It has been almost four and half years since I first heard Barack Obama speak at the Democratic National Convention. It was then, and still to this day remains, one of the most poignant speeches I have ever heard. In a time when an unpopular war and a bitter presidential election was going on, Obama was able to look past the rancor and bitterness to speak a fundamental truth about what the key to our future was-a fundamental recognition that politics as usual just wouldn't cut it for very much longer.
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