Politics 2.0

Would any British MP ever inspire anything like this?

I don't think so.

I wish that we could though.

(without any irony: I really do love America, despite her imperfections)

Thank you, Catch Up Lady

When you read the transcript of the speech, it really is pure poetry:

We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible odds; when we've been told that we're not ready, or that we shouldn't try, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people. Yes we can. It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom through the darkest of nights. Yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes we can. It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land. Yes we can to justice and equality. Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world. Yes we can. And so tomorrow, as we take this campaign South and West; as we learn that the struggles of the textile worker in Spartanburg are not so different than the plight of the dishwasher in Las Vegas; that the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in America's story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea – Yes. We. Can.

Comments

[David Brain]

Tony did briefly in 97/98. Things can only get better......remember?

[Amelia]

The difference being that the Black Eyed Peas created a song out of an Obama speech, so essentially a new piece of content. D-Ream and Things Can Only Get Better was essentially musical badging.
(though I do remember waking up that May morning when Blair won being convinced that the country would unquestionably change and change for the better...)

[Chris Gough]

Great post. Great speech. Shows America in a different light than we have become used to. Here's to hoping for change.

[Michael]

It does sound fantastic. But what does he say? We must have hope as we go into the future? But what is his plan? Sure we can! With the right plan? Don't get me wrong, I like him on some levels, but in all of his speeches and all of the debates...he really has not said anything.