Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Real Deal

I´m sitting here teary-eyed after reading Obama´s speech from today. Whether you support him or not, you have to admit that he is the most open and honest candidate we´ve seen in a long time. Who else would start a speech by baring their soul, the way he did today? Whether he´s elected President or not (and he will be), he is changing politics. My only hope is that we hold future candidates to his standard, the standard of stark reality over platitudes, of nuance over forged simplicity, of thorough discussion over 15 second sound bytes, of appealing to the best in us rather than the pedestrian, and of speaking to all Americans, not just 51%.
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