The American Dream is Far From Dead
Posted by Trent on July 24, 2008
Today at 7:20pm local time, Barack Obama, the son of a Midwestern woman and a immigrant from Kenya, spoke to over 100,000 Berliners. He spoke “not as a presidential candidate, but a United States citizen.” I had heard rumors of Obama’s public speaking prowess but never, until today, experienced the emotional power and awe-inspiring charisma Barack Obama brings to the world stage. He gave Germany, and the world, a symbol of an American change. A symbol of hope, a symbol of intelligence, a symbol of economic, environmental, and foreign relations understanding.
I do not exaggerate when I say tonight’s speech brought tears to my eyes. I now look at this candidate, and the change America needs, as an immediate necessity. He did not bring new political ideas to the stage but he presented the ideas held by so many progressive Americans to the world, and they listened.
I will await the conservative backlash of tonight’s events but, without a doubt, this is the beginning of a new America, a new president, a new dream.
