Obama Talks Lipstick and McCain

Obama Talks Lipstick and McCain

i find myself
hoping
even praying
for a "game changer"

a terrible first interview
an discovered tape
a child protective service order

anything that might bring
Queen Sarah
back to earth

Obama’s Ads in Key States Go on Attack

Obama’s Ads in Key States Go on Attack

we are the ones that we've been waiting for
but is this what we were waiting for us to do

when your campaign becomes about your opponent
when pro becomes anti
"when one guy is trying to scare you"
and neither offers hope
where do the dreamers and believers go

McCain Campaign Says Obama Is Playing the ‘Race Card’

McCain Campaign Says Obama Is Playing the ‘Race Card’

this is not a card
that either man has to play

for one is was played for him
when he came out of his mother's womb
with dark skin
for the other
it was been laid in the patchwork of a shameful
divisive history

and the more recent turns of the card
a fight against MLK in Arizona
Bill Clinton's rantings in South Carolina
Jesse Jackson's (un?)intentional whispers
and millions of people who admit
they will never vote for a black man
have taken the card out of both men's deck

it just that they now agree
that each of them see
the elephant in the room

Obama Speaks to Germany on European Ties

Obama Speaks to Germany on European Ties

it wasn't about a race for president
this day on the Berlin stage
it was about a forgotten mission
a dream packed deep in the back of the closet
that promised we could be both strong and caring
that we could stop malcontents with weapons
while laying down our own

the messenger
who a few years ago
was the skinny guy with the funny name
showed that he was
an American leader
a world leader
without a single vote having been cast
not because of who he was
but what he said
and how it was heard

and for a moment
it seemed like it didn't matter
if he became president
as long as the country and the world
followed his lead