- Top Features:
- War Room
- Glenn Greenwald
- Broadsheet
- Joan Walsh
- Camille Paglia
- Since You Asked
- Follow Salon:
Letters posted here are associated with the following Salon Premium Member:
Published Letters: 2
As a liberal living in the politically-disillusioned UK, I find the attitude to `hope' in this campaign (“The cynics dismissed us as a lot of hype and a little too much hope”) fascinating. Barack Obama’s insistence on hope seems to rest on a belief in the potential of individuals to better themselves that is rarely expressed in our fearful and divisive political climate. For more commentary on the cultural and historical significance of Obama’s candidacy, check out this essay from the editor of The Liberal magazine:
“Barack Obama and the Idea of America” http://theliberal.co.uk/Obama_and_the_Idea_of_America.html
`…Obama ’s unifying project aims to make the United States more than the sum of its parts – not a union divided and ruled, appeased and triangulated, but one capable of recognizing that ‘dreams’ are not a ‘zero-sum’ game…''
Visit theliberal.co.uk for a wide ranging analysis of the meaning of Barack Obama's candidacy, hope, the american narrative, JFK, and the possibility of change:
'Barack Obama and the Idea of America'
http://www.theliberal.co.uk/Obama_and_the_Idea_of_America.html
