With the eloquence we are all now used to, Barack Obama’s recent speech in Philadelphia gave yet another indication that he intends not to walk away from the challenges of our time.
Faced with the incendiary remarks of his pastor, and their instant dissemination in the press, he used the opportunity to present himself and his campaign as a new response to the need to close the racial divide in America.
Many before him have been able to paint a clear picture of the problem without offering a workable solution. Indeed, he also characterized himself as an “imperfect” vessel for the task. But he did admonish both sides to look at the mistakes in their positions and assumptions, and in so doing realize the common ground that has always existed, and the exploitation both sides have been subject to.
One can only hope that such a stance will propel a more meaningful dialogue in this area, because fresh approaches to cooperation are as desperately needed as the solutions themselves.
That is the real excitement of this campaign. Critics talk about rhetoric being the engine, but it’s really the idea that we all can come up with a different and productive way of running our country, and presenting ourselves to the world. Nobody’s talking about a world or a country without problems, without arguments, just without needless deaths, and conflicts with no end, and where an effort to get at the root causes of intractable situations can be made.
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