OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA!

[sigerson]

"We can be better."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE THIS MAN

erm. That is to say, nobody--not one other speech I've ever heard or seen--has ever. Ever. Ever. inspired me this much.

I don't want to debate fine points of his plan, his strategy, his delivery. I don't even really want to discuss the speech. I just want to celebrate this cracking-open of my cynical political self, exposing the gooey nougat center of hope.

We can be something other than two angry, sullen half-countries smushed against each other, making snide remarks in bumper-sticker soundbites. We can be listening to our differences, rather than tossing them aside as automatically evil or stupid.

We can be better than we have been.

Yes we can.

Comments

[sanj.livejournal.com]

YES YES YES.

[kansas-dave.livejournal.com]

BTW, did you see the ad McCain released yesterday?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_ioN5SyBM

[g-me.livejournal.com]

agreed. !!

[ladymajor.livejournal.com]

God, I know. I KNOW!! He makes me so giddy and happy and hopeful. It is a strange thing being hopeful again after 8 years of political despair, with maybe a couple of days in there where I actually thought Howard Dean could make things happen, and an hour or so where I actually thought Kerry had something like a chance.

[wavyarms.livejournal.com]

Yay, gooey nougat center!

[2h2o.livejournal.com]

We can be something other than two angry, sullen half-countries smushed against each other, making snide remarks in bumper-sticker soundbites.

Maybe we can, but will we? I've yet to see anything from Obama that suggests willingness to reach across the aisle. And his supporters are even less interested. For most of them, this campaign isn't about new ideas, it's about crushing and shaming Republicans.

Clearly my gooey center is as-yet undiscovered (how many licks does it frickin' take?), but so far Obama's proposals have all felt like populism-as-usual.

(In case any of the Washington Post comments crowd is reading this, no, I'm not a fan of McCain either.)

[kouredios.livejournal.com]

Sing it, sister.