Did anyone feel, as I did, that they were seeing and listening to the future, last night?

The man I predict will be my next Senator (ok, that's a cakewalk thanks to Jack Ryan) and my future President....

Text of the Speech of State Senator (IL) Barack Obama
http://www.obamablog.com/index.php

I agree with you, star, the Republicans are crapping their drawers over Obama. They have ABSOLUTELY no counterpart to him.

I hope I live long enough to see him in the White House. Meanwhile, for the first time in a long time it's beginning to look like the GOP is now the Grumpy Old Party, populated with angry white men, and the Dems are coming out with the stars of the future.

Obama left us with our mouths hanging open. Incredible man! We agreed that he's going to be very, very important when we're old(er).

Did anyone else see Michael Moore today at the convention? He gave a good speech about "Fahrenheit 9/11" being needed because the media hide so many stories from us. He told about news people who've told him their bosses "got calls," including Brokaw.

Michael Moore talks about his experience and includes a transcript of his talk on his website ....

I didn't hear him speak, but a few of my co-workers were commenting about it in a very good way!

Text of Sen. Ted Kennedy's Speech

"In the White House, inscribed on a plaque above the fireplace in the State Dining Room, is a prayer - a simple but powerful prayer of John Adams, the first president to live in that great house. It reads: 'I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but the honest and wise ever rule under this roof.' In November, we will make those words ring true again." --Ted Kennedy, 7/27/2004

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I agree with you, star, the Republicans are crapping their drawers over Obama. They have ABSOLUTELY no counterpart to him.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The Republican'ts are claiming Obama for their own: the Daily Kos referred to Andrew Sullivan, who said,

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Obama struck many conservative notes: of self-reliance, of opportunity, of hard work, of an immigrant's dream, of the same standards for all of us.
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and later, Sullivan quotes the following Obama passage as further proof of "conservative values":

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No, people don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all.
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A post at "The Corner:"

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RIGHT SPEECH, WRONG CONVENTION [Roger Clegg]

Barack Obama gave a fine speech, but it was not a speech that reflects the current Democratic Party. It celebrated America as "a magical place"; it did not bemoan our racism and imperialism. It professed that this black man "owe[d] a debt to those who came before" him; it did not call for reparations. It spoke of an "awesome God"; it did not banish Him from public discourse. It admitted that black parents, and black culture, need to change the way black children are raised; it did not blame or even mention racism. It quoted "E pluribus unum" and translated it correctly as "Out of many, one"; it did not misquote it, as Al Gore infamously did, as "Many out of one." Most of all, the speech celebrated one America, "one people," and rejected the notion of a black America, a white America, a Latino America, and an Asian America--a notion completely foreign to the multiculturalism that now dominates the Democratic Party.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Michael Moore links:

A Video of a Michael Moore Speech

Text to speech