Like A Dream
I really should quit reading/writing about politics so much and get back to poetry. But:
What was most striking about the Obama speech in Berlin was not anything he said so much as the alternative reality it fostered: many American children have never before seen huge crowds turn out abroad to wave American flags instead of burn them.
I wonder if this isn’t by itself enough reason to support Obama’s candidacy? Shouldn’t it at least be something American nationalists consider? Is the international prestige of the nation of no consequence? Perhaps not.