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LAYING DOWN THE GAUNTLET

I heard Obama as he reeled off these "liberal" broadsides today.

Kevin Drum does some hard work and parses them out for us. He also does the dirty work of tuning into Fox to hear the revulsion.

Obama Gets Political, Kelly Clarkson Wows 'Em

Here is what he picked out.

"...when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it"

...through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security — these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers" (a slap at Mitt's 47%)

...."Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote"

"Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms."

Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm. "

He also talked about the march forward from Selma and included Stonewall. A dollop of inclusion in the rhetoric that has not been there before.

It was a pretty short, moving speech.

You ought to listen to it.

And Kelly Clarkson had a lot of trouble with the sound mix, battled with the big band. She did a great job, as did Beyonce, but the broadcast quality was off.

For my money, the best music was James Taylor "America". Two stanzas and chorus. Guitar only.

Labels: gay history, gay rights, Re-election of Barack Obama