “Puerto Rican’s aren’t Spanish. Please “no” your facts.” LMAO. Spanish is a language “hunny”. You dont even “no” the difference between race and ethnicity so please take your hillbilly ass somewhere with all that noise.
If you did attend college they really need to consider relinquishing their accreditation and sending you some kind of rebate check to help with your tax increase.

@ZULU I agree with you on “many whites who claim to support him will never vote for him or any black man.” Just like the ones that say, “If it was Colin Powell running I would vote for him”. I dont believe them for one second.

im crying over hear I loved that

THIS WAS SO TOUCHING I’M STILL CRYING AS I SEND THIS

This video hit home for me. I hear all kinds of stories about life during the ’20s on up to the ’70s for black folks and people in general and to see that we are this close to having Barack become president, its amazing. I hoped that I’d see a black president in my life time, but thought that there was too many obstacles to keep that from happening. There were and still are many obstacles left to face immediately for Barack (like the election) but I have been motivated, inspired, and re-energized by the Obama campaign.

Also to #72 McCain ‘08. I hope that your joking, or trying to get a response out of people for the hell of it, ’cause if not you are misinformed (to say the least). Barack Obama (not OBEMER as you put it) will only raise taxes on people’s personal income if they’re making more than $250,000 a year. He will give small and big businesses tax breaks for creating more jobs, and offering health insurance to their employees. Under today’s progressive/graduated tax system, the government is already “spreading the wealth!” We already have welfare, medicaid and medicare, social security, all of which tax payers are providing! What Obama wants to do his increase taxes (from 36% to 39%) on the money you make over $250,000. He did not go to a “demonic” church. The “30 second clips” you saw on telivision were not the whole sermon and did not speak to all of the work that Obama’s former church does for the community and especially the African American community. (thats more than McCain has ever done for the black community).

I suggest you do your research on your candidate and see what his plans are, I’m sure your not gonna like them. You need to do some soul searching and putting aside color, looking just at the issues and each candidates policies, you will see that Obama is the better candidate.

.. SO WHAT YOU’RE SAYING IS THAT YOU WANT A HALF ASSED LEADER (MCCAIN) AND SARAH PALIN (REALLY, I HAVE TOO MANY WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW MENTALLY DEFICIENT SHE IS),

RUNNING THIS COUNTRY??

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE SAYING.. FORGET THAT OBAMA IS BLACK FOR A MINUTE.. HIS PLATFORM IS BETTER THAN WHAT MCCAIN/PALIN IS OFFERING..

MAYBE YOU NEED SOME TEA OR SOMETHING CAUSE WHATEVER YOU’RE SMOKING HAS YOU SKY HIGH AND YOU NEED TO COME DOWN..

COMPTON CUTIE

THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL… YOU SHOULD SEND THAT TO BARACK CAMPAIGN

That was touching. Yall are gonna have me crying up in here!

Awe….. that was so sweet, my gosh my throat and my chest is hurting now

Wow! I was so moved by this man right now. Lost his wife, 69yrs of marriage! So, lucky to have that longevity of marriage, I pray he gets to see another 4 or 5 yrs. But, he is so right “We are the future”, we can come together and be so much more if we give each other a chance.

Try to say “Hi” to someone you do not know (around school or work). Forgive someone that has done wrong to you. Give time to yourself or read a book.

Like Mr. Alexander states “we have to be united, can’t nothing be done divided”

really only one word to describe how i’m feeling and that is wow. great find :o)

See things like this make me cry. I am an emotional wreck right now and my co-worker are looking at me like I am crazy.

Thank God for Barack Obama and what he stands for and what he is trying to do with our country. Charles said it best, “He can unite our country again”. And we can all be citizens of the United States of America instead of being considered the “mulls” of the working class.

OBAMA 08! VOTE people, remember that your ancestors gave there lives, families, spirit and themselves to give us this opportunity that so many take for granted.

You can’t complain if you don’t VOTE!

@McCain 08

You are entitled to your opinion, you are in America. See that is why we want Obama as President, so we as individuals can continue to express our opinions freely.

YOUR an idiot if you think that McCain has your best interest at heart. I don’t know who brainwashed you but if you can honestly say within the last 8 years that the economy hasn’t effected you then your a DAMN lying beetch.

Know your facts and if you need, because some ssssslllllloooowww people need to make “Pros & Cons” list, do that and see where your political, personal belief fall under.

OBAMA 08 baby and your fooling yourself thinking he is NOT going to win.

great vdeo!!!!!!!!!!!!

im a grown ass man, and i deff shed a few tears watchin this clip..Obama = Hope.

1) race is a SOCIAL construct, not a biological one, and in this society, Obama is viewed as a black man, regardless of the ethnicity of his mother. Frederick Douglass’ father was white, and yet we all consider him a black man correct? Biologically, the difference between the “races” (which is a misnomer) has to do with phenotype (physical features) and not genotype (genetic make-up).
2) @McCain 08…Please return to the school you worked so hard to graduate from and ask your english professor what a homophone is… “know” vs. “no”

STFU MCCAIN 08.
HE WILL WIN,
&& THAS A FACT.
Y0UR A FUCKIN JOKE.
G0 R0LL UNDER A R0CK AND R0TT.
ANYWH0,
THIS VID WAS S000 T0UCHIN’.
I ALM0ST CRIED.
I’M S000 GLAD HE G0T A CHANCE T0 MEET 0BAMA.

@ McCain 08…or shall i say McCan’t 0never..Please go because you don’t stand a chance on this site..As you can see by the comments on this particular blog we are all positive and showing love to Mr. Charles…Your ignorance through words and thoughts aren’t making any kind of impact on us OBAMA SUPPORTERS. So please go throw shade on another blog…We are REJOICING and YOU WILL NOT STEAL OUR FAITH, HOPE, AND JOY…
Peace..

I have advice for all the supporters on this particular site, ignore these people who come on here with race comments. The fact is no matter what happens we must celebrate because Obama has made history, and its actually psychologically damaging to people who have had this narrative of BLACK men being shiftless, lazy, and not competent. Senator Obama has shown the world what black men are capable of when they are at their best. What’s the real fear? That there are more Senator Obamas among us. See, whites are use to being given passes for being white and present, and now this is no longer working for them. Change is mind boggling to say the least. McCain ‘08 is entitled to his opinion, but he would not be posting if there wasn’t a fear that Obama had a real chance. Many of these sorts of comments are being made out of fear. I LOVE IT.

This is what it’s all about and people don’t want to understand that, so worried about money….THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL BY THE WAY and instead thinking about the ideas this country was supposely based on before things got wicked and genocide of Native American and slavery of African started. I hope Barack wins and I hope to God he is wonderful president and that he either starts or make big changes in our losted and confused country and in the world, because they recognize what he represents……..do you?

and oh McCain you mad doggie you mad lol!!

Charles a man of great dignity.

Barack Obama a man of great dignity.

A country that will rise up on NOV 4. Vote it’s the most important thing u can do.

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what this man witnessed in america, during his 86 year old life.
God Bless him!

number nine. I don’t care if if his mama is white, he is black boo. Not trying to make him deny his other roots that is who he is. I myself am a black woman with a white mother. I don’t call myself bi-racial, mixed or any of that other bullshit. I am Black. and if you don’t understand why this is huge not just to the black community but around the world, then you never will.