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The Speech

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Much has been made of Barack Obama's oratory and rhetorical brilliance, his ability to paint even the driest of dry policy proposals with a coat of rhythmic, baritone elegance.

Implicit in all of this passive-aggressive fawning—at least that on behalf of his detractors, particularly that smug sock-puppet Paul Begala—was the idea that beneath all his flash and dazzle was a scared-shitless darkie lacking the necessary "experience" and "substance" to carry the torch effectively for Whitey. Senator John McCain, the crusty sun-baked cracker from Arizona, even had the balls to label Obama's parlance "platitudes" in between his own shameless bromides about Lady Liberty’s altruistic mission to spread “democracy” and “freedom” around the globe— a task presumably carried out while perched on a magical, pixie-dust sprinkled Unicorn flanked by a benevolent bald eagle on one side, and a visibly aroused, blood-thirsty Uncle Sam on the other.

Like many other closet-idealists, I avoided writing about Barack Obama or discussing the man in polite company for simple fear that my expression would devolve into the kind of starry-eyed, bullshit-reeking pottage better lampooned than spouted. Praising Obama with unfettered fervor, I knew, would succeed only in outing me as yet another cultish Obama fanatic and, what's more, would likely convince whomever I was conversing with that “this Obama guy” was not to be trusted, what with this “frothing-at-the-mouth asshole” supporting him.

But after Tuesday’s speech—which Obama penned himself—there’s no need for me or any other talking primate to sing his praises. There’s no need to point out that this speech will likely go down as the most poised, intellectually honest, and honorable campaign monologue ever to be uttered in the history of human folly.

That's because it speaks for itself.

Posted by Matt Snyders at March 20, 2008 1:12 PM

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