Obama and the Audacity of Hope
February 22nd 2008 05:09
I won't waste my time repeating how Barack Obama responded to the attacks on anyone who dare to hope. He was far too eloquent for me to even try. What I want to do is ask those on the right who see it as a weakness to tell me what is wrong with hope? Hope is a vital component of every truly great thing. Every grand accomplishment in the human arena has a strong measure of hope behind it. You know, most great human achievements have a strong measure of liberal thought behind them too, so there you go.
The right wing smear machine was all set to go after Hillary with all barrels. They must be at least a little bit saddened. Hillary just by virtue of being in their sights for so long would make a much easier target. The easily confounded are stumped as to what to do to attack Obama. So far, they are pitifully and pathetically attacking his hopeful visions.
They say he lacks Washington experience....a good thing, if you ask me. They say he doesn't have real policy proposals...a damn lie. Those aren't panning out so far, so they attack that he dares to ask people to hope. Hope, indeed, is what this election is going to be all about. There is a tidal wave coming, and his name is Barack Obama. And he is kindling a spirit of hope in millions of Americans.
Hope that we can once again, after long years to to the contrary, have an America that we can be proud of. Hope for a president who isn't a laughing stock the world over. Hope that we can have a government that takes responsibility for the general welfare of the people, not just the lucky elite. A leadership that doesn't cater to the misguided aspirations of the fanatical religious right. An America that doesn't shoot first, that doesn't trash science, that doesn't torture, that doesn't want to maintain empire through might of arms, that can see the need to rapidly get off oil, that knows the future has to be "green."
We have the potential for a paradigm shift in American politics in 2008. We have the chance to bring America back into the arena of respectable and honorable nations. Frankly, I think Hillary Clinton would make a better president than her husband Bill was. And America is past due for a woman president. But the time for Obama is now, the time for the shift is now. The 20 percent or so who still support the current president need to be sidelined, pushed to the edges of relevance by the sheer numbers of us who are smarter than that. We will reach across the aisle to those willing to think. We will marginalize those who refuse. And we will see the political spectrum in America move back to the center, and from there, to the progressive left.
The right wing smear machine was all set to go after Hillary with all barrels. They must be at least a little bit saddened. Hillary just by virtue of being in their sights for so long would make a much easier target. The easily confounded are stumped as to what to do to attack Obama. So far, they are pitifully and pathetically attacking his hopeful visions.
They say he lacks Washington experience....a good thing, if you ask me. They say he doesn't have real policy proposals...a damn lie. Those aren't panning out so far, so they attack that he dares to ask people to hope. Hope, indeed, is what this election is going to be all about. There is a tidal wave coming, and his name is Barack Obama. And he is kindling a spirit of hope in millions of Americans.
The next American president
Hope that we can once again, after long years to to the contrary, have an America that we can be proud of. Hope for a president who isn't a laughing stock the world over. Hope that we can have a government that takes responsibility for the general welfare of the people, not just the lucky elite. A leadership that doesn't cater to the misguided aspirations of the fanatical religious right. An America that doesn't shoot first, that doesn't trash science, that doesn't torture, that doesn't want to maintain empire through might of arms, that can see the need to rapidly get off oil, that knows the future has to be "green."
We have the potential for a paradigm shift in American politics in 2008. We have the chance to bring America back into the arena of respectable and honorable nations. Frankly, I think Hillary Clinton would make a better president than her husband Bill was. And America is past due for a woman president. But the time for Obama is now, the time for the shift is now. The 20 percent or so who still support the current president need to be sidelined, pushed to the edges of relevance by the sheer numbers of us who are smarter than that. We will reach across the aisle to those willing to think. We will marginalize those who refuse. And we will see the political spectrum in America move back to the center, and from there, to the progressive left.
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