I’m not American, and if I was I’d suggest that Ron Paul would be where my vote might go (guns aside…I don’t get gun ownership, never have, never will), but having watched the following tonight I cant help but think that an Obama victory would be a good thing for us all, the world and the United States included. Video as follows; others have made the JFK comparisons, I think it’s a fair call. Wow on the speech side, the whole thing was unscripted. As I noted to Chris Baskind on Twitter, I winced at the “my story is unique to America” line because it’s not, it could be Australia as well, but that aside there is little doubt that this guy is a master orator.
Is Obama JFK For The 21st Century?
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5 responses to “Is Obama JFK For The 21st Century?”
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Good to see you taking a look at the Obama wagon Duncan! I’ve been on for a couple years now and really impressed with him ever since I watched his speech at the DNC in 2004. I think the more apt comparison that I’ve heard floating around is to RFK, but to mention either makes it clear what this guy could potentially bring to the table. I know you’re big on Paul, but good to see you looking at some of the other guys as well – even if you can’t, you know, vote 🙂
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Bobby Kennedy may be a better comparison.
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Nearly as good an orator as Kevin07!
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You’d have to say he’s pretty close to the new, new thing based on that speech. Off the cuff and utterly compelling for the entire quarter-hour. Compare him to Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong at the recent Bali conference where their speeches contained all the right words but were sleep-inducing.
I have The Audacity of Hope as an audiobook and you just hang on every word.
Almost wish I could be involved in the US electoral process to vote for him.
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Acropolis Review has some interesting questions on what Al Gore may have to say about Obama or Hillary’s chances in the days ahead:
Some coverage of Rudd as well.
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