Like many of you, I sat down to watch the February 10th declaration speech given by Barak Obama with some trepidation and not a little cynicism. I had seen him speak before, and my original impression had been simply that he was an impressive speaker. Sitting through his speech on Saturday, however, I had to revise my opinion. He is not an impressive speaker, he is an enrapturing speaker, and beyond that he is speaking about things I care about in an intelligent and thoughtful manner. The man writes his own speeches, and doesn’t even use notes. Occasionally, I had the queer feeling that he had been reading my website…because how else could he have known precisely what I care about and what I want to hear? Feeling a faint electrical tingle which I eventually managed to identify as long-unused hope…I came to with the conclusion that I was surely being taken for a ride. I set out to dig some dirt on Obama.
Election 2008
It’s a lot better than the Play-offs, because the results really matter! Yes, the 2008 Presidential election is coming at us all with the speed and fury of a trainwreck, and it’s all any of us can do to keep up with the latest momentous events. As we watch the numbers tick down to election day, I will be exploring both the players and the issues lined up to change our futures. Some of it’s fact, some of it’s my opinion (which is pretty much fact, anyway), and some of it is just sheer ranting, but check in often to let me know your thoughts or offer worthy debate.