Tonight was the big night. The night Barack Obama made his case for change. And what a case he made. He laid it all out there answering all the questions about what change he will bring.
He went straight after McCain and what they see differently. I particularly liked the part about McCain being willing to follow Bin Laden to hell but, not to the cave he lives in. I don’t think you can make a stronger statement about what mission our military should have been accomplishing all this time.
My favorite part of the speech was when he went after McCain and the Republicans on the subject of patriotism. For too long they have been aloud to get away with that crap that if you don’t agree with them you aren’t patriotic. That is intolerable. Standing up for what you believe is patriotic. What people don’t realize is that there is more to the 1st Amendment than just free speech and freedom of religion. There is also apart in there about petitioning the government. That is there so you can descent so you can say hey I don’t agree with that. So don’t you dare tell people that they are unpatriotic. It is absolutely patriotic to use your Constitutional freedoms. He was completely correct in saying patriotism has no party.
Obama laid out all the things he wants to change. He maid it very clear that he in fact has a plan. He has a plan to change things for the better here at home. And to help us get our credibility with the world at large back.
If the undecided voters were really listening and paying attention they can no longer say they don’t know what Barack Obama is about. They can not say they don’t know what kind of change he will bring. They can’t say he doesn’t know the issues facing our country. They can’t say they don’t know where he stands on those issues. And they certainly can’t say he doesn’t know where he stands on those issues. And they should know exactly why he’s better than the other guy.
He said everything he needed to say and made the biggest statement possible for why he should be President. Hopefully the undecided voters were at least listening. I hope they at least gave Obama a chance to sway them tonight. And I hope that when all is said and done they will vote for change.
