Audacity Overload
The Democratic nominee suffers from a severe case of Obamamania.
July 28, 2008 6:00 AM
By Kathryn Jean Lopez
NRO Editor
Barack Obama has at least one thing right: the author of The Audacity of Hope is certainly audacious.
The junior Illinois senator has been telling us for months now: “We are the hope of the future. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” If I believed that about myself, I’d be pretty audacious. Not to mention messianic.
About 20 years ago, St. Ronald Reagan used the same line at the Republican National Convention1:
And now, now we hear talk that it's time for a change. Well, ladies and gentlemen, another friendly reminder: We are the change.
1The New York Times
August 16, 1988, Tuesday, Late City Final Edition
The Republicans in New Orleans;
Reagan's Address: Hailing Fruits of the Party's Dream of 1980
SECTION: Section A; Page 20, Column 1; National Desk
LENGTH: 4318 words
Following is a transcript of President Reagan's address to the Republican National Convention in New Orleans last night, as recorded by The New York Times:
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