I have a dream

Barack Obama is quite the character as he makes his dream speech in front of thousands in Colorado announcing that he will run as Democratic nominee for president. I was watching this today on SBS and it was brilliant. He had the crowd absolutely captivated, they hung onto each and every one of his words as he sympathized with them.

America has become a very poor country in recent times. The price of basic necessities have gone up while the living standards have gone down and it seems that when all is going downhill Obama is the solution. What makes him such an attractive candidate as president? Simple, he understands how we feel. No doubt he would have felt the pain of racial differences having a Kenyan as a father and a white american as a mother. He dislikes George W. Bush and his policies and he has said this in public. He believes that America can do better than that because he has a dream. Remember those famous words: "I have a dream" uttered by Martin Luther King Jr as he stood in front of a congregation of thousands in front of the Lincoln Memorial? Is Obama not a spitting image of King? He provides hope to the most powerful nation on earth.

But is he the solution America is searching for?

Grrr... I'm talking about politics again. Thought I'd leave you with this random video of another Broadway musical: Legally Blonde.