In this world of ours today, we’ve learned that the only way to really figure out a political candidate is to approach his record, his platform, and his proposals and break them all down in order to get at his true motivations, his character, his convictions.
Until now. Never before in my lifetime do I remember a politician able to convey such a consistent, forceful moral vision without needing to go through the tired and cynical procedure. The more his critics and opponents try to undermine him in this way, the more it seems to backfire. As a jaded idealist, I was ready to throw up my hands and surrender to politics-as-usual, but this fascinating man’s relentless optimism is becoming a completely unexpected, radical affront to our prevailing paradigm of national division. Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative, black, white … who would’ve thunk it, but we have a legitimate contender who finds these labels irrelevant.
GO OBAMA!
(I’ve been swept off my feet …)
