Here is the video of California's First Lady Maria Shriver giving a very passionate endorsement of Barack Obama for President of the United States. As may know, Shriver's mother is a Kennedy and they are standing for Obama. I can't say that I remember everything about the JFK presidency because I was so young but I do still remember the magic that he inspired.

I remember hearing the word 'Camelot' but I didn't know that meant. I remember segregated areas being integrated, some peacefully, some with violence. I remember the Klu Klux Klan burning a cross in my hometown. I remember blacks protesting and some whites helping with the protest. I remember being told to always have the courage to stand for what's right.

During that era, for black people in the South, our households had three pictures in the living room and on church fans: Jesus Christ (the Caucasian version), President John F. Kennedy and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Kennedys and Kings were America's living, breathing royalty. Later in life, I would learn of the discrimination Irish Catholics endured in the United States also. To have most of the Kennedy clan step up and endorse Obama stirs emotions in me in a way that I can't describe.

Senator Obama is a viable candidate for the presidency who is black, actually bi-racial, but his ethnicity, while a source of pride to blacks may only be a part of the reason why he is supported by blacks. That sense of pride cannot be understood by anyone unless they are black. That doesn't mean anything against you if you're not black; it's the same pride women share that men can't understand. Don't get caught up in those differences, just accept that we are different; respect each other and move on --- together.

Yes, we can. Si, se puede.