The news story for the last few days has been about Hillary and her so-called comeback. The Clinton campaign is now using this period to produce the false impression that she is the best candidate and the one most likely to win the presidency in November, despite evidence to the contrary. Nevermind Barack's twelve wins in a row. Nevermind the fact that over one million people have donated money to the Obama campaign. Nevermind that over two million phone calls were made on behalf of Barack within just a few days. Nevermind that Obama was down by over 20 percentage points in Ohio and in Texas and came back to only narrowly lose to Hillary last Tuesday.
The real story of the last few days is the amazing comeback of the Obama campaign, how they have organized millions and drawn hundreds of thousands into the political process. It seems to me that the old media and the old Democratic Party is slow to embrace this new and exciting movement where politics as usual doesn't fly any longer. And, to be honest, I don't blame them. It's scarry to enter into something new and something unfamiliar.
In America, we've grown accustome to the politics and media coverage of attack and destroy. We've been doing it for sometime now. It doesn't matter who's idea it was or which side started it first. It only matters that we recognize the negative impact it has had on our democracy. Trust in political parties and the governments they form has fallen dramatically in recent decades. Cynisism has become the accepted norm and optimism the exception.
It's time that this campaign respond to the Clintons and to their media backers not with the same negative stuff they throw our way but with the positive things that prove we have the right idea and that we can change America for the better. Tell them about all the amazing things Senator Obama has been able to do during this camaign. Tell them the stories of apathetic citizens becoming energized because of Obama's message of togetherness and hope. Tell them so that they gain the courage once again to report above the fray and above the politics as usual so that America can have a discussion about the future and so that America can see what Barack is really about.
Hope, optimism, and idealism are not signs of weakness, unpreparedness, or lack of experience; on the contrary, they are signs of courage and boldness in the face of incredible odds. The only thing that has ever worked against incredible odds, and make no mistake, America faces incredible odds in these coming years, is hope, optimism and idealism. We need a president who inspires change and action for the better.
Let that be our response to Hillary's attacks and to the media's relentless unfairness.
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