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The Character of our Country, President Barack Obama 09/09/09

Here are the two videos that make up the last 7 minutes of the President’s speech on Health care 09/09/09. If you did not watch the speech do not miss these two videos as this part of the speech may very well be remembered as the best speech made by a President since 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is pretty much the same issue addressing pretty much the same problem.

part i

part ii

The character of our country is not defined by fat flatulent drug addled radio talk show hosts. Nor wingnuts in the public square screeching about the President being a communist or a Nazi. Neither is our national character represented by Alaskan Trailer trash telling lies on Facebook, moron plumbers or mentally unstable FOX NEWS commentators.

We lost one of my favorite liberal columnists many years ago, Chicago’s own Mike Royko who put this character issue into a few powerful words to describe the difference between Democrats and Republicans.

"It is a lot easier giving someone the finger than a helping hand." Mike Royko