Tom Hayden-An Endorsement of the Movement Barack Obama Leads

[kpete]

Tom Hayden
An Endorsement of the Movement Barack Obama Leads
Posted January 27, 2008 | 04:49 PM (EST)

With the California primary ten days away, it's time to decide. And for me, it's not been easy.

My paramount concern is to prevent a Republican victory in November. Even though it seems to be a Democratic year, no one can say which Democratic can defeat, say, John McCain, the full-throated advocate of "winning" the Iraq war. At stake are many issues beyond Iraq, not least the appointment of the next generation of federal judges.

I will vote without hesitation for the Democratic nominee, if only to stop to the neo-conservative usurpation of power which began in Florida in 2000.

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Is Barack the one we have been waiting for? Or is it the other way around? Are we the people we have been waiting for? Barack Obama is giving voice and space to an awakening beyond his wildest expectations, a social force that may lead him far beyond his modest policy agend. Such movements in the past led the Kennedys and Franklin Roosevelt to achievements they never contemplated. (As Gandhi once said of India's liberation movement, "There go my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.")

We are in a precious moment where caution must yield to courage. It is better to fail at the quest for greatness than to accept our planet's future as only a reliving of the past.

So I endorse the movement that Barack Obama has inspired and will support his candidacy in the inevitable storms ahead.




more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/an-endorsement-of-the-mov_b_83478.html

[H2O Man]

1. Outstanding!

That is one of the best statements regarding the democratic primary that I've read. Thank you for posting it!

Nominated.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Kewl! He endorses the Obama movement that Obama leads.....

Which means he endorses us! Yeah!~

[YvonneCa]

14. Feeling better...

...today, Frenchie? :)

[babylonsister]

3. "Caution must yield to courage." Yes, we can! nt

[democrat2thecore]

4. Hayden sees it as it is - not as Bill and Hill would like you to believe -nt

[BeyondGeography]

5. I think California is ready to be bold

I can feel it all the way over here in New York.

Just don't ask me how.

[YvonneCa]

7. I nudged you...

...a cyber-nudge...from Ca. :7

[BeyondGeography]

9. Right back atcha

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4237208

[YvonneCa]

13. ...

... :)

[truedelphi]

6. I'll kick any thread that quotes Ghandi

"There go my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader."

I also give credit to Hayden on this, I had heard that Barack O made fun of Hayden at one point.
(Could be wrong, but thought he made a comment about activists like Hayden having had their day, or something.)

[cali]

8. what a remarkable and wise statement. n/t

[rufus dog]

10. I see clinton has DiFi, has Boxer come out yet? n/t

[immoderate]

12. Isn't Boxer related to Hillary?

Through some marriage?

On edit: Quick check shows that Hillary's brother was married to Barb's daughter. Apparently they are now estranged. Wonder how that affects the politics?

--IMM

[PassingFair]

18. Who would WANT DiFi's endorsement?

Not me!

[featherman]

11. Thanks, Tom... much appreciated

[silverweb]

15. Beautiful!

Tom Hayden is, himself, an icon from the '60s anti-war movement. I'm thrilled with his endorsement.

Thank you, Tom!

:patriot:

[goodhue]

16. that is a great endorsement

and reflects my attitude as well

[goodhue]

17. Ted Kennedy is great and all but an endorsement from Tom Hayden carries more water for me

[Mass]

19. This is a great endorsement - An endorsement of somebody who understands that it is not about the

candidate, but the forces that are behind him. Thank you Tom Hayden.