http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/ny-spglaub065914450nov06,0,2229475.column
Tears welled in Donovan McNabb’s eyes as he watched Barack Obama become our first African-American president. With Obama speaking not far from where McNabb grew up in Chicago, the Eagles quarterback was overcome with emotion at a moment in history he thought would never happen.
“Growing up and seeing and hearing how some people may feel about having an African-American president, I didn’t think it was possible,” McNabb said yesterday at the Eagles’ training complex. “But when you have an individual who people have truly looked past his skin color and just listened to his thoughts and what his game plan is of what he wants to do in office, that’s the positive thing that I think people should truly focus on.”
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