I'm a damned cranky, late 50s white guy, cynical, who doesn't know tears. That was just moist eyes.

[Faygo Kid]

So forget it. Must have been something like allergies.

Yeah, that's it. Those tears aren't about my late single Mom who worked so hard, and they certainly can't be about hope for our nation, and the world, where no hope was expected just a couple short years ago.

Can't be about Dads reading to their daughters, because my daughter is 32, and of course, once they grow up, they are never the little girls you read to once upon a time.

Can't be that single Mom in Obama's show who can't make ends meet, or that retired guy who now has to work at Wal-Mart, or that third-generation Ford worker who has lost hope, or that Mom with eyes welling up whose son is in Iraq.

Where was the discussion of the really important issues, like mega-millionaires Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh's concerns about William Ayers? Why are issues like that being missed? Don't those issues put food on the table, send kids to college, clean up our environment, recharge our economy? Wasn't that what it was all about with Rev. Wright, and now Bill Ayers?

Well, they can make their own arguments, and have their own priorities for our nation. I kind of liked that positive stuff that Barack talked of - you know - peace, prosperity, hope and change.

The kind of stuff that makes my eyes water. Like allergies.

[DevonRex]

1. It's my cat's fault. She decided to sit in my lap and made my eyes

all runny.

[polichick]

2. Well, good thing it didn't make you cry. ;)

k&r

[mmonk]

3. Must be catching

or an age thing with cynical white guys over 50. Like me.

[childslibrarian]

4. It was my 19 year old sitting by me

Who made me cry,
actually, my grandmother, who I was named for, died of breast cancer.
She did not seek treatment because of lack of insurance.
The tumor was the size of a grapefruit when they took it out.
She died before I was born.
But I have her name...

[Faygo Kid]

6. Yes we can. Yes we will.

This time, we take back our country. For your grandmother, and mine.

[Jane Austin]

5. My allergies are killling me!

Dammit. And right in the middle of Obama's show.

[stray cat]

7. We won't tell anyone you are really a marshmellow.at heart....

:toast:

[Faygo Kid]

9. You outed me! Damn. And I so very much want to be a curmudgeon. . .

Back to the drawing board.

[stray cat]

15. LOL - what a pic - you made my day!

[whitewomenforobama]

8. Your secret's safe with us /nt

[uppityperson]

10. I'm a jaded, cynical, middle aged white woman who knows tears. And, MrObama, those were tears.

Thank you.

[crazy_vanilla]

11. I was crying, and it wasn't allergies

It made me so emotional, I could feel kinship with all these people who are just like me and my family

[Condem]

12. Christ, faygo. I didn't see it and you've got me snifflin!

How did it play to the not-yet-believers?

[Faygo Kid]

17. We're all Daydream Believers now. Except this is no daydream.

It's going to be a dream come true.

[crazy_vanilla]

13. hugs

:pals:

Hope your allergies ;) get better on Election Day!!!

[redstatelefty]

14. Can you say "bounce"?

That may have been the most moving political ad I have ever seen. Obama will gain at least 5 points over the next few days. But DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. Volunteer this weekend. Be part of this! Make sure Barack goes all the way!

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

16. Me too, me too, me too!

I'm still on the verge of tears.