Obama’s political speech of a lifetime

By Derrick Z. Jackson | Tuesday, Janusry 20, 2009 | The Boston Globe

“…No matter how memorable the speech Barack Obama gives today for his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States, he might not have become the nation’s first African-American president had he fumbled a single word 10 months ago in his speech on race in Philadelphia. Asked if Obama would have been elected if he had faltered in the furor over the comments of Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright, senior adviser David Axelrod said, ‘Maybe not’….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/01/20/obamas_political_speech_of_a_lifetime?mode=PF

 

 

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