The World Changed Tonight
Did you see it? you know.... IT. THE OBAMA SPEECH The acceptance speech that Barack Obama delivered at the DNC Convention tonight in front of 84,000 people. Its now 6 hours after the speech and I...am...still... speechless. 4 years ago, i felt strongly about electing John Kerry primarily because this country couldn't take another 4 years of Bush / Cheney. 4 Years Later...Tonight, I feel like about 100 times stronger about the feeling that this nation MUST elect Barack Obama to lead us. We have been without leadership for 8 years. 8 IS ENOUGH.
I want a President who can not only speak in public without stuttering or stammering or embarrassing our nation, but a President who can speak and inspire this nation and its citizens, who can inspire the world. A President who can lead us back to truly being the greatest country on Earth.
I want a President who led as president of the highly respected Harvard Law Review in college, not a C Average Yale student (Bush) or potentially worse, a student (John McCain) that by his own words graduated FIFTH FROM THE BOTTOM of his class at the Naval Academy.
I want a President who knows how many houses he has (Obama owns 1, and will soon be moving into a new White House), John McCain when asked did not know how many houses he owned. Turns out John McCain owns 7 or 8 houses, but then who's keeping track right? Obama was still paying off student loans until he wrote his first book when he was in Congress. John McCain is worth at LEAST 36 Million and some estimates put it at 100 Million.
I want a President who challenges our Nation to be better, not a President who in time of war said thru his spokesman on May 7, 2001......
REPORTER: Does the President believe that, given the amount of energy Americans consume per capita, how much it exceeds any other citizen in any other country in the world, does the President believe we need to correct our lifestyles to address the energy problem?
MR. FLEISCHER: That's a big no. The President believes that it's an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policy makers to protect the American way of life. The American way of life is a blessed one. And we have a bounty of resources in this country.
I want a President who cuts my taxes (Obama will cut taxes for 95% of Americans- AKA "The Middle Class", as opposed to Bush / McCain who gave and will continue to give HUGE tax cuts to the rich as well as huge tax cuts and subsidies to big oil companies when they are posting profits....PROFITS... not gross earning, after taxes profits EACH QUARTER, every three months of 10 BILLION DOLLARS. PROFIT!!! and we are giving THEM tax cuts. Oh my god.
I could go on for a long time. Most importantly, i feel like Obama is a born leader who will not only lead us, but surround himself with highly competent people in his administration, unlike the current Republican who appointed the head of The International Arabian Horse Association to lead FEMA. No wonder the Katrina New Orleans disaster happened. While "W" and McCain ate birthday cake on the deck of a carrier 2 days after New Orleans was under water, they left it to Brownie to tend to New Orleans and Brownie was hundreds of miles away eating steak.
OK... If you are still reading either you are already firmly on the Obama train or are at least keeping yourself open to the idea. So, on that note, if you missed Obama's speech tonight, PLEASE..... PLEASE PLEASE..... for the sake of your country and yourself, spend the next 45 minutes watching a great American speech. He actually starts about 2:30 minutes in. Enjoy.
I found it posted here....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/28/barack-obama-democratic-c_n_122224.html
OBAMA SPEECH
-Ken Lewis
I want a President who can not only speak in public without stuttering or stammering or embarrassing our nation, but a President who can speak and inspire this nation and its citizens, who can inspire the world. A President who can lead us back to truly being the greatest country on Earth.
I want a President who led as president of the highly respected Harvard Law Review in college, not a C Average Yale student (Bush) or potentially worse, a student (John McCain) that by his own words graduated FIFTH FROM THE BOTTOM of his class at the Naval Academy.
I want a President who knows how many houses he has (Obama owns 1, and will soon be moving into a new White House), John McCain when asked did not know how many houses he owned. Turns out John McCain owns 7 or 8 houses, but then who's keeping track right? Obama was still paying off student loans until he wrote his first book when he was in Congress. John McCain is worth at LEAST 36 Million and some estimates put it at 100 Million.
I want a President who challenges our Nation to be better, not a President who in time of war said thru his spokesman on May 7, 2001......
REPORTER: Does the President believe that, given the amount of energy Americans consume per capita, how much it exceeds any other citizen in any other country in the world, does the President believe we need to correct our lifestyles to address the energy problem?
MR. FLEISCHER: That's a big no. The President believes that it's an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policy makers to protect the American way of life. The American way of life is a blessed one. And we have a bounty of resources in this country.
I want a President who cuts my taxes (Obama will cut taxes for 95% of Americans- AKA "The Middle Class", as opposed to Bush / McCain who gave and will continue to give HUGE tax cuts to the rich as well as huge tax cuts and subsidies to big oil companies when they are posting profits....PROFITS... not gross earning, after taxes profits EACH QUARTER, every three months of 10 BILLION DOLLARS. PROFIT!!! and we are giving THEM tax cuts. Oh my god.
I could go on for a long time. Most importantly, i feel like Obama is a born leader who will not only lead us, but surround himself with highly competent people in his administration, unlike the current Republican who appointed the head of The International Arabian Horse Association to lead FEMA. No wonder the Katrina New Orleans disaster happened. While "W" and McCain ate birthday cake on the deck of a carrier 2 days after New Orleans was under water, they left it to Brownie to tend to New Orleans and Brownie was hundreds of miles away eating steak.
OK... If you are still reading either you are already firmly on the Obama train or are at least keeping yourself open to the idea. So, on that note, if you missed Obama's speech tonight, PLEASE..... PLEASE PLEASE..... for the sake of your country and yourself, spend the next 45 minutes watching a great American speech. He actually starts about 2:30 minutes in. Enjoy.
I found it posted here....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/28/barack-obama-democratic-c_n_122224.html
OBAMA SPEECH
-Ken Lewis
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