Juan Cole has reprinted the text and a link to the complete video of Barack Obama's important speech: Informed Comment: Obama: "A More Perfect Union".
When I listen to him lay out the story, beginning with the Framers of the Constitution, I can hear the professor in him - the good professor, the engaging one everybody wants. He lays out history and political philosophy and social movements in clear terms that any high school student could understand. And once again he speaks to our higher values. You just have to read the speech and/or watch it on video. The SF Chronicle prints a photo of a grown man in the audience, listening with tears streaming down his face.
I hope to God this man becomes my president.
Look, he's not perfect. He throws out phrases intended to assuage the Islamophobes and Palestinian haters and these comments rankle me for their lack of nuance and dismissal of real issues. I know some who won't vote for him because of this. But I agree with almost everything he says - and I very much agree that we can perfect this union by applying the ideals of the Framers to more people and more issues.
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