Letters to the Editor
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Wow.
Saw the speech in it's entirety. Some will, no doubt, dismiss it as nothing more than pretty words. But I have never in my life witnessed a political speech as clearheaded and sophisticated as this one. For those of you who watched West Wing and wished Jed Bartlett were really the president, this speech -- this man -- is for you. I hope that characterization doesn't trivialize the importance of this event.
Complexity in public discourse is not a vice. Obama showed us that today. I hope we can all see past the eloquence of the man and embrace the meaning of his words. Here is a presidential candidate who is, yes, ambitious -- in the best sense of the word. He is ambitious for his country, not just himself.
I beg all of you to watch the speech with clear eyes and ears -- to understand that he did not choose to reject a troublesome part of his life in the name of political expedience. He embraced a sometimes-wrongheaded man as "family", then proceeded to tell him where he was wrong. And in doing so, he respected all of us enough to think that we might see past the soundbite to the larger issues.
This man should be President.