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Last week Barack Obama made a speech on race relations in the US. It's already been widely publicised, discussed, deconstructed and chopped up for 10-second sound bites, but this morning I actually sat down and watched the whole thing. It was certainly worth the effort.
This is the change America needs. Barack Obama is the one offering to take up the torch. I have been a supporter of his in this long, drawn-out campaign now for many months, but I am even more deeply convinced now than before. Some say he is inexperienced. I say how do you become experienced in being president until you've been president? Experience definitely counts. It defines you.
Hillary Clinton is prepared to do anything to get her party's nomination, and she's ok with that. She believes that's how you get things done. And in Washington, that's how it's been done for years. That's Hillary's experience. America already has someone who's prepared to do whatever it takes, whatever the cost. His name is George Bush, and he has done more to damage America in his time in office than anyone before him. Hillary is offering nothing different. Sure, I agree with her policies a lot more than agree with Bush's, but policies change and it takes more than one person to change policy, even if they are president.
What I care about are values. Dignity, honour, thoughtfulness and respect. Values won't solve anything on their own, but they do inform every single decision you make, and if you have none, then it doesn't matter how good your ideas are, you're going nowhere. People won't follow someone who stands for nothing.
John McCain has values. I don't agree with many of his policies, but I think he would do the country a much greater service than Hillary Clinton would, simply out of his respect for the position and the process. As for Barack Obama, I believe he is the greatest hope America has had for a long time. I hope there are enough people who feel the same way who actually turn out and vote for him, otherwise American and the world will miss an opportunity it needs so badly.
Obama's speech and the incident that prompted it below.
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