Thursday, August 28, 2008

Obama night

Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention

It was brilliant. A speech suffused with hope, full of promise and possibilities.Hillary Clinton's speech had appeared brilliant when she spoke, but when Obama spokeI forgot it, and I forgot every other speech I had liked at the convention. Obama's speech eclipsed themall. There is something in his speech that makes everything possible. It reaches intoone's soul and makes one work towards possibility.

And interestingly, he is not exactly left leaning or right leaning. The best example is whenhe talked about how the government should help in various things while at the same time saying government cannot interfere in everything and that parents are the first and important influence in a child's life.A feeling of true bipartisanship comes across when he speaks.
On reading his biography and hearing some of his speeches I had gone from thinking I would vote for thedemocratic candidate to voting for Obama the person. After tonight I desperately want Obama the person to win.

He made even me, in my current rather cynical state of mind, believe.