Up early today - UAE time - and saw Obama's speech at a memorial in Arizona for vicitims of a shooting on saturday.
Wow! What an amazing inspirational speech. No wonder the Americans are tough to beat!
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Masterful. He does perform well at these types of engagements - and he seems to have judged the balance of this speech perfectly.
And the closing was moving:
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Shafique
"At a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do - it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds."
And the closing was moving:
"Christina was given to us on September 11th, 2001, one of 50 babies born that day to be pictured in a book called 'Faces of Hope'. On either side of her photo in that book were simple wishes for a child's life. 'I hope you help those in need,' read one. 'I hope you know all of the words to the National Anthem and sing it with your hand over your heart. I hope you jump in rain puddles.'
"If there are rain puddles in heaven, Christina is jumping in them today."
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Shafique
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benwj wrote:And they still think he's Muslim?!
hey, any publicity is GOOD PUBLICITY they say...
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Hu was there? 
Anyway, good to see what a good education can achieve for the son of an immigrant of 'colour'!
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Shafique
Anyway, good to see what a good education can achieve for the son of an immigrant of 'colour'!
Cheers,
Shafique
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I thought Obama sounded more like a preacher. When he spoke of Gabrieele Gifford opening her eyes, it was like as if she'd done it because he was there. She opened her eyes! She opened her eyes!
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