Barack Obama for President, Pt. 2
As I write these words, it has been two hours since Barack Obama made his announcement declaring his run for the office of President of the United States. My wife and daughter and I watched him speak on C-Span.
You can read a copy of the transcript here: Obama’s Speech.
Among the statements made this morning were these: “In the face of war, you believe there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a politics that's shut you out, that's told you to settle, that's divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people, reaching for what's possible, building that more perfect union.”
“It was here (in Springfield) we learned to disagree without being disagreeable - that it's possible to compromise so long as you know those principles that can never be compromised; and that so long as we're willing to listen to each other, we can assume the best in people instead of the worst.”
“Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what's needed to be done. Today we are called once more - and it is time for our generation to answer that call. “
“And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth.”
Senator Obama can certainly speak well. I will enjoy listening to him over the next two years.
It is my hope that whoever lands in office at the end of 2008, will have the actions that can back up the words. In the case of Barack Obama, we may be looking at the “real deal”.
You can read a copy of the transcript here: Obama’s Speech.
Among the statements made this morning were these: “In the face of war, you believe there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a politics that's shut you out, that's told you to settle, that's divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people, reaching for what's possible, building that more perfect union.”
“It was here (in Springfield) we learned to disagree without being disagreeable - that it's possible to compromise so long as you know those principles that can never be compromised; and that so long as we're willing to listen to each other, we can assume the best in people instead of the worst.”
“Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what's needed to be done. Today we are called once more - and it is time for our generation to answer that call. “
“And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth.”
Senator Obama can certainly speak well. I will enjoy listening to him over the next two years.
It is my hope that whoever lands in office at the end of 2008, will have the actions that can back up the words. In the case of Barack Obama, we may be looking at the “real deal”.
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