Wow; I don't know how it struck everyone else, but I thought that was a wowzer 90 minutes of good music. What a time it must have been to be down there by the reflecting pool, singing along.
I am filled with American spirit when I hear something like that, and listen to Obama speak; and how I do pray that he will carry through on his promises and his professed ideals and hopes.
I guess those who know me well realize that I'm not 100% on the bandwagon; I've been disappointed so many, many times in the past by so many politicians and world leaders, that it's hard for me to believe.
Perhaps having gone through the 60s and 70s, riding that great wave of hope that my generation was blessed to experience – and then having all the breath knocked out of me by the assassinations and the broken promises, the police brutality and the cynical politics of the Chicago convention in 1968, and watching the Kent State students mowed down, and on and on – I may be irredeemably unhopeful about political solutions.
But my essential hope and belief in humankind is still intact, thank you: and I can really get behind Obama's appeal to the common man to make this happen. Yes, we can: if we will.
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I teared up a little bit when I saw ol' Pete Seeger up there ... what an amazing guy.
Souffle sent me a youtube cut of Pete on a late-night show, leading the audience in a rousing rendition of a new song he's written. He is immortal.
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