My friend tells me that I shouldn't express my support for political candidates so publicly since I hope to run for office one day. Nonetheless, I continue to support Barack Obama, and on Friday, I had the chance to hear him speak again at George Mason University. It was crazy to say the least. There were easily over 500 people there (most of them under the age of 20). I was pleased by the turnout of the crowd and I will be extremely pleased if even half of them vote come Election Day. Cynical, I know, but hey! Prove me wrong.

Some pictures:

On the way to the rally, the sticker stands for “Students for Barack Obama,” which is an organization that an alumni from my school (Tobin) helped start. SFBO is the organization that put on the rally. Barack Obama even personally thanked Tobin, which was cool. I live vicariously through Tobin, so it’s pretty much as if Barack Obama was thanking me (ahahha). Oh and ignore the peace signs,it's a long story...





There is the man himself speaking, even though it was extremely crowded I managed to push my way to the front of the crowd.


I really like Barack. Although, I am afraid he might have peaked too soon, but once again, I hope people prove me wrong. I would love to be alive when the first “black” man (or even non-white male) wins the presidency (shoot even is nominated); I am skeptical though. What can I say I’ve been conditioned by society. Virginia did elect the first black Governors (Doug Wilder), and I do not think that too many expected that. I just hope Barack can escape the Bradley Effect.



We will see.

In two weekends, I will attend the Jefferson-Jackson dinner (a fancy-schmancy- fundraiser dinner for the VA Democrats). Tickets are a whooping $165 dollars, but I have connections (ahhh), so my ticket was only $50. Guess who the keynote speaker is? BARACK! Yes, I will see Barack AGAIN. I am hoping to get a picture; we will see how that goes though.

That is all for now. I’m off to a super bowl party. Go Colts!