Here's a short, but great essay about John Lewis and Barack Obama..N Yorker mag...

[HardWorkingDem]

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/02/02/090202taco_talk_remnick

A short, great piece....the last two sentences say it all....


"At the luncheon following the swearing-in ceremony, Lewis approached Obama with a commemorative photograph and asked him to sign it. The President wrote, “Because of you, John. Barack Obama.”


Really, think about that simple salutation for a bit.....

Here you gave two men who have done great things; one an elder, one a junior, both who have accomplished so much and how profound six words can be.

[camera obscura]

1. I read that in the issue a while ago... it's really beautiful

[wndycty]

2. Actually the line from that piece that touched me was. . .

“Barack Obama is what comes at the end of that bridge in Selma.”

[HardWorkingDem]

3. Of all living Americans...

there is no other I'd love to meet in person than John Lewis. If that ever happened, I hope I'd have the right questions to ask.

[firedupdem]

4. Wow...that touched my heart! n/t

[rvablue]

5. Kicking back to the top so others can see .... very touching and profound! n/t

[Clio the Leo]

6. Rep Lewis is one of my heros......

.. and both he and Rev. Lowery were responsible for most of the tears I shed on Inauguration day.

And OH that bus!!! That Greyhound bus starting off the Inaugural parade ... amazing and poweful.

"Get on board, children, children, get on board...." indeed!