"Two Speeches, Two Truths About America"
Rather poignant. And a pat on the back to good old America. Slowly but surely, with some big setbacks, she's coming along.
"Sen. Barack Obama's speech on patriotism this week at the Truman Memorial Building in Independence, Mo., stands in sharp relief to Frederick Douglass's Fourth of July oration before the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in 1852. The two men's remarks, touching on loyalty, race and the country's moral foundation, underscore the difference 150 years has made in the life of our nation."
Arf