I Didn't Deserve To Be President Just

Mark My Words. It Will Not Be Six Months Before The World Tests Barack Obama Like They Did John Kennedy.

This Attitude Of How Society Views Women As Chattel - That's The Biggest Thing To Overcome. When I First Started A Stake In The Issue Of Relationship Abuse, I Got Really Beat Up By The Christian Right Because I Was Interfering In What Was A Personal Family Affair. It's A "family Matter." That's Why I Wish We'd Drop The Phrase "domestic Violence." It Sounds Like A Domesticated Cat. It Is The Most Vicious Of All Crimes - To Be Abused By Someone You Had A Relationship With! Because Then You Blame Yourself.

I Did Not Know At The Time, But What I Did At That Swimming Pool [on The East Side Of Wilmington] Paved The Way For Barack Obama.

After 9-11, The President Had A Historic Opportunity To Unite Americans And The World In Common Cause. Instead, By Exploiting The Politics Of Fear, Instigating An Optional War In Iraq Before Finishing A Necessary War In Afghanistan And Instituting Policies On Torture, Detainees And Domestic Surveillance That Fly In The Face Of Our Values And Interests, President Bush Divided Americans From Each Other And From The World.

Look, Freedom Is An Overwhelming American Notion. The Idea That We Want To See The World, The Peoples Of The World Free Is Something That All Of Us Subscribe To.