Kennedy's Endorsement of Obama

Sens. Edward Kennedy and Barack Obama both included gays and lesbians in their speeches during the event yesterday where Kennedy endorsed Obama in his presidential bid.

“And it lives on in those Americans – young and old, rich and poor, black and white, Latino and Asian and Native American, gay and straight – who are tired of a politics that divides us and want to recapture the sense of common purpose that we had when John Kennedy was President of the United States of America,” said Obama.

The insertion of “gay and straight” was a departure from the script of Sen. Obama’s “prepared remarks” that were forwarded to news outlets ahead of the event by his campaign. (source)

I think it's cool that our community is at least on the radar screen. But I really think it's cool that mentioning our community was not originally planned in Obama's prepared remarks. To me, it shows an awareness that Obama is starting to think and connect to our community. Just my thoughts for what it's worth.

As far as the State of the Union speech last night is concerned, I had planned to watch the President give the speech, but it conflicted with the Sarah Connor Chronicles. And even though it was a re-run that I'd seen before, I felt that Sarah spoke more to the issues I have with our country than anything the President could offer up at this point. Sorry Prez.