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An Electric Moment
Last night a football stadium was packed to the gills, not with football fans cheering on their home team, but rather with people from all walks of life who endured long lines and heat in order to listen to a politician deliver a speech. It was a speech given 45 years to the day after Martin Luther King’s I have a dream speech that, symbolically and literally, opened the way for a black man to accept the nomination for president of the United States. It was a speech given to cheering crowds and extraordinarily high expectations. It was given to a nation that has gone decades without an inspirational leader. It was a speech given during an inflexion point in history, when the world is facing new global challenges and new global opportunities, and the very strength of America’s place in the world depends on the direction we choose to take; will we once again be a nation that does not torture, that does not invade sovereign nations, that leads by example? Will we be innovators? Will we rebuild our infrastructure, provide health care to all, protect social security and educate our children?
Something Amazing is Stirring
So it was that Obama stood up before the crowd and, looking calm, confident and collected, gave a speech that at times soared into the clouds and at times swept along the earth. He gave a speech that moved to poetry and then, in a smooth change in tone and cadence, became an explanation of policy positions. He gave a speech that attacked his opponent without disrespecting his opponent. He gave a speech that moved commentators--myself included--to soaring commentary. And finally, he gave a speech that will resonate in history not because of any one line or phrase, but because of the context and the moment. We will look back on this night when we are older and proudly say, “I remember that.” We will think back on where our country was headed and realize that something amazing was stirring all along.
I share your enthusiasm and sentiments Andy! I am heartened that every time something eventful happens nudging us toward the light you take the time to write your feelings about it. Following your website helps me keep my finger on the pulse of the youth of America.
Lieber Andy,
in Zeiten, in denen Amerikas Ansehen stark angeschlagen ist, sind wir mit unserem 9 Wochen alten Sohn Kilian Aurelius, der bereits deutscher Staatsbuerger ist, dennoch zum amerikanischen Konsulat nach Frankfurt gefahren, um fuer ihn dort auch die amerikanische Nationalitaet sowie seinen ersten Reisepass zu beantragen. Warum? Weil Obama uns auch (oder gerade) im Ausland Hoffnung gibt und die Zuversicht, sich als Repraesentant der USA nicht mehr, wie in der juengeren Vergangenheit, schaemen zu muessen! Thank you for posting this great speech, so we could watch it on your website. God bless!
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