One of those great speeches.
My favorite part has always been this:
Now, even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us: the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers, who embrace the politics of anything goes. Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America.
The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too: We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States, and, yes, we’ve got some gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq.
We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. [2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address. Barack Obama. July 27 2004]
4 replies on “[1824] Of the keynote address of the 2004 DNC”
Dear veon,
Not quite.
I want to believe in Obama too, y’know – but he’s a government-knows-best sort of guy. Ads sometimes are better than the real product.
I don’t like people who pretend to have the moral high ground. It’s arrogance shrouded in false humility.
And is division bad? Thatcher was very divisive – to accomplish what is good and right EVEN IF it causes division (which is the case most of the time)… now, that’s what makes you a true hero.
btw here’s John Stossel’s Politically Incorrect Guide to Politics – ROFL (and libertarian) take on the U.S. election, the proper role of government, financial crisis etc. Very awesome:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=apsz_1sSTS0
This is my favourite part in his convention address at the 2008 DNC:
Time and time again, I cannot help but draw the similarities between United States and Malaysia: instances like people calling other people unpatriotic just because the other doesn’t use one particular language habitually, or has a different ideology from the ruling coalition.
Does this mean you have finally endorsed Obama in this US Presidential Election?