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Update 1: DARN! The original photo was removed. Oh well. It was nice.
Update 2: Although the original photo that I had here has disappeared, this new one is almost as good.
In case you missed it, the original photo was also very moving. It was a picture of a 60-something white woman hugging Barack Obama at a rally in Pennsylvania. She was moved to tears as she hugged him, and all the camera saw was the side of his shoulder and the back of his head. It was all in the woman’s expression. It was the perfect picture of hope.
This new photo that I found today has many of the same qualities as the original. The woman is African-American, but the expression of hope is the same.
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That pic put tears in my eyes. Lost my mom in May of 2007, she was hoping Obama would win the primary AND the presidency. This reminds me of the passion that my mom had as a life-long Democrat and believer in the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King. After Obama’s speech in 2004, my mom said he reminded her of Kennedy, and that she had rarely felt that way about anyone else, except Paul Wellstone and a few other visionaries. At this very moment, I feel that we are closer to realizing King’s dream than at any time in our history. When the few show bigotry and ugliness, the many show unity and a beautiful spirit beyond compare. This is the America I want to live in. This is the America I am proud of. This is the picture of HOPE. Thank you for sharing, and I HOPE this picture becomes viral!
This picture, this picture, brought tears to my eyes immediately.
I understand, I pray that this HOPE will be a reality for all Americans.
God Bless!