YES YOU CAN! ...A SPECIAL PALTALK MOMENT AS OBAMA TAKES NTH CAROLINA

In the main, Paltalk is not much more than a waste of time, made worthwhile by virtue of some very fine people I am happy to count among my on line mates. The list is considerable, but I have to give a special mention to Mr. Enigma, XN_Trick, Dennis the Menace, Zen Friendly, Buds, Tung Fu, Samir the Galiean, Oh Donna, NDP, and like I said the list is considerable and my friends know who they are.

This morning I got an IM from my mate Dennis the Menace who told me about OBAMA's decisive victory in North Carolina, and that the OBAMA supporters were having an understandable 'gloat' in Mainstream Politics. The room was at an all time record number of 147 bums on seats , with only a few obscure black nics at the bottom.

Cardinal Fang piped Obama's acceptance speech live into the room, and the crowd in the auditorium was going wild. Not since the Beatles hit the USA has a crowd erupted quite like this. A clear indicator that Obama has won over generation Y. The text in Mainstream was flying past at a speed that was making me dizzy and must have scared the crap out of anyone new to the Paltalk experience.

There was something very conspicuously absent, and that was the almost total lack of McCain supporters in the room. A few die hards like Outlastyou and others who are too bloody stupid to even bother with, were doing there best to kill the mood. But they didn't have a snowflake's chance in hell. This was a moment in history being shared by Obama supporters and friends and supporters of the OBAMA supporters from all over the world.

If Obama can maintain this kind of enthusiastic, and infectious support he MAY just get there. I will never be more pleased in my entire life to be proven wrong, when I have said I didn't think Obama was going to break through all the barricades that would prevent him from becoming the next President of the USA.

Listening to Obama's speech and realizing he had no script, no auto cues, his words were flowing, erudite, and undeniably heartfelt, gave me goosebumps from 17,000 k's away. It was truly inspirational and if anyone doubts this man's ability to lead the USA out of the black hole of despair achieved after 8 years of the Bush administration, just play that speech again. This is not a man who just talks the talk. He is appealing to the truly patriotic Americans who love their country and its people and asking for support to give him a chance to make the changes needed to start to turn things around. If he is bullshitting, then nominate for the BEST ACTOR Oscar for 2009. He will be a shoe in!

As Obama thanked the people of North Carolina for believing in him I could hear a song in my head, a well known Pete Seeger classic, Where have all the flowers gone. But I was singing:

"Where have all the repukes gone...long time passing. Where all the repukes gone ?...long time ago. Where have all the repukes gone? Gone to bathrooms everyone...when will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?"

For all the useless crap that goes down in Paltalk, sharing this moment with so many people I admire who have been behind Obama from the start, and have never stumbled even after the endless dirty tricks from the Clinton camp, this experience today made up for all the times I have thought...what the fuck am I doing here?