Subject: President Obama?
I ran across this anti Iraq war speech by Obama in 2002, when he was a state senator in Illinois:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki
Two things occur:
1) It would be so nice to have a president that was an eloquent public speaker.
2) If even a fraction of the frankness exhibited in that speech can survive a run for the US senate and presidential campaign, it would quite refreshing compared to the triangulation and maneuvering that seems to have become the norm in current national politics.
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Sent on Jan 8, 2008, the morning of the New Hampshire Primary:
Subject: It's Obama's to lose...
Barring some kind of major shakeup [touch wood], I think Obama's gonna take the whole enchilada. ...
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Sent in the evening of Jan 8, 2008:
Subject: Re: It's Obama's to lose...
Obama lost NH narrowly. Grumble. I guess I'll have to wait until
Feb. 5 to celebrate getting to vote for a presidential candidate I
actually like.
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And here we are on June 3rd... I guess I was a little optimistic.
1 comment:
I prefer Obama too, but have been very fatigued by the grind of the long close race, to the point of losing interest. I know I should have loftier thoughts this morning, but for now I'm just hoping that the shift in power means I don't have to listen to Terry McAuliffe every time I turn to coverage of the race.
A pipe dream, I suppose. We can hope for a smooth exit or graceful transition from the Clinton team, but what I expect to see is an excruciating prying of their fingernails from the main stage, one ... by ...... one.
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