Obama; Makes me want to be a better person

[madmunchie]

THAT IS WHY HE IS SUCH A POWERFUL LEADER, his effect on people is to make so many just want to achieve a better level of being. He is speaking to our dreams and souls, not to our fears.

[Exilednight]

1. Words matter.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Ain't it the truth. Ain't it the truth.

Courage !

[slinkerwink]

3. I agree! He appeals to our hopes....

and not to our base instincts of fear and hatred.

[NJmaverick]

4. I hear you!

I agree with you!

[madaboutharry]

5. Yes

That is it. He makes you want to be a better person, and he makes you believe that you can be.

[aaronbees]

22. Absolutely and.....

both are important. The second aspect, making you believe that you can be, inpires people to action, to get involved, and to take a stand for this country. That's what's most immportant in his message, I really believe.

[applegrove]

6. Well said.

[Growler]

25. thank you

applegrove, thank you for your positive post. It's nice to find some level-headed people in GDP, and I've enjoyed a number of your posts the past few days.

[applegrove]

26. Thank you too!

[leeroysphitz]

7. What does Senator Clinton make you want to be? n/t

[shadowknows69]

8. A Canadian

[polichick]

10. LOL

[leeroysphitz]

17. Well that's a form of inspiration. Isn't it?

:)

[madmunchie]

11. Lately, she has made me want to hide in a corner

[polichick]

9. Today's powerful version of "Ask not what your country can do for you..."

...but it's about more than citizenship ~ he makes you want to be your highest self.

[burythehatchet]

12. embrace it. n/t

[BringBigDogBack]

13. me as well

[Voice for Peace]

14. Exactly right. Resonating with the best in people. nt

[Kaylee]

15. I said the same thing to my mother earlier today.

[wildeyed]

16. He has a first rate mind and education, but it was his moral leadership that blew me away today.

Today it seemed to me that he really does care more about hope and change than he does about winning. He got up and spoke truth, it wasn't just some exercise in risk avoidance that seem to characterize most campaigns.

[BklynChick]

18. yes, you are exactly right.

[chyjo]

19. I second that

nt

[Georgie_92]

20. Couldn't have said it better!

[sudopod]

21. I'm going to work my ass off for this man. nt

[mikekohr]

23. And He Speaks To America's, and the World Community's Better Angles

Rarely in history does a man come along at just the right moment in time to make a REAL difference. Bobby Kennedy was such a person at a critical crossroad in history. History would have been very different had RFK had the chance to fulfill his destiny. Here's hoping Barack gets that opportunity denied Senator Kennedy in 1968.

mike kohr

[Orsino]

24. It's one way to lead.

I've denigrated his lack of accomplishment in the Senate, but this was a sort of leadership we don't often see. Beautiful.