Obama's Historical Acceptance Speech

This morning I watched the rerun of the acceptance speech by Barack Obama at day 4 of the DNC. It was held in a Denver football stadium which hosted about 80,000 people. The mood and atmosphere was ecstatic and movie-like. There was everything from fireworks, confetti and roaring crowds to an exceedingly well delivered speech. There was theme music that made you feel the depth of the moment like when your watching the end of a historical movie like "The Patriot" or "Braveheart". Even the ties of Obama and Joe Biden represented the blue and red of the American colors. The background stage just behind the podium had a window design that reminded me of the white house windows and appeared as he spoke and greeted his family and vice. It was all meant to look like he was standing on the white house lawn.



This speech was a historical moment for many Americans as it coincided with the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. Some of the audience were in tears because of the meaning of the moment. It represented what Martin Luther dreamed of; a United States that knew no discrimination and segregation. This dream was solidified and materialized into that moment as a black American of Kenyan descent stood as the Democratic Presidential nominee.

Barack's speech as many of his previous was outstandingly constructed. It went from the official show-biz kind of acceptance to describing his proposed policies (domestic and foreign) to how he would finance his plans to attacking his opponent to getting personal by talking about his family and life. It was a comprehensive and well prepared speech. He was not reading from a paper or anything of the sort...wow...wish I could do that!

The Republicans only fighting card now is to attack Obama's inexperience. They say McCain is the true changer. He is the only one with enough experience in politics to battle for the changes America needs. It was a clever move from Obama's campaign to select Joe Biden as his running mate. Joe Biden is an aggressive debater and a well experienced member of the political arena. I believe in the end it is the policies that dictate the debate. Inexperience is one thing to consider, but you have to look at the broader perspective of policies each candidate puts forth. It is true that McCain has stood next to Bush in his decisions 90% of the time and voted 23 times against the bill to support renewable energy. Obama said, "It's not that McCain does not care, it's that he does not know" how health care has failed Americans, how war veterans are homeless, how people are loosing their homes, how people can't afford proper education...etc. I hope Barack wins because he plans to increase research funding at universities in the US and I know I want to do my PHD sometime in the future, isA.

Anywayz I look forward to seeing the clashes and dramatic debates between the two and November 4th awaits to be seen...

ps: You can see the video of the speech on Youtube