Barack Obama responds
March 19th 2008 04:11
The next president of these United States of America responded today to those who have made a huge deal out of the remarks of his pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Even though Barack Obama distanced himself from the comments already, the controversy has raged on, fueled by the talking heads of the right who would love to see Obama damaged. They know their meager chances in the are much better if they are facing Hillary Clinton instead of Barack Obama. Rightly so. Of course Hillary Clinton would be a formidable candidate, but they have nothing in their hate, fear, and smear arsenals that will stick to Barack Obama. There is fear in their voices and words. They know he represents a wave that is going to sweep the neo-conservative movement to the bottom of the slime pit it created. They know he will build a coalition, but that it won't include them.
Soon -to -be President Obama showed that courage and really speaking to issues instead of giving the response less likely to offend focus groups and corporate donors is something America is hungry for. Thinking Americans are hungry for a candidate that goes beyond the sound bite or the trite attack or the repeats of failed policies and fear tactics. And Barack Obama delivered.
He didn't back away from the fact that he has known Jeremiah Wright for years and that he considers him an important person in his life. He did disavow the controversial comments made by Reverend Wright. He was able to state how he could do both. He acknowledged the problems of race in America, and pointed to the fact that it comes from people of all colors, and people of all colors need to finally move beyond it. Barack Obama will be the president who can bridge the divides of race, class, and gender in a real way and push America ahead toward the promises made, that all are truly equal.
Barack Obama understands that America was never perfect or above reproach, and that stupid jingoism does nothing to help anyone. He also knows the promise that America holds and will do his best to see that it bears fruit. He knows that America doesn't exist for the rich or the most conservative or the most theocratic. He is going to lead a new coalition of caring and thinking and working Americans into the 21st century.
The current occupant of the White House doesn't deserve to be considered for a leader of a new century. He will soon go down as an ugly mark on American history that it will take a leader with the unique qualifications of Barack Obama to move us beyond. It is said that leaders often rise up when they are most needed. The nation needs Barack Obama. It took courage to take a stand, to not go just for sound bites, to say what he believed and to mean it. This country is in dire straits, as much in perception as in reality. The Obama presidency can address both.
I would encourage everyone to go this link Really Long Link
and read the entire speech. Barack Obama is pointing the way for America to move beyond the fetters of race, gender, and conservative dogma. We have to listen, we have to learn, and we have to join him in moving America ahead. He is the rare combination of good ideas and electability.
Before some try to dismiss this as being "hopeful" let me add that hope is exactly what America needs right now. Another four years of neo-conservative debacle will damage us beyond repair. America is on the edge of a cliff, and our dry-drunk "president" is driving us too close to it. If changes aren't made soon, we will be something so alien from what our founders had in mind that they wouldn't recognize us. I don't think Barack Obama is a panacea for all that ills us. But I do think he represents a potential paradigm shift that can ignite enough change to begin.
Soon -to -be President Obama showed that courage and really speaking to issues instead of giving the response less likely to offend focus groups and corporate donors is something America is hungry for. Thinking Americans are hungry for a candidate that goes beyond the sound bite or the trite attack or the repeats of failed policies and fear tactics. And Barack Obama delivered.
He didn't back away from the fact that he has known Jeremiah Wright for years and that he considers him an important person in his life. He did disavow the controversial comments made by Reverend Wright. He was able to state how he could do both. He acknowledged the problems of race in America, and pointed to the fact that it comes from people of all colors, and people of all colors need to finally move beyond it. Barack Obama will be the president who can bridge the divides of race, class, and gender in a real way and push America ahead toward the promises made, that all are truly equal.
Barack Obama understands that America was never perfect or above reproach, and that stupid jingoism does nothing to help anyone. He also knows the promise that America holds and will do his best to see that it bears fruit. He knows that America doesn't exist for the rich or the most conservative or the most theocratic. He is going to lead a new coalition of caring and thinking and working Americans into the 21st century.
The current occupant of the White House doesn't deserve to be considered for a leader of a new century. He will soon go down as an ugly mark on American history that it will take a leader with the unique qualifications of Barack Obama to move us beyond. It is said that leaders often rise up when they are most needed. The nation needs Barack Obama. It took courage to take a stand, to not go just for sound bites, to say what he believed and to mean it. This country is in dire straits, as much in perception as in reality. The Obama presidency can address both.
I would encourage everyone to go this link Really Long Link
and read the entire speech. Barack Obama is pointing the way for America to move beyond the fetters of race, gender, and conservative dogma. We have to listen, we have to learn, and we have to join him in moving America ahead. He is the rare combination of good ideas and electability.
Before some try to dismiss this as being "hopeful" let me add that hope is exactly what America needs right now. Another four years of neo-conservative debacle will damage us beyond repair. America is on the edge of a cliff, and our dry-drunk "president" is driving us too close to it. If changes aren't made soon, we will be something so alien from what our founders had in mind that they wouldn't recognize us. I don't think Barack Obama is a panacea for all that ills us. But I do think he represents a potential paradigm shift that can ignite enough change to begin.
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