The Democrats Confection
After several days of joyful noise and a handful of truly powerful speeches, the Democratic party convention in Denver is ready to elevate its chosen one - Barack Obama - to the presidency. The heavens of the Pepsi Center rang out last night as party leaders past and present testified to the unique abilities Mr. Obama has to bring together the many diverse stands of the American fabric, who by his very presence seemed to embody the reclamation of an America that has always existed in name only - a land of lofty ideals of freedom and righteousness dreamed by the nation's founders.
Even the most hard-bitten and cynical pol had difficulty avoiding tears as the official roll-call was read in Denver, a slow and steady build-up to the proclamation of Senator Obama as the country's chief executive. It is ironic that the religious right - which has done much to force its narrow theological agenda on the country via the Republican Party - had the opportunity last night to bear witness to an incredibly inspiring moment in the nation's historical liturgy: a symbolic, but nonetheless real, act of national redemption from the indelible sin of slavery.
After several days of joyful noise and a handful of truly powerful speeches, the Democratic party convention in Denver is ready to elevate its chosen one - Barack Obama - to the presidency. The heavens of the Pepsi Center rang out last night as party leaders past and present testified to the unique abilities Mr. Obama has to bring together the many diverse stands of the American fabric, who by his very presence seemed to embody the reclamation of an America that has always existed in name only - a land of lofty ideals of freedom and righteousness dreamed by the nation's founders.
Even the most hard-bitten and cynical pol had difficulty avoiding tears as the official roll-call was read in Denver, a slow and steady build-up to the proclamation of Senator Obama as the country's chief executive. It is ironic that the religious right - which has done much to force its narrow theological agenda on the country via the Republican Party - had the opportunity last night to bear witness to an incredibly inspiring moment in the nation's historical liturgy: a symbolic, but nonetheless real, act of national redemption from the indelible sin of slavery.
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