Seems like only yesterday we finished reading Sen. Barko Bama’s book, The Audacity of Hope. It was a lot of words.
Soon after we read Sen. Bama’s book, he declared his candidacy for President. Lots of citizens thought he was crazy & laughed . . . loudly. Mixed heritage. Poor side of town. Broken home. Teen-aged mother. Absentee father. What kind of a name is Bama?
I’ve said it before & I’ll prob’ly say it again in my bloggin’ career. I don’t trust words. Humans believe words set them apart & above the all other creatures on AnimalPlanet.com. A lotta humans, FOXNewshounds, Pundits & Savants, use words to divide & distract & describe how their side is nobler than the other side. Their cause is juster(ice?). Their position is righter.
Sen. Bama Mbarked on a journey to convince citizens that he is a creditible candidate for President. The path of his journey is along the slippery & precarious Information Superhighway. A lotta words.
In his book, Sen. Obama expressed a strong sense of decency. Great Todo would be proud to call him Offspring. He also demonstrated a perspective broad enough to accommodate a wide diversity of issues and desires.
Sen. Bama’s rhetoric has not changed as he proceeds on his journey along the Information Superhighway & toward the Presidency. Laughter is quieter. His speech in TX on the way to the Democratic Convention still demonstrates confidence in his beliefs & abillities, appreciation of the issues that concern voters & a knowledge of the systems & organizations he will have to work with in order to build consensus & help this country accomplish all the goals & ideals it is capable of achieving.
So, Bama’s speech to a TX audience gave me the Audacity to Hope. That his rhetoric is not empty. & his words have meaning. That he has the imagination & diversity to include all citizens & not exclude some just cause of the color of their coat or the number of feet on which they walk.
Great Todo would be proud to call him Offspring . . . I think.
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