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Today it is both my pleasure and aspiration to briefly discuss our newly elected President Barack Obama's unexpected and miraculous rise to the pinnacle of the political world, in just a matter of a few years. My wife and I had the opportunity to watch him speak during the campaign season last year when he made an appearance here in Dallas. The man certainly understands what it takes to electrify a crowd, particularly an entire nation. Clearly it requires an extraordinarily special and unique individual to accomplish what he has in just a short amount of time on the national stage. I mean, seriously, how could a man with the given name Barack Hussein Obama catapult his way into the presidency of the United States in 2008, just seven years after the attacks on September 11? Especially since Mr. Bush made it his priority in the ensuing weeks and months to turn Americans against the Muslim community as a whole, which he succeeded in doing for a short time. We had never witnessed a more heinous attack directly on our soil, and all Americans sought and anticipated the eventual death and destruction of the alleged perpetrators, who the administration labeled as Arabs.
Remember when President Bush uttered those memorable words, “you’re either with us or you’re against us,” to the rest of the world? Thinking back on that moment in time, you have to wonder what the many moderate countries comprising the Muslim community were thinking, as President Bush expressed that sentiment of hatred with firm resolve and resoluteness. My point here is that if Barack Hussein Obama would have tossed his name in the hat for President of the United States back in the year 2004, he might not be our president as of today; some nut job might have taken the Republican Party’s word at face value (“pals around with terrorists”), and actually assassinated him.
I must say with a sense of hope and optimism though that this country has travelled such a long way since that depressing and precarious juncture in our nation’s history, and we can only be grateful Americans finally smelled of Mr. Bush and found him to be utterly repulsive and sickening. Electing Barack Obama as the first African American President in history will prove to be one of the most valiant, but brilliant decisions ever decided upon by the American people. We accomplished something almost nearly impossible. Be proud!
I remember watching Mr. Obama for the first time on my television screen in the summer months of 2004, when the Democratic Party held their convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Thanks to Mr. Kerry’s decision that year, Barack Obama’s career would never be the same; it would only take off and transcend like no other political career had in history. Mr. Kerry designated Mr. Obama as the keynote speaker that particular year, which certainly has proven to be one of the greatest decisions ever made by Mr. Kerry. The only inspiring moment to evolve from that entire convention for the Democratic Party was Barack Obama. Following that radiant speech he instantly became a household name inside many Democratic circles, and managed to inject an alluring chill inside the bodies of many Democrats around the country, including myself. And from that day forward, Democrats did not see him simply as a soon to be junior senator from Illinois; they viewed him a formidable and imminent candidate for their nomination one day. I don’t believe anyone truly realized how rapidly that day would ultimately appear though. To be honest, I sensed this day would come after President-Elect Obama’s speech that day, and sure enough it’s upon us. Thank you, John Kerry!
