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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sam Spade's San Francisco Endorses Barack Obama
Sam Spade's San Francisco endorses Barack Obama for President of the United States.
I worked as a volunteer in Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. Thirty-nine years ago, a couple of days before the California primary, I was a Kennedy campaign foot soldier. It was on that day, nearly four decades ago, that I met Robert Kennedy.
It was a brief receiving line greeting - a handshake, a smile, and he moved down the line.It was the second Kennedy hand I shook.
As a school boy in 1960 I was eager to be at the appointed time and place to see Senator John F. Kennedy come to town to run for President. As luck would have it I ended up in a strategic spot and when John Kennedy came close, I wiggled and squeezed my way to the front and, for a brief and shining moment, John F. Kennedy had his hand firmly surrounding mine and his eyes were meeting mine.
Those two moments remain among the most singular events of my life as an American citizen.The day I took the oath and was sworn into service in the United States Army was an equally singular day. Being an American is the core, the central nerve, the heart and the soul of my existence.
The Kennedys were the hope of our future. They were representative of goodness and justice. Following Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Kennedys were the leaders and the champions of the civil rights movement. They were the future of America.The Kennedy name and the Kennedy legacy is sacred in this country.
Yesterday we watched the Kennedy family pass that legacy and with it the hope and dreams of millions of Americans to Barack Obama.After all these many years the mantle of responsibility has again been passed.
It was first passed from John F. Kennedy to his brother Robert.
After Robert's assassination in Los Angeles two days after we shook hands, the Kennedy legacy passed to the youngest brother, Edward "Teddy" Kennedy, who was then and is now a United States Senator. For the next nearly forty years it would be held in trust by Senator Kennedy.
Now, President Kennedy's daughter, Caroline, and President Kennedy's brother, Teddy, have passed the Kennedy family dream to Barack Obama.It was a profound moment. The Kennedy legacy has been passed to someone outside the Kennedy family.
On October 26, 2006, I published a story in this blog titled, "Barack Obama, our Best Hope Since RFK". You can read the story by following the title link.It will explain why I believe in and trust Barack Obama.
When I was a young man, the first presidential election in which I campaigned was for Robert F. Kennedy. Now, forty years later, I am becoming an old man, and while I very sincerely hope this will not be my last presidential election, it is with extraordinary honor, privilege and sincerity that I offer the totality of my support to Barack Obama for President of the United States.
Now, join the future and watch this video of the Kennedy family endorsement of Barack Obama
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