A Speech To The Delegates

A Speech to the Delegates

By DAVID BROOKS
Published: August 29, 2008

Here’s the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/opinion/29brooks.html?em

Here’s an excerpt:

And in Denver, we Democrats showed America that we have cute daughters who will
someday provide us with prestigious car-window stickers. We heard Hillary
Clinton’s ringing endorsement of “the weak-looking thin guy who’s bound to
lose.”

We heard from Joe Biden, whose 643 years in the Senate make him uniquely
qualified to talk to the middle class, whose family has been riding the Acela
and before that the Metroliner for generations, who has been given a lifetime
ban from the quiet car and who is himself a verbal train wreck waiting to
happen.

We got to know Barack and Michelle Obama, two tall, thin, rich, beautiful
people who don’t perspire, but who nonetheless feel compassion for their
squatter and smellier fellow citizens. We know that Barack could have gone to a
prestigious law firm, like his big donors in the luxury boxes, but he chose to
put his ego aside to become a professional politician, president of the United
States and redeemer of the human race. We heard about his time as a community
organizer, the three most fulfilling months of his life.

We were thrilled by his speech in front of the Greek columns, which were
conscientiously recycled from the concert, “Yanni, Live at the Acropolis.” We
were honored by his pledge, that if elected president, he will serve at least
four months before running for higher office. We were moved by his campaign
slogan, “Vote Obama: He’s better than you’ll ever be.” We were inspired by
dozens of Democratic senators who declared their lifelong love of John McCain
before denouncing him as a reactionary opportunist who would destroy the
country.