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In front of a record crowd, speech sends message of hope in a troubled time
Barack
Hussein Obama became our 44th President on Tuesday, before a crowd of
two million people from all over the country, and the world. Those who
weren't there, watched on any channel that was broadcasting – and what
they saw was a nation that began celebrating the minute then
President-Elect Obama and his wife stepped out the doors of Blair House.
From
there, it was a dizzying spectacle of carefully organized window
dressing, with the swearing in ceremony and speech thrown in for good
measure.
President Obama's speech was deliberately somber, in an
attempt to lower expectations, while at the same time, energize a
nation to stand up together and move forward. "Starting today, we must
pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of
remaking America," he said.
The speech ended on a positive note:
"America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our
hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue,
let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may
come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were
tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back
nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace
upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it
safely to future generations."
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