Obama; America is Back!!!

[illinoisprogressive]

Speaking to an energized crowd of over 4,000 people in Portland, Oregon on Friday night, Sept. 7th, Senator Barack Obama foretold of his message to the rest of the world upon his election:

"America is Back!" ...to work with you in addressing the major problems facing the world we live in.

Not the arrogant America of the last several years, but the America characterized by the fundamental decency of its people. Senator Obama reminded us of the hope and optimism that has helped the United States overcome so many greater problems in our Nation's history.

At a time when candidates are focusing on negative messages and all the things that they are 'against', Senator Obama continues to lift the spirit of the debate by offering us something to be 'for'. This was evident in the pre-speech reception in which someone asked him what he was going to do to 'make Maureen Dowd proud.' This Washington columnist has been highly critical of him for not attacking Hillary Clinton. After pausing to think carefully about his response, he bluntly answered that he was not going to try to make her proud or others like her. He said that to Ms. Dowd and other Washington insiders, politics is simply a game to be played. In contrast, to Senator Obama politics is the vehicle by which we address the issues that are facing us through intelligent political discourse and finding common ground. He said that we are facing serious problems we don't have time for playing games.

After being introduced by retired general Tony McPeak, a former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that is endorsing him, Senator Obama picked up on this same theme. With echoes of his 2004 speech to the Democratic National Convention, he encouraged us to put an end to the politics of division based on the 45% of the people who control the 'red states' and the 45% of the people who control the 'blue states'. In his view, this only leads to a focus on the other 10% of the people 'who apparently all live in Florida and Ohio', he added. That is not the approach that got our Country through slavery, two world wars, and segregation. Senator Obama emphasizes that we can not solve the problems facing us today without pulling together.

http://www.blueoregon.com/2007/09/obama-america-i.html

[ShortnFiery]

1. Thanks for the information IP. Wish that I could have been there. nt

[derby378]

2. I'm not buying it yet...

Once George W. Bush is impeached, then I'll say America is on the way back.

[ryanus]

3. that's a good slogan. People want back the america we once had

[Stephanie]

4. Great!

First thing we do, we banish "Homeland" from the vocabulary.

[illinoisprogressive]

5. I really like that slogan. After 40 years in the wilderness we are Back!

[unkachuck]

6. we're baaaack....

....'Not the arrogant America of the last several years, but the America characterized by the fundamental decency of its people.'....

....but wasn't it 'the fundamental decency of it's people' that brought us 'the arrogant America of the last several years'?

....I'm confused; it must be those damn poltergeists....