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‘We Cannot Turn Back’
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
In what was perhaps the most highly anticipated (and no doubt the most highly scrutinized) moment of his political career thus far, newly nominated Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was saddled with a huge task, but by the end, Obama had both thrown down the gauntlet and risen to the occasion—at least in the eyes of thousands ...
Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
Obama did something last night I thought was impossible -- he made a soaring, yet practical case for the Democratic party, while simultaneously taking down Bush, McSame and the failures of their GOP. The Republicans thought he was just going to go out there and play the violin again, and he did -- then ...
Barry’s Speech: The Change You Never Heard
Pirate's Cove —
If you watched it, you heard the word. But, not so much what it meant. Charles Babington of the AP (who Keith Olbermann tore into during a normal rant)
Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is “change we can believe in,” promised Thursday to “spell out exactly what that change would mean.”
But instead of dwelling on specifics, he laced the crowning speech of his long campaign with the type of rhetorical flourishes that Republicans mock and the attacks on John McCain that Democrats cheer. The country saw a candidate confident in his existing campaign formula: tie McCain tightly to President Bush, and remind ...
Barry’s Speech: The Change You Never Heard
Stop The ACLU —
If you watched it, you heard the word. But, not so much what it meant. Charles Babington of the AP (who Keith Olbermann tore into during a normal rant) Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is “change we can believe in,” promised Thursday to “spell out exactly what that change would mean.” But instead of dwelling on specifics, he laced the crowning speech of his long campaign with the type of rhetorical flourishes that Republicans mock and the attacks on John McCain that Democrats cheer. The country saw a candidate confident in his existing campaign formula: tie McCain tightly to President Bush, and remind voters why they are unhappy with the incumbent. ...
