One of the greatest failures of leadership by President Bush was in the days immediately following that darkest day, September 11, when he told Americans to get on with their daily lives, to go shopping and get on down to Disney World, to not let the terrorists win by changing our daily lives or living in fear. Could he have said anything worse?
Some of this country's greatest moments in history have come when our leaders have called us to duty, to give our labor, our hearts, and our service to the United States. Instead of calling on Americans of every stripe and persuasion, President Bush asked only that we not change, that we go about our lives as if nothing had happened.
But something did happen, and we as a nation have done nothing to change our country's course, to rise to the occasion, to show the world that we are still the beacon of freedom, the last great hope of liberty for oppressed people everywhere. Now, we are the oppressor, practicing Soviet-style renditions, replete with torture and the stripping of habeas corpus. And that's not even getting into the shame of Iraq.
On Dec. 5, Senator Barack Obama spoke directly to this failure of leadership and said exactly how he would bring about the change that this country needs. Please, read on...
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