Obama in Springfield

So its way to early for me to be doing this (especially on a saturday), but!!! I am anyway. I woke up thinking my work meeting was at 9am today (its next week at 9am) so I left my apartment at about 8:35a on my way to work and noticed that almost all the roads were closed and there were people in down town Springfield :O That never happens!!! And as I drove around in cirlces looking for a way to get away from down town and to work, it hit me! (that and there were a few people holding signs which said "OBAMA"). Obama is announcing his candidacy for preseident of the United States of America... oh and Oprah is there also (not a fan of Oprah).

So I am a little disappointed that I did not look into getting tickets for this; it is less than a minute walk for me to hear him talk and I do not have to look for parking like the hundreds of people who are doing that right now... Oh well C'est la vie!

There is a point to this note... In my 3/4 rotations around down town looking for a way out, and 3/4 drives past the lines to get in to hear Obama speak, this is what I noticed: No black people!!! Well, not zero, but ratio of black to white was proabably 0.5:10... Seriously! So maybe times have changed (huge generalization coming) and all black people now get to things alot earlier than white folk and they got here and realized it was too cold, (the event started at 9am by the way) or maybe its because he does not speak till 10am which would make sense, why stand in the cold for an hour longer right? Or maybe there are just not enough black people in Springfield for me to notice them in line... Maybe I am just reading into things. After all, Obama did say there is no "black and white in America"... But, I was bothered by the fact that the same Springfield I live in, filled with BIGOTRY, is the same Springfield that has tons and tons of white folk lining up to see Obama (and Oprah)... I guess in all fairness, they could have all driven down from Chicago.

I for one do not think Obama will win... America is not ready for a BLACK PRESIDENT, and especially one who does not have national experience.... Either way, there is a step forward for American history right (Hillary is a little scary though no?) That's just me... Maybe I am reading into things. Uh oh, there go the ambulances... I can hear the roar from the greeting! And there is the American anthem being sung! I think I hear Oprah! I should have gotten tickets...