A Speech For The Ages

From A Speech for the Ages by Forbes editor and staunch Republican Rich Karlgaard:

Will I vote for Barack Obama in November? Not a chance. I don't want Democrats to control the House, Senate and presidency at a time when the Bush tax cuts will expire. I worry that Obama has Jimmy Carter's gullibility on foreign policy. But Obama's shortcomings will not stop me from relishing the best political speech I've heard since Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate in 1987.

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Here's part of indie Mac developer Mike Lee's reaction to the speech:

Then I saw what people are calling Barack Obama’s “More Perfect Union” speech. I felt like I just went back in time and heard Dr. King deliver “I Have a Dream.” I cried and cried, then watched it again and cried some more. I felt like I witnessed history, the point at which it all turned around. Finally, someone stood up and spoke the truth. Finally, a person who stands to lose everything had the guts to tell America to stop being ridiculous and start acting rationally.

And he did so masterfully. As opposed to the stuttering idiot we’re so used to associating with the presidency, Obama was eloquent and forceful. He stood up for a friend, without turning to absolutism. At the same time, he refused to call Hillary Clinton onto the carpet, instead criticizing his own side, like poisoning the wine with something to which you are half-immune. It was a living paradox — political strategy with honor.