Well the speech is over, and the pundits are sailing forward with how good it was, & how bad it was.

Let me say that it was a strong statement, for some not strong enough, for others too strong, but in the end it is going to the voters who will decide. Not the Wolf Blitzer’ who are too busy pushing his own persona. I tell you, this guy, along with others, are so wrapped up in themselves, that they forget what their job is. It is to report the news, not tell us what we saw or heard. I can hear fine, can see fine too, so I don’t need Wolf Blitzer to tell me that.

However what is important is that Barack Obama delivered what he needed to deliver. A great speech.

While the Republican will see it as an attack, I see it as a man simply stating his case, a real case for change. I was impressed by the bits and pieces I saw. I’ll be certainly watching the whole thing again, thanks to the Internet, no thanks to the News Networks. Which is a real piss off, when you think that WE own the airwaves, in a Democracy. They just rent it, and yet, it seems like WE get short changed all the time.

I loved his ability to inspire, it was what I remember about John F. Kennedy. How he could stand before people, when things sucked real bad, and make you feel good. Obama has that ability, and maybe that is why Caroline Kennedy came out in support, as did Ted Kennedy.

I like his plan to cut taxes for the working people, which ought to get the Republican big shots nervous. After all big oil sure has made a killing, and already the Republican’s are saying that Obama isn’t serious, because he opposed the Tax Holiday plan of McCain. At least he was honest, that it wouldn’t have any effect. McCain was using smoke and mirrors to appear like he cared. If he does, it doesn’t show.

It is historical, in that a Black Man has earned the nomination. It doesn’t mean the race card won’t be used in the remaining days of the election, and that the special interest groups will launch numerous attack ads. Whether the Democrats can weather that, remains to be seen. He has some toughness, you could see in his speech tonight, but I don’t know if that will be enough to break past the race barrier, that will be there.

Will Obama be different?

Hard to say, but he has to better than the same old, same old, which John McCain does represent. I mean he has supported too many of George Bush’s policies, ignored too many serious issues, in the name of Party Unity. I like John McCain, but his switch on issues, is too much like Mitt Romney, and worse, he might actually choose Mitt Romney for his running partner. To me, that would be the worst thing John McCain could do.

Was it a good speech? If you listen to the media it was, if you listen to the Democrat Pundits it was super, if you listen to the Republicans it wasn’t. To be expected, but you know, it is about differences, and I agree, Obama does appear more like a star than John McCain, but that isn’t a bad thing. It isn’t that he is a star, but that he has a charm, that attracts star like attention. People are desperate for change, and he has, so far, been the only one who has shown some semblence of being able to do that, to bring change around.

From being willing to talk to other countries, to not be automatically threatening, to being strong when needed. So yes, he does attract star like attention, but then that is because people are tired, of the same old empty lies and promises. It is why Hilary Clinton was defeated, and I hope, why Obama will take the White House.