Eating some shave ice...yummy.
Have to give shouts out to Obama who was born and raised here in Hawaii...my roommates missed him at the store by 5 mins. But my other friend Joey was able to check out his rally. Obama for President!!
Obama greeted the cheering crowd with a loud "Aloha! How's everybody doing today? Howzit!"
Obama, and his wife Michelle, were joined at the rally by U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, Mayor Mufi Hannemann and Hawaii Democrat Party Chairman Brian Schatz.
He praised Hawaii and told how he explains to people how the state has affected his character and politics.
"I try to explain to them something about the aloha spirit. I try to explain to them this basic idea that we all have obligations to each other, that we're not alone, that if we see somebody who's in need we should help," he said.
Obama said "most importantly, that when you come from Hawaii, you start understanding that what's on the surface, what people look like, that doesn't determine who they are.
"And that the power and strength of diversity, the ability of people from everywhere, whether they're black or white, whether they're Japanese-American or Korean-American or Filipino-American or whatever they are, they are just Americans, that all of us can work together and all of us can join together to create a better country.
"It's that spirit, that I'm absolutely convinced, is what America is looking for right now."
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