Regardless of what Rush Limbaugh says, Senator Barack Obama gave the best speech of his political life and one of the best presentations of an idea and an ideal by an elected official in World history.
Barack said what many Americans, including me, have felt for years: that each generation of us is better and an improvement over the last one, and that just because one person in your family or a good friend has a racist point of view does not mean you have to disown them or reject them. That such views are the sum total of their experience, but they too change and we as a whole grow by understanding each other and working together.
It was a speech of sweeping arch and beauty that started out a bit rough, but then soared to greatness when Obama talked from a personal perspective.
It was a turning point and in my view shows why Obama's right for this time in American history.
His unique background really is the example of the complexity of America, and its contradictions, and his rise to President may very well signal a course for a new American hegemony, one that's more inclusive and collaborative with other countries and one that's less demonic and threatening in such a way as to cause the events that led to 9-11.
Here's the video of this great speech:
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