I knew Obama's speech was bullshit when he made it back then and it's still bullshit. It was wishful thinking, not reality. I also didn't think the speech was particularly germane to anything going on at the convention that year. I knew the purpose of it was to showcase a rising star in the party.
Edwards, for all of his personal faults, made a lot of good observations when he ran, which is why so many of us were so supportive of him and why we were so disappointed in him when his personal life was laid bare. It's quite obvious to anyone with eyes and ears that there are two Americas. Every so often they come together, in moments like 9/11, but it's not very long before the old divisions return.
I think the differences go all the way back to the beginning of the country, the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, Jefferson and Hamilton. There are good points and bad points on either side and there is some mixing of the two sides, but old divisions have carried on to our time. Some people would say the differences are Yin and Yang, light and dark, but that's a whole other subject.
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