Last night’s speech changed this election season for us, and I think it did for a lot of others too.
I have been most interested in a regime change, a sea change in how business is done in the White House, and I think either democratic candidate could bring that. However, I have never been given so much credit for intelligence and understanding of subtlety by a politician in my adult life.
We threw $100 down on the table and committed ourselves to a campaign.
What I was struck by most? Words matter.
Words matter, words matter, words matter. Speeches should be pretty. I want my politicians to be brilliant orators and to bring passion and depth to ideas. I want speeches that unite, clarify, bring momentum – there’s been such a dearth of this in the last eight years.
If you haven’t read the speech – find it and do so. I fought tears a couple of times.
Other than that I’m home w/ a sore throat finishing the last of this novel, which is headed out today!
March 19, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Obama is speaking at the colliseum on Friday morning. free, but you need tickets. you gotta go and tell me about it
March 19, 2008 at 1:03 pm
We were talking about that – I think we’ll give it a shot.
How’s France!?
March 19, 2008 at 1:04 pm
and on that note, now that you are committing to a campaign, take a look at my suggestion about a McCain site that I wrote in the email before I left……i think if done well we could make it an effective platform for ideas on ways to confront him…….
March 19, 2008 at 10:52 pm
France is good actually. So far perhaps our best trip. But we have yet to visit the in-laws so ask me again in 5 days