Obama's race speech SOUNDS Presidential in an almost Bill Clinton "State of the Union" way.

[CitizenRob]

I just watched the video of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe7wTVbLUU">Obama's speech on race. And without judging the content of it, I'd say that it has the ring of a Presidential State of the Union address from the Bill Clinton years. It's nice to hear this again at a national level.

[SunsetDreams]

1. agreed..

He was very Presidential, I thought it was very good.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Even better.

Not a single parse or a triangulation.
It was direct, honest and brave.

[jasmine621]

3. I suggest you all go back and read both inaugrial speeches by Clinton

and his State of the Union speeches and other of his speeches and then tell me you never heard this stuff before. for example, who said this?

"I say to you, all of you, the members of the Class of 1995, there is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government. There is nothing heroic about turning your back on America, or ignoring your own responsibilities. If you want to preserve your own freedom, you must stand up for the freedom of others with whom you disagree. But you also must stand up for the rule of law. You cannot have one without the other.

The real American heroes today are the citizens who get up every morning and have the courage to work hard and play by the rules--the mother who stays up the extra half hour after a long day's work to read her child a story; the rescue worker who digs with his hands in the rubble as the building crumbles about him; the neighbor who lives side-by-side with people different from himself; the government worker who quietly and efficiently labors to see to it that the programs we depend on are honestly and properly carried out; most of all, the parent who works long years for modest pay and sacrifices so that his or her children can have the education that you have had, and the chances you are going to have.

I ask you never to forget that . . . . " (Bill Clinton - 1995)