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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
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1:24p - audacity of hope indeed
"In "Areopagitica," John Milton wrote, 'Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks.' In Iowa, we witnessed the shaking of those locks. Like one of those miraculous reversals in one of Shakespeare's late plays, when a statue suddenly comes to life after standing motionless for years, Obama's victory seemed almost otherworldly -- as if the laws of space and time had been suspended, and a quality as evanescent and fragile as hope had suddenly become real. I am not a religious person, but it was hard not to feel that his triumph vindicated the essence of what I think of as the secular essence of religion, something even nonbelievers can believe in: the possibility of inner transformation. A transformation at once personal, and national."
- Gary Kamiya, Obama's double magic
I can't vote for him and whatever shiny new health plan he has won't affect me one bit, but I am very much excited to see what this man will do if he is elected into office. The idealist in me is rallying for him. It's like believing in Santa all over again.
current mood:  hopeful
current music: Richard Darbyshire - Love will provide (1 comment |comment on this)
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