The Audacity of Barack Obama’s Victory Speech
You know something. I did not much like Barack Obama’s victory speech, one that is heralded high and wide as Brilliant Hypnotizing Oratory.
There probably is no way around the queasy effect of a politician, who needs to posit his or her victory as the start of a Revolutionary Epoch in American history. But somehow I still think, I want to hear something a little bit less… audacious.
They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.
And yet, here we are. This country has come together. Stricken out their disillusionment. Bridged the awesome divides. Found the common purpose. The common purpose, of course, being to get Barack Obama a slew of delegates. In the state of Iowa. The nation, the entire nation, has come together to vote at a 38 percent clip in the localized environment of Iowa to grant him 38 percent of the vote. It is high purpose indeed, transcending the nation’s differences, for Awesome Me.
But on this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn’t do.
I remain a bit cynical, I admit. Somehow I fail to understand a post-partisan America, and somehow I fail to see how roughly 50 percent — probably a bit less than that — of Americans aren’t going to be coming together for the Awesome Goal of nominating or Electing Me, Barack Obama, over … that other guy. And gal.
A New Day in America. The Age of Me… Thank you, everyone! This is America’s Purpose.
For what it’s worth, John Edwards left me even more disappointed. How difficult is it to Congratulate Your Victorious Opponent?
January 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Any politician doesn’t look to inspire everyone. Bush inspires me as much as skunk roadkill in front of my house (I have to live with it and feel sorry for everyone who drives by).
Can a politician inspire others to be better? As long as they inspire some, it doesn’t matter how many, and society benefits. You don’t need to look in yourself, but look into the hearts of other who are inspired by this man.
This speech was the first speech that I saw him do, and I was quite impressed. If his message about the future sets the framework for the debate in the election, then the republicans will have already lost.
January 8th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Are you just this dumb or naive that uh…….duh…….it is sort of revolutionary when you’ve lived in this country where a certain group of people were en-slaved for 400 years, have been free for over 120 years and there has never been a president of another race. 43 WHITE PRESIDENTS……Only and I say again only a white person would write the shit you just did.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
That would be my next post. For what it is worth.