CLEVELAND - President Barack Obama addressed Congress last night with a hopeful, more optimistic tone than he's had recently.It always strikes me how much he "gets it."
I watched Obama closely during his election campaign and I was highly impressed with his focus and obvious intellect. But the thing that blew me away was his knack for understanding the average individual and being a voice for America's working class. He was so great at inspiring and instilling hope in all of us because it took a great deal of hope and faith to fuel his ascension to the pinnacle of our nation's government.
We really need that type of leadership.
Last night, Obama echoed Ronald Reagan's decades-old rhetoric while constantly reassuring us that "we will rebuild, we will recover" from the profound downturn the economy has taken. It was classic Obama, but what really resonates with me (and I'm sure the common man) is when he shoots down the perks that big businesses get and plans to only raise taxes for folks making in excess of $250,000 a year.
When the "rich get richer" is something that angers the 44th U.S. president, something that bothers us average Joes as well. He's in tune with us and not just a privileged member of government that "pretends" to care about the little guy. Being a community organizer undoubtedly gave him that ability to empathize with us and not simply look down his nose at the Americans who live paycheck-to-paycheck.
Bottom line, you can hate the man or love him. But unless you're wealthy and all about greed, you should admire his championing our "cause" regardless to disagreeing with his policies.
He's MLK in the White House.
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