http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/03/18/barack-obama-the-race-speech/ Train Wreck Politics-- a collection of humor, cynicism, pop culture, and semi-serious commentary-- is the 1,000,000th political blog to go online in 2008. Mon, 14 May 2012 12:23:20 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/03/18/barack-obama-the-race-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Emmett Jones Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:23:37 +0000 http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/03/18/barack-obama-the-race-speech/#comment-233 Yeah, I agree with what you and the other commenter said. This was probably the best religious/political/socio-economic speech given in my lifetime. I know that, like you said, it will be dissected, but I think it will still stand up. He tackled the proverbial elephant in the room, and he did it in a way that really did make, me at least, want to go out and do something. I haven't quite figured out what that "thing" is yet, but the fact that I even want to do anything is a pretty big deal. Yeah, I agree with what you and the other commenter said. This was probably the best religious/political/socio-economic speech given in my lifetime. I know that, like you said, it will be dissected, but I think it will still stand up. He tackled the proverbial elephant in the room, and he did it in a way that really did make, me at least, want to go out and do something. I haven’t quite figured out what that “thing” is yet, but the fact that I even want to do anything is a pretty big deal.

]]> http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/03/18/barack-obama-the-race-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Kelly Pierce Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:56:57 +0000 http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/03/18/barack-obama-the-race-speech/#comment-222 Ace in the hole. This speech should go in the history books. This candidacy should (and will) go in the history books. This was one of the most "presidential" speeches I have ever heard a candidate give in my life, if not THE most. It challenges every American to be better, from top-down and bottom-up. He didn't dance around issues as most politicians and people in the public light do. If you didn't feel challenged to be a better American after listening to this speech, you were not paying attention. Ace in the hole. This speech should go in the history books. This candidacy should (and will) go in the history books. This was one of the most “presidential” speeches I have ever heard a candidate give in my life, if not THE most. It challenges every American to be better, from top-down and bottom-up. He didn’t dance around issues as most politicians and people in the public light do. If you didn’t feel challenged to be a better American after listening to this speech, you were not paying attention.

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