Posts Tagged ‘Obama’

A few weeks after my previous Clinton/Obama post, here’s an Op-Ed post from the New York Times in many ways reiterating what Hart (and many others) are saying:  The Long Defeat - New York Times

Maybe—just maybe—Hillary can win. This article suggests her advisers are giving her a 5% chance. But if not, what is she doing for the party?

Meanwhile, on the other side, voters get an unobstructed view of the Republican nominee. John McCain’s approval ratings have soared 11 points. He is now viewed positively by 67 percent of Americans.

I kept up with election news daily for a while, but this has been a long campaign. By this point I’ve done my research and made up my mind. The occasional shock piece has emerged, but mostly it has been pundits speculating and repetition repetition repetition.
McCain has had the luxury of changing his stride and focus on his general election messages while the Democrats continue to wallow in turmoil.

What a crazy year this has been for American politics.

I just came across this speech courtesy of Digg. You can read the speech here or watch the embedded video.

This really resonated with me. I myself feel the last 8 years (or so) of the prevailing government’s attempt to integrate a strand of religion very disenfranchising; in an inherently diverse population like America, made up of cultures from all over the world, we need to be more willing to listen and accept and less eager to dictate and exclude.

Obama’s words were related as a prayer: “A hope that we can live with one another in a way that reconciles the beliefs of each with the good of all”. Obvious, yet (in the light of what I feel has been going on in America) profound.