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[16 Jun 2008 | No Comment | ]

This is so refreshing.
A politican who isn’t afraid to let us into his own flawed, less-than-perfect background, but instead invites us in to stay awhile. Democratic presidential nomineeĀ Barack Obama (you have no idea how much I enjoyed typing that) spoke yesterday at a Chicago church about the need for black fathers (parents in general) to step up to the plate of responsibility and nuture our youth.
“They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it,” Obama said. “I …